The first floor of Polk Library will be open 24 hours during the last week of classes, starting FRIDAY, May 8th at 7 am and ending FRIDAY, May 15th at 6 pm.
We will again be brewing free coffee each night that week from 10 pm to 7 am. Stop by for a late-night studying pick-me-up.
Bring your own covered coffee mug and save landfill space.
Polk Library will be closed Graduation Weekend, Saturday-Sunday, May 16 - 17, 2009.
Monday, April 6, 2009
Polk Library is on Facebook
Check for the latest:
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Oshkosh-WI/Polk-Library-UW-Oshkosh/54591482475
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Oshkosh-WI/Polk-Library-UW-Oshkosh/54591482475
Monday, February 18, 2008
No ILL or UB delivery today
Due to snow and poor road conditions, our contracted Library Delivery service provider has had to cancel the Northeast Wisconsin route today, Monday,
February 18th. They plan on resuming our normal delivery
schedule on Tuesday, depending on the weather.
We apologize for any inconvenience this cancellation may
cause.
February 18th. They plan on resuming our normal delivery
schedule on Tuesday, depending on the weather.
We apologize for any inconvenience this cancellation may
cause.
Thursday, February 14, 2008
No UB or ILL delivery today
Due to snow and poor road conditions, our contracted Library Delivery service provider has had to cancel the Northeast Wisconsin route today, Thursday,
February 14th. They plan on resuming our normal delivery
schedule on Friday, depending on the weather.
We apologize for any inconvenience this cancellation may
cause.
Please stay safe on the roads, and have a happy Valentine's Day!
February 14th. They plan on resuming our normal delivery
schedule on Friday, depending on the weather.
We apologize for any inconvenience this cancellation may
cause.
Please stay safe on the roads, and have a happy Valentine's Day!
Tuesday, December 11, 2007
December 11, 2008, Tuesday--no ILL or UB
Today due to icy and snowy road conditions in southern Wisconsin our statewide delivery trucks have cancelled routes. They will resume tomorrow.
InterLibrary Loan and Universal Borrowing items will take one extra day.
InterLibrary Loan and Universal Borrowing items will take one extra day.
Monday, December 10, 2007
New Year's Resolution -- I will avoid library fees in 2008
What do you do when you get a Library email?
Do you hit the delete button and wonder why the library is sending you spam?
Or do you delete it thinking that you will return overdue items today and then get busy, forget and rush out of the house to make it to class...without the materials?
FACT: Email is official university correspondence and Library email is not spam. You receive a courtesy reminder days BEFORE your items are due to help you avoid overdue charges. This email reminds you to renew or return your borrowed items RIGHT NOW before they are overdue.
The courtesy Library email includes a link to click on that takes you to the Library webpage so you could easily renew any items, by clicking on "Your Record."
Take ONE MINUTE and renew your library items, even if you think you'll remember to bring them back, because you will be giving yourself a little extra time in case life gets hectic.
Consequences of ignoring library emails:
1) blocked from registering, adding or dropping a course or getting transcripts,
2) blocked at the Library from checking out items, Using Interlibrary Loan and Universal Borrowing,
3) unpaid charges sent to collection
FACT: Every semester there are patrons who rack up overdue charges because they ignore their Library emails and forgot to renew or return their items until they get a University invoice detailing replacement costs.
Take advantage of your Library courtesy emails -- RENEW RIGHT NOW.
Return Library materials:
1) 24/7 to either of the two outside material return slots,
2) to any University of Wisconsin library,
3) through the U.S. mail, UPS or FedEx. You will be pleasantly surprised to see how little it costs to send items back via Post Office's Library Mailing rate http://pe.usps.com/text/dmm300/183.htm
Do you hit the delete button and wonder why the library is sending you spam?
Or do you delete it thinking that you will return overdue items today and then get busy, forget and rush out of the house to make it to class...without the materials?
FACT: Email is official university correspondence and Library email is not spam. You receive a courtesy reminder days BEFORE your items are due to help you avoid overdue charges. This email reminds you to renew or return your borrowed items RIGHT NOW before they are overdue.
