Beginning Summer Semester, 2008, AUM Library patrons (faculty, staff, and students) will begin using their new Senator ID based barcodes. This new barcode replaces the old, SSN-based barcodes, and will be used for logging in to the library's databases, for placing requests through the online catalog, and for checking out and renewing items.

These barcodes consist of a 20, followed by the Senator ID, followed by a zero (0) at the end. If you do not know your Senator ID, please go here to look up your Senator ID (please note: this page is Maintained by IT Services. If you encounter problems with looking up your Senator ID, please contact the IT Services HelpDesk at 244-3500).

If you have any questions about the library barcode changeover or need help logging in to the library's materials, please feel free to contact Tim Bailey at tbailey1@aum.edu for more information.

Welcome to the AUM Library's newest method of communication - the Aumnicat Blog. The Blog (an abridgment of the phrase 'web log') is a website that is frequently updated. In our case, it will be used to distribute information about the library, library related events, collections information (such as the new books list), and other types of information that we hope will keep you informed on library activities and issues.

As always, if you have questions or comments about the Blog or other library issues, please contact me by e-mail (rbest@aum.edu).

Rickey D. Best, Dean AUM Library

The AUM Library now has access to two new databases provided by the Alabama Virtual Library, GreenFile and Planeta Saber.

GreenFile is a collection of scholarly, government, and general interest titles concentrating on issues of the environment. Topics covered include global climate change, green building, pollution, sustainable agriculture, renewable energy, recycling, and more.

Planeta Saber is a comprehensive, general-interest encyclopedia in Spanish. Published by Encyclopedia Britannica, Planeta Saber is the perfect resource for native Spanish speakers, bilingual students, and students learning Spanish, containing over 144,000 articles plus 8,300 photos and images.

These resources are provided as part of the Alabama Virtual Library, a state-funded set of databases provided to citizens of Alabama through university, college, school, and public libraries throughout the state.

New in the Browsing Collection on the second floor:

Ladies of Liberty: the Women Who Shaped Our Nation by Cokie Roberts
Blue Smoke and Murder by Elizabeth Lowell
No Choice But Seduction by Johanna Lindsey
Sail by James Patterson
Fatal Waltz by Tasha Alexander
One in a Million by Kimberla Lawson Roby
Fearless Fourteen by Janet Evanovich

And don't forget:

Santa Fe Dead by Stuart Woods
Quiet Strength by Tony Dungy
Like Trees Walking by Ravi Howard
Black Postcards: A Rock & Roll Romance by Dean Wareham
Christ the Lord: The Road to Cana by Anne Rice
Deep Dish by Mary Kay Andrews
The Bone Garden by Tess Gerritsen

Cool Reading for Hot Summer Days! Happy Reading!

The Library has recently licensed a new database: CultureGrams.

CultrureGrams is a leading reference for concise and reliable cultural information on the countries of the world.

CultureGrams consists of four editions: the World edition, the Kids edition (a child-friendly interface), the States edition, which deals with specific states of the United States, and the Provinces edition, providing information on Canadian provinces. Included in the database are flags, musical recordings, short videos, and tools such as currency converters and current time listings from countries around the world. There is even a section on indigenous foods and recipes for preparing them.

Access the CultureGrams database

CultureGrams is a product of the ProQuest company and Brigham Young University. Access to this database is funded by AUM technology fees.

Just Arrived in the Browsing Collection!

Tribute by Nora Roberts
South Beach Diet Super Charged by Arthur Agatston
A Royal Pain by Rhys Bowen
Swan Peak by James Lee Burke
Odd Hours by Dean Koontz
Love as a Way of Life by Gary Chapman
Wishbones by Carolyn Haines

Come get them while they're hot! And check out some others too!
Happy Reading!

Modern Marvels: Jewish Adventures in the Graphic Novel

Join the Montgomery City-County Public Library and Auburn University at Montgomery in the third of an innovative book discussion series. Great books and great conversation! Dr. Kirk Curnutt, professor of English at Troy University Montgomery, will facilitate the discussions.

This intriguing, insightful series is free and open to the public. All programs begin at 6 p.m. and will be held at the E.L. Lowder Regional Library, 2590 Bell Road, Montgomery. Contact Barbara Sawyer for sign-up, 244-5717 or bsawyer@mccpl.lib.al.us

August 26, 2008 6:00 pm The Complete Maus by Art Spiegelman
September 16, 2008, 6:00 pm Julius Knipl, Real Estate Photographer by Ben Katchor
October 7, 2008 6:00 pm The Quitter by Harvey Pekar
October 28, 2008 6:00 pm The Rabbi's Cat by Joann Sfar

Let's Talk About It: Jewish Literature is made possible with a grant from Nextbook and the American Library Association.

