New Arrivals

At the beginning of every week a selection of new books and media at the library are displayed next to the printing area on the main floor. I will be updating this blog as this display is changed with a selection from the new arrivals that may be of interest. As always, a listing of all the new arrivals can be found in our catalog through the library website. At the top right of the catalog page, simply click "New Book List" or "New Media List" depending on what you are looking for (The new book list link is here).

The display is shown below:



Book Selections:

1) Cross - by James Patterson
2) 2010 World Development Report - Development and Climate Change - by The World Bank
3) Stirring the Pot - The Kitchen and Domesticity in the Fiction of Southern Women - by Laura Sloan Patterson
4) American History of the 1990s - Reflections of History and Culture - Edited by Jay Prosser
5) Librarians as Community Partners - An Outreach Handbook - Edited by Carol Smallwood
6) Txtng - the gr8 db8 - by David Crystal

Media Selections:

1) Kabul Transit - filmed by David Edwards
2) 10th Anniversary Piano Extravaganza - by The Verbier Festival and Academy
3) Piano Concerto Symphony No. 4 - Schumann
4) Les Contes d'Hoffmann - Jacques Ottenbach

As with the display honoring Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., all of the books displayed on the new arrivals shelves are allowed to checked out as normal.

Marywood Library Celebrates Martin Luther King, Jr. Day

The Marywood Library celebrated Martin Luther King, Jr. Day on January 18th by developing a display with a selection of books and videos in remembrance of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr, which is pictured below:



The books and videos range from biographies to discussions on sermons and papers. A few selections from this display are as follows:

Books
1) King - A Critical Biography by David L. Lewis
2) As Good As Anybody by Richard Michelson
3) The Papers of Martin Luther King, Jr. - Volume 1 - Called to Serve edited by Clayborne Carson
4) What Manner of Man - A Biography of Martin Luther King, Jr. by Lerone Bennett, Jr.
5) Shared Dreams by Rabbi Marc Schneier
6) An American Death by Gerold Frank

Videos
1) Martin Luther King, Jr. on Leadership by Donald L. Phillips
2) Martin Luther King, Jr. - The Man and The Dream - An A&E Biography
3) The Speeches Collection - Martin Luther King, Jr.
4) At The River I Stand - Directed by David Appleby

All the books and videos on display are available for checkout at the main desk.

Final Exam Hours

For final exams, the libraries hours will be as follows:

Sun: Noon to 11 PM
Monday through Thursday: 8 AM to Midnight
Friday: 8 AM to 7 PM
Saturday: 8:30 AM to 7 PM

These hours will be in effect from 12/6/-12/18/.

Hours before the holiday will be as follows:
12/19/ - 8:30 AM to 5 PM
12/20 - CLOSED
12/21 - 8 AM to 3 PM
12/22 & 12/23 - 8 AM to 5 PM

The library will be closed from 12/24-1/1/10.

More Digitized Vinyl Treasures Available to You

The Dickens classic was appropriately requested and uploaded in the vinyl digitization project. Will the spirits once again convince our favorite curmudgeon, played by Ralph Richardson, to change his ways?

There have been some other recent additions to the vinyl digitization project including actor Vincent Price reading the poetry of British Romantic poet Percy Bysshe Shelley. Who can resist Price’s “Ozymandias” interpretation? The collection is available for listening through the Marywood University library catalog (http://lib.marywood.edu/) by clicking on “Digital Library,” “Hyperion Hierarchy,” and “Vinyl Digitization.” If there are problems with viewing the album art or listening to the files, pop-up blockers may need to be disabled.

The vinyl digitization collection only contains a small fraction of the 5,400 titles held by the library. This is a massive and diverse collection, and suggestions for records to be digitized and uploaded are welcome. The most direct way to search or browse the available titles is to visit the library catalog (http://lib.marywood.edu/), click on “Power Search,” and limit “Item Category 1” to “Sound Recording.” It is then possible to browse titles without entering specific terms or to search with subject, title, or artist terms. Priority is given to the titles with the strongest potential educational value (meaning items that can be used for classroom listening or academic projects). If there are any suggestions, questions, or problems, contact Jim Frutchey at frutchey@maryu.marywood.edu or 348-6211 x2172.

Turnitin.com comes to Marywood

Faculty can now have access to Turnitin.com, an originality checking tool that "allows educators to check students' work for improper citation or potential plagiarism by comparing it against continuously updated databases". Also, this program allows for online peer reviewing and digital grading. http://turnitin.com/static/index.html

During the week of November 16, the library will host three introductory sessions to Turnitin.com via teleconferencing on the following dates and times:

Tuesday, November 17, 12:30PM - 1:30PM
Wednesday, November 18, 11AM - 12 Noon
Thursday, November 19, 4:00PM - 5:00PM

Location: LRC 319

If you are unable to attend one of the above sessions, you may attend a session at a later date on your own. Details are availble on the Marywood Library website at http://www.marywood.edu/library/faculty-support/turnitin.html

For more information, please contact the Library at 961-4707.

Library Presence at the University Open House on Nov.14, 2009

Ask Here Roadshow

The Librarians are on the road again. You can now get help with your assignments and other class related projects at a convenient location.

McGowan Building (Curriculum Lab Library)
3-4:40pm on Thursdays
(Oct. 22 and 29; Nov. 5, 12, and 19; Dec. 3 and 10)

Healthy Families Center 229 (conference room) 1-2:30pm on Tuesdays
(Oct. 27; Nov. 3, 10, and 24; Dec. 1)

Please call the Library's Front Desk for more information at 961-4707