Monthly Archives: August 2013

Library Tidbits, Notices

A new library space!

Returning students may have noticed something a little different in the library on Wednesday. Over the summer, we renovated a portion of the library to install new tables–not just any tables! These tables are equipped with electrical outlets and Ethernet hookups, allowing students to comfortably work on their assignments.

Our new wired tables!
Our new wired tables!
Students quietly working and doing...other activities.
Students quietly working and doing…other activities.

For our other summer project, Paula DeRoy, our highly-creative Reference Librarian, installed several new art panels featuring skateboard designs. The skateboards depicted were owned by students who visited the library (see, visiting the library can be rewarding!) Both the tables and the artwork can be found on the side of the library near the computer stations.

 

Three skateboards

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The library has much to offer new and returning students!

  • Research assistance
  • Computer stations, laptops, tablets, and other gadgets
  • A media center with specialized software such as Photoshop and Final Cut Pro
  • Quiet study and group study spaces

And last, but not least, a place to sleep after hours spent studying in the library.

Just kidding on that sleep part.

We invite you to stop by and talk to your friendly neighborhood library staff to learn more about how the library can help you succeed at NOVA.

Notices

Fall Library Hours

Please note our new Saturday hours.

August 21st – December 17th (Regular Fall Hours)
Mon – Thurs: 7:45 a.m. – 9:30 p.m.
Fri: 7:45 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Sat: 10:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.
Sun: Closed

Exceptions:
Sat, 8/31 – Mon, 9/2:Closed for Labor Day
Mon, 10/14 – Tue, 10/15: 8:30 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. for Fall Break
Weds, 11/27: 8:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. for Thanksgiving
Thurs, 11/28 – Sun, 12/1: Closed for Thanksgiving

December 18th – December 23rd (Fall Intersession Hours)
Weds, 12/18 – Fri, 12/20: 8:30 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Sat, 12/21 – Weds, 1/1: Closed for Winter Break

Notices

Steampunk anyone?

steampunk bible
Do we have a Steampunk community at NOVA? We want to do a display on Steampunk and we could use some advice from some “people in the know.”

Here’s my photo of the Steampunk Treehouse that now resides in Milton DE at the Dogfish Head Brewery. Company meetings are held in the treehouse.

If you want to contribute ideas – please email me at pderoy@nvcc.edu.

treehouse

Display, Then and Now

Old books – a work of art

Don’t know what to do with old books?  Recycle, donate, throw away?  or… do something CRAFTY!  The staff at the Annandale library has strong leanings toward the creative arts.

book paper bouquet

Paula DeRoy, Supie Wolf, and Sarah Lawless put their talents together to create a whole new vision for an old book.  By folding pages in different patterns, an old out of date book became a decorative flower vase with a bouquet of roses.  Learn to repurpose your old books http://www.blog.designsquish.com/index.php?/site/book_origami/.  Stop by and see the wonderful works of art they have created.  You will be inspired!