Two free audiobooks each week from Overdrive

A great program from Overdrive - you can download two free audiobooks every week starting June 14^th until the end of August. The program is called SYNC and the website is www.audiobooksync.com. 

Every week SYNC will release two different titles that you can download and then listen to whenever you like.  All you need is OverDrive Media Console, either on your computer or you can download the mobile app.

In order you to access these free audiobooks you will need to go to www.audiobooksync.com  Check with the library if you have questions that their site doesn't answer.  We'll find out!

Our GoodReads account

Did you know?  MJLibrary has an account with GoodReads.  For those of you looking for the new books in the library or for some ideas on things to read that we can lend you, go to http://goodreads.com/MJLibrary to see what is listed.  Then stop by the library and see what else we have - over 65,000 items at last count!

APA citations available from Films on Demand

APA Citations

Films On Demand now features APA citations for every video on the platform. Users can toggle among the radio buttons to select either Modern Language Association (MLA), Chicago Manual of Style , or American Psychological Association (APA) style. The citation will automatically change depending on the selected format. These dynamic citations make it a breeze for researchers to include videos in bibliographies for reports and papers.

Summer Registration Dates

Summer Registration Dates for new students (starting classes in the fall, 2012) have been scheduled. If you are on campus, take time to visit the library and meet the staff, who are here to help you!

WAHPETON DATES:

June 8

June 9

July 9

August 6

August 20

FARGO DATES:

June 12

July 2

July 17

July 30

August 10 (Paramedic Only)

August 17 (Pathway Only)

August 21

SCHEDULE OF ACTIVITIES:

Check in time: 7:45 am

Welcome: 9:00 am

Testing: 9:45 am

No Testing students to register: 9:45 am

Tested students register: After testing is completed

OPTIONAL activities:

Tours of residence halls

Family Orientation

Finalists for the New Andrew Carnegie Medal

Here are the 2012 finalists:
Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction:

The Forgotten Waltz, by Anne Enright,
published by W. W. Norton & Company

Lost Memory of Skin, by Russell Banks,
published by Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers

Swamplandia!, by Karen Russell,
published by Alfred A. Knopf, a division of Random House, Inc.

Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Nonfiction:

Catherine the Great: Portrait of a Woman, by Robert K. Massie, published by Random House, an imprint of the Random House Publishing Group

The Information: A History, a Theory, a Flood, by James Gleick, published by Pantheon Books, a division of Random House, Inc.

Malcolm X: A Life of Reinvention, by Manning Marable,
published by Viking Penguin, a member of Penguin Group (USA)

Information taken from Booklist, May 17, 2012, ALA Publishing.

Mother's Day Reading

Barnes and Noble has some recommendations for new books about Mothers.  If you would like the Library to purchase any of these, please let us know.  Read the B&N reviews here:

Mothers - The Barnes & Noble Review

Did you know about the Naval Program at NDSCS during WWII:

Here is a link to the blog from a vet who sailed on the USS Pride.  USS PRIDE DE 323 - PAGES FROM A SCRAPBOOK: OUR LAST SAIL ON THE PRAIRIE SCHOONER - PAGE 12

The Prairie Schooner was the program paper, and we have copies in the Library Archives.

Exam Week at NDSCS

Today starts Exam Week, with schedule changes for classes.  Be sure to check when the exam for your class will be held.  we have schedules in the library.  Next week the Library starts a break schedule.  We will be open Mon - Thurs, 1:00 - 4:30 pm, and Fri, 1:00 - 3:00 pm.  Hours will change again when summer school starts, so watch for the times to be published, or check out the web page.

ProQuest Maintenance

ProQuest® will be performing infrastructure maintenance on Saturday, May 5, 2012. A twelve (12) hour maintenance window will be required for this maintenance. The window will take place from Saturday, May 5, 2012, at 21:00 CT to Sunday, May 6, 2012 at 9:00 CT.   This means the ProQuest databases may not be available during that time (Saturday night through Sunday morning.)

Today is Agawasie Day - Celebrate!

Why is it called AAgawasie Day@?

In 1914, the School of Science published its first annual, called the Agawasie.

According to the authors of NDSCS: 100 Years of Excellence, the origin of this name is obscure but that in an early issue of the annual it was explained as an Indian word for Ascience.@

However, there also is a story that 2 wily students, Max Lauder and Arnold Forbes had neglected to actually research any real Indian word for science. In order to cover up their blunder, they contrived the word AAggy-Wassy@, which later became the easier form Agawasie.

After publishing the Agawasie for three years, it was discontinued from 1917 through 1920 because of World War I.  Again in 1943 and 1944 the yearbook was reduced in size and made a softcover instead of the more usual hardcover edition.

Financing the annual varied from the sale of candy, proceeds from the Penny Carnival, student activity fees, nominal sale price, and solicited advertisements.  The arrival of the annual became a day for celebration, and the annual Agawasie Day Picnic was started.

Publishing an annual yearbook was discontinued in 2004, but the day for celebration continues as Agawasie Day.

Information from the College Archives at Mildred Johnson Library, compiled by Karen Chobot, Director.

Saturday Hours - May 5, 2012

The library will be open from 1 - 5, for the convenience of students with projects to complete and final exams coming up.  Take advantage of the quiet to get some work done in a peaceful setting.