It's not too early to start planning for the Fourth Annual Undergraduate Research Symposium at Mount Aloysius College.
This event, which highlights undergraduate research, will take place from 3:30 until 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday, April 21, 2009, in the Health & Physical Fitness Center.
Student-faculty teams in all disciplines are encouraged to submit a letter of intent by February 27, 2009, and an abstract of their completed or in-progress projects by March 31, 2009, for inclusion in the event. Monetary awards will be presented to students with outstanding projects.
Once abstracts of research projects have been submitted, detailed "Information for Presenters" will be sent.
Please check out the Undergraduate Research page for additional information.
Friday, November 14, 2008
Wednesday, November 05, 2008
Library Film Series
The Candidate will be shown on Tuesday, November 18, at 6:00 p.m., in the Library classroom, 2nd floor. This is the last film in the Fall 2008 Library Film Series which has featured films about politics, campaigns and elections.
Michael Ritchie's 1972 drama about political idealist Bill McKay (played by Robert Redford) recruited to make a run for the Senate is still engrossing and still a terribly accurate reflection of the contemporary campaign process. In one of his trademark roles as a man haunted by some shadow of inauthenticity, Redford is superb as a first-time candidate watching his values and control over his message disappear in the age of TV-friendly prefabrication. The Candidate is all about the packaging of today’s office-seeker. It’s a sharp insider’s view of how admen, press agents, pollsters and media czars converge on election campaigns.
Ms. Kristi Bowers, Assistant Professor, Educational Enrichment Program/Department Chairperson, General Studies and Liberal Arts/Learning Center Specialist, will introduce the film and moderate a post-viewing questions & answer session.
Contact Shamim Rajpar, srajpar@mtaloy.edu or 886-8662, if additional information is needed.
Michael Ritchie's 1972 drama about political idealist Bill McKay (played by Robert Redford) recruited to make a run for the Senate is still engrossing and still a terribly accurate reflection of the contemporary campaign process. In one of his trademark roles as a man haunted by some shadow of inauthenticity, Redford is superb as a first-time candidate watching his values and control over his message disappear in the age of TV-friendly prefabrication. The Candidate is all about the packaging of today’s office-seeker. It’s a sharp insider’s view of how admen, press agents, pollsters and media czars converge on election campaigns.
Ms. Kristi Bowers, Assistant Professor, Educational Enrichment Program/Department Chairperson, General Studies and Liberal Arts/Learning Center Specialist, will introduce the film and moderate a post-viewing questions & answer session.
Contact Shamim Rajpar, srajpar@mtaloy.edu or 886-8662, if additional information is needed.
Wednesday, October 22, 2008
Library Film Series
The film Primary Colors will be shown on Tuesday, October 28, at 6:00 p.m., in the Library classroom, 2nd floor. This is the second event in the Fall 2008 Library Film Series, featuring films about politics and elections.
Primary Colors (1998) is a “superb comedy-drama [that] provides an illuminating, insightful, and frequently hilarious look at the harsh realities of presidential politics. John Travolta stars as Jack Stanton, a presidential hopeful whose campaign is challenged by dual dilemmas: how to squelch a scandal involving the candidate's alleged sex with an underage girl, and how to handle information that could potentially ruin Stanton's opponent (superbly played by Larry Hagman). Stanton's wife (Emma Thompson) stands by her man despite awareness of his infidelities, but his loyal campaign planners (played by Billy Bob Thornton, Maura Tierney, and Adrian Lester) experience a crisis of conscience. So does one of the Stantons' oldest friends (Kathy Bates, in an Oscar-nominated role), whose sense of betrayal and lost idealism proves too much to bear. … Primary Colors plays like a sophisticated comedy with loads of memorable scenes and dialogue, but it sneaks up on you with devastating dramatic impact. Anchored by Travolta's superb performance, the movie presents a story of great moral complexity and leaves viewers to contemplate their own reactions to the volatile and ethically complicated game of modern politics.
(Amazon.com review)
Dr. Michael Jones, Assistant Professor, Social Sciences/History-Political Science, will introduce the film and moderate a post-viewing question & answer session.
The last film in the series, The Candidate, will be shown on November 18.
Contact Shamim Rajpar, srajpar@mtaloy.edu or 886-8662, if additional information is needed.
Primary Colors (1998) is a “superb comedy-drama [that] provides an illuminating, insightful, and frequently hilarious look at the harsh realities of presidential politics. John Travolta stars as Jack Stanton, a presidential hopeful whose campaign is challenged by dual dilemmas: how to squelch a scandal involving the candidate's alleged sex with an underage girl, and how to handle information that could potentially ruin Stanton's opponent (superbly played by Larry Hagman). Stanton's wife (Emma Thompson) stands by her man despite awareness of his infidelities, but his loyal campaign planners (played by Billy Bob Thornton, Maura Tierney, and Adrian Lester) experience a crisis of conscience. So does one of the Stantons' oldest friends (Kathy Bates, in an Oscar-nominated role), whose sense of betrayal and lost idealism proves too much to bear. … Primary Colors plays like a sophisticated comedy with loads of memorable scenes and dialogue, but it sneaks up on you with devastating dramatic impact. Anchored by Travolta's superb performance, the movie presents a story of great moral complexity and leaves viewers to contemplate their own reactions to the volatile and ethically complicated game of modern politics.
(Amazon.com review)
Dr. Michael Jones, Assistant Professor, Social Sciences/History-Political Science, will introduce the film and moderate a post-viewing question & answer session.
The last film in the series, The Candidate, will be shown on November 18.
Contact Shamim Rajpar, srajpar@mtaloy.edu or 886-8662, if additional information is needed.
