SIUE Lovejoy Library

Meet David, the writing expert at our Writing Center satellite office on the first floor!

David can take walk-up and scheduled appointments, and can assist with your academic writing and paper composition.

The Writing Center - Satellite Office (Room 1044) will be open the following hours during the Fall 2024 semester:

Monday: 1PM - 3PM
Tuesday: 1PM - 4PM
Wednesday: 8:30AM - 10:30AM
Thursday: 8:30AM - 10:30AM

Happy writing! 📝

Lovejoy Library is closed today in honor of Labor Day.

We will resume regular library hours tomorrow, and will be open from 7:30AM to 10PM.

Have a great Labor Day!

Southern Illinois University Edwardsville is set to become a center of cultural and historical exploration this September as it hosts the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture (NMAAHC) Community Curation 2024 program.

This series of events in collaboration with The Center for the Digitization and Curation of African American History, also known as The Smith Center, funded by Robert F. Smith, is designed to bring national attention to the preservation of the rich tapestry of African American history and culture of the St. Louis and East St. Louis region.

The first of many public programs is the Thursday, September 5 screening of the documentary gOD-Talk, by executive producer Kevin Young, the Andrew W. Mellon Director of the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History. The film will screen at SIUE’s Dunham Hall Theater. This compelling documentary explores the intersection of religion and culture within African American history.

The 6 p.m. event includes a 5 p.m. reception and filmmaker panel and is free and open to the public. Complimentary parking is available in Lot E.

Please register here: https://www.etix.com/ticket/p/32505018/godtalk-documentary-screening-conversation-stlouis-community-curation

Lovejoy Library Presents: STEM Research Hour!

STEM Research Hour is a dedicated hour where researchers of all levels can drop-in to ask questions about using library resources to find needed information, citation help, and utilizing AI tools for conducting literature reviews.

STEM Research Hour starts Wednesday, August 28 @1-2pm via Zoom, and runs through Wednesday, December 18.

Scan the QR Code or join with the link: https://siue.zoom.us/j/95914854687?pwd=XkN6BuqXIVD292gISztVuHggr2ZbX2.1&from=addon

Not available on Wednesday? You can book our STEM librarian Shelly McDavid for a 1:1 research consultation--either in-person or via Zoom--at this link: https://siue.libcal.com/appointments/STEM

Looking for a creative outlet this semester?

Join Lovejoy Library's Creative Writing Club! ✏️📚

The club meets three times a week: Tuesday from 11AM to 12PM, and Wednesday and Friday from 3PM to 4PM. The club assembles outside of the Jennie Latzer Kaeser Rare Book Room on the 2nd Floor.

Not able to join a meeting? No worries--just join whenever you can!

We hope to see you there! 📝

Do you have a crazy idea and want to bring it to life? Great the maker lab is the place for you! Our maker lab is open and available to help with all your class project needs and big Ideas.

Tshirts✅
3D printing✅
Posters✅
3D scanning✅
Mugs✅
Buttons✅

And many many more tools to help bring your ideas to life and take your projects to the next level. Check out the maker lab online or stop by the library to learn more.

Lovejoy Library's Starbucks Cart will be open from 10:30AM to 2PM this semester. ☕

Stop by to enjoy a tea or coffee on the first day of classes!

Have a great first week! 😎

The SIUE Police Department and Edwardsville Police Department will conduct their joint active threat training event today in Lovejoy Library, from 6:00AM to 6:00PM.

The library's 2nd and 3rd floors will be unavailable during their training session.

If you need help retrieving items from our collections on our 2nd and 3rd floors today, please visit our Information Desk on the 1st floor for assistance.

Did you know that you can make t-shirts in our MakerLab on the first floor?

SIUE International Affairs () recently made some t-shirts for their student organization.

Want to learn more about making t-shirts or how to utilize other MakerLab equipment? Visit https://libguides.siue.edu/makerlab to make an appointment, book machinery, or contact the MakerLab Manager, Bill Weidler at [email protected]

Made something in our MakerLab before? Feel free to share what you made down in the comments!

