Book exchange!

Do you have books just taking up shelf space? BookMooch is a book exchange site. You type in the titles of the books you want to give away, mail those books to those who request them, receive points for those transactions and then use those points to ask for books from others. You also receive points for just listing your books. There is a huge selection of books available from this exchange. I do not want to suggest that you participate in this versus the Twice Told Tales Bookstore run by the Friends of the Public Library, but this is another option.

New JSTOR content - Business II Collection

We now have access to the newest JSTOR collection - Business II. When complete, the Business II Collection will feature at least fifty titles. This collection broadens the number of core international business titles in JSTOR and also includes a number of journals that explore the intersections between economics and law, policy, and psychology.

List of current titles in Business II.
Upcoming titles in Business II.

Quiet spaces, cont.

Quiet reading and study spaces are now available on the lower level (north end). Other quiet spaces in the library on the lower level are the Roosevelt Room (as available) and Viewing Rooms 1 and 2.
Individual study carrels are located on the balcony and main levels, behind the book stacks.

Know your copy rights!

There is a new, short (six pages) brochure available on copyright. It is titled “Know your copy rights” and is published by the Association of Research Libraries. The subtitle is “Tips for faculty and teaching assistants in higher education” so the focus is for university faculty rather than the general public. Check it out!

Teacher Man book discussion

Pulitzer Prize-winning writer Frank McCourt, author of Angela’s Ashes and ‘Tis, reminisces about his 30-year teaching career as a high school English teacher in New York City in his memoir Teacher Man. McCourt throws down the gauntlet on education, asserting that teaching is more than achieving high test scores. It’s about educating, about forming intellects, about getting people to think.

“Teacher Man is an irresistible valedictory about a man finding his voice in the classroom, on the page and in his soul.” The New York Times Book Review

Join leader Ms. Karen N. Nelson for a lively discussion of the book on March 1, noon- 1 p.m. in the Roosevelt Room, Stoxen Library. Books for this discussion are available for purchase at the University Bookstore.

New journal : The Adjunct Advocate

According to the U.S. New & World Report, the Adjunct Advocate is the only national news magazine for the country’s 600,000 adjunct college faculty. Readers get in-depth coverage of higher education from an absolutely unique perspective-from employment trends to classroom management, the Adjunct Advocate focuses on what college educators need to know.

See the current issue on the main level display near the coffee bar. Back issues are available for check out on the lower level.

Shifting the media collections for the 2nd time in a year

The crew shifting the media collections yet again, into the new location on the lower level of Stoxen Library.

A new custodian

Bonnie Dick is the new custodian at Stoxen Library.

A quiet nook: Remodeling is nearly complete

Remodeling on the lower level of the library is nearly complete and once again the library offers a quiet area for patron use. Come and check out the newly remodeled areas!