The Corner Librarian

Yeah, I’m a librarian. I love books.

First off, this wonderful, unassuming little book was donated to the collection by our own Richard Weaver, Instruction/Access Services librarian extraordiniaire! A Boy at Hogarth Press, from Levinger Press, 2006, is the enchantingly illustrated short memoir of Richard Kennedy, who began working for Leonard and Virginia Woolf at the Hogarth Press in 1926 at the tender age of sixteen. The illustrations are wonderful and for anyone who loves fine printing, typography, book history or English lit, this charming book is a delight. Thanks, Richard!

Next up is The Option for the Poor in Christian Theology, edited by Daniel G. Groody, University of Notre Dame Press, 2007. It’s on its way to the bindery to get a hard cover to protect it from the many uses it’s sure to get from theology students and faculty. Looks like a fascinating read!

Finally, from poet Diane Ackerman, author of A Natural History of the Senses comes her 2002 poetry collection, Origami Bridges: Poems of Psychoanalysis and Fire. Ackermann is the author of over twenty books of both nonfiction and poetry. Maxine Kumin has called  her poetry “full of fact and exuberance”.  

     This is just a small sample of what’s trickling into the technical services section of the library this week. As we get into the new academic year, I’ll try to keep you posted on the latest and greatest of the new materials the library has on offer. If you’ve got any suggestions on how to make this even more useful to you, let me know!

Cheers!