Happy Holidays!

Kimbel Library wishes you a great holiday break. See you spring semester!

De-Stress Fest

De-Stress Fest is Dec. 3 to 10 at Kimbel Library. When you need to take a break from studying, come to the foyer for games like Giant Jenga, checkers and tic-tac-toe. Library staff will be serving snacks in the late night hours. Look for activities this week to reduce stress during finals week.

Finals Events

The library is giving patrons several ways to make finals less stressful during De-Stress Fest. We are providing free ear plugs so you can create your own "silent study" zone. There are coloring books and colored pencils, games including Jenga, Connect 4, checkers, corn hole and word searches. We will be providing snacks and juice boxes into the late hours. Various tables will be set up where you can send a postcard home, play a name game and check out uplifting quotes from COAST.

Study Day

The Kimbel Library and Bryan Information Commons buildings are open 24 hours during Study Day. Plenty of time to catch up!

Thanksgiving Break Hours

Have a great break!

Setting the Table

Kimbel Library is participating in "Setting the Table" in partnership with the Catholic Charities-Pee Dee and the larger CCU community. 

The library would like to invite you to donate canned food, non-perishable food items, grocery gift cards and Christmas supplies such as wrapping paper, bows and tape for Horry County families in need. 

Donations can be dropped off in the foyer of the Kimbel Library. These donations will directly benefit the local community, providing many families in need a meal during the holiday season.

Veterans Day Displays

Wednesday, Nov. 11 is Veterans Day. 

On the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month of 1918, an armistice, or temporary cessation of hostilities, was declared between the Allied nations and Germany in the First World War. 

Commemorated as Armistice Day the following year, November 11th became a legal federal holiday in the United States in 1938. In the aftermath of World War II and the Korean War, Armistice Day became Veterans Day, a holiday dedicated to American veterans of all wars.

Kimbel Library will be honoring Veterans in the campus community with several displays in the Bryan Information Commons. Displays will include America's White Table, a letter writing table to send thank you notes through the Any Soldier organization and a "Thank You" wall to write the names or post a photo of family or friends who have served in the military. A special thank you to all the men and women who have fought for our country, honor and freedom!

Journal Finder Released

Kimbel Library has released our new Journal Finder service. This EBSCO product offers a more robust and redesigned interface from which to search or browse our e-journal collections.

Highlights of the Journal Finder service include a Search within Publication feature that allows you to search within a journal right from the search results. If there's a specific match on a search query there will be one-click access to the matching journal title at the top of the search results, through the Exact Match Placard service. The user then has the ability to search from this Discover! search results page within this journal or just go to the journal and browse volumes and issues.

Check out Journal Finder today!  

Happy Halloween!

Kimbel Library is a spook-tacular place to be for Halloween.

Stop by the circulation desk to grab some candy and check the displays for both classic and new horror books and DVDs.

And come to the library and take our Horror Movie Match quiz. The winner receives an excellent horror movie collection!

Friends of the Library

Friends of the library support the educational mission of the University through the development of the Kimbel Library. They partner with the library on fundraising activities and outreach programs to the university and local community. Friends receive advance notice of library events and exhibits, invitations to special friends-only events, Kimbel Library borrowing privileges and recognition in the library’s annual report. 

Brochures in the library explain the process for anyone who is interested in joining the Kimbel Library friend group. 

For more information, see the Friends of the Kimbel Library website. To join, visit the library or contact Kimberely Gomez, project coordinator for philanthropy, at kgomez1@coastal.edu or 843-349-5038.

New Trial Database

Musical Theater Songs is a new trial database that Kimbel Library has opened in order to gauge interest on campus. The 30-day trial ends on Nov. 13. For direct access to the database please click here.

The Musical Theater Songs database is "The right song, right now for your next audition, performance or for study"

• You can search more than 7,000 titles spanning 150 years of shows including thousands of hard to find and rare works. 
• Custom-tailor your search using up to 20 different parameters and 100 descriptive tags including an interactive keyboard. 
• Choose classic titles or the latest work from today's top new composers, including a partnership with Musical Theatre Factory. 
• Get direct links to sheet music and recordings. 
• Connect with your school's or local library's music collection to also obtain recordings and sheet music using WorldCat.

Poetry Reading

CCU alumnus Jim R. Rogers is giving a poetry reading at Lackey Chapel on Wednesday, Oct. 21 from 4:00 PM 6:00 PM. Rogers will be reading from his collection of poetry Looking Around, which celebrates the unique messages in ordinary objects and events. Rogers captures the joy and sorrow in the everyday by simply “Looking Around.”