Tuesday, September 09, 2008
Library Film Series
Fall 2008
The United States presidential election of 2008 is scheduled for Tuesday, November 4. The Fall 2008 Library Film Series will feature three films about politics and elections. Each film will be introduced by a faculty member who will also moderate a post-viewing Q and A session. All films will be shown in the Library classroom, 2nd floor, at 6:00 p.m. Attendance may count for CLS convocation credit. Students should confirm with their individual instructors.
The first film in the series, Wag the Dog, will be shown on Tuesday, September 23. Kimberly Asonevich, Instructor, Business and Information Technology, will serve as the faculty moderator.
Wag the Dog co-stars Robert DeNiro as a Washington spinmaster who needs a war to distract public's attention from a sex scandal involving the President. Enter Dustin Hoffman, veteran Hollywood, and a White House aide (Anne Heche). Can the president's molesting of a young girl be buried in the two weeks before an election? A war in Albania just might do the trick. In the good old days, the president would just invade. With modern technology, it's even cleaner. The hungry press looks for any lead; convenient misinformation is created by the latest Hollywood fakery creating images and merchandise all instantly packaged. And it must be real, because it's on TV. David Mamet's script never questions the morals or the absolute secrecy needed to pull this thing off. He and director Barry Levinson have enough truth in the story to make you wonder what is real news and what is just promotion the next time you see CNN.
The remaining two films in the series are Primary Colors, October 28, moderated by Mike Jones, Assistant Professor, Social Sciences/History-Political Science, and The Candidate, November 18, moderated by Kristi Bowers, Assistant Professor, Educational Enrichment.
Please contact Shamim Rajpar, either at 886-6442 or srajpar@mtaloy.edu, if you need additional information.
The United States presidential election of 2008 is scheduled for Tuesday, November 4. The Fall 2008 Library Film Series will feature three films about politics and elections. Each film will be introduced by a faculty member who will also moderate a post-viewing Q and A session. All films will be shown in the Library classroom, 2nd floor, at 6:00 p.m. Attendance may count for CLS convocation credit. Students should confirm with their individual instructors.
The first film in the series, Wag the Dog, will be shown on Tuesday, September 23. Kimberly Asonevich, Instructor, Business and Information Technology, will serve as the faculty moderator.
Wag the Dog co-stars Robert DeNiro as a Washington spinmaster who needs a war to distract public's attention from a sex scandal involving the President. Enter Dustin Hoffman, veteran Hollywood, and a White House aide (Anne Heche). Can the president's molesting of a young girl be buried in the two weeks before an election? A war in Albania just might do the trick. In the good old days, the president would just invade. With modern technology, it's even cleaner. The hungry press looks for any lead; convenient misinformation is created by the latest Hollywood fakery creating images and merchandise all instantly packaged. And it must be real, because it's on TV. David Mamet's script never questions the morals or the absolute secrecy needed to pull this thing off. He and director Barry Levinson have enough truth in the story to make you wonder what is real news and what is just promotion the next time you see CNN.
The remaining two films in the series are Primary Colors, October 28, moderated by Mike Jones, Assistant Professor, Social Sciences/History-Political Science, and The Candidate, November 18, moderated by Kristi Bowers, Assistant Professor, Educational Enrichment.
Please contact Shamim Rajpar, either at 886-6442 or srajpar@mtaloy.edu, if you need additional information.
Thursday, September 04, 2008
Statesman's Yearbook Online
The Library is now offering online access to The Statesman's Yearbook through the Library's Databases page. This important reference work contains information and analysis on every country in the world, including politics, population, economics, trade, industry, climate, natural resources, education, legal systems, culture, health, international affairs, and biographical profiles of all current leaders. Stop by the Reference Desk, email askalibrarian@mtaloy.edu, or call 886-6478 with questions!
Monday, August 25, 2008
Banned Books Week -- September 27 - October 4, 2008
Exercise Your First Amendment Rights – Listen to and Read a Banned Book!
“Banned Books Week: Celebrating the Freedom to Read is observed during the last week of September each year. Observed since 1982, this annual American Library Association event reminds Americans not to take this precious democratic freedom for granted. This year, 2008, marks BBW's 27th anniversary (September 27 through October 4).
Banned Books Week celebrates the freedom to choose or the freedom to express one’s opinion even if that opinion might be considered unorthodox or unpopular and stresses the importance of ensuring the availability of those unorthodox or unpopular viewpoints to all who wish to read them. After all, intellectual freedom can exist only where these two essential conditions are met.”*
Banned Books Week will be celebrated at Mount Aloysius College on
For additional information, contact Dr. Barbara Cook (English & Fine Arts), Dr. Julie Smith (Social Studies) or Shamim Rajpar (Library).
*(Source: American Library Association, Office of Intellectual Freedom)
“Banned Books Week: Celebrating the Freedom to Read is observed during the last week of September each year. Observed since 1982, this annual American Library Association event reminds Americans not to take this precious democratic freedom for granted. This year, 2008, marks BBW's 27th anniversary (September 27 through October 4).
Banned Books Week celebrates the freedom to choose or the freedom to express one’s opinion even if that opinion might be considered unorthodox or unpopular and stresses the importance of ensuring the availability of those unorthodox or unpopular viewpoints to all who wish to read them. After all, intellectual freedom can exist only where these two essential conditions are met.”*
Banned Books Week will be celebrated at Mount Aloysius College on
- Monday, September 29, in the upper lobby of the Cosgrave Center.
- Beginning at 10:00 a.m. and continuing until 7:00 p.m., a selection from a different banned, challenged or censored book will be read every ten minutes by a student, faculty or staff member of the College.
For additional information, contact Dr. Barbara Cook (English & Fine Arts), Dr. Julie Smith (Social Studies) or Shamim Rajpar (Library).
