Kennesaw State University Library System

Have you heard about our 1843 copy of the Declaration of Independence? We unveiled it yesterday as a part of our Constitution Week celebration, and Atlanta News First covered it. Check out the story…https://www.atlantanewsfirst.com/2024/09/20/kennesaw-state-debuts-restored-copy-declaration-independence-constitution-week/

We were so excited to share our newly restored Declaration of Independence yesterday with students, faculty, staff, patrons, and special guests as we celebrated Constitution Week. Partnering with KSU's Museums, Archives and Rare Books, we also showcased a new traveling exhibit, "We the People: The Documents That Made Our Nation." The exhibit will be displayed at the Johnson Library on the Marietta campus starting today through the end of the month and will soon begin circulating to public libraries and K-12 schools around Georgia.

KSU Unveils 1843 Restored Copy of Declaration of Independence KENNESAW — In honor of Constitution Week, Kennesaw State University unveiled a rare, newly-restored 1843 copy of the Declaration of Independence.

Summer the Corgi is outside of Sturgis Library today celebrating ! Stop by and pet our Constitution Corgi, get a sticker and a photo, and most importantly REGISTER TO VOTE!!! We'll be here until 3:00 pm. See you soon!

🎉 KSU's Staff Senate awarded Heather Hankins the Star Staff of the Summer Semester! 🎉

The KSU Star Staff of the Semester award recognizes employees who have gone above and beyond in their professional, community and collegial engagement at KSU.

Heather is the supervisor of the University Libraries' Institutional Repository. She was nominated by fellow library employees for her outstanding work as Staff Council Chair. Congratulations, Heather!

As we are gearing up to help students prep for the KSU STEM Job, Co-op and Internship Fair, we are asking for help in deciding what career path our library pets should take. Come by the Johnson Library on Marietta campus to place a sticker beside your choices for Summer the Corgi, Pepper the Bunny, and Winston the Bunny.

And make sure to register for Mapping Your Career next Wednesday, September 18 from 1:30 to 3:00 pm in the Atrium Building (J152). You'll learn research strategies and find out what your desired future employers admire in their employees. Sign up at https://owllife.kennesaw.edu/event/10397118.

Last week we hosted our annual Escape Room for first year students, and it was an extraordinary success! We had 20 teams with an average of 5 students per team, and we also had 20 students who said this was their first time in the library. A big thanks to our Educational Outreach Librarian Leslie Drost who creates and leads these Escape Rooms. Look for another chance to enjoy an Escape Room in the Sturgis Library in October and next semester in the Johnson Library on the Marietta campus.

Happy Friday! Even though we are closed this weekend, you can still access library resources on our website, especially the Chat Online with a Live Librarian feature. Just go to our website – https://www.kennesaw.edu/library/ – to chat 24/7. Chat is closed on federal holidays, so it will not be available on Monday. We hope you have a great three-day weekend!

Our Weeks of Welcome event at Sturgis Library on Thursday was a huge hit! We entertained nearly 400 students with games, snacks, stickers, music, library info, and of course, Summer, our therapy Corgi. Thank you to all who came by and to our awesome team of volunteers. We can't wait to invite you to our next event!

Happy Saturday! We have GOOD NEWS! The air conditioning in Johnson Library has been fixed, and the Marietta campus library will be open for regular Sunday hours tomorrow – 1:00 to 9:00 pm. See you soon at the University Libraries!

UPDATE: The Johnson Library on the Marietta campus HAS power but DOES NOT HAVE air conditioning. Therefore, we will continue to be closed through Saturday while the air conditioner is being fixed. We apologize for any inconvenience this is causing. The Sturgis Library on the Kennesaw campus will be open for regular weekend hours for your use. We'll keep you posted on when the Johnson Library will reopen.

Johnson Library on the Marietta campus is temporarily closed until power is restored. Thanks for your understanding. We'll update you when we are back open!

Don't miss out on the fun of Bash in the Stacks – Kennesaw edition! Summer has been prepping all week for her meet and greet, and you can walk away with stickers of Summer to remember your time with her. We'll also have lively music, yummy snacks, big games and more. We'll be in The Hub on the ground floor of the Sturgis Library from 2:00 to 4:00 pm so stop by and check it out!