The reading is part of Kimbel Library's celebration of National Friends of the Library Week. National Friends of the Library Week is Monday, Oct. 19 to Friday, Oct. 23. There will be a display and brochures in Kimbel Library for anyone interested in joining the Friends of the Kimbel Library group. Friends of the library support the educational mission of the university through the development of the Kimbel Library.

This event is free and open to the public.

Banned Books Week

What if someone told you that reading The Hunger Games was forbidden? What if you were not allowed to read the Harry Potter series or The Great Gatsby? Come support the freedom to read what you choose during our Banned Books Week celebration, which runs Sept. 28 to Oct. 2 at the Kimbel Library and Bryan Information Commons.

On Monday, Sept. 28, Kimbel Library will present a virtual read-out of banned books read by CCU faculty, staff and students.

On Wednesday, Sept. 30, stop by the library and take a mugshot photo with your favorite banned book. Photos will be posted on the Kimbel Library Twitter page at twitter.com/kimbellibrary.

All events are free and open to the public.

Library Pirate Week

Ahoy mateys! Kimbel Library will be celebrating Talk Like a Pirate Day with several events during the week of Sept. 14 to 18.

On Tuesday, Sept. 15, use your geocaching skills to find our hidden treasure!

On Wednesday, Sept. 16, in partnership with the Horry County Archives Center, Kimbel Library will present author Kevin Duffus, who will speak about his novel The Last Days of Black Beard the Pirate. This talk takes place at 7:00 PM in the Coastal Theater located in the Lib Jackson Student Union.

Then celebrate Talk Like a Pirate Day on Friday, Sept. 18 with Pirate's Booty popcorn, selfies with a pirate and temporary library tattoos.

More events to be announced. Visit coastal.edu/library for updates. Come and enjoy the festivities, ya landlubbers! All events are free and open to the public.

Hispanic Heritage Month

Sept. 15 to Oct. 15 is National Hispanic Heritage Month at Kimbel Library. First observed in 1968, National Hispanic Heritage Month recognizes the rich heritage, culture and contributions of Hispanics and Latinos in the United States. The celebration coincides with the independence days of several Latin American countries, including El Salvador, Honduras, Guatemala, Nicaragua, and Costa Rica (all September 15), Mexico (September 16), and Chile (September 18).

According to the 2014 Census, more than 50 million people identify as Hispanic or Latino in the U.S., making up 17 percent of the national population. In South Carolina, Hispanics make up 5.3 percent of the population. At Coastal Carolina University, more than 300 Undergraduate and Graduate students identify as Hispanic, making up nearly 3.6 percent of the University’s total enrollment.

Interestingly, South Carolina’s own Spanish history goes all the way back to the 1500s, when colonists led by Lucas Vázquez de Ayllón briefly settled the area near present-day Georgetown and Pawleys Island. The Spanish also established Santa Elena on Parris Island, near present-day Beaufort. Initially settled by the French, Santa Elena served as the first capital of Spanish Florida from 1566 to 1587.

Kimbel Library has a wide selection of books and films by Hispanics and Latinos, including Gabriel García Márquez (Colombia), Jorge Luis Borges (Argentina), Julio Cortázar (Argentina), Pablo Neruda (Chile), Carlos Fuentes (Mexico), Octavio Paz (Mexico), Mario Vargas Llosa (Peru), Isabel Allende (Chile), Julia Alvarez (Dominican Republic), Sandra Cisneros (Mexico), Alejandro González Iñárritu (Mexico), Guillermo del Toro (Mexico), and others, all available for checkout. Check out the books and films on display at the library this month to celebrate and learn about Hispanic heritage!

[Image courtesy CultureALL]

Pirate Week - Blackbeard

This Wednesday as part of Kimbel Library Pirate Week, Kevin Duffus, author of The Last Days of Black Beard the Pirate, and 2014-2015 North Carolina Historian of the Year (N.C. Society of Historians), will speak about his book and the historical research that went into writing it. His research challenges the traditional image of the notorious Blackbeard. Come hear why the truth is more interesting than the tale.

The Last Days of Blackbeard the Pirate is brought to you as part of Pirate Week at Kimbel Library. This talk is part of the History Talk series, which is sponsored by the Horry County Archives Center, and takes place at the Lib Jackson Student Union Theatre on Wednesday, Sep. 16 at 7:00 PM. Admission is free and open to the public.

Printing at the Library

Public printing is available from all library and commons computers. Print jobs may be sent to the Pharos Print Release stations located throughout the buildings. All black & white prints are 5¢ and all color prints are 35¢. Please note the location and availability below.

