Florida SouthWestern State College Libraries

It's Banned Books Week and we're celebrating our freedom to read with some Harry Potter Trivia at the Charlotte Campus library today at 3:30. Escape the Muggles for a bit and come have some fun! We'll have cupcakes, music, and prizes!

Awesome Event Alert from the Holocaust Memorial Week Committee:

We will be screening Jojo Rabbit on the Lee campus in the Rush Library Auditorim (J-103) at 5:00 and Dr. Leunens will Zoom in for a Q&A at 7:00 pm. Anyone can join the Zoom conversation using the link attached to the pdf but you must attend in person to watch the film.

Dr. Christine Leunens is the author of Caging Skies, the novel on which the film Jojo Rabbit is based. Christine went to high school in Cape Coral and moved to Paris to study French literature after graduation. She funded her study and early writing by modelling in Europe, becoming the face of Givenchy, Paco Rabanne, Nina Ricci, Pierre Balmain and Sonia Rykiel, acting in TV ads such as Mercedes Benz, Suzuki and House of Fraser. She went on to earn a M.A. in English and American Literature from Harvard University, and a PhD from Victoria University of Wellington.

Taika Waititi’s film adaptation, Jojo Rabbit, won the People's Choice Award at the 2019 Toronto International Film Festival, was nominated in 2020 for two Golden Globes, six BAFTA, and six Academy Awards, including Best Picture. It won the WGA Award, the British Academy Film Award as well as the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay and ultimately was selected as one of WGA's 101 greatest screenplays of the 21st Century. It also won the Humanitas Prize for writing intended to promote human dignity, meaning and freedom. Both the film and the book were nominated for the USC Scripter Award 2020 and won AFI Awards for their contribution to America's Cultural Legacy.

You can also read Caging Skies for free as it is an e-book in our library database. Here's that link: https://fsw-flvc.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/01FALSC_FSW/1nomfnq/alma991001054949806574

Explore Amsterdam with FSW

In order to allow staff and faculty working in the library the opportunity to join the FSW State of the College Address tomorrow afternoon, we are closing the Lee, Charlotte, and Collier Libraries a bit early. Hendry Glades will have normal operating hours. Thank you.

Join us for an engaging panel discussion on Ancestry and Genealogy this Wednesday at 2:30 on Zoom! Check out the Library's Event Calendar: https://fsw.libcal.com/calendar?cid=17052 for the Zoom link.

The CREATIVE Capstone course is going abroad! Check out these opportunities to study in Amsterdam or Costa Rica this summer!

Movie Night on the Charlotte Campus 11/8 at 6:00, everyone is welcome!

Students, your professors and librarians have been working this summer and will continue working this Fall semester to create Open Educational Resources (AKA FREE course materials) to continue the Florida SouthWestern State College mission of high quality affordable education!

Call for Participants!

FSW including all library locations will be closed Monday May 30th in observation of Memorial Day. May we all take the time to remember and honor those who lost their lives in service to our country.

All FSW library locations will reopen Tuesday May 31st following normal summer operating hours found here https://fsw.libcal.com/hours/

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