Library News This Week
October 6th, 2014
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FDU Faculty Speakers
Hispanic Heritage Month
Professor Fernando Alonso and Professor Irene Oujo, Petrocelli College
Wednesday, October 8th @ 2:00 PM
Kathy’s Picks
Book News: First-Ever Kirkus Prize Picks 18 Finalists @ http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2014/09/30/352696150/book-news-first-ever-kirkus-prize-picks-18-finalists
The books that changed the best business brains @ http://edition.cnn.com/2014/09/30/business/best-business-books-entrepreneurs/
Hispanic Heritage Month 2014 @ http://hispanicheritagemonth.gov/
The Library collections includes many books, both fiction and non-fiction, on the Spanish-speaking world and our Hispanic heritage.
9 Books Bill Gates Thinks Everyone Should Read @ http://www.businessinsider.com/bill-gates-favorite-books-2014-10
Upcoming Events @ the Library
“My Radio Days in Belgium” Tuesday, October 7th, @ 1:00 PM — Michael
Hispanic Heritage Month – Professor Fernando Alonso and Professor Irene Oujo – October 8th at 2:00 PM
Italian Language Table – Thursday, October 9th, at 1:00 PM, Library Café
NJ350 Faculty Speaker – Dr. Chris Rasmussen, University College – “New Jersey, the Garden State” – Wednesday, October 15th — 3:30 PM, Ruth Schwartz Reading Room
French Language Table – Thursday, October 16th – 1:00 PM – Library Café – Kathy
Wroxton Tea and Interest Meeting – Wednesday, October 22nd – 2:00 PM – Ruth Schwartz Reading Room
English Language Table – Thursday, October 23rd – 1:00 PM – Ruth Schwartz Reading Room – Kathy and Paul (limited seating)
A Trip across the United States – Tuesday, October 28th – 1:00 PM – Ruth Schwartz Reading Room – Kathy
Just Around the Bend – My Journey for 9/11 – Book signing by George Martin (New York Giants, FDU Alumnus) – Wednesday, October 29th – Reference Reading Room
More for You @ the Library
Faculty and Staff – Remember! “Special Delivery” of Library materials is available to you via intercampus mail to your Metropolitan Campus office.
The Library Café is always open during regular Library hours
ATM available in the Library Café
Courtesy Phone Chargers throughout the Library
Chess, Scrabble, and Jeopardy – Games available at lunchtime, in the evening, and on request in the Ruth Schwartz Reading Room
The Great Courses @ Giovatto Library – It is always a wonderful time to enjoy a “Great Course.” A complete list of the Great Courses @ Giovatto Library is available @ http://view.fdu.edu/default.aspx?id=10005
The Giovatto Library collection includes many of “The Great Courses” on DVD and/or CD!
Giovatto Library Reader’s Advisory Service — If you would like to develop a plan for independent self-directed learning, please contact the reference librarians for assistance. We will be happy to help you to find the best reading and research materials for your needs.
For Alumni Only – Welcome May 2014 Graduates!
FDU Alumni Library Privileges -- As an FDU Alumnus/a, you are entitled to lifetime Library privileges. Borrow books, magazines, DVDs, language CDs, and more from the Library. Attend Library events and programs. Use Library spaces.
To get your Library card, please contact the Office of Alumni Relations @ fdualumni@fdu.edu or at 201-692-7013.
If you would like more involvement with the Library, consider joining the Giovatto Library Alumni Advisory Board.
New Books This Week
Aligning Strategy and Sales: The Choices, Systems, and Behaviors That Drive Effective Selling
Annual Register of Grant Support, 2015
At Home on the Street: People, Poverty, and a Hidden Culture of Homelessness
Atlas of the World (National Geographic)
Clinical Handbook of Psychological Disorders
Computer Networks and Internets
Dataclysm: Who We Are When We Think No One’s Watching
Ecrits sur l’histoire
The Future Declassified: Megatrends That Will Undo the World Unless We Take Action
Homelessness: A Cocumentary and Reference Guide
How Full Is Your Bucket?
Invisibles: The Power of Anonymous Work in an Age of Relentless Self-Promotion
The Language of Food: A Linguist Reads the Menu
Mind Gym: Achieve More by Thinking Differently
Mission Compromised, a novel
Mosby’s Manual of Diagnostic and Laboratory Tests
One Word That Will Change Your Life
Postsecondary Play: The Role of Games and Social Media in Higher Education
The Roosevelts: An Intimate History
Serve to Be Great: Leadership Lessons from a Prison, a Monastery, and a Boardroom
Smartcuts: How Hackers, Innovators, and Icons Accelerate Success
Thirteen Days in September: Carter, Begin, and Sadat at Camp David
13 Hours: The Inside Account of What Really Happened in Benghazi
Unretirement: How Baby Boomers Are Changing the Way We think about work, Community, and the Good Life
Virtually Human: The Promise – and the Peril – of Digital Immortality
Ward’s World Motor Vehicle Data, 2014
Why People Fail: The 16 Obstacles to Success and How You Can Overcome Them
New DVDs This Week
Avenue Montaigne
The Fault in Our Stars
Philomena
Shakespeare behind Bars
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