Come by the Library atrium/lobby on Wednesday, December 14 from 11am-12:30pm and check out the projects from students in Sue Johnson’s Book Arts class (ART 347).
Here’s a sample of books created by Library employee Carol Morris. See these and more book arts projects on Wednesday!
Handmade books by Carol Morris, created in ART 347. Image: “Handmade books” by A. VerMeulen 
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.
Events Wednesday, November 9:
Additional Resources
The class of 2019 is hosting MINI GOLF in the Library this Friday, October 7th!
TIME: 9 p.m.-12 p.m.
ADMISSION:$3 per person, group of 5 pay the admission price of 4.
Prizes:
1. A $40 Amazon gift card.
2. Portable Wireless Bluetooth Speaker.
3. Smart Fitness Tracker Wristband Bracelet.
4. A long sleeve Tee from the Campus store.
5. Burt’s Bees Hand Repair Gift Set.
Brace yourselves, the book sale is coming…
The annual library book sale is Tuesday and Wednesday, October 4 & 5.
We will be selling books from 9am-4pm, rain or shine outside the entrance to the library. We have books in a range of subjects, so come early and often to get your favs!
Book Prices are $0.50 for paperbacks and $1.00 for hardcovers. Cash only! Sorry no OneCard, debit or credit cards 🙁 [Thankfully there’s an ATM conveniently located in the library lobby. Coincidence or conspiracy????? You decide.]
image: A. VerMeulen [CC BY-SA 4.0]
Priya’s Shakti is about a mortal woman and a goddess who fight gender-based sexual violence in India and around the world.
The college recently purchased panels of the comic which have been indefinitely installed on the second floor of the Library along the long wall with the window seat across from the last row of Stacks shelves.
Brace yourselves, the book sale is coming…
The annual library book sale is next Tuesday and Wednesday, October 6 & 7. We will be selling books from 9am-4pm, rain or shine outside the entrance to the library. We have books in a range of subjects, so come early and often to get your favs!
Book Prices are $0.50 for paperbacks and $1.00 for hardcovers. Cash only! Sorry no OneCard, debit or credit cards 🙁 [Thankfully there’s an ATM conveniently located in the library lobby. Coincidence or conspiracy????? You decide.]
by Conrad Helms, Patron Services Librarian
September is National Library Card Sign-Up Month, and the SMCM Library has once again partnered with St. Mary’s County Public Library for our annual library card exchange!
Just stop by the front desk of the SMCM Library to fill out an application (students use your campus address). For that ~1 minute investment of your time, you’ll get access to all their online databases, including Mango Languages and a wide selection of e-books and audiobooks. Not to mention their great print collection, including DVD’s, Blu-Ray’s, and thousands of titles.
All of it is quickly and easily searchable via COSMOS – the online gateway to St. Mary’s County Public Libraries.
The exchange is running from September 14-30, but why wait? Stop by today and sign up!
Questions? Contact Conrad Helms or Pamela Mann! Or just give us a call at 240-895-4264.
The St. Mary’s Libraries Adult Summer Reading Program starts June 1st and ends August 14th, 2015. This year St. Mary’s College Library is partnering with St. Mary’s County Library to bring you more prizes and new ways to participate. This year’s prizes include a Kindle, a Fit Bit and three $25 gift cards. We also have books, posters, magnets and bags of library swag to give away. This year there are two places to post reviews, on the summer reading blog and for the first time on Goodreads.
The Summer Reading program is open to all members of the St. Mary’s College community including students, staff, faculty, alumni and residents of the Tri-County area (St. Mary’s, Calvert and Charles counties.) Readers may read anything they like as long as a copy is available at St. Mary’s College Library, Southern Maryland libraries (COSMOS) or via USMAI. To earn points you must post a review on the blog or Goodreads Group. Use the comment box to post your review on the blog. Earn bonus points by participating in the Summer Reading Challenge.
You don’t need to check the book out of the library or be on campus to participate so no matter where you are you can read books and win prizes.
For more information visit the Summer Reading Blog.
Yvonne-Marie Miniggio, Sámi Pathfinder
This Thursday, April 16 at 4:45pm in DPC, you have a truly unique opportunity to learn more about the Sámi people through a talk given by Sámi Pathfinder, Yvonne-Marie Miniggio.
Formerly known as Lapps, the Sámi people are the only European group categorized as indigenous peoples by the UN. The people of this distinct ethnic group live in the extreme north of Norway, Sweden, Finland, and Russia’s Kola Peninsula. They have recently gained standing in Norway’s government through the formation of the Sámi parliament.
Come learn more about the fascinating Sámi culture and language from Yvonne-Marie Miniggio, one of four young people selected by the Norwegian government to promote Sámi history and culture, and raise awareness of modern Sámi society.
Her visit is a joint effort of the Center for the Study of Democracy and librarian Kent Randell.
Truman Presidential Museum and Library
In his upcoming book, The Last Campaign, Anthony Clark, former speechwriter and legislative director in the U.S. House of Representatives, argues that presidential libraries, which began as impartial archives of history, have become extravagant, politicized, legacy-building showplaces where the goals of former presidents, their families, financial donors and the national parties trump accuracy and the (often inconvenient) facts.
Clark will be at St. Mary’s on Wednesday, March 25th to speak at 4:45pm in the Daugherty Palmer Commons (DPC) about these uniquely American shrines and the past 10 years he spent researching and traveling to presidential libraries across the United States.
You can learn more about Clark and The Last Campaign by visiting his website. Join us for what promises to be a fascinating talk!
