Friday, March 29, 2019

March Madness

Will the UVA Cavaliers go all the way?

Read more about March Madness:

How March Became Madness:  How the NCAA Tournament Became the Greatest Sporting Event in America.  GV885.49 N37 E56 2006

Last Dance: Behind the Scenes at the Final Four.  GV885.45 N37 F45 2006

Monday, March 25, 2019

Nowruz

Nowruz is the Persian celebration of the New Year.



Nowruz is a special time for the Alexandria Campus Library because it marks the anniversary of the arrival of Willi, the Library Fish.


Read more about Iran and Persian culture:

Iran's Diverse Peoples: A Reference Sourcebook.  DS254.5 P75 2005

Historical Dictionary of Iran.  DS270 L67 2007

And read more about Willi and his kind:

Aquarium Fish: A Portrait of the Animal World.  SF457 C54x 2013




Wednesday, March 20, 2019

Happy Holi

Holi is considered as one of the most revered and celebrated festivals of India and it is celebrated in almost every part of the country. It is also sometimes called as the “festival of love” as on this day people get to unite together forgetting all resentments and all types of bad feeling towards each other. The great Indian festival lasts for a day and a night, which starts in the evening of Purnima or the Full Moon Day in the month of Falgun.


Read more about it:

Essential Hinduism.  BL1202 R55 2006

Culture and Customs of India.  DS423 G33 2002

Thursday, March 07, 2019

Spring Break!!

Classes will pause for the week of March 11 - 15 when the College observes Spring Break.


Library hours for Spring Break:

Monday - Friday 8.30am - 5.00pm

NOTE there will be no classes or activities during break.  Research assistance, both in person and online, will continue to be available.



(probably we will not be in our swimsuits though!)

Tuesday, March 05, 2019

Get the laptop habit

Alexandria Campus Library's self-service laptop kiosk went live just over a month ago and so far it has been a big hit!

Last month laptop computers were borrowed 168 times!

Laptops loans are FREE to students with a valid and activated NOVACard.

Obtain a NOVACard for FREE in the parking office room 189.  NOVACard is also your college ID, your Library Card, your printing card, and can be used as a debit card in the bookstore, cafeteria and campus vending machines.

The Laptop Kiosk can be found on the first floor of the Bisdorf Building opposite room 194.  Laptops may be borrowed for up to four hours.