Study Early, Study Late, Have a Cookie!

Maintaining its tradition of extended hours to support exams, the Alexandria Campus Library opened its doors a half hour early and closed up an hour later each day for a two week period covering the last week of classes & exams. From Monday 28 april through Friday 9 May the Library served over 540 exam studiers before 8.30am and after 10pm.

Students burning the midnight oil were also sustained with cookies & lemonade as a study break in the evenings.

[above: Librarian Matt Todd, Library Assistant Femila Riguera and Library Assistant Twynell Kimble keep the lights on well after 10pm].

Students served: 544

Cookies consumed: 1,000

Lemonade drunk: 12 gallons

Iced Tea sipped: 8 liters

Extreme Makeover

OK, maybe not extreme, but we've been redecorating. Students will find brand new leather chairs in the Dan Cornell Lounge -- the seating space located near the magazines & newspapers on the upper level.




Come on in, pull up a chair, make yourself comy, read a magazine, plug in your laptop & enjoy!

Extended Hours for Exams!!

Once again the Alexandria Campus Library will open early and stay open late to provide extended library hours during the last week of classes and exams. From Monday 28 April through Friday 9 May the Library will open half an hour early at 8am and close a full hour later at 11pm.

Extended hours provide extra study time during this critical time in the semester. Students studying late will also be sustained in their studies with a Late Night Study break served nightly around 10.

Library Staff honored for Years of Service

Congratulations to Library Specialist Marion Mirehouse (below, left) and Library Assistant Kevin O'Hagan (below, right) who were recognized recently at a College-wide event for service to NOVA. Kevin celebrated his 10th anniversary at the College and Marion marked her 30th!

Congratulations Kevin and Marion -- can we expect 30 more years from you both?

To read about other Learning Resource Service Awards, read the LRS Blog.

Pope Benedict in the USA

Pope Benedict XVI has made an historic visit to the USA, starting in the nation's capital right here in DC.

If you were lucky enough to see the Pope, or saw some of his visit on TV (maybe on the giant TVs in the Bisdorf building?) and want to read more about Benedict, the Papacy, or the Catholic Church -- check out these titles in YOUR Library:

Pope Benedict. Jesus of Nazareth. Popular Reading.

Carey, Patrick. Catholics in America. BX1406.3 C36 2004

Kung, Hans. The Catholic Church: A Short History. BX945.3 K8613x 2001

McBrien, Richard. Lives of the Popes. BX955.2 M39 1997

Saints and Sinners. VHS BX955.2 S35x 1997

Wynn, Wilton. Keepers of the Keys: JohnXXIII, Paul VI, and John Paul II -- Three Men Who Changed the Church. BX1389 W89 1988

National Library Week

The Alexandria Campus Library celebrated National Library Week (April 13 - 19) with baloons, cookies, lemondade, and student feedback.

200 cookies were served on the afternoon of Wed 16 April (works out to 50 cookies per hour!) along with lemonade.

Students were also asked to contribute to a book detailing their favorite things about the Library. Faves included the large windows, the plants, the staff (aww, thanks!), computers, that resources are FREE and "books, books, books". One kind contributor wrote "Librarians ROCK!"

(thanks -- we hope so!).

Library Staff also recommended their favorite books:

Calderon de la Barca, Pedro. Life is a Dream PQ6292 V5 A77 2002b (Anne)

Arundhati, Roy. The God of Small Things PR9499.3 R59 G63 1998 (Anne)

Bennet, Alan. The Uncommon Reader Popular Reading (Sylvia)

Haley, Alex. Roots. E185.97.H24 A33 1977 (Jean) *

Jezebel. DVD PN1997 .J494345x 2006 (Jean)

Fielding, Henry. The History of Tom Jones, A Foundling. PR3454 .H5 1964B (Matt) *

Coleridge, Samuel Taylor. The Rime of the Ancient Mariner. PR4479 .A1 1971 (Jeremy)

Machiavelli, Niccolo. The Prince. JC143 .M38 2005

Wizard of Oz. DVD PS3503.A923 O59 2005b

Hurston, Zora Neale. Their Eyes Were Watching God. PS3515.U789 T639 1991 (Twynell)

Cooper, James Fenimore. Last of the Mohicans. PS1408 .A1 1986 (Kevin) *

Davis, Samson. The Pact: Three Young Men Make a Promise to Fulfill a Dream. R695 D38 2002 (Bruce)

Hillerman, Tony. The Shape Shifter. Popular Reading (Marion)

Byrd, Ayana. Naked : Black Women Bare All About Their Skin, Hair, Hips, Lips, and Other Parts. E259 .C43 2005 (Brandee)

* starred selections are also available on DVD or VHS.

