Thursday, June 26, 2008

Painting in Progress

As you enter the library over the next couple of weeks, be sure to check out the works that artist Kevin Raines is creating in the Gallery. Raines, faculty at Notre Dame, is painting two large Maryland landscapes -- right where they'll be installed!

In addition, as the final details of the renovation are finished up, keep an eye out for a different kind of fresh paint in the stairwells.

Monday, June 23, 2008

Archives closed for final move!

The Archives/Special Collections Department of Loyola/Notre Dame Library (including the collections of Loyola College and College of Notre Dame) will be closed to researchers from July 1, 2008 to August 1, 2008. During this time, we will move to our permanent quarters on the third floor of the library; the College of Notre Dame of Maryland Archives will be moved into the new facility as well. We look forward to assisting you when we reopen on the first of August!

After the move, our hours will be the same as usual:

Monday - Friday: 9am - 5pm (preferably by appointment)
Evenings and weekends: by appointment only

Thank you for your patience while we move into our gorgeous new space! For any questions regarding the move or our collections, please contact:

Nancy Perlman
Archivist/Head Special Collections
Loyola/Notre Dame Library
200 Winston Ave.
Baltimore, MD 21212
(410) 617-6868
nperlman@loyola.edu

Thursday, June 19, 2008

Jolly boating weather?: Readings for a sunny weekend

Need a book to take with you to relax in the park this weekend? Look no further. All of these are available at the Loyola/Notre Dame Library, and may also be available at the Enoch Pratt Free Library (don't forget, you can have them delivered to the branch nearest you!) or your local public library system.

Click through to see if it’s currently available at LNDL.

A move in the weather (poems), by Anthony Thwaite
PR6070.H9 M68 2003

Calm weather; a volume of essays, by Gilbert Oliver Thomas
PR6039.H58 C3 1966

Heavy weather, by P. G. Wodehouse
PR6045.O53 H4

Ethel Waters: Stormy weather, by Stephen Bourne
ML420.W24 B68 2007

  • Hear a recording of Ethel Waters performing "I Got Rhythm" on the PBS website for Ken Burns' film Jazz.

Sailing alone around the room: new and selected poems, by Billy Collins
PS 3553 .O47478 S25 2001

Blue is hot, red is cool: choosing the right color for your logo, editor David E. Carter.
NK1548 .B55 2001


Jolly boating weather,
And a hay harvest breeze,
Blade on the feather,
Shade off the trees
Swing, swing together
With your body between your knees.

William Cory, “Eton Boating Song,” from The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase, Saying, and Quotation. Reference PN6080 .O945 1997

Tuesday, June 10, 2008

Hot Hot Heat: Readings for an Air-Conditioned Existence

As the Maryland summer starts to heat up, we'll all start to look towards more indoor activities. With that in mind, we’ll continue with the non-required reading (and viewing, and listening) suggestions to consider when you're tired of reality TV reruns and you've seen all the Law & Order episodes ever filmed.

All of these are available at the Loyola/Notre Dame Library, and may also be available at the Enoch Pratt Free Library (don't forget, you can have them delivered to the branch nearest you!) or your local public library system.

Click through to see if it’s currently available at LNDL.

The complete Hot Five and Hot Seven recordings, by Louis Armstrong
Media CD 0991

Some like it hot, directed by Billy Wilder
Starring Tony Curtis, Jack Lemmon and Marilyn Monroe
Media PN1997 .S646373 2006
  • Take a look at the DVDTown review of this re-release.

Why some like it hot: food, genes, and cultural diversity, by Gary Paul Nabhan
QH431 .N28 2004
  • Check out the editorial reviews from Publisher's Weekly and the Washington Post's Book World on Amazon.com.

Hot shots: an oral history of the Air Force combat pilots of the Korean War
, edited by Jennie Ethell Chancey and William R. Forstchen
DS920.2.U5 H67 2000
  • Editorial reviews from Booklist and Publisher's Weekly are available on Amazon.com.

Hot potato: how Washington and New York gave birth to Black basketball and changed America’s game forever, by Bob Kuska
GV885.73.W18 K87 2004
You might also want to check out music from Hot Hot Heat, a band from Victoria, British Columbia.