Milligan Library Life

by the staff of P.H. Welshimer Memorial Library & Seminary Library

Million Pennies Campaign raises $140.56 since May!

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We’re proud to announce that you, our loyal library users, contributed $140.56 in cash and change to our Million Pennies Campaign since May 2012. We have now raised $6,778.22 since the start of the campaign in April 2010, which means we’re more than two-thirds of the way there!

The Library staff would like to extend a hearty thank you to our most recent donors: Rosemarie Shields and Lauren Tomlinson. Remember, if you’d like us to thank you by name, please write your name down on the slips of paper in the tray next to the donation box, and we’ll let everyone know about your generosity. Next month’s prize is the 2003 paperback The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini. Donate to the campaign, write your name on a slip of paper, and place it in the box. On September 3rd, we’ll draw a winner from the names we’ve collected!

We still need your help in raising funds to help us reach our goal of a totally renovated library. Bring your loose change and help us get closer to $10,000. We’ll also take your unwanted but gently used books, DVDs, Blu-Rays, and audiobooks for our Million Pennies Book Drive–there’s a donation box in the library lobby. Remember, when we raise the money, we’ll allow you, the contributors, to name a study room whatever you like. Every penny helps! If you’re not familiar with the Campaign, check out original post on the library blog. And remember you can follow us on Facebook and Twitter as well. Thank you!

New Community & Alumni Borrowing Cards

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ImageAs of July 16th, 2012, all alumni and community borrowers must obtain a laminated Milligan identification card from the Milligan Information Technology (IT) Department to continue enjoying borrowing privileges. This change will bring the library’s identification system in line with other Milligan departments. All alumni and community accounts associated with paper-based cards will expire on July 16, 2012, even if the original expiration date on the account is later than that date.

To obtain a new card, simply visit the Milligan IT Office—they’re open 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM, Monday through Friday, and they’re located on the lower level of the Student Union Building. No appointment is required to receive your new card, and the cards will not feature your photograph, so don’t worry if you’re not feeling photogenic!

This change affects Milligan alumni and community borrowers only.  Students, faculty, and staff can continue to use their Milligan-issued IDs, and Emmanuel Christian Seminary students, faculty, and staff, can use their valid ECS IDs once Milligan library staff create accounts for them in person.

Please contact Jeff Harbin, User Services Librarian, at jeharbin@milligan.edu or 423.461.8495 with any questions. Have a great summer!

Million Pennies Campaign raises $142.81 in April 2012!

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We’re proud to announce that you, our loyal library users, contributed $142.81 in cash and change to our Million Pennies Campaign in April 2012. We have now raised $6,637.66 since the start of the campaign in April 2010, which means we’re nearly two-thirds of the way there!

The Library staff would like to extend a hearty thank you to our most recent donors: Jama Darnell, Deb Harbin, Sterling Herron, Clint Holloway, Curtis Huskins, Morgan McLeod, Mike Mohsen, Tommy Parker, Bill Pearce, Anna Rosenburg, Morgan Simmons, Katie Smith, Adam Tomlinson, and Lauren Tomlinson. Remember, if you’d like us to thank you by name, please write your name down on the slips of paper in the tray next to the donation box, and we’ll let everyone know about your generosity.Image

Lauren Tomlinson is the winner of our monthly drawing. She will receive the hardcover Our Front Pages from The Onion. Congratulations, Lauren!  Next month’s prize is the 2006 hardcover The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid: A Memoir by Bill Bryson. Donate to the campaign, write your name on a slip of paper, and place it in the box. On June 20th, we’ll draw a winner from the names we’ve collected!

We still need your help in raising funds to help us reach our goal of a totally renovated library. Bring your loose change and help us get closer to $10,000. Remember, when we raise the money, we’ll allow you, the contributors, to name a study room whatever you like. Every penny helps! If you’re not familiar with the Campaign, check out original post on the library blog. And remember you can follow us on Facebook and Twitter as well. Thank you!

