Milne Library News

Peeps Show Contest

What's Going On — Posted by Kay Benjamin @ 15:41

In conjunction with the opening of the new Periodicals Room, Milne Library is sponsoring a contest using marshmallow peeps as an artistic medium. Anyone affiliated with the SUNY Oneonta campus is eligible to enter. Fifty dollar gift certificates to Jazzman’s will be awarded in three categories: 2-dimensional, 3-dimensional, and video. 

The rules are:

 
  • Use marshmallow peeps or images of peeps to create a diorama, a sculpture, a painting, a photograph, a video or anything else you can imagine that makes a peep(s) into “art.”
  • Submit your entry by Monday, February 25 at the Circulation Desk of Milne Library. 
  • You may submit as many entries as you like.
 

Special consideration for prizes will be given to entries with the theme “How Peeps Use the Library.” For inspiration and a look at the results of other Peeps Shows, visit http://www.oneonta.edu/library/peeps.asp.

 

Winners will be announced at 2 pm on Friday, February 29, at an Open House in the Periodicals Room.  Come take a look a our very neat and attractive new space, partake of refreshments, and see the Peeps Show entries which will be on display at that time. An online exhibit of the Peeps Show entries will be constructed after the contest so that everyone can be delighted by campus creativity with peeps. For more information contact Kay Benjamin (X2791) or Anne McFarland (2026).


New Databases Added

Databases — Posted by Logan Rath @ 15:29

We've recently added the following databases to our A-Z listing. 

These databases are provided through our membership in the South Central Regional Library Council.

Carrels Available

What's Going On — Posted by Logan Rath @ 13:11
Milne Library has a number of media carrels available for redisitribution.  These carrels have a shelf at eye level and built in power strips.  Please contact Valerie Grant at x2723 or grantvr@oneonta.edu if you are interested.  Thank you.

New Design Up!

Databases — Posted by Logan Rath @ 14:42
Our new home page is up at http://library.oneonta.edu.  Please use our website feedback survey to let us know what you think!  Please direct questions or suggestions regarding the site to libweb@oneonta.edu.

State Times Library Corner: Finals Week Stress Busters

State Times — Posted by Kay Benjamin @ 09:19

For some of you, the best way to relieve stress during exams is simply to have a quiet place to study. Often this is not a dorm room or an apartment, since friends and  housemates may be studying (or not) in a style that is considerably louder than your own. The library can provide an alternative to constantly roaring at your roommate, “Be quiet!” The third floor of the library has been designated an absolute quiet floor, which means that you are free to remind people of this and you can come to the Reference Desk on the first floor for back up, should you encounter persistent noise. Beginning December 5,  the library is open  extended hours, until midnight on Friday and Saturday, and until 1:00 am Sunday through Wednesday, then until midnight on Thursday.

What else can you do to relieve stress during periods when intense concentration is required? Here are some suggestions:

1.     Get help: If you’re having a tough time with your research, call the Reference & Information Desk at 436-2722, email your question to libref@oneonta.edu, or come to the library and get face-to-face help.

2.     Read a magazine. The library has lots of popular magazines, including really light reading like “People Weekly,” in the Reading Room on the first floor of the library.

3.     Eat food. Jazzman’s is oh, so convenient to the library for coffee, cookies, coffee, sandwiches, coffee.

4.     Watch a movie. You may not have a lot of cash, but you don’t need any to take movies out of the library. To browse, go to the second floor, head to the Dewey Room straight ahead, then aim for the far corner to your right where DVDs, videocassettes, and books on tape are shelved. You can also search the catalog for a specific movie, or to get a list of the popular movies search for the subject “feature films.”

5.     Laugh. Friends are the best for this, but if you want a few minutes of absent-minded chuckles, try some of this  web site: Final Exam Humor at webcatt.net/humor/final_exam.html

6.     Do goofy stuff online. You probably have your own favorites, but here are some librarian’s favorites in no particular order.

Just remember, do not do any one of these things to the exclusion of actually writing papers and studying for exams. Good luck.


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