Teen Read Week @ the Boyden Library

October 12 - 20, 2012

We invite you to visit the Boyden Library to celebrate Teen Read Week!  Check out the titles in our Teen Collection.

"Teen Read Week is a time to celebrate reading for fun and encourage teens to take advantage of reading in all its forms —books and magazines, e-books, audiobooks and more — and become regular library users."

from Young Adult Library Service Association, American Library Association 

A question involving a gentle giant

This book, by a DA alumnus who is a noted sports writer and columnist, tells the story of a “gentle giant” who revolutionized pro sports in America. 

Our September 2012 Library Question of the Month is ...

What is the title of this book & who wrote it? 

Be sure to drop off your answer in the Question of the Month Box located on the first floor of our library.  Good luck!

From all the correct answers, a winner will be drawn and a prize will be awarded on October 1, 2012.

Thank You DASAC Artists

Thank you to all of our DASAC friends who created a special surprise for our library staff – a lovely poster that showcases the importance of libraries and reading.   Be sure to visit the library to admire our DASAC poster — currently on display at our Circulation Desk.

Introducing Slavery and Anti-Slavery: A Transnational Archive

"Debates over Slavery and Abolition. Slavery and Anti-Slavery includes collections from the United States and Europe on the worldwide movement for the abolition of slavery in the eighteenth and nineteenth century.

• This database contains:

• 1.5 million cross-searchable pages: 7285 books, 79 serials, 16 manuscript collections and 377 supreme court records and briefs
• Newly commissioned essays, links to websites, biographies, chronology and bibliographies; reference materials from Macmillan, Charles Scribner's Sons and Gale encyclopedias
• Collections published through partnerships with the Amistad Research Center, Oberlin College, Oxford University and many other institutions"

Gale Cengage Learning

A "Must See" Movie

A "must see" movie

Happy Summer Vacation! 

 We look forward to seeing you this fall.

Fall Fashions for some of our Seniors

Summer Reading 2012

Required Reading

• Freshmen and Sophomores
• Juniors
• Seniors

Introducing GREENR (Global Reference on the Environment, Energy and Natural Resources)

"GREENR focuses on the academic study of sustainability and the environment. Both interactive and current, GREENR allows users to navigate issue, organization and country portals. A one-stop site, this resource provides news, background information, video, unique commentaries, primary source documents and statistics in highly accessible, visually appealing research areas, covering relevant categories including energy systems, healthcare, food, climate change, population, economic development."

Titanic Centennial Display

Our Spring Boyden Library displays highlight the upcoming Titanic Centennial. These displays were inspired by our friend and recently retired faculty member, Gabor Temesvari*. Mr. Temesvari has enthusiastically researched this historic event. Within the above slideshow, he shares some of the artifacts that he has collected.

In addition to the bounty of library books and audiovisuals available for loan from the Boyden Library Collection, we are also highlighting newspaper articles about the Titanic tragedy - most of which were culled from the following library database collections:

• America's Historic Newspapers 
• Historic Newspapers (1764-2006)

*Hear Mr. Temesvari on BaltimoreNetRadio

How to Search JSTOR

• Search JSTOR

February 2012 Library Displays

February 2012 Library Displays include:

• Black History Month
• The Works of Ken Burns
• Winter Theatre Production ~ Medea

Enjoy Some of the Books the New York Times Rates as the 100 Most Notable of 2011

Celebrate the New Year by visiting the library

and checking out a good book!

 

This Month's Booklists:

• Enjoy Some of the Books the New York Times Rates as the 100 Most Notable of 2011
• Roland Merullo to Speak Thursday 1/26 ~ Titles by Mr. Merullo available for loan from the Boyden Library

We Have a winner!

Congratulations to Nate Lane, winner of our December Library Question of the Month

The Question: This 19th century artist and ornithologist is best known for creating the first great collection of American birds that were drawn in their natural habitats. Copies of his work – in several formats – are available at the library. Who is this artist and what is the name of his most famous work?

The Answer:  The artist is John James Audubon.  Audubon's most famous work is The Birds of America.
The Library received 4 correct answers and randomly selected our winner by lottery.  Thank you to everyone who participated.