As you can probably tell, we are partial to dogs here at the University Libraries. However, we do not discriminate against cats. University Library and MARB leaders Dr. Catherine Lewis and Dr. Jennifer Dickey attended former Governor Nathan Deal’s book signing last night in Decatur for his first children’s book, "Veto, The Governor’s Cat." Governor Deal wrote the book as a tribute to his late wife Sandra who was dedicated to literacy and early childhood education. Drs. Catherine Lewis and Jennifer Dickey co-wrote "Memories of the Mansion: The Story of the Georgia Governor's Mansion" (https://ugapress.org/book/9780820348599/memories-of-the-mansion/) with First Lady Sandra Deal in 2015 featuring all of the first families who lived there, including the Carters.

As we are preparing for our second Bash in the Stacks event on Thursday, Summer the Corgi, is preparing too. She'll be ready to meet and greet and all the students, faculty, and staff from 2:00 to 4:00 pm in The Hub on the ground floor of the Sturgis Library on the Kennesaw campus. Come for sweet Summer snuggles, selfies and stickers! There will also be games, snacks, music and great library resources.

We had a such a great time at Bash in the Stacks yesterday at the Johnson Library on the Marietta campus. Our library mascot and therapy Corgi, Summer, posed for hundreds of photos and was loved on by students, faculty and staff alike. Snacks were chosen carefully and consumed. Smack talk was thrown out during fiercely competitive games of Connect Four, Jenga and Uno. Important information was shared by knowledgeable librarians and library staff. And students walked away with Corgi stickers, informative bookmarks, Wellbeing resources, and even treasure chest prizes.

Our next Bash in the Stacks takes place on Thursday, August 22 from 2:00 to 4:00 pm at the Sturgis Library on the Kennesaw campus. Don't miss out on all the fun!

Join us TODAY in Marietta from 2:00 to 4:00 pm! All students, faculty and staff are welcome. We'll have yummy snacks to eat, big games to play, helpful information to know, and a super soft, super cute Corgi to pet!!!

Curious about the library but don’t know where to start? Join us for our Bash in the Stacks and learn all about what the University Libraries can do for you!

See for yourself—we’re a lot more than just books!

Come see what your University Libraries have to offer! From research help to study rooms to anatomy models and much more, we are helping students succeed. Stop by today!

Exciting news in the world! is now a reality, uniting over two million licensed artworks with 1,700+ open access primary source collections on JSTOR. JSTOR allows you to build visual literacy skills and engage with diverse primary sources. KSU students, faculty and staff will be able to access JSTOR the same way they did Artstor through the library’s website under databases. Check it out... https://www.jstor.org/

Elisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun (French, Paris 1755-1842 Paris). Julie Le Brun (1780-1819) Looking in a Mirror. 1787. Oil on canvas, 28 3/4 × 23 3/8 in. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. https://jstor.org/stable/community.27407659.

Beginning tomorrow we have adjusted hours. As summer classes are finishing up, we are getting ready for fall. Please check out our temporary hours and closings coming up before the fall semester starts.

Look! Another awesome KSU Librarian has been featured as Member of the Week from the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL). Read about Chelsee Dickson in her newly appointed assistant director position... https://acrl.ala.org/acrlinsider/acrl-member-of-the-week-chelsee-dickson/

We are hiring a student assistant in our Academic Engagement and Instruction (AEI) unit. If you know any KSU students that have excellent written and verbal communication skills, experience in customer service, knowledge of Microsoft Office, and are able to work 10 hours a week and occasional weekends, please encourage them to apply! https://www.kennesaw.edu/library/employment-opportunities.php

We are currently experiencing interruptions with our e-content and catalog that are impacted by a worldwide outage affiliated with CrowdStrike and Microsoft. Our vendors are working on fixing the issues, and hopefully all of our resources will be functioning properly soon.

Check out this article about our awesome College of Education Librarian Dr. K! Read about how she is making an impact and helping our students succeed.

ACRL Member of the Week: Olga Koz Olga Koz is College of Education Librarian at Kennesaw State University in Kennesaw, GA. Olga has been a member of ACRL for 5 years and is your ACRL Member of the Week for July 8, 2024. Describe yourself in three words: Researcher, innovator, teacher. What are you reading (or listening to

Due to unexpected electrical work, Sturgis Library will be closed today, Saturday July 13. We're sorry for any inconvenience, and we'll keep you posted about when we'll resume normal business hours.

The KSU University Libraries will be closed on Thursday, July 4th, in observance of Independence Day, but don't fret! We'll re-open for all of your studying needs at 8 a.m. on Friday, July 5.

The KSU Libraries will be closed on Wednesday, June 19, in observance of Juneteenth. We will resume normal hours on Thursday, June 20.