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The official account of MCC Libraries at the Brighton Campus and the Downtown Campus Learning Commons at Monroe Community College.

The library exterior seen from the southeast, with 6 large flower pots full of red, white, and purple petunias visible along the sidewalk outside the R. Thomas Flynn Campus Center.
Summer session closures are on Friday, June 19, for Juneteenth; Friday, July 3, for Independence Day; and Thursday, July 16, for professional development day.
The number 250 is written by a graphic of a continuous red, white, and blue ribbon, with red, white, and blue bursts of fireworks in the background.
A sign on a tripod atop a short book display case says, "So many books, so little time! So grab a new title and enjoy!" Books on the bookcase are Harlem Rhapsody; Daughters of the Sun and Moon; Opus: The Case of Dark Money, Human Trafficking, and Right-Wing Conspiracy Inside the Catholic Church; King's Ransom; Things We Never Say; The Proving Ground; Speak to Me of Home; How to Get Away with Murder; and Kitchens of Hope.
The Downtown Campus Learning Commons is closed from Monday, June 22, through Sunday, August 9.
"The people of Texas are informed that, in accordance with a proclamation from the Executive of the United States, all slaves are free..." - Major General Gordon Granger. General Orders, No. 3. Headquarters District of Texas, Galveston, June 19, 1865. Also shown is a broadside of the Emancipation Proclamation, 1864, from the Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture; 2026 marks the 10-year anniversary of this museum.
The display features a backdrop with 5 printed signs that say "Juneteenth Freedom Day June 19" against a background with red, gold, and green geometric shapes, above a display case with 12 books inside.
Photograph of MCC ESOL student Alina Zhyhula wearing a light pink dress and holding onto a branch of a blooming magnolia tree with dark pink flowers that she's standing beside.
The LeRoy V. Good Library at the Brighton Campus hours through July 26 are Monday through Thursday from 7:45am to 6pm, Friday from 7:45am to 1pm, and closed on Saturday and Sunday.
Brighton Campus, LeRoy V. Good Library, Pre-Summer Hours: Tuesday, May 26 - 7:45am to 5pm. Wednesday, May 27 - 7:45am to 1:45pm. Thursday, May 28 - 7:45am to 4pm. Friday, May 29 - 7:45am to 1pm. Saturday, May 30 & Sunday, May 31 - Closed.
The front lawn of Monroe Community College, as viewed from the porch of Building 1 on a partly cloudy day. The New York State and United States flags are at half-staff and blowing to the left. The lawn is freshly mowed and there are small flags arranged in the grass spelling out MCC and the shape of a heart.
Brighton Campus Library Hours for weekends in May are 11am to 4pm on May 9, 10, 16, and 17, and closed from May 23 through 25.
Looking down at an open Lenovo ThinkPad T450 laptop with a woman of color's hands on the keyboard. She is wearing a smart watch on her left wrist and two bracelets on her right wrist.
The backdrop above the display case is decorated with 3 printouts depicting about 10 square graduation caps with tassels, 2 printouts with silhouettes of 6 graduates wearing caps and gowns, a banner that says "congratulations" in all capital letters, and a digital image of a commencement scene. Inside the table display case with a glass top and sides are 16 books and a square graduation cap, plus 2 more printouts with silhouettes.
The graduation display is on the main level of the Brighton Campus library. It features a black cap and gown with gold tassel displayed on a mannequin, which is set on square wooden block table atop a larger square block table, flanked by two small bookshelf displays on either side. The left book case is filled with 13 books, the right book case with 10 books and a poster on a table-top stand, and there are 8 books on the larger block table.
Brighton Campus Library Hours for weekends on May 9, 10, 16, and 17, are 11am to 4pm, and closed on May 23, 24, and 25 for Memorial Day.
There are also paper cut-outs of dinosaurs as they might be depicted in Hollywood movies, such as a T-rex. Books include Are Mass Extinctions Inevitable; and Digging Dinosaurs.
The 3rd floor is the quiet floor, so we won't shush you anywhere but here! Look for more titles on the art of music on this floor in the ML section. Books on display include What Would Keith Richards Do; Phases: A Memoir by Brandy; Icons of Hip Hop; Blues People; The World in Six Songs; Wicked: A Musical Biography; The Jazz Ear; Ska: An Oral History; Music of the WOrld of Islam; It Was All A Dream: Biggie and the World that Made Him; Reggae Routes; Nothing Feels Good: Punk Rock, Teenagers, and Emo; Heavy Metal: A Cultural Sociology; The Art of British Rock; Decoding Wagner; and African American Music.