*(Source: American Library Association, Office of Intellectual Freedom)
Monday, June 02, 2008
June eBook of the Month: What now? by Ann Patchett
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June eBook of the Month
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What now?
by Ann Patchett
HarperCollins, 2008
Based on her lauded commencement address at Sarah Lawrence College, this stirring essay by best-selling author Ann Patchett offers hope and inspiration for anyone at a crossroads, whether graduating, changing careers, or transitioning from one life stage to another. With wit and candor, Patchett tells her own story of attending college, graduating, and struggling with the inevitable question, What now?
From student to line cook to teacher to waitress and eventually to award-winning author, Patchett's own life has taken many twists and turns that make her exploration genuine and resonant. As Patchett writes, "'What now?' represents our excitement and our future, the very vitality of life." Praised as "The best graduation present on the market..." by Publisher's Weekly, What now? highlights the possibilities the unknown offers and reminds us that there is as much joy in the journey as there is in reaching the destination.
Provided through the generous support of HarperCollins What now? will be available with free, unlimited access to the Mount Aloysius College community June 1-30, 2008. If you have already established a NetLibrary account through Mount Aloysius College Library, visit http://www.netlibrary.org/ and log in. If you do not have a NetLibrary account, you can create an account from any computer.
For more information about NetLibrary or other services available through Mount Aloysius College Library, please contact your librarian or email askalibrarian@mtaloy.edu or check the Library webpage: http://library.mtaloy.edu/
June eBook of the Month
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What now?
by Ann Patchett
HarperCollins, 2008
Based on her lauded commencement address at Sarah Lawrence College, this stirring essay by best-selling author Ann Patchett offers hope and inspiration for anyone at a crossroads, whether graduating, changing careers, or transitioning from one life stage to another. With wit and candor, Patchett tells her own story of attending college, graduating, and struggling with the inevitable question, What now?
From student to line cook to teacher to waitress and eventually to award-winning author, Patchett's own life has taken many twists and turns that make her exploration genuine and resonant. As Patchett writes, "'What now?' represents our excitement and our future, the very vitality of life." Praised as "The best graduation present on the market..." by Publisher's Weekly, What now? highlights the possibilities the unknown offers and reminds us that there is as much joy in the journey as there is in reaching the destination.
Provided through the generous support of HarperCollins What now? will be available with free, unlimited access to the Mount Aloysius College community June 1-30, 2008. If you have already established a NetLibrary account through Mount Aloysius College Library, visit http://www.netlibrary.org/ and log in. If you do not have a NetLibrary account, you can create an account from any computer.
For more information about NetLibrary or other services available through Mount Aloysius College Library, please contact your librarian or email askalibrarian@mtaloy.edu or check the Library webpage: http://library.mtaloy.edu/
Thursday, May 01, 2008
May eBook of the Month: The New Paradigm for Financial Markets
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May eBook of the Month
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The New Paradigm for Financial Markets:
The Credit Crisis of 2008 and What It Means
by George Soros
PublicAffairs, 2008
George Soros, the legendary financier, philanthropist and bestselling author, has written a new book on the current financial crisis that will be available as the NetLibrary eBook of the Month selection for May. Print editions of this thought-provoking new work will not be released until May 19.
In The New Paradigm for Financial Markets: The Credit Crisis of 2008 and What It Means, Soros explores the origins of the current financial crisis and its implications for the future. Soros, whose breadth of experience in financial markets is unrivaled, places the current crisis in the context of decades of study of how individuals and institutions handle the boom and bust cycles that now dominate global economic activity. "This is the worst financial crisis since the 1930s," writes Soros in characterizing the scale of financial distress spreading across Wall Street and other financial centers around the world.
Provided through the generous support of The Perseus Books Group, the May eBook of the Month will be available to the Mount Aloysius College Library community May 1-31. If you have already established a NetLibrary account through Mount Aloysius College Library, visit http://www.netlibrary.org/ and log in. If you do not have a NetLibrary account, you can create an account from any computer.
For more information about NetLibrary or other services available through Mount Aloysius College Library, please contact your librarian or email askalibrarian@mtaloy.edu or check the Libray webpage: http://library.mtaloy.edu/
May eBook of the Month
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The New Paradigm for Financial Markets:
The Credit Crisis of 2008 and What It Means
by George Soros
PublicAffairs, 2008
George Soros, the legendary financier, philanthropist and bestselling author, has written a new book on the current financial crisis that will be available as the NetLibrary eBook of the Month selection for May. Print editions of this thought-provoking new work will not be released until May 19.
In The New Paradigm for Financial Markets: The Credit Crisis of 2008 and What It Means, Soros explores the origins of the current financial crisis and its implications for the future. Soros, whose breadth of experience in financial markets is unrivaled, places the current crisis in the context of decades of study of how individuals and institutions handle the boom and bust cycles that now dominate global economic activity. "This is the worst financial crisis since the 1930s," writes Soros in characterizing the scale of financial distress spreading across Wall Street and other financial centers around the world.
Provided through the generous support of The Perseus Books Group, the May eBook of the Month will be available to the Mount Aloysius College Library community May 1-31. If you have already established a NetLibrary account through Mount Aloysius College Library, visit http://www.netlibrary.org/ and log in. If you do not have a NetLibrary account, you can create an account from any computer.
For more information about NetLibrary or other services available through Mount Aloysius College Library, please contact your librarian or email askalibrarian@mtaloy.edu or check the Libray webpage: http://library.mtaloy.edu/
Wednesday, April 09, 2008
Extended Library Hours
In response to the LibQual+ Survey conducted earlier in the semester, the Library will extend hours until 10:00 p.m. on the following Sundays: April 13, 20, 27, and May 4. This service is being offered on a trial basis.
April 13, the first Sunday for the extended Sunday hours, coincides with the beginning of National Library Week -- April 13 - 19.
The Library Staff
askalibrarian@mtaloy.edu
x6477
April 13, the first Sunday for the extended Sunday hours, coincides with the beginning of National Library Week -- April 13 - 19.
