Colloquium: Thursday, May 23

Student Learning Across Disciplines:
Using Both Sides of the Brain

Guest Presenter: Ted Takamura, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Business
College of Business -- Gresham Center

4:00 pm, Ackerman Hall, Room 210 

Free and open to the public -- Refreshments will be served -- A Library resource list is available for those who wish to do further research. Questions? Please contact 541-962-3508.

New Database Trial:

Pierce Library is considering subscription to JSTOR Global Plants. It's a community-contributed database that features more than two million high resolution plant type specimen images and other foundational materials from the collections of hundreds of herbaria around the world. 

Trial access through June 30, 2013.

Your feedback is important; please explore this database and tell us what you think!

Colloquium Thursday, May 9

Say What? Anagrams, Science & the Renaissance

Guest Presenter: Nicole Howard, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of History 

4:00 pm, Ackerman Hall 210
Refreshments will be served - Free and open to the public

Anagrams... were particularly important in early modern science, when new astronomical theories, mathematical formulas and inventions could be hidden in anagrams and revealed when the creator felt so inclined. This talk wil offer a brief history of anagrams and their use by scientists, physicians, kings and satirists. Learn more. 

A Library resource list is available for those who wish to do further research.

Time Marches On

  

Studying for midterms? Join other students who are using Library study rooms and spaces alone or in groups. Library hours.

Need help finding materials & resources? Drop by the Information Commons on the first floor for assistance, or Ask a Librarian. 

Just want a place to relax? Head for the third floor between 7:30 am & noon (M-F) for coffee, smoothies, and more!

Summit upgrade May 1

Update: the upgrade is completed and the Summit catalog is back to normal. Thanks again for your patience.

The system that handles requests for the Summit catalog is getting an upgrade on May 1. You won't notice any changes, but no Summit requests can be placed during the upgrade, which will start Tuesday, April 30 at 11 p.m. and may last until 11 a.m. on Wednesday, May 1. Place your Summit requests before then if you can. If you want to request something during the upgrade, you can use the Interlibrary Loan request form or contact the Interlibrary Loan office. Thank you for your patience.

Still Time to Hit the Books!

The annual Spring Book Sale is in full swing, and there are still lots of great books for sale at $1.00 an inch.

• Friday & Saturday, April 26 & 27: 9 am - 6 pm

• HOKE 309 on the EOU campus

• No admission and open to the public

brought to you by the Women's Research and Resource Center

Thursday, April 25: Colloquium and Ars Poetica

How "Messing Around" Informs Problem-solving: Inside the Minds of Engineers

Colloquium Guest Presenter:
Carol Lauritzen, Ph.D.
Professor of Education
  
4:00 pm, EOU Ackerman Hall, Room 210 

Free & open to the public - refreshments will be served. Learn more about this program. A Library resource list is available for those who wish to do further research on this topic.

Ars Poetica Welcomes Swordsman-poet Joshua McKinney

Hear visiting poet and student of the Eastern sword Joshua McKinney read from his new collection “Mad Cursive,” in the Pierce Library Reading Room at EOU.
 
The reading starts at 7:30 pm and is free and open to the public. A book signing will follow. Read more about it.

Contact: David Axelrod | Ars Poetica Lecture Series at EOU 541-962-3585 daxelrod@eou.edu