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kdrandell | Beyond the Bookshelves
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News, events, and opinions from The Library at St. Mary's College of Maryland. Author Archives for kdrandell. The Eleasticity of Memory. Guest Blog Post (2 of 3) written by. Taylor Schafer, SMCM ‘2015, Sullivan Scholar, Summer 2014. St John’s Pond. Which may, or may not, have been dyed green in the 1970s. September 12, 2014. Sullivan Scholar works in the St. Mary’s Archive over the summer. Guest Blog Post (1 of 3) written by. Taylor Schafer, SMCM ‘2015, Sullivan Scholar, Summer 2014. Of course, working i...
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Happy Birthday Rosa Parks!! | Beyond the Bookshelves
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News, events, and opinions from The Library at St. Mary's College of Maryland. Happy Birthday Rosa Parks! February is Black History Month, and while we all take time to recognize and reflect upon our nation’s history, present, and future. We can also make Black History Month come alive thanks to the Library of Congress. Today (February 4) would have been Rosa Parks’ 102nd birthday, and surely not by coincidence, an exhibit of her letters and photographs. Opens at the Library of Congress. If you can’...
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What We Read this Summer | Beyond the Bookshelves
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News, events, and opinions from The Library at St. Mary's College of Maryland. What We Read this Summer. 2014 was a huge success. Not only were there seventy-eight reviews submitted and five readers winning the bag of swag for submitting 10 or more reviews; the mix of books reviewed were the most diverse since library summer reading began. There is something for everyone from beach reads to bestsellers. Comics and graphic novels. And all the dystopias. The Fault in Our Stars. Read a review of. What We Re...
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The Library, the Surveillance State, and You | Beyond the Bookshelves
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News, events, and opinions from The Library at St. Mary's College of Maryland. The Library, the Surveillance State, and You. This has been the summer of surveillance. The Edward Snowdon. Affair, the Bradley Manning. Trial, and WikiLeaks. Have dominated the news and prompted lots of conversations about privacy and surveillance. How much privacy are we guaranteed? How much do we need? How much do we willingly give up? Did the events of September 11, 2001 change how we must think about the right to privacy?
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Veronica Arellano Douglas | Beyond the Bookshelves
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News, events, and opinions from The Library at St. Mary's College of Maryland. Author Archives for Veronica Arellano Douglas. Moving Over and Switching Up This Blog. The College website’s redesign and move to WordPress over the Winter Break meant BIG CHANGES for the Library’s website. One of the biggest and best changes was the integration of a new blog. With the library’s web presence. As a result of this new development, we will no longer be updating. And go ahead and follow us! February 18, 2015.
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Celia Rabinowitz | Beyond the Bookshelves
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News, events, and opinions from The Library at St. Mary's College of Maryland. Author Archives for Celia Rabinowitz. Transition, Transformation, Tradition. This is my last post to Beyond the Bookshelves as Director of the Library and Media Center. At the end of the month I begin a journey north to New Hampshire where I will start work as Dean of Mason Library. At Keene State College. After 22 years here in Maryland I have been asked many times why I am making the change. I will have the opportunity to le...
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Books for Sale! | Beyond the Bookshelves
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News, events, and opinions from The Library at St. Mary's College of Maryland. The annual library book sale is next week, October 7-8. We will be selling books on Tuesday and Wednesday from 9-4, rain or shine outside the entrance to the library. We have books in a range of subjects and movies on DVD. (Sorry, we have no VHS tapes.) This year’s featured collections include mid-20th century popular fiction and cookbooks. Book Prices are $0.50 for paperbacks and $1.00 for hardcovers. October 1, 2014. Build a...
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Conrad Helms | Beyond the Bookshelves
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News, events, and opinions from The Library at St. Mary's College of Maryland. Author Archives for Conrad Helms. Happy Birthday Rosa Parks! February is Black History Month, and while we all take time to recognize and reflect upon our nation’s history, present, and future. We can also make Black History Month come alive thanks to the Library of Congress. Today (February 4) would have been Rosa Parks’ 102nd birthday, and surely not by coincidence, an exhibit of her letters and photographs. If you can’...
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