![Participants in the Pfau Library’s third Chess Tournament face off against each other.](/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/upload/image/2024/CSUSB_Library_Chess_01.jpg.webp?itok=M8WTIM2V)
Twenty students participated in the tournament, which took place in the library’s foyer on Nov. 15. As interest continues to grow, a support group, the Chess Kings, has been formed to promote chess-related activities on campus. Students, staff and faculty are welcome to participate.
![Books are given away at the 2019 Multicultural Book and Family Festival at CSUSB. The festival will return to the university on May 11.](/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/upload/image/2024/NewsSlide_Library_MulticulturalBookFest_.jpg.webp?itok=8H1za5XE)
The free event, which will take place from 9 a.m.-3 p.m. May 11 at the university’s Santos Manuel Student Union South, will feature award-winning author Victor Villaseñor as the special guest speaker.
![SBS building, Faculty in the News](/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/upload/image/Faculty-in-the-News-SBS_9.jpg.webp?itok=buu8hGd-)
Marc Robinson (history) discussed the “Bridges that Carried Us Over” community history project documenting Black history in the Inland Empire.
![Black history in the IE seeks community contributions](/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/upload/image/NewsSlide_UofR_Lib_Bridges_American%20Legion%20Parade__1.jpg.webp?itok=C6ARYmIW)
The contributions, in the form of historical photos, can be brought to one of two events in the coming weeks where photos and will be scanned.
![Celebrating Black history in the Inland Empire](/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/upload/image/NewsSlide_UofR_Lib_Bridges_American%20Legion%20Parade__0.jpg.webp?itok=0s0ymlLq)
“Building Bridges: Panel Discussion of Black History in the IE,” featuring guest speakers Wilmer Amina Carter, Cheryl Brown, John Coleman and Carolyn Daniels, will take place on Zoom from 10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 29.
![Pandemic through my Eyes](/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/upload/image/Pandemic%20Through%20My%20Eyes_Sophia%20V.%20Jimenez.jpg.webp?itok=_x5MvSOa)
Archives that include diaries, videos and artwork chronicling CSUSB campus life during the pandemic, is available online through CSUSB ScholarWorks.
![American Legion Post No. 710 Drill Team at Court & E Streets in Downtown SB. 1948. Photo by Henry Hooks, courtesy of San Bernardino County Museum.](/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/upload/image/NewsSlide_UofR_Lib_Bridges_American%20Legion%20Parade_.jpg.webp?itok=o29sRYdD)
The John M. Pfau Library will work with Jennifer Tilton, professor of race and ethnic studies at the University of Redlands, to reinvigorate the “Bridges that Carried Us Over” project, which documents the presence and contributions of the African American community in the Inland Empire.
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The John M. Pfau Library has updated its list of online services for the fall semester.
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CSUSB's John M. Pfau Library is expanding its online services as the campus shifts to virtual instruction and other remote learning modalities due to COVID-19.