The Bentley Library’s 14 Days to Have Your Say! blog ENDS TODAY – Tuesday, November 11, 2014. Please, visit the 14 Days blog to see what people are talking about and to add your voice to the conversation!
Please join us in the McGladrey Art Gallery for the opening of an exhibit commemorating the 25th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall:
This exhibit includes two pieces. One piece is the “Virtual Wall”, an interactive art installation created by Tamiko Thiel and Teresa Reuter, which allows viewers to walk along the Berlin Wall as it was in the 1980s. The accompanying piece is a series of original 1989 photographs on loan from the German consulate depicting scenes of the days that the wall came down. The exhibit is co-sponsored by the Department of Global Studies, the Valente Center for Arts and Sciences and the Dean of Arts and Sciences, in partnership with Northeastern University and the Consulate General of the Federal Republic of Germany for New England.
Please note that the “Virtual Wall” portion of the exhibit will be available Monday, November 17 through Thursday, November 20, 2014. The photographs will remain on display through December 17, 2014 [note: date extended from 12/9 to 12/17]. For more information, please visit http://berlinwallexhibitionatbentleynov2014.wordpress.com.
The New Acquisitions lists for October have been posted. Over 300 new books, movies, TV shows, audiobooks and OverDrive downloadable books that were added to library’s collection last month. The lists can be browsed by subject or format. If you find something you’d like to borrow, use your Bentley email address and password to log-in and place a request/hold.
Follow us on Pinterest to be alerted as new popular reading, audiobooks and DVDs hit the shelves throughout the month.
The Bentley Library is pleased to announce the launch of the fourth 14 Days to Have Your Say! project. This limited-life blog is an open forum for the Bentley community – an opportunity to post your comments, suggestions, criticisms and compliments, as well as to see what others are saying about the library.
The past three installments of 14 Days to Have Your Say! (2008, 2010 and 2012) were very successful, and the library has made many changes to our services, policies and resources as a result of the thoughtful feedback received through the blog. For example, based on past 14 Days feedback, the library has:
We hope that this installment is just as popular and fruitful. So, don’t be shy, tell us what’s on your mind! We want you to feel comfortable posting publicly, so your name will not be made public on the blog.
Do you have questions about this project? Please visit the About and FAQs pages, or contact the Reference Desk at refdesk@bentley.edu or 781-891-2300.
Bentley University undergraduate students will be enjoying a Mini Break over the Columbus Day holiday weekend – Saturday, October 11 through Tuesday, October 14. The Bentley Library will remain open during this break with some exceptions to our normal operating hours. The library’s hours are:
Please note that the Deloitte Cafe will have modified hours Saturday through Monday. For complete library and cafe hours information please view our hours calendar.
The library’s New Acquisitions lists for September have been posted. Take a look at the books, movies, TV shows, audiobooks and OverDrive downloadable books that were added to library’s collection last month. The lists can be browsed by subject or format. If you find something you’d like to borrow, use your Bentley email address and password to log-in and place a request/hold.
Follow us on Pinterest to be alerted as new popular reading, audiobooks and DVDs hit the shelves throughout the month.
Banned Books Week, an annual event celebrating the freedom to read, is taking place this week, September 21 – 27, 2014. During Banned Books Week, librarians, booksellers, publishers, journalists, authors, teachers and readers work together to draw attention to the freedom to seek and express ideas. You can follow this national conversation by liking the Banned Books Week page on Facebook, following the #bannedbooksweek hashtag on Twitter, and watching the celebrity Virtual Read-Out videos on the Banned Books Week YouTube Channel.
In 2013, the American Library Association’s Office for Intellectual Freedom (OIF) logged 307 book challenges. You can find specific details about some of those challenges in this document: 2013-2014 Books Challenged or Banned. Last year, challenges were made against classics such as Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl and Ralph Ellison’s The Invisible Man, as well as contemporary bestsellers such as John Green’s Looking for Alaska. In one instance, a history textbook was challenged in a Florida county, and protesters went so far as to recommend that student volunteers tear a chapter out of the textbook.
Statistics show that most book challenges occur in public libraries, school libraries and classrooms. The Office for Intellectual Freedom estimates that up to 85 percent of actual challenges to library materials receive no media attention and remain unreported. Visit the ALA’s Frequently Challenged Books webpage to view the top 10 challenged books by year, banned and challenged classics, most frequently challenged authors and more. Please take a moment this week to reflect upon your freedom to read.
The Bentley Library is pleased to announce a new database acquisition – eMarketer. Focusing on digital marketing, advertising, media and ecommerce, eMarketer aggregates information from over 4,000 sources. Data is gathered from research firms, media and marketing agencies, magazines and newspapers, academic institutions, governments and industry experts.
The eMarketer database provides…
…a compilation of key data, research and analysis from multiple sources
…expert distillation of industry, market and consumer intelligence
…visual presentation of data in charts, tables and graphs
…an easy and intuitive search interface
Although eMarketer does not conduct primary research, eMarketer analysts and writers develop industry benchmarks, make forecasts and publish 200+ comprehensive topical reports per year. eMarketer content can be easily downloaded and inserted into reports and presentations.
The eMarketer database is accessible via the library’s Databases A-Z and Marketing Databases pages. Please contact the Reference Desk if you have questions or would like assistance using eMarketer.
