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Library Blog
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May 29, 2025 Walker’s Unfinished Bookseedwards
Sometimes you can’t finish a book because it’s either bad or uninteresting. These are books Walker could not finish for a variety of reasons explained below. Hopefully, one of these books will spark your interest!
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May 29, 2025 Carolyn Wilson Digital Collections: Spring Wrap Upeedwards
The Carolyn Wilson Digital Collections saw over 20,000 downloads in the Spring 2025 semester along with some new departments and programs who have begun adding their work to the repository.
May Book Display
Have you ever not finished a book?
Author Walker Cheatham
Maybe it was too boring or it just never piqued your interest? The Beaman Library book display for May is from our own staff member, Walker Cheatham, and is a collection of some of his unfinished books from the library. Come take a look at the books and see whether or not one of them looks good to you. If you have read one, leave a recommendation and see if you can convince Walker to give it another try!