Bigger than Books

Provost and Senior Vice-President Susan Traverso helped kick off the 20^th anniversary of the High Library last Thursday by sponsoring a faculty reception in the new Reading Commons of the library. The highlight of the reception was a talk by guest lecturer Maria Mogford, Albright College, on “Updike and Pennsylvania,” moderated by English Professor John Rohrkemper. The spotlight was on Updike because a new friend of the College, Leland Wilson, recently donated a gift of first and signed editions of Updike’s works to the High Library. Throughout the year-long celebration, “Bigger than Books: 20 years of Expanding Information Horizons at High Library,” the librarians hope to promote all of the collections and services that have been developed over the decades, from books to scores to DVDs as well as library instruction sessions to spaces conducive to scholarly conversation and debate.