Celebrate National Library Week!!

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Library Week After Action Report

Thanks to everyone who participated for helping make Library Week last week such a great success!  The pizza and snowball day had an excellent turn out and there certainly wasn't any leftovers.  Many people also took us up on the offer of fine free book returns to their great advantage.  :)

On Friday the library had a drawing for the Library Week Raffle, and the winner of the Kindle e-book reader was Anita Gautreaux.  Congratulations Anita!

raffle prize presentation

Thanks again to all who enjoyed the Library Week events.  Hope you all had an excellent time!

Celebrate Library Week - April 16 - 20

The Library is celebrating this week. Come join us! For our raffle, look for the Library flyers. Each flyer displays a quote from a book in the Library. Decipher the quote by searching our online catalog with the call number (located at the bottom of the flyer) or scan the QR code (also at the bottom of the flyer) with your smart phone. If you don't have a code scanner, there are a few great free apps: Red Laser Barcode Scanner, AT&T Code Scanner and ScanLife Barcode Reader are just a few. Good luck to everyone who enters!
Also, don't miss the pizza and snowballs on Wednesday, 12-2 in the Library Commons parking lot. Details of Library Week are below.

National Novel Writing Month

November is National Novel Writing Month, the month long challenge to write your very own 50,000 word novel.
The library here has multiple useful resources for the dedicated novel writer.  Beyond mere unabridged dictionaries, we have style guides for grammar and both general and subject specific encyclopedias for that all important background information.  Both can be found in the reference room of the main library building.  To see what's available before making the trek over in weather like we're having today, you can peruse the library catalog in advance.

More resources are available online through NetLibrary.  If you haven't done so already, you can contact the library to set up an account to be able to access NetLibrary resources from home.  The resourceful novelist will find these sources extremely handy when trying to make their spaceships sound scientifically viable or their illiterate peasants period correct.

Most student researchers will already know how very useful it is to search in EBSCO to find current research for academic papers, but what you might not have realized is that we have a whole other resource for searching newspaper articles from across the globe.  If you're looking to base your court drama or tale of ciminal activity on real events, searching LexisNexis will help find the stories you can rip straight from the headlines.

Don't forget, while you're doing all this research for your novel, that you should still be avoiding plagiarism.  A novelist may not be citing works they use as inspiration, but they're not paraphrasing a source and calling it a novel.  Be aware of where your words end and theirs begin.  It's also a good habit to be in for the rest of your writing.  Try to keep a record of what resources you use and thank their authors when you're finished.

Good luck to anyone making the attempt.  I hope you'll all share your novel writing success stories in December. :)

OLOL Open House - Saturday, October 30

The College Open House day will be hosted this coming Saturday, October 30th, at the Library Commons.  For more general information about the event click here.

For an itinerary click here.

If you're a little lost and don't know where the Commons is, here's a map.

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Films @ the Library

The College Library Films @ the Library! Presents the film, Four Rooms.

This Films @ the Library showing will take place this Thursday, August 26 at 7:15. The main College Library is located at 5329 Didesse Drive.

Twice a month, the Library will showcase films that are edgy, artsy, educational, indy, animation, anime, or just good stories. Popcorn and soft drinks will be available.

See you at the movie!

Films @ The Library

The College Library Films @ the Library! Presents the Ang Lee film Eat Drink Man Woman.

This Films @ the Library showing will take place this Thursday, August 12 at 7:15. The main College Library is located at 5329 Didesse Drive.

Twice a month, the Library will showcase films that are edgy, artsy, educational, indy, animation, anime, or just good stories. Popcorn and soft drinks will be available.

See you at the movie!

The College Library announces a new program series: Films @ the Library!

The Films @ the Library series begins this Thursday, July 29 at 7:15 with the showing of Big Fish. Twice a month, the Library will showcase films that are edgy, artsy, educational, indy, animation, anime, or just good stories. Popcorn and soft drinks will be available.

Students, faculty and staff are encouraged to suggest films and perhaps faculty or student organizations would like to sponsor a film and hold a discussion session after the showing.

National Library Week

This week is National Library Week and to celebrate our library is hosting a number of exciting events.

At 9:00am on Monday (today!) there will be coffee and doughnuts at the library to start off the celebration.
On Wednesday at 11:30am there will be pizza and snow cones at the library - with the fist 100 snow cones being free.
On Friday at 11:00am there will be a prize drawing for Community Coffee gift cards - winners will be notified by email.

The American Library Association explains what National Library Week is and what it's all about:

 National Library Week will be observed April 11-17, 2010 with the theme, "Communities thrive @ your library®."


