The Underground Newspaper Microfilm Collection

Please see my new guide at http://libguides.jsu.edu/undergroundnewspapercollection Click on the link below to access the Using the Underground Newspaper Collection Tutorial: http://lib-www.jsu.edu/tutorials/undergroundnewspapertutorial2.wmv Free Handout! The new media is too important to be left to the Peter Pan and Mother Goose executives, but…(as a new artform)…can only be trusted to the new artists. ~ Marshall McLuhan [...]

Touchdown!~ Recent Books on Football

When in doubt, punt! ~John Heisman Alas, college football has come to an end. The Gamecock’s next football season opens against Ole Miss in Oxford, Mississippi on September 4th. In the mean time, fight football season withdrawal syndrome by checking out recently - published books on football in our sports section on the 5th floor of the [...]

A Sunny Day at the Houston Cole Library

View from the 5th Floor Well, it’s nearing the end of “Maymester,” and I thought I would take a few pictures of the view from the library today. The Houston Cole Library (HCL) is the tallest library in the state, with 12 floors (the Education Collection is on the 5th floor). There are so many [...]

6th Annual Popcorn n’ Picture Books

On May 19th, I put on my 6th Annual Popcorn n’ Picture Books presentation. The purpose of this event is to celebrate recently published children’s and young adult books. I have been putting on this presentation since 2004 when Dr. Engley, Professor of Early Childhood Education, brought her children’s literature class over to look at [...]