What’s New in the Libraries Fall 2024
New Tools
Databases
The library subscribes to a number of new electronic databases. We invite you to check out our new offerings:
- Art & Architecture Archive — 1895–2015. Full-text archive of over 65 international magazines, presented as searchable full-color page images, that cover fine art, art history, photography, decorative arts, interior design, graphic and industrial design, architecture, and more.
- British Periodicals — This database offers access to the searchable full text of several hundred British periodicals from the late 17th century to the early 21st and provides high-resolution facsimile page images.
- Education Magazine Archive — 1910–2015. Full-text archive of over two dozen international magazines aimed at teachers and other education professionals that chart the evolution of educational theory, policy, and practice.
- National Theatre Collection — In collaboration with the National Theatre of Great Britain, this collection features streaming video of stage productions as well as archival materials and documents.
- New Oxford Shakespeare — This online resource brings together three interconnected reference works to present a new consideration of the writings of William Shakespeare, edited from first principles from the base texts themselves and drawing on the latest textual and theatrical scholarship.
- North American Indian Drama, Second Edition — An online database of nearly 250 plays, more than half of which are previously unpublished, by American Indian and First Nation playwrights of the 20th and 21st centuries.
To see all of the library's 300+ databases visit our Databases A-Z list. If you have any questions, please contact a consulting librarian.
Alumni Scarlet and Black (S&B)
The Alumni Scarlet & Black has been digitized and made available! The Alumni Scarlet & Black was an alumni newsletter published starting in 1942 and running until 1965.
Questions? Please use the contact form to reach the staff of the Grinnell College Libraries Special Collections and Archives.
New Spaces
Burling Digital Studio
The Burling Digital Studio (lower level) features two reservable recording studios, seven MAC workstations with video editing capabilities, an object photo scanner, 3D printers, cameras, recorders, and additional technology for checkout at the circulation desk.
Burling Computer Commons
The Libraries have reconfigured the first floor Computer Commons with new soft seating options and upgraded technology.
Graphic Novels Collection
Burling Library’s Comic and Graphic Novel Collection in the first floor lounge has three major genres of graphic novels represented: adventure comics, newspaper comics, and manga/manhwa/manhua. In this collection, you can find classic story arcs from Batman, Peanuts, or Dragonball Z. You can also find a graphic novel explanation of the Bible, Don Quixote retold, or a visual explanation of statistics.
New Exhibits
Exhibits in the Libraries
Check out exhibits around the library! On Burling first floor, the Spotlight Case and Magic Box feature items from Special Collections and Archives. Also on Burling first floor, we have a rotating circulation book display near the Current and Popular Fiction section. Located on Burling lower level, see the rotating exhibits in Burling Gallery featuring materials from Special Collections and Archives or the Museum of Art collections
Special Collections And Archives
Home to the College archives and special collections, the Reading Room is open for walk-ins Monday through Friday, 1:30–5 p.m. or by appointment. Feel free to drop in and learn more about what holdings call Grinnell home, from 12th-century manuscripts to modern artists books and in between. Find more about us online.