Library News and Events

The winners of the Winesett Awards for Library Research were announced Friday, April 25:

Upper Division: Meredith C. Jones, “‘Unshored, Harborless Immensities’: Cetology, Gender, and Sexuality in ‘Moby Dick’” Sponsor: English Professor Timothy Poland

Lower Division: Kelly Drake, “The Nature of Friedrich’s Ataxia.” Sponsor: Biology Professor Orion RogersWinners receive a $500 prize.

Finalists:

Upper Division

• Adam M. Farmer, “The Effects of Financial Incentives on Embryo Donor Demographics” Library Essay. Sponsor: Biology Professor Joel B. Hagen
• Rebecca Huvar, “‘The Soul That Dares and Defies’: The Influence of Walt Whitman on Kate Chopin’s ‘The Awakening’” Sponsor: English Professor Timothy Poland
• Lindsey Putt, “Franz Marc’s ‘Fate of the Animals’” Sponsor: Art Professor Roann Barris
• Tosha Rachelle Taylor, “Parables of Suffering: Violence and the Prodigal Son of Flannery O’Connor’s Novels” Sponsor: English Professor Donald Secreast

Lower Division

Kevin Hatton, “Pseudorca Crassidens- False Killer Whale.” Sponsor: Biology Professor Karen Francl. Winners and finalists will have their papers and projects published in the Archives of the Winesett Scholars.

Katelynn Lemons is the Grand Prize winner of last week’s National Library Week Trivia Contest.  She won a 1 GB iriver MP3 Player.  Tiffany Buck won the second-place prize of a beautiful print of McConnell Library. Both contestants had perfect answers.  Thanks to everyone who entered the contest!  The theme was “Learn the Radford University Library,” and the questions and answers are as follows:

   1.  What is the full name of Radford University Library?

John Preston McConnell Library

2. The daily fine for returning non-reserve DVDs late to the library is:

$1.00

3. Posters of Jupiter’s moons are located on what floor of the library?

5

4. The library building is currently celebrating which anniversary?

75 years

5. Next week, the Library Events Committee is sponsoring what event?

Stress Buster

Enjoy the Stress Buster in the Radford Room this week!  

Find out who will be published in the Archives of the Winesett Scholars and who will win the $500 prizes at the Library Research Awards reception on Friday, April 25. The celebration will start at 4 pm on the 4th floor of McConnell Library.

Dr. Theresa Burriss, Director of LARC and Assistant Professor of English & Appalachian Studies, will be our keynote speaker.

Refreshments will be served.

Need a break from studying? 

Stop by the library’s Radford Room during the week of April 21-25.  Enjoy some
cool bottled water and soak in the relaxing atmosphere.  Comfy couches, bead
crafts, a massage chair pad, board games, puzzles, and more are waiting for
you!

It’s amazing how talent and creativity can transform a piece of cardboard!  Professor Charlie Brouwer’s Art 204 Sculpture students were assigned to use cardboard to create figures that would be placed in the Library.  The result is 26 cardboard “Library People” that have been placed in various spots throughout the building. The exhibit will be in place through May 1st.  

As part of this week’s National Library Week celebration, library patrons were invited to play a guessing game — how many “bookworms” are in the jar?

 Congratulations to Elaine Fenwick, who won the game with her guess of 27 worms.  (There were actually 29 worms in the jar.)  Elaine won the jar of worms (Twizzlers) and a beautiful print of McConnell Library.  Bridgette Greer’s guess of 32 worms won her the second-place prize of 75 cents of printing credit.

 Thanks to Elaine, Bridgette, and the 34 other contestants!  Enjoy the rest of National Library Week!

Join the fun!  National Library Week will be celebrated at McConnell Library during the week of April 13-19, 2008.  This year’s theme is “Join the Circle of Knowledge @ Your Library.”

