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We’re using your language

Libraries are notorious for having their own jargon: “Librarian Speak.” We’re trying to move away from that by using the words that you naturally use in everyday life. Using the results from our website usability study (along with conversations with students), we’ve started changing what we call things around here.

So you’ll no longer see references to “3rd Floor Stacks” in the library’s catalog. Instead, you’ll see that they’re called what they really are–shelves!

If you have any suggestions for clearer language (or any other suggestions at all!), please let us know by leaving a comment below.

BROWSE: Bestselling Books Have Moved

Our New York Times bestsellers (BROWSE books) have been moved to the 1st floor.

Go down the stairs in front of the 2nd floor Circulation desk, and veer off to your right. They’re arranged on tables there, by call number.

Right now you could check out Maya Angelou’s Letter to My Daughter, Laura Lippman’s Another Thing to Fall, Elizabeth George’s Careless in Red, The Yankee Years by Joe Torre, or The American journey of Barack Obama.

Happy Reading!

Free Streaming Documentaries at SnagFilms

SnagFilms offers free streaming of over 600 documentaries like The End of America, What Would Jesus Buy?, The Times of Harvey Milk, or Darkon.

You can watch at the site or “snag” films to your blog, Facebook, MySpace, or any Web page.

Darkon

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Library Journal published an article Looking Back, Moving On: 2008 Best Notable Government Documents. Several of the titles included are on display behind the second floor reference desk in Odum Library.

To learn more about government documents visit Odum Library’s Government Documents page.

Memorial Day

Odum Library will close Sunday, May 24 at midnight and reopen Tuesday, May 26 at 8:00 am in observation of Memorial Day.

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These are a few of our newest reference books. As you can see we have reference books on a wide variety of topics. If you can’t find what you are looking for please ask us!

Set a row of random book titles on the desk and within minutes a librarian will organize them for you! :)

Fast cars, rowdy drinking, wild dancing, and the bobbing of hair

“It’s hotter here than in Eau Claire.”

Bernice bores her dance partner with the above in “Bernice Bobs Her Hair,” one of ten Best Early Stories of F. Scott Fitzgerald you can read online here.

1922 Film based on a Fitzgerald Novel

"She fed on her popularity and was disposed to like many men."

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It’s a beautiful spring day. Perfectly suited to growing bananas!

Have a great weekend!

P.S. The library is open regular hours all weekend.

Finishing Up Last Minute Media Projects!

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Studying hard on the first day of finals.