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Source: Chronicle of Higher Education from a guest post by Joanna Swafford, a PhD candidate in English at the University of Virginia April 9.
Wednesday, April 10, 2013
Tuesday, April 09, 2013
2013 Orion Book Award
Apocalyptic Planet Wins the 2013 Orion Book Award!
Congratulations to Craig Childs, whose book Apocalyptic Planet: Field Guide to the Everending Earth has won the 2013 Orion Book Award. "An engaging mix of adventure, science, and thoughtful storytelling," is how Orion's editors describe Childs's book, which puts an entirely new spin on our usual preoccupations with climate change and catastrophe in general. It will soon be in the Hoffman Family Library.
Congratulations to Craig Childs, whose book Apocalyptic Planet: Field Guide to the Everending Earth has won the 2013 Orion Book Award. "An engaging mix of adventure, science, and thoughtful storytelling," is how Orion's editors describe Childs's book, which puts an entirely new spin on our usual preoccupations with climate change and catastrophe in general. It will soon be in the Hoffman Family Library.
Thursday, April 04, 2013
HOFFMAN FAMILY LIBRRY MAKERSPACE BEGINS
Professional Button Machine
The Hoffman Family Library has purchased a professional Button Machine for our Maker Space. We have button machine a\nd circle cutter that allows us to design online and make our own buttons in a wide variety of types. Our first run of buttons was this afternoon and only a few are left.
Picture of the Week
Rush Hour takes on a whole new meaning at Yellowstone!
Picture from the National Park Service
Tuesday, April 02, 2013
84,900 EBOOKS IN EBRARY!
ebrary has recently added over 3,800 scholarly titles to our subscription database, Academic Complete, from over 150 publishers. An ideal base collection, Academic Complete now includes a growing selection of more than 84,900 e-books.
But, that's not all. The most used e-book titles in universities and colleges are often backlist! In addition to adding 3,500 quality titles to Academic Complete, ebrary has also added must-have 850+ backlist titles selected from featured lists such as CHOICE Outstanding Academic Titles and Doody’s Core Titles.
In addition, Wiley E-books is coming to Academic Complete soon and will add 2,000 front-list titles over the coming months. A full title list and update schedule will be available shortly.
Workshops on using ebrary are available for faculty and students.
But, that's not all. The most used e-book titles in universities and colleges are often backlist! In addition to adding 3,500 quality titles to Academic Complete, ebrary has also added must-have 850+ backlist titles selected from featured lists such as CHOICE Outstanding Academic Titles and Doody’s Core Titles.
In addition, Wiley E-books is coming to Academic Complete soon and will add 2,000 front-list titles over the coming months. A full title list and update schedule will be available shortly.
Workshops on using ebrary are available for faculty and students.
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