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

Get almost any book for free (kinda)

It is a small, underappreciated tab on the library website. It says “PASCAL” but most don’t know what it does. This little tab, however, allows you to get almost any book for free. Kinda.

The PASCAL tab is an all-access pass to millions of books!

PASCAL stands for the “Partnership Among South Carolina Academic Libraries.” The PASCAL Delivers service turns all academic libraries in South Carolina into your personal library. Does Kimbel Library not have the book you’re looking for? No problem! Just click on that tab labeled PASCAL on the library homepage and type in your search terms to see if another library has it. It they do, simply click on the “Request this item” link on the book’s information page to order it. Follow the directions to submit your request.

So, why can you only “kinda” get almost any book?

1. You don’t get it instantly. It takes several days from the time you order to receive the book. Once we receive it, however, we will email you (check your CCU email account). Come by Kimbel Library and pick it up any time after.
2. You have to give it back eventually. It is like checking out any other book; it has a due date. Sorry, no finders, keepers.

Having trouble using the PASCAL Delivers service? Contact the reference desk 843-349-2414, and we’ll help you!

Even More Extended Hours

Kimbel Library will be open 24/7  February 20 - March 4th.  We will return to regular hours on March 5th at 11:00 am.  

Extended Library Hours

Kimbel Library is open later and earlier. We are now open until 9:00 pm on Fridays, and reopen at 1:00pm on Saturday. Sundays have an earlier opening of 11:00 am.

New Library Hours for Fall 2011:

Sunday 11:00 am - Friday 9:00 pm

Saturday 1:00 pm - 6:00 pm

Help Our Dean Get Out of Jail AND Raise Money for a Good Cause!

Dr. Barbara Burd, Dean of Library Services, will be arrested on  Wednesday, February 16th. No, this is not the result of horrifically high overdue fines. Instead, she is raising money for the Muscular Dystrophy Association. 



After being carted away on the 16th by the MDA, Dr. Burd must pay $2,200 in bail in order to be freed. Since we would like to have her back sooner rather than later, Kimbel Library is asking for your support. You can help Dr. Burd and the Muscular Dystrophy association combat neuromuscular disease by


making a donation. 


MDA is a nonprofit health agency dedicated to curing muscular dystrophy, ALS and related diseases by funding worldwide research. The Association also provides comprehensive health care and support services, advocacy and education.



Simply click above and find your way to Dr. Burd's personal fundraising website, Or visit the reference desk and donate any spare change. Not only can you say that you bailed a Coastal Carolina University dean out of prison, but you can also enjoy the satisfaction that you have provided help and hope to kids and adults served by MDA in the Grand Strand community.