2006 Archive of News and Events
Monday, september 25, 2006
BANNED BOOKS WEEK
September 23 -30, 2006
Celebrate your Freedom to Read!
Come See the "Banned and Challenged Books" Exhibit
Simpson Library, Second Floor
Banned Book Week Activities at the University of Mary Washington
Come see displays on banned/challenged books in Simpson Library and the UMW Bookstore.
Google has also put together a list of 42 classic books that have been challenged or banned: http://books.google.com/googlebooks/banned/
Open Mic Night!
Tuesday, September 26 (9-10 pm)
Come read from a book (for example, any of the Harry Potter series) which has been challenged, restricted, removed, or banned somewhere in the United States! Come hear Ray Tuttle read a children’s book or two! Suggested book lists are available from the Office of Judicial Affairs and Community Responsibility, Simpson Library, and from the UMW Bookstore. (In choosing your reading material, please be sensitive to the University’s Statement of Community Values.)
Location: The Wash Room
Movie Night!
Wednesday, September 27 (6:30-9 pm)
Embracing the First Amendment might mean tolerating forms of expression with which we might not agree, and might even find repugnant. For many Americans, no better demonstration of this principle can be found than in the life of Larry Flynt, publisher of Hustler magazine. Milos Forman’s 1996 film The People vs. Larry Flynt takes a hard but engaging look at the publisher and his milieu. Come see and discuss this 130 minute movie, which stars Woody Harrelson, Courtney Love, and Edward Norton.
Location: Chandler 102
Scavenger Hunt!
To celebrate Banned Book Week Sept. 25 -30, 2006, the UMW Bookstore, Simpson Library and Judicial Affairs Committee are sponsoring a campus scavenger hunt. Pick up a copy of the scavenger list and the rules at the Bookstore, on or after Monday, Sept. 25, 2006. All correct complete lists will be entered in a drawing. The grand prize will be a $25.00 UMW Bookstore Gift Card!
Bookmarks, buttons, t-shirts, and other nifty things will be given away at these events! Come and celebrate the First Amendment!
THURSDAY, September 20, 2006
History of CGPS Display at the CGPS Stafford Library
Come see our History of CGPS display between now and December 16th, 2006. This display covers the history of the University of Mary Washington's College of Graduate and Professional Studies from its foundation as the James Monroe Center to its recent addition of a second building.
posted by UMW Libraries | 9/20/2006 03:30:00 PM
Thursday, June 1, 2006
posted by UMW Libraries | 6/1/2006 04:16:00 PM
Friday, May 12, 2006
Media at Mary Washington
The Student Media Council presents:
April 1 - June 4, 2006
Exhibit, Simpson Library, first floor A second floor display includes The Battlefield and other student publications.
posted by UMW Libraries | 5/12/2006 09:04:00 AM
Monday, March 20, 2006
Great Book Giveaway
Throughout the week of March 20th, Simpson Library will be offering to the public books that have recently been withdrawn from the Library's collection. We are also including donations of personal books from Library staff members and private individuals.
Materials are withdrawn from the Library's collection only after careful review by the Collection Development Librarian, the Library's area specialists, and the faculty within the particular discipline. Many matters are taken into consideration during this review; for example, physical condition, items replaced by fresher copies, multiple copies and items determined by subject specialists and faculty to be out-of-date or superceded by more current information.
Beginning early Monday morning the book trucks will be located along the front wall of the Library--please come by and browse!
posted by UMW Libraries | 3/20/2006 08:39:00 AM
Tuesday, February 28, 2006
Spring Break
Please note Simpson Library's modified hours of operation and closures during Spring Break, beginning Friday, March 3rd.
The Library will be closed from Saturday, March 4th through Monday, March 6th and from Saturday, March 11th through Sunday, March 12th.
Regular hours resume on Monday, March 13th at 8 a.m.
posted by UMW Libraries | 2/28/2006 02:48:00 PM
Monday, February 13, 2006
The Department of Art and Art History's Ceramics I Exhibit
Stop by the Simpson Library, Second Floor between February 1st and 28th, 2006 to see the Department of Art and Art History's Ceramics I Exhibit.
posted by UMW Libraries | 2/13/2006 11:07:00 AM
Monday, February 06, 2006
Introducing the Oxford Reference Online: Premium Collection
Oxford Reference Online: Premium Collection is a comprehensive and detailed resource that provides access to more than 140 dictionaries and reference works published by the prestigious Oxford University Press. The titles cover virtually all subjects in the humanities, social sciences, business, the sciences, language, and general reference.
We hope that you will explore this incredibly rich resource!
posted by UMW Libraries | 2/06/2006 08:15:00 PM
Tuesday, January 24, 2006
Now Available: JSTOR Arts & Sciences I Collection
The JSTOR Arts & Sciences I Collection provides access to the complete back runs of 117 titles in fifteen disciplines. Established in 1997, Arts & Sciences I was JSTOR's first collection and includes many of the core research and society-published journals in economics, history, political science, and sociology, as well as in other key fields in the humanities and social sciences. This collection also includes a selection of titles in the more science-oriented fields of ecology, mathematics, and statistics.
The acquisition of the Arts & Sciences I Collection represents the centerpiece of our other JSTOR's collections: JSTOR Arts & Sciences II, JSTOR Business Collection and JSTOR Ecology and Botany Collection.
Use the JSTOR Arts & Sciences I Collection today!
posted by UMW Libraries | 1/24/2006 11:59:00 AM
Monday, January 16, 2006
Celebrating Community Through People, Black History Month, 2006
posted by UMW Libraries | 1/16/2006 12:08:00 PM
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