New Books and Media Received (April 2012)

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The following Books, CDs, and DVDs (26 titles) were received into the Library collection through the Acquisitions Budget during April 2012:

400 years of the telescope [videorecording] : a journey of science, technology and thought / PBS ; An Interstellar Studios production ; executive producers, Dan Koehler and Kris Koenig ; produced and directed by Kris Koenig ; writers, Donald Goldsmith, Kris Koenig and Albert Van Helden ; director, Kris Koenig. [United States] : Distributed by PBS Home Video, 2009, 2008.

The ACS style guide : effective communication of scientific information. Washington, DC : American Chemical Society ; Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2006.

American experience. Freedom riders [videorecording] / American Experience Films presents ; a film by Stanley Nelson ; produced by Laurens Grant ; A production of Firelight Films ; WGBH Educational Foundation ; written, produced and directed by Stanley Nelson. [United States] : PBS Distribution, c2011.

Ancient Christian Writers Standing Order. Newman Press.

Beyond our differences [videorecording] / directed by Peter Bisanz ; produced by Peter Bisanz, Vladimir Trushchenkov, Catherine Tatge, Tonko Soljan, Karin Chien, Michael Griffiths ; written by Peter Bisanz, Hilary Deutch ; Entropy Films, LLC. [Arlington, VA] : PBS Home Video, c2009.

The calling [videorecording] : seven lives, four faiths, one call / the Kindling Group presents ; directors, Yoni Brook, Alicia Dwyer, Musa Syeed, Maggie Bowman. [United States] : PBS Distribution, c2011.

Darwin’s darkest hour [videorecording] / a National Geographic Television production ; in association with NHK and NOVA/WGBH ; produced by Michael Mahoney ; teleplay by John Goldsmith ; directed by John Bradshaw. [Washington, D.C.] : National Geographic, c2009.

Digital media [videorecording] : new learners of the 21st century / a production of TPT National Productions and Mobile Digital Arts ; producer/writer, Stephen Brown ; director, Drea Cooper. [United States] : PBS Home Video, 2010.

Ford Madox Brown. Pre-Raphaelite pioneer. Julian Treuherz. London : Philip Wilson Publishers Ltd. 2011.

Frederic, Lord Leighton, 1830-1896 : painter and sculptor of the Victorian age / edited by Margot Th. Brandlhuber and Michael Buhrs ; with contributions by Christopher Newall … [et al.]. Munich ; New York : Prestel, c2009.

Frontline. Facing death [videorecording] / written, produced & directed by Miri Navasky & Karen O’Connor ; a Frontline production with Mead Street Films, LLC. [Brighton, Mass.] : PBS Distribution, [2011].

Growing up online [videorecording] / PBS ; written by Rachel Dretzin ; produced and directed by Rachel Dretzin and John Maggio ; a Frontline co-production with Ark Media, LLC ; WGBH Educational Foundation. Boston : WGBH Educational Foundation ; Alexandria, VA : Distributed by PBS Home Video, c2008.

A history of Christianity [videorecording] : the first three thousand years / written and presented by Diarmaid MacCulloch ; Jerusalem Productions ; BBC Productions ; produced and directed by Gillian Bancroft and Sian Salt. London : BBC Worldwide ; New York : distributed by Ambrose Video, c2010.

How to talk with families about genetics and psychiatric illness / Holly Peay, Jehannine Austin. New York : W. W. Norton, c2011.

Judges : a commentary / Susan Niditch. Louisville : Westminster John Knox Press, c2008.

Latin music USA [videorecording] / senior producer, Adriana Bosch ; executive producer, Elizabeth Deane ; a co-production of WGBH/Boston and the BBC. [United States] : PBS Distribution, c2009.

The long search [videorecording] / with Ronald Eyre ; produced by BBC in association with Time-Life Television, R.M. Productions, Munich ; producer, Peter Montagnon. New York : Ambrose Video Pub., [2001?].

Meaning in history / by Karl Lowith. Chicago [etc.] : University of Chicago Press, 1949.

My name is Aram / William Saroyan;  illustrated by Don Freeman. New York : Harcourt, Brace and Co., c1940.

My word! : plagiarism and college culture / Susan D. Blum. Ithaca, N.Y. : Cornell University Press ; Bristol : University Presses Marketing [distributor], 2010.