The Library Staff
askalibrarian@mtaloy.edu
x6477
Tuesday, April 01, 2008
April eBook of the Month: Retire Happy
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April eBook of the Month
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Retire Happy
What You Can Do Now to Guarantee a Great Retirement
by Attorneys Richard Stim & Ralph Warner
From Nolo & USA TODAY
When planning for retirement, it's easy to become preoccupied with stock portfolios, 401(k) balances and doomsday predictions about baby boomer's lack of savings. But happiness in retirement isn't about how much cash you can manage to sock away before the age of 65. Everyone wants a comfortable retirement—but most also plan to have some fun, maintain an active social life, and enjoy a healthy old age.
In Retire Happy: What You Can Do Now to Guarantee a Great Retirement, author Rich Stim shows readers how to become rich in the ways that matter most. He encourages future retirees to balance financial concerns with an enriching lifestyle by cultivating interests outside work, leading a healthier lifestyle, revitalizing family relationships, and more. Retire Happy helps readers prepare for retirement—not just financially, but in every aspect of their lives.
Provided through the generous support of Nolo, the April eBook of the Month will be available to the Mount Aloysius College Library community April 1-30. If you have already established a NetLibrary account through Mount Aloysius College Library, visit http://www.netlibrary.org/ and log in. If you do not have a NetLibrary account, you can create an account from any computer.
For more information about NetLibrary or other services available through Mount Aloysius College Library, please contact your librarian or email askalibrarian@mtaloy.edu or check the Libray webpage: http://library.mtaloy.edu/
April eBook of the Month
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Retire Happy
What You Can Do Now to Guarantee a Great Retirement
by Attorneys Richard Stim & Ralph Warner
From Nolo & USA TODAY
When planning for retirement, it's easy to become preoccupied with stock portfolios, 401(k) balances and doomsday predictions about baby boomer's lack of savings. But happiness in retirement isn't about how much cash you can manage to sock away before the age of 65. Everyone wants a comfortable retirement—but most also plan to have some fun, maintain an active social life, and enjoy a healthy old age.
In Retire Happy: What You Can Do Now to Guarantee a Great Retirement, author Rich Stim shows readers how to become rich in the ways that matter most. He encourages future retirees to balance financial concerns with an enriching lifestyle by cultivating interests outside work, leading a healthier lifestyle, revitalizing family relationships, and more. Retire Happy helps readers prepare for retirement—not just financially, but in every aspect of their lives.
Provided through the generous support of Nolo, the April eBook of the Month will be available to the Mount Aloysius College Library community April 1-30. If you have already established a NetLibrary account through Mount Aloysius College Library, visit http://www.netlibrary.org/ and log in. If you do not have a NetLibrary account, you can create an account from any computer.
For more information about NetLibrary or other services available through Mount Aloysius College Library, please contact your librarian or email askalibrarian@mtaloy.edu or check the Libray webpage: http://library.mtaloy.edu/
Friday, March 14, 2008
Our Thanks to All Who Participated in the Library Survey
Our sincere thanks to all who participated in the Library Survey and congratulations to the winners in the drawing for Sheetz Gift Cards.
The winners of the three top prizes of gift cards for $100 each are:
Tabitha Blue
Ashley Vay
Caitlin Wilkinson
Winners of $25 gift cards are:
Merrilee Anderson
Jennifer Beck
Keith Bukowski
Rebecca Burkholder
Angela Calhoun
Angela Dodson
Heather Dumm
Erin Gavin
Melissa Good
Barbara Hagerich
Elizabeth Hollen
Matthew Hoover
Sr. Linda Karas
BreAnne Knapic
Brandy Kozak
John Porter
Ashley Queen
Regina Robine
Heather Totten
Marshall Weimert
Gift cards can be picked up in the Library Office between the hours of 8:30 a.m. - 4:00 p.m., Monday - Friday. Bring your Mount Aloysius I.D. with you. Please contact Joe Mocnik, jmocnik@mtaloy.edu, if you have any questions.
Thank you again for your participation! If you missed the opportunity to share your opinions or recommendations in this formal survey, we invite you to do so by putting your comments in the Comments & Suggestions Box at the circulation desk.
Tuesday, March 11, 2008
Come to the Movies at the Library!
Library Film Series
The Library Spring 2008 Film Series will present, for its third feature, the film Sophie Scholl: The Final Days on Monday, March 31, at 6:00 p.m., in the Library Classroom, 2nd floor.
Through its simplicity and scrupulous attention to historical detail, Sophie Scholl: The Final Days, based on the true story of young people who chose NOT to be bystanders, is a film that proves to be both thrillingly suspenseful and emotionally devastating. During the peak of the Third Reich, Sophie Scholl, along with her brother Hans and other students in Munich, formed a resistance group called the White Rose and distributed anti-Nazi leaflets. Sophie Scholl begins on a crisp winter day, with Sophie and Hans distributing leaflets around the empty halls of a university before class is let out. The tension only increases as they are arrested, interrogated, and swiftly convicted in a brutal show trial. The heart of the film is in the scenes between Sophie and her interrogator, Robert Mohr, a loyal Nazi who nonetheless respected and perhaps even admired Sophie.
The film will be introduced by Dr. Julie Smith who will also moderate a post-viewing Q & A session.
The last film in this series, Crash, will be shown on Monday, April 28 and moderated by Mr. Drew Tatusko.
Please contact Shamim Rajpar, either at 886-6442, or srajpar@mtaloy.edu, if you need additional information.
The Library Spring 2008 Film Series will present, for its third feature, the film Sophie Scholl: The Final Days on Monday, March 31, at 6:00 p.m., in the Library Classroom, 2nd floor.