Three books by Tom Angleberger: The Strange Case of Origami Yoda; Darth Paper Strikes Back ; and The Secret of the Fortune Wookiee.
Star Wars : A Scanimation Book. 11 iconic scenes from a galaxy far, far away.... Call number: PN1995.9.S695 S43 2010.
A collage of 4 photos from last year's Celebration of Learning. One student is showing a display about bees while a student looks through a stereo microscope, another student is showing painted artwork including a large canvas, one is displaying a roller coaster model, and one is showing knitted/crocheted work.
Elizabeth Tackitt, Professor Ilene Benz, and Katie Ghidiu posing in the sound booth for the MCC podcast TribTalk. The podcast logo is an illustrated graphic of the MCC Tribune mascot holding an Art Deco stylized microphone.
A collage of 4 photos from last year's Celebration of Learning. One student is displaying at roller coaster model, one is showing a display about bees while a student looks through a stereo microscope, another student is showing knitted/crocheted work, and another is showing painted artwork, including a large canvas.
Person with dark hair wearing a lilac-colored Monroe Community College hooded sweatshirt, black pants, and fuzzy white slippers with black ears and a black stripe resembling panda bears. She is holding her phone in her left hand and making a peace sign with her right hand.
Kipper is a golden retriever wearing a blue Guiding Eyes for the Blind harness and sitting on the floor in front of two of the book cases where reserve textbooks are shelved.
Marilyn is sitting in a lounge chair outside the LVG Library entrance and holding onto therapy dog Taz's leash while he stands on the floor receiving attention from two standing students, one kneeling student, and one student seated on the floor. Taz is a golden Labrador retriever.
Twenty-seven books are shown across a display consisting of two small book cases flanking a three-tiered table, on which there are also 3 plants and an Earth Day poster with an invitation to sign the Global Plastics Treaty at EarthDay.org and the following message: Despite there having been more than 50 Earth Days, climate change and other environmental issues still threaten the health of the planet. Michael Mann, a distinguished professor of atmospheric science at Penn State and author of "Our Fragile Moment: How Lessons from Earth's Past Can Help Us Survive the Climate Crisis" (PublicAffairs, 2023), notes Earth Day is an opportunity to take stock of where we stand in the battle to live sustainably on this planet. "We are not yet on the path toward stabilizing the warming of our planet below dangerous levels," Mann previously told Live Science in an email. "Earth Day is an opportunity to have a conversation about what we need to do. Truth be told, every day should be Earth Day. Without a livable planet, we have nothing." Books include Install Your Own Solar Panels; Recycling Projects for the Evil Genius; The Year-Round Solar Greenhouse; Plastic Ocean; Anything Grows; Nature's Best Hope; Secrets to Great Soil; The Green Ages; The Omnivore's Great Dilemma; The Heartbeat of Trees; The Burning Earth; Saving Seeds; Musings of an Energy Nerd; Greening Your Home; Seeds of Resistance; Earth: The Sequel; Rewilding the World; and Bringing Nature Home.
Celebrate National Library Week April 19-25, 2026, with the theme “Find Your Joy” and Honorary Chair Mychal Threets!
Celebrate National Library Week April 19-25, 2026, with the theme "Find Your Joy"! Artwork by Lorraine Nam of a library exterior with 18 people of diverse age, ability, and ethnicity from "I'm So Happy You're Here: A Celebration of Library Joy."
John Haines is crouched on the floor and reaching inside a tote bag for treats to give Gretta, a golden retriever therapy dog, who is sniffing in the bag with great interest while Gretta's human, Professor Kathleen O'Shea, looks on.
John Haines wearing glasses, a short-sleeve polo shirt, and khaki pants in front of a table with a grill outside MCC's Downtown Campus.
Headshot of Dr. Epps with the black and gold shield logo for Monroe Community College and and 5 stacked triangles logo of the Prism Multicultural Center.
Sustainability Fix It Fair text encircling an illustration of an Earth globe with bright eyes and a smiling mouth, growing from a yellow pot with the MCC Libraries black and gold shield logo.
Coggin (she/her) is the Inaugural Poet Laureate of Hot Springs, AR, and author or editor of collections including Understory, Mining For Stardust, Wingspan, Incandescent, and Mother of Other Kingdoms.
Print-outs say "Clean the Earth, so it can breathe again," "Every day is Earth Day," and "Keep the Earth Clean and Green," above pictures of a monarch butterfly and a Vermilion Flycatcher (a brilliant red and black bird).
The display has light green paper covering the backdrop with short phrases and animals printed and cut-out on paper. The display case has 13 books and 7 origami animals.
