New DVDs at UNCG: October 2012

When: Tuesday, November 6th, 2012. 12:00pm

Where: online! sign up here http://workshops.uncg.edu/sign-up/?wks_sch_id=33017201

What: a free online course to introduce you to pinterest and its potential academic applications.

Friday, October 26, 2012

Spooky Library Displays

Come to Jackson library to vote for your favorite library display, located where the new books used to be, by circulation.

Thursday, October 25, 2012

November is National Novel Writing Month

November is culturally known for a host of celebrations in the United States: Turkey Day, Adoption Awareness Month, All Saint’s Day, Model Railroad Month, Saxophone Day, and even Peanut Butter Lover’s Month. While some of these festivities may seem random and even a little trivial, there is one sign of the season that is far from unimportant: National Novel Writing Month. National Novel Writing Month, also known as NaNoWriMo by avid participants, is an Internet-based creative writing project that occurs annually during the month of November. The challenge is simultaneously simple and difficult: write at least 50,000 words of cohesive, original story in thirty days.

While NaNoWriMo is relatively new, having begun with just 21 participants in 1999, it has garnered a large amount of support from people both nationally and internationally. In 2010 alone, 200,000 people hunkered down during the month of November for, “thirty days and nights of literary abandon,” and wrote a grand total of 2.8 billion words, some of which transformed into successfully published books after completion. Some famous books completed in the NaNoWriMo competition include Water for Elephants (now a feature film starring Reese Witherspoon and Robert Pattinson), The Night Circus (a New York Times Best Seller), Persistence of Memory, and BreakupBabe. Thanks to a supportive online network of writers from around the country, many people, especially young writers, have been able to achieve a status of authorship frequently deemed unattainable by peers, parents, and the public at large. This year, graduate assistant and MFA student Samantha “Inëz” Chambers will be participating as a representative of the Digital Media Commons and UNCG. This will be her third year as a participant and hopefully her first year of successfully completing the 50,000-word count.

You can view a participant’s word count and story synopsis via profiles on the NaNoWriMo website as well as sign up to participate on your own. To see Chambers’s progress, check out her profile at www.nanowrimo.org/en/participants/vintageinez.

Tuesday, October 23, 2012

New DVD's

ANIMATION

Madagascar 3 : Europe's most wanted

COMEDY

Moonrise kingdom

That's my boy

DOCUMENTARY

Marina Abramović : the artist is present
2016, Obama's America : love him, hate him, you don't know him

Mad men, Season 5

Self-Checkout

Hello friends!

you know Jackson Library is full of friendly staff ready to help you check out materials, but maybe you are in a hurry and want to just check out a book or two. You can do that at the two self-checkout machines we have in Jackson Library!

There is one machine at the check out desk and one at the College Ave. entrance. You can check out books but remember if you want to check out a DVD you will need to go to the check out desk because all dvd's must be unlocked. Any more questions? Ask us!

xoxo

Irma

Monday, October 22, 2012

Univeristy Libraries presents Semper Fi, Always Faithful

When: Today, Monday 22, 2012. 7:00pm
what: A free screening of the award winning documentary with a discussion and Q&A by Jerry Ensiminger
Where: Elliot University Center Auditorium
Complimentary parking will be available in the Oakland Avenue Parking Deck.

Friday, October 19, 2012

Digital Media Commons at UNCG

Thursday, October 18, 2012

Geek Week

Come out to the EUC Maple Room today at 1:00pm to learn important facts about avoiding plagiarism with Jackson library's Amy Harris Houk.

New DVD's

Here is a list of some of the new dvd's we have added to our collection recently:

ACTION
For greater glory : the true story of Cristiada
The hunter
Iron Will
Zhao shi gu er = Sacrifice
Snow White & the huntsman

The bear

A place called Glory ; The road to Fort Alamo

COMEDY
Damsels in distress
The best exotic Marigold Hotel
The dictator
God bless America
Hysteria
Jesus Henry Christ
What to expect when you're expecting
Slap shot
Thin ice

North Dallas Forty

Laughter in paradise

DOCUMENTARY
Family affair
Marley
The Pinochet case
Sing your song
Something from nothing : the art of rap
Semper fi : always faithful

DRAMA
American dream

Darling companion

Johnny Guitar

Woman thou art loosed

Bound for glory

FOREIGN

Goodbye first love = Un amour de jeunesse

Saideke Balai = Warriors of the rainbow : Seediq Bale

Klovn, the movie

MUSIC

Katy Perry : part of me

Woodstock : 3 days of peace & music

SCIENCE FICTION

THRILLER

It's always sunny in Philadelphia, Season 7

Alphas, Season 1

Awkward, Season 1

Tuesday, October 16, 2012

Book Talk

Thursday October 25, 2012

4:00pm

Hodges Reading Room, Jackson Library

Professor Kelly Ritter will be presenting on her recent publication To Know Her Own History: Writing at the Women's College. Join us as we celebrate the publication of this book.
More information can be found here.

Friday, October 12, 2012

Fall Break Hours

Thursday, October 11, 2012

Google For Research

Want to know more about using Google for research?

DVD's!

Friends, Spartans, Countrymen!

I just wanted to remind you all about our awesome dvd collection, located in the reading room of Jackson library.

My wonderful friends at the library spent all summer getting the dvd's arranged by genre. In the picture above you can see me checking out the action section. I'm getting the movie 300 because "THIS IS SPARTA!"

We have hundreds of dvd's and our collection just keeps growing! You can search for a specific dvd using the red search box on the library home page, we have a special tab just for dvd searching! You can check two dvd's at a time for 7 days each. And remember you can always suggest materials we don't have.

Ok, I'm off to pop some popcorn and watch my movie!

xoxo,

Irma

Wednesday, October 10, 2012

UNCG Ghost Stories

This article was first published in The Carolinian, November 2, 2000. You can read back issues of The Carolinian from 1919-2008 in our online collections. You can link directly to The Carolinian here.

Tuesday, October 9, 2012

Government Documents

Jackson Library is a depository of both United States and State of North Carolina government publications. The government documents materials can be found in the lower level, opposite of the DMC. You can search for government documents in our catalog. If you need to find one ask someone at the reference desk as the library classification system for government documents can be very confusing.

Irma using the Government Documents area of the library

If you need help with Government information in general try our Government Information Guide!

Wednesday, October 3, 2012

Game Night!

Its that time again!

When: Friday, October 5th, 5pm-8pm
Where: DMC in the lower level of Jackson Library
What: Playing board, card and video games with friends. Free pizza and drinks

For more information click here.

Monday, October 1, 2012

Banned Books Week!

Happy Banned Book Week!

This week we celebrate and encourage people to read and distribute books that have been banned and challenged. It's about informing the public of censorship that can effect the library and them. We encourage people to think for themselves and leave censorship in the past. Below you can view an ALA timeline celebrating 30 years of books that have been censored, banned and challenged. Click the picture to get started.

You can also pick up plenty of these "banned" books from our libraries, you can find a list of some banned materials on our pinterest board here.

On one last note, Happy October!

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Wednesday, October 31, 2012

Monday, October 29, 2012