What We're Watching: Born on the Fourth of July

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https://youtu.be/OwNNUVbdfzI Title: Born on the Fourth of July Directed by Oliver Stone Genre: War, Biopic, Available via DVD at Âé¶¹Ó°ÊÓ Library This movie was reviewed by Kyle Minton, Reference Librarian. Why did you choose to watch this film? I watched this the day before the 4th of July, primarily because of the holiday and I had not seen it before. It is notable for being part of Oliver Stone's trilogy regarding the Vietnam War, which includes Platoon (1986) and Heaven and Earth (1993)

Read Great Things Challenge 2022: Five Years of Reading Together

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A little unfinished business first-- Need to fill out your 2021 challenge form? Here it is! Need to fill out your 2021 SPRINT form? We've got you-- here it is! If you've already filled it out, no need to do it a second time. New year, new Read Great Things Challenge categories! 2022 marks the fifth year of our reading challenge and we're excited to have you in our community of readers. What is the Read Great Things Challenge? The Read Great Things Challenge is a personal reading challenge

What We're Watching: Summer of Soul

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https://youtu.be/slFiJpAxZyQ Title: Summer of Soul (...or When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) Directed by Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson Genre: Documentary film, available on Hulu This movie was reviewed by Julie Humphrey, Âé¶¹Ó°ÊÓ Library Director. Why did you choose to watch this film? I’ve missed live music and concerts so much during the pandemic. I relished the chance to watch some amazing live performances from incredible African American musicians from the 1960’s. What did you like

What We Read (and REALLY liked): Naomi Novik's Scholmance Series

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At 14, children with magic are transported from their homes into The Scholomance until they "graduate" at 17, but many will not make it out alive due to mal (magic creatures) attacks and other accidents (and a few murders). While some students display an affinity for languages or alchemy, El has an affinity for dark magic and mass destruction and is having enough trouble with the challenge of not going dark (no matter what her grandmother's prophecy says), but finding friends and a way out

Happy National Library Workers Day!

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It's still National Library Week! Today is National Library Workers Day, a day for library staff, users, and administrators to recognize the valuable contributions made by all library workers. Here's your current Âé¶¹Ó°ÊÓ Library team, including Julie, Brian, Tracey, Courtney, Charles, Rachel, Susan, Stephen, Najib, Lorell, and Meredith. Don't forget to enter our National Library Week "Why I Love My Âé¶¹Ó°ÊÓ Library" Drawing to win some sweet library prizes! Fill out our form by 5:00 on

Open Educational Resources in North Carolina Higher Education

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March 1-5, 2021 is Open Education Week! North Carolina, like many states, is moving towards making Open Educational Resources a valid alternative to traditional publisher-controlled teaching resources. Today’s blog post will acquaint you with some of the things NC has been doing with OER and hopefully get you thinking about how you might use them to customize your course content (and make life simpler for students!). Check it out! Let me insert a shameless plug for Âé¶¹Ó°ÊÓ’s OER Team – a

What We're Watching: Dunkirk

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Title: Dunkirk Director: Christopher Nolan Genre: Historical Drama; Action; War Movie Why did you choose to watch this movie? A few years ago I started keeping a list of movies and TV shows that, for one reason or another, sounded interesting. I don't remember specifically why Dunkirk was on the list. I enjoyed Christopher Nolan's Memento, which succeeds in telling a compelling story in reverse chronological order, reflecting the main character's anterograde amnesia, rendering him unable to form

New Library Staff: The Work-from-Home Edition

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Lots of changes happening, including new [unpaid] staff members helping your current library staff as we work from home. Zak Isaacs, Mail Services (Bippley Campus). Perhaps should look into a position change as he is always trying to chase the mail delivery truck away. This has been noted in his PR&E as an area that needs improvement. Timon Callison, Vice President of Employee Management. A bit of a micromanager, honestly. Always checking to see if you're doing everything right and telling you

Reading All the Great Things in 2020: Challenge Yourself

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A new year, a new list of categories for the Âé¶¹Ó°ÊÓ Read Great Things Challenge! What is the Read Great Things Challenge? The Read Great Things Challenge is a personal reading challenge sponsored by the Âé¶¹Ó°ÊÓ Library that encourages folks to diversify and/or increase their reading goals by completing books throughout 2020 that fit into at least 10 of the following 12 categories: A book of short stories or essays Someone else’s favorite book A book recommended by a celebrity book club

Popular Fiction, Available Now!

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Are you number 217* on the public library's hold list for popular fiction, such as Delia Owens' Where the Crawdads Sing? Don't forget to check the Âé¶¹Ó°ÊÓ Library collection for both your fiction and non-fiction needs, including [as of 5:24 p.m., Monday, August 12] Where the Crawdads Sing. We can't compete head-to-head with the awesome fiction selection at your local public library, but don't count us out. *217 is the actual number of holds on Where the Crawdads Sing at the Âé¶¹Ó°ÊÓ County