Posts Tagged as ‘library’

November 22, 2009

And the winner is…..

Congratulations to the winners of

this year’s Edible Book Contest!
15 Creative, Innovative and Imaginative entries!
Congrats to each participant:

The Little Engine that Could–submitted by Marie Eibl

One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest–submitted by Carole Gallo

The Tell-Tale Heart–submitted by Melissa Tiltges and Phil Kane

Tao Te Ching–submitted by Jeffrey James

The Monster Book of Monsters–submitted by Jeff McDonald

Atlas Shrugged–submitted by [...]

November 2, 2009

2nd Annual Edible Book Contest

2nd Annual Edible Book Contest!

Presented
by the
Harper College Library
 
Create a piece of edible art that has something to do with books
Friday, November 20, 2009
Entries are due in the library from 10:30 to 11:30 AM
Judging begins at Noon
Entries will be eaten after the winners are announced
All participants and their entries will be photographed
Please include a sign denoting [...]

October 23, 2009

16th Annual Children’s Book Drive

Give a child the gift of reading!
16th Annual Children’s Book Drive

 
 
 

For the month of October, Harper College Library is collecting new and gently used children’s books that will be donated to the District 214 Community Education Program and the Elk Grove Village Township.  You can help give a child the gift of reading by bringing [...]

October 14, 2009

Textbooks in the Library?

Textbooks in the Library

For the first three weeks of every semester the most frequently asked question in the library is “do you have the textbook for my class?”  Unfortunately the answer is probably no.  Typically libraries do not purchase textbooks for a variety of reasons

The library’s role is to buy materials that supplement and expand [...]

September 15, 2009

The Library of Congress Classification System Demystified

The Library of Congress Classification System Demystified
 

 
           
            Some of you may be wondering what this weird system of numbers is and how to use it. I know I was confused when I was a new student here at Harper and I tried to find information in the Library. But it is not just new [...]