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MacOdrum Library @carletonlibrary.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

Our latest exhibit is a display of Library staff hobbies on the first floor near the tunnel entrance. We have a wide-range of talents displayed, from Dungeons and Dragons to quilting and gaming and cross-stitching. Stop by on your way in to take a look through this exhibit!

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MacOdrum Library @carletonlibrary.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

Our next AI mini-course is coming up in a couple of days and this free course still has registration space open! Students will learn how to interact with texts and develop a research workflow using tools like Zotero, spreadsheets, and tagging systems. Register at library.carleton.ca/aiminicourses

Our next AI mini-course is coming up in a couple of days and this free course still has registration space open!

This micro-course helps students of all levels create their own “Personal Mark Up Language” and research management style—a system of annotations, call-outs, and organizational strategies that reflect how they engage with research materials. Students will learn how to interact with texts and develop a research workflow using tools like Zotero, spreadsheets, and tagging systems.

Register at library.carleton.ca/aiminicourses

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MacOdrum Library @carletonlibrary.bsky.social · 08/01/2026

Register for our Fact or fabrication? Navigating information in the AI era micro-course! The session will include a presentation from library staff members, discussions as a group, as well as hands-on exercises for participants.

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MacOdrum Library @carletonlibrary.bsky.social · 09/12/2025

Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, we're open 24 hours. Friday we close at midnight. Saturday we are open 10 a.m. to midnight and on Sunday we open at 10 a.m. to do it all over again. A note that only floors 1 and 2 are open after 10 p.m. and only floor 1 is open from midnight to 7:30 a.m.

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MacOdrum Library @carletonlibrary.bsky.social · 02/12/2025

For each $75 donation, receive a letterpress printed broadside, created in the Book Arts Lab, of William Carlos Williams poem “Raleigh Was Right”. Join the global celebration of generosity by making a difference in our community. futurefunder.carleton.ca/campaigns/th...

Medicinal plants, an old brown and gold rare book in our collection.

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MacOdrum Library @carletonlibrary.bsky.social · 18/11/2025

New to the rare book collection this year is The Journals of Susanna Moodie by Margaret Atwood. A rare, boxed folio, this work is a limited-edition manuscript printed in 1980 and is 1 of 120 copies. This work of poetry is typeset with original serigraphs and is printed on handmade rag paper.

pictures of the journal of susanna moodie

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MacOdrum Library @carletonlibrary.bsky.social · 13/11/2025

We have a board game collection with over 200 items. And you can borrow any of them. Make your request in Omni and pick up your game at the Library Services Desk. Visit our website and set up your game night.

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MacOdrum Library @carletonlibrary.bsky.social · 10/11/2025

Library building hours October 26 to December 6: Monday to Thursday: 7:30 a. m. to midnight Friday: 7:30 a.m. to 9 p.m. Saturday: 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Sunday: 10 a.m. to midnight Note: only floors 1 and 2 are open after 10 p.m.

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MacOdrum Library @carletonlibrary.bsky.social · 04/11/2025

The Take Back the Press: Treaty Recognition Week Event takes place TODAY in the Book Arts Lab. Participants will have the opportunity to listen to guest speaker David Serkoak, to try their hand at lino cutting, and setting type to make posters on the Book Arts Lab printing presses.

Take Back the Press Event poster with event details

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MacOdrum Library @carletonlibrary.bsky.social · 23/10/2025

Every time I see a whiteboard or blackboard like this, I think I'm going to solve something and get immediate entrance into a doctoral mathematics program.

math problems written on a whiteboard in a library space

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MacOdrum Library @carletonlibrary.bsky.social · 30/09/2025

Our graphic novel collection has moved to the front of the first floor! They are now located behind the Ask Us! Desk on floor 1, across from the computer lab. Take a look through the collection and find something that's best for you!

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MacOdrum Library @carletonlibrary.bsky.social · 22/09/2025

The CrossCraft Patter Systems exhibit explores how foundational techniques from traditional crafts including knitting, quilting, embroidery, and macrame, can inspire new approaches to visual pattern-making in contemporary design.

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MacOdrum Library @carletonlibrary.bsky.social · 16/09/2025

Join the Data Services team for a Data Drip session and learn about data in little bits of information at a time! These sessions are open to the entire Carleton Community! The first session is on Thursday, October 16, 2025.

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MacOdrum Library @carletonlibrary.bsky.social · 07/08/2025

Big news in the Library/coffee world: the Bridgehead Page Break is now open, meaning you can once again get your morning and afternoon coffee right here in the Library.

sign that reads bridgehead lit up on the newly opened library coffee shop.

