END OF AN ERA

 Dear Readers,

After 16 wonderful years, 127, 909 page-views, at least one demonstration at a conference, and visits from all over the US and as far away as Russia, Netherlands, Indonesia, and the UK, Your Alexandria Campus Library blog is signing off.

Don't worry - we're not going away!  We're upgrading.  Follow the new improved Alexandria Library blog here:

Alexandria Library - Just another Nova Blog siteAlexandria Library | Just another Nova Blog site (nvcc.edu)

And if you think you might want to revisit some old times, for nostalgia's sake, this blog will remain visible.  We just won't be updating this one.

Fittingly, tomorrow May 1 is May Day, the traditional start of spring and of new beginnings.

The Ritual of May Day in Western Europe.  Read it online!

National Library Week

 April 4 - 10 is National Library Week.  

Visit your local public Library (most are open!), or your campus Library (open 10am - 4pm Monday - Thursday).

Or read a good book on Libraries:  Available online from the Library Homepage.

Building Worlds: Emerging Models and Practices of US Academic Libraries Around the Globe

Libraries and Identity: The Role of Institutional Self Image and Identity in the Emergence of New Types of Libraries

Ancient Libraries

(above:  Library of Congress. The mother ship of American Libraries).