"What's in the daily news?
I'll tell you what's in the daily news."
(You get a gold star if you can name the musical in which those lyrics appear. Hint: Marlon Brando had a singing role in the movie version.)
What was in the New York Daily News on July 11 was an article about e-books: "Check it out or Click It Out from the New York Public Library."
And here's a relevant YouTube link for your listening pleasure, because musical theatre makes every day better: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JSYwhn3CULY&feature=related
News, Updates, and Information of Interest from Samford University Library
Monday, July 12, 2010
Friday, July 9, 2010
HYMN SOCIETY CONCERTS (!)
With thanks to Paul Richardson, Professor of Music.
As you may know, Samford is hosting the annual conference of The Hymn Society in the United States and Canada from Sunday, July 11, through Thursday, July 15.
More than 200 visitors from across the continent will be on campus for workshops, addresses, reading sessions, and worship. While these sessions are limited to those registered, there will be five hymn festivals that are free and open both to you and to the public.
As you can see, the festivals for this year’s conference are unusually varied:
Sunday, July 11, 7:30 pm, Reid Chapel
“Free at Last: Spiritual Songs of Liberation”
Mary Louise Bringle, Andrew Donaldson, Deborah Carlton Loftis
Monday, July 12, 7:30 pm., Homewood High School
Sacred Harp Singing
David Ivey
Tuesday, July 13, 7:30 pm, Sixth Avenue Baptist Church
“Unsung Hymns by Black and Unknown Bards”
James Abbington
Wednesday, July 14, 7:30 pm, Reid Chapel
“Crazy in Alabama: Longing for Justice in Story and Song”
Kate Campbell
Thursday, July 15, 10:30 am, Reid Chapel
“What Does the Lord Require?”
Jacque Browning Jones, Adam M. L. Tice
You may recogznie some of the names among the festival leaders. Deb Loftis is a former Samford librarian who also taught adjunctively. Her husband John was director of the Alabama Baptist Historical Commission. Deb is the new Executive Director of The Hymn Society and visiting professor of church music at Baptist Theological Seminary in Richmond.
Kate Campbell is a Samford graduate who frequently collaborates with Wayne Flynt.
You may also be interested in attending a pre-conference event. Faythe Freese, associate professor of music at the University of Alabama, will present an organ recital in Hodges Chapel on Sunday, July 11, at 4:00 pm. This recital is being sponsored as a memorial to Gretchen Hartung Anderson, who graduated from the Ida V. Moffett School of Nursing in 1995, by the Hartung and Anderson families.
As you may know, Samford is hosting the annual conference of The Hymn Society in the United States and Canada from Sunday, July 11, through Thursday, July 15.
More than 200 visitors from across the continent will be on campus for workshops, addresses, reading sessions, and worship. While these sessions are limited to those registered, there will be five hymn festivals that are free and open both to you and to the public.
As you can see, the festivals for this year’s conference are unusually varied:
Sunday, July 11, 7:30 pm, Reid Chapel
“Free at Last: Spiritual Songs of Liberation”
Mary Louise Bringle, Andrew Donaldson, Deborah Carlton Loftis
Monday, July 12, 7:30 pm., Homewood High School
Sacred Harp Singing
David Ivey
Tuesday, July 13, 7:30 pm, Sixth Avenue Baptist Church
“Unsung Hymns by Black and Unknown Bards”
James Abbington
Wednesday, July 14, 7:30 pm, Reid Chapel
“Crazy in Alabama: Longing for Justice in Story and Song”
Kate Campbell
Thursday, July 15, 10:30 am, Reid Chapel
“What Does the Lord Require?”
Jacque Browning Jones, Adam M. L. Tice
You may recogznie some of the names among the festival leaders. Deb Loftis is a former Samford librarian who also taught adjunctively. Her husband John was director of the Alabama Baptist Historical Commission. Deb is the new Executive Director of The Hymn Society and visiting professor of church music at Baptist Theological Seminary in Richmond.
Kate Campbell is a Samford graduate who frequently collaborates with Wayne Flynt.
You may also be interested in attending a pre-conference event. Faythe Freese, associate professor of music at the University of Alabama, will present an organ recital in Hodges Chapel on Sunday, July 11, at 4:00 pm. This recital is being sponsored as a memorial to Gretchen Hartung Anderson, who graduated from the Ida V. Moffett School of Nursing in 1995, by the Hartung and Anderson families.
Wednesday, July 7, 2010
HYMN SOCIETY CONFERENCE AND HISTORIC HYMNALS DISPLAY
The Hymn Society in the United States and Canada is holding its annual conference here at Samford July 11-15. The conference theme is "Sing of Justice ~ Sing of Peace."
We invite you to stop by the library and view our display of rare and historic hymnals from the library's Special Collection.
To learn more about the Hymn Society and this year's conference, visit http://www.thehymnsociety.org/conference.html.
We invite you to stop by the library and view our display of rare and historic hymnals from the library's Special Collection.
To learn more about the Hymn Society and this year's conference, visit http://www.thehymnsociety.org/conference.html.
Tuesday, July 6, 2010
Friday, July 2, 2010
FREE E-BOOKS
After the recent series of posts focused on the difficulties surrounding e-books, I thought that our readers deserved some good news. Something exciting. Something that works. And something that is--free. To users at least.
Free audio books. It's true. LibriVox--http://www.librivox.org/--provides free audio books of materials that are in the public domian. Readings are provided by volunteer readers. Jane Austen, Jack London, Mark Twain, Saki, and many many other writers are available. Readings can be downloaded to your computer and burned to audio CD.
Click here to browse the entire catalog.
Click here to search by author or title.
To learn about how the creators of LibriVox make it all work, click here.
This is the Internet at its best. Happy 4th everyone!
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