Celebrating Women in March
Posted by Jill Hallam-Miller in Events on 08. Mar, 2013 | 0 Comments
TweetMaybe you’ve already seen today’s Google Doodle, which celebrates International Women’s Day, but do you know why we celebrate women internationally today? And did you know that the month of March is Women’s History Month? We asked our very own Professor Melissa Wehler to tell us what these celebrations of women mean to her. Here’s [More...]
A Little Friendly Competition to Start Things Off Right
Posted by Jill Hallam-Miller in Events on 24. Oct, 2012 | 0 Comments
TweetLately we’ve been feeling like library instruction in Freshman Seminar classes hasn’t been much fun. We like fun. So we decided to steal an idea from a couple of librarians in Philadelphia and Pittsburgh to kick off our Fall Freshman Seminar library instruction. What’s the Idea? Everyone loves a little competition, right? We thought it [More...]
Election Day is November 6th…Are YOU Ready?
Posted by Jill Hallam-Miller in Events, Reference on 11. Sep, 2012 | 0 Comments
TweetDo you plan to vote for the first time in the November election? Have you voted in an earlier election, but not as a Pennsylvania resident? Do you plan to vote using an absentee ballot (will you be in Australia on Election Day)? If you can answer “yes” to any of the above questions, NOW [More...]
Remember September 11th
Posted by Jessica in Events on 04. Sep, 2012 | 1 Comment
TweetREMEMBRANCE. September 11, 2012 will mark the 11th anniversary of the mayhem that ensued that Tuesday morning in 2001. Four planes hijacked by Al-Qaeda terrorists crashed throughout the east coast; two planes into the World Trade Center buildings in New York City (American Airlines Flight 11, United Airlines Flight 175), one plane into the Pentagon [More...]
Top 5 Places To Read
Posted by Jessica in Events, WWLD on 10. May, 2012 | 0 Comments
TweetMay is Get Caught Reading month! This is a program sponsored by the American Association of Publishers (AAP) to encourage people of all ages to read, where ever and whenever! It’s not always about finding the time to read, but it’s sometimes about finding the right place. I always struggle with finding a comfortable place, [More...]
National Poetry Month: WWLD?
Posted by Marian the Librarian in Events, WWLD on 03. Apr, 2012 | 23 Comments
TweetWhat Would a Librarian Do this month? Take out a pen and paper. I’ve got some poems for you to read With explanations so you can go deeper! Did you know that it’s National Poetry Month? This is a haiku. (The syllables of this three-line haiku poem should add up to 5, 7, and 5 [More...]
Enter the Library’s NaNoWriMo Contest!
Posted by Jill Hallam-Miller in Events on 08. Nov, 2011 | 4 Comments
TweetEnter the WHAT? November is National Novel Writing Month, and we challenge you, Central Penn students, to write an original novel (the goal is 50,000 words) by November 30th. We encourage all you writers to bring your laptops to the library’s Leadership Room or to our conference table between 8PM and 11PM Monday through Thursday [More...]