The AUM Library recently distributed to the faculty a guide to copyright entitled, Is It Protected by Copyright? We have received a great deal of positive feedback, along with some questions about getting another copy. An electronic version of the slider is available from the American Library Association Office of Technology Policy at http://librarycopyright.net/digitalslider . The directions for use are in the upper left corner of the page.

For additional copyright information please contact Judy Solomon, Access Services Librarian, jsolomon@aum.edu or phone 244-3917.

Avast, me hearties! ‘Tis Talk Like a Pirate Day! Cast yer deadlights on tha official website http://www.talklikeapirate.com ta larn how land lubbers John “Ol’ Chumbucket” Baur and Mark “Cap’n Slappy” Summers came up with this day o’ merry-makin’. Thar’s a primer on pirate-talk fer would-be pirates along with other pirate-related swag.

If yer huntin’ fer more swashbucklin’ booty, check out A Pirate’s Who’s Who by Philip Cosse (located in Reference, call number G535 .G6). This volume includes short biographies of famous pirates such as Henry Morgan, Edward Teach and Anne Bonney. It also has biographies of lesser known pirates such as Major Stede Bonnet, who was “more to be pitied than blamed” for becoming a pirate, because his “mind had become unbalanced owing to the unbridled nagging of Mrs. Bonnet.”

New in the Browsing Collection on the second floor of the Library:

Black Ship by Carola Dunn
Cat in a Sapphire Slipper by Carole Nelson Douglas
Faefever by Karen Marie Moning
Laughter of Dead Kings by Elizabeth Peters
Liberty: A Lake Wobegon Novel by Garrison Keillor
Mistress of the Art of Death by Ariana Franklin
Resistance: A Woman's Journal of Struggle and Defiance in Occupied France by Anges Humbert
Serpent's Tale by Ariana Franklin

And don't forget:

Breaking Dawn by Stephanie Meyer
Cockatiels at Seven by Donna Andrews
Acheron by Sherrilyn Kenyon
Smoke Screen by Sandra Brown
Vi Agra Falls: A Bed and Breakfast Mystery by Mary Daheim
Last Patriot by Brad Thor

These titles and other good reads are available on the second floor of the Library in the Browsing Collection. Happy Reading!

Library 2.0, or Who is RSS and Why is He Doing This to ME?

Please join the AUM Library staff in a discussion and demonstration of some Web 2.0 applications and see how they relate to libraries and to you. The presentation will be Wednesday, October 22 at 2:00 p.m. in the Library classroom on the second floor of the library. Everyone is invited to attend and to participate in the discussions of blogs, Flickr, Facebook, RSS feeds, and Good Reads.

This presentation is part of the AUM Honors Colloquium Series.

Effective Oct. 31, 2008, EBSCOHost's Literary Reference Center will be discontinued from subscription through the Alabama Virtual Library, due to budget constraints.

New in the Browsing Section

Cedar Cove Christmas by Debbie Macomber
The Story of Edgar Sawtelle by David Wroblewski
Lucky One by Nicholas Sparks
Chocolate Snowman Murders: A Chocoholic Mystery by JoAnna Carl
Elvis and the Dearly Departed by Peggy Webb
Spoonful of Poison: an Agatha Raisin Mystery by M.C. Beaton
Called Out of Darkness by Anne Rice
Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Promote Peace--One School At a Time by Greg Mortenson

Find these and other Browsing books on the second floor of the AUM Library!

Happy Reading!

Just Arrived in the Browsing Section

The Quilter's Kitchen by Jennifer Chiaverini
A McKettrick Christmas by Linda Lael Miller
Six Geese A-Slaying by Donna Andrews
Cross Country by James Patterson
Ghost at Work by Carolyn Hart
Dragonheart by Todd McCaffrey

Happy Reading!

