This month’s “Your Library, Your Voice” survey focuses on ebooks, a hot topic in libraries today and a growing area of our collection. We are curious about how you use (or don’t use) ebooks. Thank you for giving us feedback! Congratulations to last month’s survey winner, Gaylyn Foxworthy! Interested in the results of our October …
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Still trying to decide who you’re voting for in Election 2012? Often it’s hard to find the facts about a candidate or proposal, especially when negative TV ads and biased news sources don’t provide solid evidence for their claims. However, there are some excellent online resources to help you with your decision. FactCheck.org is a project …
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On Tuesday, October 23, the 2012-13 Jack Ridl Visiting Writers Series welcomes graphic novelist Jeffrey Brown for the Fifth Annual Tom Andrews Memorial Reading. Brown published a relationship memoir entitled Clumsy. Many acclaimed graphic novels followed including Unlikely, Any Easy Intimacy, Incredible Change-Bots, Sulk, I Am Going to Be Small, and Darth Vader and Son. His …
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This fall, Van Wylen Library added Political Science Complete (PSC) to its research database offerings. PSC contains full text of more than 530 journals, and provides indexing and abstracts for over 2,900 titles, many of which are unique to the product. Subdisciplines covered include: international relations, law and legislation, comparative politics, political theory, and more. …
Next week students and faculty get a well deserved breather with Fall Break. Van Wylen Library will be open for the following reduced hours: Friday, October 5th: 8am-5pm; Saturday, October 6th: Closed; Sunday, October 7th: Closed; Monday, October 8th: 8am-5pm; Tuesday, October 9th: 8am-Midnight For more Fall Break Hours, see here. Note: CWR will be …
National Hispanic Heritage Month runs from September 15 to October 15. The month is meant to pay tribute to the generations of Hispanic Americans who have positively influenced and enriched the United States. Diego Rivera was a Mexican pianist and muralist. He is pictured here with his wife, Frida Kahlo. The observation of Hispanic Heritage …
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Welcome to new and returning students to campus! All of us at Van Wylen Library, the Joint Archives, and the Music Library promise to do our best to help make this your best year ever. Our goal is to create a comfortable, open, and stimulating environment for research and study. As you go about your …
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The library will have extended hours during exam week to provide you with ample time to study: Friday, April 27: 8 a.m. – 10 p.m.; Saturday, April 28: 10 a.m. – 10 p.m.; Sunday, April 29: 11 a.m. – 2 a.m.; Monday, April 30: 8 a.m. – 2 a.m.; Tuesday, May 1: 8 a.m. – …
On April 2, the National Archives released the complete set of data from the 1940 census. While some census information is made available every 10 years, a statutory 72-year restriction prevents the government from releasing full information until those 72 years have passed. The 1940 census officially took place on April 1, 1940, though counting …
