The Music Resource Center’s Thanksgiving Holiday was bookended with new arrivals!
Library staff is close at hand! Chat with reference staff to decipher assignments, find new research leads, and to recommend a good book or recording. Available when the libraries are open.
Musicians from the UST community are invited to perform at the next Music in the Library concert on Thu, Dec 11, noon. Sign up in the MRC (BEC 103) by Mon, Nov 24.
Visit this list to see what goodies are new to the library’s music collection. This month’s highlights includes a handful of Jazz performers, a dash of opera, sacred choral and orchestral masterworks, plus CD’s of world music from Peru, Ghana, India and Tibet.
If you’d like to suggest scores and recordings for the MRC collection, please send titles, label, and performers to mrc@stthomas.edu.
The MRC will be closing at 4 p.m. on Wed, Nov 26 and will reopen at 4 p.m. on Sun, Nov 30 for the Thanksgiving Holiday.
During Finals week, the hours of the MRC will remain the same.
The MRC will be closed over Christmas Break and open for J-term. Stay tuned for more details.
What’s the regular hours of the MRC? Click here.
The Leisure Reading Collection is available for your enjoyment. This new collection includes popular fiction and materials generally not considered scholarly or appropriate for an academic library’s permanent collection. We have 50 books now, will be getting 150 more very soon, and then monthly we will be adding 10 to 12 books. One fourth of this collection will be available at the Keffer Library.
The loan period is three weeks, and the collection will be available for check out only to students, staff, faculty, and Friends of the UST Libraries. The books are searchable in the library’s CLICnet online catalog.
You’ll find these books on the first floor of the O’Shaughnessy-Frey Library in the middle of the reference collection surrounded by some comfy and inviting chairs. For a complete list of titles visit the Leisure Reading Collection page.
The Leisure Reading Collection is available for your enjoyment. This new collection includes popular fiction and materials generally not considered scholarly or appropriate for an academic library’s permanent collection. We have 50 books now, will be getting 150 more very soon, and then monthly we will be adding 10 to 12 books. One fourth of this collection will be available at the Keffer Library.
The loan period is three weeks, and the collection will be available for check out only to students, staff, faculty, and Friends of the UST Libraries. The books are searchable in the library’s CLICnet online catalog.
You’ll find these books on the first floor of the O’Shaughnessy-Frey Library in the middle of the reference collection surrounded by some comfy and inviting chairs. For a complete list of titles visit the Leisure Reading Collection page.
News & Events
Library Director Dan Gjelten recommends two articles from Chronicle of Higher Education – entitled "On Stupidity"
Two interesting articles concerning the effect of technology on reading and learning from the Chronicle of Higher Education might be of interest to many of you. The author cites many books and articles which suggest that it is precisely the point-and-click culture of the Internet that is damaging our intelligence and our civic culture. Part 1 and Part 2.
You are invited to Music in the Library to enjoy a free, eclectic concert of classical, jazz and modern music. Featured will be the UST Guitar Ensemble, under the direction of Joan Griffith, from noon to 1 p.m. Thursday, November 13, in the O’Shaughnessy Room of the O’Shaughnessy-Frey Library Center. Works by Bach, Shostakovich, Danny Elfman, Brazilian music, Gypsy jazz and Michael Jackson will be performed.
Bring your lunch if you wish; light refreshments will be provided.
Brian Hill from IRT Client Services reminds everyone that there are several easy ways to reduce the amount of printing when using computer workstations in UST Libraries. These steps can save you money and help the environment.