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A cheerful student gave this card to one of our librarians yesterday: "This library is very supportive, positive, and caring. Thank you guys very much!" We're so happy to help and we greatly appreciate this feedback! #MCCLibraries

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An MCC Libraries postcard with a snowy scene and the printed message, "Especially now, I am grateful for you. Thank you..." followed by blank lines with the handwritten note, "This library is very supportive, positive, and caring. Thank you guys very much!"
November 6, 2026 at 6:28 PM
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World Freedom Day is observed today; it commemorates the fall of the Berlin Wall on November 9, 1989, and celebrates global principles of freedom, democracy, and human rights. Check out some books about the topic on display in the LeRoy V. Good Library! #MCCLibraries #WorldFreedomDay
The display includes a banner on the wall for World Freedom Day on the 9th November, a world map, and a display of 25 books between two book cases. Books on display include What are Human Rights; Amnesty Report; The Crisis Years; Fight of the Century; The World Reimagined; The Cold War; International Human Rights Movement; Anatomy of Fascism; The Human Rights Revolution; Human Rights: A Primer; and The Endtimes of Human Rights. The world map has a handwritten sign inviting people to use a pushpin to show us where you're from! Pushpins have been stuck into the map on places in North and South America, across Europe and Asia, and throughout Africa, but not Australia, Antarctica, or Greenland. "The beauty of the world lies in the diversity of its people" (unknown).
November 9, 2026 at 11:00 PM
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Always searching for your next best recipe? Check out these world-renowned chefs and their award-winning recipes. Check out more and all things Hospitality on the 4th floor in the stacks under call numbers starting with TX.

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The Chef Recommends... books on display including James Beard's All-American Eats; Anthony Bourdain's Les Halles Cookbook; Fusão; My Every Day Lagos; My America; Black Girl Baking: Lebanese Baking; and The New Professional Chef. Do not play with the toys - they are for display purposes ONLY. They will be returned to a small child afterward. Close-up shot of The Hamburger by Josh Ozersky, with a plastic toy hamburger on the shelf in the foreground. Looking closer at Vegetable Simple by Eric Ripert, with a toy carrot and broccoli inside a toy crate on the shelf in front of the book. Inside the display cube with The Smithsonian Sustainable Seafood Cookbook and 32 Yolks by Eric Ripert, with a toy fish and toy fried egg in front of their respective subject books.
November 10, 2026 at 8:15 PM
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Happy Halloween! One of the scariest things for libraries is the banning of books. Thanks to all who tallied how many banned books you've read!

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Written on a large whiteboard in the library was the question, "How Many of these Banned Books have you read?" with an instructions to mark tallies next to images of 11 books. The final counts were James and the Giant Peach: 76, Beloved: 27, 1984: 57, Speak: 38, The Bluest Eye: 23, Looking for Alaska: 27, The Handmaid's Tale: 51, The House on Mango Street: 30, The Kite Runner: 43, Fahrenheit 451: 57, and The Perks of Being a Wallflower: 58.
October 31, 2026 at 3:01 PM
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Happy Friday and Halloween Eve! Don't fret with fright, enjoy the fall foliage and friendly messages we saw this week #MCCLibraries
An outside view of the LeRoy V. Good Library from the southeast, looking past a tree with red leaves toward the bus stop, Campus Center, and library. An artist left 5 more drawings on 3 inch by 5 inch index cards on a table in the library, with a message on another index card to, "Take what you need! Spread joy and recognize your value!" The 5 cards say "You are loved" with a drawing of a bear holding a heart, all colored blue, pink and white; "You're perfect the way you are!" with a drawing of a unicorn colored yellow, purple, black, and white; "You are amazing!" with a drawing of a capybara colored purple, black, and white; "You are important!" with a drawing of a fox colored blue, pink, and white; and "You are perfect the way you are!" with a drawing of a shark colored pink and white under a wavy ocean with a heart colored with blue, pink, and white lines.
October 30, 2026 at 4:00 PM
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MCC Libraries' Afiya and Michelle were part of MCC's team of 7 which competed against 19 other groups at last night's Literacy Rochester Brain Game. We didn't win the trophy, but we had the 5th highest score!

