Neat Stuff recommends Forbidden Planet, the 1956 movie featuring Leslie Nielsen and Robby the Robot. The DVD includes a documentary about science fiction in the 1950s. Odum Library also has Kenneth Heuer’s 1951 book Men of Other Planets, a mix of science and speculation about life on other planets (perhaps “thinking and talking trees” on Venus) as well as the sun, moon, asteroids and comets.
Here at Odum Library, we’re always trying to improve. Did you have a great service experience? A not-so-great one? Do you want to brag on a particular library worker or department? Leave a comment and let us know what we can do to help you get in touch with the information you need!
ebrary is sponsoring another informal survey, this time focused on e-book usage and needs of college and university students. The questionnaire, which was developed by approximately 150 librarians from around the world, is now available at
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=ZSXA2X_2bHmmN6hbcjfBnnhQ_3d_3d. It
will remain open through April 11, 2008. Let the world know what you think!
After the survey, you can check out our ebrary titles!
Still among the OVERSIZE books on the third floor, we ran across The Heeey Baby Days of Beach Music: Stories and Remembrances of a Southern Music Genre, an extensive and colorful survey of the South’s 1960’s-era good-time party bands. Ask for the CDs that go with it at the Second Floor Reserve Desk and rock out to the Swingin’ Medallions, the Jesters and the Catalinas.
The library will open at 7:00am, Monday through Thursday, March 24th through 28th for students needing computers for registration.
Odum Library has a lot of feature films, from Amelie to The Wizard of Oz. But there’s no guarantee that we’ll have your favorite blockbuster unless you tell us to order it! Leave a note below of what movies we absolutely must have, and we will get it.
And as always, if you have any other suggestions for the library, just leave a comment for us!
Do you need to record your teaching practicum and upload it to LiveText or record an interview and embed it into PowerPoint? Media Services has recently added six new flip camcorders that make these tasks as simple as 1-2-3. In just a few simple steps you can record, upload and embed your videos assignments with no problems. The flip camcorder also provides a quick and easy way to upload your videos to YouTube, Facebook or MySpace. For more information concerning the flip camcorder call 333-5863.
Further poking around in Odum’s OVERSIZE book section (third floor, northwest corner) led us to Jack Parson’s photographic look at customized lowrider cars in Low ‘n Slow: Lowriding in New Mexico. Also in OVERSIZE, a colorful photo survey of the bullfighting business in Mexico: Toro: Crossed Lives of Man and Bull.
Sometimes it’s a mystery to us what our users actually want. What better way to find out than to ask?!?
Search the GIL Catalog for your favorite mysteries. If we don’t have ‘em, just leave us a comment below and we will order them for you!
