Falvey Library Blogs

Chat with Librarians and Access Services Staff Via the Library Website

April 2, 2024Library Newsaccess services, chat, falvey library, librarians, services, Villanova University

By Shawn Proctor and Migena Rrapushaj Patrons who access Falvey Library remotely now have the option of connecting with live assistance via the website’s live library chat. Librarians are available to assist with various reference questions ...

Black History in the Philadelphia Landscape with Amy Cohen

April 2, 2024Library NewsAfricana Studies, Albert Lepage Center for History in the Public Interest, Amy Cohen, black history, Department of History, Department of Political Science, falvey library, Falvey Library DEI Committee, Olukunle Owolabi, Philadelphia, villanova library

Please join us on Thursday, April 25, from 12-1:15 p.m. in Falvey Library’s Speakers’ Corner or via livestream for a book talk and Q&A event featuring historian Amy Jane Cohen. At the event, Cohen will discuss her recently published book, ...

Peek at the Week: April 1

April 1, 2024Library NewsEaster break, falvey library, Library Events, Peek at the Week, Spring

QUOTE OF THE WEEK In his sonnet “On the Grasshopper and Cricket,” John Keats wrote, “The poetry of earth is never dead.” Happy Monday, Wildcats! I hope you’re all enjoying the break! The weather might not be the ideal ...

Easter Sunrise

March 31, 2024Library NewsAugustinian, Catholic, Christianity, Easter, Jesus, villanova

The sky turns crystal blue after rainfall and low clouds, a speedway for homecoming birds. We covered you with winter earth but, because He lives, Momma, I know that you live, too. —Donna Lakes These stanzas from “Easter Sunrise,” were ...

Happy Easter Season!

March 29, 2024Library NewsEaster, falvey library, villanova, Villanova University

“We are not alone: Jesus, the Living One, is with us, forever. Let the Church and the world rejoice, for today our hopes no longer come up against the wall of death, for the Lord has built us a bridge to life. Yes, brothers and, ...

Cat in the Stax: Easter Break Movie Recs

March 27, 2024Library Newscat in the stax, Easter break, falvey library, movies, Villanova University

As Falvey’s Cat in the Stax, Rebecca writes articles covering a broad range of topics, from academics to hobbies to random events. All the while highlighting how Falvey Library can enhance your Villanova experience! Happy Wednesday, Wildcats! ...

Falvey Library Service Hours: Easter 2024

March 26, 2024Library Newsbuilding access, Easter, Easter break, falvey library, library hours, service hours, Villanova Campus, villanova library

Falvey Library Service Hours: Easter 2024 Tuesday, March 26: 8 a.m.—12 a.m. (book stacks close at 11:30 p.m.) Wednesday, March 27: 8 a.m.—10 p.m. (book stacks close at 9:30 p.m.) Thursday, March 28—Sunday, March 31: Service desk and book ...

Greek Independence Day 2024: Selections from the Villanova Digital Library’s Newspaper Collection

March 25, 2024Blue Electrode: Sparking between Silicon and PaperDIgital Humanities/Digital Library, digital library, Greece, Greek, Greek Independence Day, Newspapers, Villanova Digital Library

Each year on March 25, Greeks in Greece and the diaspora celebrate Independence Day. The holiday, celebrated on the same day as the Orthodox feast of the Annunciation of the Theotokos (Virgin Mary), marks the anniversary of the start of the Greek ...

Peek at the Week: March 25

March 25, 2024Library NewsEaster, Easter break, falvey library, Library Events, Peek at the Week, solitude, waffles

QUOTE OF THE WEEK In The Creative Act: A Way of Being, Rick Rubin wrote, “The imagination has no limits. The physical world does. The work exists in both.” Happy Monday, Wildcats! Easter break is right around the corner, making it the ...