Katie Nash

The Belk Library Archives and Special Collections Department will host three interns during the Spring 2012 semester. One intern is an Elon student and the other two are graduate students in the Library and Information Studies program at UNC-Greensboro. They will be working on a variety of projects throughout the semester. See below for more information about each intern and the interesting projects they will be working on.

JUST IN TIME FOR SUMMER!  Belk Library has added 25 new book titles to the Kindles.  Kindles are available to Elon students, faculty and staff.

Kindles can be reserved through the library catalog by searching the title “Kindle,” or go directly to Kindle.  The Kindle E-Readers user’s guide is available with a current list of book titles and other facts about Belk Kindles.

Thomas E. Powell, Jr. '19

This week Elon will honor Dr. Thomas E. Powell, Jr. ’19 for Founders Day. Powell was a member of the Class of 1919 and served as a professor of biology and geology at Elon from 1919-1936. In 1927, he founded Carolina Biological Supply Company.

Each month during the Spring 2011 semester, Belk Library will be hosting a contest through our Facebook page.

If you are not a fan already, become one and keep an eye out for our upcoming contest, beginning Monday February 14th. You can win prizes such as a Barnes and Noble gift card, Phoenix Cash, movie tickets, and an Irazu Coffee gift certificate.

Stay tuned… and may the best guess win!

Koury Business Center

The Martha and Spencer Love School of Business is celebrating its 25th anniversary! Check out the library’s book and poster display to learn more about Martha and Spencer Love.

In late December of 1985, the Martha and Spencer Love Foundation made a $1 million gift to Elon College to endow its business program. The Elon board of trustees voted to name the program the Martha and Spencer Love School of Business in memory of the foundation’s benefactors. At the time, the gift was the largest in the 97-year history of the college.

Do you need help with your research while studying abroad this winter term? Don’t forget that Belk Library is here for you! Check out our study abroad resources online for students and faculty, and don’t forget you can always IM us. Enjoy your time abroad, and we’ll see you when you get back!

Carlton Library Reading Room circa 1925-1929

Ever wonder what happened to the library collection after the “Old Main” Administration Building on Elon’s campus was destroyed by fire in January 1923? Belk Library has the answer! The 1923 fire destroyed the Administration Building which housed the library, as well as classrooms, administrative and faculty offices, the chapel, the museum, literary society halls, and dorm rooms. The President of Elon at the time, William A. Harper, reached out to the Elon community and asked them to donate any college publications and other materials that would help rebuild what was lost in the fire.

Those “other materials” included many books that became a new Elon College Library collection. After spending many years in storage, some of these books are now on display on the first floor of Belk Library. The books are on a variety of subjects, such as mathematics, theology, science and grammar and may not be checked out.

Celebrate Elon’s heritage at Homecoming this weekend (Oct. 22-24) and join alumni, faculty, staff, current students, and other friends of Elon University in all the festivities planned!

In 1895, 11 of Elon College’s first graduates united to establish the Elon College Alumni Association, which strove to keep “the memory of college days among the alumni, and to keep their support united for the good of the college.” To meet those goals, the association sponsored reunions to bring graduates back to campus. One such reunion, an annual October/November event called “Homecoming Days,” is mentioned in Elon communications dating to the early 20th century. Though the specifics of the celebration have changed considerably over the past 100 years, the spirit remains the same, bringing to the forefront the indelible link between Elon’s past and present.

For more information, check out the Homecoming schedule online.

Do you need assistance finding good resources for the paper that is due tomorrow? Belk Library’s online research guides are your one-stop-shop to accessing sources that will help with all your research needs. The research guides are categorized by subject, so no matter what you are researching there is a guide for you. Check them out by clicking here.