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Media Services: New Late Fee and Return Policy implemented

Media Services is now implementing a new late fee and return policy for all circulating equipment.  In order to provide more efficient and effective service to the VSU community, due dates and times have been adjusted to make check in and check out more convenient for our patrons.  Please visit Media Services website and click on “Important News” to learn more about these policies and how they will affect you.

Friday Feedback: Documentaries?

We have a bunch of documentaries here at Odum Library, but we’re always looking for more! Don’t see the documentary film of your choice? Leave us a comment below and we’ll order it!

Neat Stuff: Queering the Film Canon

Alexander Doty’s Flaming Classics: Queering the Film Canon discusses The Wizard of Oz as a lesbian fantasy, gay readings of The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes and the Joan Crawford classic The Women, and Norman Bates’ sexuality in Psycho.   

“He’s a transvestite!”

“Ah, not exactly.”

                                    Psycho (1960)

Neat Stuff: More Toy Animals at Odum Library

You can check out sets of museum-quality toy animals from the Instructional Materials Collection (IMC). The North American Animals set has 22 vinyl animal figures including a bald eagle, deer, a moose, a polar bear and a skunk. The Wild Safari Jungle Sampler includes a Komodo dragon, giraffes, hippos, chimpanzees and a white rhinoceros. Find these or other toy animals in the IMC near the 2nd floor Circulation desk, or Ask a Librarian.

Friday Feedback: Website?

 Take our quick Name That Link! survey!

Here at Odum Library, we’re doing a usability study to improve the website. Before we make our changes, we want to know what you like and dislike about the library’s website. Can you find what you’re looking for? If not, leave us a comment below and let us know what we need to fix!

Neat Stuff: Bean Bags

Oddly enough you can check bean bags out of the Library. We have cute, colorful vinyl bean bags shaped like frogs, ladybugs, or turtles. We also have Teaching Beanbags with letters, colors or numbers printed on them. Find these or other toys in the IMC near the 2nd floor Circulation desk, or Ask a Librarian.