All are invited to hear Jim Rogers speak about his new book of essays and poems, Northern Orchards: Places Near the Dead. Join us at Noon on Wednesday, May 7 in the O’Shaughnessy Room of the O’Shaughnessy-Frey Library. Please see the April 24th Newsroom article for complete details. This event is free and open to all. We hope to see you there!
You are all cordially invited to the final noonartsound of the spring season. The presentation on May 6, Romantica: Spanish Art and Music of 1880-1910, features the passionate images and sounds of late 19th Century Spain. From Goya to Granados and Gaudi to Albeniz, art historian Shelly Nordtorp-Madson and guitarist Chris Kachian will survey the intensely emotional creative work of Iberian Europe. Please join us!
Noon to 1pm Tuesday, May 6 O’Shaughnessy-Frey Library O’Shaughnessy Room 108
– Emily Dickinson’s Signature Most of Dickinson’s poems are short and will take a minute or less to read. “When we did this six years ago, it took 14 hours to read them all, so the marathon will probably last until around 9 or 10 p.m.,” she estimated.
– Emily Dickinson
While some marathons like this feature scheduled celebrity readers and prominent scholars, “we like the idea of a more democratic marathon,” Scheurer said. “Everyone who shows up can join the circle of readers. It’s great to hear the poems in a variety of voices: a football player, then a college president, then a child, a professor, a neighbor, a first-year student going for extra credit, a senior citizen … .”
The O’Shaughnessy Room, located on the main floor of St. Thomas’ O’Shaughnessy-Frey Library on the university’s St. Paul campus, is well-known on campus for its comfortable (sometimes nap-inducing) leather chairs.
“If you want to read, you don’t have to bring anything … just show up. You can come and go as you please,” Scheurer said. “We sit in a circle and read the poems in turn. Six years ago we had more than 100 readers; it just grew and grew. I’m not aware of any other marathons that do it like that.”
Readers on April 25 will use Ralph W. Franklin’s The Poems of Emily Dickinson. Common Good Books, located at Grand and Snelling avenues, donated 15 copies. All those attending the event are welcome to put their name in a box for a chance to win one of them at the end of the day. In addition to Common Good Books, other sponsors are St. Thomas’ Department of English, the Luann Dummer Center for Women, and the library.
So no one gets weak from hunger, there’s a Coffee Bené outside the O’Shaughnessy Room. Other refreshments will include black cake and coconut cake, two Dickinson favorites. She was an accomplished cook who was especially good at breads and cakes. (You can see a photo of her handwritten coconut cake recipe here.)
Scheurer and students in her graduate Dickinson seminar will have a number of posters and interactive displays on hand, including copies of some original manuscripts. She was known for writing many of her poems on scraps of paper or the backs of envelopes. While Dickinson is regarded as one of the United States’ best-known poets, fewer than a dozen of her works were published while she was alive. Most of her poems were found in a locked chest after her death in 1886, at the age of 55.
In keeping with the times, one of Scheurer’s students has created a Dickinson Twitter account (https://twitter.com/EmDickinson101); another is creating a Pinterest page; and the library plans to have a live audio stream of the marathon on its website here.
When Scheurer was a doctoral student the University of Massachusetts in Amherst, she wrote her dissertation on Dickinson and the teaching of writing. She remembers visiting the Dickinson home: “I had the opportunity to read a poem in her bedroom, where she wrote many of her poems, and I remember especially how tiny her writing table was.”
April is National Poetry Month, a good time to hold a Dickinson marathon and recall her poem No. 278:
A word is dead, when it is said
Some say –
I say it just begins to live
That day
If you have questions about the marathon, email Scheurer at ecscheurer@stthomas.edu.
Stop by – listen to your colleages from across campus share a poem or two that they love – and find out why they love it! Bring your lunch if you wish – bring a friend, too! It is the annual Poetry on the Patio where members of the St. Thomas community step away from their daily duties to share a poem that they love with all of us. See you out on the patio at noon today!
Since 1958, the American Library Association has chosen a week in April to celebration National Library Week. It is a time to celebrate the contributions of our nation’s libraries and librarians and to promote library use and support. All types of libraries – school, public, academic and special – participate.
National Library Week is April 13-19th this year, and the national theme is “Lives Change @ Your Library.” UST Libraries will be celebrating from April 14-17th and have come up with a variety of programs and events throughout the week. We are excited to share it all with you!
