Kelly Library News

Departmental Book Requests Due by December 16th

kellylibrary — Fri, 09 Dec 2011 20:55:30 +0000

The deadline for submitting title suggestions for departmental book allocations is Dec. 16. Faculty, please submit your requests to Jane Caldwell before Beethoven’s 241st birthday so we have plenty of time to process them. Thank you and Happy Holidays!

Welcome New and Returning Students, Faculty, and Staff!

kellylibrary — Wed, 17 Aug 2011 19:26:21 +0000

Welcome, new and returning students, faculty, and staff!
Please let us, the library staff, help you with your information needs.

Circulation and reference questions ext. 6208
Electronic resources and government documents ext. 6213
Collection development and library instruction ext. 6209
Interlibrary loan and library instruction ext. 6210
IT Help Desk ext. 6881 and helpdesk@ehc.edu
Ask-a-Librarian email: askalibrarian@ehc.edu

Kelly Library Summer Hours

kellylibrary — Tue, 17 May 2011 20:11:55 +0000

Kelly Library hours for the summer are:

Monday-Friday: 8am-4pm
Saturday and Sunday: Closed
*When summer classes are in session the library will be open from 8am-6pm on Mondays and Thursdays.

Hours are also available on the library website at http://library.ehc.edu/hours.html

Kelly Library Exam Schedule (April 28 through May 3)

kellylibrary — Mon, 25 Apr 2011 12:39:10 +0000

Kelly Library hours for exams (April 28 through May 3) are:

Thursday April 28: 7:30am-2am
Friday April 29: 7:30am-12am
Saturday April 30: 7:30am-5pm
Sunday May 1: 2pm-2am
Monday May 2: 7:30am-2am
Tuesday May 3: 7:30am-5pm
Wednesday May 4: 8am-4pm (summer hours begin)
Grsduation Day (Saturday May 7): 8am-12pm

Hours are also available on the library website at http://library.ehc.edu/hours.html

Kelly Library hours for Easter break (April 21 through 24)

kellylibrary — Fri, 15 Apr 2011 12:36:34 +0000

Kelly Library hours for Easter break (April 21 through 24) are:

Thursday April 21: 7:30am-5pm
Friday April 22: Closed
Saturday April 23: Closed
Sunday April 24: 6pm-12am

Hours are also available on the library website at http://library.ehc.edu/hours.html

Kelly Library Mourns the Passing of Juanita Ratliff

kellylibrary — Mon, 03 Jan 2011 17:55:23 +0000

Kelly Library and Emory & Henry College suffered a great loss in the unexpected passing of Juanita Ratliff on December 27, 2010.

She had been employed as a library staff member since 1995, and worked in the circulation, interlibrary loan, and government documents departments.

She was noted for her dry sense of humor, outstanding work ethic, helpful attitude, and ability to zip around the library at warp speed.

Juanita will be deeply missed by her coworkers.

Kelly Library Exam Week Hours Posted

kellylibrary — Tue, 07 Dec 2010 15:30:31 +0000

Thursday December 9: 7:30am-2am

Friday December 10: 7:30am-10pm

Saturday December 11: 7:30am-5pm

Sunday December 12: 2pm-2am

Monday December 13: 7:30am-2am

Tuesday December 14: 7:30am-5pm

Kelly Library Thanksgiving Break Hours

kellylibrary — Fri, 12 Nov 2010 18:42:11 +0000

Tuesday 11-23: 7:30am-6pm

Wednesday 11-24: 7:30am-12noon

Thursday-Saturday 11-25 to 11-27: Closed

Sunday 11-28: 6pm-12midnight

Double-Sided Printing

kellylibrary — Mon, 18 Oct 2010 17:11:06 +0000

Kelly Library now has double-sided printing set up as the default for the main printer in the computer lab located on the main floor.

Please note that in order to print on one side of the paper only students must change the settings. The settings can be changed by following these steps. Go to the print menu select the printer KellyLibrary Circ Lab and then click preferences and make sure the double-sided box is unchecked.

Banning Books

kellylibrary — Fri, 08 Oct 2010 17:15:39 +0000

What do The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck, Beloved by Toni Morrison, The Sun also Rises by Ernest Hemingway, and The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien all have in common? These titles, among others, have been banned from libraries and schools in the US at one time or another. Freedom of speech, and reading, is something most of us take for granted. It is guaranteed by the First Amendment. Yet, individuals and small groups have successfully persuaded some officials that reading certain things are a threat to society. How many of you have read Fahreheit 451 by Ray Bradbury? This title, first published in 1967, is about a government that knows books can share ideas that allow people to think for themselves. One of the ways the government tries to control its people is to limit their access to information by confiscating and burning books. The title reflects the temperature at which paper burns.

Libraries celebrated Banned Book Week during the week of Sept. 25-Oct.2. The American Library Association has a webpage to help anyone interested in intellectual freedom learn more. According to their website “Intellectual freedom—the freedom to access information and express ideas, even if the information and ideas might be considered unorthodox or unpopular—provides the foundation for Banned Books Week. BBW stresses the importance of ensuring the availability of unorthodox or unpopular viewpoints for all who wish to read and access them.” http://www.ala.org/ala/issuesadvocacy/banned/bannedbooksweek/index.cfm

Attempts to ban books are not some archaic practice from the last century, many of them are very recent. ALA reports “Over the past nine years, [2001-2009] American [public and school] libraries were faced with 4,312 challenges.”

1,413 for “sexually explicit” material;
1,125 for “offensive language”;
897 for material deemed “unsuited to age group”;
514 for “violence”
344 for “homosexuality”

Further, 109 materials were challenged because they were “anti-family,” and an additional 269 because of their “religious viewpoints.”

Kelly Library challenges everyone to think dangerously and read a banned book.