Lehigh Libraries

10/05/2026

The freedom to read means access to stories that spark conversation, challenge ideas, and broaden perspectives. Join Lehigh Libraries for Banned Books Week (Oct. 4–10)! Explore physical displays at Fairchild-Martindale Library (4th Floor & CIRCLE) and Linderman Library, or browse our e-book collection online at https://lehigh.overdrive.com/collection/1478647

New titles in the collection include:
📚 Storm and Fury by Jennifer Armentrout
📖 Flamer by Mike Curato
📚 Beyond Magenta by Susan Kuklin
📖 Melissa (previously published as George) by Alex Gino

10/02/2026

40+ first-year students just met some of Lehigh’s oldest residents. At yesterday’s “The Trees of Lehigh,” a 5x10 walking tour led by University Historian Ilhan Citak and ITS tree enthusiast Stacey Kimmel-Smith, students wandered campus to discover:

🌲 One of the largest Kentucky coffee trees in the region
🌳 English boxwoods dating back to the French and Indian War
🪴 The conifer collection at Packard Lab, including the droopy-needled Himalayan pine
🌲 A “living fossil” dawn redwood beside Packer Chapel
🌴 The enormous green ash outside Chandler-Ullmann
🍃 Honey locusts along the Alumni Memorial Walkway
🍂 The alligator-barked persimmon near Linderman Library

Wish you’d been there? Explore the online exhibit at go.lehigh.edu/treesoflehigh

09/28/2026

There’s more to Lehigh’s trees than meets the eye. Stacey Kimmel-Smith (ITS) and Ilhan Citak (Special Collections) will lead a walking tour and discussion of Lehigh trees, including unique and rare species, Lehigh's buildings, landmarks and significance of our green spaces along with their stories. This walking tour will be less trees-as-species and more a tour of notable trees from the Lehigh history perspective. This event is a 5x10 first year student tour but all are welcome!

📅 Thursday, Oct 1
🕒 4:30 PM – 5:30 PM
📍 Meet at the corner of Brodhead and Packer Avenue

09/24/2026

“Bad drawings matter a lot." But why? What if the goal of drawing isn’t perfection, but a deeper way of seeing, understanding, and processing the world around us? In a recent campus talk and hands-on workshop hosted by the Friends of the Lehigh University Libraries, artist, neuroscientist, and educator Dr. Ann E. Fink explored how comics-making, quick sketches, and visual storytelling serve as powerful tools for observing health, identity, and the human experience.

The events coincided with Fink’s solo exhibition, Study to Story: Graphic Narrative from Life, featuring over 50 works now on view on the 6th floor south of Fairchild-Martindale Library through the spring 2027 semester!

Read the full recap and check out details on the FML exhibit:

The neuroscientist and artist explores art, attention, neuroscience, and visual storytelling during a Lehigh Libraries talk and workshops inspired by their Study to Story: Graphic Narrative from Life exhibition.

09/21/2026

In celebration of Hispanic/Latinx Heritage Month, the Lehigh Libraries have added new titles to both the OverDrive ebook and audiobook collections and the print CIRCLE collection! Some highlights of titles now available on OverDrive/Libby:

📚The Nerd Reich (ebook, nonfiction) — New York Times bestseller on Silicon Valley's campaign against democracy, by Mexican American journalist Gil Durán
📖 The Sons of El Rey (audiobook, fiction) — Alex Espinoza's three-generation lucha libre family saga, from Michoacán to East Los Angeles, with a full cast of narrators
📚 Muñeca (audiobook, fiction) — Cynthia Gómez's gothic debut, set among a community of witches in 1968 Oakland
📖The Book of Lost Saints (audiobook, fiction) — Daniel José Older's multigenerational Cuban American family story, moving between the revolution and present-day New Jersey
📚 Mi nombre es Emilia del Valle (audiobook, fiction, español) — Isabel Allende, and our first ever Spanish-language audiobook

Books coming soon in print to the CIRCLE include Cuba: An American History by Ada Ferrer, a Pulitzer Prize-winning work of nonfiction by a Havana-born historian, and Latinx Rising: An Anthology of Latinx Science Fiction and Fantasy.