Survey Says...

For several weeks in March & April the NOVA Libraries conducted a user-satisfaction survey to see how our students think we're doing. And the Results Are In for the Alexandria Campus:

63% of students rated the quality of the study environment as "Excellent" or "Very Good".

90% of students found Library staff "Always" or "Usually" courteous.

85% of students felt they were "Always" or "Usually" assisted quickly.

Most popular activities conducted in the Library include Research (80% of students), Study (80%), Email (64%), and Borrow Books (60%).

Over half of respondents had used online databases, Reference books, or checked books out of the Library.

81% of students "Always" or "Usually" found the resources they needed.

What could the Library do better?

Students expressed frustration of dissatisfaction with noise-levels, lack of group study, the wireless network, and inadequate access to computers.

Note: Upon completion of Phase III the Library will be able to expand into the area currently occupied by the Counseling Department and the Financial Aid Office. Following a series of student focus groups as well as this survey, the Library hopes to provide access to enclosed group study, increase the number of computers and improve computer work spaces, and create better divisions between "noisy" functions like photocopying, computers and group work from "quiet" functions like individual study and research.

Computers in Libraries!!

Alexandria Campus Librarians Anne Anderson, Jean Hogan and Matt Todd attended the Computers in Libraries conference in Arlington Virginia April 7, 8 & 9.

Conference sessions addressed such diverse issues as the role of gaming and virtual reality in instruction, marketing library services, connecting with the YouTube Generation, student research habits, and updates on the latest in search technologies.

If you'd like to see an amusing amateur video promoting academic libraries, check out this YouTube offering called "Databases". If you're a fan of the Saturday Night Live Digital Short Lazy Sunday/ Chronicles of Narnia might enjoy the Chronicles of Libraria. (for some interesting news about SNL digital shorts and copyright, see here*).

For some fun and interesting new resources on the web, visit the Resource Shelf.

* for those distressed that the Library Blog referenced Wikipedia: see this recent New Yorker article or this Nature study comparing Wikipedia to Encyclopaedia Britannica. (NB: Encyclopaedia Britannica does not have an entry for Saturday Night Live or Andy Samberg).

Vietnam Veterans Memorial goes Interactive

The Vietnam Veterans Memorial has now gone virtual. A website launched by the National Archives and footnote.com now allows increased interactive access to information about the 58,000 troops memorialized on the "Wall" in Washington DC.

The Website now provides access to service records, photographs, visitor comments and more. Finding a name is simple through the website's search function.

Visit the Virtual Wall here: http://go.footnote.com/thewall

To read more about the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, visit the National Parks Service Website:

"Deliberately setting aside the controversies of the war, the Vietnam Veterans Memorial honors the men and women who served when their Nation called upon them. The designer, Maya Lin, felt that “the politics had eclipsed the veterans, their service and their lives.” She kept the design elegantly simple to “allow everyone to respond and remember.” -- NPS

Or read about the Wall in one of the Library's many books on the subject:

Morrissey, Thomas. Between The Lines: Photographs From The National Vietnam Veterans Memorial. DS559.83 W18 M67

All The Unsung Heroes: The Story Of The Vietnam Veterans Memorial. VHS DS559.83.W18 A45x 1990

Hass, Kristin. Carried To The Wall: American Memory And The Vietnam Veterans Memorial. DS559.83.W18 H33 1998

Katakis, Michael. The Vietnam Veterans Memorial. DS559.83.W18 K37 1988

Library Staff visit Phase III Building Site

On Thursday 13 March the Library Staff took a field trip to Phase III.

Construction is well underway on the attractive and spacious addition to the Alexandria Campus. Library Staff admired the openness, the transparency, and the VIEWS.

We also enjoyed a peak into the Public Conveniences:

Anne Anderson - Library Photography Star!

Anne Anderson (Reference & Instruction Librarian) won an 'Honorable Mention' in Virginia Wildlife magazine's annual photo contest. Anne's photo of a water lily was taken at Huntley Meadows:


Congratulations Anne!

Next year we expect a First Place!!

