http://www.valdosta.edu/library/blog Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:49:17 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Odum Library will close at midnight Tuesday, November 24 and will be closed all of Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. The library will reopen at 9:00 am on Saturday, November 28. Remember, the library webpage is always open! The library hours are posted on the Hours of Operation page. http://www.valdosta.edu/library/blog/2009/11/20/thanksgiving-hours-2/ Penguin USA has posted a trailer about the top ten "essential" literary classics, suggesting you can't impress women at parties if you don't know your literature. Before you attend any holiday soirees you might want to check these out: Inferno by Dante Alighieri Walden by Henry David Thoreau (also available here to read ... http://www.valdosta.edu/library/blog/2009/11/19/do-you-read-at-all/ It's time for a super secret renovation tour! The main circulation desk got a nice new laminate top. And built ins for increased efficiency. See the dangling cord?  There will be spiffy under counter lighting there. We are looking forward to getting our little computer classroom back. The next picture is a good example of ... http://www.valdosta.edu/library/blog/2009/11/18/almost-daily-photo-57/ Odum Library just purchased JSTOR Arts & Sciences Collection V.  This collection includes a wide variety of full-text journal content, including journals in the humanities, fine arts, sciences, and social sciences. You can view the full list of journals, or just log into JSTOR to search for yourself! http://www.valdosta.edu/library/blog/2009/11/18/odum-library-purchases-jstor-as-v/ WCTV recently featured VSU's MLIS Program, which received scholarship funding for library school students: The Master of Library and Information Science Program at Valdosta State University will receive $680,327 in federal funding. The endowment will provide 45 students with a full scholarship to the Master of Library and Information Science program. A laptop ... http://www.valdosta.edu/library/blog/2009/11/13/mlis-program-receives-laura-bush-grant-funding/ With the holiday breaks looming, we recommend you curl up by your hearth with a lovely beverage and a lovely celebrity tell-all: Official Book Club Selection: A Memoir According to Kathy Griffin Bill O'Reilly's A Bold Fresh Piece of Humanity Maureen McCormick's Here's the Story: Surviving Marcia Brady and Finding My True Voice Artie ... http://www.valdosta.edu/library/blog/2009/11/12/light-reading-over-the-holidays/ The second floor is still closed for renovations, but they took down the plywood partitions near the staiwell and we can see how things are progressing. http://www.valdosta.edu/library/blog/2009/11/09/almost-daily-photo-56/ . . . we can recommend other scary, futuristic stories: In The Adoration of Jenna Fox a 17-year-old recovers after a car crash, but doesn't quite feel like herself, somehow. In Unwind three teenagers run away after their parents schedule them for "unwinding"-- a legal human sacrifice. These are pegged as "young adult" ... http://www.valdosta.edu/library/blog/2009/11/06/in-lieu-of-the-hunger-games/ Wow! They really mean it. http://www.valdosta.edu/library/blog/2009/11/04/almost-daily-photo-55/ The GHP Collection has been moved from the third floor to the first floor. It is now located to the right of the Reserves desk, as you enter the North, campus-facing, entrance. http://www.valdosta.edu/library/blog/2009/10/30/almost-daily-photo-54/