National Library Week Question of the Day - Tuesday

Happy National Library Week!

Here is the question for Tuesday:

1. Find the database called New York Times, Late Edition (Eastern): 1980 to Current. (Hint: databases are found on  the Library's web page under "Databases" tab)

2. Find an article about the Myrtle Beach Wildfires of 2009

3.Tell us the Title of the Article and the Author.

How to submit your answer:
1.Submit a comment in response to this blog post.

2.With your response, include your name and email address. (Don't worry, your response is private and will not  appear on the blog)

3.Students, faculty, and staff who answer correctly before 5:00 p.m. today will be entered into a drawing for the $15 gift certificate. We will notify you by the following day if you have won.

 Good Luck!

National Library Week Question of the Day - Monday

Happy National Library Week!


Here is the question for Monday:


1. Find the database called Academic Search Premier.
 
2. Find the full text of any poem written by CCU professor Dr. Dan Albergotti.

3. Tell us the Title of the poem, and Title of Journal poem appears in.


How to submit your answer:
1.Submit a comment in response to this blog post.

2.With your response, include your name and email address. (Don't worry, your response is private and will not  appear on the blog)

3.Students, faculty, and staff who answer correctly before 5:00 p.m. today will be entered into a drawing for the $15 gift certificate. We will notify you by the following day if you have won.


 Good Luck!

Celebrate National Library Week

National Library Week 2011 

April 11th-15th

National Library Week is a time to remind others about the contribution libraries, librarians and library workers make to their communities every day. This year's festivities will consist of four main events as well as week-long :

Main Events

Monday, April 11th
12 to 1:00 p.m. Edible Book Fair (Win an iPod Shuffle)
All Coastal Carolina University faculty, staff, and students are welcome to submit their own creations. Submissions will be displayed in the library from 12:00-1:00 p.m. while students vote for their favorite edible book. Cake will be served for all to enjoy! Looking for some ideas? Check out photos of some edible books from last year's event.

Tuesday, April 12th1 to 2:00 p.m. - Study Serenade (Free Chocolate)
Three musicians from the school of music will perform a variety of soft guitar music for everyone’s enjoyment. Free chocolate will be served to help enhance the mood. So, come to the first floor of the library and listen while studying for that upcoming final exam.

Wednesday, April 13th 2 to 3:00 p.m. Privacy Java Jabber ($50 Visa Gift Card given as a door prize, free donuts, Java bucks)
Kimbel Library is teaming up with Tea and Ethics to spark a lively discussion about your online privacy. Popular social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter allow everyone to communicate with great ease and freedom. However, with that freedom comes the responsibility to protect personal information, reputations, and digital footprints. A "digital footprint" specifically describes the trail one leaves online. Social networking makes creating this footprint simple, but removing it can be extremely difficult. Views expressed or photos posted online today may haunt individuals as they move forward with their lives and pursue new careers, new relationships, or new opinions. Join library and philosophy faculty as they discuss the difficulties of living privately in the information age.

Thursday, April 14th 

8:00 p.m. to Midnight Game Night (Free Food)
The library will hold a Starcraft II (the science fiction online strategy game) tournament. Those interested in participating in the tournament are encouraged to bring their own laptops. Prizes will be awarded to first, second, and third place gamers. In addition to the tournament, four large screens will be used for Nintendo Wii and Xbox 360. There will also be board games, card games and puzzles. Participants are encouraged to bring their own games to play, or use games provided by the library. Free snacks will also be provided.

All Week Long

National Library Week Trivia (Win Free Stuff)One trivia questions will appear on the library's blog each day during the week. To win a $15 gift certificate to Java City, submit a comment with the answer to the question.. With your response, include your name and email address (Don't worry, your response is private and will not appear on the blog). Students, faculty, and staff who answer correctly before 5:00 p.m. each day will be entered in prize drawing. One lucky winner will be selected daily and notified of their prize by the library office.

Food for Fines:

Do you have library fines? Do you wish you didn't have to pay them? Would you like to help out others? If so, donate food for the hungry and have library fines forgiven. Here are the rules:

• Donated items may not be past the expiration date, dented, or in poor condition
• Items must be more than a single serving
• Donated items are used for overdue fines only-cannot be used for lost or damaged book fees
• The Library reserves the right to refuse any item.

Tell us Your Story:

We set up a do-it-yourself video station on the first floor of the library near the main entrance. This is an electronic platform for students to express themselves, so think of it as your blank canvas. We want to hear a little about you and your thoughts about Kimbel Library, or just whatever comes to mind.. Of course, we ask you to keep it PG. Directions for using the video station will be posted next to the computer. Have fun!

