New Popular Books Available
April 10, 2013
New additions to the Doherty Library current popular fiction and non-fiction collection are now available for checkout. Sponsored by the Friends of the Library, the collection contains over 140 titles.
The books are on display in the main lobby and can be checked out at the circulation desk. The newest titles are listed below. For new academic titles, see our new books Pinterest board.
Fiction:
Manisha Jolie Amin – Dancing to the Flute
Maeve Binchy – A Week in Winter
Ben Fountain – Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk
Sally Gardner – Maggot Moon
Jamaica Kincaid – See Now Then
Ian McEwan – Sweet Tooth
Ayana Mathis – The Twelve Tribes of Hattie
Ron Rash – Nothing Gold Can Stay
Jess Walter – Beautiful Ruins
Non-Fiction:
James Barilla – My Backyard Jungle
Ernest Freeberg – Age of Edison: Elecric Lights and the Invention of Modern America
Virginia Morrell – Animal Wise: The Thoughts and Emotions of our Fellow Creatures
Sandra Day O’Connor – Out of Order: Stories from the History of the Supreme Court
Maurice Sendak – My Brother’s Book
New Popular Books Available
October 11, 2012
New additions to the Doherty Library current popular fiction and non-fiction collection are now available for checkout. Sponsored by the Friends of the Library, the collection contains over 130 titles.
The books are on display in the main lobby and can be checked out at the circulation desk. The newest titles are listed below.
Fiction:
Mitch Albom – The Time Keeper
Michael Chabon – Telegraph Avenue: A Novel
Junot Díaz - This is How You Lose Her
Gillian Flynn – Gone Girl
John Green – The Fault in Our Stars
Peter Heller – Dog Stars
Andrew Porter – In Between Days
Ismet Prcic – Shards
J.K. Rowling – The Casual Vacancy
Non-Fiction:
David Byrne – How Music Works
Otis Webb Brawley, and Paul Goldberg – How We Do Harm: A Doctor Breaks Ranks AboutBeing Sick in America
Claire & Mia Fontaine – Have Mother, Will Travel
Dambisa Moyo – Winner Take All: China’s Race for Resources and What it Means for the World
Mark Owen – No Easy Day: The Firsthand Account of the Mission that Killed Osama Bin Laden
Paul Tough – How Children Succeed: Grit, Curiosity and the Hidden power of Character
Bob Woodward – The Price of Politics
Progress at the Archives
March 25, 2009
University Archives, Sienna House
The University Archives staff has been very active in developing an Archives web page that now includes finding aids and articles of historical information about the University.
The effort to add material to the Archives web page is ongoing. One example is the posting of a list of the ten presidential administrations of UST and the years of their service. Eight different men served as president; two returned for an additional term. The web page is illustrated with photos of the UST presidents. Two other recent examples include material about the first UST School of Nursing and material about the Office of Student Affairs that have now been posted on the web site.
The Archives staff also compiled a spreadsheet depicting the history of the many structures that UST has acquired, demolished and constructed since 1947. Several blocks of fourteen houses each and the streets surrounding them have been removed to create space for academic and support buildings and to make travel safer and more convenient between the buildings. Also within the Archives is the original of a 1947 letter naming the University. The naming process was quite simple, a single meeting of a committee.
Information concerning the University’s development was researched and posted in an effort to inform students, faculty and the public as to how the University came into existence, who played a critical role, and the events that brought us to the present. Without a knowledge of the University’s history, there will be no understanding of the events that shape our current existence.
The Archives web page can be found as a link on the main Doherty Library web page at http://www.stthom.edu/Public/index.asp?page_ID=4804. You can also contact the Archives staff at 713-525-3895.
Miniature Books Exhibit
November 14, 2007
The Art of Miniature Books
Doherty Library is currently hosting the Miniature Book Society’s traveling exhibition of over 80 miniature books. A miniature book is defined by the Society as a real book whose closed dimensions (length or width) measures no more than 3 inches. The exhibit also features several “micro-minis,” books measuring 1 inch and less. The books on exhibit come in various shapes and forms, from conventionally bound volumes to accordion foldouts and pop-up books. The printing methods vary as well, from hand calligraphy, to letterpress, photocopy and more. The Miniature Book Society exhibit cases are located on the left side of the lobby atrium as you enter the building.
As for the main lobby exhibit cases, this month we have created a companion exhibit of items from Doherty’s special collections. Enjoy this sampling of the book arts from November 12th through the end of the semester.
Link to the Miniature Book Society.
Rachel
The Greenwood Endowment for Children’s Literature
October 8, 2007
The Patrick Spann Greenwood Children’s Literature Collection
Does it seem strange for an academic library to have an extensive collection of children’s books? Not to UST education majors seeking curriculum materials for their coursework! Since the 1970′s, the Greenwood endowment has supported the acquisition of material in children’s literature and other materials in the areas of general education and human development related to the curricula offered by the School of Education. The Greenwood collection was made possible by a gift from Mr. and Mrs. N. W. Freeman in memory of their grandson, Patrick Spann Greenwood (1970-1972). Books in the Collection can be recognized by their distinctive memorial bookplate. A large part of the Collection is found in the children’s literature area of the library’s book stacks (that’s the PZ’s on the 2nd floor of Doherty). All the children’s books are available for check-out by UST students, faculty and staff. Other materials — general education and human development — are shelved where appropriate throughout the library. UST Education majors as well as all students and library patrons past, present and future benefit greatly from this simple act of generosity by the Freemans.
Rachel
The Slick Endowed Collection in Business Ethics
August 13, 2007
The Sally S. and William T. Slick, Jr. Endowed Collection in Business Ethics
Over the years, Doherty library at the University of St. Thomas has benefited from the generosity of individuals and families in the form of endowed library collections. Endowed collections typically set aside a sum of money in trust for the regular purchase of library materials in a particular subject area or genre, thus insuring that that collection will continue to grow in perpetuity. In 1996, the Sally S. Slick and William T. Slick, Jr. Endowed Collection in Business Ethics was established to create a collection of material in the Doherty Library to support the Center for Business Ethics and the Cullen Trust Endowed Chair in Business Ethics at the University of St. Thomas. Recent purchases include books about business ethics, social ethics, moral and ethical aspects of corporate culture, conflicts of interest, the role of human conscience in business and corporate history. Books purchased by this endowment are identified by a bookplate placed in the front of each volume acquired for the collection. The material is shelved throughout the Doherty library. To survey our latest purchases for the collection, click the “Endowed Collections” tab in the Doherty library catalog and select the “Slick Collection in Business Ethics.”
Rachel
