Ex Libris

Author: dlamb

  • Library Updates from Michelle Twait ’98

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    Greetings from the Gustavus Library!  Besides chipping away at our “to read” piles, Library faculty and staff have been busy over the summer with various projects.  From assisting summer STEM students with their research to shifting several ranges of the book stacks, we continue to live out our mission during the summer months.  Our Physical…

  • Friends of the Library featured in the Gustavus Quarterly – Spring 2023

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    ENSURING A SPACE FOR DISCOVERY AND CONNECTION For nearly 50 years, Gustavus Library Associates—Friends of the Library have helped make Folke Bernadotte Memorial Library an essential part of the Gustavus student experience. Longtime board member Susan Engelsma Wilcox ’73 and current president Ava Goepfert ’14 discuss the work of GLA. 32-33-GLAgivingPages-Spring2023-Quarterly-small_32-33

  • Festival of St. Lucia – December 7, 2023

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    Festival of St. Lucia at Gustavus Thursday, December 7, 2023 10 a.m. Chapel 11 a.m. Friends of the Library – Gustavus Library Associates Luncheon (Swedish Smorgasbord) Luncheon Speaker: Meghan Krause  “Creating your Purpose-Powered Life” Reservations are required as table seating is assigned. Tickets are $30 and are available at gustavustickets.com on Wednesday, November 1st at…

  • Friends of the Library – Gustavus Library Associates – Fall 2018 Ex Libris

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      Friends of the Library – Gustavus Library Associates is a friends organization that supports the Folke Bernadotte Memorial Library at Gustavus Adolphus College, and ultimately, the students and faculty through fundraising and awareness.  Member support is crucial to providing resources, research, and technology campus-wide.  To learn more about us or to become a friend…

  • Gustavus Library Associates: Friends of the Library – September 2017

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    Gustavus Library Associates: Friends of the Library In order to better inform and engage current and potential members of the Gustavus Library Associates: Friends of the Library, the Marketing and Communication Committee is pleased to bring back the Ex Libris Blog. While we know it isn’t the same as the print edition, which was last…

  • A Royal Affair Call to Action

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    We invite you to help us by donating items for our silent auction and games of chance. We are looking for silent auction items for the following categories: Athletics Dining Service Experiential Learning Fine Arts Residential Life We would also like the following items for our games of chance: Gift cards ($25+ value) New paperback…

  • GLA Fall Membership Event well attended

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      In case you missed it, here is Mim’s book review about The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks: I congratulate the Reading in Common committee for choosing such a meaningful book for our first-year students and our Gustavus community to discuss and learn from. I am challenged tonight, to talk about such a book. When…

  • A Royal Affair 2015

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