Library News This Week
November 9, 2015
Video Game Stations (Xbox, Playstation, and Wii)
Available in the Library Café
Videos Games also available for Checkout
@ the Library
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3D Printer available for current faculty, staff, and students!
Contact Jessie to make an appointment for your get acquainted session!
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This Week @ the Library
Readers Circle Book Club – Monday, November 9th @ 1 PM – RSRR
Library Research Clinics: Getting to Know Your Library Databases – Monday, November 9th @ 6 PM; Thursday, November 12th @ 11 AM
Kathy’s Picks
‘Amazon Books’ debuts in Seattle, the Company’s First Actual Bookstore http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/amazon-book-store-seattle_56380dc4e4b079a43c0468ac
Five Books about Guy Fawkes http://www.telegraph.co.uk/books/what-to-read/five-books-for-bonfire-night/
Print is not dead: Amazon goes brick-and-mortar as e-books falter http://nypost.com/2015/11/04/print-is-not-dead-amazon-goes-brick-and-mortar-as-e-books-falter/
The Red Hat CEO shares the 4 books that most influenced his career http://www.businessinsider.com/red-hat-ceo-shares-his-favorite-business-books-2015-11
Self-Directed Independent Learning @ the Library
The Great Courses @ Giovatto Library – It is always a wonderful time to enjoy a “Great Course. 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 and December 2015 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
Annual Register of Grant Support, 2016
The Best American Short Stories, 2015
Bold and Braver: My Undercover Life
The British World: An Illustrated Atlas
The British Council: The First Fifty Years
The Consumer’s Guide to New Jersey Personal Injury Claims
Economic and Social Survey of Asia and of the Pacific, 2015
The Green Book, 2015-2016
In Praise of Fathers: Poetry
The O. Henry Prize Stories, 2015
Pope Francis and the New Vatican
Rogue Lawyer, a novel
Still Standing: The Story of My Wars
Things That Are: Encounters with Plants, Stars, and Animals
University Reform: The Founding of the American Association of University Professors
The Witches: Salem, 1692
New DVDs This Week
Star Wars I, The Phantom Menace
Star Wars II, Attack of the Clones
New Video Games This Week
Just Dance 3
Just Dance 4