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Author Talk- “First Circle” editors

noreply@blogger.com (Muskingum University Library) — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 20:12:00 +0000

February 18 at 3:30p.m. at Muskingum University Library

February’s Author Talk brings to us the creative minds of “First Circle”. Please join us for an informative discussion with “First Circle’s” student panel.

The student panel is comprised of:

Amber Aitken, Zak Gress, and Nathania Johnson.

Amber is from New Concord, graduating this year with a degree in Child and Family Studies. Zak and Nathania are from Summerfield and Zanesville, respectively, and they will both graduate with English degrees next year. These students are active in the field of creative writing through coursework, attendance at an annual writers conference, and writing their own work and sending it out to contests and magazines. For the author talk, they will explain the process of selecting and editing work for “First Circle” magazine, and they will read selections that give insight to this process.

New Popular Reading Books for January!

noreply@blogger.com (Muskingum College Library) — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 13:39:00 +0000

The Hidden Flame
Davis Bunn & Janette Oke

Half Broke Horses: A True Life Novel
Jeannette Walls

Open: An Autobiography
Andrew Agassi

Heat Wave
Richard Castle
Burn
Ted Dekker & Erin Healy

Under the Dome
Stephen King

Ford County: Stories
John Grisham

When the Game Was Ours
Lary Bird, Earvin Magic Johnson, with Jackie MacMullan

Author Talk: Rod Lang

noreply@blogger.com (Muskingum University Library) — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 16:38:00 +0000

Author Talk: Rod Lang
Scriptwriting for Fun and (Not Much) Profit
3:30 p.m., Library

Rod Lang, assistant director of public relations at Muskingum, has been active in the theater for more than a decade as both an actor and a playwright. His second script, Sundries, received first prize and full production at the Bellevue Society for the Arts competition in 2004, and his work has been produced twice at Kent State University.

New Popular Reading Items for November!

noreply@blogger.com (Muskingum College Library) — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 18:11:00 +0000

Hothouse Orchid
Stuart Woods

Have a Little Faith
Mitch Albom

Juliet, Naked
Nick Hornby

Catching Fire
Suzanne Collins

Homer & Langley
E.L. Doctorow

Unseen Academicals
Terry Pratchett

Cheating Death: The Doctors and Medical Miracles that are Saving Lives Against All Odds
Sanjay Gupta

The Art of Racing in the Rain
Garth Stein

True Compass: A Memoir
Edward M. Kennedy

High on Arrival
Mackenzie Phillips

Author Talk: Deborah Phillips

noreply@blogger.com (Muskingum University Library) — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 14:30:00 +0000

Author Talk: Deborah Phillips
Muskingum University Library
Thursday, November 19th @ 3:30

Please join us in welcoming Deborah Phillips for our November Author Talk.

Deborah K. Phillips is Associate Professor in Communication at Muskingum College. She has a B.S. in business from the University of West Alabama, an M.A. in communication from the University of Wyoming, and a Ph.D. in communication from Florida State University. She is currently Gender and Media Studies Planner for the Popular Culture Association. Her research interests include popular culture, gender studies, and Canadian and U.S. television studies.

Deborah will discuss her work on “Gambling and Gender: Men and Women at Play”, which she co-authored with Vicki Wilson.

Deborah’s work on “Gambling and Gender” forges a new direction, studying gambling as more communication than compulsion, more recreation than deviance, more sociology than psychology. Within that framework it seeks to explore several aspects of gender: How do the gambling behaviors of men and women differ? How have women adapted to and/or changed the historically male dominance of the gambling arena? What gambling activities have women claimed as their own and used to develop uniquely female relationships? How have recent trends in technology and mass media changed the ways in which men and women claim or reject their gender identities? The authors use a variety of research strategies, including content analysis, survey research, interviews, and participative observation, to shed new light on this fascinating subject and to suggest ways to explore it further.

Light refreshments will be provided.

October 25th: Avoiding Plagiarism Workshop

noreply@blogger.com (Muskingum University Library) — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 20:38:00 +0000

Muskingum University Library
Avoiding Plagiarism Workshop
Boyd Science Center, Room 336
Sunday, October 25th - 8:00 PM

Plagiarism is a growing problem across the nation. In many cases plagiarism is committed because of a lack of knowledge. Want to know how you can easily avoid plagiarism and its consequences? Join us for our Plagiarism workshop to learn about Muskingum’s plagiarism policies and how you can easily avoid the mistakes that lead to plagiarism.

All are welcome to attend!

Author Talk: Nancy Thompson

noreply@blogger.com (Muskingum University Library) — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 12:36:00 +0000

Please join Muskingum University Library in welcoming author Nancy Thompson. Nancy will be speaking at the library on October 15th at 3:30.

At the age of 65, Thompson followed her childhood dream and began a new career as an author. She is the author of two children’s books. “When Grandma Lost her Skirt at Church,” a rhyming read-aloud story, based on the funny results of Grandma losing her skirt while teaching a Sunday school class at church, and “Barney, the Seeing Eye Mule.”