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MCC's team of 7 posing for a photo while sitting around a round table in a banquet room full of tables and people gathered to compete for the Brain Game trivia contest. Michelle and Afiya are seated 4th and 5th from the left, respectively.
October 23, 2026 at 7:03 PM
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Halloween is 10 days away, do you need some spooky stories? We've got Halloween in literature featuring Gothic fiction, horror, and the written traditions of the uncanny! Find a plethora of titles in the PN 56 - PN 1995.9 section of books. #MCCLibraries #Halloween #ScaryStories
Books on display include Salem's Lot; Dark Carnival; The NecroMunchicon; Asian Horror Encyclopedia; Monster News; The Legend of Sleepy Hollow; The Dreams in the Witch House; Yours Cruelly, Elvira; Bela Lugosi and Boris Karloff; The Lovecraft Family in Rochester; Willful Monstrosity; Zombies, Zombies, Zombies; and Writers Workshop of Horror.
October 21, 2026 at 11:45 AM
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Thank you for helping us observe Banned Books Week! How many of these banned books have you read? #MCCLibraries #BannedBooks
The whiteboard next to the elevator in the LeRoy V. Good Library has the covers of 11 books arranged in 2 columns by 5 rows plus 1 more row for the 11th book, with instructions on how to tally with 4 ticks and the 5th is a slash. The tally so far is: James and the Giant Peach - 35. Beloved - 16. 1984 - 35. Speak - 24. The Bluest Eye - 16. Looking for Alaska - 15. The Handmaid's Tale - 31. The House on Mango Street - 14. The Kite Runner - 25. Fahrenheit 451 - 35. The Perks of Being a Wallflower - 27.
October 20, 2026 at 5:00 PM
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When you visit the LeRoy V. Good Library, be sure to look around and see all the festive fall decorations, including pumpkins of all shapes, sizes, and colors, as well as scarecrows and spiders! #MCCLibraries
October 19, 2026 at 11:45 AM
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Thank you for sharing your favorite hype songs! The new question is, "What's your favorite song for the crew?" You are welcome to share yours on our big whiteboard next to the elevator. #MCCLibraries
Favorite hype songs include "High Hopes" by Kublai Khan TX, "Color of Your Soul" by Griz & Clozee, "Encore" by Jaz, "Ozeba" by Rema, "Poker Face" by Lady Gaga, "Can't Hold Us" by Macklemore, "My Way" by Olivia Rodrigo, "Titi Me Pregunto" by Bad Bunny, "Somewhere I Belong" by Linkin Park, "Don't Speak" by No Doubt, "Say It Ain't So" by Weezer, and "Help I'm Alive" by Metric. FYE Librarian Afiya picked "Vibe (if I back it up)" by Cookiee Kawaii.
October 13, 2026 at 4:30 PM
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This week, we enjoyed therapy dogs in the Campus Center, and Ava embraced the cozy fall setting in the LeRoy V. Good Library! #MCCLibraries
Three golden Labrador dogs with their respective handlers and a student sitting on the tile floor of the Campus Center to pet them and enjoy their company beside the large windows looking out on a sunny day. Ava is sitting in the blue lounge chair and smiling while reading a book. A photo of the cozy scene without anyone sitting in the lounge chair, which is flanked by two bookshelves with 21 books visible on display.
October 9, 2026 at 7:15 PM
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The positive messages and cute drawings being left on a table for others to take as needed are lovely and greatly appreciated ❤️ #MCCLibraries
On an index card is written, "Take what you need! This is to help you remember how amazing you are!" accompanied by a pencil sketch of a bee flying to a flower. Another index card has a drawing oh a sheep under a night sky colored in black, yellow, and purple, with the message, "You are perfect just the way you are!" A third index card features a drawing of a plesiosaur with its head above water and body visible below the surface is colored blue, pink, and white, with the message, "You are loved!" The messages, "You matter! You are loved!" adorn a fourth index card drawing of a fawn walking in the foreground of a forest, colored in shades of brown, black, and blue.
October 7, 2026 at 11:45 AM
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We love how many responses our visitors wrote for our question yesterday, which was, "What is your fav song (rn)?"

Today's question is, "What is your fav song from a movie?"