When: 1:00 p.m., Monday December 8, 2008

Where: AUM Library Tower, 10th floor

What: Technical Reports, the Government Documents Nobody Talks About

Who: Mr. Tim Byrne, Technical Reports Specialist at the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information in Oak Ridge, Tennessee and current Chair of the Depository Library Council to the Public Printer

Since November 2007, Tim Byrne has been Technical Reports Specialist at the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. Prior to his move to Tennessee, he spent 23 years at the University of Colorado at Boulder where he was the Head of the Government Publications Library and Regional Depository Librarian. His collection included one of the largest technical report collections in the country.

Just arrived in the Browsing Collection!

Arctic Drift by Clive Cussler
Just Breathe by Susan Wiggs
Midnight: A Gangster Love Story by Sister Souljah
Murder Inside the Beltway: A Capital Crimes Novel by Margaret Truman
No Limits: The Will to Succeed by Michael Phelps
Scarpetta by Patricia Cornwell
United States of Atlantis by Harry Turtledove

These titles and many more are available in the AUM Library Browsing Collection on the second floor. Please come by and see what you can find!

Happy New Year and Happy Reading!

Explore African American History and Culture in Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica is part of the Alabama Virtual Library (AVL).

Recent Additions to the Browsing Collection

Fire and Ice by Julie Garwood
Hot, Flat, and Crowded: Why We Need a Green Revolution--and How It Can Renew America by Thomas L. Friedman
Private Patient by P.D. James
Running Hot by Jayne Ann Krentz
Virgin Queen's Daughter by Ella March Chase
Little Giant of Aberdeen County by Tiffany Baker
Finally Thin!: How I Lost Over 200 Pounds and Kept Them Off--and How You Can Too by Kim Bensen
The Associate by John Grisham
Best of Everything by Kimberla Lawson Roby
Death of a Witch by M.C. Beaton
Lethal Legacy by Linda Fairstein
Run for Your Life by James Patterson
Very Valentine by Adriana Trigiani

Remember, you can check the AUM Library catalog to see if a book is currently checked out and when it is due back.

Visit the second floor Browsing Collection for these titles, and other good reads!

Happy Reading!

Just Arrived!

The Birthday Present by Barbara Vine
The Difference: How Anyone Can Prosper in Even the Toughest Times by Jean Chatzky
Execution Dock by Anne Perry
Cream Puff Murder by Joanne Fluke
Temptation and Surrender by Stephanie Laurens
Uncommon: Finding Your Path to Significance by Tony Dungy
Plum Spooky by Janet Evanovich

Come by the second floor Browsing Collection and grab them while they are hot!

Happy Reading!

Earth Day was first celebrated in 1970. Check out these sites to see the progress that has been made since that time, and what still needs to be done. See what you can do to make our Home Sweet Home Earth a cleaner and safer place for all of us.

http://earthday.gov/

http://www.epa.gov/earthday/history.htm

Calling All Readers!

Have you ever finished a book and thought, I bet my friends would enjoy this one! Well, how about sharing your book recommendations with your AUM friends?

Join us in a Summer of Reading and make recommendations of books you or your family members have enjoyed. Send your recommendations to us and we will post them on our blog or as an elevator flyer. The books can be anything you have enjoyed, children’s books included, and they don’t have to be part of our collection. If you’d like to include a short review of the book we will be delighted to include that, otherwise we would like to add, “This book recommended by ….”
Check our blog for reading recommendations and the latest books added to the Browsing Collection. Please send your recommendations to Lucy Farrow or Samantha McNeilly and share the delights of a good book with your AUM friends!

Happy Reading!

Come by the second floor and check out the new browsing titles:

Bad Moon Rising by Sherilyn Kenyon
Dreamfever by Karen Marie Moning
The Girl Who Played with Fire by Stieg Larsson
Twenties Girl by Sophia Kinsella
Smash Cut by Sandra Brown
The Magicians by Lev Grossman
Act Like a Lady, Think Like a Man by Steve Harvey

So much good reading...so little time! Happy Reading!

New in the Browsing Collection:

206 Bones by Kathy Reichs
Alex Cross's Trial by James Patterson
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer & Annie Barrows
The Last Song by Nicholas Sparks
The Lost Symbol by Dan Brown
Sheer Folly by Carola Dunn
Shooting Stars by LeBron James & Buzz Bissinger
Tears of Pearl by Tasha Alexander

If you find that a book you want to read is already checked out, you can request a Hold on that book so that as soon as it comes back to the Library YOU will be the next in line for it! Ask at the Circulation or Reference Desks and we can place the Hold for you, or you can do it yourself by logging into your Patron account in the AUM Catalog.


Happy Reading!