Student Workshop: Evaluating Sources

noreply@blogger.com (Muskingum College Library) — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 12:45:00 +0000

Join the library at the Chess Center for our first student workshop of the year!

Ever wonder how you can know which websites to trust? What does your professor mean when they say to use 'scholarly articles'? Come to the Chess Center at 8 pm on Tuesday, October 6 to find out, and to ask a librarian questions about finding and evaluating good sources.

Planning to attend? RSVP on our facebook page!

Keep an eye out for our upcoming workshops:

Avoiding Plagiarism October 25th
Avoiding Plagiarism November 3rd
Citation: MLA November 1st
Citation: Chicago November 8th
Citation: APA November 15th

OhioLINK Services Unavailable Saturday

noreply@blogger.com (Muskingum University Library) — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 14:32:00 +0000

OhioLINK Services Unavailable Saturday

"Due to emergency electrical repairs, ALL OhioLINK systems will be unavailable on Saturday, October 3rd from approximately 4 a.m. to 8 p.m., or until the work is completed.

Access to remote databases not located on an OhioLINK server (Ebsco, OCLC, Lexis-Nexis, ISI, etc.) should still be available to on-campus users or through local campus proxies if your campus offers this.

We apologize for the inconvenience and will restore service as quickly as possible."

Originally posted by Zoe Stewart-Marshall, OhioLINK

Author Talk Series: Toni Leland

noreply@blogger.com (Muskingum University Library) — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 14:03:00 +0000

The library is proud to host author Toni Leland as the first in our 2009-2010 Author Talk Series. The talk will be held in the library at 3:30 on Thursday, September 17. Refreshments will be provided.

Toni Leland has been writing for over 20 years. She has published four equestrian novels and two juvenile chapter books. Her short stories have appeared in “Arabella” Romance Magazine, “True Story”, “Bylines Writer's Calendar”, “From the Heart” anthologies, and “Horse Tales for the Soul”, as well as several newsletters for writers’ groups.

Toni writes a biweekly newspaper column on gardening as a spokesman for the Ohio State University Master Gardener program in Muskingum County, Ohio, pens articles for international gardening site, Dave's Garden (davesgarden.com), and writes feature articles for “Grit” magazine (grit.com), “Over the Back Fence” regional magazine, and Romance Writers of America's trade publication, “Romance Writers Report”.

In her day job as an editor, she assists authors with manuscripts and publishing, as well as scripting and producing educational DVDs about caring for Miniature Horses and writing and editing books about this unique height breed.

Toni lives with her husband in southeastern Ohio.

New Popular Reading Books for September!

noreply@blogger.com (Muskingum College Library) — Sun, 30 Aug 2009 23:28:00 +0000

Not That Kind of Girl: A Memoir
Carlene Bauer

Trust Me
Jeff Abbott

Intervention
Robin Cook

Glenn Beck's Common Sense: The Case Against an Out-of-Control Government, Inspired by Thomas Paine
Glenn Beck

The Seige
Stephen White

The Elephant Keeper
Christopher Nicholson

Dark Entries: A John Constantine Novel
Ian Rankin

Special workshops offered by the library!

noreply@blogger.com (Muskingum University Library) — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 14:02:00 +0000

The library is offering special topic workshops this Fall. All students are welcome to attend! All workshops will take place at the Chess Center at 8:00 PM on the posted date:

Evaluating Sources October 6th
Avoiding Plagiarism October 25th
Avoiding Plagiarism November 3rd
Citation: MLA November 1st
Citation: Chicago November 8th
Citation: APA November 15th

If you are an instructor and would like to offer extra credit for attending a workshop, the librarians will be pleased to take attendance or sign vouchers for you.

New Popular Reading Books for August!

noreply@blogger.com (Muskingum College Library) — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 15:45:00 +0000

The Accidental Billionaires: The Founding of Facebook, a Tale of Sex, Money, Genius, and Betrayal
Mezrich, Ben

Sacred Hearts
Sarah Dunant

Shanghai Girls
Lisa See

The Help
Kathyrn Stockett

The Moon Looked Down
Dorothy Garlock

The End of Overeating:Taking Control of the Insatiable American Appet ite
David A. Kessler, M.D.

Get Real
Donald E. Westlake

Reset: How this Crisis Can Restore Our Values and Renew America
Kurt Anderson

Twenties Girl
Sophia Kinsella

Olive Kitteridge
Elizabeth Strout

Hot Pursuit
Suzanne Brockmann

New Popular Reading Books for July

noreply@blogger.com (Muskingum College Library) — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 15:12:00 +0000

The Memory Collector
Meg Gardiner

Dune Road
Jane Green

The Wedding Girl
Madeleine Wickham

Killer Summer
Ridley Pearson

Author Talk: Dr. Bill Kerrigan and Ryan Worbs

noreply@blogger.com (Muskingum University Library) — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 18:34:00 +0000

Please join us Thursday April 23 at 3:30pm in the Muskingum College Library, to welcome Associate Professor of History Dr. Bill Kerrigan and Ryan Worbs to discuss their work on the recent publication “Muskingum College, a New Pictorial History.”

