Library Updates & News

We wish you a safe and happy Fall Break. The library is open during break! If you are off campus, access our resources at library.cia.edu.

CIA Library will be closed on Monday, September 2nd. Enjoy your holiday weekend!

Pop by the library for a popsicle on your first day of classes! Popsicles will be available starting at 11am until we run out.

Welcome Back Students! Come visit us in the library!

Welcome CIA Class of 2028! We look forward to seeing you in the library!

Happy Fourth of July! The library will be closed July 4th and 5th in observance of the holiday. The library will resume normal summer hours on Monday, July 8th.

Happy Juneteenth! CIA Library is closed today, Wednesday, June 19, 2024 in observance of Juneteenth. The library will resume normal summer hours tomorrow, June 20th.

Gund Library summer hours begin today, May 20, 2024. This summer the library will be open at the following times. 

Monday: 10am - 4pm

Tuesday: 10am -4pm

Wednesday: Closed

Thursday: 10am - 4pm

Friday: 10am - 12pm

Sat & Sun: Closed

The library will be closing today at 3pm for the awards ceremony.

We will see all of you there!

Today is the last day of National Student Employee Appreciation Week and we're ending in a big way by featuring three student workers! Thank you for your hard work in the library, Julie, Kayla and Nya!

April 8-12, 2024 is National Student Employee Appreciation Week and today we're featuring student workers Taylor and Eliza. Thank you for all of your hard work in the library!

April 8-12, 2024 is National Student Employee Appreciation Week and today we're featuring student workers Syd and Benjamin. Thank you for all of your hard work in the library!

April 8-12, 2024 is National Student Employee Appreciation Week and we're celebrating our student employees all week! The library's work study students are amazing and we appreciate their hard work. CIA library could not function without them! 

Please join us in celebrating our student employees with spotlight posts. First up are our Seniors, who have done so much for the library. We're sad that they're graduating but also excited for them as they finish up their time at CIA.

Beginning today (March 18, 2024), the Jessica R. Gund Memorial Library will be handing out FREE solar eclipse glasses to CIA students and employees so you can safely experience the total solar eclipse on April 8, 2024! 

The library has a limited number of glasses, so we will be giving out one pair per CIA ID on a first come, first served basis. We want everyone at CIA to have the chance to get glasses if they need them. 

You must show your CIA ID to get a pair of glasses - no exceptions! 

Be sure to stop by the display case in front hallway to see our February display celebrating Black History Month and graphic narratives. Find more information at https://libguides.cia.edu/displays!

Join us in the library on February 9th from 5-8pm for a writing share event. Bring one piece of original writing of any genre to share with other writers.

There is a lot going on this week in the library! For more information, please visit the library's calendar at https://cia.libcal.com/calendar for more details, links, and registration details.

Save the Date! Library calendar of events.

Apply for the Student Library Assistant job at https://cia.libwizard.com/f/LibWS

We wish you a safe and restful winter break. See you in January!

Gund Library will be closed Wednesday, November 22 - Sunday, November 26th for the Thanksgiving Holiday. We wish you a happy and safe holiday break.

The library will close today from 11:45am to 1:30pm for the all-employee meeting. 

CIA Makes Books

The current display of artists' books is CIA Makes Books, a selection of artists' books made by CIA students, graduates, and faculty members. Please stop by to see these lovely books between October 30 and November 12, 2023.

Today's flashback is this very cool ringer tee from the 2007 CIA Dodgeball Tournament. We especially love the bullseye target on the front. Would you participate in a dodgeball tournament today? 

Banned Books Week is October 1-7. The week celebrates the freedom to read and spotlights current and historical attempts to censor books in libraries and schools. Between January 1 - August 31, 2023, The American Library Association's Office for Intellectual Freedom (OIF) documented challenges to 1,915 unique titles - a 20% increase from the same reporting period in 2022, which saw the highest number of book challenges since ALA began compiling the data more than 20 years ago. The theme for Banned Books Week 2023 is "Let Freedom Read. When we ban books, we're closing off readers to people, places, and perspectives. But when we stand up for stories, we unleash the power that lies inside every book. We liberate the array of voices that need to be heard and the scenes that need to be seen. Let freedom read! (Source: ALA.org)

To commemorate, CIA Gund Library will display banned and challenged books from our collection throughout the month of October. See our Library Displays Guide for more info. Please stop by to learn more about banned books!

The library will close for the All Employee Meeting today at 11:45am. We will reopen at 1:30pm.

Due to unexpected circumstances, the library will close early tonight (Sept 20, 2023) at 5:00 pm. We apologize for any inconvenience. Please visit www.cia.edu/library to access the library's great digital resources!

What's Happening September 5-8

Events

New Transfer Student Welcome Party! (Thursday)

New transfer students are invited to the Jessica R. Gund Memorial Library for the transfer student welcome party! Join us to explore the library, learn about services and meet your librarians. Drop in anytime during the event—from 11am to noon Thursday, September 7—to meet other transfer students and mix and mingle with library staff. Pizza and snacks will be provided. Please register here.

Name our new book carts contest (all week)

The Jessica R. Gund Memorial Library got some pretty new book carts this summer and we want your help naming them. The best names win prizes! Suggest names before Friday, September 15 by visiting this page. 

New Displays

(Mostly) Miniature Artists' Books is in front of the library's circulation desk and a display in support of the summer reading book is in the hallway display. Keep an eye on the blog for more information about these displays!

We are glad to announce that we now have access to Science News and New Scientist on Flipster. These two magazines were in our top ten list of magazines used last year, so we know that you will all enjoy having direct access to every issue as they come out. 

The Library will close for Convocation today at 10:45am to welcome the Class of 2027. We will reopen at 1:00pm. 

See you at Convocation! 

The library's first artists' books display of the 2023-2024 school year is up and ready for you to explore!

This display, featuring highlights from CIA's Artists' Books collection, will challenge your preconception of what a book is. The display will run for two weeks and will include a variety of artists' books - old and new.  To see the list of the items included, please visit libguides.cia.edu/whatisabook.

For more information about future displays, events, and workshops be sure to bookmark our calendar! 

Remember when you'd get new shoes and a new outfit for the school year? Well, our Quick Search (a.k.a. EBSCO Discovery Service) and our EBSCOhost Databases have a fresh new look for the start of the school year!

We will be sharing more information about the changes and new features soon! For now, you can continue to search like you always have. It just looks a little different and it has some neat new features that you will enjoy. 

Stay tuned for more information! 

Congratulations CIA Class of 2023. We're so proud of you!