Odum Library Blog http://www.valdosta.edu/library/blog Fri, 16 May 2008 06:01:20 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 en Friday Feedback: InterLibrary Loan? http://www.valdosta.edu/library/blog/2008/05/16/friday-feedback-interlibrary-loan/ http://www.valdosta.edu/library/blog/2008/05/16/friday-feedback-interlibrary-loan/#comments Fri, 16 May 2008 06:01:20 +0000 Odum Library http://www.valdosta.edu/library/blog/2008/05/16/friday-feedback-interlibrary-loan/ We’re known for how fast we can get items from other libraries–whether it’s books, articles, music scores, or whatever!  Have you tried our ILL or GilExpress services?  If so, what did you think?  Leave us a comment!

]]> http://www.valdosta.edu/library/blog/2008/05/16/friday-feedback-interlibrary-loan/feed/ Neat Stuff: LEGO http://www.valdosta.edu/library/blog/2008/05/15/neat-stuff-lego/ http://www.valdosta.edu/library/blog/2008/05/15/neat-stuff-lego/#comments Thu, 15 May 2008 06:01:04 +0000 Odum Library http://www.valdosta.edu/library/blog/2008/05/15/neat-stuff-lego/ The Library has a variety of LEGO toy sets designed for preschoolers. You can sign out a Community Transport Set with public service vehicles and a helicopter, World People with 24 LEGO people from different ethnic groups, the On the Move Hospital with a doctor and an ambulance, a Farm Animals Set, or Traffic City with figures of people and vehicles to arrange on a mat showing a street intersection. Find these or other toys in the IMC near the 2nd floor Circulation desk, or Ask a Librarian.

]]> http://www.valdosta.edu/library/blog/2008/05/15/neat-stuff-lego/feed/ Neat Stuff: Superman, Janeway, Picard and the “Indians” http://www.valdosta.edu/library/blog/2008/05/12/neat-stuff-superman-janeway-picard-and-the-%e2%80%9cindians%e2%80%9d/ http://www.valdosta.edu/library/blog/2008/05/12/neat-stuff-superman-janeway-picard-and-the-%e2%80%9cindians%e2%80%9d/#comments Mon, 12 May 2008 06:01:39 +0000 Odum Library http://www.valdosta.edu/library/blog/2008/05/12/neat-stuff-superman-janeway-picard-and-the-%e2%80%9cindians%e2%80%9d/ For her book “Indian” Stereotypes in TV Science Fiction: First Nations’ Voices Speak Out Sierra Adare surveyed First Nations peoples’ responses to “Indian” characters on old TV shows including Quantum Leap, The Adventures of Superman, My Favorite Martian, Star Trek: Voyager and Star Trek: the Next Generation. This book can be read online as a e-book through Odum’s online catalog.

]]> http://www.valdosta.edu/library/blog/2008/05/12/neat-stuff-superman-janeway-picard-and-the-%e2%80%9cindians%e2%80%9d/feed/ Media Services: New Late Fee and Return Policy implemented http://www.valdosta.edu/library/blog/2008/05/10/media-services-new-late-fee-and-return-policy-implemented/ http://www.valdosta.edu/library/blog/2008/05/10/media-services-new-late-fee-and-return-policy-implemented/#comments Sat, 10 May 2008 19:49:42 +0000 Odum Library http://www.valdosta.edu/library/blog/2008/05/10/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.

]]> http://www.valdosta.edu/library/blog/2008/05/10/media-services-new-late-fee-and-return-policy-implemented/feed/ Friday Feedback: Documentaries? http://www.valdosta.edu/library/blog/2008/05/09/friday-feedback-documentaries/ http://www.valdosta.edu/library/blog/2008/05/09/friday-feedback-documentaries/#comments Fri, 09 May 2008 06:01:12 +0000 Odum Library http://www.valdosta.edu/library/blog/2008/05/09/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!

]]> http://www.valdosta.edu/library/blog/2008/05/09/friday-feedback-documentaries/feed/ Neat Stuff: Queering the Film Canon http://www.valdosta.edu/library/blog/2008/05/08/neat-stuff-queering-the-film-canon/ http://www.valdosta.edu/library/blog/2008/05/08/neat-stuff-queering-the-film-canon/#comments Thu, 08 May 2008 06:01:27 +0000 Odum Library http://www.valdosta.edu/library/blog/2008/05/08/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)

]]> http://www.valdosta.edu/library/blog/2008/05/08/neat-stuff-queering-the-film-canon/feed/ Neat Stuff: More Toy Animals at Odum Library http://www.valdosta.edu/library/blog/2008/05/05/neat-stuff-more-toy-animals-at-odum-library/ http://www.valdosta.edu/library/blog/2008/05/05/neat-stuff-more-toy-animals-at-odum-library/#comments Mon, 05 May 2008 06:01:58 +0000 Odum Library http://www.valdosta.edu/library/blog/2008/05/05/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.

]]> http://www.valdosta.edu/library/blog/2008/05/05/neat-stuff-more-toy-animals-at-odum-library/feed/ Friday Feedback: Website? http://www.valdosta.edu/library/blog/2008/05/02/friday-feedback-website/ http://www.valdosta.edu/library/blog/2008/05/02/friday-feedback-website/#comments Fri, 02 May 2008 06:01:49 +0000 Odum Library http://www.valdosta.edu/library/blog/2008/05/02/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!

]]> http://www.valdosta.edu/library/blog/2008/05/02/friday-feedback-website/feed/ Neat Stuff: Bean Bags http://www.valdosta.edu/library/blog/2008/05/01/neat-stuff-bean-bags/ http://www.valdosta.edu/library/blog/2008/05/01/neat-stuff-bean-bags/#comments Thu, 01 May 2008 06:01:10 +0000 Odum Library http://www.valdosta.edu/library/blog/2008/05/01/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.

]]> http://www.valdosta.edu/library/blog/2008/05/01/neat-stuff-bean-bags/feed/ Neat Stuff: Gay TV http://www.valdosta.edu/library/blog/2008/04/28/neat-stuff-gay-tv/ http://www.valdosta.edu/library/blog/2008/04/28/neat-stuff-gay-tv/#comments Mon, 28 Apr 2008 06:01:23 +0000 Odum Library http://www.valdosta.edu/library/blog/2008/04/28/neat-stuff-gay-tv/ In his book Gay TV and Straight America Ron Becker places gay-themed American television in its political and cultural context, from Roseanne’s lesbian kiss and Chandler Bing’s “quality” to Queer Eye’s Fab Five. What might gay-themed programming tell us about television, politics, American culture, and ourselves?

“ . . . just come out of the closet and be openly gay already.”

—Elaine Benes on Seinfeld, February 11, 1993

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