A Look Inside Kimbel Library's New iPads

Did you know we have iPads for check-out in the Kimbel Library Equipment Room? We do! All  iPads come loaded with varying apps. One popular app creates a three-dimensional image of the human brain, while another provides information on all of the Senators and Congressmen in the current U.S. Congress. The iPads also provide a quick and easy way to access Kimbel Library’s extensive e-book collection.  By clicking on the Kimbel E-books button located on the iPad home screen, you are able to search through our 85,000 available e-books. Once located, you can read the e-book right on the iPad inside of the Safari browser. If you need to take notes, you can jump on over to the notes app located on the homescreen. Once you are finished, you can email the notes to yourself or your classmates. Your can check out our iPads from the equipment room on the second floor of the library for use in the library only. Don't forget to bring your CINO card.

Kimbel Library's John Watts is a 2011 Library Journal Mover and Shaker!

Congratulations to John Watts, Kimbel Library's Outreach Librarian, who was named to Library Journal's 2011 Movers and Shakers List.  This annual list honors 50 librarians who are representatives of exemplary librarianship.  Read more about John's accomplishments here:  http://www.libraryjournal.com/csp/cms/sites/LJ/LJInPrint/MoversAndShakers/profiles2011/moversandshakersWatts.csp

Spring Break Library Hours

The library will be open over Spring Break!  Spring Break library hours are:

Saturday, March 12th: 1:00 pm to 6:00 pm
Sunday, March 13th:  1:00 pm to 9:00 pm
Monday March 14th through Thursday, March 17th: 8:00 am to 7:00 pm
Friday, March 18th: 8:00 am to 5:00 pm

National Film Registry of the Library of Congress

Awards season is over.Gaga grabbed four Grammys. The Social Network garnered the grandest Globes. And during the Academy Awards, the season’s grand finale, the British cast of The King’s Speech bested the geeky stateside front- runners to take home the 2010 Academy Award for Best Picture—as well as three more. While these awards shows aired during primetime and their nominees grabbed headlines for weeks, the recipients of another equally prestigious award were announced on December 28th to little fanfare.

In Washington D. C., the Librarian of Congress, James H. Billington, announced that 25 films were added during 2010 to the National Film Registry. The honor is bestowed on American films at least 10 years old and aesthetically, culturally or historically significant to the United States. They range from major productions by Hollywood studios to independent films, from documentaries and newsreels to animation and advertisements. This year’s roster represents over 100 years of filmmaking: from Thomas Edison’s 1891 Newark Athlete, to 1980’s The Empire Strikes Back, to 1996’s Study of a River. Winners were selected from over 2100 nominees submitted by the National Film Preservation Board and the general public.

The Registry was established by the National Film Preservation Act of 1988. The Act is renewed periodically by Congress in increments of four to seven years. The Librarian of Congress and the Film Preservation Board select up to 25 films each year. Prints of all Registry films are kept in cold-storage vaults at the Packard campus of the National Audio-Visual Conservation Center near Culpeper, Virginia.

There are now 550 films in the Registry and Kimbel Library owns 227 of them. A keyword catalog search for “National Film Registry” will bring up a list of titles. Check out the display on the shelving unit adjacent to the leisure reading area on the library’s first floor. Then, check out one of the National Film Registry titles displayed there, including the following:

• All the President’s Men. During the Nixon administration in the 1970’s, two reporters uncover White House involvement in the Watergate break-in.
• Blade Runner. The film takes place in 2019 in Los Angeles. Replicants, genetically engineered human beings of superior strength and intelligence who provide labor for the planet colonies, revolt. Rick Deckard is a blade runner, a police officer who hunts down and terminates them.
• Easy Rider. Two motorcyclists ride in search of the "real" America.
•  Edison: The Invention of the Movies. Four discs hold tens of commercial motion pictures filmed at the Edison Laboratory between 1888 and 1893.
•  Freaks. A group of freaks take revenge on a trapeze artist and her boyfriend after years of abuse.
•  Hoop Dreams. Follows the lives of two inner-city kids with aspirations to play professional basketball.
•  Image of an Assassination. Abraham Zapruder’s film of President Kennedy’s assassination, as well as an   interview with the filmmaker.
• The Muppet Movie. Kermit and Fozzie travel to Hollywood to hit it big as stars.
•  Sex, Lies and Videotape. A long lost college friend drifts back into the lives of a self-involved philanderer, his angelic wife, and her saucy sister.
• Woodstock: 3 Days of Peace and Music. Features the entire performances of such music greats as Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, Bob Dylan, and Crosby, Stills & Nash at the 1969 festival.

Nominate a film for the 2011 National Film Registry