LMU Library News

Lions Read! Announcing our new summer reading contest, May 29 – August 3.

What are you reading this summer? 

The Lions Read Program was developed to showcase the library’s Popular Reading Collection and the Children’s Book collection, but any book from the library is eligible. We want you to read!

Who can participate?

All members of the LMU community with library borrowing privileges are eligible to participate. This includes staff and faculty and their family members, plus students, alumni, and community members. There are two divisions: Youth – Lion Cubs (age 0 - 13) and Adult – Lions (14 years and older).

How long is the program?

The program runs for 10 weeks, from May 29 – August 3.

Sounds fun! How do I participate?

It’s easy! Check out books from the Hannon Library, and read. When you finish reading each book, return and complete a ticket to be entered into our weekly raffle. Tickets will be at the Information Desk on the first floor. The raffle ticket will ask for your name, contact information and the title and author of the book. One ticket per book; you may not use multiple tickets for the same book. Books must be read between May 29 and August 3, 2012. Prior readings are not eligible.

Readers are also encouraged to submit book reviews and/or photos during the contest. Guest reviews may be featured on the library's blog and/or Facebook page. In addition, we encourage everyone who is participating to join the Lions Read Facebook community, where you can share feedback about what you've read, see what others are reading, and find like-minded LMU Lions who love to read!

What can I read?

Only books owned by the Hannon Library or available through LINK+ may be counted. Books read must be age-appropriate. (For example, adults may receive credit for YA fiction, but no other categories from the children’s book collection.) Youth are also required to read books appropriate for their age and reading abilities. Watching a DVD based on a book does not count.

Reading aloud to children is acceptable and encouraged!  In the case of an adult reading aloud to a young child, the child will receive the raffle ticket.

When are the raffle drawings? What can I win? How many prizes will be offered?

Drawings will be held weekly, every Friday between May 29 and August 3 at 3 p.m. (Note: no drawing will be held during the week of July 4.) There will be two winners for each division. Prizes will be $10 gift certificates. Winners need not be present.

Are any parties or events planned?  Free food?  Free books?

Two Lions Read celebrations will be held at the library (dates & times TBD).  At these events, participants will be invited to meet others and “talk books.”  Refreshments will be served and free books will be distributed! 

What if I have more questions?

Please feel free to get in touch with Education Librarian and Lions Read coordinator Silvia Gutierrez. You can call her at 310.338.7488, or email her at Silvia.Gutierrez@lmu.edu.

 

Memorial Day Weekend Hours

The library's hours over the holiday weekend are as follows:

Saturday May 26 : 11 a.m. – 8 p.m.

Sunday May 27 : 11 a.m. – 8 p.m.

Monday May 28 : Closed

Tuesday May 29 : 8 a.m. – midnight (regular summer hours resume)

 

Photo used via a Creative Commons license / Flickr: davidyuweb

Google Docs & Google Forms Workshop

   

Learn how these easy-to-use Google tools can save you time and help you collaborate with your coworkers!

• Use Google Docs to store and share your documents online

• Use Google Forms to create online surveys

 

 When: Tuesday, May 22nd, 10:00 - 11:30am 

            Thursday, July 12th, 10:00 - 11:30am
 

Where: WHH 118 (The computer classroom on level 1)
 

To learn more or to RSVP, please visit our Google Tools LibGuide

Although Google Docs & Google Forms is part of the Library Workshops for Staff & Faculty Series, students are welcome too.

For more information, contact Elisa Slater Acosta.

 

Notice: LINK+ down Wednesday 5/16

Due to a planned server upgrade, the LINK+ service will be unavailable from 7 a.m. until sometime in the afternoon on Wednesday, May 16.

We will update this message and our website when the service is available again. 

Hannon Library Summer Exhibits: The Saraval Collection

The Class of 2012 graduated last weekend, and it's pretty quiet here on campus. 

But we have a vibrant variety of art and exhibitions on display in the library through July; we'll be featuring each exhibition in a series of blog posts over the next week.

The first is an exhibit of facsimiles of medieval manuscripts, brought to LMU through the efforts of the Jewish Studies Program. We are the first North American institution to host this display of fascinating and rare collection of Hebrew manuscripts, significant not only because they demonstrate the unique cultural heritage of the Jewish community, but also because they show the significant role that Poland and the Czech Republic played in preserving that heritage.

The Leon Vita Saraval (1771-1851) Collection was housed, until World War II, in the Jewish Theological Seminary in Breslau (Wroclaw), Poland. In 1938, the library of the Jewish Theological Seminary kept in its holdings 400 manuscripts and 30,000 volumes of prints. After the Reichskristallnacht, the library collection was confiscated by Gestapo and transferred to various locations, including Prague, where the Nazis were preparing a museum of an "vanished Jewish race." It was stored in a vault in the National Library at the Clementinum, where it gathered dust for four decades. The discovery of the manuscripts in the mid-1980s was heralded as a major international find. The collection was returned from Prague to Wroclaw in December 2004. It consists of 34 Hebrew manuscripts and five incunabula (in six volumes) that formed probably the most valuable part of the Saraval Collection. They span seven centuries, the oldest having been finished in 1284-85, the most recent one in 1833. They originated in various parts of Europe, North Africa and Middle East.

The Saraval Collection is on display in Hannon Library's Level 3 Atrium through June 29, 2012. Admission is free and open to the public, and the exhibition is accessible during all open library hours.