First sponsored in 1958, National Library Week is a national observance sponsored by the American Library Association (ALA) and libraries across the country each April. It is a time to celebrate the contributions of our nation's libraries and librarians and to promote library use and support. All types of libraries - school, public, academic and special - participate.

Many school libraries also celebrate the month of April as School Library Month sponsored by the American Association of School Librarians, a division of ALA, with the same theme as National Library Week. National Library Workers Day, celebrated the Tuesday of National Library Week (April 14, 2009), is a day for library staff, users, administrators and Friends groups to recognize the valuable contributions made by all library workers.

The Public Information Office of the American Library Association coordinates the promotion, placing articles in national media. Librarians, Friends and trustees of libraries join in sponsoring local promotions. Posters and other promotional materials are available through the ALA Graphics Catalog.

The ALA Public Awareness Committee assists in planning National Library Week and related activities. The committees hold open meetings at the ALA Annual Conference and Midwinter Meeting. Suggestions are welcome.

History

In the mid-1950s, research showed that Americans were spending less on books and more on radios, televisions and musical instruments. Concerned that Americans were reading less, the ALA and the American Book Publishers formed a nonprofit citizens organization called the National Book Committee in 1954. The committee's goals were ambitious. They ranged from "encouraging people to read in their increasing leisure time" to "improving incomes and health" and "developing strong and happy family life."

In 1957, the committee developed a plan for National Library Week based on the idea that once people were motivated to read, they would support and use libraries. With the cooperation of ALA and with help from the Advertising Council, the first National Library Week was observed in 1958 with the theme "Wake Up and Read!"

National Library Week was observed again in 1959, and the ALA Council voted to continue the annual celebration. When the National Book Committee disbanded in 1974, ALA assumed full sponsorship.

National Catholic Colleges Week

February 21st through 27th is National Catholic Colleges Week this year.  To celebrate this week, we here in the library are hosting cake and punch Wednesday the 17th from 1:00pm to 3:00pm.  Everyone is invited and the treats are sure to be delicious.

Also here in the library we have a display of notable Catholic books in the lobby of the main library.  Titles include Sacrament of Unity, Introduction to Christology, and Resurrecting Jesus.  The display can be found directly underneath the TV to the right of the main doors.

 More information about National Catholic Colleges Week and how other churches and schools are participating in the event can be found at the event website.

 

February’s E-Book of the month is also a Catholic pick.  Sense of the Faithful: How American Catholics Live Their Faith by Jerome P. Baggett is an act of listening that allows ordinary Catholics to speak for themselves about how they understand their faith and how they draw upon it to find purpose in their lives.  For this book Baggett conducted 300 intensive interviews with members of six parishes to explore all aspects of the question: are American Catholics really so nonchalant about how they integrate the ancient devotional practices of Catholicism with the everyday struggles of the modern world?

Our NetLibrary* E-Book collection is available at through the Library homepage by selecting “Electronic Book Collection.”

* To access the NetLibrary book collection:

1. If you are on campus you do not have to log in. Go to the College Library homepage and click on "Electronic Books." From here you can search our eBook collection (through NetLibrary).

2. To access from off-campus, you will need to create a free account. This account must be created from on campus. To create the account:
• Click on "Electronic Books" from the College Library homepage.
• Click on "Create a Free Account" in the upper right hand corner.
• Once you have done this, you can access from off campus.

3. If you have any questions, call the library and ask for help!
• Phone: 225-768-1730
• Email: library@ololcollege.edu

Just a little news.

For those just getting started in the wonderful world of citation the LSU library has a whole page of helpful style guides to get you started.  APA, MLA, and even Turabian have useful links to resources that will help you cite with the appropriate style.

The Hendrix College Bailey Library also keeps a page of handy resources, including the quick and dirty how to with examples for APA, Chicago, and MLA pages.

Our wiki page also has a few more handy links for your researching needs.  Just scroll through the list to find what you need.  There are print books physically in the library if you still need help.

In other news, LSU's Middleton Library is having an exhibit called Harry Potter's World: Renaissance Science, Magic and Medicine.  If you're interested this exhibit will run through January 24 to March 6 in the lobby at Middleton Library at LSU Baton Rouge.  Original books dated as early as 1536 will be on display in the lecture hall and the panels on display are viewable on the web thanks to the National Library of Medicine.

National Library Week BBQ

The Library recognized National Library Week April 12th-18th. Hot dogs, nachos and drinks were enjoyed by all on Friday, the 17th, in celebration.

~Thanks to Everyone who Celebrated with Us!~

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