The Other Alexandria Library

Some of our readers discover our blog while looking for information about the Great Library of Alexandria, once a great center of learning in the ancient world. The Library was destroyed in somewhat mysterious circumstances -- traditionally the destruction of the Great Library is attributed to Julius Caesar, but other possible suspects include early Christians or Muslims.

Remains of the Great Library were recently discovered by archaeologists.

In 1998 a new library, the Biblioteca Alexandria, was opened. The BA includes space for 1 million volumes (current collection is about half of that), exhibit space, a planetarium, an Internet center, chidlren's museum and auditoria.

Thanks for visiting the Alexandria Campus Library at Northern Virginia Community College. While we may not possess one million volumes or a collection of Mediterranean antiquities, we're glad you found us online.

Feel free to contact one of our librarians if we can be of further assistance.

Books for Lit Critters and other Humanities Types

A few new books from Literature, Philosophy & History.

Nutall, AD. Shakespeare the Thinker. PR3000 N88 2007

Baldwin, James. If Beale Street Could Talk. PS3552 A45 I4 2006

Lihamba, Amndina. Women Writing in Africa: The Eastern Region. PL8014 E22 W66 2007

Russel, Bertrand. The Basic Writings. B1649 R91 E38 1992

Geldard, Richard. The Essential Transcendentalists. B905 E87 2005

Ferriss, Suzanne. Chick Lit: The New Woman's Fiction. PS374 W6 C48 2006

Moser, Paul. The Theory of Knowledge. BD161 M8485 1998

Plato. The Laws. JC71 P2633 2004

Ruggiero, Vincent. The Art of Thinking. BF441 R84 2007

Wilson, Ben. Decency and Disorder: The Age of Cant 1789-1837. DA520 W54 2007

Check out these and more new books in Your Library today!

Library Tour hits the Web!

It is now possible to take on online tour of the Alexandria Campus Library. In just eight fun-filled and informative minutes, Reference Librarian Anne Anderson and Library Specialist Brandee Worsham take Library users through the paces for checking out books, printing and copying, adding money to your NovaCard, using course reserves, configuring laptops, and finding quiet places (or not so quiet places!) to study. Check out the tour from the Library Homepage or visit the tour directly: http://www.nvcc.edu/alexandria/library/librarytour/

What's that smell?

Ever wonder about the aroma in the corner of the library near the windows? It's the corn plant in bloom!



Dracaena fragrans or corn plant is an old-fashioned house plant with glossy green leaves and fragrant (!) blossoms. The Library's corn plants bloom several times per year. (for those who think the corn plants perfume is more stinky than succulent, it only blooms at night!)

LexisNexis comes to the Library!

The NOVA Libraries are happy to announce the acquisition of LexisNexis
Academic. This database provides access to over 5 billion searchable
documents from news, business and legal sources. LexisNexis Academic
joins two other products, LexisNexis Congressional and LexisNexis
Statistical to provide NOVA users with unparalleled access to full-text
online resources. Use LexisNexis to find national and international news,
law reviews, Supreme Court and other cases, U.S. Legislation, company
financial and industry information as well as a wide range of statistical
tables. Visit your campus library today to learn more or explore LexisNexis
from the Library home page:
http://www.nvcc.edu/Library/databases.htm

Scholarship & Financial Aid info at Your Library

Need to pay for College? Visit the Scholarship Fair today 11am - 1pm in the Bisdorf Cafeteria, or check out some of these great resources in Your Library:

Aiding Students, Buying Students: Financial Aid in America. LB2337.4 W53

501 Ways for Adult Students to Pay for College. LB2337.4 T36x

Chronicle Financial Aid Guide. LB2337.4 C47

College Money Handbook. REF LB2337.2 C65

College Student’s Guide to Merit and Other Non-Need Funding. REF LB2337.2
C64

Directory of Financial Aid for Women. REF LB2338 D592

Financial Aid 101. LB2337.4 C43x

Financial Aid for African Americans. REF LB2338 F5643

Financial Aid for Asian Americans. REF LB2338 F5644

Financial Aid for the Disabled. LB2337.2 F58

Financial Aid for Hispanic Americans. REF LB2338F5645

Making a Difference: Scholarships for a Better World. LB2338 W39

National Directory of Scholarships, Internships, and Fellowships for Latino Youth.
REF LB2338 N293x

Paying for College Without Going Broke. LB2337.4 P744

Scholarship Almanac. LB2338 P44 2005

Scholarship Book. REF LB2337.2 C37

Scholarship Handbook. LB2338 C597

Scholarship Scouting Report. LB2338 K367

Or check out online resources, accessible from the Library's Best of the Web page.