SIUE Police will be conducting training exercises in the library today, from 6AM to 6PM.

The 2nd and 3rd floors will be closed for everyone, including patrons.

If you need collection materials from the 2nd and 3rd floors, please inquire at the Information Desk on the 1st floor, for further assistance.

Put on your thinking cap...The Art Heist escape room is back! 🕵️‍♀️

During Welcome Weekend (August 16-18), the Honors Student Association will be hosting The Art Heist: An Escape Room Adventure on August 17th, from 3PM to 9PM at our library!

Walk-ins welcome! All walk-ins will be matched into groups with other students!

Already have a group? Sign up for your group of 3 - 6 people here: https://m.signupgenius.com/ #!/showSignUp/10C0E4AA9A92FA7FAC25-50522639-welcome

We hope to see you there!



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Good morning from Lovejoy Library! 🌞

We hope you have a wonderful Friday, during these last days before the beginning of fall semester!

Tomorrow is the start of the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics games!

Beginning Friday July 26th and ending Sunday August 11th, the 2024 Olympics will be the first Olympics in history to achieve numerical gender parity on the field of play, with an equal number of female and male athletes participating in the largest sporting event in the world. Out of the 10,500 athletes participating in the Games, 5,250 will be men and 5,250 women!

Check out our display on the first floor, on the history of the Olympics, where you can check out books or online resources!🤾‍♀️🏄‍♀️🏅

We hope you enjoy the games! 🥇

Good morning from the Lovejoy Library light well! 🌞

We hope you have a wonderful, sunny Friday and enjoy your weekend!

Today and tomorrow is New Student Orientation! Welcome to the new SIUE students and their parents visiting campus!

Need help locating where Lovejoy Library is at? Visit https://www.siue.edu/maps/?keyword=lovejoy-library for a map of various buildings on campus.

Welcome to the campus, and we'll see you in the fall!🍁🍂

Recently, Lovejoy Library library faculty member Therese Dickman and staff member Allie Barrows had the honor of demonstrating how to create vision boards at SIUE Camp Launch!

Camp Launch is an innovative and effective camp for young D/deaf individuals that focuses on crucial pre-employment and/or college transition skills that will equip them to successfully navigate life post-high school.

We were so proud to be a part of this program and are excited to see these campers excel in the future! 🚀

Want to learn more about Camp Launch? Visit https://www.siue.edu/access/deaf-services/CampLaunch

We need help… we have all this wonderful display space but would really like to know what you would like to see. Student art , museum type displays, rare and interesting books, or something completely different. Leave a comment and we will try and bring it to you this next semester.

“To all that come to this happy place, welcome. Disneyland is your land. Here age relives fond memories of the past, and here youth may savor the challenge and promise of the future. Disneyland is dedicated to the ideals, the dreams, and the hard facts that have created America... with hope that it will be a source of joy and inspiration to all the world.”- Walt Disney's opening day speech on July 17, 1955, during the grand opening ceremony of Disneyland in Anaheim, California.

On July 17th, it will be 69 years since the opening of Disneyland in Anaheim, California!

Check out the online resources, books, and DVDs we have on display to celebrate this important and traditional American icon! ✨🏰✨

We also want to recognize the amazing Mickey Mouse marker illustration done by one of our patrons!

Thank you to Illinois Library Association for featuring us and sharing more about our work in the community!

A New Class of Librarians | American Libraries Magazine This session at the American Library Association’s 2024 Annual Conference and Exhibition in San Diego featured an internship program for teens.

Lovejoy Library is closed today, Thursday July 4th, in honor of the United States' Independence Day.

Our library will resume normal building hours tomorrow--July 5th--and will be open 8AM to 4:30PM.

