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The ³Ô¹ÏÍ·Ìõ Library is very pleased to welcome new members to our team as well as announce some additional updates to our staffing. Our new staff members look forward to working with you so please stop by and introduce yourself! Courtney Bippley, Library Technician Courtney grew up in the Raleigh/³Ô¹ÏÍ·Ìõ area and has a Master of Science in Library Science from UNC Chapel Hill. An avid coffee drinker, she also enjoys tea with a good book. Courtney loves science fiction/fantasy and is always

In addition to our computers upstairs, our main campus (ERC) library is glad to be able to offer a computer lab that is open to all current ³Ô¹ÏÍ·Ìõ students! In the ERC lab, which is down the stairs inside the library and immediately to the right, our lab monitors offer technical support, a scanner is available, and you can print up to 10 black and white pages for free each day. Subsequent black and white pages are 5 cents each, and all color copies are 25 cents each. The lab is available to

Even though all of our new books are exciting, below are just some of the books recently added to the ³Ô¹ÏÍ·Ìõ library collection. Check them out! More new books are noted in a new books list. A Bit of Difference by Sefi Atta At thirty-nine, Deola Bello, a Nigerian expatriate in London, is dissatisfied with being single and working overseas. She works as a financial reviewer for an international charity. When her job takes her back to Nigeria in time for her father’s five-year memorial

Much thanks to William Carlos Williams' poem " This Is Just To Say" for the inspiration. "This Is Just A Reminder" I have found the plum that you left by the computers. And which, you may not remember, should not be in the library. Please: No food or beverages. Even when so sweet and so delicious.

Whether you're a new student, returning student, staff or faculty member, the library has resources and services to help your semester be a success, both in person and on our website! Did you know that in the library you can: check out books, including fiction, nonfiction, and even children's books? check out textbooks and other class materials on reserve behind the front desk? check out DVDs? (And for free! It's cheaper than RedBox!) check out audiobooks both in the library and online through

Dr. Maya Angelou, one of the most celebrated and admired poets, novelists, and civil-rights activists in the United States, died last month at her home in Winston Salem. The library has many of Maya Angelou's works including her novels, poetry collections, autobiographies, essays, and cookbook. Check the online catalog for titles. Here are some tributes to her life and work: New York Times CNN NPR http://mayaangelou.com/bio/

Credo Reference Credo is an easy-to-use tool for research projects and assignments. Search in hundreds of encyclopedias, dictionaries, subject-specific titles, as well as 200,000+ images and audio files, and nearly 200 videos. This is an excellent resource for finding background information from reference sources. The topic pages have in-depth articles that give a nice overview and explanation of thousands of topics. Click here to explore Credo or use the link on our Library Databases page.

New Documentaries: Blackfish The filmmaker began researching the lives of orcas in captivity after the death of Sea World trainer Dawn Brancheau. Her film offers a powerful and provocative look at a remarkable breed of animals that humans still don't fully understand, and how the financial interests of water parks and resorts may run counter to the best interests of the animals they put on display. Dark Girls Dark Girls is a fascinating and controversial film that goes underneath the surface to

Borrowing a line fr om broadcaster Edward R. Murrow, we at the ³Ô¹ÏÍ·Ìõ library wish librarian Bill Frazier all the best as he signs off—as this semester ends, he will be closing the chapter on his time at ³Ô¹ÏÍ·Ìõ. Bill has worked as evening reference librarian at the ERC main campus library in the fall and spring semesters for almost ten years now, and we will sorely miss his kindness and good humor, not to mention his attention to detail! Bill has always been willing and able to pitch