And remember: Our Goodreads profile contains a full list of Current & Popular titles!
Wednesday, January 25, 2012
It's here!
The Current & Popular collection was finally introduced last week and the response has been encouraging! Many students and faculty members have come by to browse the new display and we've already checked out dozens of books. Come have a look if you haven't already -- you too might find something to take home!
And remember: Our Goodreads profile contains a full list of Current & Popular titles!
And remember: Our Goodreads profile contains a full list of Current & Popular titles!
Thursday, January 5, 2012
The New Books Have Arrived!
It was an eventful holiday break for the Libraries of Piedmont College! The first shipment of new books bound for the Current & Popular leisure reading collection just arrived and we couldn't be more excited!
For the first time in the history of this library, we're providing a selection of books intended exclusively for recreational use. Most of the titles are new; many appeared on awards and bestseller lists in 2011. The collection contains both fiction and nonfiction books representing a variety of genres and interests: mystery, science fiction, horror, sports, history, humor. We even included a number of graphic novels (and more are on the way). These books will be available to students, faculty, and staff for 14-day check-outs with two renewals, and you can take as many as five at a time.
The Current & Popular collection will be officially rolled out in a couple weeks. If you'd like a sneak peek at the featured titles, we've listed them at our new Goodreads page (a site worth checking out for all you book lovers out there). Books held by the Arrendale Library in Demorest are listed here; those held at the Athens branch are listed here. Regardless of location, you may request any of these books through our online Interlibrary Loan service: http://library.piedmont.edu/ill/book_form.html.
If you just want to ogle some photos we took after unboxing them, have at it!
The best part of all? This is only the beginning -- the Current & Popular collection will continue to evolve and expand! We'll be ordering additional titles soon and again we ask for your input. If you request it, we'll do our best to get it!
For the first time in the history of this library, we're providing a selection of books intended exclusively for recreational use. Most of the titles are new; many appeared on awards and bestseller lists in 2011. The collection contains both fiction and nonfiction books representing a variety of genres and interests: mystery, science fiction, horror, sports, history, humor. We even included a number of graphic novels (and more are on the way). These books will be available to students, faculty, and staff for 14-day check-outs with two renewals, and you can take as many as five at a time.
The Current & Popular collection will be officially rolled out in a couple weeks. If you'd like a sneak peek at the featured titles, we've listed them at our new Goodreads page (a site worth checking out for all you book lovers out there). Books held by the Arrendale Library in Demorest are listed here; those held at the Athens branch are listed here. Regardless of location, you may request any of these books through our online Interlibrary Loan service: http://library.piedmont.edu/ill/book_form.html.
If you just want to ogle some photos we took after unboxing them, have at it!
The best part of all? This is only the beginning -- the Current & Popular collection will continue to evolve and expand! We'll be ordering additional titles soon and again we ask for your input. If you request it, we'll do our best to get it!
Wednesday, December 7, 2011
Reading for Kicks this Holiday Season
This semester is almost over and you've earned a break -- why not enjoy it by curling up with a novel and a mug of hot cocoa?
In anticipation of our imminent Current & Popular leisure reading collection (debuting in mid-January!), we've filled up two bookcases in the lobby of Arrendale Library with some recent fiction and nonfiction titles from our circulating collection. Both adult and young adult books are on display and available for check-out. Featured authors include Cormac McCarthy, Sherman Alexie, Margaret Atwood, Zadie Smith, Peter Carey, Ian McEwan, and many others. Come by and browse the shelves before taking off for winter break!
December is also "Best of the Year" season for many literary publications. It's a great opportunity to catch up on notable books you might have missed the first time around. The New York Times has published two major lists recently which might spark your interest: The 10 Best Books of 2011 and 100 Notable Books of 2011. Goodreads, the popular social networking site for bookworms, just unveiled their 2011 Choice Awards (the overall winner for Favorite Book of the Year was the YA dystopian tale Divergent by Veronica Ruth; the winner for Fiction was Haruki Murakami's 1Q84; and the top slot for nonfiction went to Alexandra Robbins' The Geeks Shall Inherit the Earth). Esquire weighed in with their ten favorite, NPR goes down the list genre by genre, and if you're curious about what the editors at Amazon liked best, well, here you go: The Best Books of 2011.
Want access to all of them and more? The EarlyWord blog is an excellent resource. You can find links to more Best-of lists than you could ever read in the menu on the right side of the page.