Check out the schedule below or view our National Library Week website to learn more!
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OSF Booksale
Noon-6pm, OSF Leather Room
4/14-17 and 4/19
Theology Used Booksale & Silent Auction
8am-10pm, Ireland Library
4/14-17
You are all invited to shop our Library Week book sales . . . and bring your friends!
1. The O’Shaughnessy-Frey Library opens its book sale doors at Noon on Monday, April 14. This year we have been particularly blessed with large donations of beautiful books and you will be glad you did if you make a point to stop in and shop early!
Book sale hours at O’Shaughnessy-Frey: Noon to 6pm, Monday – Thursday, April 14 – 17.
Prices: 3.00 for hardcovers and 2.00 for paperbacks.
Library Week Specials: Monday is Tommie Discount Day, so be sure to show your UST ID for discount!
Thursday, is $5.00 a Bag Day – everything you can fit into a bag is $5.00.
Then on Saturday, April 19, books that were not sold will be available for free all day long. Call Julie at 962-5014 if you have any questions.
2. Staff from the Ireland Library invite you to their Annual Theology Book Sale and Silent Auction!
Hours: 8am Monday, April 14 through noon Thursday, April 17.
All books that remain after 12 noon on Thursday are free. Please call Betsy at 962-5452 if you have questions.
See you at the book sales — we do believe you will not be sorry you stopped in!
This year’s history section has been carefully organized by student assistant Meg Walter! Thank you, Meg!
Tom Hennen, local poet
One of the highlights of this year’s Library Week will be the poetry reading by local writer, Tom Hennen. We invite you to meet and hear Mr. Hennen in the O’Shaughnessy-Frey Library at Noon on Thursday, April 17, 2014. You’ll find him at the north end of the Great Hall on the second floor.
Born and raised in rural Minnesota, Tom Hennen is the author of six books of poetry. He helped found the Minnesota Writer’s Publishing House, then worked for the Department of Natural Resources wildlife section, and later at the Sand Lake National Wildlife Refuge in South Dakota. Now retired, he lives in Minnesota. His writings are honest and of the earth.
For a beautiful introduction to Tom Hennen, please see Dana Jennings’ New York Times review of Mr. Hennen’s latest book, Darkness Sticks to Everything: Collected and New Poems. 
This event is free and open to all. Bring your lunch if you wish – a light dessert will be provided. If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to call Julie at 651-962-5014.
Daniel Volovets
You are cordially invited to attend a concert during Library Week, Wednesday evening, April 16 beginning at 6:30 pm. Daniel Volovets is a guitarist, composer, and arranger with over 14 years of professional experience. Majoring in neuroscience at the University of St. Thomas, he aspires to balance careers in medicine and music. You may be familiar with this incredibly talented Tommie senior from the recent TommieMedia piece about his personal story and about the production of his fourth album, Rainy Highway.
Daniel specializes in classical, flamenco, Latin American, jazz, and Russian music, as well as original compositions. He often performs with his brother, Adrian Volovets, who is also an accomplished musician. Adrian plays flute, violin, tenor/soprano saxophones, piano, pipe organ and the melodica. Duets by the brothers demonstrate the unique interplay that is possible between Adrian’s instruments and Daniel’s guitar.
Daniel’s program begins at 6:30 pm on Wednesday evening, April 16. He will be playing in the Great Hall, second floor of the O’Shaughnessy-Frey Library. All are welcome to attend this free concert. Please don’t hesitate to call Julie at 962-5014 if you have any questions.
Children of all ages – and those who are young at heart! – are welcome to help us kick off an early preview to National Library Week with springtime stories, songs, and fun.
Classes from UST’s Child Development Center will join us in a joint celebration of National Week of the Young Child and National Library Week.
National Week of the Young Child is from April 6-13, 2014.
National Library Week is April 13-20. Get a sneak preview of all the fun in store at UST Libraries next week on our National Library Week webpage.
Established in 1966, GeoRef is produced by the American Geosciences Institute and is now one of the most comprehensive databases for the geosciences (or earth science, as it is sometimes known). Some specific topics covered include:
This focus lends itself well to use by those studying geology, engineering, environmental sciences, archeology, and similar disciplines. Students can search a number of different formats, like journal articles, books, maps, conference papers, and reports in order to find information dating back to 1785.