The courtesy Library email includes a link to click on that takes you to the Library webpage so you could easily renew any items, by clicking on "Your Record."
Take ONE MINUTE and renew your library items, even if you think you'll remember to bring them back, because you will be giving yourself a little extra time in case life gets hectic.
Consequences of ignoring library emails:
1) blocked from registering, adding or dropping a course or getting transcripts,
2) blocked at the Library from checking out items, Using Interlibrary Loan and Universal Borrowing,
3) unpaid charges sent to collection
FACT: Every semester there are patrons who rack up overdue charges because they ignore their Library emails and forgot to renew or return their items until they get a University invoice detailing replacement costs.
Take advantage of your Library courtesy emails -- RENEW RIGHT NOW.
Return Library materials:
1) 24/7 to either of the two outside material return slots,
2) to any University of Wisconsin library,
3) through the U.S. mail, UPS or FedEx. You will be pleasantly surprised to see how little it costs to send items back via Post Office's Library Mailing rate http://pe.usps.com/text/dmm300/183.htm
FINALS WEEK LIBRARY INFO -- LONGER HOURS & FREE COFFEE
SIX special tips for scholars:
1st: The library will be open 24/7 during finals week starting
Sunday, Dec. 9 at 11 am and ending Friday, Dec. 14 at 6 pm.
2nd: During Finals week, every night from 10 pm - 7 am,
there will be FREE COFFEE available at the Circulation Desk.
Bring your covered coffee mug to the Circulation desk for
coffee refills during those late night hours.
3rd: One night this week there will be free cookies!
4th: We have (8) laptops and (4) calculators for
3-hour checkout at the Circulation desk with your Titancard.
5th: Return all library books and videos
before you head for home.
6th: Finally, don't forget to pick up that bestseller or game you've been wishing you had time for. Visit the Browsing room on second floor for relaxing material.Or checkout some holiday or classical music from the large CD selection on first floor in the EMC.
1st: The library will be open 24/7 during finals week starting
Sunday, Dec. 9 at 11 am and ending Friday, Dec. 14 at 6 pm.
2nd: During Finals week, every night from 10 pm - 7 am,
there will be FREE COFFEE available at the Circulation Desk.
Bring your covered coffee mug to the Circulation desk for
coffee refills during those late night hours.
3rd: One night this week there will be free cookies!
4th: We have (8) laptops and (4) calculators for
3-hour checkout at the Circulation desk with your Titancard.
5th: Return all library books and videos
before you head for home.
6th: Finally, don't forget to pick up that bestseller or game you've been wishing you had time for. Visit the Browsing room on second floor for relaxing material.Or checkout some holiday or classical music from the large CD selection on first floor in the EMC.
Friday, November 23, 2007
Thanksgiving Hours
Hope you had a good Thanksgiving Day. Now it's back to assignments, right, so here are the Library hours:
Friday 7.30 am - 6 pm
Saturday closed
Sunday 4 pm - midnight
The Computer Lab follows closely:
Friday 8 am - 5.30 pm
Saturday closed
Sunday 4 pm - 11.30 pm
Friday 7.30 am - 6 pm
Saturday closed
Sunday 4 pm - midnight
The Computer Lab follows closely:
Friday 8 am - 5.30 pm
Saturday closed
Sunday 4 pm - 11.30 pm
Friday, November 9, 2007
Change your TitanMail password before Nov. 15, 2007
Please note that after November 15th, if you have not changed your TitanMail password, it will be automatically re-set to your 7 digit Campus ID. If you try to log into the Library with your old password after November 15th you will be blocked from using Library resources, UB and ILL from your home computer.
Go to the TitanMail log in site and chose 'change password.' Enter your 7 digit Campus ID in the "Old Password" box, then pick a new password, and type it again to Validate the New Password.
Your 7 digit Campus ID is found on their TitanCard. If you do not know your 7 digit Campus ID, you will need to call the Registrar (920-424-3454) or the Computer Help Desk (920-424-3020) and they can provide it to you.
This mandatory password change is an attempt to reduce spam mail.
