February 2013 - Volume 5, Issue 6What's New in the collection...
Main Collection
Neel, Douglas E., and Joel A. Pugh. The food and feasts of Jesus: Inside the world of first century food, with menus and recipes. 225.9 N292f
Boa, Kenneth D., and Robert M. Bowman, Jr. 20 compelling evidences that God exists: Why believing in God makes so much sense. 239 B630t
McDowell, Sean (ed.). Apologetics for a new generation. 239 M418a
Livermore, David A. Serving with eyes wide open: Doing short-term missions with cultural intelligence. 266.02373 L751s
Donnelly, Thomas, and Frederick W. Kagan. Ground truth: The future of U.S. land power. 355.033273 D718g
Schmitt, Gary J., and Thomas Donnelly (eds.). Of men and materiel: The crisis in military resources. 355.20973 Sch564o
Brown, W. Steven. 13 fatal errors managers make and how you can avoid them. 658 B815t
Children's Literature
St. John, Patricia. The Tanglewoods' secret. JUV Fic St104s
St. John, Patricia. Treasures of the snow. JUV Fic St104s
Willems, Mo. There is a bird on your head! JUV Easy W667t
Audio Visual
Little Miss Sunshine. AV 791.43 L721
Announcements & Staff NewsVonnie Johnson attended an Information Literacy webinar on EasyBib on January 31.
Connie Sanders attended a Money Smart Week webinar in late January. The webinar was co-sponsored by the American Library Association and the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago. Read library intern Sarah Peden's blog: The World is Quiet Here. Films on Demand, our film clip database, now offers captioning and interactive transcripts for all titles in our subscription. |
It's Time for Our Annual Checkup!
The Library Services Satisfaction Survey runs now through February 25. Please take a few moments to give us your feedback; it's extremely valuable to us! Completed entries are entered in a drawing for gift cards.
Love Notes
After a three-year hiatus, the Valentine Wall is back! Stop by the libriary atrium any time before February 19 to post a note of love or admiration for a friend, family member, or significant other!
Listen to This! Student Edition
Student readers and listeners alike gathered last Tuesday evening for Listen to This!, the library's series on reading aloud. Our first spring LTT event always features student writers reading their own, original works of fiction and non-fiction. Students Clari Stewart, Emily Hampton, and Sean Bunger read some creative non-fiction pieces, and Jordan Kelly read a couple of her poems.
(photo, left to right: C. Stewart, E. Hampton, J. Kelly, and S. Bunger)
On Display: Politics & Government
Students in the Politics & Government major recently created the latest Bring Your World Into Our World display (first floor of the library, near the Academic Support Center). Interviews with students and professors, a copy of the United States Constitution, political cartoons, and a running video of the second presidential debate from the 2012 election year are just a few of the items that give a glimpse into the discipline. For a bit of a brain break, try your hand at a political-themed crossword puzzle or coloring sheet.
From the Director
Continuing January’s theme of apropos things in libraries (remember the bug sitting on the Debugging Perl book?) here’s another pair of items that might get your attention. They are two 19th century editions of a medieval morality tale entitled The Dance of Death. What is so significant about their title? The front and back of the binding are made from human skin! Perhaps even more striking is another volume found with these in Brown University’s John Hay Library which is a 1568 book on human anatomy. Actually the practice of using human skin to cover books was most common in the 18th and 19th centuries, most often coming from paupers or executed criminals whose bodies were donated for medical research. Doctors sometimes used it as a means of preserving the memory of a patient who helped further medical science. In case you ever want to use the technical term for it, the books are anthropodermically-bound books.
From a “Short Subjects” article in the Chronicle of Higher Education v. 52, no. 24, page A8: “Bound to Shock” by Amy Rainey.
--Dr. Gary Fitsimmons