Students are here and they are studying hard. From Thursday, December 11 to Monday, Dec. 15 over 12, 025 people have entered our doors. From the beginning of Sept. through Dec. 10, our gate count is 114,328. During finals, the Library … Continue reading
December 16, 2008
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Library Hours – OPEN ALL NIGHT DURING FINALS Except for Thursday and Saturday nights. Thursday, Dec. 11 — 7:30 a.m. – 1:00 a.m. Saturday, Dec 13 — 3 7:30 a.m. – 9:00 p.m. Coffee and tea will be served at … Continue reading
December 10, 2008
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FOOD FOR FINES Thursday and Friday, Dec. 11 & 12 Donate non-perishables food items and get a break on your Library Fines SOUP, BEANS, CEREAL, JELLY, PEANUT BUTTER, ETC. Food will be donated to the hungry at St. Charles Food … Continue reading
December 10, 2008
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Forum des images (5,500 films about Paris digitized to be used at special viewings) and the Francois Truffaut Library (19,000 books, 10,000 DVD) opened last Friday in Paris. Read the The New York Times article on the opening. or read … Continue reading
December 8, 2008
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Due to an overwhelming response- a second workshop has been added at 3:00 pm the same day, Wednesday, Dec.10. Create your own blog for your upcoming Spring classes or for yourself in less than one hour Please join us on … Continue reading
December 7, 2008
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Drum roll, please……………….. The New York Times has issued their 100 Notable Books List for 2008. The Library owns a large number of these books and especially recommends: Atmospheric Disturbances by Rivka Galchen (Location – New Books - PS3607 .A4116 A94 2008) Indignation … Continue reading
December 4, 2008
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Google has teamed up with the iconic Life Magazine to share over 10 million photographs with the public from Life’s massive archives. The first batch uploaded this week (about 10%) giving users access to over a million images. The photos … Continue reading
November 21, 2008
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Visit the Library of Congress web page at http://www.loc.gov/chroniclingamerica/ to explore one of their newest projects Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers.This digitized collection has over 500,000 newspapers pages from selected states from 1880-1910 with a strong focus on the 1900′s.
November 20, 2008
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Due to an overwhelming response- a second workshop has been added at 3:00 pm the same day, Wednesday, Dec.10. Create your own blog for your upcoming Spring classes or for yourself in less than one hour Please join us on … Continue reading
November 13, 2008
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Preston, Neal, (Photographer), Miram Makeba, Photograph, London, England, UK, CORBIS. The world grew quiet overnight when Miriam Makeba, singer and human rights activist died unexpectedly at the age of 76. Although her career spanned over five decades, Makeba’s … Continue reading
November 11, 2008
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We have a new reference e-book available for you: The Encyclopedia of Social Work. Co-published by the National Association of Social Workers and Oxford University Press, the Encyclopedia of Social Work is a key reference source in its field. Topics … Continue reading
November 11, 2008
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A Soldier’s Refrain: Going Home LISTEN NOW [3 min 45 sec] to retired Lieutenant Colonel Forrest Brandt’s moving account of his trip home from Vietnam on July 18, 1969, as spoken on NPR Radio on this Veterans’s Day, Nov. 11, 2008.
November 11, 2008
by jkremer
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Read adjunct writing professor Jack Cavanaugh’s “Giants Among Men,” his game-by-game account of the team’s happenings from 1956 through 1963. DId you know the Giants practiced here on the Fairfield U campus? The players frequented bars in the beach area and some … Continue reading
November 10, 2008
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Visit Google 2008 Election at http://www.google.com/2008election/ Find out what politicians are saying about the issues that matter most. rent a car bulgariaUse Google Earth to see historical voting results. Locate election maps -Browse 2008 political mashups to keep up with … Continue reading
October 31, 2008
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Like most Americans, are you struggling to understand our current financial crisis? What are its causes? Will the newly passed Congressional bailout package help or are we just strangling future generations with even more debt? CQ Researcher, a library database, has produced a … Continue reading
October 28, 2008
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