Copley Library Annual Report 2018-2019

Coming Home TO THE LIBRARY COPLEY LIBRARY HOSTED ITS FIRST HOMECOMING EVENT, “Books and Bubblies,” on October 13, 2018 in the beautiful Mother Hill Reading Room. Alumni, including former library student assistants, and future graduates joined Dean Theresa Byrd, Access and Outreach Services Librarian Christopher Marcum, and Diane Maher, Head of Archives, Special Collections, and Digital Initiatives for a fond look at USD’s past and future. To spark conversation, renderings of the library’s renovation plans were on full display along with vintage yearbooks, selected past issues of the university’s student newspaper, and historical photographs from the University Archives. Over mimosas and a light breakfast, memories were shared, stories were told, and hopes for the future were expressed. By popular demand, the event ended with a spontaneous tour of the closed stacks in the library’s rare book room and the archives reading room—leaving the curiosity of the most inquisitive alumni satisfied at last!

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