Writers’ Reading Series: Remembering Dean Dr. Janice Gordon-Kelter

Writers’ Reading Series: Remembering JGK.

Doherty Library, Friday, April 25, 2008 at 7 p.m.

Please join Dr. Janet Lowery in remembering our mentor, friend, and former MLA Dean Dr. Janice Gordon-Kelter. The evening will include Dr. Lowery reading poetry selections about Janice, and further selections from Dr. Lowery’s collection of poetry, Traffic in Women, dedicated to JGK. The collections of poetry and a broadside of the poem “In Memorium: Janice Gordon-Kelter,” suitable for framing, will be on sale after the reading. A reception will follow. All proceeds from the sale of the broadside will benefit the Doherty library.

This event is free and open to the public. Parking is available in the Moran Center parking garage at the corner of Graustark and West Alabama. For more information call 713-525-6915.

Jim

Happy Birthday Library of Congress

April 22-24, 1800: The Library of Congress Established

On April 22, 1800, the Library of Congress began with an appropriation of $5,000. by Congress for the purchase of books and furnishings for a reading room. The bill became law on April 24, 1800 when John Adams signed the act designating the funds “for the purchase of such books as may be necessary for the use of Congress and for putting up a suitable apartment for containing them therein….” (2 Stat. 56). Booksellers Cadell & Davies of London sent the first order of 152 books to the U.S. in December of that year. Ironically, it was the British who later burned the entire collection of around 3,000 volumes in August, 1814 when they invaded Washington, DC during the War of 1812.

Former president Thomas Jefferson provided for the replacement of the Library by selling his own personal collection of over 6,000 books to the government for $23,950.00. Ten wagons were needed to transport all of his books to Washington for the new library building, which was not completed until 1817. Though the Library still serves Congress, its scope of responsibility has widened to make it the national library of the United States. Happy birthday Library of Congress.

Sources: 1. Famous First Facts, 6th ed., 2. The United States Government Manual, 2007-08., 3. Library of Congress History, http://www.loc.gov/about/history/

Rachel

National Library Week April 13 – 19, 2008

National Library Week is April 13 – 19, 2008

Join us @ Doherty library for some fun and games:

Monday, April 14th ◊ “How Many Books?”
Tuesday, April 15th ◊ “Book Hangman”
Wednesday, April 16th ◊ “Crossword / Search A Word”
Thursday, April 17th ◊ “The Scavenger Hunt”
Friday, April 18th ◊ “Famous First Lines”

Come to the Circulation desk of the Library for details

Defense for Darfur Library Exhibit

UST Defense for Darfur students have created an exhibit to raise awareness of the ongoing violence in the Sudan region of Africa.  Conflicts in the Darfur region stretch back many decades, yet most Americans remain ignorant of the complex ethnic, cultural and political factors which have brought on the tragic bloodshed.  The exhibit features photos, facts and statistics and is scheduled to run until May 20, 2008. Find out more: Link to the United Nations News Centre, Sudan for the latest regional developments.

 

 

Rachel