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22nd Annual Library Book Sale! Please help us celebrate National Library Week at our annual book sale, April 13-15, 7:30 a.m.—10:00 p.m. Hardcovers will be $1 and paperbacks 50 cents.
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Don’t See It in MOBIUS? Try Prospector Prospector is the library catalog of the Colorado Alliance of Research Libraries, a consortium of 42 academic, public, and special libraries in Colorado and Wyoming. Last year we began sharing resources with these libraries, giving us access to 30 million items in addition to the 25 million already in MOBIUS. To access Prospector, first conduct a search in the MOBIUS catalog at http:// searchmobius.org.
In This Issue: Book Club………………………..2 Oscar-Nominated Films……….2 New Library Staff……………….2 Award-Winning Books………...3 Outstanding Titles……………...4 Interesting Web Sites………….5
We are still accepting donations! Please drop off your books at the LRC by the end of the day on Thursday, April 9.
If you don’t find what you’re looking for in MOBIUS, click the Prospector icon under the search box, which will take you to a list of results for your topic in Colorado and Wyoming libraries.
National Poetry Month April is National Poetry Month! Please stop by the library to see the new interactive display designed by the English Department. Magnetic words allow you to re-create lines from your favorite poems or make up your own! Come share your talent with the world (or at least SCC)!
Requesting a book from Prospector requires an SCC I.D. number. The item will arrive at SCC in about five business days.
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“It’s Kind of a Funny Story” The Between the Covers Book Club will wrap up the semester Wednesday, April 29 at 2:30 p.m. in the LRC with a discussion of It’s Kind of a Funny Story by Ned Vizzini. Also join the Book Club Tuesday, April 28 at 6:30 p.m. in the SSB Auditorium for a discussion and showing of the 2010 film version starring Keir Gilchrist, Emma Roberts, and Zach Galifianakis.
New Library Circulation Staff Please help us welcome Heather Dolson to the LRC Circulation Desk! Heather enjoys spending time in the outdoors and going to Cardinals games with her husband and children. In her spare time she likes to read and visit with friends. She can’t wait for baseball season to start! Please stop by and say “Hi” to Heather!
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“I've never questioned the integrity of an umpire. Their eyesight, yes.” —Leo Durocher
Oscar Buzz Several of the Academy Award nominated films are now available at the library, including Birdman, The Theory of Everything, Boyhood, The Grand Budapest Hotel, and Whiplash. Selma and others are coming soon!
Also check the library for books on Alan Turing (The Imitation Game), Stephen Hawking (The Theory of Everything), and Chris Kyle (American Sniper).
Yes, Sir, That’s My Baby! Reference Librarian Julia Wilbers and her husband, Marcus, wel-
comed their daughter, Vivian Margaret, on January 3, 2015. Vivian weighed 8 lbs.,14 oz. Mom Julia is back at the library! Cataloging Librarian Angie Burroughs Kelly and her husband, John, also welcomed a baby boy, John William (Jack), on March 20, 2015. Jack weighed 6 lbs., 11 oz. We are excited about these new additions to our library family!
2014 National Book Award Winners & Finalists Nonfiction Age of Ambition: Chasing Fortune, Truth, and Faith in the New China by Evan Osnos WINNER! No Good Men Among the Living: America, the Taliban, and the War through Afghan Eyes by Anand Gopal Tennessee Williams: Mad Pilgrimage of the Flesh by John Lahr The Meaning of Human Existence by Edward O. Wilson
2015 American Library Association Notable Books
Fiction Redeployment by Phil Klay WINNER! Lila by Marilynne Robinson Poetry Faithful and Virtuous Night by Louise Gluck WINNER! Citizen: An American Lyric by Claudia Rankine Young People’s Literature Brown Girl Dreaming by Jacqueline Woodson WINNER!
Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption by Bryan Stevenson
Below are a few of the books selected by ALA as “very good, very readable, and at times very important fiction, nonfiction, and poetry books for the adult reader.” The Most Dangerous Book: The Battle for James Joyce’s Ulysses by Kevin Birmingham
The Birth of the Pill: How Four Crusaders Reinvented Sex and Launched a Revolution by Jonathan Eig Jerry Lee Lewis: His Own Story by Rick Bragg
No Place to Hide: Edward Snowden, the NSA, and the U.S. Surveillance State by Glenn Greenwald The Secret History of Wonder Woman by Jill Lepore The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History by Elizabeth Kolbert
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CHOICE Outstanding Academic Titles 2014 This prestigious list of titles selected by CHOICE: Current Reviews for Academic Libraries—a publication of the National Library Association—reflects overall excellence in presentation and scholarship, originality or uniqueness of treatment, value to undergraduate students, and other criteria. This year 690 titles in 54 disciplines were chosen. The complete list of titles can be accessed on campus at http://www.cro3.org/content/52/05/741.full.
Performing Arts
Education
Math
History/Political Science
Art
Business
Literature
Anthropology
Science
Philosophy/Religion
Psychology
Sociology
Interesting Web Sites
Global Health Observatory, from the World Health Organization http://www.who.int/gho/en/
IMLS Digital Collections and Content, from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign http://imlsdcc.grainger.illinois.edu/
To recommend materials for the library or to schedule library instruction for your class, please contact the library liaison for your department: Ying Li (yli@stchas.edu)
“The Institute of Museum and Library Services' Digital Collections and Content (DCC) ‘brings together cultural heritage collections and exhibits from libraries, museums, and archives from across the country.’ Click on a state to find collections such as Plant Images at the Missouri Botanical Garden or the Walt Whitman Archive from Nebraska. Contents may be browsed by subject, e.g., Arts collections range from sheet music for various events, instruments, and dances, to Virtual Motor City: Images from the Detroit News.” “Selecting Collections represents the site as an alphabetical listing of all exhibits present, beginning with A Czech in the American Civil War and ending with Zora Neale Hurston Plays at the Library of Congress. The DCC began in 2002, and at the time of this review involved nearly 1,500 institutions, with 1,700-plus collections held, for a total of nearly 1,232,000 items.” —L. Lord, University of Kansas
“The revamped Global Health Observatory (GHO) is a portal to online health data and analysis provided by the World Health Organization (WHO). It contains more than 50 data sets in 1,000 health indicators from all 194 WHO member countries. The Data Repository organizes WHO's statistics via numerous indicators, with data presented in tables or dynamic reports. Dynamic reports provide interactive data, charts, maps, and time animation.” “The Reports section contains World Health Statistics, WHO's annual compilation of data from all member states, and other reports. The Country Statistics section contains a compilation of each country's primary health data and statistics. The Map Gallery provides health topics maps, organized by themes. The Standards tab provides access to WHO's indicator registry, including ‘definitions, data sources, and methods of estimation.’" —K. K. Mitchell, Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences
All reviews are from CHOICE Reviews Online (http://www.cro3.org/)
Nursing Health Information Management Occupational Therapy Physical Education Biology Chemistry Physics
Theresa Flett (tflett@stchas.edu) Communications/Speech Journalism Political Science History Geography Geology Engineering Business Administration Economics Finance Math/Computer Science Julia Wilbers (jwilbers@stchas.edu) Child Care & Early Education Education English/Literature Foreign Language Philosophy Religion Reading Kelly Mitchell (kmitchell@stchas.edu) Art Anthropology Human Services Psychology Sociology/Criminal Justice Theater/Music