Library

We are excited to announce that the Cal Poly Humboldt Library has been awarded a grant from the Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion to support the acquisition of STEM-related resources that include the perspectives, experiences, and achievements of BIPOC, Female, LGBTQ, and other historically marginalized groups.

This effort is in keeping with the Library’s long-standing commitment to providing spaces and collections that are inclusive, relevant, and culturally responsive to the diverse population of students, staff, and faculty that make up our campus community.

Do you know of a book from a STEM-related field that you would like to recommend to help diversify the Library’s collection? You can participate by submitting a recommendation online, or by coming into the Library and submitting a written suggestion. Look for a display in the Library lobby coming soon!

Go to link.humboldt.edu/STEMrecs or scan this QR code to submit your book recommendations! 

Contact libcirc@humboldt.edu with any questions or concerns.

A mathematical and gourmet constant at the Cal Poly Humboldt Library is celebrating Pi Day with local pies and engaging conversations. Please join us for an opportunity to celebrate the ratio of a circle’s circumference to its diameter.

Let us know or share your recommended inspiring or fun book or movie on the topic of mathematics like those mentioned below. We will also have trivia and brief presentations about the 3D Digital Herbarium project and the Humboldt GIS Data Archive project.

We hope to see you in the Humboldt Scholar Lab, 3rd floor, on March 14 at 1:59pm to celebrate Pi Day by eating delicious pie! 

In the meantime, please enjoy these recommendations:

• Eugenia Cheng, How to Bake Pi : an Edible Exploration of the Mathematics of Mathematics. NY, NY: Basic Books, 2015. In the Library at. QA9.C4862 and online
  • The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
  • TEDx: An unexpected tool for understanding inequality: abstract math
• Conrad Wolfram
  • TED: Teaching kids real math with computers
  • The Math(s) Fix: Question Time with Conrad Wolfram
• Abbott, Edwin Abbott, William F. Lindgren, & Thomas. Banchoff. Flatland. Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2010. In the Library at QA699 .A13 2010

Please RSVP at hsu.link/piday so we get enough pies!

Meet other makers with a variety of interests and skill levels at the Makerspace MeetUps. These are informal working times connected to a maker topic where you can chat with a student assistant in the makerspace, work on an existing project you've started, or get inspired by what other people are working on in the space. Ask the Makerspace Student Assistants to help get you started if you're new to the topic of the MeetUp, or share what you know about the topic with others.

• Music Production, Mondays, 4-6pm
• Practicing Stitch Craft, Thursdays, 2-4pm
• All the Small Things: Making Miniature, Fridays, 2:30-4pm
• Green Screen MeetUp (Library 120, first floor) on Friday 2/24 and 3/10 from 1-2pm

*MeetUps are not scheduled for Spring Break Week (3/13-3/17)

The Social Justice, Equity, and Inclusion Center presents the 29th Annual Social Justice Summit, March 1-3, 2023.

The Social Justice Summit is an educational and safe space that allows us to question and challenge the narratives instilled within us. Our purpose is to amplify BIPOC, queer, disabled, and other intersectional voices and experiences and to hold safe & compassionate spaces for dialogue.

The theme for this year's event is Surviving & Thriving, a changed version of the phrase “thrive, not survive.” Marginalized students generally live in a state of survival where they simply exist without being able to flourish, creating and worsening mental health conditions. Thriving is growth, flourishing, and prospering- the standard of living that everyone should have. This year's theme will discuss these topics, how they can co-exist, provide opportunities for thriving, and more.

Speakers include Dr. Melina Abdullah and PJ Raval, plus a drag panel, and many more events Wednesday through Friday. See the full schedule at sjei.humboldt.edu/social-justice-summit-schedule

Interested in learning how to use a green screen? Come by The Studio (Library 120) on Fridays from 1-2pm for drop in green screen lessons where you can learn how to shoot and edit a green screen scene for any video project. No equipment or experience necessary. Email any questions about the event to makerspace@humboldt.edu.