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The large whiteboard has about 45 songs written in response to the question, "What is your fav song (rn)?" including "Gang Gang" by Chef Boy, "Take Me To The River" by Talking Heads, "River" by Leon Bridges, "Angel" by Shaggy, "Scene Before the Kiss" by Horsegirl, "Colors" by Halsey, "Applejack" by Dolly Parton, "Taste Back" by Harry Styles, "Losing You" by Solange, "Who Could Win a Rabbit" by Animal Collective, "I Don't Care If You're Contagious" by Pierce the Veil, and "Calcutta" by Lawrence Welk.
October 6, 2026 at 7:15 PM
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Next time you visit the LeRoy V. Good Library, be sure to look at the display of Mass-Market Madness: a selection of vintage gothic paperbacks from the Glenn Tolle collection! Glenn is MCC’s Records Management Analyst. #MCCLibraries
Inside a table-top display case are 17 paperback books neatly arranged in 3 rows, including 2 copies of The Vampire Curse with different covers, The Haunting of Helen Wren, The Devil's Churchyard, The Dark of Memory, Mystery House, Satan's Rock, and Fingers of Fear. On the right side of the display case are the titles Blood Moon, The Vampire of Moura, Prince of Darkness, The Wych Stone, The Lucifer Cult, Aquarius My Evil, The Quicksilver Pool, Bride By Candlelight, and Warlock's Woman.
October 6, 2026 at 11:45 AM
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Banned Books Week is October 4–10, 2026, & the theme is "Let Books Be. Protect the Freedom to Read." Visit us to see our display of books that have been challenged, plus info from Amnesty Int'l @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social @uabookbans.bsky.social

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Books shown on display that have been challenged include All Boys Aren't Blue; The Great Gatsby; The Handmaid's Tale; The House On Mango Street; Crank; The Bluest Eye; Thirteen Reasons Why; and The Perks Of Being A Wallflower. More books are Gender Queer; Speak; This Book Is Gay; A Clockwork Orange; Fahrenheit 451; and Bridge To Terabithia. Additional books are The Merchant Of Venice; Ender's Game; Nineteen Minutes; East Of Eden; Gone With The Wind; and Looking For Alaska. Additional books are The Hunger Games; A Wrinkle In Time; Sold; Kite Runner; To Kill A Mockingbird; and The Canterbury Tales.
October 5, 2026 at 11:45 AM
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Embrace the cozy and fall into a good book! With the crisp, cool air, the rustling leaves, and the turn of the page, curl up with a good read from our leisure section on the main floor of the LeRoy V. Good Library and simply relax.

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A blue lounge chair is decorated with a garland of fall-colored leaves. A floor lamp and side table are set to its left, and both sides are flanked by small bookcases displaying 12 books each, including How To Cheat Your Own Death; Queen Esther; Getting Away With Murder; The Crossroads; The Calamity Club; King's Ransom; Last One Out; Chloe; We Who Have No Gods; The Mother Next Door; The Proving Ground; and None Of This Is True. On the side table are a black MCC mug, a stack of small white, green, and orange pumpkins, and the book The Things We Never Say: A Novel by Elizabeth Strout.
October 2, 2026 at 4:00 PM
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Starting in November: looking for motivation, community, & success strategies? Motivation Mondays offer engaging activities, study support, & opportunities to connect w/ resources that help you thrive at MCC! Fill out the interest form for more info: forms.cloud.microsoft/r/LMS0ttU3Q2

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Join FYE Librarian, Ms. Afiya, during the lunch hour for fun programs, social events, and silent study!
September 28, 2026 at 4:02 PM
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Check out these chalk drawings that MCC student Rodnee drew in our study rooms! Well done and thank you for sharing, Rodnee! #MCCLibraries
A white chalk drawing on a blackboard of Disney's Phineas and Ferb sitting against a tree. Phineas is leaning back and saying, "Ferb, I know what we're gonna study today." Ferb is reading a book and saying, "Where's Perry," who is partially drawn on the edge of the board. A white chalk drawing on a blackboard of My Little Pony's Applejack, with a raised left front hoof and 3 apples drawn on her back. She is saying, "When life gives you lemons, trade them out for apples."
September 25, 2026 at 4:00 PM
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Read more about the month in the Daily Tribune article by Antonia Custodio from MCC's Latino Empowerment Network Affinity Group, and about Hispanic history, culture, and heritage in the books on display at the Downtown Campus Learning Commons.

