Archive for February, 2008

Glass Castle discussion at Steelcase

February 12th, 2008

Join a discussion of this year’s GVSU Community Reading Project, The Glass Castle, at the Steelcase Library from 5 to 6 p.m. on Monday, February 18.

Other library-sponsored discussions will take place at the Zumberge Library’s Cafe Bibliotheque on Wednesday, February 13 from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. and Wednesday, February 20 from 5 to 6 p.m. Refreshments will be served at the Steelcase Library event. You may register for any of the discussions by clicking here.

Advanced notice — Steelcase Library reading room closed

February 12th, 2008

Due to a special event, the Steelcase Library reading room and reference area will be closed from 3 to 7 p.m. on Wednesday, February 27.

The circulation desk, retrieval system, and computer lab will remain open for GVSU students and staff. Reference services will not be available.

The Curriculum Materials Library, just above the Steelcase Library at 201A DeVos, will be available for quiet study. Its hours on the 27th are 9 a.m. to 9 p.m.

As heard on NPR

February 5th, 2008

GVSU’s acclaimed New Music Ensemble was featured on National Public Radio’s Weekend Edition Sunday February 3 for its notable performance and recording of contemporary composer Steven Reich’s daunting work, Music for 18 Musicians.

You can listen to the NPR broadcast and read the story, Steve Reich: ‘Music for 18 (cornfed) Musicians’ by clicking here. You can also access videos of the performers from that site. The NPR story wasn’t the first time the group received national attention, though. Last fall The New York Times ran a story about the group’s accomplishment, which you can access by clicking here. Want to hear the work? Borrow the library’s copy of the CD, which can be found here.

Congratulations to these accomplished GVSU students and faculty!

Announcing a Browser Toolbar for Library Resouces

February 5th, 2008

We now have a library toolbar you can add to your browser. It works with Firefox and Internet Explorer. To access the information page with links to download the plug-ins click here.

Want to install it on a lab computer? The LibX GVSU Library Toolbar for Firefox can be found in Departmental Applications folder under Library.

Right from this toolbar you can search the library catalog, Nautilus, e-Journals, Google Scholar, Windows Academic Live and WorldCat! There are also links to many library resources including database list, Ares and Document Delivery. If you are in Amazon.com and see a GVSU icon, then we have that item in our catalog! Looking for something you see in a pdf file? Highlight the word and drag it to the Scholar section of the toolbar and Google Scholar will search for it.

Submitted by Mary Morgan, 331-3293

Librarians Provide Story Time at the Children’s Center

February 5th, 2008

Recently the children at the GVSU Children’s Center learned about Eric Carle. Anne Merkle and Rita Kohrman visited on January 17th to read to the children from books written by Eric Carle. The readings included the use of numerous puppets available at the Curriculum Materials Libraries that complimented the stories.

Submitted by Rita Kohrman & Anne Merkle