Wednesday, March 20, 2013

What's your Favorite Children's Book?



CSU students, faculty, and staff are invited to share their favorite children's book during National Library Week.

Sign up today to participate by emailing the name of the book and the author to:  jones_michelle@columbusstate.edu

Each reader will have 5-7 minutes to share a few words about the book and to read an excerpt.

Deadline for signing up is Wednesday, April 10th at 5:00 p.m.

Wednesday, March 13, 2013

Happy Pi Day, 2013


Pi, Greek letter (), is the symbol for the ratio of the circumference of a circle to its diameter. According to the Pi Day website, Pi Day is celebrated by math enthusiasts around the world on March 14th. Pi = 3.1415926535…

With the use of computers, Pi has been calculated to over 1 trillion digits past the decimal. Pi is an irrational and transcendental number meaning it will continue infinitely without repeating. The symbol for Pi was first used in 1706 by William Jones, but was popular after it was adopted by the Swiss mathematician Leonhard Euler in 1737.

In honor of Pi Day, you're invited to discover MathSciNet®. MathSciNet® is an electronic publication within GALILEO which offers access to a carefully maintained and easily searchable database of reviews, abstracts and bibliographic information for much of the mathematical sciences literature. Over 100,000 new items are added each year, most of them classified according to the Mathematics Subject Classification. MathSciNet® contains over 2 million items and over 1 million direct links to original articles. Bibliographic data from retrodigitized articles dates back to the early 1800s. Reference lists are collected and matched internally from approximately 450 journals, and citation data for journals, authors, articles and reviews is provided.

Happy Pi Day! Happy Discovery!

Thursday, February 28, 2013

Library Hours for Spring Break



The Library will be closed Saturday, March 2nd through Monday, March 4th for Spring Break.

The Library will be open Tuesday, March 5th - Friday, March 8th from 8:00 AM - 5 PM. 

Regular hours of operation will resume on Saturday, March 9th. 

To schedule your next visit, please refer to the Library's online calendar.

From all of us at the CSU Libraries, have a safe Spring Break!  

Friday, February 15, 2013

Kimberly’s Bunny Gets a Wild Hair

Once upon a time, there was a sweet little bunny who visited the Schwob Library.  He was told emphatically by his Kimberly to stay inside his warm backpack.  When he saw the beautiful paintings by Librarian Tom (Ganzevoort) and the cool lime green chairs, the temptation was far too great.  The curious little bunny decided to experience the library for himself. 

For almost 48 hours, the little bunny ran to and fro looking at all of the great things the library has to offer.  He especially loved the Audubon magazine as he happens to be an avid bird watcher.  He thought to himself that it would be fun to read “Squirrel Seeks Chipmunk” by David Sedaris in the McNaughton Collection.  Little did he know that his Kimberly was terribly worried.  She wrote letters to both friends and strangers telling them that her little bunny was lost.  She posted flyers outside of the library which told the plight of her little friend. 

When the little bunny became very, very hungry, he made his way to the vending area at the library’s entrance.  It was there that a Cougar named Jane (she’s a CSU student) found the lost, hungry little bunny.  That afternoon, Jane became a hero, Kimberly’s heart was mended, and the sweet little bunny went home with wonderful memories of his fun library adventure.

Moral of the Story:  There’s no place like home especially if you’re a little lost bunny without your cell phone. 
Pamela Y. McCreless, Blogger
CSU Libraries
Systems Department

Tuesday, February 12, 2013

Earlier Hours for the Schwob Library

What’s the best thing a library can be?        --Open!

Beginning Monday, February 18th, the Simon Schwob Memorial Library will open earlier at 7:00 a.m., Monday - Friday.  Also, extended library hours will be announced for midterms and finals each semester. Visit the CSU Libraries homepage for library hours and more: http://library.columbusstate.edu/
 
 
Image by opensourceway, Flickr.com user
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Tuesday, February 5, 2013

Celebrating Black History Month

Just in time for Black History Month, February's CSU Libraries: In the Stacks virtual display of seasonal selections features books by 20th century black authors.

Continuing the celebration, the CSU Libraries will present the 2013 African American Read-In on February 21st at 2 PM at the CSU Main Campus Library.  All students, staff, and faculty are invited to participate in reading a selection from a favorite African American author.  Please sign up at the Reference Desk or email Michelle Jones at jones_michelle@columbusstate.edu  This year's special guest is professional storyteller, LaDoris Bias-Davis.



LaDoris Bias-Davis has been telling tales and facilitating workshops across the United States for fifteen years.  Her programs are tailored to schools, libraries, youth groups, Early Childhood organizations, literacy/reading programs, motivational assemblies, corporations, family reunions, and more.

Ms. Bias-Davis earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Speech and Theatre and earned a graduate degree in Early Literacy Education.
Source:  http://www.kuumbastorytellers.org/LaDorisDavis.html


Friday, January 25, 2013

ARTstor Down for Systems Upgrade

ARTstor will be performing an upgrade to its systems.  ARTstor will be unavailable beginning Saturday, January 26th at 11:00 p.m., EST through Sunday, January 27th at 1:00 p.m., EST. 

If you have any questions or need additional assistance, please Ask a Librarian or contact the Information Services Reference Desk at 706-507-8671.

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