Open access computers return to the Library!

We heard you! In response to a very high volume of student complaints and concerns about the new requirement for LAN logon, the Library has re-instated open access computers.

LAN logons will still be required for computer labs and classrooms. To find your LAN logon, follow the instructions in the previous post.

Library computers will be available to all users (students and non-students) for research & information needs. The information superhighway is once again open for business!

New IT Security comes to campus, and to Your Library

Following a directive issued from the Virginia Community College System, NOVA has instituted new IT security measures that take place immediately.

What does this mean for Library users? At the moment, nothing. Library computers remain open-access.

All users must now LOG ON to campus computers in labs and classrooms. Students will need to know their LAN Log-On ID and Password in order to log onto computers. Note that the LAN logon is not the same as the NovaConnect logon. Visit the IT Help Desk for more info about what the LAN logon is and how to look it up.

Once students have found their LAN logon, they will need to determine their LAN password according to this format: (8 digits long)month of birth + date of birth + last four of social security number.

The new IT security measures are state-wide directives that must be implemented here at the College, campus and in the Library. We apologize for any inconvenience.

Remember, IT security measures are designed with everyone's safety in mind.

Primary-mania!

When TV's The Simpsons airs an episode about the United States Primaries, you know election fever has swept the nation.



(Ralph Wiggum for President?)

If you don't plan to hop on the Wiggum-waggon, you might want to check out some of these resources on the Primary Elections:

CNN Election Center

BBC News: America

League of Women Voters

Register to Vote (or update your registration)

Washington Post: Politics

Or check out one of these books:

Guide to Political Campaigns in America. JK2265 .G84 2005

US Election System. JK1976 .U217 2004

Historical atlas of U.S. presidential elections 1788-2004. REF G1201.F9 H5 2006

Be Smart. Do Your Part. Vote! Virginia Primary will be held on Feb 12th!!

Happy 2008!

Welcome back and Happy New Year 2008 from all your friends at the Alexandria Campus Library! We hope you had a pleasant and rewarding holiday break, and look forward to seeing you in the Library in the Spring term.

Happy Holidays!

Alexandria Campus Library whishes everyone a happy and healthy holiday season. Check out some of our seasonal titles:

One Christmas in Washington: The Secret Meeting Between Churchill and Roosevelt that Changed the World. D750 B46 2005

Christmas with the Rat Pack. AV M2065 S563 C58x 2004

Nutcracker Nation: How an Old World Ballet Became a Christmas Tradition in the New World. GV1790 N8 F57 2003

Inventing Christmas: How Our Holiday Came To Be. GT4985 E413 2002

Silent Night: The Story of the World War I Christmas Truce. D530 W45 2001

Joy to the World: Two Thousand Years of Christmas. GT4985 J77 2000

A Christmas Carol. PR4572 C68

The Library will close at 5pm on Dec 21 and reopen at 8.30am on Thursday Jan 3.

Exams over?

If your exams are over (or if your grading is done!) why not reward yourself with a good film.
Check out these and other new DVD titles in the Library's Feature Film section.


Before the Fall.

Belly of an Architect.

Billy Eliot.

Billy Liar.

Blackboards.

Boyfriends & Girlfriends.

Centralstation.

Come See the Paradise.

Cowboys & Angels.

Das Boot.

Emperor's Club.

Men.

Mephisto.

Nowhere in Africa.

Pan's Labyrinth.

The Queen.

Run Lola Run.

Voce Del Luna.

Calling All Science Types!

New science, ecology, and nature titles:

The Naked Emperor: Darwinism Exposed. BL263 L328x 2006

First in Line: Tracing Our Ape Ancestry. GN281 G86 2005

Why Animals Matter: The Case For Animal Protection. HV4764 W55 2007

Sex, Drugs, and DNA: Science's Taboos Confronted. Q162 S7693x 2006

Science Rules: A Historical Introduction to Scientific Methods. Q175 S34226 2004

Deep Sky Objects: The Best and Brightest from Four Decades of Comet Chasing. QB64 L478 2005

Marswalk One: First Steps on a New Planet. QB641 S4815 2005

Men Who Made A New Physics. QC15 C4 1987

An Inconvenient Truth: Planetary Emergency of Global Warming and What We Can Do About It. QC981.8 G56 G67 2006

Nontraditional Careers for Chemists: New Forulas in Chemistry. CAR QD39.5 B25 2007

Wolves: Behavior, Ecology and Conservation. QL737 C22 W6477 2003

Understanding Medicinal Plants: Their Chemistry and Therpeutic Action. RS164 H276 2005

Useless Arithmetic: Why Environmental Scientists Can't Predict the Future. TD171.8 P55 2007

Go Around the World

and never leave your Library.