Through its simplicity and scrupulous attention to historical detail, Sophie Scholl: The Final Days, based on the true story of young people who chose NOT to be bystanders, is a film that proves to be both thrillingly suspenseful and emotionally devastating. During the peak of the Third Reich, Sophie Scholl, along with her brother Hans and other students in Munich, formed a resistance group called the White Rose and distributed anti-Nazi leaflets. Sophie Scholl begins on a crisp winter day, with Sophie and Hans distributing leaflets around the empty halls of a university before class is let out. The tension only increases as they are arrested, interrogated, and swiftly convicted in a brutal show trial. The heart of the film is in the scenes between Sophie and her interrogator, Robert Mohr, a loyal Nazi who nonetheless respected and perhaps even admired Sophie.
The film will be introduced by Dr. Julie Smith who will also moderate a post-viewing Q & A session.
The last film in this series, Crash, will be shown on Monday, April 28 and moderated by Mr. Drew Tatusko.
Please contact Shamim Rajpar, either at 886-6442, or srajpar@mtaloy.edu, if you need additional information.
Friday, February 29, 2008
March eBook of the Month: From the Primaries to the Polls
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March eBook of the Month
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From the Primaries to the Polls:
How to Repair America's Broken Presidential Nomination Process
by Thomas Gangale
Greenwood Publishing Group, 2008
America's presidential nominating process is inherently unfair and exclusive, yielding undue weight and privilege to the states that vote in the earliest rounds. More and more states are beating down the door to vote earlier, trying to redress the inequity on a state-by-state basis. In the ensuing free-for-all, the presidential primary schedule has become so front-loaded that the anointed "front-runner" with the biggest war chest in each of the major parties is the de facto nominee.
From the Primaries to the Polls describes the problem and proposes the solution. The American Plan is designed to begin with contests in small-population states, where candidates do not need millions of dollars to compete and a wide field of presidential hopefuls can be competitive in the early going. Keeping more candidates in the race longer to challenge the "front-runners" prevents a rush to judgment and permits more voters across the country to select from a diverse field. As the campaign proceeds, the aggregate value of contested states becomes successively larger, requiring the expenditure of larger amounts of money in order to campaign effectively. A more gradual weeding-out process occurs, allowing a clear winner to emerge only after the full spectrum of candidates has been in play nationally.
Provided through the generous support of Greenwood Publishing Group, the March eBook of the Month will be available to the Mount Aloysius College Library community March 1-31. If you have already established a NetLibrary account through Mount Aloysius College Library, visit http://www.netlibrary.org and log in. If you do not have a NetLibrary account, you can create an account from any computer.
For more information about NetLibrary or other services available through Mount Aloysius College Library, please contact your librarian or email askalibrarian@mtaloy.edu or check the Libray webpage:
http://library.mtaloy.edu
March eBook of the Month
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From the Primaries to the Polls:
How to Repair America's Broken Presidential Nomination Process
by Thomas Gangale
Greenwood Publishing Group, 2008
America's presidential nominating process is inherently unfair and exclusive, yielding undue weight and privilege to the states that vote in the earliest rounds. More and more states are beating down the door to vote earlier, trying to redress the inequity on a state-by-state basis. In the ensuing free-for-all, the presidential primary schedule has become so front-loaded that the anointed "front-runner" with the biggest war chest in each of the major parties is the de facto nominee.
From the Primaries to the Polls describes the problem and proposes the solution. The American Plan is designed to begin with contests in small-population states, where candidates do not need millions of dollars to compete and a wide field of presidential hopefuls can be competitive in the early going. Keeping more candidates in the race longer to challenge the "front-runners" prevents a rush to judgment and permits more voters across the country to select from a diverse field. As the campaign proceeds, the aggregate value of contested states becomes successively larger, requiring the expenditure of larger amounts of money in order to campaign effectively. A more gradual weeding-out process occurs, allowing a clear winner to emerge only after the full spectrum of candidates has been in play nationally.
Provided through the generous support of Greenwood Publishing Group, the March eBook of the Month will be available to the Mount Aloysius College Library community March 1-31. If you have already established a NetLibrary account through Mount Aloysius College Library, visit http://www.netlibrary.org and log in. If you do not have a NetLibrary account, you can create an account from any computer.
For more information about NetLibrary or other services available through Mount Aloysius College Library, please contact your librarian or email askalibrarian@mtaloy.edu or check the Libray webpage:
http://library.mtaloy.edu
Friday, February 08, 2008
New Citculation Assistant
New Circulation Assistant
Welcome to Jamie Swank, the newest addition to the Circulation Department in the library. Jamie has a B.S. in Behavioral and Social Science from Mount Aloysius College. She used to do her work-study hours in the library and is currently employed by Interim Health Care. Jamie will work evenings and weekends. Come by and say hello to her!
Welcome to Jamie Swank, the newest addition to the Circulation Department in the library. Jamie has a B.S. in Behavioral and Social Science from Mount Aloysius College. She used to do her work-study hours in the library and is currently employed by Interim Health Care. Jamie will work evenings and weekends. Come by and say hello to her!
Wednesday, February 06, 2008
E-ZBorrow Service Restored
Dear Mount Aloysius Students/Staff/Faculty:
We are pleased to announce that access to E-ZBorrow is once again available to the Mount Aloysius College community. This service can be accessed from links on both the main Library web page and from Mountlink, the online catalog.
E-ZBorrow does not replace traditional Interlibrary Loan (ILL) but complements it. We ask that you request book loans through E-ZBorrow before using ILL. Service through E-ZBorrow is generally faster than that provided through ILL.
Please note: E-ZBorrow is for books only. Requests for periodical articles must still be submitted through Interlibrary Loan. More detailed information about both E-ZBorrow and ILL is available at http://library.mtaloy.edu/services.
