What We're Reading - Independence Day

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Title: Independence Day Author: Richard Ford Genre: literary fiction Why did you choose to read this book? This is the second book in a series and I enjoyed the first book, The Sportswriter .There are two more books in the series: The Lay of the Land and Let Me Be Frank with You , which were published in 2006 and 2014, respectively. What did you like about it? It is very well-written. The first-person narrative invites the reader to get inside the main character’s head. In 1988 Frank Bascombe is

It's National Library Week!

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National Library Week is April 10th-16th. This year's theme is "Libraries Transform." Over the week, we'll be digitally unveiling our new posters featuring ³Ô¹ÏÍ·Ìõ students about ways that the ³Ô¹ÏÍ·Ìõ libraries are here to help you transform into your most successful self. The posters will also be on display by the end of the week around our campus libraries for you to see in person. Come on in and check them out*! *Figuratively-- these posters are not to be taken out of the library, but

³Ô¹ÏÍ·Ìõ Student Art Exhibition in the Library

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The Library is excited to host a student art exhibition featuring art works from ³Ô¹ÏÍ·Ìõ's Drawing, Painting, 2-D and 3-D Design classes. The official opening and reception for students and their families is Saturday, April 16 from 11:00 - 1:00. Works will remain on display until May 6th. We are so proud of our ³Ô¹ÏÍ·Ìõ art students! To view the exhibition poster, visit: Student Art Exhibition April 2016 [caption id="attachment_2092" align="alignleft" width="628"] Drawing by Kevin Garcia[

New April DVDs

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Check out these new films we have for you! [gallery columns="2" link="none" size="medium" type="circle" ids="2080,2081,2082,2083,2084,2085,2086" orderby="rand"]

Inspirational Women: Films for Women's History Month

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March is Women's History Month and a great time to celebrate important women in history. Explore the films below and visit Films on Demand for more films and clips. Films on Demand provides more than 20,000 high quality streaming videos and includes award winning documentaries, interviews, instructional and vocational training videos, historical speeches, and newsreels. Films or shorter film segments can be easily embedded into Sakai course sites. Happy Women's History Month! Sojourner Truth was

More With NC LIVE: Natural Medicines

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Did you know that NC LIVE has more databases than the ones on our database page? It's true! And, as a member of the ³Ô¹ÏÍ·Ìõ community you have access to all of it. (You may also access NC LIVE through your local public library.) This post is going to look at the Natural Medicines database. First you need to know how to get to the database. You can get to NCLIVE by going directly to nclive.org or clicking the NCLIVE Home Page link on the library databases page. From there you can browse the