Printing Information

Building	Location	Type	Accepted Payment
Kimbel Library 1st Floor	Across from the Circulation Desk	Black & White, Color	Cash and CINO Cash
Kimbel Library 2nd Floor	Outside Room 201	Black & White Only	CINO Cash Only
Bryan Information Commons 1st Floor	Adjacent to the Bolton Help Desk	Black & White, Color	Cash and CINO Cash
Bryan Information Commons 2nd Floor	Adjacent to the Vending Area	Black & White Only	CINO Cash Only

Printing Instructions

Printing is available in the library and commons buildings. All black & white prints are 5¢ and all color prints are 35¢.

• Print document normally (File--Print, or right-click--Print)
• When print screen opens, verify correct printer is selected (Black & White or Color)
• Click Print
• A "Print Job Details" window will open - enter a username and password (can be anything)
• Go to the nearest print station
• Enter payment (cash in the coin-op or swipe CINO Card)
• Select the print job with your username
• Press Print
• Enter your password
• Press Print
• Log out when finished
• Your document(s) will print at the printer you selected previously

* If you paid with cash, be sure to retrieve your change from the coin-op *

New to the Library?

Welcome to Kimbel Library and Bryan Information Commons! (Or welcome back if you're already a regular.) Check out our Kimbel Library Tour video to get an overview of our resources and services.

24/7 Hours are Back!

We are open 24/7 again in order to give you great service around the clock! You can use the Kimbel Library and Bryan Information Commons in-house or online resources every day around the clock until Thanksgiving Break.

Beat the Heat

It's going to be a hot summer, but Kimbel Library has got you covered. Beat the heat by relaxing in our soft seating areas, where we have a large selection of magazines and newspapers in our collection along with the thousands of books upstairs. 


You can watch a movie or listen to music on one of our many desktop computers by checking out any of our wide selection of DVDs and CDs. Or why not check out a laptop and take it to a cool, quiet spot to relax? 


And of course we have high-speed ethernet and wi-fi connections on all of our machines, so after surfing at the beach you can surf the internet and unwind! 

New Research Guides

Kimbel Library has migrated to a new version of the research guides platform. This new version takes advantage of many new functions:

• Fully-responsive platform, automatically changing the resolution to make for the best experience in tablets and mobile devices;
• A robust API to allow representation of guide information in different systems; 
• Increased accessibility features and functionality; 
• More modern look and feel; 
• Side menus, which mimic our library webpages and make for a more consistent navigation through the system; 
• A slew of back-end features that will allow the library to save time making and sharing guides so we can increase our focus on guide content.

Let us know what you think! 

Summer Hours

Friday, May 8, the library and commons buildings will close at 8:00 p.m. as the semester comes to an end and summer hours begin.

Summer hours:
Monday - Thursday: 8:00 a.m. - 10:00 p.m.
Friday: 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Saturday: 10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.

Sunday: 10:00 a.m. - 10:00 p.m.

Both buildings will be closed on Memorial Day, May 25, and July 3 and 4.

Summer hours will be in effect from Saturday, May 9 until Saturday, August 8.

De-Stress Fest

April 30 to May 7 Kimbel Library invites students to enjoy De-Stress Fest. 

Activities include a giant Jenga game, puzzles, checkers, giant word searches, Sudoku and coloring throughout the library. Students will also be able to send a post card home, letting parents know that they miss them, will see them soon, and that they have been studying hard all week. Earplugs will be available at the circulation desk for students to make their own “silent study” space. Students can make a stress ball Sunday, May 3 and Tuesday, April 5 from 7 to 9 p.m.

Library staff will be serving snacks to students studying in the late night hours throughout the week.

For more information, please contact Christi Rippy, access services specialist, at 843-349-2400.

Book Fair Winners

The Edible Book Fair was a big success, with many creative entries! Here are the winners: 

The winner of the Student category, Caleb Jones, wins an Apple TV, for Oh, Beyond Bugs
Student 1st Runner-up: Christina Dunbar, for The Cay ($50 Amazon gift card) 
Student 2nd Runner-up: Ashley Barton, for Steel Magnolias ($25 Amazon gift card)

The winner of the Community category, Kristi Rimar, wins a Kimbel Library prize pack, for The Giving Tree
Community 1st Runner-up: Terri Carter, for Beyond the Cherry Tree

The Faculty / Staff winner, Rose Graf, also wins a Kimbel Library prize pack, for Chocolate Chip Cookie Murder
Faculty / Staff 1st Runner-up: Julie Townsend, for How to Eat Fried Worms

Kimbel Library thanks all entrants for participating in National Library Week! 