E-ZBorrow services are a feature of Mount Aloysius College’s membership in the Pennsylvania Academic Library Consortium, Inc. (PALCI), an organization of over 70 academic libraries in Pennsylvania, New Jersey and West Virginia. Member libraries include major research institutions (Penn State, Pitt, U. of Penn, U. of West Virginia, Rutgers) and a variety of smaller liberal arts colleges that includes Duquesne, Carnegie Mellon, Mercyhurst, Dickinson and Messiah College. A complete list of member institutions can be viewed at the PALCI website at http://palci.org/.
Please contact the Reference Librarians, Sara Loree, Shamim Rajpar or Rob Stere, if you would like a demonstration or if you have any questions. Questions can also be answered through our email reference service, askalibrarian@mtaloy.edu.
We are pleased to announce that access to E-ZBorrow is once again available to the Mount Aloysius College community. This service can be accessed from links on both the main Library web page and from Mountlink, the online catalog.
E-ZBorrow does not replace traditional Interlibrary Loan (ILL) but complements it. We ask that you request book loans through E-ZBorrow before using ILL. Service through E-ZBorrow is generally faster than that provided through ILL.
Please note: E-ZBorrow is for books only. Requests for periodical articles must still be submitted through Interlibrary Loan. More detailed information about both E-ZBorrow and ILL is available at http://library.mtaloy.edu/services.
E-ZBorrow services are a feature of Mount Aloysius College’s membership in the Pennsylvania Academic Library Consortium, Inc. (PALCI), an organization of over 70 academic libraries in Pennsylvania, New Jersey and West Virginia. Member libraries include major research institutions (Penn State, Pitt, U. of Penn, U. of West Virginia, Rutgers) and a variety of smaller liberal arts colleges that includes Duquesne, Carnegie Mellon, Mercyhurst, Dickinson and Messiah College. A complete list of member institutions can be viewed at the PALCI website at http://palci.org/.
Please contact the Reference Librarians, Sara Loree, Shamim Rajpar or Rob Stere, if you would like a demonstration or if you have any questions. Questions can also be answered through our email reference service, askalibrarian@mtaloy.edu.
Tuesday, February 05, 2008
Come to the Movies at the Library!
Library Film Series
The Library Spring 2008 Film Series will present, as its second featured film, the musical CHICAGO on Monday, February 25, at 6:00 p.m., in the Library Classroom, 2nd floor. This is the second film in the series.
Winner of six Academy Awards(R) (2003) including Best Picture, and starring Renée Zellweger, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Queen Latifah, Richard Gere, and John C. Reilly – CHICAGO is a dazzling spectacle cheered by audiences and critics alike! At a time when crimes of passion result in celebrity headlines, nightclub sensation Velma Kelly (Zeta-Jones) and spotlight-seeking Roxie Hart (Zellweger) both find themselves sharing space on Chicago's famed Murderess Row! They also share Billy Flynn (Gere), the town's slickest lawyer with a talent for turning notorious defendants into local legends. But in Chicago, there's only room for one legend!
The film will be introduced by Dr. Deanne D’Emilio who will also moderate a post-viewing Q & A session.
Additional films in the series are:
Monday, March 31 – Sophie Scholl: The Final Days, moderated by Dr. Julie Smith
Monday, April 28 – Crash, moderated by Mr. Drew Tatusko
Please contact Shamim Rajpar, either at 886-6442 or srajpar@mtaloy.edu, if you need additional information.
The Library Spring 2008 Film Series will present, as its second featured film, the musical CHICAGO on Monday, February 25, at 6:00 p.m., in the Library Classroom, 2nd floor. This is the second film in the series.
Winner of six Academy Awards(R) (2003) including Best Picture, and starring Renée Zellweger, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Queen Latifah, Richard Gere, and John C. Reilly – CHICAGO is a dazzling spectacle cheered by audiences and critics alike! At a time when crimes of passion result in celebrity headlines, nightclub sensation Velma Kelly (Zeta-Jones) and spotlight-seeking Roxie Hart (Zellweger) both find themselves sharing space on Chicago's famed Murderess Row! They also share Billy Flynn (Gere), the town's slickest lawyer with a talent for turning notorious defendants into local legends. But in Chicago, there's only room for one legend!
The film will be introduced by Dr. Deanne D’Emilio who will also moderate a post-viewing Q & A session.
Additional films in the series are:
Monday, March 31 – Sophie Scholl: The Final Days, moderated by Dr. Julie Smith
Monday, April 28 – Crash, moderated by Mr. Drew Tatusko
Please contact Shamim Rajpar, either at 886-6442 or srajpar@mtaloy.edu, if you need additional information.
Thursday, January 31, 2008
February eBook of the Month: Science and Technology in World History
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February eBook of the Month
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February eBook of the Month:
Science and Technology in World History
by James E. McClellan III and Harold Dorn
The Johns Hopkins University Press
Now in its second edition, this bestselling textbook may be the single most influential study of the historical relationship between science and technology ever published. Tracing this relationship from the dawn of civilization through the twentieth century, James E. McClellan III and Harold Dorn argue that technology as "applied science" emerged relatively recently, as industry and governments began funding scientific research that would lead directly to new or improved technologies.
The new edition reorganizes its treatment of Greek science and significantly expands its coverage of industrial civilization and contemporary science and technology with new and revised chapters devoted to applied science, the sociology and economics of science, globalization, and the technological systems that underpin everyday life.
Provided through the generous support of The Johns Hopkins University Press, the February eBook of the Month will be available to the Mount Aloysius College Library community Febrauary 1-29. If you have already established a NetLibrary account through Mount Aloysius College Library, visit http://www.netlibrary.org/ and log in. If you do not have a NetLibrary account, you can create an account from any computer.
