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Libary Lobby, August 24 – October 8, 2012
Our ONE AMAZING COMMUNITY exhibit features the truly amazing stories of 10 CSUN student, faculty, staff, and community members. These amazing stories address diverse challenges: veterans’ issues, cancer, homelessness, spinal cord injury, foster youth, transgender issues, Holocaust survival, spinal muscular atrophy type III, triumph over tragedy, and volunteering [...]
Oviatt Library Lobby Exhibit
January 30 – May 31, 2012
What if you were one of the last speakers of your language? Though it seems improbable, almost one half of the world’s 7000 languages are endangered – many have fewer than 25 living speakers. If nothing is done, these languages will die in this century, taking [...]
September 20, 2011-July 27, 2012
C.K. and Teresa Tseng Gallery
Over the years, Catherine Mulholland, who loved libraries and the Oviatt in particular, donated her personal archives and those of her family to the Library, understanding the importance of preserving the past for future generations. This remarkable collection, dating back to the 1860s, is a journey through [...]
October 31, 2011 – December 23, 2011
Library Lobby
“Travel is the only thing you buy that makes you richer.”
Students interested in expanding their horizons by studying in another country or at another school in the United States have a fantastic opportunity to do so through CSUN. We invite you to learn about the affordability [...]
Library Lobby Exhibit
The Glass Castle, by Jeannette Walls, is an intense memoir in which the author recounts her at times astonishing and difficult childhood. As this year’s selection for the Freshman Common Reading Program, it will challenge students to look at themes like poverty, childhood, parenting and alcoholism. The Oviatt Library’s exhibit, in conjunction [...]
April 22 – August 22, 2011
Library Lobby
Curated by students enrolled in the CSUN Department of Anthropology’s Spring 2011 Museum Anthropology course, this exhibition highlights artworks donated to the Oviatt Library Special Collections by CSUN Emeritus Professor of Art Dolores M. Yonker (1926 – 2008). An art historian, artist and hounsi kanzo, or Vodou initiate, who traveled [...]
February 9 – March 24, 2011
Library Lobby
The exhibit commemorates the legacy of Black History Month and was created by CSUN students for what they describe as “our beautiful, multi-culturally diverse CSUN community.”
The exhibit highlights those parts of American History that are often overlooked, such as: Activism in Education, Activism in Street/Urban Poetry, teachings of Pan [...]
November 1, 2010- January 29, 2011
Library Lobby
In this exhibition, we are highlighting the work of Richard Fish (1919-2005), an accomplished photographer whose archive has been donated to the Oviatt Library by Marie Fish, his widow. Fish was a prolific contributor of photographs and articles to such publications as the Los Angeles Times, Sunset magazine, [...]
Exhibit at the Oviatt Library Lobby, Fall semester 2010
Mark Haddon’s The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Timeoffers a young autistic boy’s unique perspective on everyday life as he tackles a canine murder mystery in suburban London. This exhibit examines autism and showcases individuals who have successfully overcome personal challenges with their extraordinary abilities. [...]
June 21 – August 13, 2010
Oviatt Library Lobby
Come explore the fascinating history and artistry of kites. Experience the feeling of flight with a riot of vibrant and colorful kites hung from the ceiling of the Oviatt Library’s Lobby.
This Exhibition brings together a celebration of one of the world’s most enduring inventions and pastimes—Kites and Kite [...]