Go to the TitanMail log in site and chose 'change password.' Enter your 7 digit Campus ID in the "Old Password" box, then pick a new password, and type it again to Validate the New Password.
Your 7 digit Campus ID is found on their TitanCard. If you do not know your 7 digit Campus ID, you will need to call the Registrar (920-424-3454) or the Computer Help Desk (920-424-3020) and they can provide it to you.
This mandatory password change is an attempt to reduce spam mail.
Tuesday, October 30, 2007
Wisconsin National Guard book presentation at Oshkosh Public Library
Private Soldiers : A Year in Iraq with a Wisconsin National Guard Unit
November 10, 2007, 1:00 pm Oshkosh Public Library Meeting Room
Meet Sgt. Joseph Streeter, squad leader for the 2-127th Gator Battalion of the Wisconsin National Guard and one of the photographers of the book Private Soldiers, will share a first-hand account of life in Iraq. Area soldiers also will attend. This is a free program and open to the public.
Books will be available for purchase. All royalties from sales of Private Soldiers will go to the 2-127th's family support groups and to funds established in memoriam of the battalion members who gave their lives in the Iraq war.
November 10, 2007, 1:00 pm Oshkosh Public Library Meeting Room
Meet Sgt. Joseph Streeter, squad leader for the 2-127th Gator Battalion of the Wisconsin National Guard and one of the photographers of the book Private Soldiers, will share a first-hand account of life in Iraq. Area soldiers also will attend. This is a free program and open to the public.
Books will be available for purchase. All royalties from sales of Private Soldiers will go to the 2-127th's family support groups and to funds established in memoriam of the battalion members who gave their lives in the Iraq war.
Thursday, October 25, 2007
Madison Author Speaking at Oshkosh Public Library
Author Jennifer Chiaverini will speak, November 29, 7:00 pm at Oshkosh Public Library
Best-selling Madison author, Jennifer Chiaverini, of the popular Elm Creek Quilts series, will be appearing at the Oshkosh Public Library. The library is collaborating with Apple Blossom Books, to bring Chiaverini to Oshkosh. Pick up her latest book, The New Year's Quilt, for a book signing.
Polk Library has two of her books and her other titles can be delivered to Polk Library from Universal Borrowing UW libraries.
Best-selling Madison author, Jennifer Chiaverini, of the popular Elm Creek Quilts series, will be appearing at the Oshkosh Public Library. The library is collaborating with Apple Blossom Books, to bring Chiaverini to Oshkosh. Pick up her latest book, The New Year's Quilt, for a book signing.
Polk Library has two of her books and her other titles can be delivered to Polk Library from Universal Borrowing UW libraries.
Wednesday, October 24, 2007
Wisconsin author, Michael Perry, 2007 WLA Award Winner
Michael Perry told the audience his mom taught him to read at age 4. “I grew up very poor, “up North,” without TV, but we had lots of books."
Michael Perry was in Green Bay last week at the Wisconsin Library Association (WLA) conference to accept the RR Donnelley Award winner for 2007. The Literary Awards Committee of the WLA chose the New Auburn author of Truck: A Love Story for the highest literary achievement by a Wisconsin author for a work written in 2006.
Perry earned a nursing degree and decided he also wanted to become a writer. He moved back home to New Auburn, Wisconsin and joined the volunteer fire department and wrote about rural Wisconsin life in
Population 485: Meeting your neighbors one siren at a time, Truck, and
Off Main Street.
Perry writes freelance advertising in between “because it pays the bills.” Perry described a couple of articles he wrote about snowmobile ‘water skipping’ (over large ice holes) and a monster truck show. Those two recollections actually gave you the feeling you were right on the snowmobile and in the big truck. Perry uses words well.
Perry said he used to have waist length hair but now sports a buzz cut because: a) “crop failure,” and b) while doing some volunteer EMT fire fighting his hair caught on fire. Perry reminded me of Garrison Keillor…slow talking, hilariously funny and very easy to listen to.
Perry said his perky NYC publicists find Wisconsin mysterious…so when they call him, he tells them he was out cleaning his gun or making tallow candles in that slow, quiet voice. The Wisconsin audience smiled.