Explore world cultures and histories with some of these new titles on world history:

Morrocco: The Islamist Awakening and Other Challenges. DT305 H69 2005

Morrocco: From Empire to Independence. DT314 P46x 2003

Kenya: A Struggle for Democracy. JQ2947 A91 K457x 2007

Kenya: The Quest For Prosperity. DT433.58 M55 1994

A History of Nepal. DS494.5 W43 2005

Africa Since Independence. DT30.5 N84 2004

The History of Ethiopia. DT381 A45 2007

A Short History of Cambodia: From Empire to Survival. DS554.5 T85 2005

Put some art in your life

Get down with your arty self and check out some of these new art, photography and theatre titles:

Art and Performance Live. NX600 P47 L58x 2004 (why does performance art always seem to involve public nudity)

Costume and Fashion a Concise History. REF GT511 L39 2002

History of the American Theatre from its Origins to 1832. PN2237 D86 2005

Photography Reborn: Image Making in the Digital Era. TR267 L57 2005

National Gallery of Art Washington: A World of Art. N856 R434 1998

Manga: Masters of Art. PN6790 J32 L44x 2005

Study Early -- Study Late

Once again the Alexandria Campus Library will observe the last week of classes and exam week with special extended hours. The Library will open half an hour early and close an hour late:

Dec. 3- Dec. 17, 2007

Monday - Thursday
8:00 a.m. - 11:00 p.m.
Friday
8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Saturday
9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.

Keep up your strength with the Library's popular Late Night Study break. Each evening at 9.30pm come to the Library and enjoy a cup of coffee or cocoa, have a cookie or a chocolate.

Good luck to everyone studying for exams!

Traffic Jam

Stuck in traffic? Need a good read? Check out one of our new titles on traffic & transport:

Taking the High Road: A Metropolitan Agenda for Transportation Reform. HE308 T35 2005

Still Stuck in Traffic: Coping With Peak-Hour Traffic Congestion. HE355.3 C64 D69 2004

Urban Mass Transit: The Life Story of a Technology. TA1205 P67 2007

The Great Society Subway: A History of the Washington Metro. HE4491 W44 W376 2006

I Love Libraries (.org!)

LRS Associate Director Sylvia Rortvedt's article on the Altered Book exhibit that appeared in the August issue of Virginia Libraries (see below) was picked up by the American Library Association's webisite I Love Libraries. The article features pictures and the story of the Altered Books Project that was on display in the Alexandria Campus Library for the Spring and Summer '07 semesters.

NOVA Librarians present at VLA

Librarians from the Annandale and Alexandria campuses presented sessions at the Virginia Library Association Annual conference on Thursday 1 Nov 2007.

From the Alexandria Campus, Sylvia Rortvedt and Matt Todd presented on "Radical Trust" (see below). From Annandale Ellen Wertman presented on protecting yourself in cyberspace (it's a scary cyber world out there!) and Irene Osterman brought out the laughs with humor in the workplace.

Virginia Library Association Annual Conference

Sylvia Rortvedt (LRS Associate Director) and Matt Todd (Collection Development Librarian) head to the Homestead in Hot Springs, Virginia for the Virginia Library Association Annual Conference. Catch Sylvia and Matt present on Radical Trust on Thursday 1 Nov!

View the presentation!

And check back to see the results of the Radical Trust competition to Name Our Presentation!

And the winner is...

Radical Trust: Power Through the People

Thanks to everyone who took time to fill in evaluations and to vote on a title for our presentation!

Runner up suggestions:

Radical Trust: Trust, engage and use your customers or lose them

Radical Trust: The user is not broken

Honorable Mention:

Radical Trust: It’s not just for theology anymore (we love it!)

Here's a list of all the suggestions -- which one(s) do you like?

