Billington Library (JCCC)

Taps Dr. Tony Miksa to Serve as College’s Next President
https://www.jccc.edu/media-resources/press-releases/2025/03/jccc-announces-miksa-as-president.html

: The Stories Whiteness Tells Itself: Racial Myths and Our American Narratives by David Mura
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A message from Godzilla on this Eve 🦖

The final film in our Film Series has maxed out on reservations. 🚨 HOWEVER we've enabled a wait list for those wanting to see GODZILLA (2014), celebrate 70 YEARS of Godzilla 🦖
https://jccc.libcal.com/calendar/library/Godzilla

Godzilla 2014:Godzilla Friday Film Series: Celebrating 70 Years of a Japanese Icon This Event is the third film in the Godzilla Friday Film Series: Celebrating 70 Years of a Japanese Icon. This series is brought to you by JCCC library through Andrea Thimesch with...

continues with Anime and Manga: Censorship in Translation and Adaptation, Sept 25, noon-1pm, LIB 204
Food provided, including special snacks! 🍡🍬🥤

Whether you know a lot or a little about anime and manga, this talk will have something for everyone. Anime & Manga in America have a very different culture than much of the rest of the world. Librarian Andrea Thimesch will explore modern censorship in Anime & Manga including purposeful or inadvertent censorship that occurs via adapting media types or within translations.

We’ll explore how localization, AI censors, and adaptation from Manga to Anime can lead to censorship. We’ll also note the history of comic book reading and how Frederick Wertham’s 1950’s smear campaign against comics extended to comic, manga, and graphic novel censorship culture to today.

Food provided, including special snacks! 🍡🍬🥤

Coming soon from JCCC Dining Services 🦖
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DARY7-0ASsk/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link

Get ready for a flavor explosion this October! Our Matcha + Mango drink is a delightful fusion of creamy matcha and sweet, tropical mango, all for just $4.69. Perfect for fall. Don’t miss out—grab yours while it lasts! 🍵🥭

English Prof. Dr. Marianne Kunkel guides the audiences through challenges of 2023 and leads a Q&A panel with JCCC librarians Andrea Thimesch (Programming Librarian) and Kristen Ramsdale (Part-time Collections and Reference Librarian). Refreshments provided 🥤