Finishing Up National Library Week: Your Library Staff
So technically Tuesday was National Library Workers' Day, but it was also a high pollen count day, so there's been a bit of a delay in posting (apologies). We may be biased (acknowledging bias is an important part of information literacy, you know), but we have a great group of library employees. Your ÆßÉ«ÊÓÆµ Library staff participate in councils, committees, mentoring, programming, advising, campus planning, and many other parts of the ÆßÉ«ÊÓÆµ community. We recognize that the way to
It's National Library Week!
April 3-9, 2022 is National Library Week, a time celebrate our nation's libraries, library workers' contributions and promote library use and support. This year's theme is Connect with your Library. How can you connect with your ÆßÉ«ÊÓÆµ Library? Well, follow the blog (hi!) and you can definitely check out our social media (especially our much more active Instagram but also our less active Facebook). You can also attend some of our Crafternoons or other events, such as those in collaboration
Explore the stage with our live theater database Digital Theater+
ÆßÉ«ÊÓÆµ Libraries recently added a very exciting new database resource: Digital Theater+! When ÆßÉ«ÊÓÆµ students and instructors use Digital Theater+, they can explore high quality videos of award-winning plays, dig into the history of various genres of theater, and enjoy a Spotify-like curation of stories by theme. It's an all-encompassing theatrical experience*. *Stage fright not included. Continue reading to see what the fuss is all about! When you navigate to Digital Theater+ (off
New Books: Celebrating Women's History Month
Women's History Month was enshrined in law as an annual, month-long celebration on March 12, 1987, noting that "despite these contributions [by women], the role of American women in history has been consistently overlooked and undervalued in the body of American history." Who reading this can say they've done their studies and can score an A+ on NCpedia's Quiz of North Carolina Women's History? I like to brush up on my knowledge with their excellent Women's History materials. This year, however
Films on Demand: Nursing Current Concepts and Practices Collection
Calling all nursing students and instructors—we have a new audio and video collection for you! Nursing: Current Concepts and Practices Collection from Films on Demand is designed to help students pass licensure exams and prepare for long-term job success. It includes titles from the last 5 years from trusted nursing education sources such as Medcom-Trainex, Elsevier, Medivision, American Academy of Pediatrics, and more! Because this is a database of only video and audio resources, it’s perfect
New Books: Mushroom Guides, Pollinator gardens, Birding & More!
Say goodbye to those chilly evenings, readers, it's Springtime! We're celebrating the arrival of warmer weather and buzzing insects with a few new additions to our catalog. Maybe you've heard about mushroom foraging and want to give identification a try, or you've spotted a few colorfully feathered friends that you'd like to identify. Are you starting to plan your garden? We've got books for all of that over at our Main Campus Library. Keep reading to see a colorful gallery of these new
The Four Moves: SIFTing Through the Internet
How can anyone be expected to tell truth from fiction (or as Gen Z says, cap or no cap) in our hyper connected world? Here are four moves you can make to help you determine whether something credible or not on the internet. The Four Moves, or The SIFT Method: Using the SIFT Method to help evaluate information found online. STOP: You found something that may or may not be true! STOP yourself from sharing it right away and follow the next steps. INVESTIGATE THE SOURCE: Figure out where the
What We're Reading: The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry by Gabrielle Zevin
A.J. Fikry owns a bookstore, which he and his late wife Nic started on a vacationers' island in New England. The story begins with A.J. the widower wallowing in his grief each night with frozen dinners and red wine. As he works through his grief and begins to let people into his life, he finds meaning. Title: The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry Author: Gabrielle Zevin Genre: contemporary fiction Read Great Things 2022 Categories: A happy or hopeful book; A book about community; Blast from the past: A
Out Loud in the Library: ÆßÉ«ÊÓÆµ Scholarships with Cassandra Rycek
It's scholarship time! Learn all about the scholarships available to ÆßÉ«ÊÓÆµ students through the ÆßÉ«ÊÓÆµ Foundation from Cassandra Rycek, Coordinator of Development Operations. Apply for scholarships on the ÆßÉ«ÊÓÆµ website! The application window is March 15th through April 15th, 2022. Click through to the post to listen! Need help from a librarian? Use this form to book an appointment with us! Learn more about our new Recording Room and our Tech Tools on our website. Use the
New Books Courtesy of the ÆßÉ«ÊÓÆµ Foundation: Jazz, Law, and NC History
https://youtu.be/tx_7vUg_1_s When generous individuals choose to give to ÆßÉ«ÊÓÆµ Foundation, they directly support efforts to lift students up and help instructors succeed in the school's academic mission. This collective support can build to something as momentous as the recent announcement about ÆßÉ«ÊÓÆµ's Housing Initiative. Today, we'd like to highlight a recent gift from our foundation in honor of two long-serving Foundation Board Members, Judge Willis P. Whichard and vocalist and