View the full collection at go.lehigh.edu/nhhmreads

09/17/2026

Lehigh Libraries’ "Unfinished Chapter: The First 250 Years of American Liberty" is getting some local attention.

WFMZ recently visited Linderman Library to explore the exhibition, which uses materials from Special Collections to examine 250 years of American history through questions of liberty, immigration, identity, and change. The story also includes Lehigh University Art Galleries’ "This Land: Reimagining the United States of America on its 250th Anniversary," with perspective from Mark Wonsidler, LUAG Curator of Exhibitions and Collections.

Reflecting on the Statue of Liberty and the generations of immigrants who passed through nearby Ellis Island, Alex Japha, Digital Archives and Special Collections Librarian, noted that their stories were about more than simply arriving in the United States.

“It wasn’t just about arriving and being welcomed; it was about, you know, really making a life,” Japha said.

Read and watch WFMZ’s look at both exhibitions at

The exhibitions explore how ideas about liberty, identity, and the American experience have evolved over 250 years.

09/15/2026

Lehigh Libraries is offering a series of virtual seminars this fall to support research, scholarship, publishing, and working with library and archival resources.

Register for sessions on Zotero, Special Collections discovery tools and University Archives, OpenAlex, electronic theses and dissertations, undergraduate capstone and honors projects, and U.S. Federal Census research. All seminars will be held via Zoom.

View all offerings and register at

Lehigh Libraries is offering a series of virtual seminars this fall designed to support research, scholarship, publishing, and working with library and archival resources.

09/14/2026

The Friends of the Lehigh Libraries invite you to "Visual Storytelling as a Way of Life," a conversation with Ann E. Fink, artist, neuroscientist, therapist, educator, and ethicist.

Thurs., Sept. 17 | 4–5 p.m.
The CIRCLE, 4th fl., Fairchild-Martindale Library
Reception to follow at 5 p.m.

Fink will reflect on how art, science, health, and visual storytelling intersect in their work, including the exhibition "Study to Story: Graphic Narrative from Life," on display in FML (6th fl. south) through spring semester 2027.

They will also lead a Comics and Creations Workshop on Friday, Sept. 18 at 2 p.m. in Fairchild-Martindale Library.

Learn more about the talk, reception, workshop, and exhibition on Lehigh Libraries News

Join us for an artist talk, reception, and comics and creations workshop with Dr. Ann E. Fink, exploring visual storytelling, art, health, and science.

08/26/2026

Lehigh University Libraries have once again earned national recognition from The Princeton Review, ranking #14 in the nation for Best College Library in The Best 392 Colleges: 2027 Edition. The distinction is based entirely on student survey responses and marks the Libraries’ second top-15 showing in recent years.

The ranking reflects students’ views of Linderman Library and Fairchild-Martindale Library and the resources, expertise, collections, technology, programs, and spaces they provide in support of learning and research.

“What makes this recognition especially meaningful is that it reflects the voices of our students,” said Boaz Nadav-Manes, University Librarian. “Our goal is for Lehigh’s libraries to be places where students feel they belong and where they can find the expertise, resources, spaces, and inspiration they need to succeed. Being recognized again among the nation’s best tells us that students value what we have built together - and challenges us to keep making their library experience even better.”

Read the full story at https://library.lehigh.edu/news/lehigh-libraries-again-rank-among-nations-best

08/25/2026

Great day for the Community & Club Expo! Thanks for stopping by our table to learn all about the Lehigh Libraries and how we can help you have a successful academic year. Books, games, and swag, oh my! Don’t forget: Come see us at the Help Desk at Fairchild-Martindale Library or the Circ Desk at Linderman and ask us anything. We’re ready to help!