Win a $50 LWLC Print Card!!

AL.'s Watergate: The Bernard Whitehurst Case

This is an exhibit that you do not want to miss!

  Come to Special Collections inside the Levi Watkins Learning Center to view the must-see exhibition curated by Humanities Digital Archivist, Cassandra Cavness.  

The exhibition will round out the end of Archives Month 

and will be available to view October 25th - November 7th.  

Ms. Cavness will be discussing the exhibit on November 7th in the noon hour 

right after the Special Collections Book Club discussion.  

Join us for an hour of conversation regarding contemporary social justice issues.

Swing by at any time on October 25th!!

De-Stress for Success!!

October 9-13,

come to the 4th floor of the library (the quiet floor)

to relieve mid-term anxiety by coloring.

Coloring materials will be provided.

Calling All Artists!!

The LWLC

Cultural Heritage Committee

presents a

Call for Student Art!

The submission deadline is January 8, 2018

The theme is:
African Americans in Times of War

So think BIG, bold and 

out of the box

 and answer the call!

Your work will be featured in the LWLC’s Art Gallery during the first week of February to kick off Black History Month.

For more information please contact 

Ms. Cassandra Cavness, Humanities Digital Archivist at 334-229-8320 or ccavness@alasu.edu

Salvage the Bones

Have you read the Campus Common Reader, 

Salvage the Bones by Jesmyn Ward?  

If not, you should! It is a power and beautifully written novel about 15-year-old Esch and her family as they navigate through life during the days leading up to Hurricane Katrina's landfall. Ward expertly develops memorable characters in this 2011 National Book Award winning novel.

Venture over to the Levi Watkins Learning Center (LWLC) today to view the Salvage the Bones display and grab the available bibliography and finding aid for more information regarding the novel's various themes, one being Hurricane Katrina, which could not be more relevant today given the recent hurricanes that have left many areas in such places as Puerto Rico, Mexico, and Texas devastated.

Check out Salvage the Bones today
in the Special Collections area located on the 1st floor!

Call Number: PS 3623 .A7323 S36 2011

FREE BOOKS!

Browse our new Take a Book, Leave a Book shelf! 

This space allows library you to peruse books that have been donated and take them without checking them out! They are FREE for the taking!! You can return the book when you’re done or leave one of your own books for others to read.

Currently, there are free books on the shelf ranging from comic books to self-help books, mystery books to romance books.  

There are children's books and even a few cookbooks!

So please feel free to drop off your books to any librarian located at the 1^st floor Information Desk and enjoy!

#THUG

The Special Collections Book Club 
highlights and celebrates African American fiction 
while encouraging thoughtful and engaging discussions.

The Fall semester Special Collections Book Club Pick is The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas.  This young adult novel has received rave reviews since its’ early 2017 release.  The book takes the reader on Starr’s journey after her long-time friend is murdered by a police officer right before her very eyes.  The novel is filled with rich characters and cleverly weaves in elements of the Black Lives Matter movement as well as highlights the significance of Tupac’s famous tattoo and lyrics.  

The popular book has already been selected to be adapted into a movie! Amandla Stenberg, Common, Regina Hall and Issa Rae are among the cast members who are currently filming in Atlanta.

Come into the Special Collections area in the library and check out a copy today and join us on

November 7, 2017 | 11:00 am-1:00 pm 

for refreshments, giveaways and a lively discussion of the novel.  See you then!