When Perry decided to become a writer he said he read The Writer’s Market. (Polk Library has this: PN 161 .W83). In closing Perry shared
his best writer’s advice: you must read your writing out loud because your mouth trips you where your eyes slide over. I just did and hope this reads well.
I wish you could have been there in the audience smiling and laughing.
Perry's books are available through Polk Library and Universal Borrowing from the UW System libraries.
Michael Perry was in Green Bay last week at the Wisconsin Library Association (WLA) conference to accept the RR Donnelley Award winner for 2007. The Literary Awards Committee of the WLA chose the New Auburn author of Truck: A Love Story for the highest literary achievement by a Wisconsin author for a work written in 2006.
Perry earned a nursing degree and decided he also wanted to become a writer. He moved back home to New Auburn, Wisconsin and joined the volunteer fire department and wrote about rural Wisconsin life in
Population 485: Meeting your neighbors one siren at a time, Truck, and
Off Main Street.
Perry writes freelance advertising in between “because it pays the bills.” Perry described a couple of articles he wrote about snowmobile ‘water skipping’ (over large ice holes) and a monster truck show. Those two recollections actually gave you the feeling you were right on the snowmobile and in the big truck. Perry uses words well.
Perry said he used to have waist length hair but now sports a buzz cut because: a) “crop failure,” and b) while doing some volunteer EMT fire fighting his hair caught on fire. Perry reminded me of Garrison Keillor…slow talking, hilariously funny and very easy to listen to.
Perry said his perky NYC publicists find Wisconsin mysterious…so when they call him, he tells them he was out cleaning his gun or making tallow candles in that slow, quiet voice. The Wisconsin audience smiled.
When Perry decided to become a writer he said he read The Writer’s Market. (Polk Library has this: PN 161 .W83). In closing Perry shared
his best writer’s advice: you must read your writing out loud because your mouth trips you where your eyes slide over. I just did and hope this reads well.
I wish you could have been there in the audience smiling and laughing.
Perry's books are available through Polk Library and Universal Borrowing from the UW System libraries.
WLA CONFERENCE 2007 NOTABLE BOOK MARATHON
Here are the top titles to check out according to American Library Association (ALA) and Wisconsin Library Association (WLA) librarians:
Bigsby, Christopher. BEAUTIFUL DREAMER. St. Martin’s/Thomas Dunne. 2006. ISBN 0-312-35583-1 ( ALA)
Dean, Debra. MADONNAS OF LENINGRAD. Morrow. 2006. ISBN 0-06-082530-8 (ALA)
Desai, Kiran. THE INHERITANCE OF LOSS. Grove/Atlantic. 2006. ISBN 0-87113-929-4 (ALA)
Dietz, Maggie. PERENNIAL FALL. University of Chicago Press. 2006. ISBN 0-226-14849-1 (WLA )
Egan, Timothy. THE WORST HARD TIME: THE UNTOLD STORY OF THOSE WHO SURVIVED THE GREAT AMERICAN DUST BOWL. Houghton. 2006. ISBN 0-618-34697-X (ALA)
Feige, David. INDEFENSIBLE: ONE LAWYER’S JOURNEY INTO THE INFERNO OF AMERICAN JUSTICE. Little Brown and Co. 2006. ISBN 0-316-15623-X (WLA)
Hamilton, Jane. WHEN MADELINE WAS YOUNG. Doubleday. 2006.
ISBN 0-385-51671-1( WLA)
Hessler, Peter. ORACLE BONES: A JOURNEY BETWEEN CHINA’S PAST AND PRESENT. Harper/Collins. 2006. ISBN 0-06-082658-4 (ALA)
Khadra, Yasmina. THE ATTACK . Doubleday. 2006. ISBN 0-385-51748-3 (ALA)
Meek, James. THE PEOPLE’S ACT OF LOVE. Cannongate. 2006.ISBN 1-84195-730-5 (ALA)
Phillips, Julie. JAMES TIPTREE, JR. : THE DOUBLE LIFE OF ALICE B. SHELDON. St. Martin’s. 2006. ISBN 0-312-20385-3 (ALA)
Savage, Sam. FIRMIN: ADVENTURES OF A METROPOLITAN LOWLIFE.
