Smith Library Center News

Have you ever wished you could design a better cover for your favorite book?

Dave Eggers’s publishing company, McSweeney’s, is known for creative book design. As part of the Writer’s Voice series the Smith Library Center is sponsoring Biblio/Graphics, a contest to celebrate the art of the book.

We invite Southwestern students to design covers for their favorite books. Submissions can be in any format, but must be no larger than 12” x 12”. An expert panel of judges will choose the top three designs, which will be featured in a library exhibit and viewed by Dave Eggers, and the winning designers will receive prizes! See the McSweeney’s display in the library lobby for inspiration.

All submissions due no later than October 17^th. Drop off designs at the Circulation Desk c/o Carol Fonken. Please include your name and contact information with your submission.

Winners will be announced on Wednesday, October 19^th.

Have you been interested in trying out an Amazon Kindle wireless reader?

The Smith Library Center is now making 5 Kindle readers available to current Southwestern students, faculty, and staff.  Simply fill out the reservation form on the Kindle LibGuide, and we will contact you as soon as a Kindle is available.

We intend for the Kindle collection to be user driven. You can select any Kindle title listed in the Voyager online catalog. If SLC does not have the Kindle book you want, once you have been notified that a Kindle is available for you to check out you can search Amazon’s Kindle Store and let us know what title you’d like us to acquire for you to read.

For more information using the Kindles, our Kindle collection, and the Reservation form, please see our Kindle LibGuide.