Scheduled dates: February 24 and March 3 (more dates may be added and/or time may change after Spring Break)

Join Josh Nelson on Tuesdays at noon in Library 208 (by the Brain Booth) for free Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction Meditation. Sessions run February 28th to April 25, excluding Spring Break Week.

Drop-in to learn how to mitigage stress, improve concentration, and improve awareness. No prior experience necessary.

Learn more from the Brain Booth libguide.

On Valentines Day, Cal Poly Humboldt celebrates the 9th Annual Cal Poly Humboldt Authors Celebration at the Library. We love authors and we love readers!

The Office of the Provost and Library invite you to join us to celebrate the Cal Poly Humboldt Authors who have published works in 2022, including over 600 authored works published by The Press at Cal Poly Humboldt. We will also enjoy cake, sparkling cider, and trivia plus an opportunity to win the Staff Council Cookbook 2020-2021.

Hear from guest author and alumna Meg Godlewski, Cal Poly Humboldt class of 1987. Meg has been practicing the craft of journalism since her undergrad days beginning at KHSU when she broke the news of the Challenger explosion to Humboldt County. Enamored with aviation since childhood, her goal was to find a career that combined both aviation and journalism. Meg spent 10 years as a broadcast journalist while she learned to fly. She then spent 15 years as a reporter at General Aviation News, a national publication, while she earned her pilot certificates through multi engine instructor rating. Today, she is the Technical Editor of the internationally known FLYING Magazine and specializes in simulation instruction helping aspiring aviators to acquire the skills they need to be safe in the skies.

Hear about The Press at Cal Poly Humboldt and our goal to provide opportunities for every student to publish before they graduate. All authors are welcome to share about their works during the open mic following the event.

9th Annual Cal Poly Humboldt Authors Celebration February 14, 2023 from 3 - 4pm, will be located on the 2nd floor of the Cal Poly Humboldt Library, in the Cal Poly Humboldt Authors Hall. Event details at authors.humboldt.edu

This year we will mark Fred Korematsu Day of Civil Liberties and the Constitution with an in-person Cal Poly Humboldt campus visit from poet, multi-disciplinary artist, and community activist traci kato-kiriyama (they+she; based on unceded Tongva land in the south bay of Los Angeles). 

The public event will be Monday, January 30 at 5pm in the Native American Forum (16th and Union).

You are also invited to join the Humboldt Asians and Pacific Islanders (HAPI) to welcome traci kato-kiriyama with a casual HAPI HOUR on Sunday, January 29 from 2-3:30pm in the CPH Goodwin Forum. Parking is free on Sunday and light snacks will be provided.

traci kato-kiriyama's most recent book is the stunning Navigating With(out) Instruments - poetry, micro essays, notes to self (Writ Large Press, 2021).

For more information, please check these out!

• Short intro video: https://jaccc.org/art-new-normal/traci-kato-kiriyama/
• Online book event: https://youtu.be/XOo9Z0R27Uw
• Poem "THROUGH THE FIRE: for Nobuko, our Sister Song": https://rafu.com/2012/02/through-the-fire-29/

This event will be facilitated by Paul Michael Leonardo Atienza, Ph.D., Department of Critical Race, Gender & Sexuality Studies (CRGS) with partnership from the Ethnic Studies Council, Cal Poly Library, Department of English, ADPIC, and Humboldt Asians & Pacfic Islanders in Solidarity (HAPI).

We love our Cal Poly Humboldt Authors and celebrate them every February 14th in the Authors Hall, Library 2nd Floor!

Did you publish in 2022 or before?  Do we have you on the Authors & Publications Lists? If not, please fill out the form letting us know that you are an author! If you are already on the list, thank you and feel free to add more titles or correct the information that we have.

Books, journal articles, music scores, CDs, DVDs, and other published items are eligible for entry. Links to publications are greatly appreciated and added. Thank you to all who have submitted their work and please keep them coming!

More information can be found on the Authors Hall website at authors.humboldt.edu.