Belk Library

Jerry Tolley, who retired Dec. 31 after a 31-year career of service to Elon, donated a special clock to the university archives on his last day on the job.

Descendants of Everett Doggett Summers, a member of the Elon College Class of 1899, visited campus on Friday to donate two artifacts to the university's special collections.

The father of an Elon University freshman has authored a new book, What Else But Home: Seven Boys and an American Journey Between the Projects and the Penthouse, telling the true story of what happened when his oldest son befriends five children from Manhattan public housing projects on an asphalt baseball field in 1998.

Bestselling author Khaled Hosseini visited Elon University on Tuesday as the keynote speaker for Fall Convocation, and during his time on stage, the Afghan native implored students to travel the world in the coming years to better understand how events around the globe impact their lives at home.

Stop at the Information Desk to enter a daily drawing for a banned or challenged book.

Come to Belk Library for Game Night on Friday night, September 18 from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. We will have Halo 3, DDR, Rock Band, Wii Sports, board games and more, including snacks.

Katie Nash, Archivist and Special Collections Librarian at Belk Library, has been appointed to the Board of Directors of the North Carolina Preservation Consortium (NCPC), a non-profit organization dedicated to the preservation of collections in our State's libraries, archives, museums, historic sites, and other heritage institutions.

A collection of postcards maintained by Belk Library offers a window into Elon history, from faded photos of the Old Main administration building that burned in 1923 to a newly opened Alumni Gym a quarter century later. Some of those postcards are now available for the public to view just by hopping online.

Belk Library is introducing nine Playaway sound media players, which are two-ounce devices than can hold an entire audio book. The players were purchased to satisfy growing interest among patrons in audio books and new technology.