Welcome to the official page of the Friends of the Houston Cole Library at Jacksonville State University, Jacksonville, Alabama.
You are cordially invited to become a Friend of Houston Cole Library. The purpose of the organization is to promote an appreciation of the Library as the center of academic life at Jacksonville State University and to provide enrichment for its resources. The privileges of membership are:
An opportunity to participate in the enhancement of the library
A card entitling you to check out books
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07/26/2019
JSU kids college produces pint-sized polymaths Jacksonville State University will hand out diplomas to graduating students next week, but some substantially smaller scholars received their diplomas at Thursday’s JSU College for Kids graduation.
05/22/2019
05/21/2019
We love to help make our library more inviting for the community!
Hey, Friends! We're beginning to plan our fall program! Who would you like to see as our fall speaker? What books or subjects interest you? Post your ideas here!
01/24/2018
R! E! A! D! What do we need? We need to READ! Cocky and the entire JSU cheerleading team kickoff storytime. They were awesome.
01/24/2018
Storytime with the JSU Cheerleaders and Cocky in the Children's Corner yesterday. Great turn out!
R! E! A! D! What do we need? We need to READ! Cocky and the entire JSU cheerleading team kickoff storytime. They were awesome.
10/23/2017
We are over the moon about the grand opening of the Library's new Children's Corner on the 5th floor! We hope you'll join us on Wednesday, Oct. 25, at 3 p.m. for the ribbon cutting. If you're a Friend of the HCL, your membership dues helped create this dynamic, colorful, educational, FUN space for area children and their families! Thank you!
JSU English Alumnus James Matthew Byers will be on campus Monday January 23 at 3:30 p.m. to speak about his newly published verse translation of the Old English Epic, Beowulf. Copies will be available to purchase at the reception following the event, held at Stone Center, Room 234, sponsored by the English Department. Matt has won numerous poetry and writing awards and will be explaining his experience of promoting his book at Amazon. This event will be free and open to the public. We'll see you there!
The Library will be closed Friday and Saturday, Jan. 6-7, due to the winter storm that is forecast for our area. The Library will resume regular hours (3-11 pm) on Sunday, Jan. 8, weather permitting.
11/03/2016
Congratulations, Calah Burton!
It's almost time for our fall book talk! We can't wait to see you all at the Library tonight at 7 p.m. to discuss one of the area's most notorious double homicides-- the torso murders of 1959. Come and meet Donald Brown, author of "Mr. X and Mr. Y." Admission is free and so are the refreshments! There will be books available for signing and purchase.