COVID Stories Do you want your story to be a part of history? Archive Services needs your help! We are starting the COVID Collection; this collection of digital stories is meant to reconnect our community and our friends in this unprecedented time of isolation. The submission form will make it easy to submit your COVID-19 story […]
Join the Library for our 2021 Diverse Reads Fall Reading Challenge by reading books from the following categories. Books by a Black Author Books by a Hispanic/Latinx Author Books by an Asian Author Books with a POC as the Main Character Books with a Person with a Disability as a Main Character Books with a […]
Women's Equality Day is celebrated in the United States on August 26 to commemorate the 1920 adoption of the Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, which prohibits the states and the federal government from denying the right to vote to citizens of the United States based on sex. Check out our research guide and […]
Celebrate Freedom to Read and win! Join the Library as we celebrate the Freedom to Read. According to ALA, there were more book challenges in 2021 than in any other year since 2001, when they began tracking this information. Most of the challenges were for race/racism or LGBTQ+ issues. Find out more about what you […]
November is Native American and Alaska Native Heritage Month. The celebration of Indigenous cultures began as a week-long celebration in 1986, when President Reagan proclaimed the week of November 23-30, 1986 as "American Indian Week." Every President since 1995 has issued annual proclamations designating the month of November as the time to celebrate the cultures, […]
Join the Discussion from Nov. 2-16! Did you know that the Big Library Read is the first global eBook club? Big Library Read (BLR), facilitated by OverDrive, is a reading program through the Rowan-Cabarrus library that connects millions of readers worldwide with the same eBook at the same time without any waitlists or holds. It’s […]
The Rowan-Cabarrus Library is hosting a Living Library on North Campus on February 14, 2023, and South Campus on March 21, 2023, from 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. This event aims to combat prejudice by giving people a chance to connect with someone they may have never had a chance to speak with otherwise. This […]
The Rowan-Cabarrus Library is hosting a Living Library on South Campus on March 21, 2023, from 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. This event aims to combat prejudice by allowing people to connect with someone they may have never had a chance to speak with otherwise. This is achieved by creating a safe space for dialogue […]
National Library Week (April 23 - 29, 2023) (NLW) is a time to celebrate our nation's libraries and library workers' contributions and promote library use and support. The theme for National Library Week 2023 is "There's More to the Story," illustrating that libraries offer so much more in addition to the books in their collections. In […]
Do you need help navigating the research process? Do you have questions about APA or MLA style? Rowan-Cabarrus Library is offering hour-long virtual workshops available to all Rowan-Cabarrus learners. The workshops are hosted by our librarians via Zoom and cover helpful information for diving into your research. The workshops are open to any Rowan-Cabarrus student, […]