November 2022

Sawiris Library

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THE HUB NEWSLETTER

WELCOME TO THE NOVEMBER 2022 ISSUE

NOVEMBER

Dress Like Your Nationality Day - October 18
Find the Impostors! 

From our new November books

Longshot: The Race for a Vaccine

So You Want to Write

A Carnival of Snackery: Diaries

STORY TIME WITH LS

A big shout-out to all our US students who have volunteered to do story time with some lucky Lower School classes.

Starting mid-November, 18 US students will get to spend quality time reading to students in grades K3, K4, 1, 4 and 5. Our volunteers will follow classrooms' rules, choose their reading materials, practice reading... all during their free time.

A big thank you to our amazing teachers:

• Ms. Sabatini's K3
• Ms. Defrance K4
• Ms. Beardmore G1
• Ms. Timmons G1
• Ms. Dwyer G4
• Ms. Nichols G5

Stay tuned for updates.

Our US Readers and their young partners in 2020!

FREEDOM OF THE PRESS

ASP 5K FUN RUN

The October Freedom of the Press display attracted a lot of curiosity and interest. 

As part of press freedom recognition, ASP is organizing a 5K Community Run as a fund raising event to support the James W. Foley Legacy Foundation. 

From the Diversity Equity Inclusion Club

To celebrate LGBT history Month, DEI Club students have create a beautiful timeline in the staircase of Building 6.

To support students and to celebrate LGBT history Month, the library put up a display  with books that emphasize some of the important people and events in LGBTQ history.

Follow us on Instagram @asparis_reads

REMINDER - SOME OF OUR TOP DIGITAL RESOURCES 

EBSCO FAMILY OF DATABASES

EBSCO databases give you access to the full text of hundreds of magazines and journal articles which makes it perfect for researching all kinds of topics for your essays, IAs and EEs. 

JSTOR FOR SECONDARY SCHOOLS

A specially curated package of over 2,700 archival journals and four primary source collections covering the arts, sciences, and business. JSTOR provides students with a safe and trusted environment to research topics across the curriculum. Login required

Sora (Overdrive)

Sora is a digital reading and audiobook platform. It is user-friendly and innovative, and will give our students and teachers easy access to e-fiction and e-nonfiction.

Europresse

Europresse is a press and news base with more than 8000 recognized sources of information in several languages: regional, national and international press, general and specialized resources, websites, television and radio, biographies, etc. In-school use only.

To access all our digital resources visit our database page.

DISCOUNTED MEMBERSHIP FOR ASP

AT THE AMERICAN LIBRARY IN PARIS

To all ASP families, students and faculty. ASP has entered into a partnership with the American Library in Paris. Click here to discover the benefits and discounts offered to our community. All the details are here. Click here for details of the membership benefits and the yearly rates. 

Parents will need to provide their child's school registration, and ASP faculty and staff proof of employment.

SHARE YOUR READING

Tell us what you read this summer. Fill out this short form and let us know if we can share your reviews with our community. 

LIT BITS

A selection of literary events for the month. Share your news items with us. 

THE AMERICAN LIBRARY IN PARIS

TECHNOLOGY

Wed November 2 @ 19 h 30 min - 20 h 30 min - Free

(Hybrid) Justin Smith on The Internet is Not What You Think It Is

What is the history of the internet, and where did it go wrong? Historian Justin Smith considers the mythology of the internet, its reality, and the dangers of digital age ideology.

LITERATURE

Tue November 15 @ 19 h 30 min - 20 h 30 min - Free

(Hybrid) Christopher Prendergast on Living and Dying with Marcel Proust

Marcel Proust expert Christopher Prendergast discusses the enduring presence of In Search of Lost Time and the meaning of treating literature as life.

WELL-BEING

Thu November 17 @ 19 h 00 min - 20 h 30 min

Critical Conversations Meeting One: Overstimulated in a Hyperstimulated World

Meeting one of Critical Conversations, an expert-led discussion series that allows Library members to ponder the most important issues of our time. This season: a reflection on how to lead a contemplative, vital, and unmediated life in an ever-faster digital world.

HISTORY

Tue November 22 @ 19 h 30 min - 20 h 30 min

(Hybrid) Boukary Sawadogo on Africans in Harlem

Scholar Boukary Sawadogo considers the presence of African immigrants in Harlem's historical development and cultural transformations.

HISTORY

Wed November 23 @ 19 h 30 min - 20 h 30 min

(Hybrid) Marc Selverstone on The Kennedy Withdrawal 

American history expert Marc Selverstone offers a new and surprising response to a famously unanswerable question: what were JFK's intentions for Vietnam?

ENGLISH BOOKSTORES IN PARIS

Abbey Bookshop

29 Rue de la Parcheminerie, 75005 

Smith & Son

248 Rue de Rivoli, 75001

Librairie Galignani

224 Rue de Rivoli, 75001

Shakespeare and Co

The Red Wheelbarrow Bookstore

San Francisco Book Co

17 Rue Monsieur le Prince, 75006

and Amazon.

BITS & PIECES

Location

Building 6, Room 6108,

at the top of the Coulson Commons stairway

Regular Hours

Monday-Thursday: 8:30 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. 

Friday: 8:30 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.


Telephone

QUICKLINKS

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• Newsletters Archives
• American Library In Paris

Right: Mario Chioini, MLIS, MS-US Librarian, mchioini@asparis.fr

Left: Maria Colina, MS-US Library Assistant, uslibrary@asparis.fr

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