Stop by to answer the question of the day, and come this Thursday for root beet floats.

We're trying out a new way to make it easier to see what's new in Bridge, the joint catalog of the Carleton and St. Olaf Libraries. You can view a list of new books, sorted by call number/subject area and a list of new DVDs, sorted by title. We'll update these lists at the beginning of each month.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

CARLETON COLLEGE ANNOUNCES NEW NAME FOR ITS LIBRARY

“Toff Memorial Library” will honor beloved campus cat

NORTHFIELD, MN, April 1, 2013 – Carleton College announced today that it will change the name of its library, formerly “Laurence McKinley Gould Library” to “Toff Memorial Library,” effective immediately. The new name honors beloved campus cat, Toff (1997-2011).

The announcement comes on April 1, 2013, as the campus celebrates what would have been Toff’s 16th birthday. According to a librarian at the newly named Toff library, the decision stemmed from a few factors. “Toff embodied the characteristics that we hope to inspire in all Carleton students: curiosity, playfulness, overcoming obstacles (like doors), and of course, a love of the library.”

The Toff Memorial Library had previously been named the “Laurence McKinley Gould Library” after the well-loved Carleton professor, president, and Antarctic explorer. “While we admired Gould’s story and place in Carleton’s history,” continued the librarian, “we found that students associate Gould with cold weather and harsh conditions, and especially after this year's winter, we just want to forget that cold weather exists. Toff, on the other hand, brings to mind warm, soft, and fuzzy thoughts.”

The Toff Memorial Library will be celebrating the its new name, as well as Toff’s birthday with cat-themed treats, served today in the Toff Library lobby.

Learn more about Toff and his legacy at Carleton College in the 2007 documentary.

The Library will be serving Bagels on Tuesday, March 12th.

A new version of ARTstor’s Offline Image Viewer (OIV) for Mac OS X 10.7 and OS X 10.8 is now available for download. This version includes all the features of the previous release.

Our ContentDM server will be down on Thursday, November 29 for maintenance.  This affects many of the Carleton Digital Collections and the Northfield Historical Collaborative collections that are provided through ContentDM.

The library will be open extended hours for reading days and finals.

Stop by the Swingline Cemetery in front of the library today (Halloween) to pay your respects to our dearly beloved staplers who gave their lives in service of binding your papers. 

Elections Guide

All faculty, students and staff from Carleton now have access to nearly 80,000 electronic editions of current academic books (2005-present) in a wide range of subjects through the online resource ebrary.

To access ebrary books, simply search the Bridge catalog as you would for any other book and then click the "Click for CARLETON access" link, or go directly to ebrary and search there.

For information on using ebrary with a mobile device (including iPhone, iPad, and Android devices), see our handy guide.