Coffee House. 2006. ISBN 1-56689-181-7 (ALA and WLA)
Bigsby, Christopher. BEAUTIFUL DREAMER. St. Martin’s/Thomas Dunne. 2006. ISBN 0-312-35583-1 ( ALA)
Dean, Debra. MADONNAS OF LENINGRAD. Morrow. 2006. ISBN 0-06-082530-8 (ALA)
Desai, Kiran. THE INHERITANCE OF LOSS. Grove/Atlantic. 2006. ISBN 0-87113-929-4 (ALA)
Dietz, Maggie. PERENNIAL FALL. University of Chicago Press. 2006. ISBN 0-226-14849-1 (WLA )
Egan, Timothy. THE WORST HARD TIME: THE UNTOLD STORY OF THOSE WHO SURVIVED THE GREAT AMERICAN DUST BOWL. Houghton. 2006. ISBN 0-618-34697-X (ALA)
Feige, David. INDEFENSIBLE: ONE LAWYER’S JOURNEY INTO THE INFERNO OF AMERICAN JUSTICE. Little Brown and Co. 2006. ISBN 0-316-15623-X (WLA)
Hamilton, Jane. WHEN MADELINE WAS YOUNG. Doubleday. 2006.
ISBN 0-385-51671-1( WLA)
Hessler, Peter. ORACLE BONES: A JOURNEY BETWEEN CHINA’S PAST AND PRESENT. Harper/Collins. 2006. ISBN 0-06-082658-4 (ALA)
Khadra, Yasmina. THE ATTACK . Doubleday. 2006. ISBN 0-385-51748-3 (ALA)
Meek, James. THE PEOPLE’S ACT OF LOVE. Cannongate. 2006.ISBN 1-84195-730-5 (ALA)
Phillips, Julie. JAMES TIPTREE, JR. : THE DOUBLE LIFE OF ALICE B. SHELDON. St. Martin’s. 2006. ISBN 0-312-20385-3 (ALA)
Savage, Sam. FIRMIN: ADVENTURES OF A METROPOLITAN LOWLIFE.
Coffee House. 2006. ISBN 1-56689-181-7 (ALA and WLA)
Monday, October 8, 2007
High library use in September
The first month of Fall semester is already gone!
How busy is everyone? Here's a snapshot of September services:
23 calculator checkouts
37 instructors put 1,590 e-items on reserve
280 laptop checkouts
1,300 periodicals shelved
1,740 InterLibrary Loan requests
2,100 books shelved
5,100 items checked out
42,640 visitors in the library
How busy is everyone? Here's a snapshot of September services:
23 calculator checkouts
37 instructors put 1,590 e-items on reserve
280 laptop checkouts
1,300 periodicals shelved
1,740 InterLibrary Loan requests
2,100 books shelved
5,100 items checked out
42,640 visitors in the library
Read NET LIBRARY E-BOOKS on your computer ANYTIME
Whenever you are looking for one more book on your topic don't forget to browse through the electronic book collection database. It is title, author, subject and keyword searchable and once you find a book that interests you, you can keyword search the entire book!
Log in to the Polk Library webpage www.uwosh.edu/library and click in the Library Search Tools Box in the middle of the page, scroll down to Netlibrary and pick any of the 9,714 ebooks.
Here are some sample titles in several majors:
BUSINESS MAJORS:
The 100 Greatest Business Ideas of All Time
by Langdon, Ken.
COMMUNICATION MAJORS:
101 Secrets of Highly Effective Speakers: Controlling Fear, Commanding Attention
by Krannich, Caryl Rae.
2-4-6-8, How Do You Communicate?: How to Make Your Point in Just a Minute
Communicators
by Khan-Panni, Phillip.
COUNSELOR EDUCATION MAJORS:
100 Ways to Motivate Yourself: Change Your Life Forever
by Chandler, Steve.
101 Healing Stories for Kids and Teens: Using Metaphors in Therapy
by Burns, George W.
