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Hutchins Library will be CLOSED for Labor Day, September 1, 2025

08/31/2025

Angel Rivera

We are closed for #LaborDay, but our electronic resources, including Access World News (Newsbank), are available remotely 24 hours, 7 days a week. Find the information you need most from the comfort of home all through the holiday.

We will be open again regular hours on Tuesday, September 2, 2025.

Note: If you are off campus, you will need to log-in using your Berea College credentials and DUO to use our online resources.

And while you are here, if you are interested in learning a bit more about Labor Day, we have a blog post highlighting some books and resources about Labor Day and work that may be of interest.

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Welcome students fall 2025: FREE TEXTBOOKS AVAILABLE

08/07/2025

Angel Rivera

Our library director is pleased to announce the return of “FREE TEXTBOOKS” for fall 2025. She writes:

FREE TEXTBOOKS AVAILABLE!

Welcome back to campus!

At the end of last semester, students left behind a large number of textbooks in the residence halls. We've gathered them, sorted them by subject, and placed them on top of the reference shelves on the main floor of Hutchins Library.

Take what you need—no cost, no catch!

Reuse books and save money!

Need our hours? Find them here:

Https://berea.libcal.com/hours

Did you pick up any books?

Let us know how much you saved!

Take our quick survey:

https://berea.libwizard.com/f/Free_Textbook_Savings_2025

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Hutchins Library CLOSED Friday, August 8, 2025 for fumigation

08/07/2025

Angel Rivera

The library, including the library annex, will be closed tomorrow, Friday, August 8, 2025 so the building can be fumigated.

We will reopen on Monday, August 11, 2025.

You can check our hours at any time by visiting the library website and using this link: https://berea.libcal.com/hours.

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Former Berea Students share their art in "The Other Side"

Hutchins Library is pleased to announce the exhibit “The Other Place” by Bob Wilson and Patrick Lynch. Their work brings together their work and that of other former Berea College students. The exhibit runs from September 8 to October 6, 2026, and it is located in the library's main exhibit wall. The artists provided the following statement about the exhibit: "The Other Side" is an art show of work created by former students of the Berea Art Department who for one reason or another did not graduate from the college but instead, transferred to other institutions to finish their degrees or were graduates of Berea College who received non-art related degrees and after graduating became artists. Christine Kuhn is an artist/muralist who lives, works, creates and sometimes teaches in Lexington, Kentucky. Her works of art have been seen and published in various publications and venues in Kentucky and elsewhere. Karla Rose Weakly-Gruber is an artist who lives in Lebanon Junction, Kentucky. She is the owner of Front Porch Art and former artist/art teacher at the Music and Art Center of Cultural Learning in Elizabethtown, Kentucky. She studied art education at both Berea College and Eastern Kentucky University in Richmond. Sylvia Zingg currently resides in Omaha, Nebraska with her family. She actively volunteers her time and talents to various community organizations. She is an RN by trade, but recently has been creating art and working in her studio. Bob Wilson's biography: Bob Wilson was born in La Follette, TN in 1954. He graduated from La Follette High School in 1972. In 1982, he entered Berea College as an older student and received his art degree in 1986. He became a member of Chroma Artists Group in the very late eighties/early nineties and was briefly a member of A-1 Arts Lab, both of which were located in Knoxville, TN. He was connected to two Knoxville based groups of poets and at one time was thought to be a poet instead of being a visual artist. Patrick Lynch's biography: Patrick Lynch was born in Covington, KY in 1962, Estill County (KY) High School in 1980, and is a 1985 graduate of Berea College as a studio art major. He admits to being just old enough to run home from the school bus to watch the 1960’s soap opera Dark Shadows. Lynch is a past president of the Lexington Art League and a member of the Kentucky Antique Phonograph Society. Since artists often have day jobs, Lynch’s day job for nearly 34 years was in libraries, retiring from the Lexington Public Library after 28 years.This exhibit is free and open to the public. ...

Hutchins Library will be CLOSED for Labor Day, September 1, 2025

We are closed for #LaborDay, but our electronic resources, including Access World News (Newsbank), are available remotely 24 hours, 7 days a week. Find the information you need most from the comfort of home all through the holiday. We will be open again regular hours on Tuesday, September 2, 2025.Note: If you are off campus, you will need to log-in using your Berea College credentials and DUO to use our online resources. And while you are here, if you are interested in learning a bit more about Labor Day, we have a blog post highlighting some books and resources about Labor Day and work that may be of interest. ...

From Our Shelves: Verified

Welcome to “From Our Shelves” where I read a book from our library collections and write a short review about it. This week I am featuring Verified: how to think straight, get duped less, and make better decisions about what to believe online (link to library catalog) by Mike Caulfield and Samuel S. Wineburg. This book is an essential guide everyone using the internet needs to have handy. This book teaches how to be skeptical of what you see online and how to evaluate it. In a time when the internet and social media are full of scams, click bait, rage bait, and other deceptions, this book gives you the tools to separate the crap from the few good things that remain. Caulfield, one of the two coauthors, created the SIFT method (Stop, Investigate, Find other coverage, Trace the claim). This is one of the research methods we teach here in library instruction to empower our students to evaluate what they find online and act accordingly. Their lessons are relatively easy and teach you how to assess quickly, so you can find the information you need and navigate the web efficiently. Locally, this book may be of interest in writing classes that require research. It may also be of interest for some journalism classes. If you read this book, or any other book in our collections or just any interesting book, feel free to leave a comment and let us know. ...

Welcome students fall 2025: FREE TEXTBOOKS AVAILABLE

Our library director is pleased to announce the return of “FREE TEXTBOOKS” for fall 2025. She writes: FREE TEXTBOOKS AVAILABLE! Welcome back to campus! At the end of last semester, students left behind a large number of textbooks in the residence halls. We've gathered them, sorted them by subject, and placed them on top of the reference shelves on the main floor of Hutchins Library. Take what you need—no cost, no catch!Reuse books and save money! Need our hours? Find them here:Https://berea.libcal.com/hours Did you pick up any books?Let us know how much you saved!Take our quick survey:https://berea.libwizard.com/f/Free_Textbook_Savings_2025 ...