Holy Cross Libraries

Come to the Archives & Distinctive Collections Open House Friday, Sept 20, 2-4pm to learn about anniversaries HC celebrated in 2024. Photographs, documents & more will be on display

Do you like to read but struggle to find the time? Join our library book club! Our kickoff event is next Tuesday September 17 at 5pm in the Levis Browsing room of Dinand library. We will have snacks, copies of our first read to raffle off, and of course the big reveal of what book we’re reading first! Hope to see you there!

Join the Holy Cross Libraries for LibFest 2024! Learn about academic resources on campus, meet librarians and academic support staff, play games and enjoy free ice cream and giveaways!

Welcome Class of 2028! Visit Dinand Library any time from 1:30-3:30 on Monday, August 26 to solve a library scavenger hunt. Learn about library resources, enjoy some cookies and drinks, and enter to win a $50 bookstore gift card!

We’re pleased to announce that CrossWorks has a new look! 🎉 Earlier this summer, CrossWorks was refreshed to enhance the user experience while providing access to the intellectual, creative and scholarly work of the Holy Cross community. Be sure to check it out via this link https://crossworks.holycross.edu/ and let us know what you think!

Holy Cross Libraries will observe special hours for the week of July 4, 2024. For more information on building hours, visit https://holycross.libcal.com/hours

Happy Reunion, Holy Cross! Dinand Library will be open on Thursday, June 6 & Friday, June 7 from 8:30 AM - 4:30 PM, and Saturday, June 8, from 10 AM - 6 PM. Dinand will be closed on Sunday, June 9. Stop by to browse a selection of Purple Patcher Yearbooks, courtesy of the Archives & Distinctive Collections.

Holy Cross Libraries will be closed Monday, May 27, 2024 in observance of Memorial Day. Regular summer hours resume Tuesday, May 28 at 8:30 AM.

The latest issue of The Criterion is now available in CrossWorks! This student-led journal features the top literary analysis work of the year from the English department.
Go to https://crossworks.holycross.edu/criterion/

Thank you everyone for coming out to our Take a Break event! We were very happy to provide some crafts, snacks, and stress relief to students during all of the end of term projects and exams. Good luck on finals to all of our holy cross students- we know you’ll crush it!
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Still struggling with citation questions for a final paper? We've got you covered with our remaining Citation Frustration Stations! Dates, times and locations are listed in myHC, or at https://libguides.holycross.edu/citationhelp/cfs

Finals and end of term projects stressing you out? Come Take a Break with HC libraries! We will have snacks, crafts, friendship bracelet making supplies, puzzles, and information on relaxation and mental health provided by CAPS. All of this will be available in Dinand 101B on May 9 from 1 pm to 2 am the next day!

Starting Sunday, May 5, 2024, Dinand Library will have extended hours until Wednesday, May 15, 2024. For the full schedule, please visit the Library Hours page at https://holycross.libcal.com/hours

Always wanted a holy cross book club? Well your wish is coming true next fall! Fill out our survey to help us decide what we're reading by following the link: https://forms.gle/G2rhJ8Ua2W8HunAR8

Congratulations to all of the presenters at Academic Conference! Now that your research is complete, consider submitting your work to our institutional repository CrossWorks so that people all over the world can enjoy your work! Questions? Contact our Digital Scholarship Librarian Lisa Villa at [email protected]

The Holy Cross Libraries are pleased to host Professor Karen Guth for the “Authors on the Hill” lecture series.

Join us Thursday, April 25 at 12:30pm in the Browsing Room, Dinand Library.

Professor Guth will present her book, “The Ethics of Tainted Legacies: Human Flourishing after Traumatic Pasts” (Cambridge University Press, 2022)

For questions, please contact Digital Scholarship Librarian Lisa Villa at: [email protected]

Are you struggling to recall the specifics of MLA style? Did your professor assign you to write in Chicago Style for the first time? Need someone to fact-check what NoodleTools gave you? Librarians, Writer's Workshop professional tutors, and our Peer Research Consultant will be available to help you cite ANY source in ANY citation style. Here's the when and where for Drop-By Citation Frustration Stations! The Writer’s Workshop will also be present during the dates marked with an asterisk (*):

Sun, Apr 28, from 6-10pm, Dinand 203 (hosted by PRC)*
Tues, Apr 30, from 12-2pm, Swords Atrium
Wed, May 1, from 3-5pm, Dinand *
Thurs, May 2, from 6-8pm, Dinand (hosted by PRC)
Sun, May 5, from 4-6pm, Dinand *
Tues, May 7, from 2-4pm, Dinand
Wed, May 8, from 2-4pm, Dinand *
Fri, May 10, from 2-4pm, Dinand
Tues, May 14, from 1-3pm, Dinand

This event is open to members of the Holy Cross community. We hope to see you there!

Join us on Tuesday, April 23rd to learn about the Deaf Catholic Archives and celebrate the completion of a 2-year grant project to digitize selection of the Deaf Catholic Archives! 🎉🎉The Open House will be held in Levis Browsing Room (Dinand Library) from 1:30 pm – 3:30 pm.

Archives & Distinctive Collections presents IR Day! Today, April 18, 12-4pm. Vist our Hogan Lobby table to learn more about institutional respositories, discover more resources about Holy Cross, and engage more as a knowledge donor with CrossWorks. Contact: [email protected]

Visit the Science Library to see photography exhibitions from the students in Professor Fitzgerald’s MONT “Photo and Society” and VAST 230 courses. They will be on display up through the Academic Conference (April 24).

Archives & Distinctive Collections presents IR Day! Thursday, April 18, 12-4pm. Vist our Hogan Lobby table to learn more about institutional respositories, discover more resources about Holy Cross, and engage more as a knowledge donor with CrossWorks. Contact: [email protected]

The Holy Cross Libraries are pleased to host Professor Elizabeth Spragins for the “Authors on the Hill” lecture series.

Join us Thursday, April 11 at 4:30pm in the Browsing Room, Dinand Library.

Professor Spragins will present her book, “A Grammar of the Co**se: Necroepistemology in the Early Modern Mediterranean” (Fordham University Press, 2023)

For questions, please contact Digital Scholarship Librarian Lisa Villa at: [email protected]

Check out Dinand Library's early opening schedule for enrollment! Come early to use the computers in the Main Reading Room and Scalia Lab to register for Fall, 2024 classes.

Witness the wonder of the partial solar eclipse viewable on the Hill! Join us on the Jo patio starting at 2:30 pm when the College Archives and Distinctive Collections will present the rich history of astronomy at our college. At 3 pm, Dr. Narita from the Physics Department will provide an overview of the earth-moon-sun alignment, as well as discuss the parts of the sun that are visible.

We will provide attendees with eclipse viewing glasses for a safe, firsthand experience of this rare phenomenon. We will also provide delicious moon-themed snacks. Drop-in anytime to experience the fun! For questions, please contact Science Librarian Laura Wilson at: [email protected]

The Libraries will observe special hours for Easter Break, beginning Wednesday, March 27, 2024. For more information on the building hours, visit https://holycross.libcal.com/hours

All electronic resources, including our databases and ebooks, will be available during this time.

Please be advised that some of our streaming films are experiencing technical difficulties. We are working to resolve the issue.

Spring Break hours begin Saturday, March 2, 2024 at the Holy Cross Libraries. For the full schedule, please visit the Libraries Hours page at https://holycross.libcal.com/hours

Have a good break! 🪻