Take Your Daughters & Sons to Work Day

On the afternoon of April 24, the Snowden Library participated in Take Your Daughters & Sons to Work Day by inviting staff and faculty to bring their children to the library instruction room to color bookmarks and other fun activities. Here are some of the pictures from the event.

And the Winner Is...

Congratulations to Aaron Lay, the winner of the recent READ poster contest! The unveiling of his poster marks the beginning of National Library Week.

You Decide

WorldBook is letting you vote on the spine image for their 2009 edition. You can find the voting form here, and results will be announced in July.

Signs are Up

After several weeks at the printers and the mounters, we have our new signs on display at the Circulation Desk and above the Research Help Desk. The Research Help Desk was formerly known as the Reference Desk, and you will probably hear us using that term because old habits die hard.

The suggestion to change the name and add bullet points for what a student can do at each place was a recommendation from a student group we worked with in the fall. It is an example of how we use student suggestions to make the library more friendly to you (though we draw the line at plasma tvs and free pizza every night).

Becoming Personal

You will notice new signs on the reference desk in the morning when librarians are "on call" rather than sitting at the desk. Each sign will have a picture and name of the librarian on call, and tell you how to get a hold of her. Please do not hesitate to dial extension 4086 if you need help between 8-12 during the school week, we are are always very happy to come out and help you. It's what we're here for, and it's what we like to do best!

Blogging for Jobs

On Wednesday, February 13 at 9 p.m. in the library instruction room, the library will be co-hosting a program with the Career Development Center. The program is called Blogging for Jobs and will discuss how to use free, no-technology-knowledge-required programs to create a positive Web image of yourself for your job search. Refreshments will be provided.

This is not just for seniors. Planning ahead can help you organize the best stuff to put on your blog or social networking profile, and could help you with summer jobs and internships. So regardless of what year you are in, join us for this fun and educational program!

Google Gadgets for the Snowden Library

I have created two special Google Gadgets that will search the Snowden catalog for books we have, and another to search Reference Universe for reference articles. The Reference Universe gadget only works on campus, we are working to correct that.

You can find the Snowden catalog gadget here.

You can find the Reference Universe gadget here.

I suggest making a Library Resources tab with these two gadgets, and a bookmark gadget where you can add links to the library home page as well as the databases you use most often.