Hunger Games, The Color Purple and the Harry Potter series are among student’s favorite books. They are also among the most censored books ever published. This week, September 30 through October 6, is the 30th observance of Banned Books week sponsored by the American Library Association. The John Tyler Community College libraries own many books [...]
While library services have been changed with technology through the years, our mission remains the same, to provide communities with a space to convene, discuss, educate, challenge, and enlighten. Don’t believe us? In today’s Flashback Friday, one of a three part series, we explore government funded artwork for libraries across the United States. We start [...]
Hmmm. . . Obama or Romney? Who to choose, who to choose. . . Are you wondering who should get your vote on November 6? Try this quiz from USA Today. After answering 14 questions on issues ranging from Medicare to Afghanistan to gay marriage and rating the importance of each [...]
Everybody: out of the water! Get straight to your library! The Discovery Channel is not the only place for all the facts about the ocean’s top predator! Check out some of these titles: Demon fish Sharks Deadly kingdom: the book of dangerous animals The encyclopedia of sharks To find out what a shark’s world looks [...]
Have you been parked in front of the TV gorging on Olympic coverage? Here is a new, statistical way of enjoying this sporting spectacle. With 195 countries on planet Earth (CIA World Factbook) and 205 of them competing in the Summer Olympics (BBC) what country is the most successful? There are over 10,000 athletes competing [...]
With the 2012 Summer Olympics just days away are you pumped for hours of watching athletic competition and dreaming of being in London yourself? If you can’t make it to the games the John Tyler Community College libraries can help you ratchet up the enthusiasm by offering these books about the Olympics: The complete book [...]
From California to the New York Island and beyond music lovers are noting the 100th anniversary of the birth of American singer and songwriter Woody Guthrie. From his beginnings in Oklahoma until his death from the incurable degenerative neurological disorder Huntington’s Disease in 1967 Guthrie was noted for not only his prolific songwriting but also [...]
Want to travel to the past? You can by reading a century-old issue of the Richmond Times-Dispatch. Without leaving your home you can view issues from 1903-1913 through the Library of Congress’s Chronicling America project. The database includes papers published between 1836 and 1922 throughout the U.S. And just to illustrate how history sometimes repeats [...]
Many of you grew up watching reruns of the Andy Griffith Show on cable television. To add to the tributes since the passing of Griffith last week here is a clip from the JTCC database Films on Demand’s Pioneers of Television.
Do your Fourth of July plans include a cook-out or picnic? Maybe you are looking for some new recipes to try. If so, check out some of the new cookbooks at the John Tyler Community College libraries. Baking with the Cake Boss Cooking basics for dummies Cooking for geeks Ripe : a fresh, colorful approach [...]