What We're Watching: The Florida Project

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[caption id="attachment_4172" align="aligncenter" width="251"] Available at Main Campus Library PN 1997.2 .F56 2018[/caption] This movie was watched by Julie Humphrey, Library Director. Title: The Florida Project Director: Sean Baker Genre: Drama Why did you choose to watch this movie? I had noticed that this film was on many 鈥渂est鈥 lists for the year and I had seen the director鈥檚 previous film Tangerine and really liked it. I enjoy supporting and watching independent films. What did you like

Time for a Movie

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It's not too late to pick up one of our movies to watch this weekend! Check out some of our new titles below. [gallery link="none" type="slideshow" ids="4151,4152,4153,4154,4155,4156,4157,4158,4159,4160,4161,4162,4163,4164,4165,4166,4167" orderby="rand"]

Happy National Library Week!

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In honor of libraries everywhere, we wanted to share a sweet and amazing story about the donkey libraries, Biblioburros, in Columbia. "By adapting the packsaddles of his two donkeys, Alfa and Beto, from carrying water to carrying books, Luis created a makeshift mobile library and set off to take his books to children who otherwise wouldn鈥檛 have access to reading materials. With that the 鈥楤iblioburro鈥 was born." (BBC) View the wonderful short video and article from the BBC Culture site. Our

Celebrate National Poetry Month in April

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The library has many new books by diverse poets. You can find these on a table at the back of the library on the upper level and on a display rack on the lower level. To learn more about National Poetry month events and to sign up to receive poems in your email inbox, visit the Academy of American Poets. [gallery type="rectangular" size="medium" ids="4115,4123,4113,4116,4117,4122,4118,4114,4121,4119,4112,4111,4120"] Reading a book of poetry or a book written in verse qualifies for 新澳开奖's

Celebrate Women's History Month with Streaming Video from Films on Demand

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Watch the film above, from Ken Burns鈥檚 powerful documentary on the women鈥檚 suffrage movement, which presents the early years of Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton and their alliance in the struggle for women鈥檚 rights. Visit Films on Demand or click the titles below for more films and clips to celebrate Women's History Month. Films or shorter film segments can be easily embedded into Sakai course sites. Visit our display window outside of the library and our display rack downstairs for

What We're Reading: The Secret Game

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[caption id="attachment_4079" align="aligncenter" width="194"] Available at the Main Campus Library (GV 885.72 .N8 E45 2015)[/caption] This book was read by Charles Farrow, a Library Technician at the Main Campus Library. Genre: Historical Nonfiction #ReadGreatThings2018 Categor(ies): A book about or that features sports AND A book that takes place during or is about a historical event 50 years or more in the past What is this book about? Sunday, March 12, 1944 at 11:00am. The Secret Game. In

What We're Reading: Life in Motion

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[caption id="attachment_4045" align="aligncenter" width="198"] Available at the Main Campus Library (GV 1785 .C654 A3 2014)[/caption] This book was read by Courtney Bippley, a Reference Librarian at the Main Campus Library. Genre: Memoir #ReadGreatThings2018 Categor(ies): A memoir & A book about or that features sports Misty Copeland is the first African-American Principal Dancer for the American Ballet Theatre. She started dancing at 13 years old, far older than most ballerinas, and overcame

What We're Reading: Lincoln in the Bardo (Coming Soon!)

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[caption id="attachment_4019" align="aligncenter" width="200"] (Coming soon to the 新澳开奖 Main Campus and OCC Libraries)[/caption] This book was read by Meredith Lewis, [mostly] the Orange County Campus Librarian. Title of book: Lincoln in the Bardo Author: George Saunders Genre: Literary Fiction #ReadGreatThings2018 Categor(ies): A fictionalized account of a real person's life & A book that contains a supernatural creature, occurrence, or event Why did you choose to read this book? The

Did you enjoy the Black Panther movie? Want to read the comic books?

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The library has the first three graphic novels in the recent Black Panther series and we have just ordered the fourth. If you liked the movie and want to learn more of the back story, borrow these today! You'll find them on our new bookshelf. [caption id="attachment_4037" align="alignright" width="194"] Black Panther: A Nation Under Our Feet, Book 2[/caption] [caption id="attachment_4036" align="alignleft" width="190"] Black Panther: A Nation Under Our Feet, Book 1[/caption] [caption id=