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Elizabeth Catlett
Printmaker and activist, Elizabeth Catlett died recently. If you are a student of MSJ Art professor, Craig Lloyd, you’re probably well acquainted with Catlett’s wood block prints. An exquisite resource on Catlett in the MSJ Library’s collection that is currently … Continue reading
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100 Best Beach Books–According to NPR Fans
I don’t know about you, but I love lists–especially “best of” lists. Click the link below to find the best 100 beach books according to more than 16,000 NPR listeners. http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=106983620 Cheers, POJ
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DARE & OED
For most people DARE and OED look like cryptic code, but to many researchers and librarians DARE and OED are abbreviations for two of the most beloved and definitive reference works. DARE stands for Dictionary of American Regional English. It … Continue reading
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IDS Faculty Guide for In Country
Each year the College of Mount St. Joseph chooses a book to be the IDS 100 Freshman Reader. This year’s selection is In Country by Kentucky author Bobbie Ann Mason. In conjunction with the reader, the library’s Head of Public … Continue reading
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ATM for Books
On Demand Books is a company that recently started a remarkable experiment: sell books using the print-on-demand model via a vending machine. The company describes its approach as an “ATM for Books…Library quality paperbacks at low cost, identical to factory … Continue reading
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Record-Breaking OhioLINK Requests!
Students and Faculty Borrowed Record-Breaking 30,000 Books and Library Materials Jan. 5-11 This may be the electronic age, but Ohio’s college students and faculty members are utilizing books and other physical library materials in ever-increasing numbers. Ohio’s college students and … Continue reading
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Libraries Offer Information, Not Just Books
Much as we love books, librarians are now in a situation where we need to promote the fact that libraries contain more than just books. An OCLC (Online Computer Library Center) report titled College Students’ Perceptions of Libraries and Information … Continue reading
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