Edible Book Festival, Events, Media Center, Poetry Contest, Technology

Upcoming Library Events

The Annandale Campus Library is an exciting place, especially near the end of the semester! Check out the following events that are taking place in the Library:

4/2/2012: The Edible Book Festival will take place from 12 noon until 1:30 p.m. Visit the Library to see the yummy creations our patrons created! Then EAT them–the food, not the patrons!

4/11/2012: Did you know that the Library has Kindles for you to borrow? The Library will host the first Multimedia Center Petting Zoo! Stop by the Library between 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. to see and explore our wild and exotic gadgets!

4/18/2012: Our annual Poetry Contest Reception is back! Drop in to listen to some original poetry or to read some of your own poems. The Poetry Contest reception is from 2p.m. until 3:30 p.m. There will be food and drinks, so don’t miss this event!

Media Center, Technology

Multimedia Center

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Spruce up your classroom presentations with all the latest technology available in the library’s multimedia center. Here, you can expand your skills and options for creating assignments with a multimedia flare or just experiment with new technologies! Impress your instructors with unique and creative presentations and feel personally rewarded for developing new skills! We have Kindles, iPod Touches, and video cameras just to name a few of the items available to you for check-out.  Read an Ebook on the Kindle! Edit a movie! Scan and create QR codes! Produce a sound recording! Borrow a camera!            

 Come on by CG-300 and visit the Library Media Center where creativity is encouraged!

Edible Book Festival

Edible Book Festival Returns – 4/2/2012

For the third year, the Edible Book Festival is being held at Annandale Campus Library. This tasty  event on April 2, 2012 from Noon to 1:30 is a celebration of our two favorite things:  food and books.  To become a contestant and create an edible entry inspired by a book: send your name and contact info to pderoy@nvcc.edu by March 26, 2012.  Then bring your edible book to CG300 by 10 a.m. on April 2.  Prizes will be awarded.  Everyone is invited to view the entries and then consume them at the Festival from Noon to 1:30 in CG300.  Checkout previous entries on our Pinterest board  @  http://pinterest.com/novaanlibrary/edible-book-festivals-nvcc/

Events, Poetry Contest

Annual Student Poetry Contest

NOVA poetry cover sheet! Get in touch with your Muse!  April is National Poetry Month, and you can help us celebrate!!  The Second Annual Annandale Campus Student Poetry Contest, co-sponsored by the NOVA Annandale Library and the Writing Center, gets underway on March 12th.  Pick up your entry form at any of several campus locations including the Library (CG-300), the Writing Center (CG-409), the CA Information Desk (CA first floor lobby), and the English Department (CN-226).  Or stop by and visit us in the CF Cafeteria from 12 Noon-2 PM on March 13th to pick up entry forms and more information.  A reception featuring prizes, an open mike, and light refreshments will be held on April 18th to showcase contest winners and willing readers.

Obscurities, Photographs, Technology

Technological artifacts

Floppy disk

A patron had checked out a textbook named Investments: Analysis and Management, 3rd edition. This textbook was published in 1991. Given the publication date, I’m not sure that the student found the book very useful and none of the computers in the library have the capability to load this disk. I think this book might be headed for the freebie cart outside of the library.