Beloit College LITS

Celebrate Disability Pride Month with a book! Check out some of the books and ebooks available through the library. For full details on each title, visit the Disability Pride Month link in our bio.

Have you seen the news??? Check out the Beloit Daily News to see our student worker Laura and alum Emily shiftinng books to their new homes in the library!

The Powerhouse Library closes July 2nd as LITS transitions back to Morse Library. Beloiters, check your email for more details on how to access our services in the meantime—we can’t wait to welcome you back to Morse Library!

Celebrate Juneteenth with a book! We’re highlighting some titles that you can check out–including e-books for Beloiters off-campus for the summer. Titles, in slide order:

-A Black Women's History of the United States by Daina Ramey Berry and Kali Nicole Gross (e-book)

-The Substance of Hope : Barack Obama and the Paradox of Progress by Jelani Cobb (e-book)

-Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America by Ibram X Kendi

-More Beautiful and More Terrible: the Embrace and Transcendence of Racial Inequality in the United States by Imani Perry

-The history of Juneteenth: a history book for new readers by Arlisha Norwood (Author) and Sawyer Cloud (Illustrator)

- Stamped (for kids): Racism, Antiracism, and You by Jason Reynolds and Ibram X. Kendi 

-Free at last: a Juneteenth poem by Sojourner Kincaid Rolle (Author) and Alex Bostic (Illustrator) 

-Life and Times of Frederick Douglass (e-book)

-The Underground Railroad: A Novel by Colson Whitehead

-How the Word is Passed by Clint Smith

Check out the NMAAHC book list for titles–link in our bio!

You may have noticed some changes at the Powerhouse Library. We're getting ready for our move back to Morse Library, so please excuse our dust!

💫Make all of your dreams come true at Night Against Procrastination!💫 We'll help you make that last push to get ready for finals! Get help from LEADS tutors, Writing Center tutors, and librarians. Grab a snack, a slice of pizza, or some cake to refuel! Destress in our sensory room and get a picture with Torti. See you there!

Snacks for Night Against Procrastination✅

Need help getting ready for finals? Stop by Night Against Procrastination on April 30th from 7:00pm-midnight! Get help with your work from librarians, LEADS tutors, and Writing Center tutors. Grab some snacks or a slice of pizza and destress in our sensory room or at yoga. Torti may even stop by! See you there!

Pre-season meetings: learn more about the badminton season!

If you cannot attend one of these, please feel free to email Zak Effler any questions you may have.

Need a last minute Valentine? The Global Experience Office left some Valentines cards for you on our grab a Valentine board! Stop by and get one before they're all gone!

Check out our blind date with a book display in the Powerhouse Library! Choose a mystery book to check out and see if you fall in love with it💙💛💙💛

Stop by the library and meet your librarians until 5:30 today! Pick up a snack and a button and learn about how we can help support you!

Don't forget to stop by the library at 4:00pm for some snacks! Today is breakfast themed. You got this!

Writing 100, Section 4 stopped by the library today to drop off some copies of their zine: The Pickle Jar! Their zine is being added to our collection and will be available for you to read soon!

Need a break to refuel during Finals Week? Stop by the library at 4:00pm on Monday, December 11th-Thursday, December 14th to get some snacks!

is sponsoring Breakfast snacks on Monday. ResLife is sponsoring salty snacks on Tuesday. is sponsoring retro snacks on Wednesday. And anything goes on Thursday! See you there!

Join us for Night Against Procrastination on Thursday, December 7th from 7:00pm-midnight in the Powerhouse! We'll have snacks to fuel your studying, research assistance and tutoring, swag, and fun activities to do during your study breaks. We hope to see you there!

This event is sponsored by LITS, Health and Wellness Center (HWC), Learning Enrichment & Disability Services (LEADS), Center for Entrepreneurship in Liberal Education at Beloit (CELEB), the President's Office, Advancement, and the Provost's Office. Thank you to our sponsors!

Stop by the library to check out our display for Transgender Awareness Week! It features books like Felix Ever After, Pageboy, and Black Trans Feminism.

NEW BOOKS, NEW BOOKS, NEW BOOKS!!! We have new books in the library including Britney Spears' new memoir, a sapphic soccer romance by Meryl Wilsner, Isabel Cañas' new supernatural western novel, Viet Thanh Nguyen's memoir, and more! Find them on our featured book display.

Thank you for stopping by the Library & IT Department for trick or treating! We enjoyed seeing all of your costumes!

Trick or treat at the library and the IT Office in Mayer Hall on October 31st from 3-4:30 as part of the Cross-Office trick or treat event sponsored by SEAL! There may even be an appearance by a special guest 🐢. See you there!

We had a great time painting pumpkins with everyone last night! Stay tuned for more events coming up!

Get into the spooky spirit at the library! Check out a movie from our horror movie display or read a book from our scary book display.

Banned Book Week aims to draw attention to the harms of censorship. 2021 saw a record breaking number of attempts to ban books (729, up from 156 in 2020). 2022 saw attempts to restrict and ban books rise to 1,269. 90% of all book challenges were part of an attempt to ban multiple titles.

October 1st-7th is Banned Book Week! Celebrate with us by checking out our library displays, picking up a censorship themed coloring page at our activity table, or guessing which book belongs to which ban.

We're getting ready for Banned Book Week (October 1st-7th)! Stop by the library next week for banned book activities and interactive displays. What is your favorite banned book?

There are new activities at the activity table! We have a new puzzle, new drawing paper, and materials to make friendship bracelets! Stop by the Powerhouse to take a break from studying and try out some of these new activities.

Check out our new display for Hispanic Heritage Month located by our activity table! This display features books like Solito, a memoir by Javier Zamora, and The Hacienda, a supernatural suspense novel by Isabel Cañas!

Stop by the library to check out our new Beloit themed book display!

It’s Back!!

The activity table is back in action in the Powerhouse and our staff has been busy brainstorming new activities. Stop by soon to decorate a bookmark designed by Emily or collaborate on one of our summer puzzles.

Today, we kicked off Impact Beloit with our groundbreaking ceremony.

Joining the LITS staff were State and City leaders, Impact Beloit Fellows, and the Beloit community. 

Thanks for joining us for this exciting event! We can’t wait to share updates of the progress!

 

With construction on our building starting soon, we are happy to have our temporary space set up and ready for service!

All of our services will be available in the Powerhouse or online through the end of the 23/24 Academic year.

We hope to see you soon!