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   Library $1 Book Sale July 5, 2011

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SPOTLIGHT ARCHIVES

 

My Computer Reads To Me

July 5, 2011

My Computer Reads To Me:

Yours can too! You can have your computer read out loud any of 40,000 ebooks in the library collection. Only ebooks from "ebrary" have this feature. Here's how to do it:

1. Locate an ebrary ebook in the library catalog. In this example we search for "ebrary and coffee".
2. Click on one of the titles found. In this example we selected "Wrestling with Starbucks"
3. Click on the ebrary Reader button and wait for the reader to load.
4. Click on the Speech tab at upper right and then use the controls for speed, voice and volume.

Relaxation Station

April 25, 2011

Need to take a break from studying and exams?
Visit the Relaxation Station!
Room 020 in the Library (Library Ground floor)

From April 29-May 5, we'll have a Wii system set up and you can check out the games from the Circulation Desk in the library.
So come and play -- alone or join a group.
There will also be board games, card games and even coloring books.

As a special treat on May 2 from 2-5pm, you can relax further with a Free 10 minute chair massage! Please sign up in advance.

The sign-up sheets are outside Room 020.

So don't get stressed out! Visit the Relaxation Station!

Learning Express

April 5, 2011

LSAT, MCAT, GMAT, Praxis, Postal Worker Exam, Real Estate Broker exam, and hundreds more practice tests you can take online. An interactive online learning platform of practice tests and tutorial course series designed to help patrons, students, and adult learners succeed on the academic or licensing tests they must pass. You'll get immediate scoring, complete answer explanations, and an individualized analysis of your results. Find specific tests by searching the library catalog by title, or see the entire list by searching for LearningExpress (one word).

Video Contest Winners

March 29, 2011

. . . And the winner is!

The Carlyle Campbell Library is pleased to announce the winners of the 1st library video contest!

The 1st place winners are the producers of "The Library Discovery" - Aislinn Murphy, Courtney Hewett, and Isabella Bouchard

In second place are the producers of "CCL to the Rescue" - Mary Ariel Zackery and Taylar Thomas

In third place are the producers of "Journey to an Onyx" - Malena Cahall and Jessie Breazeale

Click here to view the videos

Again, congratulations to all our winners!

Angel Display

March 14, 2011

Jean Porter, Reference Librarian, has the following to say about her collection of angels now on display in Carlyle Campbell Library:

Like many collections, my angel collection began without conscious effort. Every fall my church, Fairmont United Methodist Church, has a bazaar. There are always many homemade ornaments and decorations for sale. A few angels have been given to me and some came from craft shows. Over the years I have chosen to purchase angels of many different designs, made from many different materials. In the collection are angels made from paper, fabric, beads of various types, tin, wood, wire, lace, string, wire ribbon, a handkerchief, a string mop, a Hershey’s Kiss, a seashell, an okra pod, a wheat head, pasta, sweet gum ball, pine cone and glass.

Although the angels are not strictly Christmas decorations that is the time I usually try to display some of them at my home. Ironically, I am rarely in town over the holidays since my family lives out of state, so I am very glad to share this collection with the Meredith community.

--Jean Porter
Reference Librarian

College Archives Online

March 1, 2011

Thanks to several digitization projects, the following Meredith archival publications are now online! For access, go to http://www.meredith.edu/library/archives/publications.htm.

• Oak Leaves (yearbook) 1904-2009
• Herald and Twig (newspapers) 1921-2007
• College Catalogue 1899-2011
• Student Handbook 1906-2010

The following publication is not online, but available from the Archives on CD in digital format:

• Meredith (alumnae magazine) 1946-2010

Several other important books are also available from the publications page above, including:

A History of Meredith College The definitive history of Meredith by Dr. Mary Lynch Johnson, 2nd edition, through 1970.

The Vision Revisited: A History of Meredith College 1971-1998 The second volume of Meredith history, by Carolyn Robinson, class of 1950.

Images: A Centennial Journey A beautiful illustrated volume of Meredith history published in 1991 at the centennial of Meredith's charter. By Suzanne Britt, noted author and Professor in the Department of English.

This Essential Part: the First 1,000 Books of the Library of Baptist Female University A fascinating monograph by Dr. Rebecca Murray, class of 1958 and Professor of Education at Meredith.

Honors Online

Jan. 31, 2011

Beginning December 2010, all honors theses submitted by students in the Meredith Honors Program are being acquired by the library in digital format only. Previously, theses were submitted and kept in the library in paper format. The new procedure will greatly increase the availability of the theses, as they will be accessible on the world wide web in the same manner as all other ebooks in the library catalog. For examples, click here.

Follow Us On Facebook

Dec. 8, 2010

Carlyle Campbell Library has created a presence on Facebook to share information and tools with the Facebook commmunity. Benefits include event updates, quick access to library hours and an “Ask a Librarian” tool that allows you to ask a Meredith Reference Librarian questions without leaving your Facebook profile. Click here to check it out.

Library Digital Media Room

Nov. 8, 2010

The Library Digital Media Room (LDMR) is a digital communication delivery service allowing Meredith College faculty members to use digital transmission to enhance the classroom learning environment. The objective of the LDMR is to provide a seamless educational delivery system.

Benefits of using the LDMR include: sharing educational resources, broadening course offerings, allowing teacher collaboration, saving time, travel and other resources, and removing geographic barriers. Some of the pages on this site will be password protected for specific courses.

