November 16-January 14
Urban Archives Alcove, Paley Library Lecture Hall
An Exhibition by Temple University Libraries Urban Archives
Politics and Protest in Philadelphia

Like many college campuses and cities during the 1960s and 1970s, Temple students and Philadelphians took to the streets to provide both their voices and their bodies in demanding change to and awareness of a wide array of social and political movements and causes.

The upcoming Politics and Protest exhibit, scheduled to open November 16, will highlight images of these protests and struggles from the Urban Archive’s George D. McDowell Philadelphia Evening Bulletin Collection. The exhibit will include images of the anti-Vietnam War movement in the city and 1970 Black Panther Convention at Temple, as well as cover other important equal rights movements and political organizations.

Come to Paley Library to see the historical record of this fascinating time in American history and culture as documented by images from the Urban Archives. A companion exhibition, Underground Social/Political Papers of the 1960s, will open the same day and be displayed in the cases on the Main Floor of Paley.

(Altered Army Billboard, 34th and Walnut, 1972 )

(Police Subdue Yippie Protester, 1969)

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January 24, 2008
1:00 pm
Paley Library Lecture Hall
Temple Book Club
One Book, One Philadelphia
Dave Egger's What is the What (2006)

The Book Club hosts a discussion of Eggers' What is the What, in conjunction with the One Book, One Philadelphia program. This program promotes reading, literacy, and libraries. This year’s selection tells the true story of Valentino Achak Deng, who witnessed atrocities of civil warfare in Sudan as a child.

What is the What was a 2006 National Book Critics Circle Award finalist. Since its original release, proceeds from book sales have funded projects for a school, library, and athletic field in Marial Bai, Deng’s hometown in Sudan.

One Book, One Philadelphia is a joint project of the Mayor’s office and the Free Library of Philadelphia. The mission of the program, which is entering its sixth year, is to promote reading, literacy, library usage, and community-building throughout the Greater Philadelphia region. The 2008 program will run from January 8 - March 20, 2008. Temple University Libraries is just one of hundreds of community partners that have contributed resources and developed programs to facilitate the success of One Book, One Philadelphia.

For more information on this program please visit: www.library.phila.gov/libserv/obop.htm

Please join Temple University Libraries for an engaging discussion on this important work.

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January 30
4:00 pm
Special Collections reading room
Mezzanine level of Paley Library
Special Collections Showcase
Amazing Stories Annual, No. 1

Please join us for the spring’s first Special Collections Showcase! These events allow for up-close encounters with, and conversations about, the historical sources found in a variety of special collections at Temple University Libraries. They offer the opportunity for investigation of the materials that document history. This January, join a discussion about science fiction and its rise as a significant genre movement in pulps, books, and fanzines from the 19th century through today.

Special Collections holds a number of historical science fiction materials in the Science Fiction Collection. This collection contains more than 30,000 volumes, magazines (pulps, fanzines, and academic journals), over 100 cubic feet of manuscripts, and selected posters, paintings, drawings, and related materials. The collection ranges from late 19th century through the 20th century first editions, book club and paperback editions, with international coverage. Amateur and semi-professional science fiction and fantasy serials (fanzines) have been collected and added since the founding of the Science Fiction Collection. The collection also holds a number of manuscripts and author’s papers.

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