Kimbel Library Closed Saturday and Sunday

Kimbel Library will be closed Saturday July 10th and Sunday July 11th for carpet cleaning.

Have you ever wondered about the history of carpet cleaning? Me either, but here is an interesting primer.

Carpet and mystery enthusiasts may also enjoy Henry James' The Figure in the Carpet.

Have a great weekend! See you Monday!

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What's That Noise? White Noise in Kimbel Library

Kimbel Library now has a white noise system on the first floor that should help keep things much quieter for groups working on projects as well as individuals trying to concentrate on their studies. The Penguin Dictionary of Psychology defines white noise as "an auditory stimulus that has all frequencies represented in random fluctuation and sounds like an ongoing ‘shhh’.", which makes it seem particularly library appropriate. As before, group project work and group studying is encouraged on the 1st floor and in the second floor study rooms, and the library's second floor is reserved for silent study only.

Two New Databases Now Available

Check out Kimbel Library's two new databases, Tests in Print and the Slavery Anti-Slavery Collection. Tests in Print is an online version of the print source where you can find "a comprehensive bibliography to all known commercially available tests that are currently in print in the English language". The Slavery Anti-Slavery collection "includes documents from the United States and Europe, as well as other parts of the world" including newspapers, books, magazines, and other primary sources.

Horry County Oral History Project Online

Have you seen this yet? The Horry County Oral History Project is now available online! Check it out here: www.hcohp.org

TEAL Center Faculty and Staff Training Schedule for July

CCU Faculty and Staff should check out the TEAL Center's website (www.coastal.edu/teal/) for a calendar of July events. Training sessions available in July include a Microsoft Office 2010 preview, how-to sessions on creating PDFs and using PREZI in the classroom, tons of helpful Blackboard sessions, and much more!

The TEAL Center's training classroom is located in Kimbel Library room 219.

Summer Roadtrip? Free Audiobook Downloads from Sync

Planning a summer road trip? Sync, "an online community that seeks to build the audience for audiobooks among readers 13 and up", will be offering free audiobook downloads throughout the summer. Each week, one recent young adult book and one classic book will be available for download free of charge. Here's a partial list:

Available July 1 - July 7
The Angel Experiment by James Patterson
Frankenstein by Mary Shelley

Available July 8 - July 14
Over the End Line by Alfred C. Martino
The Power of One by Bryce Courtenay

Available July 15 - July 21
Bloody Jack by L.A. Meyer
Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson

Available July 22 - July 28
The Looking Glass Wars by Frank Beddor
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll

Available July 29 - August 4
The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins

Available August 5 - August 11
Does My Head Look Big in This? by Randa Abdel-Fattah
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith

Check out the Sync website for more information and a full schedule of books: http://www.audiofilemagazine.com/sync/index.html

JAVA CITY UPDATE

Starting June 7th, JAVA CITY CAFE will be open on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday from 7:30am-12N.