Please join us Wednesday, March 26 from 6:30-8 pm for an opening celebration of The Nest, a new student installation in the library.

Janet Malcolm: Critical Collage on view in Stevenson library March 27- May 30

Opening Reception Thursday, March 27 2-4 p.m.

Janet Malcolm: Critical Collage presents the first institutional exhibition of the artist’s extensive work in collage. Best known as a critic for the New Yorker, where she wrote for over fifty years, and the author of Psychoanalysis: The Impossible Profession (1977) and The Silent Woman: Sylvia Plath and Ted Hughes (1994), amongst many other books, Malcolm was also an avid collagist who made work out of a range of papers that process and reorganize themes in her writing, and which also point to the artist’s personal history. A myriad of languages appear here; psychological papers gather and fracture; the German sculptor Eva Hesse and the American poet Emily Dickinson are frequent muses. Much of this material is rendered in a visual language indebted to the historical avant-gardes, especially the work of Kurt Schwitters. Rather than insist on originality, Malcolm understood the collage method as an intimate way to assess the world in which she lived, and to use the printed page to make meaning in ways different from those typically expected of her.

Belonging at Bard: A Library Salon

Tuesday, March 25
6 – 8 pm

At our next Library Salon, senior sociology student Sarina Diaz will share her research on the importance of affinity groups to student success and wellness. All are welcome to join us for this important conversation! Refreshments will be provided. This event is co-sponsored by Bard Warr;ors.

Zotero for Everyone
Friday, March 28
2 – 4 p.m. 
Library Computer Lab (room 206)

Zotero is a free, open-source citation management tool that helps you keep track of your research and generate citations with ease. In this workshop, we will take you through the basics of setting up and using Zotero, with plenty of time for questions and troubleshooting.
Whether you’re brand new to Zotero or you’ve dabbled and have some questions, join us to learn how to get the most out of this powerful tool.
Can’t make it? Ask a Librarian or check out our Zotero guide.

Senior Project introductions and conclusions can be tricky to write. If you need inspiration, join Rob Culp, Julia Rosenbaum, and Éric Trudel on Monday, April 7, in Olin LC 115. They’ll dispense tips, take your questions, and make you glad you came.

Introducing a new discussion series at Stevenson Library, Library Salons. Library salons are opportunities for the Bard community to exchange knowledge and ideas about current events and issues. At our first salon, this Tuesday, February 20 join us at 5 pm for a student-led discussion about the historical roots of today’s rhetoric and policies around citizenship, equality, and belonging in the United States. All are welcome!

This Thursday, Feb. 20 from 5-7 pm, celebrate Black History Month and test your knowledge at Black History Trivia Night!  Bring friends or come solo and join a team when you get here. We’ll have pizza for all and awesome prizes for the winners! Happens on the first floor.

Closing reception: This Book Makes Sense student artist book exhibit
Tuesday, February 11 from 4-5:30
Stevenson Library, third floor

Join us on the third floor for a closing reception celebrating an exhibit of artist books from Tatjana Myoko von Prittwitz’s Fall 2024 studio arts class This Book Makes Sense. This exhibit features works by 11 students based on their mindful exploration of the senses – the way they were experiencing the world through the senses: eye, ears, nose, tongue, body, mind. The goal was to expand the vocabulary of the senses by examining and liberating their power. Additional inspiration was drawn from the Artist Book Collection at CCS. Each artist book is a testimony of the students’ unique creative journey, discovering their surroundings with a fresh perspective. A book of their senses – a book that makes sense.