Library schedule for reading days/final exams

Reading Days / Final Exams schedule: December 9 - 10 (Wednesday - Thursday) 8:00am - 2:00am December 11 (Friday) 8:00am - 10:00pm December 12 (Saturday) 9:00am - midnight December 13 (Sunday) 2:00pm - 2:00am December 14 - 16 (Monday - Wednesday) 8:00am - 2:00am December 17 (Thursday) 8:00am - 10:00pm December 18 (Friday) 8:00am - 5:00pm

During these extended hours, the Electronic Classroom on the ground floor will also be open during the hours the Library is open.

The library will be CLOSED for Christmas & New Year's holidays from December 19 - January 3

InterLibrary Loan Notice: All Interlibrary Loan Books are due back in the library December 9th. The library will give no renewals and we will not ask other libraries for any ILL books after December 9th due to the Christmas rush of mail. We will still ask for articles until December 18th. Students can still submit requests for books; we will hold these requests and and ask for them first thing on January 4th.

Professor Jim Neel's podcast now available

Art professor Jim Neel's Provost's Forum presentation, "Babel, Babel, Babel: Politics, Plumbing and Porcelain (Or why we should change the name of our species)" is now available. It is a really interesting discussion of how Professor Neel developed the idea for his current exhibition. The podcast is at:

http://orgs.bsc.edu/podcasts/J_Neel.mp4

We hope you enjoy the presentation.

Steve Laughlin

Two new faculty podcasts available!

The Library is pleased to present two podcasts of recent BSC faculty presentations. Kelly Russell’s talk entitled “Redefining the Family” is an insightful look at how changes in family structures have affected classroom environments. The podcasts are at (video listed first, then audio):

http://orgs.bsc.edu/podcasts/K_Russell.mp4

http://orgs.bsc.edu/podcasts/K_Russell.mp3

Renée Norrell’s talk, “Memory and the Quest for Identity: Québécois Fictional Narratives during the Quiet Revolution” is a fascinating discussion of the literature of French speaking Quebec during the time of the 1960s Quiet Revolution. The podcasts are at (video listed first, then audio):

http://orgs.bsc.edu/podcasts/R_Norrell.mp4

http://orgs.bsc.edu/podcasts/R_Norrell.mp3

Remember that all the podcasts available from the Library are accessible from the Podcast link on the bottom of the BSC Library home page. Enjoy!! Steve Laughlin

Faculty Publication -- Terrorism: A History

Associate Professor of History Randy Law is having quite the year. His new book, Terrorism: A History, was published this past summer by Polity press, a British publishing house that focuses on sociology, politics, and social and political theory. The book’s most recent review, published only last week, congratulated Law “on what is an error-free and well-presented book with a sprinkling of black and white images” and an “exhaustive bibliography.” The review concluded that “Law’s study provides the main reading for any political theory or international relations course.” The book can be found in the BSC Library (call number HV6431 .L39 2009). Shortly after Terrorism: A History came off the press, Professor Law headed off for the Ukraine, where he has been continuing to study terrorism on a Fulbright scholarship. His wife, Hannah Wolfson, has recorded their experiences there on her lively blog (http://theunlitsea.com/ ). We all look forward to welcoming back the Laws, along with their son Alex, when they are expected to return to Alabama next week.

--Anonymous Library-type Blogger

Thanksgiving Week Hours for the Library

The BSC Library will be open the following hours during Thanksgiving Week: Monday 11/23: 8 am - midnight Tuesday 11/24: 8 am - 7 pm Wednesday 11/25: 8 am - 5 pm Thursday 11/26: CLOSED Friday 11/27: CLOSED Saturday 11/28: CLOSED Sunday 11/29: 2 pm - midnight Happy Thanksgiving!

Striking 12: A New Musical for the Holidays

Feeling like a Scrooge? Well, then you should definitely go out and support the BSC Theatre in their performance of Striking 12 to put you in the Holiday spirit. Striking 12 is a musical that brings together old and new styles while combining music from all spectrums. It is a story that mirrors Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol. It is about a man at Christmas time that has turned into a Scrooge. He is very depressed at the end of the year when he meets a girl selling holiday lights which leads him to the story The Little Match Girl by Hans Christian Andersen. Through his journey, the man comes to discover what really matters in his life – and just in time for the New Year. It will be showing on the Mainstage of the Theatre starting this Thursday: November 19-21 at 7:30 p.m. November 22 at 2:30 p.m. Be sure to make time in your busy schedule for this amazing rendition of Striking 12! For more information on this and other upcoming productions visit the BSC Theatre's Homepage.

Provost's forum: Babel, Babel, Babel

The chimps are coming!!!!

Professor Jim Neel talks on politics and the inspiration behind his creation of the chimpanzee army that is currently on display in the Durbin Gallery in the Art building. The title of his talk is: Babel, Babel, Babel: Plumbing, Porcelain and Politics or Why We Should Change the Name of Our Species.

Gain insight into these monkey warriors, Tuesday 11/17 at 11 a.m. in Norton Theatre.