Muslim Journeys: Azizah al-Hibri, Samuel Thompson Lecture Series

As part of the Muslim Journeys NEH Bookshelf grant, Hewes Library, in conjunction with the Samuel Thompson Lecture Series, will be welcoming Azizah al-Hibri to present a lecture on Monmouth College's campus.  Azizah al-Hibri is a Professor Emerita of Law at the University of Richmond's School of Law and the Founder and Chair of KARAMAH: Muslim Women Lawyers for Human Rights.  Her areas of expertise are Islamic Jurisprudence, Islamic Family Law and Constitutional Law, Women's Rights, and Freedom of Religion.

Her lecture will take place on Thursday, April 3, 2014 at 7pm. It will be held at the Morgan Room, located on the top floor of Poling Hall on Monmouth College's campus.

The Let's Talk About It and the Muslim Journeys Bookshelf Funded with a grant from National Endowment for the Humanities, in cooperation with the American Library Association. Our local partners include the Buchanan Center for the Arts and the Monmouth Chapter of the American Association of University Women.

New ScotsRead Titles Arrived

The following ScotsRead titles arrived and are available on the Main Level of the library.  Be sure to check out:

• Power Play: A Novel by Danielle Steel
• Mentats of Dune by Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson
• Death on Blackheath: a Charlotte and Thomas Pitt Novel by Anne Perry
• Blossom Street Brides by Debbie Macomber
• Tempting Fate by Jane Green
• A nice little place on the North Side: Wrigley Field at one hundred by George Will

MC Archives ...and the rest is history!

Each week, be sure to stop by the West Lobby of the Hewes Library to view a selection of materials from the Monmouth College Archives.  In addition to photographs over the years, "...and the rest is history" will feature campus events, student life, and more.

Muslim Journeys: The Butterfly Mosque Book Discussion

As part of the Muslim Journeys NEH Bookshelf grant, Hewes Library will be hosting a book discussion of the book The Butterfly Mosque.  The book discussion will be lead by Petra Kuppinger, PhD, Professor of Sociology & Anthropology at Monmouth College.  Prof. Kuppinger’s sociological field work has focused on Cairo, Egypt, and on Muslim immigrant communities in Stuttgart, Germany. She has also done scholarly work on the role of Islam in the trans-Atlantic slave trade.

The book discussion will take place on Thursday, March 27, 2014 at 7pm. It will be held at the Buchanan Center for the Arts located at 64 Public Square, Monmouth, Illinois.

The Let's Talk About It and the Muslim Journeys Bookshelf Funded with a grant from National Endowment for the Humanities, in cooperation with the American Library Association. Our local partners include the Buchanan Center for the Arts and the Monmouth Chapter of the American Association of University Women.

Faculty Reminder: Book Orders

Monmouth College Faculty - just a reminder that the final deadline for your Departmental Library Allocations for Fiscal Year 2014 is approaching on April 1.

Departmental Allocations:
            Dec. 1, 2012      First 40% of allocation should be encumbered
            Feb. 1, 2013     Second 40% of allocation should be encumbered
            April 1, 2013     Last 20% of allocation should be encumbered

You may submit your order requests by email, campus mail, or in person to Marti Carwile, Acquisitions Manager. Thank you!

Periodical of the Month: Audubon

Published by the National Audubon Society, Audubon is a bimonthly magazine which Hewes Library subscribes to in print only.

Printed since 1898, Audubon is an award winning magazine of the National Audubon Society.  Filled with beautiful photographs of nature and its wonders, it provides a place where nature enthusiasts, outdoor adventurers, and socially conscious consumers can come to discover and be inspired by the natural world's extraordinary beauty and diversity. Audubon's respected editorial voice plays a leading role in shaping the national discourse about environmental issues.

Fun features include a yearly photo contest, with the winner featured on the January/February cover.  A regular column titled Incite calls readers to action to improve global conditions.

See more at: www.audubonmagazine.org or in español at www.espanol.audubon.org or on the Main Level of Hewes Library in the Current Periodicals section.

Return to Regular Hours

Welcome back from Spring Break!  Hewes Library and Einstein Brothers Bagels return to regular hours today.

New Items at Hewes Library

New items are added to the Hewes Library collection on a continual basis. Recent titles have included:

• Rebuilding the Foodshed by Philip Ackerman-Leist
• Language Change: Progress or Decay? by Jean Aitchison
• Crusader States by Malcolm Barber
• Crowdsourcing by Daren C. Barbham
• Gold Rush in the Jungle by Dan Drollett, Jr.
• Salt in the Sand by Lessie Jo Frazier
• Titian: His Life by Shelia Hale
• Invention of Wings by Sue Monk Kidd
• Why Bother Praying? by Richard Leonard, SJ.
• Theatre of the Real by Carol Martin

Spring Break Hours

Hewes Library will have shortened hours over Spring Break, March 7-16.  The library will return to regular hours on Monday, March 17.

Spring Break Hours:

• Friday, March 7: 7:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
• Saturday - Sunday, March 8 - 9: Closed
• Monday - Friday, March 10 - 14: 8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
• Saturday, March 15: Closed
• Sunday, March 16: 6:00 p.m. - midnight

Database of the Month: Alexander Street Video

For the month of March, Hewes Library selected Alexander Street Video as the database of the month.  From Alexander Street Press, Alexander Street Video is a vast film database that includes 21 film collections totaling approximately 17,000 films and continuously growing.  Content areas include: history, art and architecture, business, counseling and therapy, dance, opera, theater, musical performance, health and rehabilitation, nursing, science, women’s studies, black studies, LGBT studies, and more.

Alexander Street Video is extremely easy to use and allows researchers to search across all of the Alexander Street Press video collections in a single search.  Users can search for video content by subject area, author/creators, or video type - including animation, biography, commercial, documentary, interviews, lectures, newsreels and more.  Most of the videos in the collection offer full transcripts allowing for greater accuracy.  Users also have the ability to embed videos and create their own play lists with the creation of a personal account.

Next time you're looking for a video to add to project or a presentation, search through the offerings in Alexander Street Video - there is probably a film clip that will meet your needs!

Access to library databases is limited to the current students, staff, and faculty of Monmouth College.