Odum Library Closed July 4th
Odum Library will close at midnight on July 3rd and reopen at 9:00 am on July 5th in observation of Independence Day.
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Neat Stuff: Daring Girls & Dangerous Boys
We’ve added The Dangerous Book for Boys and The Daring Book for Girls, both full of activities kids can do when they’re not playing Wii or watching TV. Learn to make a battery, or a bow and arrow, how to care for a softball glove, tie a sari, put your hair up with a pencil, and pull off some basic Karate moves—or read about spies, pirates, dinosaurs, modern princesses, or ancient queens.  Â
Friday Feedback: Furniture
We all know that studying long hours requires a comfortable place to be. We try to provide a variety of furniture for working, reading,
studying and (occasionally, we have discovered) napping!  Let us know what you think of the library’s furniture–an integral part to making
Odum Library the place to be!  Leave a comment below with your thoughts.
Neat Stuff: Obama and McCain
If you would like to read about the Presidential candidates we have John McCain’s two memoirs Faith of my Fathers and Worth the Fighting For, and Barack Obama’s Dreams from My Father and The Audacity of Hope. In addition, we’ve added Shelby Steele’s A Bound Man: Why We Are Excited about Obama and Why He Can’t Win, and David Mendell’s Obama: from Promise to Power.
Neat Stuff: New in Young Adult Lit
In the 1st floor display cases we’re featuring some new books about teenagers and  suicide, football, faith, time travel, murder, musical theater, roller derby or the Wild West. The actual books are on the shelves and can be found through the online catalog.
Friday Feedback: Listening Lab
Did you know that we have an entire room dedicated to listening and viewing audio/visual materials? You can check out the Listening Lab on
the second floor behind the IT Helpdesk. In this room you can play records, 8-tracks, tapes, CDs and DVDs. You will also discover a host
of musical scores in the Listening Lab. Can you find what you need? Did it measure up to your expectations? Let us know by leaving a
comment below.
Neat Stuff: CitySteps Literacy
We’ve added four CitySteps Literacy theme kits from ETA/Cuisenaire. These kits provide materials and suggested activities for helping children develop skills in oral language, print awareness, phonological awareness, alphabet knowledge, and emergent writing. Each kit includes a lap book, Jumbo Reading Rods, activity cards and toys for dramatic play, all centered on a theme (Amazing Animals, Marvelous Me, Vroom Vroom Machines, or Weather Watcher). CitySteps kits are available to check out from the 2nd floor Instructional Materials Center (IMC).
Neat Stuff: Graphic Novels
We’ve added Shaun Tan’s award-winning The Arrival , a wordless graphic novel capturing the immigrant experience. Gilbert Hernandez’ Sloth follows three disillusioned high school students who live through music, urban legends and sex. Mike Carey’s Re-Gifters tells about a Korean American teenager who, blinded by romance, almost gives up her chance to compete in a martial arts competition. In R. Kikuo Johnson’s Night Fisher a high school senior is drawn into Maui’s criminal underworld. And in Runaways six teens find out their parents are all super-villains! We’ve all been there . . .
Media Services: Final Cut Studio 2 now available!
Media Services is now offering students access to the new Final Cut Studio 2 editing suite! Along with the exciting new software the media center is now equipped with a new 24â€widescreen iMac. The iMac is powered by an Intel Core 2 Duo processor and offers a variety of multimedia Mac applications. In addition to Mac OS X v10.5 Leopard and iLife ’08 software, this machine offers the entire Final Cut Studio 2 Suite. The 24 inch 1920-by-1200 resolution display provides more than enough room and clarity for all of your audio and video editing needs. Final Cut Studio 2 programs provide all the tools necessary for audio/video editing and production. So be one of the first to complete your academic video project on this new and exciting editing system! For more information visit the media center located on the first floor of the Odum Library.
Final Cut 2 includes: Final Cut Pro 6, Motion 3, Soundtrack Pro 2, Compressor 3, DVD Studio Pro 4, and Color, for professional color grading.
Friday Feedback: Exhibits
If you’re tired of studying, we’ve always got plenty of exhibits to explore. Check out the museum on the fourth floor of the library, or
wander around the library addition’s first and third floors to see displays of local culture and history. On the first floor of the
library we also have rotating displays celebrating culture and library history. Do you have suggestions or comments on our exhibits? Let us
know by leaving a comment below.
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