Geisel Library Book Group

Geisel Library hosts a book group that meets 2-3 times each semester. All members of the college community are welcome to attend.

This fall we will be reading and discussing two books.

October 5, 2023 | 9:30 a.m. | DeCiccio Reading Room

"All Boys Aren't Blue" by George M. Johnson

Available at Geisel in print or through Overdrive's Libby App as an ebook or audiobook with a college ID.

Our discussion takes place during Banned Books Week, October 1-7, 2023 as this book was listed as the 2nd most challenged book in 2022. Join us to discuss the book and why it was challenged.

November 9, 2023 | 9:30 a.m. | DeCiccio Reading Room

"The Vanishing Half" by Brit Bennett

Copies of "The Vanishing Half" will available at Geisel's Circulation desk for you to borrow 4 weeks prior to the book group discussion with a college ID.

This summer we added a new primary source database of historical newspapers from Africa. Part of the World Newspaper Archive by Readex, the database includes more than 40 nineteenth and early twentieth-century African newspapers from Ghana, Kenya, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, South Africa, Uganda, and Zimbabwe. 

Access is available to current members of the college community through the library's Database A-Z webpage. 

Students and faculty returned to campus to see significant change at Geisel Library. The Library is one of several buildings updated to accommodate the relocation of offices and classrooms from the Poisson building in preparation for its forthcoming demolition. In June 2022, President Joseph A. Favazza, Ph.D., announced plans to establish a School of Nursing and Health Professions to be housed in a new state-of-the-art nursing facility. This facility will replace Poisson building adjacent to Geisel Library.

Geisel is now home to the Computer Science department with faculty/staff offices, labs, and classrooms located on the main and lower levels. Three IT technicians also relocated their offices to the library, behind the Helpdesk on the main level. 

New Staff at Geisel

Circulation Associate

Angela Beatrice

Angela is the Circulation Associate at Geisel Library. Having started in May, she is so happy to be on campus with students, staff and faculty for the new school year. Angela graduated from Franciscan University of Steubenville this summer with her BA in English, American and British Literature. When not at Geisel Library, she enjoys thrifting, hiking (more like trail - walking), coffee shops, and reading about the American poet, T.S. Eliot.

Part-Time Evening / Weekend Circulation Supervisors

Carisa Kolias

Carisa is a librarian and archivist who received her Master of Library Science and archival management graduate certificate from the University of North Texas after 17 years as a stay-at-home mom. A self described history nerd and book hoarder, Carisa also enjoys cooking, gardening, traveling, and spending time with her three teenagers in her free time. When not working at St. Anselm, Carisa can be found assisting researchers, processing archival collections, writing finding aids, and going down fun history rabbit holes at the Center for Lowell History, the archives and special collections library at UMass Lowell.

Kimberly Hartnett

Kimberly worked as a journalist for more than 30 years for newspapers in New Hampshire and the Pacific Northwest. She’s the author of Carolina Israelite: How Harry Golden Made Us Care about Jews, the South, and Civil Rights (The University of North Carolina Press), and along with her work in the library, this semester she’ll be teaching “Saving Lives – Writing about People” for the Nackey S. Loeb School of Communications, which recently announced an affiliation with our New Hampshire Institute of Politics. In her free time, Kimberly often grabs a bus to Boston or explores NH's backroads with her husband. “I also sketch (badly) in the galleries of the Currier Museum and pretend to do yoga,” she says.

Part-Time Evening / Weekend Periodicals Supervisor

Kat Gatcomb

Kat Gatcomb (she/her) is happy to join the Geisel Library staff as a Periodicals Supervisor. She holds a BA in theater from the University of New Hampshire and a MS in Library Science from Simmons University. She has worked in public libraries since 2017 and was named the NH Children’s Librarian of the Year by the NH Library Association in 2021. When not working, she enjoys thrifting, watching live theatre, and spending time with her amazing five month old daughter.

On September 17, 1787, the Founders of our country signed arguably "the most influential document in American history, the U.S. Constitution" (National Constitution Center). We invite you to join us in recognizing this important event by taking time to familiarize yourself with the U.S. Constitution. Small "pocket" copies are freely available at the Circulation Desk, September 14-19, 2023. We also offer an online companion guide with books and videos about the Constitution and its Founders, as well as quizzes to test your knowledge.

Saint Anselm College ranked #89 on Best National Liberal Arts College list.
 

The New Hampshire Institute of Politics hosted a climate change campus debate on September 12, 2023, in tandem with the National Governors Association, Braver Angels and the Saint Anselm Debate Team.