Happy 4th of July! 🦅

Four of our librarians (Tammie Busch, Lora Del Rio, Jacob Del Rio and Elizabeth Kamper) presented at the 2024 Annual American Library Association (ALA) Conference & Exhibition in San Diego this past week. Along with their colleagues, DeAnna Anderson of St. Louis Public Library, and Debra Casimere of Charles Sumner High School, they shared their expertise on their IMLS-funded grant project, Diverse Librarianship Career Training and Education (DLCTE) Program. American Libraries Magazine sent a reporter to cover their session. Learn more by visiting this link: https://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/blogs/the-scoop/a-new-class-of-librarians/

Congratulations to our OER and Scholarly Communications Librarian and Assistant Professor Joe Kohlburn--and the rest of the Missouri Library Association Intellectual Freedom Committee (MLA-IFC)--for being awarded the 2023 Downs Intellectual Freedom Award at this year's American Library Association (ALA) conference in San Diego!

The Robert B. Downs Intellectual Freedom Award is given annually by the School of Information Sciences at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, and is co-sponsored by Sage, a global academic publisher of books, journals, and library resources. This award was established in 1969 by the iSchool’s faculty to honor Dean Emeritus Robert B. Downs, a champion of intellectual freedom, on the occasion of his twenty-fifth anniversary as director of the School. This award recognizes years of collective work creating and organizing workshops, advocating in media and public hearings, and organizing for the freedom to read.

The Missouri Library Association’s Intellectual Freedom Committee (MLA-IFC) was given the Downs Intellectual Freedom Award for its educational programming and advocacy work in support of the right to read.

You can read the full story here: https://ischool.illinois.edu/news-events/news/2024/05/2023-downs-intellectual-freedom-award-given-missouri-library-associations

This Thursday--July 4th--is Independence Day! 🦅

Celebrate with us by checking out some books on the birth of the United States, from writings and reflections on women during the Revolutionary War time period, to books about John Philip Sousa, known for American military marches including "The Stars and Stripes Forever".

We will be closed all day Thursday in honor of Independence Day, but will be open again Friday July 5th, from 8AM to 4:30PM.

Have a great 4th of July!

Can't wait for Halloween?

Stop by our summer horror display, "Summer of Screams, Scares, & Horror" on the first floor!

Check out books and movies--from The Ruins by Scott Smith to the classic movie Jaws--and learn about the history of the horror genre and how it changed throughout the decades.

Scan the QR codes at the exhibit to read spooky short stories or listen to true scary tales from NPR's "Spooked" ()

You can also stop by to just enjoy our 'campfire', made in our MakerLab on the first floor!

Feeling creative? Stop by the first floor of the library for the SIUE Art Hives, until 11:30AM today!

SIUE/STL Art Hives is the local chapter of the art-therapy led initiatives creating community art studios that welcome everyone as an artist. It’s a welcoming place to talk, make art and build communities, and about responding in creative ways to things that matter!

Do you like soccer? ⚽️

Join us on the first floor of the library to catch some of the UEFA Euro2024 games!

Today's game--starting at 11AM--is Ukraine vs Belgium.

Hope you join us throughout July for the UEFA European Football Championship games!

Lovejoy Library will be closed today in honor of Juneteenth, a federally recognized holiday that commemorates the end of slavery in the United States.

To learn more about his important day, you can visit our display on the first floor, where you can check out books, view at historical photos, and make a Juneteenth paper doll.

The library will resume normal hours starting tomorrow, Thursday June 20, and will be open from 8AM to 6PM.

We're ready to welcome summer here at Lovejoy Library! 🌞

Our summer hours run from May 28 to August 11 and are:
Monday to Thursday: 8AM to 8PM
Friday: 8AM to 4:30PM
Saturday & Sunday: CLOSED

Our special hours for summer are:
Monday, May 27, Memorial Day: CLOSED
Wednesday, June 19, Juneteenth Day: CLOSED
Thursday, July 4, Independence Day: CLOSED

Have more questions about library hours, or need to connect with a librarian? You can contact us at (618) 650-4636 or chat with us at https://www.siue.edu/lovejoy-library/

We hope you have a great start to the summer semester! 😎

When one chapter ends, another one begins...

Congratulations to all 2024 SIUE graduating students! We wish you the best in this next chapter of your life!





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