Next time you are in the W.W. Hagerty Library, be sure to check out the Silent Spring exhibit case on the the first floor near the elevators. This year marks the 50th anniversary of the publication of Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring – the watershed event for public and congressional movement on environmental issues.

“As crude as the cave man’s club, the chemical barrage has been hurled against the fabric of life–a fabric on the one hand delicate and destructible, on the other miraculously tough and resilient, and capable of striking back in unexpected ways.” – Silent Spring, p 279.

This Wednesday, June 30th, the Drexel University Archives will celebrate the opening of its latest exhibit, “The Rebels, the Russian and the Railroad: The Life and Times of Frank Thomson.”

Through Thomson’s own words, documents, and photographs, the exhibit will tell the story of the sixth president of the Pennsylvania Railroad. It will feature correspondence regarding the Civil War and the United States Military Railroads, ephemera from the Grand Duke’s tour, photographs and other materials from Thomson’s career with the Pennsylvania Railroad. The exhibition can be seen at Drexel’s W.W. Hagerty Library from June 21 to August 20, 2010.

The opening reception will be held on Hagerty’s main level on June 30, from 4-6 p.m. Complimentary refreshments will be served.

Of course we’re psyched.

This years honorary chair of National Library Week is none other than the prolific author Neil Gaiman, so we’re celebrating with the highlights from our graphic novel display.

Swing by the display table in Hagerty’s atrium area, browse the books and DVDs, and check stuff out at the circulation desk.

Can’t make it to the library? Look at our collection in our online catalog. There’s a lot to choose from.

Last week, Drexel Libraries invited you to stop by Hagerty and make art books about dragons. We had a great turnout, and now those books are on display, along with some of the books from the library stacks that inspired your creations. Visit the exhibit in Hagerty Library”s first floor atrium at the foot of the stairs.

Can’t make it? View pictures from the event and the exhibit here.

Thanks to all who participated!

We love electronic reference works (and we know you do too), but sometimes the only thing that will do is a book. Reference books have a very long history; learn all about it in a new exhibit from Drexel’s Rare Books Collection displaying historic texts, including the Lexicon of Sextus Pompeius Festus, circa 1622.

Come celebrate our latest exhibit this Wednesday, November 18th from 4-6p.m. on Hagerty’s lower level. All are welcome to the opening celebration, and complimentary refreshments will be served. Visit the University Archives for more information.

Now on display at Hagerty Library, student-made artists books from Professor Walter Moleski’s Philosophy of Architecture class. These innovative books can be considered an art form in themselves, as well as a compelling support for each students’ argument. The books represent a culmination of a term of coursework, class discussions, written assignments and readings.

Inspired by Drexel’s current on-campus exhibition Ink not Ink, Hagerty Library is displaying books from its collection on the works of contemporary Chinese artists. Included are beautiful books by artists Wenda Gu, Wei Qingji, Wang Tiande, Wang Gongxin, Lin Tianmiao and others. You’ll find the display just to the right as you walk in through Hagerty’s main entrance.