A Bi-Weekly Update
10/16/09
Building Trexler’s E-Book Collection
You may have noticed yesterday’s article in the New York Times discussing libraries’ acquisition of electronic books. Trexler staff very much want to see growth in the e-book portion of our collection. We are currently working with NetLibrary, a company with a long history in e-books. Besides e-reference books, to date we have acquired a few books for the main collection, mostly in the area of management studies. This semester, we are running a pilot with one academic department to further explore the process of e-book acquisition. After the pilot, we will probably be asking other departments to join in. Stay tuned!
Infomaniac Tip
Check out the Forum Network!
The Forum Network (http://forum-network.org/) is an online library of thousands of free lecture videos by scholars, scientists, policy makers, artists, and more. A collaboration of PBS and NPR, the Forum Network features lecture videos on a wide range of topics, including: art & architecture; business & economics; culture & identity; health & science; history; literature & philosophy; media & technology; people & places; politics & public affairs; and more. Search the site for lectures on your topic, or browse by topic, region, period, speaker, or series. Check out, for example, lectures curated around the following topics: Why Do We Dream Series; Ken Burns: The War Series; Latin Music USA Series; Health Care Reform Series;Lunch with Laureates Series; and much more.
Calendar of Events
10/16: Meditation Group. Open to the public. (Trexler Library Rare Books Room, 5:00PM-6:00PM.)
10/21: Banned Books Reading. Cathy Ouellette’s class will discuss censorship of books in Latin America. (Trexler Library Periodicals Reading Room, 1:30PM-2:45PM.)
10/23: Meditation Group. Open to the public. (Trexler Library Rare Books Room, 5:00PM-6:00PM.)
10/28: Banned Books Reading. Eduardo Olid’s class will discuss censorship of Medieval Spanish books (Trexler Library Periodicals Reading Room, 1:30PM-2:45PM.)
10/29: Faculty and Staff Favorite Book Series: Discussion led by Erika Iyengar. – “The Shadow of the Wind” by Carlos Ruiz Zafon. Open to the public. (Trexler Library Periodicals Reading Room, 12:00PM-1:00PM.)
10/30: Celebrate a Harry Potter Halloween at Trexler Library! Bring friends and family for a free showing of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix at 7pm. Games, face painting, palm reading, and a Harry Potter lecture by Dr. Jeff Rudski begin at 6pm. Hot chocolate and popcorn will be provided. Wear your costume! (Trexler Library Level A, 6:00PM-10:00PM.)
