Library News This Week
July 18, 2016
Library Closed on Fridays, Open Sat. 10-2, and Sunday 1-5
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
Alvin Toffler, author of influential ‘Future Shock,’ dead at 87
Best-Selling Books of 2016: Here’s What Has Dominated the List So Far http://www.ew.com/article/2016/07/12/bestselling-books-2016-list
The New 53rd Street Library Is Nice, Unless You Like to Read Books http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2016/07/53rd-street-library-okay-if-you-hate-books.html
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! A complete list is available @ http://view2.fdu.edu/metropolitan-campus/libraries/giovatto-library/the-great-courses/
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
Academic Diary: Or Why Higher Education Still Matters
AI: Its Nature and Future
The American Library Directory 2016-2017
Architecting the Cloud: Design Decisions for Cloud Computing Service Models
Artificial Intelligence: The Basics
Barkskins, a novel
Be That Engineer: Inspirations and Insight from Accomplished Women Engineers
The Black Widow, a novel
Cloud Computing
The Crimes of Paris: A True Story of Murder, Theft, and Detection
Economic and Social Survey of Asia and the Pacific, 2016
Ego Is the Enemy
A Field Guide to Coastal Fishes: From Alaska to California
First Comes Love, a novel
Goliarda Sapienza in Context: Intertextual Relationships with Italian and European Culture
Headstrong: 52 Women Who Changed Science – and the World
Improving Functional Outcomes in Physical Rehabilitation
Intelligence Unbound: The Future of Uploaded and Machine Minds
An Introduction to Android Application Development
Jellyfish, a Natural History
The Knockoff, a novel
Law and Sexuality in Tennessee Williams’s America
Learning R
Light of Paris, a novel
Love in the Afterlife: Underground Religion at the Movies
Magic, a novel
Marine Mammals: Evolutionary Biology
Online Gaming in Context: The Social and Cultural Significance of Online Games
Orthopaedic Manual Physical Therapy
Political Campaign Communication
R Cookbook
Sams Teach Yourself iOS 9 Application Development in 24 Hours
The Science of Ocean Waves: Ripples, Tsunamis, and Stormy Seas
Superintelligence: Paths, Dangers, Strategies
Terrorism and the Economy: Impacts on the Capital Market and the Global Tourism Industry
The Text, the Play, and the Globe: Essays on Literary Influence in Shakespeare’s World and His Work in Honor of Charles R. Forker
Tribe: On Homecoming and Belonging
What a Fish Knows: The Inner Lives of Our Underwater Cousins
Worlds of Hungarian Writing
New DVDs This Week
The Imitation Game
Leverage, season 2
Giovatto Library Summer Hours
May 18 – August 26, 2016
Monday – Thursday – 8:00 AM – 10 PM
Friday*** — 8 AM – 5 PM
Sat. – 10 AM – 2 PM
Sunday – 1 PM – 5 PM
Library Closed Fridays – Jul 22, 29; August 5th ***
Fall Semester Hours Begin Sat., August 27th