Troy University Libraries plan ‘Banned Book Week’ activities

A book launch will be held on Monday evening and a series of book talks by faculty members will be held on Tuesday.

A book launch will be held on Monday evening and a series of book talks by faculty members will be held on Tuesday.

Troy University Libraries will hold a series of events this week in recognition of Banned Books Week.

Banned Books Week is an annual event of the American Libraries Association that brings together the entire book community, including librarians, booksellers, publishers, journalists, teachers and readers of all types in shared support of the freedom to seek,…

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Workshop to equip educators to teach students about the Holocaust

TROY students view the Americans and the Holocaust exhibit at the Troy Campus Library. The exhibit will be on display until April 20.

TROY students view the Americans and the Holocaust exhibit at the Troy Campus Library. The exhibit will be on display until April 20.

The Troy University Library will present a free teacher workshop on April 12 to better equip educators to teach students about the Holocaust.

Held in conjunction with the library’s visiting exhibit, “Americans and the Holocaust,” the workshop will take place from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the Troy Campus Library located in Wallace Hall….

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‘Americans and the Holocaust’ traveling exhibition coming to Troy University Library

The traveling exhibit will be on display in the Troy Campus Library from March 20 to April 24.

The traveling exhibit will be on display in the Troy Campus Library from March 20 to April 24.

Troy University’s Troy Campus Library is one of 50 U.S. libraries selected to host Americans and the Holocaust, a traveling exhibition from the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum that examines the motives, pressures and fears that shaped Americans’ responses to Nazism, war and genocide in Europe during the 1930s and 1940s.

The touring library exhibition —…

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Shaffer receives SELA’s Outstanding Southeastern Author Award for ‘Moon Over Sasova’

Dr. Chris Shaffer (left) received the award during the joint Mississippi Library Association and Southeastern Library Association Conference.

Dr. Chris Shaffer (left) received the award during the joint Mississippi Library Association and Southeastern Library Association Conference.

Dr. Chris Shaffer, Dean of Library Services at Troy University, has received the Southeastern Library Association’s Outstanding Southeastern Author Award in the non-fiction category for his book “Moon Over Sasova: One American’s Experience Teaching in Post-Cold War Slovakia.”

This year’s award was presented at the Joint Mississippi Library Association and Southeastern Library Association Conference in…

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