Of course, we don't actually have all these books -- but Barnes & Noble probably does! And now that we have a Current & Popular collection in the works, we encourage you to request the titles you're interested in. This collection needs your feedback to be successful!
In anticipation of our imminent Current & Popular leisure reading collection (debuting in mid-January!), we've filled up two bookcases in the lobby of Arrendale Library with some recent fiction and nonfiction titles from our circulating collection. Both adult and young adult books are on display and available for check-out. Featured authors include Cormac McCarthy, Sherman Alexie, Margaret Atwood, Zadie Smith, Peter Carey, Ian McEwan, and many others. Come by and browse the shelves before taking off for winter break!
December is also "Best of the Year" season for many literary publications. It's a great opportunity to catch up on notable books you might have missed the first time around. The New York Times has published two major lists recently which might spark your interest: The 10 Best Books of 2011 and 100 Notable Books of 2011. Goodreads, the popular social networking site for bookworms, just unveiled their 2011 Choice Awards (the overall winner for Favorite Book of the Year was the YA dystopian tale Divergent by Veronica Ruth; the winner for Fiction was Haruki Murakami's 1Q84; and the top slot for nonfiction went to Alexandra Robbins' The Geeks Shall Inherit the Earth). Esquire weighed in with their ten favorite, NPR goes down the list genre by genre, and if you're curious about what the editors at Amazon liked best, well, here you go: The Best Books of 2011.
Want access to all of them and more? The EarlyWord blog is an excellent resource. You can find links to more Best-of lists than you could ever read in the menu on the right side of the page.
Of course, we don't actually have all these books -- but Barnes & Noble probably does! And now that we have a Current & Popular collection in the works, we encourage you to request the titles you're interested in. This collection needs your feedback to be successful!
Thursday, December 1, 2011
Welcome to the Library's Blog!
Piedmont College's first library was established in 1899. This semester, 112 years later, we are proud to present Piedmont College's first library blog, The PCL Pilot!
The PCL Pilot is the first of many new developments to come during the 2011/2012 academic year. We hope it will be an effective way to share information about new resources and services with students and faculty at both Piedmont College campuses.
Of course, Finals Week is now upon us and it's a busy time for everyone, so we'll be holding off on all major developments until the beginning of spring semester, 2012. At that time, you can look forward to the unveiling of our new Current & Popular leisure reading collection. You deserve more out of your library than a place to sit and study, and to that end, we're bringing in lots of new fiction and nonfiction titles for your reading pleasure. Feel free to contact us (or comment on this blog) if you have any suggestions or requests and stay tuned for more information!
Other new services on the horizon include real-time chat reference through the library website, an improved interlibrary loan system, and upgraded media technology in the group study rooms. We've also created a PC Library twitter feed this semester and have been filling it with all manner of news tidbits, both local and national. You can check that out here: http://twitter.com/PCLibraries. Be sure and follow us!
Also, please note that we'll be open until midnight on Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday of finals week. We close at 8 on Wednesday, and after that, the Winter Intersession schedule begins:
Don't miss out! Subscribe to this blog feed (RSS or email) to get all the latest information. And feel free to comment on posts here or send me an email at dgibbs@piedmont.edu with any questions or comments. We hope to hear from you soon!
The PCL Pilot is the first of many new developments to come during the 2011/2012 academic year. We hope it will be an effective way to share information about new resources and services with students and faculty at both Piedmont College campuses.
Of course, Finals Week is now upon us and it's a busy time for everyone, so we'll be holding off on all major developments until the beginning of spring semester, 2012. At that time, you can look forward to the unveiling of our new Current & Popular leisure reading collection. You deserve more out of your library than a place to sit and study, and to that end, we're bringing in lots of new fiction and nonfiction titles for your reading pleasure. Feel free to contact us (or comment on this blog) if you have any suggestions or requests and stay tuned for more information!
Other new services on the horizon include real-time chat reference through the library website, an improved interlibrary loan system, and upgraded media technology in the group study rooms. We've also created a PC Library twitter feed this semester and have been filling it with all manner of news tidbits, both local and national. You can check that out here: http://twitter.com/PCLibraries. Be sure and follow us!
Also, please note that we'll be open until midnight on Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday of finals week. We close at 8 on Wednesday, and after that, the Winter Intersession schedule begins:
Don't miss out! Subscribe to this blog feed (RSS or email) to get all the latest information. And feel free to comment on posts here or send me an email at dgibbs@piedmont.edu with any questions or comments. We hope to hear from you soon!
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