Perhaps you missed the moon landing by a few years. Perhaps you feel a little spacey about the space program. Or perhaps you just like good nonfiction.
To celebrate the 40th anniversary of the moon landing, the Association of American University Presses has updated its book list on the topic Space Flight and Exploration, which was originally published in 2003. A new subject category is "to the Moon." More than 20 new titles are featured.” Blast off to http://news.shelf-awareness.com/nview.jsp?appid=411&j=725227 and explore for yourself.
News, Updates, and Information of Interest from Samford University Library
Wednesday, July 22, 2009
Thursday, July 2, 2009
RECENT E-BOOK ACQUISITIONS
We are pleased to announce our most recent list of electronic book acquistions. We will be adding many more titles to this list over the next few months. A list of the current new acquistions is available here:
http://library.samford.edu/newacq/ebooks.html
http://library.samford.edu/newacq/ebooks.html
Thursday, May 7, 2009
FREE ACCESS TO SWINE FLU FACTS
In times like these, rumors, misinformation and conjecture lay the foundation for panic. Help your community learn the facts about H1N1, commonly known as the swine flu, with free access to resources from the Gale company.
The following site is dedicated to providing up-to-date news and information about the swine flu from around the world, and dozens of eBooks from Gale and its partners providing provide scientific and historical facts about H1N1:
http://www.uptilt.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=4rs,16gzq,2pt5,kizf,hbvy,601g,hcd
The following site is dedicated to providing up-to-date news and information about the swine flu from around the world, and dozens of eBooks from Gale and its partners providing provide scientific and historical facts about H1N1:
http://www.uptilt.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=4rs,16gzq,2pt5,kizf,hbvy,601g,hcd
Wednesday, May 6, 2009
BARNES & NOBLE SUMMER READING PROGRAM
Barnes & Noble is starting up their 2009 Summer Reading program.
Your child will need to read 8 books of his or her own choosing and record them in the Summer Reading Journal available here:
http://images.bn.com/pimages/bn-junior/resources/2009/Summer_Reading_Journal.pdf
A parent/guardian signs the journal when it's complete. Then the child can bring his or her completed Reading Journal to a Barnes & Noble store between May 26th & September 7th, 2009 and get a coupon for a FREE book! You can check out more details here: http://www.barnesandnoble.com/summerreading/ .
Your child will need to read 8 books of his or her own choosing and record them in the Summer Reading Journal available here:
http://images.bn.com/pimages/bn-junior/resources/2009/Summer_Reading_Journal.pdf
A parent/guardian signs the journal when it's complete. Then the child can bring his or her completed Reading Journal to a Barnes & Noble store between May 26th & September 7th, 2009 and get a coupon for a FREE book! You can check out more details here: http://www.barnesandnoble.com/summerreading/ .
Thursday, April 30, 2009
INTERLIBRARY LOAN TRANSACTIONS REACH 50,000
We all know that the University Library is home to thousands of books, articles, and special collections materials. What may be less obvious is the essential work carried out by Gail Barton, Bradley Harris, and their small army of student workers in the Interlibrary Loan Department on the second floor of the University Library.
College and university libraries have a long-standing practice of lending materials to one another, and Samford is certainly no exception. In fact, our Interlibrary Loan department is very active both in borrowing from other libraries and lending Samford-owned materials to others.
As of this afternoon, April 30, 2009, the Interlibrary Loan Department reached the 50,000 mark: 50,000 total requests processing through ILL since July of 2005. What a great achievement for this hard-working and essential service.
Moreover, ILL has been closed in on this 50,000 number very quickly. The department reached the 40,000 mark on September 6, 2008--just last fall. The most recent 10,000 items borrowed and lent have been processed in less than a year.
Gail and her team labor largely in the background, but the contribution of ILL to the intellectual life of Samford is immeasurable. Congratulations to Gail Barton and the Interlibrary Loan Department on a great achievement.
College and university libraries have a long-standing practice of lending materials to one another, and Samford is certainly no exception. In fact, our Interlibrary Loan department is very active both in borrowing from other libraries and lending Samford-owned materials to others.
As of this afternoon, April 30, 2009, the Interlibrary Loan Department reached the 50,000 mark: 50,000 total requests processing through ILL since July of 2005. What a great achievement for this hard-working and essential service.
Moreover, ILL has been closed in on this 50,000 number very quickly. The department reached the 40,000 mark on September 6, 2008--just last fall. The most recent 10,000 items borrowed and lent have been processed in less than a year.
Gail and her team labor largely in the background, but the contribution of ILL to the intellectual life of Samford is immeasurable. Congratulations to Gail Barton and the Interlibrary Loan Department on a great achievement.
Thursday, April 16, 2009
OPEN MIC POETRY READING
We had a fantastic open mic poetry reading today. Birmingham poet Michael Virga was our emcee for this event, at which 20+ students, faculty and staff shared their favorite poems as well as some of their own poetry. To view more photos, visit our Facebook pages. 
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