Extended Hours for Exams

Hunter Library will open SUNDAY, DECEMBER 4 at noon and will remain OPEN 24 HOURS continuously until FRIDAY, DECEMBER 16, when it closes at 6:00 p.m.

http://www.xtranormal.com/watch/12751205/hunter-library-is-open-24-hours-during-exams

New Books, CDs & DVDs for October 2011

Here's a sampling of some of the new books, CDs and films
that have arrived at Hunter Library in October 2011.


Please browse the full list.


Catherine Blakemore,
Faraway places: your source for picture
books that fly children to 82 countries
Albany, WI: Adams-Pomeroy Press, c2002
WCU New Books Z1033.P52 B57 2002


Michael J. Caduto,
Catch the wind, harness the sun
North Adams, MA: Storey Pub., 2011
WCU CMC Children’s TJ808.2 .C33 2011


Neil A. Hamilton,
Scientific exploration and expeditions: from the
age of discovery to the twenty-first century
Armonk, NY: Sharpe Reference, c2010
WCU New Books Q115 .H167 2010


Cathleen Baker,
From the hand to the machine:
nineteenth-century American paper and mediums:
technologies, materials, and conservation
Ann Arbor, MI: Legacy Press, 2010
WCU New Books TS1095.U6 B35 2010


The Green Hornet [videorecording]:
Columbia Pictures presents an Original Film written
by Seth Rogen & Evan Goldberg;
produced by Neal H. Moritz &
directed by Michel Gondry
Culver City, Calif: Columbia Pictures:
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, c2011
WCU Video DVD PVH.G744


Balsam Range (Musical group) [sound recording]:
Trains I missed
Arden, NC: Mountain Home Records, p2010
WCU AUDIO CD T BalR 001


John Philip Sousa, [sound recording]
Selections:
Sousa for orchestra
Dobbs Ferry, NY: ESS. A.Y Recordings, p1989
WCU AUDIO CD C SouJ 001

Cherokee Traditions: From the Hands of our Elders, a new digital collection

Hunter Library’s digital collection, Cherokee Traditions: From the Hands of our Elders is now available from http://www.wcu.edu/library/DigitalCollections/CherokeeTraditions/

This digital resource documents a generation of craft makers whose work spanned the turn of the twentieth century. Included on the site are examples of basketry, pottery, wood and stone carving, and various textile traditions. The online images are primarily from the collections of Qualla Arts and Crafts Mutual and the Museum of the Cherokee Indian. Through projects such as this one, Hunter Library is assembling a series of historically significant digital collections and building community through its collaboration with regional partners.

-Anna Fariello, Associate Research Professor Hunter Library, Digital Programs Western Carolina

Open Access Week : A Panel Discussion

The Coulter Faculty Commons and Hunter Library are pleased to announce that we will co-host a panel discussion on the challenges and opportunities of open-access publishing as a part of international Open Access Week.

As the Web site states, “Open Access” to information – the free, immediate, online access to the results of scholarly research, and the right to use and re-use those results as you need – has the power to transform the way research and scientific inquiry are conducted. It has direct and widespread implications for academia, medicine, science, industry, and for society as a whole.” How this potential might, or might not, play out at WCU is the topic of our discussion.

Please join us on Wednesday, October 26 at 11 a.m. in the UC Multipurpose Room as Associate Provost Mark Lord leads a lively discussion with representatives from across the academic colleges.

For more information on open access week and events taking place elsewhere (including free Webinars), visit www.openaccessweek.org.

Hunter Library Offers Portable DVD Players

WCU students, faculty and staff can now check out portable DVD players for use in the library. The DVD players have 9 inch screens and weigh less than 3 pounds! This is a great way to screen films your instructor may have put on reserve for your class. The DVD players must stay in the library building and are to be used with headphones to avoid disturbing others. Come to the Circulation Desk to check one out!