Monday, April 14th
*7:00 - 9:00 p.m.: It’s time for another Game Night in the library’s Radford Room! We’ll play Scrabble®, Wordigo®, and other games while we enjoy great snack food.  Prizes will be awarded.

Tuesday, April 15th
*All day: Play a guessing game at the Circulation Desk!  The winner will take home a jar of candy.

Wednesday, April 16th
*All day: Pick up your official library swag.
*7:30 p.m.: The Awards Reading for the Thomas Coleman Undergraduate Writing Contest, the Scott Christianson Essay Contest, and the Nan Lacy Poetry Chapbook Competition will be held in the library’s Radford Room. This program is co-sponsored by the Library, the English Department, and the Creative Writing Committee.

Thursday, April 17th
*6:00 p.m.: Step on over and watch the National Pan-Hellenic Council’s Step Show! The show will be held outside in front of the library. (In case of rain, the program will be moved indoors.)

Friday, April 18th
*All day: How well do you know your library? Enter our trivia contest at the Circulation Desk. The winner will receive a beautiful print of McConnell Library.

Exploring Publishing Possibilities: A McConnell Library Symposium

All sessions are free. No registration is required.

Making the Match: Finding the Right Journal for Your Unpublished Article
Monday, March 31, 1 pm - 2pm Library Classroom B

Not sure where to submit your draft article? In this workshop, we will share techniques for locating journals that publish on the topic, identifying whether the journals are peer-reviewed, and discovering how often articles from a journal are cited.
Workshop, hosted by:
Candice Benjes-Small & Kevin Tapp, McConnell Library and Harvey Center

Making the Leap: Launching Your Own Journal
Tuesday, April 1, 2 pm—3:15 pm Library Radford Room

Wonder what it takes to start your own journal? Listen to the voices of experience- our panelists.
Panel Discussion, moderated by Gene Hyde, McConnell Library

• Dr. Theresa Burriss, Contributing Senior Editor of Pluck!
• Dr. Steve Corwin, Managing Editor of the eJMT - The Electronic Journal of Mathematics and Technology
• Tim Jackson, Editor of the New River Voice
• Dr. Susan Van Patten, Executive Editor of JUPTRR - The Journal of Unconventional Parks, Tourism and Recreation Research
• Dr. Wei-Chi Yang, Editor-in-Chief of the eJMT - The Electronic Journal of Mathematics and Technology (

Making the Case: Should Blogs, Wikis and New Media Count as ‘Publishing’?
Wednesday, April 2nd, 11:00 am –Noon George Harvey Center (Waldron Hall)

Panel Discussion, moderated by Candice Benjes-Small, McConnell Library

• Taryn Chase, Managing Editor of the New River Voice
• Charley Cosmato, Assistant Director of the Technology in Learning Center
• Dr. Bob Stepno, Assistant Professor of Media Studies

Making the Cut: What Editors Want from Writers
Thursday, April 10, 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm Library Radford Room

RT Smith, editor of the Shenandoah Review, will focus his informal remarks on submitting material to literary magazines. Co-sponsored by the Club Programming Committee, Sigma Tau Delta, and the English Department.

For more information about the Symposium, contact the Library Reference Desk at 831-5696 or Refdesk@Radford.edu or IM: RuLibSpot

Our next Game Night is coming soon!  Join us in the library’s Radford Rooms on Wednesday, March 19th, from 7-9pm for a night of SCRABBLE®, WORDIGO®, and other games with great snack food and prizes!

Bring your friends!

Yesterday, we celebrated our second-annual McConnell Day, in honor of the birthday of Dr. John Preston McConnell.  Library patrons were invited to guess how many gummy bookworms were packed into a jar.  Three people correctly guessed 75 worms.  After a drawing, Theo McCloskey (pictured at left) was declared the grand prize winner.  He received the jar of library-loving worms, a print of the library, and a McConnell Library button.  Runners-up Tyler Smith and Adam Bennett received 75 cents of printing credit and McConnell Library buttons.

Thanks to everyone who participated!