The Big Read

This year Poughkeepsie's Big Read selection is Zora Neale Hurston's Their Eyes Were Watching God. What is the Big Read? The "Big Read" is an annual event sponsored by the National Endowment for the Arts whose purpose is to "restore reading to the center of American culture". A collaboration of local community organizations such as colleges, bookstores and public libraries join together to promote a particular book. Last year the book discussed was F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby and this year it is Zora Neale Hurston's Their Eyes Were Watching God.

Dutchess Community College has lead a compare/contrast discussion of the film adaptation of the book earlier this week and is also planning on hosting a discussion on "how Harlem grew to be considered the capital of Black America" on Thursday evening, October 15th at 7pm. George Stevens, Professor of History and Department Chair, is leading this talk on the history of New York City's African American community, so come and participate. The discussion will be held in Hudson Hall, room 406.

The reader's guide for Their Eyes Were Watching God can be found here as well as a hard copy may be picked up at the Circulation desk in the Ritz Library.

October is Fire Safety Month

Come and visit the display case in the front lobby of the Ritz Library on the 3rd floor of Hudson Hall and view the various fire safety items provided by the Emergency Services Club.

Their message to us this month is:

Change your smoke detector battery twice a year!

Banners along the Hudson

The Francis U. and Mary F. Ritz Library is pleased to host Banners along the Hudson!

This exhibit contains reproductions of prints, paintings, and drawing selected from more than 250 prints and over 100 paintings and drawings from the private collection of President Franklin D. Roosevelt a renowned collector of books, ship models, and stamps, President Roosevelt also enjoyed collecting art, manuscripts, maps, photographs, and artifacts related to the history and people of the Hudson River Valley.

Join us now through October 26th below the mobile on the second floor of the Library.

Banners Along the Hudson is jointly presented by the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum and the Home of the FDR National Historic Site with support from the Hudson-Fulton-Champlain Quadricentennial federal funds.

The text of this posting was taken from Campus email, dated 10/6/2009.

Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month

Would you like to view the Gods and Goddesses of the Hispanic World?

OR

Read about the Sun Stone and Aztec Calendar?

You can do all this by visiting the display case in the
Francis U. & Mary F. Ritz Library
located on the 3rd floor - Hudson Hall

Trouble printing from Angel?

Have you been experiencing difficulties printing from Angel? If so, check out this document provided by Chrissie Mitchell in the Teaching Learning Center on how to print from Angel.

Looking for the taxonomy of an Animal??

Use the links below to get information on the full taxonomy of an animal and the origins of its scientific name:

NCBI Taxonomy Browser
National Center for Biotechnology Information Web site. HINT! Look at the "lineage" section to trace the taxonomy.

A Mammalian Lexicon
Michigan State University site which gives the meanings of the roots of taxonomic terms

Greek & Latin Roots
Meanings of Greek and Latin wordroots with the focus on their use in taxonomy

Ritz Library offers new streaming video service

DCC’s Ritz Library is pleased to provide staff
and students with a new way to watch videos on academic topics. Films on Demand, a Web based streaming video service, includes over 5,000 individual titles that can be accessed 24/7. Best of all, the videos can be viewed both on and off campus.
Some of the subject areas covered are business, health, humanities and the sciences.

All programs are broken down into short segments, which make them perfect for showing to a class. Special features allow the user to organize and bookmark clips and to create and share playlists of programs.

To use Films Demand, logon to MyDCC. Then click on the “Library” tab. From the Library screen, click on the link for Films on Demand in the “How do I find information for research projects?” channel.

Questions? Comments? Contact Ron Crovisier or Tom Trinchera at 431-8634 or email refdesk@sunydutchess.edu