Category Archives: Events and Exhibits

Campus Author Series–A Handbook to Appalachia

By admin | October 17, 2006

On Monday October 23 from noon-1 pm the library will be hosting the latest presentation of the Campus Author Series in the Radford Room. This session will feature Dr. Grace Toney Edwards, Jo Ann Asbury, and Ricky Cox editors of the new book A Handbook to Appalachia: An Introduction to the Region. The [...]

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More Radford University faculty authors on display

By admin | October 6, 2006

McConnell Library continues to highlight faculty publications with a new display of books by RU authors. Come by the library’s circulation lobby and see the latest installation in our rotating display of RU faculty research and creativity. All of the items are available for check out.

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Read a banned book - celebrate your freedom to read!

By Candice Benjes-Small | September 27, 2006

Do you remember the first book that made you laugh, made you scared, or made you rethink the world?  Chances are someone has tried to have that book removed from a United States library. 
All kinds of books - including JK Rowling’s “Harry Potter,” Shel Silverstein’s “Light in the Attic,” and Daniel Pinkwater’s “Captain Underpants” series - have been [...]

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Radford University faculty authors display.

By admin | August 23, 2006

Come by the library’s circulation lobby and see the RU authors on display. The exhibit features works written by RU faculty. All of the items are available for check out, so stop by the library and see the interesting projects our faculty have been working on.

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Come see the Library’s dulcimer display

By admin | June 27, 2006

Now on display on the third floor across from the Circulation Desk is an exhibit on dulcimers. The exhibit includes hand-crafted instruments made by Larry Gaber as well as some books on dulcimers and dulcimer playing. Come by the library and learn about the dulcimer!

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