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What is Rape Culture? A Reading List for a Difficult Topic

Recent high-profile news stories have brought the terms “rape culture” and “bystander behavior” into mainstream discussions about rape, sexual assault and gender violence. Although this can be a difficult to understand, emotionally fraught subject matter, these news stories are an opportunity for us to explore, discuss and understand these important topics in a more meaningful way.


Throwback Thursday: Houdini vs. The Afterlife

In the 1920s, America had a brief but intense fling with spiritualism. Eventually the phenomenon became so widespread that Scientific American decided to hold itself a little contest, with a $2,500 prize for the first medium who could convince a panel of judges that they were the real deal.


Perkins School Releases New Website

The Perkins School for the Blind has created a new website for users to learn more about and gain better understanding of the blind experience with the online project Blind … Continued


Adventures in Regional Cinema

Lately I’ve been thinking about the idea of regional cinema – smaller, independent movies that are so much about a specific region or place, that they could not have been filmed anywhere else. Check out one of these three great examples of regional cinema from the library’s film collection.


Travel & Tourism

Additional bed and breakfast business plans, Bplans.com Additional travel and tourism business plans, Bplans.com Adventure Travel Resorts, Business Plans Handbook (Online Version), Vol. 11, 1-8 Adventure Travel, Bplans.com B & … Continued


Retail

A Shop of One’s Own Additional retail business plans, Bplans.com Air Brushing Service, Business Plans Handbook, Vol. 15, 1-8 Antique Shop and Frame Store, Business Plans Handbook (Online Version), Vol. … Continued


Celebrating Diversity With Our Shared Shelf

What makes this book club so special? Watson’s fame draws large and diverse groups of readers from around the world into a discussion about gender, equality, politics, culture and more.


PA POWER Library

Pennsylvania Online World of Electronic Resources provides libraries statewide access to over 20 unique databases for library users of all ages. Academic Search Main Edition AP Newsroom Auto Repair Source Black … Continued


Literature Resources (Artemis)

This resource is available to CLP cardholders only. Find critical articles, literary and cultural analysis, biographies and more. Conduct a global search of all the included resources using the link … Continued


Gale Directory Library

This resource is available to CLP cardholders only. Online versions of several business-related reference books: Brands and Their Companies Gale Directory of Publications and Broadcast Media National Directory of Nonprofit … Continued


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