Entries Tagged as 'Neat Stuff'
History of Sex on DVD
The History of Sex examines sexual practices around the world and the role of sex in society from early civilizations through the 20th century, from prostitution in ancient Babylon through AIDS, Viagra and the impact of new technologies.
Puppets, We Got Puppets
Don’t forget the library has many high-quality puppets available for circulation, several from the Folkmanis company. Puppets are kept in the Reserve area at the 2nd floor Circulation desk—ask at the Reserve desk if you’re looking for puppets.
Kids’ Books by Celebrity Authors
Books for young children written by actress Jamie Lee Curtis include I’m Gonna Like Me, Is There Really a Human Race?, It’s Hard to Be Five, and Today I Feel Silly.
Also available to check out: two chapter books from actor Henry Winkler’s series about Hank Zipzer, a dyslexic fourth-grader: I Got a D in Salami and Niagara Falls, or Does It?
Lauren Slater
In Love Works Like This: Moving from One Kind of Life to Another, psychologist Lauren Slater writes about coping simultaneously with bipolar disorder and her first pregnancy.
Also recommended: Slater’s accounts of her work in psychology (Welcome to My Country) and her own successful treatment (Prozac Diary), and her (possibly fictional) memoir of growing up with epilepsy (Lying).
No Sweat Science
The No Sweat Projects series of kid-friendly projects for young scientists– aged 9-12– includes Hairy Science (“All you need is hair!), Bouncing Science (”All you need is a ball!”), and Shadowy Science (”All you need is a shadow!”).
Calling all political junkies!
Visit “Election 2008: A Selective List of Resources” to see video clips of candidates, visit political party web sites, follow media coverage, and more:http://www.valdosta.edu/~kensmith/election2008.shtml.
Odum Library’s government documents librarian, Ken Smith, has created this page to help us follow the candidates as well as the media coverage of this year’s elections. From the Government Documents home page at http://www.valdosta.edu/library/find/gov/index.shtml, click on the new “Election 2008″ link.
World Religions on DVD
British actor Ronald Eyre investigated beliefs and practices of major world religions for the 13-part series The Long Search, including Hinduism, Buddhism, Catholicism, Islam, Orthodox Christianity, Judaism, religions of Indonesia and Africa, Taoism, and alternative lifestyles in California.
Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales for Children
Here Bygynneth Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales is a fabulously illustrated comic-strip version of Geoffrey Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales, in which a group of 14th-century pilgrims on a pilgrimage tell stories to pass the time.
Two new GALILEO printers
The GALILEO workstations are now hooked up to two new printers! We hope that these additional printers will reduce the wait to print, as well as some of the technical problems that have arisen in the past.
Please be patient with us as we final changes to these printers, and please leave us a comment if you have any suggestions!
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