EDUCATION MAJORS:
100 Most Popular Children's Authors: Biographical Sketches and Bibliographies
by McElmeel, Sharron L.
The 100 Most Popular Young Adult Authors: Biographical Sketches and Bibliographies
by Drew, Bernard A.
HUMAN RESOURCES MAJORS AND JOB HUNTING GRADUATING SENIORS:
101 Dynamite Answers to Interview Questions: Sell Your Strengths!
by Krannich, Caryl Rae.; Krannich, Ronald L.
101 Dynamite Questions to Ask At Your Job Interview
by Fein, Richard.
101 Great Answers to the Toughest Interview Questions
by Fry, Ronald W.
101 Great Resumes: Winning Resumes for Any Situation, Any Job, Any Career
by Fry, Ronald W.
201 Ways to Turn Any Employee Into a Star Performer
McGraw Hill Professional
by Hawley, Casey Fitts.
IT MAJORS:
101 Ways to Promote Your Web Site: Filled With Proven Internet Marketing Tips, Tools, Techniques, and Resources to Increase Your Web Site Traffic 5Th Ed.
by Sweeney, Susan.
MATH MAJORS:
100% Mathematical Proof
by Garnier, Rowan.; Taylor, John
NURSING MAJORS:
The 36-hour Day: A Family Guide to Caring for Persons With Alzheimer Disease, Related Dementing Illnesses, and Memory Loss in Later Life
Johns Hopkins Health Book
by Mace, Nancy L.; Rabins, Peter V.
PHILOSOPHY MAJORS:
101 Philosophy Problems
by Cohen, Martin.
WOMEN STUDIES MAJORS:
The 10 Smartest Decisions a Woman Can Make Before 40
by Tessina, Tina B.; Williams, Elizabeth Friar.
Log in to the Polk Library webpage www.uwosh.edu/library and click in the Library Search Tools Box in the middle of the page, scroll down to Netlibrary and pick any of the 9,714 ebooks.
Here are some sample titles in several majors:
BUSINESS MAJORS:
The 100 Greatest Business Ideas of All Time
by Langdon, Ken.
COMMUNICATION MAJORS:
101 Secrets of Highly Effective Speakers: Controlling Fear, Commanding Attention
by Krannich, Caryl Rae.
2-4-6-8, How Do You Communicate?: How to Make Your Point in Just a Minute
Communicators
by Khan-Panni, Phillip.
COUNSELOR EDUCATION MAJORS:
100 Ways to Motivate Yourself: Change Your Life Forever
by Chandler, Steve.
101 Healing Stories for Kids and Teens: Using Metaphors in Therapy
by Burns, George W.
EDUCATION MAJORS:
100 Most Popular Children's Authors: Biographical Sketches and Bibliographies
by McElmeel, Sharron L.
The 100 Most Popular Young Adult Authors: Biographical Sketches and Bibliographies
by Drew, Bernard A.
HUMAN RESOURCES MAJORS AND JOB HUNTING GRADUATING SENIORS:
101 Dynamite Answers to Interview Questions: Sell Your Strengths!
by Krannich, Caryl Rae.; Krannich, Ronald L.
101 Dynamite Questions to Ask At Your Job Interview
by Fein, Richard.
101 Great Answers to the Toughest Interview Questions
by Fry, Ronald W.
101 Great Resumes: Winning Resumes for Any Situation, Any Job, Any Career
by Fry, Ronald W.
201 Ways to Turn Any Employee Into a Star Performer
McGraw Hill Professional
by Hawley, Casey Fitts.
IT MAJORS:
101 Ways to Promote Your Web Site: Filled With Proven Internet Marketing Tips, Tools, Techniques, and Resources to Increase Your Web Site Traffic 5Th Ed.
by Sweeney, Susan.
MATH MAJORS:
100% Mathematical Proof
by Garnier, Rowan.; Taylor, John
NURSING MAJORS:
The 36-hour Day: A Family Guide to Caring for Persons With Alzheimer Disease, Related Dementing Illnesses, and Memory Loss in Later Life
Johns Hopkins Health Book
by Mace, Nancy L.; Rabins, Peter V.
