The Boyden Library is currently featuring a display of books that were given as a gift by Bloomsbury Press. Nigel Newton, DA Class of 1973, is the founder and chief executive of Bloomsbury Press.
for many of Deerfield Academy's inspiring events.
Wednesday, December 22, 2010
Thursday, December 9, 2010
December Library Question of the Month
At the request of his daughter, this Deerfield Academy alumnus published J. K. Rowling's Harry Potter Series. Who is he?
Be sure to drop off your answer in the Question of the Month Box located at the entrance of our library. Good luck!
From all the correct answers, a winner will be drawn and a prize will be awarded on January 3, 2011.
Tuesday, December 7, 2010
School Meeting December 7: Human Rights Watch
The Tuesday, December 7 School Meeting featured Carol Bogart of Human Rights Watch. Ms. Bogart discussed the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and overviewed her organization's mission of focusing upon research, writing reports of violations of human rights in each country around the world, and of publicizing these research documents with the goal of making the abuses stop.
Visit the library for more information on human rights.
Tuesday, November 30, 2010
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The Boyden Library subscribes to NoodleBib ..."The Web's most comprehensive and accurate MLA ...bibliography composer with fully-integrated note-taking."*
Thursday, November 11, 2010
Visit the Boyden Library Moodle Web Page
To view a selection of the library's recent instruction classes as well as our current production of Use Your Noodle with NoodleBib slide shows, visit the library's Moodle webpage. No registration is required ~ sign in as our guest.
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Friday, November 5, 2010
2010 Nobel Prize in Literature Winner: Mario Vargas Llosa
The Nobel Prize in Literature 2010
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The Nobel Prize in Literature for 2010 is awarded to the Peruvian author Mario Vargas Llosa "for his cartography of structures of power and his trenchant images of the individual’s resistance, revolt, and defeat".
"The Nobel Prize in Literature 2010 - Press Release". Nobelprize.org. 5 Nov 2010 http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/literature/laureates/2010/press.html
Thursday, November 4, 2010
Library Question of the Month
November Library Question of the Month
Who were the Three Furies?
Be sure to drop off your answer in the Question of the Month Box located at the entrance of our library. Good luck!
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What famous poet's father invented the candy, Life Savers?
Answer: Hart Crane
The library received 13 correct answers and a winner was randomly selected. Congratulations to David Shin!
Life Savers are the Boyden Library Theme Candy
When you need the best information quickly,
Library Staff are Life Savers.
Ask us for help.
Tuesday, October 26, 2010
School Meeting October 26: Teen Health and Wellness
October 28 Academy Event Speaker: Paul Rogat Loeb
Happy Halloween
Albany Road Coffee House on Halloween
A Halloween coffee house with spooky stories and poems! Everyone is welcome.
Wednesday, October 20, 2010
School Meeting October 19: Children of Kibera Foundation
"And the way to be happy
is to make someone happy
and to have a little heaven on earth"
is to make someone happy
and to have a little heaven on earth"
The October 19 School Meeting featured speaker Ken Okoth who overviewed Children of Kibera Foundation's goal of providing quality education to all of Kenya's children. For more information on Kenya and Africa, visit the Boyden Library Guide to Resources on Africa website.
School Meeting October 12: In the Absence of the Archive
"In the Absence of the Archive: Oral History in Post-Conflict Societies" |
School Meeting October 5: Heritage Award Winner, William Zinsser
Heritage Award Winner, William Zinsser, Class of 1940
A selection of Mr. Zinsser's works is available for loan at the library.
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