April 16th Marks the anniversary of "National Librarian Day."
To commemorate this occasion Logue Library presents a short History of the Libraries along with some library information that will help you with your research.
1. History of Libraries (Videos)
The History of Libraries
Library of Congress, Washington DC 4K UHD
The World’s Most Magnificent Libraries
History of Libraries and Librarians
The 15 Best Libraries In The World
History of Libraries - Behind the News
2. Who funded the libraries.. Andrew Carnegie
Carnegie Libraries - Thread Through Time - MPB
3. Logue Library Facts
Here is a historical image of the first books being transferred from the old library in St. Joseph's Hall to Logue Library..
The Chestnut Hill College Lacrosse team removing unused bound periodicals from the basement stacks
Logue Library construction in 1961
Logue Library today
Logue Library is named for Chestnut Hill College's first Dean, Sister Maria Kostka Logue, SSJ, who presided as Dean, and, later President (1924-1954).
The Brimmer Children's Collection was named for Sister Regina Maria Brimmer, Library Director, and later Curriculum Librarian, (1982 - 2012).
Logue Library & Gruber Theater
4. Logue Library Tutorials
(Contact us at Loguelibrarians@chc.edu if you wish us to email them to you)
- How to Access the Kanopy Streaming Service
- How to search for Scholarly Journals in Logue Library
- How to set-up your Google Scholars preferences
- How to download an Academic Journal Article from EBSCO
- How to access Psychotherapy.net Streaming Training Videos
Link to our Social Media Pages and other resources
YouTube Instructional (and fun) videos
(Includes Flash Cards for Studying, videos and interactive games)
Interlibrary Loan Request Form
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Thank you to the following Logue Librarians with helping me with this blog:
Mary Jo Larkin, SSJ Dean of Library & Information Resources and Gail Cathey, Print Resources/ Access Services Librarian with editing and research for this blog.
Posted by J. Presley, Systems Management Librarian.
