A friendly reminder! Books and other items on loan from ODU Libraries for the full Spring Semester are due on May 20, 2013. These materials must be physically returned to the Libraries for check-in or for renewal. Questions? Please call 683-4154 or email: circ1@odu.edu

In response to your requests....
Learning Commons & Perry Library will have ALL floors open 24/7 from Sunday, April 21, 9:00 am – Fri. May 10, 10:00 pm

• 2nd floor Service Desk not open overnight (open regular hours, except for Fri. May 3 and Sat. May 4, when open until 10 pm)
• Card swipe access after midnight Sun-Thurs and after 10 pm Fri & Sat

Thanks to all those who participated in and attended the Library's first Poetry Slam on Tuesday April 16, celebrating National Library Week and National Poetry Month. We had 14 wonderful readers and two great hosts: Remica Bingham-Risher and Robbie Ciara. So, thank you everyone!!

Winners:
2nd Place: Shamir Epps    -    1st Place: Simba Castano    -    3rd Place: Destin Hockaday
 

To see more photos, go to the Library's Facebook page.

The Friends of the Libraries 19th Annual Author Dinner will feature guest speaker Craig L. Symonds, Professor Emeritus at the United States Naval Academy. Symonds taught naval history and Civil War History for thirty years at the United States Naval Academy.  In the 1970s he was a U.S. Navy officer and the first ensign ever to lecture at the prestigious Naval War College in Newport, Rhode Island. After his naval service, Symonds remained at the War College as a civilian Professor of Strategy from 1974-1975.

Dr. Symonds is the author of twelve books and the editor of nine others. His books have won the Barondess Lincoln Award, the Daniel and Marilyn Laney Prize, the S.A. Cunningham Award, the Theodore and Franklin D. Roosevelt Prize, and the John Lyman Book Prize three times. In 2009 he shared the $50,000 Lincoln Prize with James M. McPherson.

From 2005 to 2007 he was Chief Historian of the USS Monitor Center at the Mariners' Museum in Newport News, Virginia, overseeing the opening and promotion of that exhibit.

The 19th Annual Author Dinner The Friends of the Libraries Outstanding Achievement Award will be presented to a faculty member from the College of Business and Public Administration. The award winner will be announced at the dinner.

Plan to participate in the Silent Auction, one of the major fundraising endeavors supporting the Friends of the Old Dominion University Libraries.

Celebrate National Library Week with a Poetry Slam! 
On Tuesday, April 16 from 5:00-7:30 pm, Perry Library will host a Poetry Slam in the Learning Commons.  Enter the competition or be in the crowd and root for your favorite.  The entire ODU community is invited to participate.

To enter or get additional information, contact Leanne Hillery at lhillery@odu.edu.  Entries must be received by April 12, 2013. 

Lawyers Without Rights: Jewish Lawyers in Germany under the Third Reich, an exhibit in the Learning Commons @ Perry Library, is sponsored by the ODU Institute for Jewish Studies and Interfaith Understanding.  The exhibit will be available through April 30.  A reception and panel discussion will be held on Thursday, April 11 at 5:30pm at Diehn Fine and Performing Arts Center.  For more information, contact Farideh Goldin fgoldin@odu.edu 

Come to the Learning Commons @ Perry Library every Wednesday at 10 AM and 2 PM for a "Ten Minute Tip."  This week's topic is Tips for using our EBSCO Databases. See our website for a complete schedule of topics:  http://www.lib.odu.edu/researchassistance/tenminutetips.htm .

We would be happy to work with you if you are interested in giving your students class incentives for attendance at any of our workshops. Please contact lrush@odu.edu for additional information about Ten Minute Tips.

Celebrate National Poetry Month by putting your favorite poem onto a free t-shirt.  Bring a favorite poem, find one in our books, or make one up on the spot.  Come for free treats and poetry!

Wednesday, April 10th, 11-2pm in the Learning Commons @ Perry Library.  This event is hosted by Writers in Community and the Creative Writing MFA Program.

Using ICPSR to Access Social Science Research Data

April 4, Thursday
6:00-7:00pm

Room 1306 in the Learning Commons @ Perry Library

Learn to use this vast archive of social science data, provided by the Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR).  ICPSR's data holdings, divided into 17 broad subject areas, are designed for use with statistical software, such as SAS, SPSS, and Stata. ICPSR is an organization with over 640 member colleges and  universities around the world. Our access to ICPSR is funded with support from the ODU Office of Research.

Contact James Rhoades jrhoades@odu.edu for registration information.

Come to a FREE Movie --  "Stomp Out Loud" -- in the Diehn Composers Room on Wednesday, April 3, from 7:00-9:00 p.m.  A short lecture about found music, presented by Jessica Mirasol, Librarian Archivist for Music Collections, will precede the film.  Light refreshments will be served.  Contact Jessica Mirasol jmirasol@odu.edu for more information.

Also be sure to view the "Found Music" exhibit, available until May 16 in the Diehn Composers Room!!

"Using EndNote Web with EndNote"
Learn how to collect references from the library's databases and export them into EndNote Web, a Web version of the desktop EndNote program. Use EndNote Web to share references with your colleagues. Contact Karen Vaughan kvaughan@odu.edu to register.