Library News This Week
June 20, 2016
Library Closed on Fridays, Open Saturday 10-2, and Sunday 1-5
Many thanks to our Library Staff Development Day Presenters and to the Metropolitan Campus Faculty and Staff who joined us for Library Staff Development Day
To All Summer Session Faculty and Students
The Library is open all summer, and Library Instruction is available – evenings and weekends, too!
Kathy’s Picks
Bestsellers for the Week Ending June 6 http://www.newsday.com/entertainment/books/bestsellers-for-the-week-ending-june-6-1.11896969
Here Are the Best Books of 2016 So Far
http://time.com/4363326/best-books-2016-so-far/
Here’s What J.P Morgan Thinks Its Rich Clients Should Read This Summer http://www.newsweek.com/jp-morgan-books-one-percent-summer-reading-468205
Why Do Old Books Smell So Good?’ Video Goes Viral
http://www.adweek.com/galleycat/why-do-old-books-smell-so-good-video-goes-viral/121429
Summertime Independent Self-Directed Learning @ the Library
The Great Courses @ Giovatto Library – Summer break 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 during the summer, 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 2016 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
The Assistants, a novel
The Bad-Ass Librarians of Timbuktu: And Their Race to Save the World’s Most Precious Manuscripts
Before the Fall, a novel
Bill O’Reilly’s Legends & Lies: The Patriots
Campaign Craft: The Strategies, Tactics, and the Art of Political Campaign Management
Champagne Baby: How One Parisian Learned to Love Wind and Life the American Way
Cross Kill (Bookshots)
Ecological and Environmental Physiology of Fishes
End of Watch, a novel
Everything Explained That Is Explainable: On the Creation of the Encyclopaedia Britannica’s Celebrated Eleventh Edition, 1910-1911
Finding Fontainebleau: An American Boy in France
Give Your Child the World: Raising Globally Minded Kids One Book at a Time
The House of Secrets, a novel
I Almost Forgot about You, a novel
The Inevitable: Understanding the 12 Technological Forces That Will Shape Our Future
The Lady with the Borzoi: Blanche Knopf Literary Tastemaker Extraordinaire
Learning to Lead: What Really Works for Women in Law
Makers and Takers: The Rise of Finance and the Fall of American Business
Marine Biology: A Very Short Introduction
Me before You, a novel
Million Dollar Women: The Essential Guide for Female Entrepreneurs Who Want to Go Big
Modern Lovers, a novel
Mosby’s Nursing Drug Reference, 2017
Natasha’s dance: A Cultural History of Russia
New Rules of the Game: 10 Strategies for Women in the Workplace
The Official Guide to Medical School Admissions, 2016
Only in Naples: Lessons in Food and Famiglia from My Italian Mother-in-Law
Pushback: How Smart Women Ask and Stand Up for What They Want
Recoding Gender: Women’s Changing Participation in Computing
The Sage Handbook of Research in International Education
String Theory: David Foster Wallace on Tennis
Super Mind: How to Boost Performance and Live a Richer and Happier Life through Transcendental Meditation
Taking the Heat: Women Chefs and Gender Inequality in the Professional Kitchen
Voices in the Ocean: A Journey into the Wild and Haunting World of Dolphins
Who Rules the World?
The Winter Fortress: The Epic Mission to Sabotage Hitler’s Atomic Bomb
Women in Engineering: Pioneers and Trailblazers
Women of Mayo Clinic: The Founding Generation
Women of the Street: Why Female Money Managers Generate Higher Returns (And How You Can Too)
New DVDs This Week
13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi
Hello, My Name is Doris