PHILOSOPHY MAJORS:
101 Philosophy Problems
by Cohen, Martin.
WOMEN STUDIES MAJORS:
The 10 Smartest Decisions a Woman Can Make Before 40
by Tessina, Tina B.; Williams, Elizabeth Friar.
Wednesday, September 5, 2007
Artists exhibit in Polk Library
Polk Library Art Gallery is fortunate to host works of two artists,
Karla Lauden, graduate of UW Oshkosh
Successions Series: Works on Paper, Variable Sizes
and
Weatherby Ornutt (AKA Wm. Greider)
Bar Series: Collagraphs and Pen & watercolor
Polk Library Art Gallery is on first floor, north.
Polk Library is open over 90 hours per week during the Fall semester.
Karla Lauden, graduate of UW Oshkosh
Successions Series: Works on Paper, Variable Sizes
and
Weatherby Ornutt (AKA Wm. Greider)
Bar Series: Collagraphs and Pen & watercolor
Polk Library Art Gallery is on first floor, north.
Polk Library is open over 90 hours per week during the Fall semester.
Friday, August 31, 2007
Fall '07 WELCOME BACK
Welcome back students and faculty.
This blog is packed with helpful library information
to make your Fall semester a success. Enjoy.
This blog is packed with helpful library information
to make your Fall semester a success. Enjoy.
Wednesday, August 29, 2007
"What to read next"
overbooked.org
Overbooked is a web site for ravenous readers. Overbooked provides timely information about fiction as well as readable nonfiction.
Overbooked is a web site for ravenous readers. Overbooked provides timely information about fiction as well as readable nonfiction.
National Book Festival--Sept.29, 2007
www.loc.gov/bookfest
National Book Festival in Washington, D. C., on Saturday, September 29, 2007.
The Library of Congress celebrates the Joy of Reading
The 2007 National Book Festival, organized and sponsored by the Library of Congress and hosted by First Lady Laura Bush will be held on Saturday, Sept. 29, 2007,
on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., between 7th and 14th streets
from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. The festival is free and open to the public.
About 70 authors, poets and illustrators will be speaking, including N. Scott Momaday, Jodi Picoult, J.A. Jance, Lisa Scottoline, David Baldacci, Dr. Sanjay Gupta, Cat Cora, Mercer Mayer, Nancy Pearl and U.S. Poet Laureate Charles Simic to name a few.
Check Polk BadgerCat for these authors' books:
www.uwosh.edu/library/
National Book Festival in Washington, D. C., on Saturday, September 29, 2007.
The Library of Congress celebrates the Joy of Reading
The 2007 National Book Festival, organized and sponsored by the Library of Congress and hosted by First Lady Laura Bush will be held on Saturday, Sept. 29, 2007,
on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., between 7th and 14th streets
from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. The festival is free and open to the public.
About 70 authors, poets and illustrators will be speaking, including N. Scott Momaday, Jodi Picoult, J.A. Jance, Lisa Scottoline, David Baldacci, Dr. Sanjay Gupta, Cat Cora, Mercer Mayer, Nancy Pearl and U.S. Poet Laureate Charles Simic to name a few.
Check Polk BadgerCat for these authors' books:
www.uwosh.edu/library/
Wisconsin Book Festival in Madision, Oct. 10-14, 2007
The Wisconsin Humanities Council is pleased to announce that critically acclaimed writers Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Rick Bass, T.C. Boyle, Michael Cunningham, Jane Hirshfield, Rabbi Harold Kushner, Zakes Mda, Luis Alberto Urrea, and Terry Tempest Williams will appear at the sixth annual Wisconsin Book Festival, Oct. 10-14, 2007.
Polk Library has books by all of the above authors for your reading pleasure.
Here for more info:
www.wisconsinbookfestival.org/
Their book club:
www.wisconsinbookfestival.org/bookclub/index.php
Polk Library has books by all of the above authors for your reading pleasure.
Here for more info:
www.wisconsinbookfestival.org/
Their book club:
www.wisconsinbookfestival.org/bookclub/index.php
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