Monthly Archives: March 2019

New Materials Monday: Donations from IWU Peace Fellows with Grant from Peace First

For this week’s New Materials Monday, we have 23 fiction and non-fiction books donated by Illinois Wesleyan’s Peace Fellows with a grant from the Peace First organization.

The books are not part of The Ames Library’s formal collection, but will circulate through our Social Justice and Diversity Room, located on the south side of the main floor. The book collection in the room works like a Little Free Library. You can take a book to borrow and after you’re finished, you can bring it back or pass it along to another reader. We also encourage you to donate books on the topic of social justice that you think might be good additions to the room.

Come by any time to browse the collection and snag a book or two!

Celebrate Women’s History with Kanopy Films

March is Women’s History Month and Kanopy is celebrating with a new collection of documentaries by and about women. Check out some of their selections below.

As always, Kanopy films stream free for all current IWU faculty, staff, and students. You can find all these films and more right here.

New Artwork in the Library

One of the distinguishing features of The Ames Library is our expansive and ever-growing collection of artwork, which includes everything from Rembrandt etchings to art from graduating Wesleyan seniors. We are delighted to add ten prints from cartoonist Keith Knight to this collection.

You might remember Keith from his visit to campus in October 2018, during which he spoke about race and racism in the United States.

You can see the new prints, which feature quotes on race and social justice from figures like Nelson Mandela and Grace Lee Boggs, on the east side of the main floor.