Poetry in the Park

Bring a picnic blanket and join us on April 17 at 3 p.m. as the Kimbel Library and the Department of English sponsor a poetry reading event on the Bryan Information Commons Lawn to celebrate both National Library Week and National Poetry Month. 

Sign up to read by contacting Hastings Hensel at whensel@coastal.edu. Limited sign-ups will be available the day of the event.

All are welcome! All events are open and free to the public.

For more information, contact Christi Rippy, access services specialist, at 843-349-2400.

Edible Book Fair

The annual Edible Book Fair will take place on Wednesday, April 15. Edible books can look like a book in form and shape, be inspired by a book or author, can be a pun of a book title, can refer to a book character, reproduce a book cover, or just have something to do with books in general. 

Some examples from previous entries include grapes with angry faces to symbolize "The Grapes of Wrath" or empty candy wrappers on a plate to symbolize the book "And Then There Were None." Entries should be dropped of at the circulation desk between 9 and 11 a.m. Voting will be at noon. Prizes will be awarded at 2 p.m. 

First prize in the student category is an Apple TV. 

Prizes in the faculty/staff and community categories will include a Kimbel Library prize pack. 

This event is sponsored by Kimbel Library in celebration of National Library Week.

Sally Z. Hare Book Talk

Kimbel Library is celebrating National Library Week by sponsoring a book discussion titled On Resilience of the Human Spirit, led by Sally Hare, Singleton Distinguished Professor Emerita at Coastal Carolina University. Professor Hare will be discussing Let the Beauty We Love Be What We Do: Stories of Living Divided No More. The talk is on Tuesday, April 14 at 4 p.m. in Lackey Chapel.

This talk is sponsored by Kimbel Library in celebration of National Library Week. 

National Library Week

The Kimbel Library and Bryan Information Commons celebrates National Library Week April 12-18, with a book discussion, Edible Book Fair and Poetry in the Park. National Library Week is a time to highlight the changing role of libraries. Libraries today are more than warehouses for books. Instead, libraries and librarians are change agents within their communities – transforming lives through innovative educational resources and forward-thinking programming.

Kimbel Library is celebrating National Library Week by sponsoring a book discussion led by Sally Hare, Singleton Distinguished Professor Emerita, on The Resilience of the Human Spirit on Tuesday, April 14 at 4 p.m. in Lackey Chapel.

The annual Edible Book Fair will take place on Wednesday, April 15. Edible books can look like a book in form and shape, be inspired by a book or author, can be a pun of a book title, can refer to a book character, reproduce a book cover, or just have something to do with books in general.” Some examples from previous entries include grapes with angry faces to symbolize “The Grapes of Wrath” or empty candy wrappers on a plate to symbolize the book “And Then There Were None.” Entries should be dropped of at the circulation desk between 9 and 11 a.m. Voting will be at noon. Prizes will be awarded at 2 p.m. First prize in the student category is an Apple TV. Prizes in the faculty/staff and community categories will include a Kimbel Library prize pack. 

Bring a picnic blanket and join us on Friday, April 17 at 3 p.m. as the Kimbel Library and the Department of English sponsor Poetry in the Park, a poetry reading event on the Bryan Information Commons Lawn, to celebrate both National Library Week and National Poetry Month. Sign up to read by contacting Hastings Hensel at whensel@coastal.edu. Limited sign-ups will be available the day of the event.

All are welcome! All events are open and free to the public.

For more information, contact Christi Rippy, access services specialist, at 843-349-2400.

National Poetry Month

April is National Poetry Month, as founded by the Academy of American Poets in 1996. From the Academy's website:  

National Poetry Month is the largest literary celebration in the world, with tens of millions of readers, students, K-12 teachers, librarians, booksellers, literary events curators, publishers, bloggers, and, of course, poets marking poetry’s important place in our culture and our lives. 

Kimbel Library is holding a Poetry in the Park event on April 17 in celebration of National Library Week and National Poetry Month. Further details to come.

NLW Coming Soon...

National Library Week is April 12-18!

History Talk: Val Dunham

Author Val Dunham, Distinguished Professor Emeritus in the College of Science at Coastal Carolina University, gives this month's History Talk. The talk centers around Allegany to Appomattox: The Life and Letters of Private William Whitlock of the 188th New York Volunteers, a book based on the letters of a Union soldier during the Civil War. 

This talk takes place on Tuesday, Mar. 24 from 4 p.m. to 5 p.m. at the Horry County Archives Center.

