Labor Day 2009

The Library will be closed in celebration of Labor Day, September 7th. Regular hours will resume Tuesday morning, September 8th.

New Personal Chef Diploma Program

Sullivan's new Personal Chef Diploma program is making news in the blogosphere -- the AOL Slashfood blog recently posted an article discussing the new program.

While browsing the web we found the new program is getting good press a few other places as well:

Taste Magazine Cincinnati's Things We Get

my foodservice news

Check it OUT!

College of Pharmacy Drug Information Center Opening

Mama, a Baby Hippo, and a Turtle

What do the book Mama, an orphaned hippo, and an elderly tortoise have in common?

Mama: A True Story in Which a Baby Hippo Loses His Mama During a Tsunami, But Finds a New Home and a New Mama, written by Jeanette Winter, tells the story of an orphaned hippo whose mother died in the tsunami of 2004. After being rescued and taken to a wildife reserve, the hippo befriended a tortoise named Mzee. Using only one word, mama, Ms. Winter conveys the heartbreak of the hippo and the security it finds in its friendship with the tortoise. Mama is one of the new titles available in the Sullivan Library & Learning Resource Center, and the library staff invites you to come check it out along with our other new arrivals.

To see the real hippo and tortoise, named Owen & Mzee respectively, check out their blog for pictures and updated information about them. The blog also has reports about the other activities and animals that live on the wild game reserve.

Owen & Mzee's Blog

4th of July Holiday

The Library will be closed July 3rd and 4th. Regular hours will resume Monday, July 6th.

Library hours - June Break

Inna Minute Reviews

New on the library's homepage -- Inna Minute Reviews -- book reviews of new library materials in less about a minute. Current available for viewing, reviews of:

Naked Mole Rat Gets Dressed, new book for the children's collection by Mo Willems.

How We Work, David Maccaulay 's book about the workings of the human body.

Reata : Legendary Texas Cuisine, recipes and more about a landmark Texas restaurant.

Keep watching for more!

Library Survey Thanks

The Library would like to thank all the students that took the time to respond to the library survey this year. We got 278 responses, meeting and going over our goal of 250 for the Lexington campus.

If you'd like to see the responses, ask at the reference desk for a copy.

We appreciate your support!

5th Annual Student Satisfaction Survey is Going on Now!

Please take a few moments to take the Survey between now (May 4th) and May 16th. You can complete the Survey online by clicking here. Or, you can come by the library and get a paper copy if you prefer.

This year the survey will also ask about your experience with Tutoring Services and Career Services.

Celebrate! Celebremos! Children-Ninos-Books-Libros

Celebrate! Celebremos!

This Thursday, April 30/30 de abril, is Children's Day/Book Day or El dia de los ninos/El dia de los libros. The holiday Children's Day/Book Day honors children, childhood, and the importance of books in the world. Take the opportunity this week to read to your children, grandchildren, nieces or nephews, or any other children in your life. Of course, just reading something for your own benefit is a great way to celebrate too.

The library staff will be happy to help you find books to read with children or for your own enjoyment. We even have a book about Children's Day/Book Day at the library.

Here are some websites to visit for more information about Children's Day/Book Day, children's books, and literature for Latinos.

National Center for Dia

Pat Mora, founder of Dia and a children's author

The Pura Belpre Award

Reforma, organization that promotes literacy and services to Latinos

The Tomas Rivera Mexican American Children's Book Award

Library now on Facebook

Did you know the Library now has a Facebook page? It's full of library facts and information, hours and announcements.

For National Library Week 2009 we asked students to complete the question: In 2019 libraries will be . . . .

See a photo album of some of the responses on our new Facebook page. Log on today and become a fan!

New Books - week 4

These are just some of the new books processed this week in the Library. These are just a few items, if you'd like to see more new items OR need a particular title, stop by the Reference Desk and the staff will be happy to help you!

• Age of the unthinkable : why the new global order constantly surprises us and what to do about it, by Joshua Cooper Ramo. 973.931 R175a


• Caught in the net : how to recognize the signs of Internet addiction--and a winning strategy for recovery, by Kimberly S. Young. 616.86 Y72c


• Facebook marketing : leverage social media to grow your business, by Steven Holzner. 658.872 H762f


• House of cards : a tale of hubris and wretched excess on Wall Street, by William D. Cohan. 332.66 C678h


• I love it when you talk retro : hoochie coochie, double whammy, drop a dime and the forgotten origins of American speech, by Ralph Keyes. R 422 K44i


• Organizing higher education for collaboration : a guide for campus leaders, by Adrianna J. Kezar, Jaime Lester. 378.101 K44o


• Riches among the ruins : adventures in the dark corners of the global economy / Robert P. Smith with Peter Zheutlin. 332.67 S658r


• Twitter revolution : how social media and mobile marketing is changing the way we do business & market online, by Deborah Micek & Warren Whitlock 658.872 M619t


• 'wichcraft : craft a sandwich into a meal--and a meal into a sandwich, by Tom Colicchio with Sisha Ortuzar. 641.84 C696


• Yellowstone treasures : the traveler's companion to the national park, by Janet Chapple; with geological text and advice by Bruno J. Giletti. 917.8752 C467y

More information on each title can be found in the catalog.

National Library Week - Library Links

It's National Library Week -- learn more about libraries around the world with the following unusual websites :

• European Library Web Exhibition - featuring pictures highlighting the architecture of the great libraries of Europe
• Libraries' Surprising Special Collections - list of esoteric collections found in U.S. libraries, such as the nation's largest collection of nurse romance novels housed at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.
• Map of Library Cats - annotated world map with libraries that have a library cat in residence.
• Galaxy of Images - did you know there are 20 libraries that support the research functions of the Smithsonian Institution? A gallery of images taken from the the 1.5 million books and manuscripts in the Smithsonian Library collection.
• History of Mobile Libraries - before the automobile, a pictorial history of library materials delivery via wagon, donkey and even by railroad car.
• George Kelly Paperback and Pulp Fiction Collection - the Kelly Collection contains over 25,000 pulp fiction books and magazines. Includes gallery of cover art and detailed summaries of selected books.
• Librarians in the Movies - catalogs and annotates over 500 films that has either had a librarian character or library as scenery.

National Library Week

The Library will be celebrating National Library Week April 12-18 with libraries all over the world. This year we're looking forward to the future of libraries, how will libraries look in the year 2019?

Stop by the library and give us your thoughts and opinions:

What's Your Vision?

April Fool's Day

Tomorrow is April Fool's Day, one day of the year dedicated to celebrating the practical joke. While the actual origins of April Fool's Day are unknown, each spring both individuals and businesses enjoy trying to trick their friends and co-workers.

In a recent article, Fast Company magazine ranked the April Fool's pranks that were also successful marketing campaigns:

• In 1996, Taco Bell's announcement they would be buying the Liberty Bell and renaming it the Taco Liberty Bell.
• Burger King's introduction of the "Left-Handed Whopper," promising better eating for left-handed Americans as the condiments would only leak out of the right side.
• the infamous YouTube prank which sent clicks on any featured video to the Rick Astley classic "Never Gonna Give you Up."

Google has become infamous for its annual April Fool's Day pranks - my favorite is one for 2007 which promised free printing with the new Gmail Paper feature.

Origins of April Fool's Day:

Snopes.com

Wikipedia

National Geographic Magazine

Huffington Post

Top pranks ranked and rated:

Museum of Hoaxes

Wired Magazine

Google hoaxes

About.com