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Fired up about reading?
If you’ve read a good book lately AND the MW library has a copy of it, stop by to dash off a quick recommendation on a green and gold Dragons Recommend card.
Your card, along with a copy of the book, will be featured on display in the book gutter near the circulation desk, and you’ll be eligible to attend a sip & chat book social with coffee and treats. Just one way that YOU can help build a reading community @ MLWGS.
Check out the newest display in the library’s faculty showcase series: handwoven fabric by Mrs. Barrett Brown. Thanks to the ingenuity of Ms. Lindsay Hawkins, Mrs. Brown’s beautiful handmade scarves, tea towels, placemats, and blankets adorn the library walls. Don’t miss the related window displays: miniature felt hats in the window nearest the computer, and a throw rug and books about textile arts in the main area.
Thank you to Mr. Bear O’Bryan for displaying his meticulous pencil portraits in the library during the 2nd nine weeks.
The library will be starting a new program in 2nd semester: Library Lunch Bites. These will be 15-20 minute workshops about a technology tool related to research or reading. They will be held in the forum during lunch on most Fridays, beginning Feb. 8 when the topic will be the library’s new online catalog, Destiny (which Mrs. Chappell and I will be installing over exam week).
From Feb. 29 through May 30 (with the exception of March 21 and 28), Library Lunch Bites will focus on the 12 Faces of Google series. Watch the blog for info about the top secret topic for Feb. 22.
Thanks to grant funding from the GSGIS Foundation, the library now has two cafe-height tables located near wall outlets.
If you need a quieter atmosphere than the commons, but still need to charge your laptop, drop by the library!
Congratulations to SECSEE for sponsoring an informative Eco Week. Both Monday’s lecture and Thursday’s documentary were thought-provoking. Several students dropped by to pick up eco-volunteer pamphlets on Wednesday as well. Nice work!
Continue the spirit of Eco Week by expanding your environmental knowledge. After exams conclude (since you should focus on those FIRST), check out one of the environment-related books in the display window.
The MW library blog passed the 20,000 mark this morning for the number of times you’ve visited the site since it launched in mid-September (20,044 as of 12:30 today).
Thank you for your continued use of the site and its resources. Remember, if you have any suggestions for improvements or other feedback, feel free to drop me an email or come by the library to chat in person.