For more information about NetLibrary or other services available through Mount Aloysius College Library, please contact your librarian or email askalibrarian@mtaloy.edu or check the Libray webpage:
http://library.mtaloy.edu/
February eBook of the Month
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February eBook of the Month:
Science and Technology in World History
by James E. McClellan III and Harold Dorn
The Johns Hopkins University Press
Now in its second edition, this bestselling textbook may be the single most influential study of the historical relationship between science and technology ever published. Tracing this relationship from the dawn of civilization through the twentieth century, James E. McClellan III and Harold Dorn argue that technology as "applied science" emerged relatively recently, as industry and governments began funding scientific research that would lead directly to new or improved technologies.
The new edition reorganizes its treatment of Greek science and significantly expands its coverage of industrial civilization and contemporary science and technology with new and revised chapters devoted to applied science, the sociology and economics of science, globalization, and the technological systems that underpin everyday life.
Provided through the generous support of The Johns Hopkins University Press, the February eBook of the Month will be available to the Mount Aloysius College Library community Febrauary 1-29. If you have already established a NetLibrary account through Mount Aloysius College Library, visit http://www.netlibrary.org/ and log in. If you do not have a NetLibrary account, you can create an account from any computer.
For more information about NetLibrary or other services available through Mount Aloysius College Library, please contact your librarian or email askalibrarian@mtaloy.edu or check the Libray webpage:
http://library.mtaloy.edu/
Monday, January 28, 2008
Faculty/Staff Open Forum with Library Consultant
Come and share your thoughts about library services and resources!
Faculty and staff are cordially invited to attend an open forum with Dr. Scott Bennett tomorrow from 3:30 to 4:30 in the Library Reading Lounge.
Dr. Bennett is visiting Mount Aloysius College January 29-30 as a library consultant "to assess the current technological status of the Library and make recommendations for future directions, both for technology and marketing of library services." The below link should take you to Dr. Bennett's website in case you wish to learn more about his credentials:
http://www.libraryspaceplanning.com/
Thank you.
Josip Mocnik
Library Director
jmocnik@mtaloy.edu
Faculty and staff are cordially invited to attend an open forum with Dr. Scott Bennett tomorrow from 3:30 to 4:30 in the Library Reading Lounge.
Dr. Bennett is visiting Mount Aloysius College January 29-30 as a library consultant "to assess the current technological status of the Library and make recommendations for future directions, both for technology and marketing of library services." The below link should take you to Dr. Bennett's website in case you wish to learn more about his credentials:
http://www.libraryspaceplanning.com/
Thank you.
Josip Mocnik
Library Director
jmocnik@mtaloy.edu
Monday, January 21, 2008
Library Film Series
The Pursuit of Happyness will open the Spring 2008 Library Film Series on Monday, January 28, at 6:00 p.m., in the Library Classroom, 2nd floor.
Will Smith stars in the inspirational true story of Chris Gardner, a San Francisco salesman who's struggling to make ends meet. When his girlfriend Linda (Thandie Newton) walks out, Chris is left to raise their 5-year-old son Christopher (Jaden Smith) on his own. Chris' determination finally pays off when he lands an unpaid internship in a brutally competitive stockbroker-training program, where only one in twenty interns will make the cut. But without a salary, Chris and his son are evicted from their apartment and are forced to sleep on the street, in homeless shelters and even behind the locked doors of a metro station bathroom. With self- confidence and the love and trust of his son, Chris Gardner rises above his obstacles to become a Wall Street legend.
The film will be introduced by Mr. Chris Mingyar who will also moderate a post-viewing Q & A session.
Additional films in the series are:
Monday, February 25 – Chicago, moderated by Dr. Deanne D’Emilio
Monday, March 31 – Sophie Scholl: The Final Days, moderated by Dr. Julie Smith
Monday, April 28 – Crash, moderated by Mr. Drew Tatusko
Please contact Shamim Rajpar, either at 886-6442 or srajpar@mtaloy.edu, if you need additional information.
Will Smith stars in the inspirational true story of Chris Gardner, a San Francisco salesman who's struggling to make ends meet. When his girlfriend Linda (Thandie Newton) walks out, Chris is left to raise their 5-year-old son Christopher (Jaden Smith) on his own. Chris' determination finally pays off when he lands an unpaid internship in a brutally competitive stockbroker-training program, where only one in twenty interns will make the cut. But without a salary, Chris and his son are evicted from their apartment and are forced to sleep on the street, in homeless shelters and even behind the locked doors of a metro station bathroom. With self- confidence and the love and trust of his son, Chris Gardner rises above his obstacles to become a Wall Street legend.
The film will be introduced by Mr. Chris Mingyar who will also moderate a post-viewing Q & A session.
Additional films in the series are:
Monday, February 25 – Chicago, moderated by Dr. Deanne D’Emilio
Monday, March 31 – Sophie Scholl: The Final Days, moderated by Dr. Julie Smith
Monday, April 28 – Crash, moderated by Mr. Drew Tatusko
Please contact Shamim Rajpar, either at 886-6442 or srajpar@mtaloy.edu, if you need additional information.
Tuesday, January 15, 2008
CERIS Curriculum Development Grants Program
The Consortium for Educational Resources on Islamic Studies (CERIS) is pleased to announce a new opportunity for faculty, the CERIS Curriculum Development Grants Program
The CERIS Curriculum Development Grants Program is designed to enable faculty members from CERIS institutions to pursue curricular development and enhancement projects related to Islamic Studies. Islamic Studies is understood, as expressed in the CERIS mission statement, to encompass many languages, literatures, and disciplines; and extends from the 7th century to the present, and across broad geographical areas of the world.
Full-time and part time faculty members of CERIS institutions are eligible to submit a proposal. Only one Curriculum Development Grants award is permitted per institution per fiscal year (July 1 to June 30).
