http://news.blogs.lib.lsu.edu Current News at the LSU Libraries Fri, 09 May 2008 19:26:58 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en You can't judge a book by its cover ... or can you? Visitors to LSU Special Collections' new mini exhibit, "A Brief History of European Bookbinding from the Middle Ages to 1900," will have a chance to ponder that question. In the days before mass-produced publishers' bindings, books were often ... http://news.blogs.lib.lsu.edu/2008/05/09/you-cant-judge-a-book-by-its-cover-or-can-you/ When Middleton Library opens at noon on May 4th, it will stay open continuously until 2:00 a.m. on May 10.  The reference room, lobby, and room 126 are the only areas remaining open after regular hours; all other floors will be locked to the public.  Campus police will make random ... http://news.blogs.lib.lsu.edu/2008/05/04/middleton-open-24-hours-for-finals/ You are invited to stop by the Middleton Library reference room during finals for complimentary coffee. The coffee will be available May 5 - 9 from 10 am until 4 pm. "Energy and persistence conquer all things" Benjamin Franklin (1706 - 1790) http://news.blogs.lib.lsu.edu/2008/04/25/free-coffee-during-finals/ Student Government will host free science and math tutoring sessions in Middleton Library, May 5-7. The tutoring sessions will take place in room 241 from 7 p.m. until midnight. Student Government will also distribute free blue books and scantrons and provide free snacks at the sessions. http://news.blogs.lib.lsu.edu/2008/04/25/science-math-tutoring-during-finals/ Take a book! Leave a book! The book exchange shelf, near the entrance of the Middleton Library reference room, offers free popular reading material. No checkout is required. For more information or to make donations, contact Mitch Fontenot at mfonten@lsu.edu or 578-7374. http://news.blogs.lib.lsu.edu/2008/04/07/middleton-library-book-exchange/ It’s tax time again, and LSU’s Middleton Library has schedules and forms to help you with your filing. Paper copies of schedules and forms are available on a display rack at the entrance to the Reference Room on the main floor. More copies are available in the Government Documents/ Microforms ... http://news.blogs.lib.lsu.edu/2008/03/25/tax-forms/ Elissa S. Plank, Student/Circulation Supervisor in Middleton’s Government Documents and Microforms Department, is this year’s winner of the Louisiana Library Association’s (LLA) Lucy B. Foote Award. The award goes to an LLA member who works with library special collections and who has “made an outstanding contribution to the library ... http://news.blogs.lib.lsu.edu/2008/03/13/plank-receives-statewide-award/ There are two books about Moodle on three-day reserve for faculty at the Libraries Circulation Desk: LB1028.3 .R543 2006 Moodle : E-learning Course Development : A Complete Guide to Successful Learning Using Moodle Rice, William H. LB1028.68 .R535 2007 Moodle Teaching Techniques : Creative Ways to Use Moodle for Constructing Online Learning Solutions Rice, William H. In ... http://news.blogs.lib.lsu.edu/2008/02/26/moodle-books-on-reserve/ Noted oral historian Donald Ritchie will speak on Friday, February 15th, at noon in Hill Memorial Library's lecture hall, in conjuntion with the LSU Libraries' exhibition, "Have You Heard? The Past in First Person from the T. Harry Williams Center for Oral History." Those attending are invited to bring ... http://news.blogs.lib.lsu.edu/2008/02/15/oral-historian-donald-ritchie-speaks-at-lsu/ LSU Libraries will host a patent workshop on Saturday, February 16, in conjunction with the LSU Small Business Development Center. The session will be held in Himes Hall Room 129 from 10:30-12:30. It will begin with a presentation by Patent & Trademark Librarian Alexis ... http://news.blogs.lib.lsu.edu/2008/02/06/lsu-libraries-to-host-patent-workshop/