From the publisher's book description:

On September 7, 1864, William Whitlock, aged thirty-five, left his wife and four children in Allegany, New York, to join the Union army in battle. More than 100 years later, his unpublished letters to his wife were found in the attic of a family home. These letters serve as the foundation for Allegany to Appomattox, giving readers a vivid glimpse into the environment and political atmosphere that surrounded the Civil War from the perspective of a northern farmer and lumberman.
  

This event is brought to you by the Horry County Archives Center, as part of the center's History Talk series. The Horry County Archives Center is located on the second floor of Kimbel Library, in Room 220.

What Do You Like?

We asked students to tell us what they like about the library, and our new video highlights their responses. We love hearing about the ways we positively affect the lives of students. The Kimbel Library and Bryan Information Commons is dedicated to contributing to student success, as our Mission Statement conveys:

The Kimbel Library and Bryan Information Commons will employ highly qualified librarians and staff to develop creative and innovative technology, programming, support services, delivery methods, and real-life work opportunities for students to ensure that graduates of Coastal Carolina University are well-prepared for professional careers or graduate programs and prepared to be productive, responsible, healthy, information-literate citizens with a global perspective.

So what do YOU like about the library? Let us know!

Spring Break Hours

The Kimbel Library and Bryan Information Commons will operate at reduced hours over Spring Break.

• Friday, March 6: Close at 8:00 PM
• Saturday, March 7: 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM 
• Sunday, March 8: 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
• Monday, March 9: 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
• Tuesday, March 10: 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
• Wednesday, March 11: 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
• Thursday, March 12: 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
• Friday, March 13: 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
• Saturday, March 14: 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
• Sunday, March 15: 24/7 schedule resumes beginning at 7:30 AM

You can always find our hours on the library homepage or a more detailed listing on our hours page.

Have a wonderful Spring Break!

History Talk: Mansfield

Author Christopher C. Boyle talks about the history of Mansfield Plantation on Tuesday, Feb. 10 from 4 p.m. to 5 p.m. at the Horry County Archives Center.  

Standing on the banks of the Black River, the Mansfield Plantation is a well-preserved living testament to antebellum rice plantations. In 1718, it started as a 500-acre land grant near Georgetown and soon grew to nearly 1,000 acres. Plantation historian Christopher C. Boyle captures the spirit of Mansfield Plantation and unravels the many mysteries of its past.

This event is brought to you by the Horry County Archives Center, as part of the center's History Talk series.

The Horry County Archives Center is located on the second floor of Kimbel Library, in Room 220.

Survey Winner!

Congratulations to the winner of our website redesign survey, Coastal student Alan Lam! The survey elicited feedback from users of the new library website when it was in its testing phase.

Alan was chosen during a random drawing of survey participants, and wins a $20 gift card to the CCU Bookstore. The library would like to thank all of the other survey entrants. Your comments and suggestions are integral in helping us continue to improve the library website and library services.

Dust Bowl Series Talk

Women's Stories of Survival is the title of this Dust, Drought and Dreams Gone Dry series talk given by Angie Fitzpatrick, Assistant Director of Women's and Gender Studies at CCU.

In the 1930s, record-breaking droughts and dust storms wreaked havoc on the southern plains, destroying farms and displacing families. While the Dust Bowl has captivated American audiences for decades, women's accounts of these historic events have often been overlooked. This lecture explores the experiences of the women who survived the devastation of the Dust Bowl and lived to tell the tale.

The Dust, Drought and Dreams Gone Dry series is a national traveling exhibition about the Dust Bowl, the disastrous drought and dust storms that wreaked havoc on the Great Plains in the 1930s. As part of the exhibition, Kimbel Library hosted programs that connect the Dust Bowl of the Midwest to Horry County.

The talk took place on Wednesday, Nov. 5, at 4 p.m. in Edwards Recital Hall. Kimbel Library was selected as one of only 25 libraries in the country to host this exhibit, which was developed by the American Library Association and the libraries of Oklahoma State University and Mount Holyoke College, and was made possible in part by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities: Exploring the Human Endeavor.

New Library Website

Our new website is live! The Kimbel Library website redesign is complete and the new site is now available in the main system. Highlights of the website redesign include a reorganized navigation structure that emphasizes library services and student needs. The design has been modified to align more with university website standards and policies. The Discover! search box is now visible in even the smallest of browsers without scrolling. Thousands of files were deleted from the back-end of the system to increase browsing speed and search engine optimization.

We hope you enjoy the new website!