The LDMR allows students to view assigned DVDs on their laptops in the comfort of their dorm room, apartment, the library, or anywhere they study. Think of it as a special digital "screening room", click here or you can access it from the Library homepage. Look for it in the left column and click on the Camille Cooper link for a look at our most recent convocation.

Contact Melanie Fitzgerald, fitzgeraldm@meredith.edu, and she can tell you how to get started using the DMR.

Lights Out in the Library

Oct. 22, 2010

At the beginning of September, one of the main power switches for the library failed, causing lights on both the main and top floor to go out. The affected panel is over forty years old and replacement switches are hard to come by. Facilities services has order two remanufactured replacements. Both have proven inadequate. In the attempt to install the second switch, more lights lost electricity. Replacement of the full panel will take at least a week and the library will be without power while that work is going on.

Facilities Services is continuing to work to resolve the problem—both in the short and long term. They are seeking alternative suppliers for the failed part. They are looking into temporary lighting solutions, especially for the top floor of the building. They are also beginning planning to fully replace the failing panel, ideally after the end of the fall semester, when library closure will be least disruptive.

All-Fiction Book Sale in Library

Sept. 17, 2010

Leave your cares behind... pick up some good fiction from the library booksale and escape into another world. There are over 800 books, most in like new condition, available. As always, all books $1.00, all proceeds go to student fundraisers and service projects, sale shelves are inside the library entrance.

Poetry, Poetry, Poetry

Sept. 16, 2010
Oct. 22, 2010

Carlyle Campbell Library is pleased to bring you the full text of thousands of poems through the following online collections. Search the catalog by individual poets or poems, or see the entire list by searching for the publisher Chadwyck-Healey:

African-American poetry 1750-1900
American poetry 1600-1900
English poetry from 600 to 1900
Twentieth Century African-American Poetry
Twentieth Century American Poetry
Twentieth-Century English Poetry

PBS Video on Demand

July 29, 2010

The library is pleased to announce the availability of over 400 PBS videos online. When you do a keyword search for "pbs video nclive" you will get links to 410 PBS videos that can be streamed to your computer. No downloading or saving is required. You can choose from popular series like Frontline, American Masters, Empires, Scientific American Frontiers, the American Experience and more. Adding one of these titles to the basic search above will retrieve all available titles in a particular series.

Teachers may want to use these videos as an alternative to copies on reserve in the library. There is a bookmarking feature that allows teachers to mark specific places in the video and come back to them at a later time. Others may want to use the videos for research or just see their favorite PBS series again. The quality and size of the videos are not ideal, but improvements are in the works.

Library $1 Book Sale

July 7, 2010

The Carlyle Campbell Library perpetual book sale is now offering several donated books not needed for the collection. All books are $1; all proceeds go to campus fundraisers. The sale shelves are just inside the library entrance. Come soon for the best selection and some good summer reading!

Audio Books Available NOW!

May 6, 2010

The library is pleased to announce that over 750 audiobooks are now available for your listening pleasure. These books are compatible with most iPods and MP3 players. Individual titles will soon be available in the library catalog. Until then, you can access the full list and download from this link: MyiLibrary. Each audio book can be checked out for 7 days at a time, with a limit of 5 per user. Users can also place books on hold if they are already checked out, and will receive an email letting them know when the book has become available.

Oak Leaves Online

April 15, 2010
June 1, 2010

Every year of Oak Leaves, the Meredith yearbook, is now available on the world wide web. Go online and take a trip through Meredith's past from 1904 through 2009. Find it by searching for "Meredith College Oak Leaves" at http://www.archive.org or click here for a direct link.

This important achievement for Meredith was a joint project by Ted Waller and Martha Fonville of the Meredith College Archives and the North Carolina Digital Heritage Center at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Coming soon! Online availability of the entire run of the Twig and Herald, the Meredith newspapers.

Toyota Recall Information

April 5, 2010

We are pleased to announce that you can find the Toyota recall information on Vehicle Speed Control: Accelerator Pedal within the Auto Repair Reference Center. The recall is tied to these Toyota vehicles in the database as of March 22, 2010:
Avalon – 2005-2008
Camry – 2007-2009
Corolla – 2009
Sequoia – 2008
Tundra – 2007-2008 You can find the notice via the following path, once you have selected the year, make, model and engine size of your vehicle:
Service Bulletins and Recalls
Fuel Systems, Drivability, Filters (Air & Fuel)
02/05/2010 – RECALL – Vehicle Speed Control…

Library Essay Contest Winners

March 22, 2010

The Carlyle Campbell Library is pleased to announce the winners of the Library Essay Contest. Our winners were: 1st Place: Erin Huber - $250.00 cash prize; 2nd Place: Jordan Stewart - Quail Ridge Books and Music Gift Card and a Meredith College book tote; 3rd Place: Rieneke Farrow - Quail Ridge Books and Music Gift Certificate. To read the winning essays please click on the winner’s name.

Library Essay Contest

January 12, 2010

Carlyle Campbell Library and the Friends of the Library are co-sponsoring an Essay Contest. The first place winner will receive a cash prize of $250!
Essay Theme: “A Mind Changing Experience”
Deadline: Feb. 17, 2010
Remember you have to be in it to win it! Enter Now!