Attention Faculty: Schedule A Library Instruction Session Now!

At Blackwell Library, we have a dynamic and active library instruction program.  We encourage faculty to bring their classes to one of our instruction labs so that students can learn about library resources, evaluating information, and correct citation with hands on practice.  We can also make tutorials, web guides and handouts specifically tailored to your students' needs.  Visit our instruction web page for more information: http://www.salisbury.edu/library/instruction/index.html or get in touch with your Library Liaison (http://www.salisbury.edu/library/subject/index.html.)

Government Document of the Month: August

For an interesting vacation destination this August see our Government Document of the Month display on the Civil War located on the first floor of the library.  There are several handbooks and a trail guide featuring a variety of Civil War sites or memorials.  The documents offer a little something for everyone from a history buff to a military hobbyist to a family looking to combine travel with education.  There is also a website address directing the user to an archive of newspaper stories from events in Maryland during the War.

Our Leisure Reading Collection Gets Its First Graphic Novel

Just arrived for our Leisure Reading Collection: Ray Bradbury’s The Martian Chronicles by Dennis Calero.  This addition marks our first graphic novel in the collection.  This authorized adaptation graphically translates fourteen of Bradbury’s interconnected science fiction stories into one novel.

Here’s the summary [taken from the inside cover]: “The Earthmen came by the handful, then the hundreds, then the millions.  They swept aside the majestic, dying Martian civilization to build their homes, shopping malls, and cities.  Mars began as a place of boundless hopes and dreams, a planet to replace an Earth sinking into waste and war. It became a canvas for mankind’s follies and darkest desires.”

The Leisure Reading Collection is located on the main floor of the library near the elevator and Circulation Desk.

A Book Review - from our Leisure Reading Collection!

It's the season of reading!  Nothing says summer like stretching out on the beach or maybe in your backyard hammock with a great book.  Here's one to check out:

For a good summer read, try Strip by Thomas Perry, one of the McNaughton books in our Leisure Book Collection.  It starts out with a case of mistaken identity and takes off from there with a wide array of funny, off-beat characters.  Somehow Perry brings it all together with several surprises thrown in by the end.

(Review courtesy of Susan Wheatley)

For Strip and other great summer reads, check out the Leisure Reading bookcases on the first floor of the library to the left of the circulation desk.

June - Government Document of the Month

Looking for some healthy hints to get in shape for the summer and for the rest of your life?  Take a look at the two government documents of the month.  The first is an oldie but goodie, Aqua Dynamics:  water exercises are the new way to stay in shape.  The other featured item is A Lifetime of Good Health:  your guide to staying healthy.  Please see the Government Documents display on the first floor and have a great, healthy summer!

2011 Library Art Prize

We are pleased to announce this year's Library Art Prize.  The artist is Edward L. Howard, Jr., and the work, a pastel on paper, is entitled Human Condition Part I.   Howard's work will be displayed on the main floor of Blackwell Library along with the two prior years' winning entries.

Artist Edward L. Howard, Jr. is pictured on the left. Dr. Alice Bahr, Dean of the Library, and Stephen Ford, Chair of Research and Instructional Services are pictured on the right.

Final Exam Hours @ Blackwell

The library's hours for the next week are as follows:

Friday 5/13:         8 am - 2 am
Saturday 5/14:   10 am - 10 pm
Sunday 5/15:      11am - 2 am
Monday 5/16:      8 am - 2 am
Tuesday 5/17:      8 am - 2 am
Wednesday 5/18: 8 am - 11 pm
Thursday 5/19:     8 am - 4 pm
Friday 5/20:         8 am - 4 pm
Saturday 5/21:     Closed

The hours for the computer lab, BL203, are as follows:

Friday 5/13:        8 am - 10 pm
Saturday 5/14:    10 am - 10 pm
Sunday 5/15:      11 am - 10 pm
Monday 5/16:      8 am  - 10 pm
Tuesday 5/17:      8 am - 10 pm
Wednesday 5/18: 8 am - 10 pm
Thursday 5/19:    Closed
Friday 5/20:        Closed

Good luck on your exams!