Peggy’s violin [sound recording] : a butterfly in time. Pickering, Ont. : Children’s Group Inc., p2007.

Philosophy of Linguistics. North-Holland 2012.

Steve Jobs [videorecording] : one last thing / Pioneer Productions for PBS ; in association with Channel 4 and Mentorn International ; senior producer/director, Susan Crook ; produced and directed by Jonathan Challis, John Coffey, Ian Lynch. [Arlington, VA] : PBS Distribution, c2011.

Switching time : a doctor’s harrowing story of treating a woman with 17 personalities / Richard K. Baer. New York : Crown Publishers, c2007.

These amazing shadows [videorecording] / Sundance Selects ; Gravitas Docufilms ; directed by Paul Mariano, Kurt Norton ; produced by Christine O’Malley, Paul Mariano, Kurt Norton ; written by Kurt Norton, Paul Mariano, Doug Blush. New York, N.Y. : PBS Distribution, [2011].

While I was praying : finding insights about God in Old Testament prayers / Ralph K. Hawkins. Macon, Ga. : Smyth & Helwys Pub., c2006.

The following Books (5 items) were received into the Library’s bestsellers collection during April 2012:

The cove / Ron Rash. New York : Ecco, c2012.

House of stone : a memoir of home, family, and a lost Middle East / Anthony Shadid. Boston  : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2012.

Loving / Karen Kingsbury. Grand Rapids, Mich. : Zondervan, c2012.

Some assembly required : a journal of my son’s first son / Anne Lamott with Sam Lamott. New York : Riverhead Books, 2012.

Still : notes on a mid-faith crisis / Lauren F. Winner. New York : HarperOne, c2012.

The following Books (3 items) were received into the Library collection as Gift Donations during April 2012:

Ecumenical Babel : confusing economic ideology and the church’s social witness / by Jordan J. Ballor ; foreword by Stephen J. Grabill. Grand Rapids, Mich. : Christian’s Library Press, 2010.

Tennessee blue book, 2011-2012 / Tre Hargett, Secretary of State. Nashville : State of Tennessee, Secretary of State, 2011.

The worst hard time : the untold story of those who survived the great American dust bowl / Timothy Egan. Boston : Houghton Mifflin Co., c2006.

Second Annual Edible Books Festival–A Yummy Success!

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Featuring books ranging from the most ancient (The Epic of Gilgamesh) to the most contemporary (The Hunger Games), the Milligan College Library held its Second Annual Edible Books Festival on March 26-27. Building upon a successful first festival last year, this year’s festival was easily better–and possibly even yummier! The event was held in the Welshimer Room on the main floor of the Library.

See this Wikipedia article for an explanation of the origins of this delightful festival. The submission guidelines are fairly simple: Create an edible treat that either looks like, alludes to, or describes a book in some way. It can be literal, artistic, or humorous.

This year we had 23 very creative entries–double the number of from last year–from Milligan students, faculty, and staff, or their family members. About 130 votes were cast on Monday for favorites in our four categories: Most Book-like, Funniest/Punniest, Most Creative, and Overall Favorite.

Congratulations to our winners (who each received an Earth Fare gift card):

  • Most Book-Like – The Hunger Games by Grace Jackson
  • Funniest/Punniest – Pigs in Heaven by Seth and Stacy Tramel
  • Most Creative – Where’s Wal-Dough? By Grace Jackson
  • Overall Favorite – Curious George by Brittany and Mariana Robinson

Once the winners were announced on Tuesday, the books were fair game to be sampled. In addition to their bookish qualities, all the entries were very, very tasty!

We received some great press on the event, including this March 27th story (with video) in the Johnson City Press, and this March 28th story in the Elizabethton Star.

Thanks to everyone who participated. Special thanks go to Mary Jackson, our Research and Instruction Librarian, and Meredith Sommers, our Information Resources Librarian/College Archivist, for planning and organizing the event. It’s not too early to get your ideas together for next year’s festival. Mary and Meredith are already looking forward to it, and how to make it even better.