Haunting of Hannon Library: What You Missed (Pt. 2)
If you weren’t able to attend the library’s Haunting of Hannon on October 20th and the 21st, then you severely missed out. Every year, the library collaborates with the Theatre … Read more
Haunting of Hannon Library: What You Missed (Pt. 1)
The Von der Ahe Family Suite filled with students from every class year. The room was abuzz with students excitedly talking about different ways to protect themselves against potential basement … Read more
Support our 2017 Holiday Book Drive!
UPDATE 11/20/2017: We will continue to accept book donations until noon on November 27, 2017. “A book is a device to ignite the imagination.” ― Alan Bennett, The Uncommon Reader. Once … Read more
Alumni Access to Hannon Library
To Our Alumni Guests, You may have received an email from LMU ITS this past week notifying you that after December 1, 2017, alumni will no longer have access to … Read more
Reformation Day: 500 Years Later
“Scholarship is a conversation” is a librarian aphorism. True as it may be, it can be difficult to see the big picture when reading any one book or article. The … Read more
Faculty Pub Night with Sina Kramer: What You Missed
On Tuesday, October 17, a group of eagerly awaiting students and faculty arrived on the third floor of the library to hear Sina Kramer speak about her recent publication, Excluded Within: The … Read more
Walt Walker Named Director-at-large for ALA Roundtable
Walt Walker, Head Cataloging Librarian at the William H. Hannon Library, was recently appointed as Director-at-Large for the American Library Association’s Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender Round Table. Like many academic … Read more
Exploring the GFA System in the Basement
Update 2022-01-17: The numbers in this post have been updated to reflect data gathered in 2020. The majority of the physical books owned by the William H. Hannon Library are … Read more
Preserving LMU Student Research
LMU students position the William H. Hannon Library at the crux of the research process: a paradise of knowledge in which to write, muse, and discover (or for some, the … Read more
Poe’s Tales of Mystery and Imagination
This post is part of a series written by Alison Hobbs, curator of the 2017 Archives and Special Collections exhibition, “Tales of Mystery and Imagination.” Edgar Allan Poe’s story “The … Read more
What Can I Share? Understanding Publishers’ Policies and Author’s Sharing Rights
The scientific community and other researchers are grappling with a sudden disruption of scholarly sharing. A coalition of publishers, including the American Chemical Society, Brill, Elsevier, Wiley and Wolters Kluwer, … Read more
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