Wednesday, Feb. 10, 12:30 p.m. Sadie’s Place, Kent Library.
Classical music is changing along with the rest of culture. It has been forced to come to terms with developments in technology, growing multiculturalism, and changes in society and the economy. Composers Dr. Robert Fruehwald and flutist Mr. Paul Thompson will discuss and demonstrate these developments using examples from Fruehwald’s own works. The presentation will include the live performance of music for flute, piano and video including excerpts from Hymntunes I (solo flute), Hymntunes III (video), Turkish Preludes (solo flute), Irish Fantasies (bass flute), and Sonata Mozartiana (flute and piano). Refreshments will be served.
Developments in Contemporary Classical Music: A Personal View
February 4, 2010 by kentlibMinor changes to book catalog
February 2, 2010 by kentlibThe background technology for Kent Library’s online book catalog has been upgraded. The catalog will function in the same way as always, but search results will be sorted by relevancy. Links to re-sort by date or title appear on the search screen as well. The other major effect is that results screens will display up to 50 matches per screen instead of 12.
Athenæum Spring Series: speaking while listening
January 28, 2010 by kentlibOn Wednesday, February 3, 2010, at 12:30 pm, Kent Library will be proud to begin the Athenaeum offerings for the spring semester by hosting the presentation, “speaking while listening,” by Chris Wubbena, Southeast MO State University professor of sculpture. The current sculpture project involves expressing, through sculptural installation, the experience of a Vietnam veteran’s return to a former war zone. The veteran, Ed Wubbena, Chris’ father, has been diagnosed with post traumatic stress disorder which has had a lasting effect on his life and the people around him. The project is an attempt to learn not what Vietnam was then but what it can be now. Wubbena will discuss the recent trip to Vietnam with his father and the resulting artwork as it begins to take shape.
The event is free and open to all. Refreshments will be served. For more information, contact Kent Library’s director’s office at 573-651-2235.
Cambridge Histories Online available
January 20, 2010 by kentlibElectronic versions of 260 history books published by Cambridge University Press are now available. They can be searched as a set or browsed by individual title – readable chapter by chapter in PDF format. Cambridge Histories Online is available from the Library Databases A-Z list and Databases by Subject list in the History section.
Something About the Author and Children’s Literature Review available online
January 20, 2010 by kentlibThe children’s author biographical series Something About the Author is available online from the first volume to the most recent, equivalent to over 200 volumes. 12,000 entries provide biographical information about children’s authors and illustrators, including portraits, works, awards and more.
Children’s Literature Review is also available online, starting with volume 143 (mid 2009). CLR provides information on children’s authors, with reviews and commentary.
Something About the Author is available on the Library Databases A-Z page
Children’s Literature Review is available through the Kent Library Catalog by a title search on Children’s Literature Review Online
EBSCOhost goes mobile
January 20, 2010 by kentlibEBSCOhost has optimized its databases for mobile phone access. You can now access databases such as Academic Search Premier, Health Source Nursing and Professional and over a dozen others with your mobile phone at http://library.semo.edu/mobile
Use Google Scholar to get free access to full text
December 9, 2009 by kentlibIn 3 steps, Google Scholar can be set up to recognize which articles found are available for free in full text online or available as a paper copy in Kent Library. Setup instructions
Kent Library Mitten Tree
December 4, 2009 by kentlibKent Library is sponsoring a campus-wide mittens-gloves-hats-scarves-socks drive for children in need of warmth during the coming winter season. A Christmas tree has been placed on the main level of Kent Library for donations. These items will be distributed through the Salvation Army, Jefferson School, Head Start, and Birthright. The drive will run through Wednesday, December 16. For additional information, please contact Twylla James at tjames@semo.edu Thanks in advance for your generosity!
Athenæum Fall Series: Experiencing Panama through the Peace Corps
November 19, 2009 by kentlibJacob McCleland served as a Peace Corps volunteer in the small nation of Panama from 2002 to 2005. He lived and worked in a small village of about 350 people situated in the rugged foothills of western Panama. As an agriculture volunteer, McCleland worked with subsistence farmers to teach a few slightly modified approaches to their traditional methods of farming in order to improve yields and nutrition. In this presentation, McCleland will discuss his work as a Peace Corps volunteer and how the region’s environmental problems affect the village. McCleland graduated from Southeast Missouri State University in 2000 with degrees in Anthropology and Spanish. He is currently a host and producer at KRCU, Southeast Missouri State University’s NPR affiliate.
http://library.semo.edu/images/athenaeum/Fall_2009/McCleland_Fall_2009.pdf
Kent Library Photo Contest – “Where do you info lit?”
November 12, 2009 by kentlibSubmit your photos and be entered in a weekly drawing to win a pair of headphones. All entries will also be entered in a drawing for the grand prize of an ipod shuffle. Creativity and silliness is encouraged!
Contest information at http://library.semo.edu/info/infolitphotos.shtml
View contest photos at: http://www.flickr.com/photos/kentlibrary/sets/72157622768641768/
