St. Patrick's Day Display

The Marywood Library is celebrating St. Patrick's Day with a special display that can be found right next to the new arrivals display in the library.



The display contains several media items, including the following:

1) Visit Wales
2) Celtic Woman
3) Irish Waterways
4) The Emerald Isle
5) Nature Ireland

All items can be checked out at the main desk. Why not learn a bit about Ireland and Irish heritage before celebrating this weekend?

Happy St. Patrick's Day!

For your listening pleasure as St. Patrick's Day nears, I have added a collection of Irish songs to the vinyl digitization project. If you are not fluent with your Gaelic, English translations are available in the notes for the album. I hope that you enjoy Deirdre Ni Fhlionn's lovely voice.

Access = Marywood Library Catalog > Type "Irish Traditional Songs. sound recording" > Make sure pop-up blockers are off and volume is not muted > Enjoy

--Jim

Valentine's Day Display

The Marywood Library is celebrating Valentine's Day with a special display that can be found right next to the new arrivals display in the library.



A few books from this small but super cute display are:

1) Arthur's Great Big Valentine by Lillian Hoban
2) Valentine Friends by Ann Schweninger
3) Valentine Mice by Bethany Roberts

Books can be checked out at the main desk as usual. The books are short, sweet, and just right for that special someone this Valentine's Day. Flowers not included :)

Marywood Library Celebrates Black History Month

February is Black History Month, and the Marywood Library with Diversity United is celebrating with a selection of books and media dedicated to Black History and the prominent figures throughout history, such as Martin Luther King, Jr. Also available for free are Unity Pins, which can be worn during the month to celebrate the achievements of African American's throughout history. These pins are available at the display.

Pictured below is the display:



Found on the table in a small basket are the free pins, pictured below (click for a bigger image to read the text):



A selection of books and media from the display are as follows:

1) Show Way by Jacqueline Woodson
2) Uplifting the People by Wilson Fallin Jr.
3) The Roots of Black Nationalism by Rodney Carlisle
4) Modern Black Novelists - A Collection of Critical Essays edited by M. G. Cooke
5) Uptown by Bryan Collier
6) Coming on Home Soon by Jacqueline Woodson
7) The Black Power Movement - Rethinking the Civil Rights-Black Power Era edited by Peniel E. Joseph
8) Black Leadership in American - 2nd Edition by John White
9) Freedom Dreams - The Black Radical Imagination by Robin D. G. Kelley
10) African American Lives - Discs 1 & 2 - Kunhardt Productions

As with all other displays, these books can be checked out at the main desk.

New Arrivals

Below is a selection of new arrivals for the week of 2/1/10.



Book Selections:

1) The Decline and Fall of the British Empire, 1781-1997 by Piers Breadon
2) Scarred Landscapes - War and Nature in Vicky France by Chris Pearson
3) The Rise and Fall of the Spanish Empire by William S. Malthy
4) Cuba in Revolution - A History Since the Fifties by Antoni Kapcia
5) Zhivago's Children by Vladislav Zubik
6) Catholic Women of Congo - Brazzaville Mothers and Sisters in Troubled Times by Phyllis M. Martin

Media Selections:

1) Flying Drunk by Joseph Bulzer (a book read by the author)
2) The Union - The Business Behind Getting High directed by Brett Harvey
3) Global Warming - The Rising Storm - Hosted and Narrated by Bradley Whitford
4) Looking For Lincoln by Henry Louis Gates, Jr.

As always, these books can be checked out at the information desk.

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.