Library Book Sale!

Come one, come all to the Fall Library Book Sale!

We have tons of books for sale and each one will only cost you $1.00. We have books of all shapes, sizes, and subjects.

Also, we will be adding books every morning, so if you come only once, you'll want to come again and browse the new materials as well.

Our sale will continue until October 15th.

Banned Books Week 2010

Welcome to Banned Books Week 2010!

The purpose of Banned Books Week is to remind people everywhere of the dangers of censorship, our history of censorship, and the promise of reading a variety of books for educational and recreational purposes.

Libraries across the country will often display books that have been challenged or banned in the past so that the public can see for themselves and think about why that book was challenged or banned. Banned Books Week gives everyone time to think about what they choose to read and why they choose to read the books they do. It's an important time to reflect on the choices we make and provides us with an opportunity to consider reading something new in the future that we may not have considered before.

At the Grand View Library we have put together a small display as well. Please come by and take a look. The books are available for checkout, so pick one up today. There are some really good ones in this batch as well.

Twilight Discussion Tomorrow

This is a friendly reminder that we will be discussing the Stephanie Meyer book Twilight tomorrow at 3:00 in Holy Grounds Coffee Shop.  This is open to all students.  Even if you haven't finished the book, you should consider stopping by to listen to the discussion.

If you plan to attend, make sure you bring a couple of discussion questions to get us started.

See you tomorrow!

Women's History Read-In

Join us this Thursday, March 12th at 11:30 in Holy Grounds Coffee Shop for our March Read-In.  We will be celebrating Women's History Month.  In the past, people have brought essays, poems, short excerpts from novels & plays, as well as letters from famous women authors.  If you choose to share your text with us, that would be great!  If you just want to come and listen, that's fine too.

If you don't know what to bring, contact us and we'll help you find something here in the library.

See you on Thursday!

Student Book Club

Are you interested in reading a book or two outside of class?  Would you like to meet once a month and discuss books with fellow students?

If so, plan on coming to the March 24^th meeting of the Student Book Club.  We’ll be meeting at Holy Grounds in the library to discuss the popular book Twilight by Stephenie Meyer.

At that time, we can discuss a possible book to read for April as well.

I hope to see you on March 24^th at 3:00 in Holy Grounds.  Contact the library if you have any questions.

Almost Time!

Remember, tomorrow is the last day to participate in the trivia contest.  Submit your answers, even if you don't have all of them.

Also, stay tuned for our upcoming post on February 12th in honor of Abraham Lincoln and Charles Darwin.

Winter Read-In Tomorrow

Do you like to share what you read?  Each semester the library hosts a small gathering of students, staff, or faculty at the Holy Grounds Coffee Shop to discuss what we like to read.  We call them "read-ins" and we share poems, essays, paragraphs from favorite stories, etc.  Basically, if you enjoy it, come share it with us.

This month's theme is winter.  Do you embrace winter?  Do you love running around in the snow?  Or are you yearning for spring and summer?  Either way, bring a text that shows how much you love or loathe winter.  You could bring a poem about how beautiful spring is, or perhaps a character's recollection of the beauty of a snowfall.  It's your choice.

Come on over tomorrow, January 27th, at 11:30 and share your text.  Grab a coffee while you're at it.  We'll be there until 1:00.  Also, it's a Humanities Passport event, so you can get extra credit.

Week 3 Trivia

The new trivia questions are up! Find the link on the right side of this page. Remember to download an answer sheet and fill in your answers. Turn that in to us at the library after the last week of questions.

Trivia Contest

Would you like to take part in our University Trivia Contest?  The grand prize is a $50 gift card to the GVU bookstore.  If you're interested, here's what you need to do:

1. Keep reading the blog.  Each week until February 6th we will post three new questions in a document linked over on the right-hand side of the page (Trivia Questions: Week 1).

2. Download the questions and an answer sheet by clicking on the links.

3. Answer the questions each week.  When all the questions have been answered, turn in your answer sheet to our director via email, campus mail, or in person.

Remember, the questions will only be up for one week at a time, so you won't be able to see Week 1's questions once Week 2 begins.  

Good luck!  Email us if you have questions.

Welcome!

Welcome to the Grand View Library's blog!  Before you continue reading, make sure you bookmark our site or subscribe to our RSS feed.

Why do we have a blog for our library? There are a multitude of reasons, but the most important one of all is to communicate with you, our users. We want you to know what we are working on, what we offer, and how you can use our resources for all of your needs. We also started our blog as a means to get feedback from you. We have comments on the bottom of every post, so when you have something to say about a topic, leave a note or start a discussion.

We will update our blog frequently, so make sure to visit us often. What kinds of things can you expect to see? Here's a list of just a few future post topics:

*Ask the Director Q & A
*What books are you reading?
*New books in the library
*How-to guides for our resources
*New websites to assist you with research or work
*Events & displays in the library
*Book recommendations
*Lists of materials we have related to current events

Plus, we'll take your suggestions for future post topics. 

Check back with us soon. Remember, bookmark us or subscribe to our RSS feed.

New Databases!

Happy New Year.  It's 2009 and the Grand View Library has some exciting news to share.

We have three new databases to offer you!

These databases will give you access to more journals and more full-text so you can complete whatever project, assignment, or paper you are working on.  Here's what we have:

CINAHL Full-Text gives you the same friendly interface you are used to seeing, but now with more journals, more articles, and more full-text.  There are over 600 journals in this database with full-text going back to 1981 for some of them.

PsycARTICLES provides you with access to over 137,000 articles from 66 journals, most of which are published by the American Psychological Association.

SocINDEX features over 700 journals going back as far as 1908.  Plus, this database has almost 2 million records, which means you will never run out of things to read or search for.

Try out our new databases and let us know what you think.  We'll feature them again at a future date and talk about some of their more intricate details.