Muslim Journeys: Films, books, and more!

Birmingham-Southern College is honored to have been selected as a recipient of the Bridging Cultures Bookshelf: Muslim Journeys, sponsored by the National Endowment for the Humanities and the American Library Association. 

The Bookshelf includes 25 books, 3 films, and a one-year subscription to the Oxford Islamic Studies database.  The resources were selected "with a view to familiarizing the American public with Islam and the cultural heritage of Islamic civilizations around the world." (from the ALA website)

Two film viewings will be offered to highlight some of these excellent resources: 

February 25: Come see Prince among Slaves at 6 p.m. in the Loft, sponsored by the Office of Multicultural Affairs and the Black Student Union.  Ms. Erica Brown, Director of Multicultural Affairs, will introduce the film and lead a discussion.

March 28: Koran by Heart will be shown at 7 p.m. in Norton Theatre.  Dr. Amy Cottrill, Assistant Professor of Religion at BSC, will introduce the film and lead a discussion afterwards.  Refreshments will be provided by the Office of Religious Life.

The Library has also developed a research guide for the Bookshelf that describes the organizational themes present in the collection and provides call numbers for all the books and films.

February Database Trials!

The BSC library has several database trials available during the month of February:  EBSCOHost Academic eBooks, Ambrose Video, Black Studies in Video, and the Statistical Abstract of the U.S. Online. See below for more information!

• EBSCOhost Academic eBook Subscription Collection: 
  Access to 94,000 academic e-books is available through the normal eBooks via EbscoHost link on the databases page during this month

[image of Reptiles and Amphibians of Alabama,
one of the many titles available through EBSCOhost's eBooks collection]

• Ambrose Video 2.0 (currently available from on-campus networked computers only):
  The BBC Shakespeare plays; Human Geography and Physical Geography series; A History of Civil Rights in America; and A History of Christianity are among the closed captioned, streaming videos available through this Ambrose trial.

[engraving depicting the blockade of Louisbourg, N.S. during the French & Indian War, c. 1775
image from Britannica.com]

• Black Studies in Video (Alexander Street Press):
  Award-winning documentaries, newsreels, interviews and archival footage surveying the evolution of black culture in the United States.

[MLK in a Birmingham jail
image from history.com]

• Statistical Abstract of the U.S. (Proquest):
  The newly privatized version of the long-running Statistical Abstract.  Login and password (available to BSC community only from the library's Database Trials page) is required to access this resource.

Please test out these new databases this month and let us know what you think!

Quick Reference Help

As you hopefully already know, we offer quick reference services to our patrons via both text and online web chat. Anyone can easily access our "Ask a Librarian" chat service by clicking on the link from the library homepage, and now it is even easier to text our librarians for your reference needs. Simply scan this QR code with your smart phone or mobile device:

This will open a text message already addressed to our texting services, all you need to do is type in your question and hit send and help is on the way! These quick reference services are available

Monday-Thursday 9a-9p

Friday 9a-4p

Sunday 2p-9p

Please take advantage of these services, as we are here to help you!

Quest II Gaming Tournament!!

BSC Students,

Some of us are still here on campus, though we may be few and far between, and are looking for something fun to do between our E-Term classes.  Well....How about coming to the library tonight from 5-7 for a gaming tournament hosted by Quest II? It will be held in the Screening Room downstairs in the library.  There will be Wii and PS3 consoles and some games available; such as: Mario Party 8 (Wii), New Super Mario Bros (Wii), WarioWare and MarioKart (Wii), on PS3 we'll have Little Big Planet 1&2, Grand Theft Auto 4, Skate 2, and Gran Turismo 5.

If you have other multiplayer games for these consoles that you would like to bring, by all means do so. No RSVP required, just show up with your game face and be prepared to have some fun!

Also, this will be hosted for the next two weeks in the same spot! So you can get a gaming kick tonight, next Wednesday (Jan 16th), AND the one after that (Jan 23rd)!!

Hope to see you there!
Lizz

2013 already?!

A new year has arrived - and with it comes a new Exploration Term!

The BSC Library will be open the following hours during the E-Term (Jan. 2 - Jan. 31):

Monday - Thursday: 8:00am - 10:00pm
Friday: 8:00am - 5:00pm
Saturday: 1:00 pm - 5:00pm
Sunday: 2:00pm - 10:00pm

The library will be closed on Monday, January 21, for the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday.

Happy new year!

Holiday Break Hours

Holiday Break

Library Hours

 

The Birmingham-Southern College Library holiday hours are:

 

Friday, December 14  --  8 a.m. to 5 p.m.

 

Saturday & Sunday, December 15 & 16  --  CLOSED

 

Monday & Tuesday, December 17 & 18  --  8 a.m. to 5 p.m.

 

The Library will be CLOSED from
Wednesday, December 18 through Tuesday, January 1, 2013

 Chat and Email Reference Service will resume in January after the break.

The Library will open again on Wednesday, January 2, 2013

 

Happy Holidays to One and All

 

 

 

Extended Library Hours for Finals

The Library will be OPEN ALL NIGHT

before each Exam Day

 

Final Exams will be on December 6, 7, 10, 12, & 13

(Reading Days are December 5 and 11)

 

Wed. Dec. 5 – OPEN ALL NIGHT

Thurs. Dec. 6 – OPEN ALL NIGHT

Fri. Dec. 7 – Open ‘til 10 p.m.

Sat. Dec. 8 – Open ‘til Midnight

Sun. Dec. 9 – OPEN ALL NIGHT

Mon. Dec. 10 – OPEN 'til 2 a.m.

Tues. Dec. 11 – OPEN ALL NIGHT

Wed. Dec. 12 – OPEN ALL NIGHT

Thurs. Dec. 13 - Open 'til 10 p.m.

Fri. Dec. 14 - Open 'til 5 p.m.

Library services end at 2 a.m. (after 2 a.m. no check-outs; no reserves; no copier or printer support; no paying fines)

Many thanks to SGA & Campus Police

for making these extended hours possible!

Another Important Date:

ALL Interlibrary Loan Books are due back on Monday, December 6th.