Hannon Library Celebrates Shakespeare’s Birthday and National Poetry Month

In honor of National Poetry Month, Poem in Your Pocket Day, and Shakespeare’s Birthday, which is celebrated on April 23, Hannon Library is currently presenting two displays that celebrate poetry and Shakespeare. The display on the first floor, closest to the reference desk, was curated from the library’s Reference collection and includes reference materials like The Definitive Shakespeare Companion: Overviews, Documents and Analysis and Who’s Who in 20th Century Poetry. 

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The first-floor display near the library’s Humanitarians for Justice, Nonviolence, and Peace art collection showcases new and notable books of poetry from Hannon Library’s collections as well as books that highlight Shakespeare’s sonnets. Featuring titles written by the 22nd Poet Laureate of the United States, Tracy K. Smith, including Wade in the Water and Life on Mars, this exhibit curates books from the library’s collections that are available to borrow.

While Shakespeare’s exact birthdate is unknown, come celebrate his life by delving into his Sonnets with titles like Ideas of Order: A Close Reading of Shakespeare’s Sonnets and Why Lyrics Last.

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The displays will be available for viewing throughout the month of April. If you have a question about the Poetry month exhibits, please email Hannon Library at libraryevents@sou.edu. If you need disability accommodations to visit and view the displays, please contact Disability Resources at (541) 552-6213 or dss@sou.edu.

FHL Speaker Series: Oregon’s 9th Poet Laureate

Join the Friends of Hannon Library and Oregon’s 9th Poet Laureate, author Kim Stafford:

April 18, 2019
4 pm
Meese Room, Hannon Library (SOU Campus)

Stafford is founding director of the Northwest Writing Institute at Lewis & Clark College. He is the author of a dozen books of poetry and prose, including The Muses Among Us: Eloquent Listening and Other Pleasures of the Writer’s Craft and 100 Tricks Every Boy Can Do: How My Brother Disappeared. Stafford has taught writing in dozens of schools and community centers as well as in Scotland, Italy, and Bhutan. In May 2018 he was named Oregon’s 9th Poet Laureate by Governor Kate Brown.

As part of the Friends of Hannon Library Speaker Series, this event is free and open to the public. Attendees can get free campus parking for this event by visiting any campus parking meter and using this code: FHL1903.

If you need disability accommodations to participate in this event, please contact Disability Resources at (541) 552-6213. For more information, contact Hannon Library Administration at libraryevents@sou.edu or 541- 552-6816.

New Digital Collection Commemorates 50 Years of SOU’s Relationship with Guanajuato

A new collection, Universidad de Guanajuato, in Hannon Library’s Southern Oregon Digital Archives (SODA) traces SOU’s relationship with the University of Guanajuato, as well as the City of Ashland’s relationship with the Ciudad de Guanajuato. The collection contains historic documents, including signed agreements and photographs. More photographs and other items will be added over time.

Delegates from the University of Guanajuato and the City of Guanajuato will be on campus in April to celebrate the 50th Anniversary of their relationship of our Mexican counterparts with SOU and the City of Ashland.  Display cases on the first floor of Hannon Library exhibit materials from Special Collections & University Archives focusing on the sister-city relationship (Amigo Club) and the Amistad university exchange program.

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A slideshow playing in Hannon Library’s Digital Media Gallery features over 275 images from past cultural exchanges between SOU and the City of Ashland and the University of Guanajuato and City of Guanajuato.

If you need disability accommodations to visit and view the displays, please contact Disability Resources at (541) 552-6213 or dss@sou.edu.

 

Extended Building Hours and 24-Hour Nights

The front of Hannon Library at dusk

Extended building hours are back! This quiet week and finals week all students (including RCC, HEC, and local high school students) can access the building beyond normal closing hours. Students must have a student ID to access the library after midnight.

During finals week, the library is open Sunday through Tuesday, 24-hours a day to all students. During each of these 24-hour nights, the Friends of Hannon Library will provide free refreshments including coffee, hot tea, and snacks beginning at midnight in the Rotunda.

Quiet Week Hours

March 10 – 16

Sunday, March 10 – 11 am – 11 pm

Monday, March 11 – 8 am – 2 am*

Tuesday, March 12 – 8 am – 2 am*

Wednesday, March 13 – 8 am – 2 am*

Thursday. March 14 – 8 am – 2 am*

Friday, March 15 – 8 am – 11 pm

Saturday, March 16 – 11 am – 11 pm

*Building closed to non-students after midnight and reopens to non-students at 8 am

Finals Week Hours

March 17 – 22

Sunday, March 17 – 11 am to 24 hours*

Monday, March 18 – open 24 hours*

Tuesday, March 19 – open 24 hours*

Wednesday, March 20 – closes at 2 am*

Thursday, March 21 – 8 am – 2 am*

Friday, March 22 – 8 am – 5 pm

*Building closed to non-students after midnight and reopens to non-students at 8 am

If you have a question about the library’s extended hours, please email Hannon Library at libraryevents@sou.edu. If you need disability accommodations to visit the library, please contact Disability Resources at (541) 552-6213 or dss@sou.edu.

Women’s History Month Displays

 

In honor of Women’s History Month and International Women’s Day, which is March 8, Hannon Library is currently presenting two displays that celebrate influential women in history. The display on the first floor was curated by the library’s Government Publications Department and highlights women’s wartime contributions. The display includes documents such as A History of the Women Marines 1946 – 1977, and The U.S. Army and World War II.

The third-floor display showcases both national women’s history as well as a history of women at Southern Oregon University. Featuring titles written by or about powerful women including The Legacy of Ruth Bader Ginsburg, If Your Back’s Not Bent: The Role of the Citizenship Education Program in the Civil Rights Movement, and Women in Science, this exhibit curates books from the library’s collection that are available to borrow. The display also highlights items on loan from the Women’s Resource Center and features the National Women’s History Alliance honorees.

The displays will be available for viewing throughout the month of March. If you have a question about the Women’s History month exhibits, please email Hannon Library at libraryevents@sou.edu. If you need disability accommodations to visit and view the displays, please contact Disability Resources at (541) 552-6213 or dss@sou.edu.