What's New at the Auburn Libraries http://www.lib.auburn.edu/whatsnew News from the Auburn Libraries Fri, 05 Apr 2013 14:12:15 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Apr. 11 Lecture: Dr. Xolela Mangcu Black Consciousness: Re-Reading Steve Biko http://www.lib.auburn.edu/whatsnew/2013/04/apr-11-lecture-dr-xolela-mangcu-black-consciousness-re-reading-steve-biko/ http://www.lib.auburn.edu/whatsnew/2013/04/apr-11-lecture-dr-xolela-mangcu-black-consciousness-re-reading-steve-biko/#comments Fri, 05 Apr 2013 14:12:15 +0000 Auburn Libraries http://www.lib.auburn.edu/whatsnew/?p=2232 The University community and the general public are invited to hear

Dr. Xolela Mangcu (Department of Sociology, University of Cape Town and Senior Fellow, Brookings Institution)

Black Consciousness in the Intellectual History of Western Modernity: Re-Reading Steve Biko

Date and Time:  Thursday, April 11 at 3:30 - 4:15 p.m.

Location:  Special Collections and Archives, Ground Floor, Ralph Brown Draughon Library

A reception and book-signing will follow Dr. Mangcu's talk.

Presented by:  Africana Studies, Auburn University Libraries, and the Multicultural Center with assistance from the Special Lectures Fund.

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Location:  Ralph Brown Draughon Library, Newspaper Reading Room on the First Floor.

Please do your part to help reach our goal of 10,000 meals packaged.

Sign up to donate or volunteer at events.stophungernow.org/auburn or send e-mail to DLW0015@auburn.edu .

]]> http://www.lib.auburn.edu/whatsnew/2013/03/april-13-packing-meals-for-those-in-need/feed/ 0 March 25: Lewis Hyde Lecture http://www.lib.auburn.edu/whatsnew/2013/03/march-25-lewis-hyde-lecture/ http://www.lib.auburn.edu/whatsnew/2013/03/march-25-lewis-hyde-lecture/#comments Fri, 22 Mar 2013 13:49:25 +0000 Auburn Libraries http://www.lib.auburn.edu/whatsnew/?p=2209 Meet Littleton-Franklin Speaker Lewis Hyde, Richard L. Thomas Professor of Creative Writing, Kenyon College

Author of Common as Air:  Revolution, Art, and Ownership as well as The Gift (1983) and Trickster Makes this World (1998).

Date and Time:  Monday, March 25 at 10 - 11 a.m.

Location:  Special Collections and Archives Department, Ground Floor, Ralph Brown Draughon Library

Sponsored by Auburn University Libraries and Auburn Chapter of Phi Beta Kappa.

]]> http://www.lib.auburn.edu/whatsnew/2013/03/march-25-lewis-hyde-lecture/feed/ 0 Encyclopedia of the Vietnam War: A Political, Social, and Military History http://www.lib.auburn.edu/whatsnew/2013/03/encyclopedia-of-the-vietnam-war-a-political-social-and-military-history/ http://www.lib.auburn.edu/whatsnew/2013/03/encyclopedia-of-the-vietnam-war-a-political-social-and-military-history/#comments Fri, 22 Mar 2013 13:43:56 +0000 Auburn Libraries http://www.lib.auburn.edu/whatsnew/?p=2207 Edited by Spencer C. Tucker and others, this is the Second Edition.  Published in 2011 by ABC-CLIO, this four-volume set is located on the Second Floor of the Ralph Brown Draughon Library under call number DS 557.7 .E53 2011.

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Panel Discussion

Charles Darwin: A Celebration of his Life and Legacy

Edited by James Bradley and Jay Lamar (Director of Special Programs, Office of Undergraduate Studies, Auburn University)

Date and Time:  Tuesday, March 19 at 3 p.m.

Location:  Special Collections and Archives, Ground Floor, Ralph Brown Draughon Library

Sponsored by Auburn University Libraries and Auburn University Bookstore.

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Be sure to consult the Library Hours link located in the upper right side of the Auburn University Libraries homepage to determine library hours of operation during the Spring Break period in effect Saturday, March 9 through Saturday, March 16 .  Normal hours resume on Sunday, March 17 (St. Patrick's Day).

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Available for your convenience is the Income Tax Page .  It provides links to web sites that contain income tax information, law, forms, contacts, and more.  The Income Tax Page is located under the Subject Guides tab located in the upper central portion of the Auburn University Libraries homepage .  Next, click on the All Guides link and then click on the Income Tax Page link.

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