Dr. Kerrigan, Ryan Worbs and Heather Giffen worked for over a year to research this pictorial history of Muskingum College’s history and achievements. Their work spans 170 years of the student experience here at Muskingum. All three authors have a unique history with Muskingum, Kerrigan as an Associate Professor of History, Giffen as the fifth generation of her family to attend Muskingum and Worb as a current senior with ties to the town of New Concord. Please join us to hear more about the history of our College and the research process to putting together this wonderful tribute to Muskingum College.

Senior Art Exhibition Begins

noreply@blogger.com (Muskingum University Library) — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 16:55:00 +0000

The library is proudly hosting the Senior Art Exhibition of Muskingum College. Professor Yan Sun has worked diligently to bring to us the works of Senior Art majors Allyson Stone, Elizabeth Valentine and John Drubel. The works of many talented Senior Art minors are also on display.

The exhibition will remain on the Main Floor of the library from April 3rd to May 1st. An Opening Reception will be held in the library on Tuesday, April 7th from 2-4 P.M. These pieces will not remain with us long, so take the time to enjoy this inspiring exhibit.

New Popular Reading Books for April

noreply@blogger.com (Muskingum College Library) — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 17:23:00 +0000

Life Sentences
Lippman, Laura

One Second After
Forstchen, William R.

Outcast (Star Wars: Fate of the Jedi)
Allston, Aaron

The Unlikely Disciple: A Sinner's Semester at America's Holie st University
Roose, Kevin

Long Lost
Coben, Harlan

Run For Your Life
Patterson, James & Michael Ledwidge
Outliers: The Story of Success
Gladwell, Malcolm

The Graveyard Book
Gaiman, Neil

New Chairs

noreply@blogger.com (Muskingum College Library) — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 17:14:00 +0000

The library is the proud owner of two more comfy chairs! Come grab a cushy seat and curl up as you research for papers or study for finals. A librarian is nearby, ready to help with any questions or last-minute research needs you may have. And if you come by on Friday, we've got fresh popcorn!

Popcorn Fridays at the Library

noreply@blogger.com (Muskingum College Library) — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 15:12:00 +0000

Come visit the library on Friday afternoons for free, freshly-popped popcorn!

Take the edge off your hunger and munch on some delicious popcorness while doing your research or grabbing a few books for the weekend. We'll be making up a fresh batch every Friday afternoon until 5 pm (and there are usually leftovers, so grab a bag Friday night or Saturday as well!).

Join us for an exciting author talk!

noreply@blogger.com (Muskingum University Library) — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 18:51:00 +0000

Author Talk: Dr. Vivian Wagner
Thursday, March 19th @ 3:30 PM in Library

Muskingum College Library welcomes Vivian Wagner, to discuss her book “Fiddle: One Woman’s Search for Tunes, Grit, and Authenticity.”

Vivian Wagner is an assistant professor of journalism and director of the journalism program at Muskingum College. She'll be reading from her forthcoming book, FIDDLE: ONE WOMAN'S SEARCH FOR TUNES, GRIT, and AUTHENTICITY (Citadel Press/Kensington 2010). The book traces her personal journey in learning to play the fiddle, from the backwoods of Tennessee to the bayous of Louisiana. Trained as a classical violinist, Wagner finds that fiddling has something to teach her about creativity, improvisation, and survival.

Wagner received her Ph.D. in English, specializing in American literature and popular culture, from the University of Illinois in 1996, and she has taught at Muskingum College since 2003. Her articles and essays have appeared in many magazines and literary journals, including American Profile, Bluegrass Unlimited, Relish, The Pinch, The Battered Suitcase, The Kenyon Review Online, Toasted Cheese, and Vegetarian Times. She has received fellowships to the Kenyon Review Writers Workshop and the RopeWalk Writers Retreat, and one of her essays was shortlisted in Best American Essays 2007.

Muskingum University Library Update

This blog has moved

Popular Reading Books for April

Popular Reading for March

Author Talk- “First Circle” editors

New Popular Reading Books for January!

Author Talk: Rod Lang

New Popular Reading Items for November!

Author Talk: Deborah Phillips

October 25th: Avoiding Plagiarism Workshop

Author Talk: Nancy Thompson

Student Workshop: Evaluating Sources

OhioLINK Services Unavailable Saturday

OhioLINK Services Unavailable Saturday

Popular Reading Books for October!

Author Talk Series: Toni Leland

New Popular Reading Books for September!

Special workshops offered by the library!

New Popular Reading Books for August!

New Popular Reading Books for July

Popular Reading Books for June

Author Talk: Dr. Bill Kerrigan and Ryan Worbs

Senior Art Exhibition Begins

New Popular Reading Books for April

New Chairs

Popcorn Fridays at the Library

Join us for an exciting author talk!