LGBTQ Pride Month

June is Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer (LGBTQ) Pride Month. You can celebrate by reading one of \”The 25 Best LGBT Novels of All Time\” according to the Advocate magazine. 1. Giovanni\’s Room by James Baldwin2. The Color Purple by Alice Walker3. The Price of Salt by Patricia Highsmith4. Orlando by Virginia Woolf5. Maurice by E.M

Catching the E-Book Wave — Lessons@Lunch

Been thinking about purchasing an e-book reader?Have a reader and want to find more sources for e-books?Want to see what else your device can do? If so, next week\’s Lessons@Lunch (March 5, 7 & 9) should help you get the answers you need. The sessions will be held in the Library Instruction Classroom (#139) from

NaNoWriMo 2011

If you don\’t know what National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) is, check out this post Thomas wrote about it last year. With slightly under two weeks left, a lot of NaNoWriMo participants have probably fallen behind, but there\’s still hope left! If you need help figuring out what to do next with your characters and

Top Ten Tuesday: 10 Dystopian Novels That the Dick Smith Library Offers

Looking to take a journey? You can find what you’re looking for at the Dick Smith Library. Here is a list of ten dystopian novels the Dick Smith Library has to offer. What is a dystopian novel you may ask? They are stories of the future with a cautionary tale, typically commenting on how we

NaNoWriMo

What\’s the \”Great American Novel?\” Gone With the Wind? Uncle Tom\’s Cabin? Captain Underpants? Maybe it hasn\’t been written yet. Here\’s your chance to fix that! November is National Novel Writer\’s Month. Sure, it\’s early, but here\’s the deal: you can do all your prep work beforehand so long as you don\’t write a word