Milne Library News

Thanks to our judges, Christine Quail and Oscar Oberkircher! And the winners are:

Best video went to Zoe Mahlum and Chris McMyne for their film “The Peep Show,” a romance that also made a great push for the use of the library (even if you’re not a peep).

Best 2-D prize went to Logan Rath for his photo “Oneonta Peep Space,” a tribute to the Safe Space program on campus.

Best 3-D prize went to the Cooperstown Graduate students diorama “Art Heist,” which recreated a large museum complete with a Sabrett hotdog stand, museum-quality artwork, peeps visiting the exhibits, and peeps robbing the museum of famous paintings. 

All the entries for the Peeps Show Contest can be viewed in the online exhibit at http://www.oneonta.edu/library/peeps/peepsexhibit.asp beginning Monday, March 3.

The library is now subscribing to several new databases: 

American Bibliography of Slavic and Eastern European Studies (ABSEES): Subjects include anthropology, the arts, culture, economics, education and geography. Sources indexed include journals, books, dissertations, online resources and US and Canadian government documents. No full text.

Environment Complete: An index to over 1660 journals in agriculture, ecosystem ecology, energy, natural resources, geography, pollution and environmental law. Some full text.

International Bibliography of Theater & Dance FT:  An annotated databank of over 60,000 journal articles, books, book articles and dissertation abstracts on all aspects of theatre and performance in 126 countries.  Contains full text for more than 120 periodicals and more than 100 books.

International Political Science Abstracts:  Covers almost 900 journals from 1989-present in the area of political science. Topics include method and theory; political thinkers and ideas; political and administrative institutions; political processes (public opinion, attitudes, parties, forces, groups, and elections); international relations; and national and area studies. No full text.

Iter: Gateway to the Middle Ages and Renaissance: An index to literature pertaining to the Middle Ages and Renaissance (400-1700). Includes citations for books, journal material (articles, reviews, review articles, bibliographies, catalogues, abstracts and discographies). Also includes a Milton bibliography.

Left Index:  Has an emphasis on political, economic, and social issues. Covers the labor movement, ecology and the environment, race and ethnicity, social and cultural theory, sociology, art and aesthetics, philosophy, education, and globalization. Includes some full text.

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).