Summer 2016

Through Friday, Dec. 16: “Expanding Horizons: Penn Staters in the Olympics” exhibit, Special Collections Library, 104 Paterno Library

Tuesday, Aug. 16: University Libraries Annual picnic, 5-7 p.m., Sunset Park. All University Libraries current and retired employees and their families invited. RSVP required by Tuesday, August 9.

Wednesday, Aug. 17: Dean’s Forum, 10 a.m.-noon, Foster Auditorium, 102 Paterno Library, University Park, and MediaSite Live.

Wednesday, Aug. 17: Library presentation for adult learner students, 10:25-10:55 a.m., presented by Mary Lou Patrick, Hawthorne Building, Penn State Altoona campus.

Wednesday, Aug. 17: Library tour and presentation for international students, 11:15 a.m.-noon, presented by Mary Lou Patrick, 202 Altoona Eiche Library.

Wednesday, Aug. 17: Space planning brown bag session, Libraries’ Space Steering Committee open discussion and Q & A, noon-1 p.m., 510A Paterno Library, University Park.

Wednesday, Aug. 17: Money Counts: Credit Cards, financial literacy workshop by Daad Rizk, 5:30-6:30 p.m., Mann Assembly Room, 103 Paterno Library.

Fall 2016

Friday, Aug. 19: 2016 Travel Grant Winner Brown Bag Presentation, Ryan Charlton, University of Mississippi, winner of a Dorothy Foehr Huck Research Travel Award, noon-1 p.m., Mann Assembly Room, Paterno Library.

Friday-Sunday, Aug. 19-21: Arrival days.

Monday, Aug. 22: First day of classes.

Tuesday, Aug. 23: Welcome and coffee for new diversity residency librarians Alia Gant and Jose Guerrero, 10:30-11:30 a.m., 510A Paterno Library, University Park.

Tuesday, Aug. 30: Coffee with Carmen, the Libraries’ User Services Training Coordinator, noon-1 p.m., Mann Assembly Room.

Monday, Sept. 5: Labor Day, no classes.

Wednesday, Sept. 7: Hazleton Library Open House, noon-4 p.m., Hazleton Library.

Wednesday-Thursday, Sept. 7-8: Open House, 10 a.m-5 p.m., University Park library locations.

Thursday, Sept. 8: Abington Library Open House, 11 a.m-2 p.m., Abington Library.

Wednesday, Sept. 14: Getting to know maps: map literacy, 3:30-5 p.m., Donald W. Hamer Maps Library, W13 Pattee Library, University Park, and on Adobe Connect.

Tuesday, Sept. 20: Coffee with Carmen and pastry decorating, presented by Ann Thompson and Linda Struble, 1:30-2:30 p.m., Physical and Mathematical Sciences Library.

Tuesday, Sept. 20: Margarita Engle accepts the Lee Bennett Hopkins Award for Children’s Poetry, 4-5 p.m., Foster Auditorium, 102 Paterno Library.

Wednesday, Sept. 21: Space planning brown bag session, noon-1 p.m.Libraries’ Space Steering Committee open discussion and Q & A, 510A Paterno Library, University Park.

Wednesday, Sept. 21: Building evacuation training for University Park, 3-4 p.m.,Foster Auditorium, 102 Paterno Library, University Park, and MediaSite Live.

Tuesday, Sept. 27: Discovery Day Webinar Series: Office Yoga, 10-11 a.m., presented by Rebecca Peterson, Foster Auditorium, 102 Paterno Library, University Park, and MediaSite Live.

Thursday, Sept. 28: Occupant safety, a panel discussion , 3-4:30 p.m., Foster Auditorium, 102 Paterno Library, University Park, and MediaSite Live.

Friday, Sept. 30: University Libraries Donor Reception and Celebration, 5:30-7:30 p.m., Paterno Family Reading Room, 201 Pattee Library, University Park.

Tuesday, Oct. 4: Disability Awareness Month Event: Working with patrons with disabilities, Carmen Gass, Libraries’ User Services Training Coordinator, 10 a.m.-noon, Foster Auditorium, 102 Paterno Library, University Park and MediaSite Live.

Thursday, Oct. 6: Nick Sousanis will accept the Lynd Ward Prize for Graphic Novel, 4-5 p.m., Foster Auditorium, 102 Paterno Library.

Wednesday, Oct. 12: Getting to know GIS: GIS literacy, 3:30-5 p.m., Donald W. Hamer Maps Library, W13 Pattee Library, University Park, and on Adobe Connect.

Thursday, Oct. 13: Tech Update, by Libraries I-Tech staff, 10:30-11:30 a.m., Foster Auditorium, 102 Paterno Library, and MediaSite Live.

Tuesday, Oct. 18: Discovery Day Webinar Series: What the Library Can Do for You, presented by Liz Long and Megan Gilpin, 1-2 p.m., Foster Auditorium, 102 Paterno Library, University Park and MediaSite Live.

Sunday, Oct.16: Penn State Parents Weekend events, 10 a.m.-2 p.m., Pattee and Paterno Libraries Open House featuring a gallery talk, book discussion and tours.

Wednesday, Oct. 19: Space planning brown bag session, Libraries’ Space Steering Committee open discussion and Q & A, noon-1 p.m., 510A Paterno Library, University Park.

Wednesday, Oct. 26: Penn State Beaver Library Open House, noon-1:30 p.m., Beaver campus library.

Friday, Oct. 28: Interdisciplinary Research Colloquium, 10 a.m.-3 p.m., Morrison Gallery, Penn State Harrisburg Library.

Wednesday, Nov. 2: Archaeological Institute of America Public Lecture, 5:30-7 p.m., Foster Auditorium, 102 Paterno Library, University Park.

Wednesday, Nov. 16: Space planning brown bag session, Libraries’ Space Steering Committee open discussion and Q & A, noon-1 p.m., 510A Paterno Library, University Park.

Sunday-Saturday, Nov. 20-26: Thanksgiving holiday, no classes.

Friday, Dec. 9: Last day of fall classes.

Dec. 11-13: DeStress Fest, 3-8 p.m., University Park library locations.

Wednesday, Dec. 14: Tech Update, by Libraries I-Tech staff, 1-2:30 p.m., Foster Auditorium, 102 Paterno Library, and MediaSite Live.

Saturday, Dec. 17: Fall Commencement, University Park.

Wednesday, Dec. 21: Space planning brown bag session, Libraries’ Space Steering Committee open discussion and Q & A, noon-1 p.m., 510A Paterno Library, University Park.

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