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MacOdrum Library @carletonlibrary.bsky.social · 07/08/2025

A classic Carleton groundhog, just because.

A groundhog in the quad sitting in the grass.

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MacOdrum Library @carletonlibrary.bsky.social · 03/07/2025

Our Book Arts Lab hosts groups that make the best pieces.

Poster that reads are you afraid of gender?

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MacOdrum Library @carletonlibrary.bsky.social · 12/06/2025

I wanted to share me favorite groundhog hole in campus and a beautiful chonk was there greeting me as I photographed their home.

A groundhog sniffing at his groundhog hole.

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MacOdrum Library @carletonlibrary.bsky.social · 09/05/2025

The blackout poetry exhibit on the second floor is AMAZING! Come be a poet and learn about poetry collection.

Our black out poetry exhibit with some completed poems and pages and markers to complete poetry on the table.

Book pages and a black marker for black out poetry

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MacOdrum Library @carletonlibrary.bsky.social · 16/04/2025

A non-exhaustive list generated by my head and my not-skilled drawing hand. It is entirely possible that everyone else that works here in the Library has more advanced illustrative skills than I. But the point of it all is we are here to help.

drawn image of a library staff worker and the different things they can help with in the Library.

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MacOdrum Library @carletonlibrary.bsky.social · 08/04/2025

Don't forget that Magnus the therapy dog spends time with us in the Library every Tuesday from 10 to 11!

Fluffy black dog with red therapy dog vest laying on the floor

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MacOdrum Library @carletonlibrary.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

I promised in a newsletter today that I shared cats here, so before I share anything else, a cat...

A fluffy black and white cat laying on his back stretched out on a blanket

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MacOdrum Library @carletonlibrary.bsky.social · 25/03/2025

We do not have a date for this poetry event yet, but we do want all poets and poetry-adjacent people who might be interested in participating to get in touch should they be interested in sharing their work on A day! Contact Alexander MacLennan at: alexander.maclennan@carleton.ca with question!

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MacOdrum Library @carletonlibrary.bsky.social · 06/03/2025

TODAY! Please join us from 11:45am to 1pm in ML 252 for a talk with Dr. Rachel Gotlieb, Lead Curator Re-installation of Design and Decorative Art Galleries, Musée des beaux-arts de Montréal. Dr. Gotlieb will speak on the display of design-related materials in the museum context.

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MacOdrum Library @carletonlibrary.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

On March 7, the Library, in partnership with the Office of the Associate Vice-President Indigenous Teaching, Learning and Research, presents Off the Page and Into Real Life: A Sky Woman Event, featuring two sessions exploring Indigenous storytelling and artistry. carleton.ca/indigenous/o...

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MacOdrum Library @carletonlibrary.bsky.social · 18/02/2025

Enjoy a first-person retelling of Sky Woman’s story in the morning and an Indigenous beading workshop in the afternoon. Register today for Off the Page, Into Real Life: A Sky Woman Event. carleton.ca/indigenous/off-the-page-into-real-life

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MacOdrum Library @carletonlibrary.bsky.social · 11/02/2025

Looking for that Valentine for the Library fanatic in your life???

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MacOdrum Library @carletonlibrary.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

If you have assignment or research questions and need some help, you can use our online chat tool at: library.carleton.ca/help Or, you can text us your question at: 613-505-4245. Visit library.carleton.ca/help for a full list of hours these are available for you!

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MacOdrum Library @carletonlibrary.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

The Library brings research support to Teraanga Commons. Ask us about finding sources for your assignments, guidance on citations, or just pop by for a chat about library services.

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MacOdrum Library @carletonlibrary.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

Even when the building is closed, our tunnel entrance space is always open. Use the full-wall whiteboard to solve the most complicated equations and relax in the furniture for a late-night study session.

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MacOdrum Library @carletonlibrary.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

The Library brings research support to Teraanga Commons. Ask us about finding sources for your assignments, guidance on citations, or just pop by for a chat about library services.

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MacOdrum Library @carletonlibrary.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

We've shared how you can have a board night party using our collection, now get ready for movie night! Netflix and their ever-increasing fees have nothing on this (except for the subscriber base I guess). Access our film resources at library.carleton.ca/guides/subje...

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MacOdrum Library @carletonlibrary.bsky.social · 21/01/2025

We have over 200 board games ready for you to borrow from us. Visit library.carleton.ca and get your game night set up.

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MacOdrum Library @carletonlibrary.bsky.social · 07/01/2025

Freddie (or Freddy, he's still deciding on his spelling) the Falcon, loves books. Related by bird to Rodney, our new large mascot is ready to happily greet you by the Library Services Desk. Come say hi even though he doesn't talk because he's a bird, not a human.

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