Annual Used Book Sale @Hunter Library

Hunter Library's annual used book sale will be held on Tuesday, April 17, 2012, from 8:30 a.m. until 4:30 p.m. The sale will include books, maps, CDs, DVDs and other media and will cover a wide variety of subjects. Hard cover books will sell for $1; soft covers for $.25. Maps will sell for $.50, and CDs, DVDs and VHS will sell for $1. Library staff will be happy to negotiate prices for boxes of books. Please bring cash or checks; we are not able to accept credit cards. All proceeds will benefit the library.

New spring edition of The Clarion

The spring edition of Hunter Library’s newsletter, The Clarion, is now available.  Read about our Hunter Scholar for 2012-13, Mae Miller Claxton, and her project focusing on the library’s Horace Kephart collection.  Our feature article, by Collection Development Librarian Katy Ginanni, reveals the details of different e-book platforms and issues such as price, access, and format, along with digitization projects such as Google Books and Project Gutenberg. The activities and accomplishments of library employees are spotlighted, from conference presentations to book reviews, journal articles, and a Southern Gothic novel.  We also take time to highlight our Outstanding Student Workers for 2012.

New Books, CDs & DVDs for March 2012

Here's a sampling of some of the new books and films that
have arrived at Hunter Library in March 2012.


Please browse the full list.

Sarah Winter,
The pleasures of memory: learning to read
with Charles Dickens
New York: Fordham University Press, 2011
WCU General PR4588 .W56 2011

Edited by Theo Van Leeuwen and Carey Jewitt
Handbook of visual analysis
London; Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE, 2001
WCU New Books P93.5.H36 2001

Peter Yarrow,
Puff, the magic dragon
With paintings by Eric Puybaret
New York: Sterling Pub., 2007
WCU CMC CHILDREN'S M1990 .Y37 2007

Bluegrass from the Blue Ridge [sound recording]
Country band music of Virginia
Washington, D.C: Smithsonian Folkways, p2007, c1967
WCU Audio CD C T ZZZZ 169

Peyote to LSD: a psychedelic odyssey [videorecording]
Produced by Gryphon Productions for the History Channel
New York: History Channel: Distributed in the
U.S. by New Video, c2010
WCU Video DVD HV.P491

Speed (Motion picture)
Twentieth Century Fox; a Mark Gordon production
Produced by Mark Gordon; directed by Jan de Bont
Beverly Hills, CA: Twentieth Century Fox
Home Entertainment, 2004
WCU Video DVD PVH.S6983

Award-Winning Writer to Speak on Role of Libraries

Scott Huler will give two talks in Jackson County on Friday, April 13, in conjunction with National Library Week, April 8-14, 2012. His visit will be sponsored by the WCU Visiting Scholars Program, City Lights Bookstore in Sylva, Friends of Jackson County Public Library, and Hunter Library.

Huler will discuss the importance of research and libraries at 10:30 a.m. in the theater of A.K.Hinds University Center. At 7:00 p.m. he will give a talk in the community room of the Jackson County Public Library in Sylva. The Friends of the Jackson County Public Library will host a punch and cookies reception following the presentation, and Huler will be available to sign his books.

The 2011 Piedmont Laureate, Huler writes for newspapers, magazines, and radio programs. He is the author of six books, including On the Grid, No Man's Land, Defining the Wind, On Being Brown, A Little Bit Sideways, and From Worst to First. A native of Cleveland, Ohio, he has lived all over the United States and in England. His work has appeared in such newspapers as The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Philadelphia Inquirer, and The Los Angeles Times. He has been heard on "All Things Considered" and "Day to Day" on National Public Radio and on "Marketplace" and "Splendid Table" on American Public Media.

New Books, CDs & DVDs for February 2012

New Books, CDs & DVDs for February 2012

Here's a sampling of some of the new books and films
that have arrived at Hunter Library in February 2012.
Please browse the full list.


Scott Huler,
Defining the wind: the Beaufort scale, and how a
nineteenth-century admiral turned science into poetry
New York: Crown Publishers, c2004
WCU Leisure read QC933 .H85 2004

Richard M Restak,
Think smart: a neuroscientist's prescription for
improving your brain's performance
New York: Riverhead Books, 2009
WCU New Books QP398 .R47 2009

Christopher McGowan,
Dinosaur discovery: everything you need to be a paleontologist
New York: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, c2011
WCU CMC CHILDREN'S QE714.5.M366 2011

Richard Wagner, 1813-1883 [sound recording]
Marches & overtures. Orchestra music. Selections
Hong Kong: Naxos, 20011
WCU Audio CD C WagR 015

Evoking sound: body mapping principles and basic conducting technique [videorecording]
GIA Publications, Inc. presents; James Jordan, Heather Buchanan
Chicago, IL: GIA Publications, c2004
WCU Video DVD MT.E965

Elephant man (Motion picture)
Paramount Pictures presents a Brooksfilms production;
produced by Jonathan Sanger; directed by David Lynch
Hollywood, CA: Paramount Pictures, c2001
WCU Video DVD PVH.E441