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September 22, 2026 at 12:01 PM
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Explore the 3rd and 4th floors above the main (2nd) floor of the LeRoy V. Good Library and check out our book displays for a sample of what you can find on those levels.

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Look at what the 3rd floor as to offer: Want to peruse some philosophy? Look in call numbers B-BJ. How about an afternoon with Shakespeare? Look in PR. Learn a new language? Look in P-PJ. Take a book home for the kiddos? Look in PZ. Maybe investigate a true crime? Look in HV. Take a look around and check out something new! The 5-tiered display with 3 open cubes on each tier features 20 books from those genres, and 2 were checked out. We won't shush you anywhere but here on the 3rd floor! Look at what the 4th floor has to offer: Want to investigate artificial intelligence? Look in Q300s. How about extra nursing resources? Look in RA-RT. Want to get ideas for recipes? Look in TX. Want to know how to spot disinformation? Look in Z. How about that beautiful coffee table book? Look in the Oversize collection. Take a look around and check out something new! The 5-tiered display with 3 open cubes on each tier features 20 books from those genres. A Sam Francis painting from the Kunstmuseum Basel hangs on the wall behind the display.
September 16, 2026 at 4:02 PM
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Visit the Downtown Campus Learning Commons to see our display remembering September 11, 2001, and reflecting on the lasting impact of that day. Books from the display can be checked out; please ask at the information desk.

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The backdrop of the display includes pictures and illustrations of the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center. Inside the display case are 11 books. On the left half of the display case are the books Counter-terrorism after 9/11; Confronting Al Qaeda; The 5 Unanswered Questions about 9/11; The Woman Who Wasn't There; and Terrorist Attacks on American Soil. Books on the right side of the display case are 102 Minutes; The 9/11 Commission Report; Osama Bin Laden: Biography; What We Saw; The Terrorism Lectures; and Debunking 9/11 Myths. Hanging on the backdrop above the display case, there is a printed sign with a black background and white text that says "9/11: Always Remember," a black and white photograph of the Twin Towers with the text, "Never Forget: 09-11-2001," and print-outs with the word REMEMBER and another with a silhouette of New York City including the Twin Towers and the text, "Patriot Day: We Will Never Forget."
September 15, 2026 at 12:01 PM
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MCC Libraries are closed today, September 7, in observance of Labor Day, and will reopen for regular semester hours tomorrow.

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MCC Libraries fall closures: Monday, September 7, for Labor Day, and from Thursday, November 26, through Sunday, November 29, for Thanksgiving recess. Brighton Campus Library Hours - Fall 2026 - Monday to Thursday: 7:45am to 8pm, Friday: 7:45m to 4pm, Saturday: 11am to 4pm, and Sunday: Closed. Downtown Campus Learning Commons Hours - Fall 2026 - Monday to Wednesday: 8am to 4pm, Thursday: 8am to 6pm, Friday: 8am to 4pm, and Saturday and Sunday: Closed.
September 7, 2026 at 11:45 AM
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The LeRoy V. Good Library at the Brighton Campus is open on Saturdays from 11am to 4pm, so you can come in for research help from a librarian, use a computer and print, or lounge while reading or using Wi-Fi.

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The Brighton Campus Library Hours for fall weekends are 11am-4pm on Saturdays and closed on Sundays.
September 5, 2026 at 3:01 PM
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Thanks everyone for a busy beginning of the semester. Nearly 5,000 people entered the Brighton Campus Library over the first 3 days of classes, up almost 400 from last year, & 900 more than the year before! All are welcome to visit and revisit. 😊

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September 2 traffic into the LeRoy V. Good Library: 1,625. Week to date traffic in: 4,967 (since August 30). Month to date traffic in: 3,246 (since September 1). September 1 traffic in: 1,621. Traffic in last week: 1,379. Traffic in last month: 5,496.
September 4, 2026 at 4:00 PM
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Read more on this in Veronica Chiesi Brown's article in the Daily Tribune. Access to the full NYT article is free to MCC students, faculty, & staff (look for the NYT Digital Edition on the MCC Libraries Databases A-Z page for info). (2/2)

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September 1, 2026 at 7:01 PM