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Please mark your calendars! All members of the College community are cordially invited to attend
Hoover Library will host a free five-part reading and discussion series called “Let’s Talk About It: Jewish Literature – Identity and Imagination.” The series explores Jewish literature and culture through scholar-led discussions of the Jewish Graphic Novel. Hoover is one of 250 libraries nationwide receiving American Library Association (ALA) grants to host the series, developed by Nextbook and the ALA. Local partners include the Interpreters Forum, Carroll County Public Library and Carroll Community College Library.
All sessions will be held from 7:00-8:30 pm in the Hoover Library Board Room. The first will explore /A Contract with God/ by Will Eisner, and will be held on Tuesday, September 11, 2007. / The Complete Maus: A Survivor’s Tale/ by Art Spiegelman will follow on October 9. /Julius Knipl, Real Estate Photographer/ by Ben Katcher will be our subject on October 23, with /The Quitter/ by Harvey Pekar receiving our attention on November 6, and /The Rabbi’s Cat/ by Joann Sfar bringing the series to a close on December 4. Light refreshments will be served.
Dr. Arthur Lesley, Associate Professor of Hebrew Language and Literature at Baltimore Hebrew University, will serve as the series scholar. He holds a PhD in Comparative Literature from the University of California, Berkeley, and his varied research interests include Hebrew literature in Renaissance Italy. Previously he led a discussion series on “Demons, Golems and Dybbuks: Monsters of the Jewish Imagination,” at Enoch Pratt Free Library in Baltimore.
Copies of the discussion series books are available for check out at Hoover Library, Carroll County Public Library Westminster Branch, and Carroll Community College Library.
For more details, contact Debbie at extension 2281, or visit the discussion series website at www.carr.org/jl .
Welcome Back!
We hope everyone had a wonderful summer and are ready to resume life on the Hill. The summer brought many changes to Hoover Library, including staffing and departmental changes, a new software program aimed at making it easier to access full-text articles, and the debut of a brand new website. It’s been very exciting to say the least.
Website
We hope you like the new website! Please keep in mind that it is a work in progress, so things may be changing throughout the semester. What we are hoping for is feedback from you so we can make the site both aesthetically pleasing and easy to navigate. If you have any suggestions or questions, or if there is something you can’t find on the new website, please email Rhonda Stricklett rstricklett@mcdaniel.edu or Sally Jones sajones@mcdaniel.edu.
360 Link
We also have a new software program called 360 Link. The purpose of 360 Link is to provide more options for accessing full-text articles when searching in our databases. So, for example, let’s say you’re searching for articles on poverty in a database, like Academic Search Premiere, and you find an abstract of an article that isn’t available full-text in that database. If you click on the 360 Link option or the text that says: Click here for full-text availability, depending on the database, the software program will check all of the online databases. This should make finding information just a little bit easier!
Staffing Changes
Hoover Library also experienced some staffing changes over the summer. The AV department, which used to located on the second floor of the Library, is now under the realm of IT. Heshmat Badiee and AV services are now located in the basement of Lewis Hall, extension 2779. We also said goodbye to Michael Vyskocil, Circulation Desk Supervisor, who left the Library in July to pursue other activities. But, we are happy to report, that the position has been filled by Angie Rasche! Please join us in welcoming her to Hoover Library!
