Library News This Week
August 1, 2016
Library Closed on Fridays, Open Sat. 10-2, and Sunday 1-5
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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
Best Beach Classics: The Books You Should Be Reading This Summer http://blog.oup.com/2016/08/classic-reading-list-summer/
Putting Books at the Center of Our Conversation? https://www.insidehighered.com/blogs/technology-and-learning/putting-books-center-our-conversation
Review: ‘Harry Potter and the Cursed Child’ Explores the Power of Time http://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/02/books/harry-potter-and-the-cursed-child-review.html?_r=0
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
Argentina (The Essential Guide to Customs & Culture)
Belgravia, a novel
Dishonorable Intentions, a novel
First Year Nurse: Wisdom, Warnings, and What I Wish I’d Known My First 100 Days on the Job
Frontline Ukraine: Crisis in the Borderlands
Get Smart! How to Think and Act Like the Most Successful and Highest-Paid People in Every Field
Healthcare Disrupted: Next Generation Business Models and Strategies
Happy People Read and Drink Coffee, a novel
Introduction to the Financial Management of Healthcare Organizations
Ingredienti: Marcella’s Guide to the Market
The Invention of Russia: From Gorbachev’s Freedom to Putin’s War
Language Policy
Leadership: Theory and Practice
Making Literacy Real: Theories and Practices for Learning and Teaching
Management and Supervision in Law Enforcement
Pierced by the Sun, a novel
Professional Meeting Management
Seinfeldia: How a Show about Nothing Changed Everything
Tourism and Citizenship: Rights, Freedoms and Responsibilities in the Global Order
Truly Madly Guilty, a novel
White Trash: The 400-Year Untold History of Class in America
Zika: The Emerging Epidemic
New DVDs This Week
Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice
Orange Is the New Black, season 2
Zootopia