Stories about "Ladd Library"
![](https://www.bates.edu/news/files/2021/12/211206_Axe_Throwing_Campus_0713-400x267.webp)
It’s finals week, and Bobcats make tracks to axe-tossing study break
Thursday, December 9, 2021 2:39 pm
Students put studying on the chopping block on Monday by doing some target practice — with axes.
![](https://www.bates.edu/news/files/2021/12/IMG_4923-edited-400x267.webp)
19 items in the Bates library’s lost and found on Dec. 6, 2021
Wednesday, December 8, 2021 2:34 pm
It’s finals week, and we think students are foregoing routine tasks like…
![](https://www.bates.edu/news/files/2021/09/210929-ladd-lost-and-found_3885-400x267.webp)
18 items in the Bates library’s lost and found on Sept. 29, 2021
Wednesday, September 29, 2021 3:48 pm
A warm stretch of early fall weather here on campus might explain a couple things about the status of Ladd Library Lost and Found on Sept. 29.
![](https://www.bates.edu/news/files/2020/03/2020-03-11-11.45.38-400x300.jpg)
The case of the missing buds in the Library’s Lost & Found, March 11, 2020
Wednesday, March 11, 2020 1:49 pm
“I think I’m on the phone with someone’s mom,” said a wide-eyed Jaimin Keliihoomalu ’21 of Kapolei, Hawaii, thus beginning the case of the lost Bluetooth ear buds.
![](https://www.bates.edu/news/files/2019/12/2019-12-13-08.47.50-crop-400x267.jpg)
18 items in the library’s Lost & Found on Dec. 13, 2019
Friday, December 13, 2019 12:07 pm
Lip balm, computer glasses, hoop earrings, transgender pride button, New England Patriots water bottle, and more.
![As part of a team including Bates humanities librarian Christina Bell, noted childrenauthor-illustrator Anne Sibley O'Brien, and Brenna Callahan '15, Associate Professor of Psychology Krista Aronson has created the Picture Book Project: a set of interrelated resources that bring new accessibility to the world of diverse childrens books:A comprehensive collection of some 2,000 diverse books, housed at the Georgeand Helen Ladd Library, that is unique in that the books are available for anyoneto sign out; the Diverse BookFinder, a database and search language mirroring the collection, which for the first time makes diverse picture books findable by both the human characteristics and, importantly, narrative themes that recur in them; and an analytical tool, based on the DBF resources, that will enable librarians tounderstand how diversity is represented in their own childrens sections.](https://www.bates.edu/news/files/2019/11/170802_Bates_Dance_Festival_0512_CROP-400x267.jpg)
In its third year, Bates’ Diverse BookFinder is more accessible than ever
Tuesday, November 19, 2019 2:50 pm
Between a powerful children's book Search Tool and expanded outreach to libraries, parents and book professionals alike are increasingly making use of this unique Bates resource.
![](https://www.bates.edu/news/files/2019/10/2019-09-25-15.07.50-crop--400x267.jpg)
18 items in the library’s Lost & Found on Sept. 25, 2019
Thursday, October 3, 2019 5:32 pm
Busy Bobcats plan their days, store data, stay hydrated, and do course readings...while losing appointment notebooks, thumb drives, water bottles, and textbooks.
![](https://www.bates.edu/news/files/2019/03/2019-03-20-164100detail-rev-400x267.jpg)
18 items in the library’s Lost & Found on March 20, 2019
Friday, March 22, 2019 10:58 am
On a Wednesday afternoon busy with thesis, we saw a Ghostbusters T-shirt, Ray-Ban sunglasses, a snarky coffee mug, and a student paper about race-based clubs in high schools.
![](https://www.bates.edu/news/files/2018/11/181003_CCU_Ladd_5754_dlh_CROP-400x267.jpg)
Campus Construction Update: Nov. 2, 2018
Thursday, November 1, 2018 1:13 pm
A Halloween treat: By Oct. 31, three major construction projects launched in June were effectively complete.
![](https://www.bates.edu/news/files/2018/09/180925_CCU_Ladd_3407_dlh-400x267.jpg)
Campus Construction Update: Sept. 28, 2018
Friday, September 28, 2018 9:26 am
If you think of Ladd Plaza as a really big family room that has been getting a makeover, they’re now moving in the furniture.