Anne Washburn is a New York-based playwright. Washburn’s plays include Mr. Burns: A Post-Electric Play, Shipwreck, 10 out of 12, Antlia Pnuematica, The Internationalist, and The Twilight Zone.
The Brighton Campus Library is open Monday to Thursday from 8:45am to 5pm, on Friday from 8am to 4pm, and closed on Saturday and Sunday.
MCC ESOL student Loc Duong walking on a soccer pitch dressed in a blue jersey, white shorts, black compression socks, which socks, and cleats. Photo by Viet Sport.
The display features white stars, waving red and white stripes, and flyers for Vietnam War Veterans Day on 3 blue paper and 1 red paper backgrounds. The table-top display case has 12 books, a model F-22 fighter jet, and 2 photos and 2 illustrations of the 3 Soldiers monument and the Vietnam War Memorial in Washington, DC.
The display includes flyers and printouts of shamrocks, 4-leaf clovers, and "Happy St. Patrick's Day" wishes with leprechaun hats posted on the background, plus a display case filled with 10 books, 6 travel brochures from Ireland, 8 paper shamrocks, and a leprechaun decoration.
A figurine of the Joker's upper body stands in front of the Batman book Three Jokers and the Scholastic book Smile.
The graphic literature display is spread among two short display shelves of 11 books and one figurine each, plus a 3-tiered display of 13 books and 4 figurines. The sign on the wall has a quote from Marjane Satrapi: "Graphic novels are not traditional literature, but that does not mean they are second-rate. Images are a way of writing. When you have the talent to be able to write and to draw, it seems a shame to choose one. I think it's better to do both."
A graphic made in Canva illustrates an analog clock with a transparent hour hand at 2am with an arrow pointing to hands solidly set at 3am.
The display is decorated with flowers cut out from red, white, blue, and green paper affixed to the backdrop, and 15 books inside the display case.
A view of the Full Moon from the window inside one of the 4th floor study rooms. The Moon appears between 2 of the flagpoles outside on the patio, and has risen between the red-orange hues and the blue sky beyond the parking lots.
The flyer includes the text from the post along with a word cloud that emphasizes words such as knowledge, student, education, learning, value, school, wisdom, lore, motivation, proficiency, idea, grasp, development, and science.
Join us to view the first episode of the Netflix original High on the Hog with catering from the French Quarter Cafe and uplifting discussions from our special guests: Margaret Greene, FNP-C; Elliot Williams, Collections Specialist; and Shamika Fusco, Director of Liviona Library.
The display case has a glass top and sides, and contains 10 books and 3 decorations with a few printouts of red paper lanterns.
The Brighton Campus Library is open Monday through Thursday from 7:45 am to 8pm, Friday from 7:45 am to 4pm, Saturday from 11am to 4pm, and closed on Sunday.
The elevator doors on the main level have been painted with a fresh coat of brown paint.
The "Save the Date" flyer for MCC's 5th annual Celebration of Learning features red curtains and gold ribbons. "You did the work, now show it off!"
The Brighton Campus Library is open: Monday to Thursday from 8:45am to 5pm. Friday from 8am to 4pm. And closed on Saturday and Sunday.
A student plays acoustic guitar while another student sings part of "You've Got a Friend in Me" in front of the Welcome Desk at the Brighton Campus Library. The singer plays trumpet at the beginning and end of the song. About ten people in the immediate vicinity watch the performance and clap at the end.
Photo of MCC ESOL student Hyojin Han. She is smiling and has dark hair at a length just below her shoulders. She's wearing a light-colored sweater with shades of green, and standing in front of a snow-covered deck. The backyard is covered in snow, with bare tree branches and snow-dusted evergreen trees.
Douglass Day 2026. Transcribe-a-Thon Featuring the Colored Conventions Project. February 13, 2026. Noon to 3pm EST. DouglassDay.org. The flyer image features the phrase, "All Rights For All," the text of the Fourteenth Amendment (June 1866) overlaid onto a convention crowd, and images of Harriet Robinson Scott and Dred Scott.
The display features a Black History Month poster, a wall sign that says "Celebrating Black History Month," and a large whiteboard with a question written to ask, "Who's your biggest inspiration during Black History Month?" Two display shelves contain 26 books across the tops of the book cases and 3 interior shelves each. The books arranged with their covers facing out.
MCC Scholars' Day Lunch & Learn flyer with a picture from a previous year's presentation by students standing in front of posters displayed on a table and several other students listening.
Cut-out Valentine hearts include handwritten messages that say, "I love learning," "I love being a mom also a grandmom," "I love to cook and bake," "I love to read a lot," "I love my son," "I love my family," "I love my life," "I love art," and "I love my kids, my whole world revolves around them and any dream they have."