Ask Here Roadshow

The last stop of the semester for the Ask Here Roadshow will be on Monday, May 5 at Loughran Hall from 2:30 to 4:00 pm. If the weather cooperates, you will see me outside the main entrance of the hall. If not, I will be in the lobby. Either way, I hope that you will ask me any last minute research questions that you might have or simply say hello and pick up an Ask Here beach ball or pen.

I appreciate your support this semester, and I appreciate the fact that no one looked at me as if I were out of my mind hanging around on campus, waiting for research questions, and throwing beach balls at people. For those of you who are graduating and leaving Marywood, congratulations. I hope that all goes well for you. For those of you returning, keep an eye out for me around campus in the fall semester.

The Winners in the Barbara Hoffman English 160 Writing Award

Congratulations to the winners of the Barbara Hoffman English 160 Writing Award--this is the fifth year for the Award. The Award honors three students who have mastered the use of information including retrieval and evaluation coupled with excellent writing mechanics. For the third year in a row, Dr. Erin Sadlak's student is the first place winner.

First place winner with an award of $75. is Lisa Forcellini whose entry is entitled: "Why Child Obesity Should Not be Considered Parental Neglect." Dr. Erin Sadlak, professor, received $25.

Second place winner with an award of $50. is Deanna Grella whose entry is entitled: "Out with the Old, in with the New? Not this Time." Deanna's professor is Dr. Laurie McMillan.

Third place winner with an award of $25. is Christine Lauff whose entry is entitled: "Embryonic Stem Cell Research." Lisa's professor is David Wasson.

The judges for the Award, Carol Tome and Annette Fisher, librarians, and Dr. Helen Bittel, English professor, were pleased that the entries were excellent this year---it made judging that much tougher but it also showcased the writing and library research abilities of the students.

Final Exams and Library Help

It's Finals time. The library, as usual, has extended hours starting today till May 1st. Our Finals libray hours can be viewed by going to this link http://www.marywood.edu/library/Hours.htm.

And be sure to stop by the ASK HERE Desk on the main floor of the library if you need help with your final papers, assignments, projects, etc. A librarian is always available at the desk or on call when needed.

Also, online research help is available via email or chat at http://www.marywood.edu/library/asklibrarian.htm. Library chat hours are 2-4pm and 7-9pm during library operating hours.

We have the Winners!

• The grand prize winner for the digital camera is Theresa White.
• For the baseball tickets: Amy Owens and Araceli V.
• Cranium game: Kelley Teeple
• For the candy jars: Cooney, Jill Jones, Courtney
• For $20 copy cards: Manjusha Nalluru, Chrissa Fenner, Alyssa Robins, Jessica Zekus, and Britni Van De Linde
• For Blockbuster $5 gift cards: Diana Zarillo and Ludmila Racicka

We want to thank everybody who participated in the National Library Week Celebration at the Marywood Library!

Special thanks to SCRANTON ALL-STARS/THE LUMBERTRUCK Band: Shawn Caden, Greg Kondrat, Kevin Zwick. Check out their My Space site at http://www.myspace.com/thelumbertruck

We will conclude the celebration of the National Library Week with a bang!

Our festivities during National Library Week will draw to a close today with more fun and exciting happenings! Rita's Italian Ice will be served beginning at 11am today in front of the library's main entrance. Also beginning at 11am in front of the library's main entrance, there will be live music! The DAILY DRAWINGS, LIBRARY RAFFLE, LIBRARY TOUR and others will continue today. Winners for the Library Raffle, the Count the Candy contest, and the Grand Prize will be announced today at 4:30pm.
So enjoy the sunshine today and come out to the library and help us end our celebration of National Library Week with a bang!