To learn more about eligibility, amount of awards, grantee obligations, restrictions, and to download application form visit:
http://www.cerisnet.org/
The CERIS Curriculum Development Grants Program is designed to enable faculty members from CERIS institutions to pursue curricular development and enhancement projects related to Islamic Studies. Islamic Studies is understood, as expressed in the CERIS mission statement, to encompass many languages, literatures, and disciplines; and extends from the 7th century to the present, and across broad geographical areas of the world.
Full-time and part time faculty members of CERIS institutions are eligible to submit a proposal. Only one Curriculum Development Grants award is permitted per institution per fiscal year (July 1 to June 30).
To learn more about eligibility, amount of awards, grantee obligations, restrictions, and to download application form visit:
http://www.cerisnet.org/
Wednesday, January 09, 2008
JSTOR Announcement
We are pleased to announce that the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) and JSTOR reached an agreement at the end of 2007 under which Science will continue its participation in JSTOR. Science will be available with a 5-year moving wall and new participating organizations will receive Science legacy content as part of the Health & General Sciences collection. In addition, we expect to introduce more opportunities within the JSTOR site for users to link directly to Science's website from Science legacy content located in JSTOR.
Wednesday, January 02, 2008
Chat Reference Services
The library is piloting a new service this spring – reference service via instant messaging. Students, faculty, and staff can ask questions anonymously and privately via the new chat box on the library’s homepage OR they can add mtaloylibrarian as their friend in AIM, Yahoo, or MSN. During the pilot period, chat reference services will be available during the following times:
Monday - Friday, 1pm - 5pm
If the pilot is successful, we will work to expand our chat reference service hours. And, don’t forget, you can also contact your reference librarians via email (askalibrarian@mtaloy.edu), phone (886-6478) or in person at the library. We hope to chat with you soon!
LibQUAL+ at Mount Aloysius College
The Mount Aloysius College Library will be conducting a survey this spring in conjunction with many other libraries across the nation and beyond. This survey attempts to evaluate library user perceptions of library service quality. Our effort here at Mount Aloysius College to better understand user perceptions is a part of an overall study being conducted by the Association of Research Libraries (ARL).
This overall study is a part of the ARL New Measures Initiative projects, which seek to develop innovative ways for libraries to describe their contributions to their institutions. LibQUAL+ has as its particular goals:
- to establish a library service quality assessment program at ARL,
- to develop web-based tools for assessing library service quality,
- to develop mechanisms and protocols for evaluating libraries, and
- to identify best practices in providing library service.
The data we are able to gather from this study will benefit the College community as we explore ways of improving the services we offer and of ensuring that we are establishing appropriate priorities in our ongoing activities. Not only will we learn how well we measure-up to the expectations of our faculty and students, but we will also learn how we compare with other institutions in terms of user satisfaction; this information will be invaluable.
In mid-February, we'll be asking all students, faculty, and staff to complete the web-based questionnaire; completing the questionnaire should take no more than 10 minutes. As incentives to increase participation, those who complete the questionnaire and submit their e-mail address will be entered into a drawing for a prize (yet to be determined; survey responses are processed separately from the e-mail addresses, so there will be no way to tie a response to an individual. Likewise, the e-mail addresses will only be used for this incentive drawing and then the file will be deleted.)
We welcome questions and comments about the LibQual+ survey. Members of the library's committee coordinating the effort are Shamim Rajpar, Sara Loree, Sharon Markovich, and Joe Mocnik.
More information about LibQual+ study can be found at the following website:
Tuesday, January 01, 2008
January eBook of the Month: The Three Signs of a Miserable Job
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January eBook of the Month
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The Three Signs of a Miserable Job: A Fable for Managers (And Their Employees)
By Patrick M. Lencioni
John Wiley & Sons, 2007
In his sixth fable, bestselling author Patrick Lencioni takes on a topic that almost everyone can
relate to: the causes of a miserable job. Millions of workers, even those who have carefully chosen careers based on true passions and interests, dread going to work, suffering each day as they trudge to jobs that make them cynical, weary, and frustrated.
It is a simple fact of business life that any job, from investment banker to dishwasher, can become miserable. Through the story of a CEO turned pizzeria manager, Lencioni reveals the three elements that make work miserable -- irrelevance, immeasurability, and anonymity -- and gives managers and their employees the keys to make any job more fulfilling.
Provided through the generous support of John Wiley & Sons, Inc., the January eBook of the Month will be available to the Mount Aloysius College Library community January 1-31. If you have already established a NetLibrary account through Mount Aloysius College Library, visit www.netLibrary.org and log in. If you do not have a NetLibrary account, you can create an account from any computer.
For more information about NetLibrary or other services available through Mount Aloysius College Library, please contact your librarian or email askalibrarian@mtaloy.edu
January eBook of the Month
=================================
The Three Signs of a Miserable Job: A Fable for Managers (And Their Employees)
By Patrick M. Lencioni
John Wiley & Sons, 2007
In his sixth fable, bestselling author Patrick Lencioni takes on a topic that almost everyone can
relate to: the causes of a miserable job. Millions of workers, even those who have carefully chosen careers based on true passions and interests, dread going to work, suffering each day as they trudge to jobs that make them cynical, weary, and frustrated.
It is a simple fact of business life that any job, from investment banker to dishwasher, can become miserable. Through the story of a CEO turned pizzeria manager, Lencioni reveals the three elements that make work miserable -- irrelevance, immeasurability, and anonymity -- and gives managers and their employees the keys to make any job more fulfilling.
Provided through the generous support of John Wiley & Sons, Inc., the January eBook of the Month will be available to the Mount Aloysius College Library community January 1-31. If you have already established a NetLibrary account through Mount Aloysius College Library, visit www.netLibrary.org and log in. If you do not have a NetLibrary account, you can create an account from any computer.
For more information about NetLibrary or other services available through Mount Aloysius College Library, please contact your librarian or email askalibrarian@mtaloy.edu
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