Here comes the Judge!

Today, the Librarian will be at the Georgia Public Broadcasting System participating in the 30th Georgia Student Media Festival. The purpose of the Georgia Student Media Festival is to stimulate student interest and involvement in all types of media production. This is accomplished by providing an opportunity for students to show their work to an interested audience, to have the work critiqued by a panel of expert judges, and to be stimulated by the work of other students.

How many databases can you search?

Have you tried the Quick Search function on GALILEO? This new feature was activated, after several months of trials, at the end of March. Enter your subject and notice that Quick Search will look through 5 databases in a General search. If you limit your search to one of the Subject areas - it will search through the databases that are listed under the tabs across the top!

You can do an Advanced Search and pick and choose the databases you want the search to utilize.

Happy searching!

The password for home use of GALILEO is available to the citizens of Georgia from your librarian. Some resources noted in this BLOG are only available to NMTC patrons.

Happy Anniversary!

One year ago, this blogger began sharing the View From the Library with the announcement that the new glass doors had been installed!

Happy first anniversary- may more information be shared.

Lunch n' Learn

Please join us for a Lunch & Learn on Wed, May 3 from 11:50am to 12:30pm in the Auditorium. Free Chick-fil-A sandwiches, brownies, and drinks will be served after the talk. Catherine Balance of the Advocates for Children will be speaking on “Benefits of Giving Back to Your Community” and will be accompanied by QUACKY THE DUCK to kick off the Duck Derby Drive. And come see the HONDA ELEMENT that you could win if you sponsor a duck.

Spring

Wonderful days, sunny, not too cold, not too hot, just right Spring days. Perfect for sitting under a tree and losing oneself in a novel. We have a paperback trade rack by the front door. You bring in a paperback and then take away a paperback! Our book budget is geared to purchasing materials that support the programs at NMTC- no money to purchase fiction for fun. We are providing an opportunity for our patrons to have a selection of fun reading!

May Day, May Day

May Day can be a signal that assistance is needed immediately.
May Day is also a holiday through much of the world celebrating a number of things - Spring, work, the Revolution.

Read more about May Day by using GALILEO.

A Quick Search pulled up various articles from ProQuest talking about the party season that begins with May 1st to articles in LexisNexis reporting the events happening around the world this very day!

And of course The Oxford English Dictionary gives this definition:
1. The first day of May, traditionally an occasion for springtime festivities, and later also designated a holiday in honour of working people in many countries (also known outside North America as Labour Day: see LABOUR n. 8). Also: any other day near the start of May designated a public holiday (in the United Kingdom the first Monday in May).