Daily Door Prize winners for Friday:

Diana Polinsky ($20 Copy Card)
Sean Sicangoco (Flash Drive)

Friday's Question of the Day Winners (a Marywood mug filled with candies):
Lindsay Kolvik
Tom Korp

Thursday Celebration

Activities to celebrate National Library Week at Marywood Library on Thursday included a library Raffle for a chance to win two passes to the SWB Yankees vs. Rochester Red Wings game on Saturday April 19 and one Cranium Board Game. The library tent outside the LRC Building offered free treats and other giveaways today. The library book sale sold a good number of books. More people have participated our 5-minute library tours to win a digital camera.

Door Prize Winners for today:
Rahul Dani($20 Copy Card)
Angel Warren(Pair of movie tickets)

Question of the Day Winners (a Marywood mug filled with candies):
Noreen Kittrick
Bryna Richenbach

Congratulations!

NEW! Library of Congress Experience - an interactive site

Check out the new Library of Congress interactive site at http://www.loc.gov/experience/.

New technologies have allowed us to now experience the library's extensive collection first hand on your desk top! Some of the exhibits and collection you can access interactively include "Exploring the Early Americas", "The Jefferson Library" and "The Bible Collection"

This is a wonderful opportunity to delve into the treasures of one of our nation's greatest l resource.

National Library Week Festivities Continue

On the 3rd day of the National Library Week celebration our library set up a tent outside the LRC, and handed out popcorn and soft pretzels from 11-1. Students also entered to win door prizes, participated in library tours and took part in the question of the day challenge. The ongoing booksale was also a success and due to the nice weather, the sale will be set up outside and held until 6pm today.

Wednesday's daily door prize winners were:

Marie Fitzsimmons $20 copy card
Mark Granquist Pair of Movie Tickets

The winner's of the question of the day were:

Manjusha N.
Sejal Dedhia

Celebration Continues

On the 2nd day of the National Library Week celebration, our library set up a tent outside the Learning Resources Center. From 11-1pm, we served about 130 popcorn boxes, and gave away the beach balls and pens, and tickets for tours, and drawings. It was a success! The 5-minute tour of the library at 12 noon had almost 20 people, more than half were students! There is also the book sale.

Tuesday Winners:

Door Prizes Winners:
Matt Schlittler ($20 Copy Card)
Amy Owens ($20 Gift Certficate for Hank's Hoagies)

The Winners of the Question of the Day (a Marywood mug filled with candies):
Maria Hennigan
Jerry Hart

Congratulations to the Winners!

We are celebrating the National Library Week!

The Celebration of the National Library Week was launched at our library Monday with free coffee, snacks, daily door prizes and 5-minute tour of the library to win a digital camera. Other festivities that will continue through the week include popcorn, other giveaways, and testing your knowledge by answering our "Question of the Day". We also have a Library Book Sale!

The Winners on Monday

Question of the Day Winners (a Marywood mug filled with candies):
Charmaine Walker and Mark Baron

Daily Door Prizes:
Mark Baron ($20 Copy Card)
John Tyson (2 Movie Tickets)

Congratulations to the Winners!

Grove Art Dictionary now becomes Oxford Art Online

Oxford Art Online is a new gateway that offers users the ability to access and search the vast content of Grove Art Online and Oxford art reference in one location. With the 2007 complete redesign of Grove Art Online, as well as the addition of substantial new Oxford reference content, Oxford Art Online offers an extensive and easily searchable online art resource, a virtual art reference library of unparalleled scope and depth. Users can access to the more than 23,000 subject entries, 21,000 biographies, 500,000 bibliographic citations, 40,000 image links and 5,000 images contained within Grove Art Online.

Hello!

We'd like to launch this blog to coincide with National Library Week which takes place from April 13-19. So welcome to your library blog!

Marywood Library is celebrating National Library beginning Monday April 14 and continuing through Friday, April 18. Stay tuned to this blog for details on the festivities.

Also for this first entry, we would like to invite you to check us out. Then offer your comments, suggestions, ideas for the blog. Air your opinions. We hope to provide an informative, interactive, and lively space for everything library-related.