Representing Activism in Children’s Literature
Today’s post was written by Carol Raby, Library Events Manager. How is activism represented in children’s literature? To answer this question, we need to look no further than the William … Read more
FREADOM: An Exhibition of Banned and Challenged Book Covers Re-Imagined
In response to our Banned and Challenged Books Exhibit from September, senior graphic design students at Loyola Marymount University reimagined the original book cover art for selections from the American … Read more
Interview with Emily Rawson, Winner of the 2019 Undergraduate Library Research Award
We caught up recently with senior animation major Emily Rawson, who won the individual Grand Prize Undergraduate Research Library Award in May 2019 (previously). Her project “The Golem: An Exploration … Read more
Exploring Our Incunabula: A 1485 Printing of Virgil’s Works
The following blog post written by Courtney Harshbarger describes her summertime experience volunteering in the William H. Hannon Library’s Archives and Special Collections to conduct research on our incunabula. Incunabula … Read more
Library Open House 2019: What You Missed
The following post was written by library student assistants America Negrete, Ally Scarpa, and Kaylee Tokumi. On Tuesday, October 2, 2019, the William H. Hannon Library held its second annual … Read more
Valeria Luiselli: LMU Common Book Author Talk
The 2019 LMU Common Book is Tell Me How It Ends: An Essay in Forty Questions, by Valeria Luiselli. Join us November 7 at 1 p.m. in Ahmanson Auditorium (Uhall … Read more
From Cairo to the Cloud: Film Screening
Join us on November 3, 2019 at 2:00 p.m. for a screening of the film “From Cairo to the Cloud.” Filmmaker Michelle Paymar will be in attendance. The Sunday Jewish Book and … Read more
Haunting of Hannon VII: Dead in the West
Join Samuel Clemens as he guides you on a tour of the ghosts, monsters and horrors of the old (and new) west. Inspired by Mark Twain’s travel writing (the subject … Read more
2019 LMU Library Book Drive for Los Angeles Children
“A reader lives a thousand lives before he dies. The man who never reads lives only one.” – George R. R. Martin The ability to own books is a privilege … Read more
The Library as Agora
At the William H. Hannon library, we often talk about the library as agora. It says so right in our mission and vision statement: “The library, as the heart of … Read more
LMU Alumna Shin Park on Working at Hannon Library
We recently caught up with Shin Park, a production coordinator at Netflix Animation, Loyola Marymount University alumna, and past library student worker in the William H. Hannon Library’s Archives and … Read more