Are you a Facebook user? Of course you are.
And that means you should read this New York Times article, “The 3 Facebook Settings Every User Should Check Now.” Make sure you know “Who Can See The Things You Share,” “Who Can See Your Personal Info,” and “What Google Can See.”
At the 60th annual National Book Awards last night:
The National Book Award for Fiction went to Colum McCann for his novel, Let the Great World Spin
Keith Waldrop won the Poetry award for his book, Transcendental Studies: A Trilogy
T.J. Stiles won the award for Nonfiction with The First Tycoon: The Epic Life of Cornelius Vanderbilt
Good reading for a long break. More good reading on the library’s Good Reading page.
On Thursday, September 17, 2009 (Constitution Day), Lawrence University will join in the national commemoration of the adoption of the Constitution of the United States (on September 17, 1787). As part of this celebration, the college has created a web site with links to information on the Constitution, its creation, and its relevance today.
In addition, the Mudd Library is ofering a display on the U.S. Constitution from the library’s collections. Items in the exhibit include various facts about the Constitution, a copy of what the Constitution looked like in its handwritten form, a selection of books about the Constitution from the library’s collection, and the availability of the Constitution in various languages. Don’t miss it!
Check the Library’s Lost and Found at the Circulation Desk. All items in the Library’s Lost and Found will be taken to the information desk this Friday, January 30th
John Updike, novelist, essayist, critic, poet, and Lawrence convo speaker, died today at the age of 76. Updike spoke at Lawrence in 1993 and a recording is available in the library. You can, of course, search LUCIA for many, many other works by Updike..
Well, our best laid plans to show live streaming video of today’s events in D.C. went awry, but that doesn’t mean we gave up. We live to serve! And as evidence groups could be found huddled around office PC monitors throughout the Mudd watching history being made.
Here’s the text of Elizabeth Alexander’s poem, read at the inauguration of President Obama. You can find out more about Elizabeth Alexander at her website or you can search for works by Alexander in the library catalog.
The Mudd is hosting a viewing of the Presidential Inauguration on Tuesday, January 20th from 10:00am to 1:00pm. Live streaming video of the events will take place on the first floor by the south end study area. Stop by and check out the action!
This year’s National Book Award winners were announced Wednesday, November 19 in New York.
Fiction: Peter Matthiessen, Shadow Country
Nonfiction: Annette Gordon-Reed, The Hemingses of Monticello: An
American Family
Young People’s Literature: Judy Blundell, What I Saw and How I Lied
Poetry: Mark Doty, Fire to Fire: New and Collected Poems
ATTENTION STUDENTS:
The last day to submit interlibrary loan requests for Fall Term is Monday, November 24.
Note: All interlibrary loan materials are due back on Monday, December 8.
Please contact the Interlibrary Loan office if you have any questions or concerns.
