Georges Adeagbo:  Between Artwork and Exhibition

Kathryn Floyd, Assistant Professor of Art History, Auburn University

Date and Time:  Thursday, November 15 at 3:30 p.m.

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

Prof. Floyd will discuss her ongoing research on the Beninese artist, "whose gathering, organizing, and displaying of objects allows him to shift between the role of artist and curator while speaking to the power relationships and complicated economies that make up the contemporary art world."

All are welcome!

The Princess and the Poet:  Dulce Maria Loynaz and Eulalia de Borbon

Jana F. Gutierrez, Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures

Date and Time:  Wednesday, November 14 at 3 p.m.

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

Sponsored by:  Auburn University Libraries and Auburn University Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures

Discover Auburn Lecture

Lost Auburn:  Chapter Rooms and Frat Houses at Auburn:  1896-1951

Ralph Draughon, Jr.

Date and Time:  Tuesday, November 13 at 3 p.m.

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

The Fine Arts and Music Collection is a database of 285 full-text journals and magazines in dance, art, film, architecture, music, and other fine arts. Also includes video and audio resources, along with indexing for many more journals in the arts.

Edited by Charles M. Morin and Colin Espie and published by Oxford University Press in 2012, this very large volume (890 pages) is located on the Fourth Floor of the Ralph Brown Draughon Library under call number RC 547 .O94 2012 .

Digital directory signs have been installed next to the Atrium glass elevator door on all five floors of the Ralph Brown Draughon Library.  The large blue signs provide a changing display featuring Library of Congress call number locations, a floor directory, and a list of subject specialists.

Discover Auburn Lecture

The Gods of Prophetstown:  The Battle of Tippecanoe and the Holy War for the American Frontier

Dr. Adam Jortner, Department of History, Auburn University

There will be a book signing after the presentation!

Date and Time:  Wednesday, November 7 at 3 p.m.

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

Sponsored by Auburn University Libraries and AU Bookstore.

Business Insights:  Essentials is a database for researching all business and management topics. It includes directory listings for over 300,000 companies as well as company profiles, industry rating, product brands, company performance ratings, investment reports and ratings, industry statistics, financial overviews, financial ratios, etc.

Edited by Garrett A. Sullivan and Alan Stewart, and published by Wiley-Blackwell in 2012, this three-volume set is located in the Reference Collection on the Second Floor of the Ralph Brown Draughon Library under call number PR 411 .E53 2012.

In recognition of the 150th. anniversary of the Morrill Act of 1862 which created the land-grant college system, the Auburn University Office of Public Service is sponsoring the following Morrill Land-Grant Recognition Special Lecture:

Auburn v. Alabama:  The Origin of the Rivalry

Dwayne Cox, Ph.D., Head of Special Collections and Archives

Date and Time:  Tuesday, October 23 at 3 p.m.

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