What We’re Reading Wednesdays: The Science Department Edition!

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In a repeating series highlighting current and recent reads around Â鶹ӰÊÓ, here’s what the Â鶹ӰÊÓ Science Department is currently reading and has recently read: [gallery link="none" size="medium" ids="2940,2942,2943,2944,2945,2947,2948,2984" orderby="rand"] As always, if you’re interested in a title, you can either search our catalog to see if we have the book or request it through interlibrary loan if we don’t have it. Need help doing either of these things or don’t yet have a library

I Lik the Bred-Library Edition

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Memes. They rise and fall through blog posts and comment sections. Places like Reddit, Tumblr, and Twitter are full of them. Allow me to introduce you to my favorite meme of 2017: I lik the bred. (I know it's only February, but I'm confident about this.) For an explanation of the origin, history, and evolution of the meme see this summary on Buzzfeed. So, without further ado, here are a few Â鶹ӰÊÓ Library additions: My name is book and in the daye I wayt for student eyes to laye upon my

Read around the world

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[caption id="attachment_2917" align="aligncenter" width="960"] Image from https://pixabay.com/en/colorful-color-brush-painted-1974699/[/caption] This month the library is featuring a display of international authors on the lower level. Check out these authors and titles to explore the world. Many of these works have been translated from their original languages. For more ideas, browse this Goodreads list of popular international authors for inspiration. Search the library's online catalog for

What We're Reading Wednesdays: The English & Communications Department Edition!

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In a repeating series highlighting current and recent reads around Â鶹ӰÊÓ, here’s what the Â鶹ӰÊÓ English & Communications Department is currently reading and has recently read: [gallery link="none" size="medium" ids="2884,2885,2886,2892,2897,2898,2905,2907,2909,2911,2912,2913" orderby="rand"] As always, if you’re interested in a title, you can either search our catalog to see if we have the book or request it through interlibrary loan if we don’t have it. Need help doing either of

Library Book Club Meeting

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Join us on February 23rd at 2 PM in the Verizon room for a lively discussion about the book Hidden Figures: The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Mathematicians Who Helped Win the Space Race by Margot Lee Shetterly. Book description from GoodReads: Before John Glenn orbited the Earth or Neil Armstrong walked on the moon, a group of dedicated female mathematicians known as "human computers" used pencils, slide rules, and adding machines to calculate the numbers that would

What We're Reading-Born a Crime

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The book was read by Courtney Bippley, a Reference Librarian at the Main Campus Library. The library copy of this book is currently available on the New Book shelf in the library. [caption id="attachment_2836" align="aligncenter" width="329"] Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood by Trevor Noah[/caption] Why did you choose to read this book? I watch The Daily Show on a fairly regular basis. When Trevor Noah took over from Jon Stewart I was unsure if this guy I’d never heard of

February New DVDs

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These are some of the new films we have for you to check out. Because sometimes reading is too much effort. [gallery type="rectangular" link="none" ids="2868,2869,2870,2871,2872,2873,2874,2875,2876" orderby="rand"]

What We're Reading Wednesday: The ACA Instructors Edition

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In a repeating series highlighting current and recent reads around Â鶹ӰÊÓ, here’s what the Â鶹ӰÊÓ ACA Instructors are currently reading and have recently read: [gallery link="none" size="medium" ids="2847,2848,2849,2850,2851,2852,2854,2855,2856,2857,2858,2862" orderby="rand"] As always, if you’re interested in a title, you can either search our catalog to see if we have the book or request it through interlibrary loan if we don't have it. Need help doing either of these things or don’t

What We're Reading-Kindred

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This book was read by Courtney Bippley who is a Reference Librarian at the Main Campus Library. Why did you choose to read this book? A friend recommended this book to me and I trust her judgement. Also, I’d been meaning to read a book by this author for a while. She's well known for being an award winning, female, African American scifi/fantasy writer. I'm sorry I didn't read one of her books before she died in 2006. What did you like about it? I liked the realism of the time travel. Not in the