Power through the people!
It’s not just for theology anymore
Community building for engaged library services
Taking a leap of faith in the user
Community conversations
Asimov, first law of robots: First do no harm
At the root of service

Engaging our patrons
The user is not broken
Sharing authority with users
Multiple truths provide collective wisdom
Beyond the box: your way
Go with the flow—be willing to change
Trust, engage and use your customers or lose them
Transforming your library by empowering your users
Transforming librarianship
Creating communities
Question rules

And finally -- the best of the comments:

Someone suggested: "My only suggestion is to ask open-ended questions to engage your audience rather than polling close-ended questions. (Trust us.)" Great suggestion! Thanks.

Happy Hat-o-ween

Alexandria Library Staff celebrated Hallowe'en on 31 October with Hat-o-ween. Check out the hats!

Hats represented include pork-pie, beret, princess, halo, horns, cowboy, Redskins, pirate, Nationals, tri-corn and Uncle Sam. Find them all!

Testing staff came trick-or-treating (did they get a trick or a treat?):

Happy Hallowe'en to all!

Thanks to Library, Faculty Save Money!!

"Thanks to you I am saving money. I cancelled my Wall Street Journal subscription (which I barely I had time to read anyway) because I can get it for free through NOVA’s library. Thanks."

-- from a Humanities & Social Sciences Faculty Member.

Visit the "Articles Page": http://www.nvcc.edu/Library/databases.htm to access the WSJ online. Just click on "ProQuest" or "Factiva".

Ride the Shuttle to Arlington!

Need to get from the Alexandria Campus to the Arlington Center? Take advantage of the free shuttle:

Alexandria/Arlington Center Shuttle Bus Schedule
(Fall 2007)

·1 The shuttle leaves the Alexandria Campus (from DASH bus stop) at :
o 8:00 a.m.
o 11:30 a.m.
·2 The shuttle leaves the Arlington Center (from Hotel Parking Lot) at:
o 2:30 p.m.
o 5:00 p.m.

And don't forget to visit the Arlington Center Library Blog.

Why is the flag at half-staff?

Do you ever wonder why the Virginia State Flag flying in front of the Bisdorf Building is at half staff (as it is today, October 9th)?

You can check the status of the flag on the Governor's website.

LRS In-Service Day!

The Library will be closed the morning of Tuesday October 9th for a Learning Resource Services professional development activity.

The Library will be open from Noon until 7.30 on Tuesday 9 October.

After a productive morning we engaged with Web 2.0 applications, including wikis, blogs, Google Calendar, e-audio books, widgets, tag clouds, Virtual Machine, flickr, snapfish, YouTube, and Microsoft Windows Media. It's a brave new world of Web 2.0.

Festive Fall Book Sale Breaks Records!!

The Library's Annual Fall Book Sale was the best ever -- thanks to all NOVA students, faculty, staff and community members who support the Alexandria Campus Library.



Festive balloons led the way to the biggest Library Used Book Sale ever. Trade was brisk from the very beginning -- the Sale raised over $200 in the very first 30 minutes. In what has become a popular annual campus event, the Book Sale continued at the "Y" (the space just outside the cafeteria on the lower level of the Bisdorf Building) on Tuesday 2 Octobver from 10am until 6pm. A Grand Total of over $720 was raised, breaking the previous record set in the spring of '07.

What does the Library do with this money? Book Sale profits support a variety of Library collections, services and programs. In addition to supporting materials purchases, Book Sale profits allow popular Library events like the Late Night Study Break provided each evening the Library holds extended hours during the last week of classes and finals. Competition prizes, Library Lemonade, and give-aways are also funded through the Book Sale, in addition to special purchases such as some of the student art currently displayed in the Library.

Thanks to all for your support!

Where do the books come from that the Library sells? Books, videos and cassettes in the Sale are all donations. The Library accepts donations of books and other materials in good condition. Appropriate donations may be added to the Library collection, all other titles are sold in the on-going Book Sale just inside the Library front doors or in the annual Fall and Spring Used Book sales. (note that state law prohibits the sale of books purchased explicitly for the Library Collection -- no state money was used to acquire the books in the Sale. The Library depends entirely on donations to hold Book Sales).

Alexandria Campus Library services and collections benefit from the continued generosity of the campus community. Thanks!

Alexandria Campus Library featured in "Virginia Libraries"

The Altered Books exhibit, sponsored by the art department and on display in the Library through the Spring and Summer terms, was featured in the August edition of Virginia Libraries, the quarterly publication of the Virginia Library Association.

The Library also acquired (through the generosity of an anonymous alumni donor) one of the altered books that will now form part of the Library's permanent collection:

Stop by the Library and check out the latest edition of Virginia Libraries or to see Old Webster's Dictionary (above).