Angela Vanden Elzen

It’s time once again for the library’s summer coffeehouse series! Coffeehouses provide an opportunity to learn about resources and services available to support your work or leisure interests.

For each session, we’ll gather on the first floor of the library and start promptly at 10 a.m. and finish around 10:50 a.m. Refreshments will be provided. All members of the Lawrence community are welcome to attend!

June 26 — Milwaukee-Downer Past & Present: Reflection on 60 Years after the Consolidation (rescheduled from June 19)

Join Claire, University Archivist, to reflect on the past and present of Milwaukee-Downer College 60 years after the consolidation, with special emphasis on the presence of Milwaukee-Downer on the LU campus.

July 10 — Summer Reads

The ever-popular Summer Reading coffeehouse returns! Planning your beach reading? Got your own summer reading underway? Come and hear about favorite reads from library staff and whoever else shows up. It could—and should—be you!

July 31 — A Plethora of Possibilities: Applications of AI

In this session, we’d like to focus on some of the positive ways that AI can be used in education and also look into ways that AI can be a helpful tool beyond academic contexts. Come share your ideas and practices, and hear about some new ones!

Learn more about our coffeehouses, and see past book recommendations and more on the Summer Coffeehouse Series guide.

It’s time, once again, for our annual Mudd Library Summer Coffeehouse Series! This series provides an opportunity to socialize and learn about resources and services available to help you with work or leisure interests. This summer, we’re excited to announce two awesome guest presenters from the Lawrence faculty.

Coffeehouses start promptly at 10 a.m. and finish around 10:50 a.m. All members of the Lawrence community are welcome to attend (no registration required). We’ll be gathering in front of the library and will provide beverages and a snack.

Schedule for Summer 2023

June 28: Silly Horn Stuff
When you think of a horn, what musical instrument comes to mind? Ann Ellsworth, Assistant Professor of Music: Horn at the Lawrence University Conservatory will be here to demonstrate what horns are and what they can do in the right hands…er…lips. Professor Ellsworth will be joined by a worthy opponent/assistant. Join in the frolic and expect the unexpected.

July 12: Summer Reads
The ever-popular Summer Reading coffeehouse returns! Planning your beach reading? Got your own summer reading underway? Come and hear about favorite reads from library staff and whoever else shows up. It could—and should—be you!

August 2: No Mow May and You
Have you heard about No Mow May in Appleton, but are not really sure what it is or why it’s a thing? Are you a participant but would like to learn more about how you can help pollinators? Join us as our special guest, Israel Del Toro, Assistant Professor of Biology, helps us learn more about the No Mow May movement, and how we can each make a difference in our environment.

Take a look at our coffeehouse guide to learn more!

We look forward to seeing you there!

It’s time once again for the library’s summer coffeehouse series! If you’re unfamiliar with the coffeehouses, they provide an opportunity to socialize just a bit and to learn about resources and services available to help you with work or leisure interests. We start promptly at 10:00 and end at 10:45. We’ll provide a cool beverage and a snack. All members of the Lawrence community are welcome to attend.

July 13: Summer Reads (outdoor, weather permitting)
The ever-popular Summer Reading coffeehouse returns! Planning your beach reading? Got your own summer reading underway? Come and hear about favorite reads from library staff and whoever else shows up. It could – and should – be you!

July 27: Welcome to the Makerspace (indoor)
Have you been hoping to use the Makerspace with your coursework or academic work but not sure how? Come to this coffeehouse session to learn about the ways your colleagues have been using 3D printers, sewing machines, the laser cutter, and more to incorporate hands-on learning and help their students reach their curricular goals in subjects all over campus.

August 10: Let’s Talk Cookbooks (outdoor, weather permitting)
If you like to cook, you probably have more than one favorite cookbook. Maybe baking and cooking helped you make it through the worst of the pandemic. In any case, we’re taking time to talk about our favorite cookbooks–and our favorite food writing–and discover more.

See previous summer coffeehouse book, cookbook, and podcast recommendations (and more!) on the Summer Coffeehouse Series research guide.

Library Summer Coffeehouses have returned! Your friends in the Mudd are so excited to gather with you once again! Coffeehouses will all take place at 10 am, in the plaza in front of the library. Refreshments will be provided.

June 30: Summer Reads
The ever-popular Summer Reading coffeehouse returns! Planning your beach reading? Got your own summer reading underway? Come and hear about favorite reads from library staff and whoever else shows up. It could – and should – be you!

July 14: Let’s Talk Cookbooks
If you like to cook, you probably have more than one favorite cookbook. Maybe baking and cooking helped you make it through this past year. In any case, we’re taking time to talk about our favorite cookbooks–and our favorite food writing–and discover more.

August 11: Podcasts
We learn every summer about so many wonderful books to read that we thought we’d like to take the same approach to podcasts. Come share what you listen to and find out about recommendations from the library.

Just a reminder that your friends in the Mudd Library have been continuing two of our favorite weekly events through Spring term- and we’d love for you to join us!

LU Reads: Join us on Wednesday evenings from 7-7:30 Central on Zoom. For spring term, we’re doing a read-aloud of the Fox Cities Reads title, George by Alex Gino.

LU reads is a joint venture along with the Office of Spiritual and Religious Life and EDST 283 “Beyond ‘Who lives? Who dies? Who tells your story?:’ Gender in Adolescent & Young Adult Literature.” Learn more on the LU Reads Guide.

Fiber Arts & Chat: Each Friday, starting at 4:00 PM Central on Zoom, join your friends from the Mudd and fiber arts enthusiasts from across the LU community for some knitting/crocheting/etc. and fun conversation!

It’s National Library Week! Even though your friends from the Mudd Library are not actually in the Mudd Library, we still want to celebrate with you!

• Tuesday, April 21: Library Worker Appreciation Day: Our beloved student library workers are not working in the library this term, but we still want them to know how much we appreciate them!
• Thursday, April 23: Chat with Your Friends from the Mudd! Join us for a Zoom chat! Pop in and say, “hi” to us anytime between 4:30 pm and 5:15 pm (Central time)! We miss seeing students and getting to chat with you! Feel free to use this time to tell us about what you’re doing for fun or to ask us a question!
• All week long: Check out our Facebook and Instagram to see your library friends share why we love the Mudd Library (and all libraries)! We hope you’ll comment and tell us why you love libraries!

Also, don’t forget that while we’re not in the library, we’re still here to help! Ask us!

You may have heard the news that the Center for Academic Success will be moving to the second floor of the Mudd Library. We’re so excited this is happening! Before they can make the move, however, the second floor is going to be renovated!

Here’s a timeline of what’s happening and when:

• Technology Services Helpdesk will be moving to room 401 on March 10th.
• Room 401 will not be available for reservations or Zoom conferencing until Fall term 2020 while that room is our temporary Helpdesk (a Zoom-ready room is still available on the 3rd floor).
• Construction of the second floor will begin on Monday, March 23- the first day of spring break.
• The second floor (including the ITC computer lab) will be unavailable over spring term and most of the summer.
• Construction is scheduled to be completed near the end of August 2020.

Please be sure to let us know if there is any way we can help while the construction is underway. Here are a few helpful tips:

• Get your quiet library time during the later afternoons, evenings, and weekends when the construction crews will not be working.
• Noise-cancelling headphones are available to check out from the circulation desk.
• We’ll be moving study tables from the second floor to other floors so there will still be plenty of places to study.
• Can’t find something? Ask us! We’re happy to help or to retrieve items for you.

We’re so excited to welcome our friends in the Center for Academic Success to the Mudd Library! When the renovation is complete, they’ll be joining our other second floor buddies, Technology Services.