{"id":5433,"date":"2026-05-29T15:08:24","date_gmt":"2026-05-29T19:08:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/libraries\/?p=5433"},"modified":"2026-05-29T15:08:24","modified_gmt":"2026-05-29T19:08:24","slug":"leisure-reading-for-the-summer-of-2026-university-libraries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/libraries\/2026\/05\/leisure-reading-for-the-summer-of-2026-university-libraries\/","title":{"rendered":"Leisure Reading for the Summer of 2026 &amp; University Libraries"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The phrase \u201cReading Is Fundamental,\u201d is a common refrain when it comes to involvement within the educational experience and with support from the University Libraries this becomes an ongoing exercise in mutual learning and intellectual support.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5435\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/libraries\/files\/2026\/05\/leisure-reading-icon-7.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"275\" height=\"183\" \/><\/p>\n<p>With the Spring semester over and the observance of \u201cGet Caught Reading Month\u201d which is celebrated in May, the opportunities for finding a book(s) to read for pleasure becomes easier and a satisfying way to build on your own growing levels of knowledge.<\/p>\n<p>The University Libraries offers several titles that are designated as volumes for borrow within our \u201cLeisure Collection\u201d which offers the students the opportunity to read non-academic focused works alone. This is a growing collection and the pleasure reading segment can be found within the <strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff\" href=\"https:\/\/shu.locate.ebsco.com\/search?facets=items.effectiveLocationId%5B%5D%3Dada5b8a5-9993-46a7-8c7c-c8d8087cdcad&amp;option=keyword&amp;pageNumber=1&amp;recordsPerPage=25\">SHU Leisure Titles<\/a><\/span><\/strong> catalog.<\/p>\n<p>For additional information please feel free to contact us via e-mail via the\u00a0<span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><strong><u>University Libraries<\/u><\/strong><\/span><strong>\u00a0<\/strong>Homepage.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5437\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/libraries\/files\/2026\/05\/leisure-reading-icon-4.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"258\" height=\"196\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The phrase \u201cReading Is Fundamental,\u201d is a common refrain when it comes to involvement within the educational experience and with support from the University Libraries this becomes an ongoing exercise in mutual learning and intellectual support. With the Spring semester over and the observance of \u201cGet Caught Reading Month\u201d which is celebrated in May, the &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/libraries\/2026\/05\/leisure-reading-for-the-summer-of-2026-university-libraries\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Leisure Reading for the Summer of 2026 &amp; University Libraries&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":290,"featured_media":5436,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[613],"tags":[696,697,669],"class_list":["post-5433","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-leisure-collection","tag-reading-is-fundamental","tag-get-caught-reading-month","tag-leisure-collection"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/libraries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5433","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/libraries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/libraries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/libraries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/290"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/libraries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5433"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/libraries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5433\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5438,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/libraries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5433\/revisions\/5438"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/libraries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5436"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/libraries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5433"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/libraries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5433"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/libraries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5433"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}