Every Shake is a Learning Experience

Events ought to expand our experiences, right? So the shimmy and shake we felt in the Roanoke Valley Tuesday should send us searching for more information about earthquakes. A good place to start is in Brown Library. Plate Tectonics : an Insider’s History of the Modern Theory of the Earth and Earthshaking Science: What we [...]

Library OPEN Normal Hours

Even with construction continuing throughout the spring semester, the library is open to serve you! Computers, study rooms, and research help are all available and ready to go. So come see us on the top floor, by using the elevator on the west side of the building or the stairwell on the east. (The front [...]

Follow a Library Day

Today is Follow a Library Day on Twitter!  To give your favorite libraries (we hope we’re one of them!) a boost of attention and recognition, tweet their name or @name and include the hashtag #followalibrary. I guess this would be a good time to mention that Brown Library has been on Twitter for three days–follow [...]

Why is the Library Naked??

You may have noticed some empty shelves, increasingly open floor space on the main floor, and the appearance of carts full of “free books” lately. You might wonder, “What’s going on?” Brown Library is getting new clothes… Yep, that’s right—we’re being renovated! Between now and January, you’ll see us gradually move items from the main [...]

Writers’ Gathering Today

Like writing poems or short stories? Maybe you’re working on a novel or play. Or maybe you’ve always been curious but have only ever written academic papers before. Please join Ruff Writers, the creative writing club on campus, for its first meeting today, Thursday, September 30th, at 4pm in the library’s large study room. (This [...]

And The Winners Are…

Did everyone stop by and share in all the wonderful, yummy edible books on Tuesday? In celebration of National Library Week, Brown Library hosted the first VWCC Edible Book Festival. Here’s a sample of what you missed: And the winner of both the President’s Choice and People’s Choice awards is… As a part of the [...]