You have to realize the guy has been using scrolls his whole life and not books (codex)! Books are the "new" technology.
Ladies and gentlemen, The Rolling Stones...
The library has a display on The Rolling Stones, the band, that along with The Beatles, brought the British rock to the USA in the 1960s. The display includes books, DVDs, and CDs from the libraryʻs extensive music and media collection.
Happy Valentine's Day
Happy Valentine's Day! or Happy Lupercalia!
On February 14, the Lupercalia fertility (and love) festival dedicated to Faunus was celebrated. Fannus is the the Roman god of agriculture.
"To begin the festival, members of the Luperci, an order of Roman priests, would gather at a sacred cave where the infants Romulus and Remus, the founders of Rome, were believed to have been cared for by a she-wolf or lupa. The priests would sacrifice a goat, for fertility, and a dog, for purification. They would then strip the goat's hide into strips, dip them into the sacrificial blood and take to the streets, gently slapping both women and crop fields with the goat hide. Far from being fearful, Roman women welcomed the touch of the hides because it was believed to make them more fertile in the coming year. Later in the day, according to legend, all the young women in the city would place their names in a big urn. The city's bachelors would each choose a name and become paired for the year with his chosen woman. These matches often ended in marriage."
And if you are wondering about Sweetheart candies, per Wikipedia:
"Oliver R. Chase invented a machine in 1847 to cut lozenges from wafer candy, similar to Necco Wafers, and started a candy factory.
Daniel Chase, Oliver's brother, began printing sayings on the candy in 1866. He designed a machine that was able to press on the candy similar to a stamp. The candy was often used for weddings since the candies had witty saying such as: "Married in pink, he will take a drink", "Married in White, you have chosen right", and "Married in Satin, Love will not be lasting".
The heart-shaped conversation candies to be called Sweethearts got their start in 1901."
The candy is still made in the USA.
On February 14, the Lupercalia fertility (and love) festival dedicated to Faunus was celebrated. Fannus is the the Roman god of agriculture.
"To begin the festival, members of the Luperci, an order of Roman priests, would gather at a sacred cave where the infants Romulus and Remus, the founders of Rome, were believed to have been cared for by a she-wolf or lupa. The priests would sacrifice a goat, for fertility, and a dog, for purification. They would then strip the goat's hide into strips, dip them into the sacrificial blood and take to the streets, gently slapping both women and crop fields with the goat hide. Far from being fearful, Roman women welcomed the touch of the hides because it was believed to make them more fertile in the coming year. Later in the day, according to legend, all the young women in the city would place their names in a big urn. The city's bachelors would each choose a name and become paired for the year with his chosen woman. These matches often ended in marriage."
And if you are wondering about Sweetheart candies, per Wikipedia:
"Oliver R. Chase invented a machine in 1847 to cut lozenges from wafer candy, similar to Necco Wafers, and started a candy factory.
Daniel Chase, Oliver's brother, began printing sayings on the candy in 1866. He designed a machine that was able to press on the candy similar to a stamp. The candy was often used for weddings since the candies had witty saying such as: "Married in pink, he will take a drink", "Married in White, you have chosen right", and "Married in Satin, Love will not be lasting".
The heart-shaped conversation candies to be called Sweethearts got their start in 1901."
The candy is still made in the USA.
Spotlight on Naxos streaming music
Need to listen to music for a class? writing a paper on music and need to listen to a piece? want to listen for pleasure? The UHMC Library subscribes to Naxos Music Library and Naxos Jazz Library.
- Complete catalogues or selected recordings of over 400 independent labels such as ARC, Berlin Classics, BIS, Capriccio, Chandos, CPO, EMI Classics, Erato, Haenssler Classic, Hungaroton, Marco Polo, Naïve, Naxos, Nimbus, Ondine, Teldec, Vanguard Classics, Virgin Classics and Warner Classics
- Classical, Jazz, World, Classic Rock, Nostalgia music
- Wide range of standard and specialist repertoire
- More than 81,090 CD-length recordings equivalent to 1,165,300 tracks uploaded, with addition of over 1,000 CD-length recordings every month
- Music notes, cover artwork, tracklist, instrumentation and publisher information
- Libretti and synopses of more than 700 operas
- More than 40,000 composer and artist biographies
- Pronunciation guide for composer and artist names
- Glossary, guide to musical terms and work analyses
Hours December 5-13
Update: Normal hours have resumed!
Hours are:
December 5–13: Monday to Thursday, 8–6 and Friday, 10–4
Closed December 14–January 6 (January 2–4 you may pay fines in person, no library services)
Open regular hours: January 7
Special Hours!
December 5–13: Monday to Thursday, 10–6 and Friday, 10–1
Closed December 14–January 6 (January 2–4 you may pay fines in person, no library services)
Open regular hours: January 7
Hours are:
December 5–13: Monday to Thursday, 8–6 and Friday, 10–4
Closed December 14–January 6 (January 2–4 you may pay fines in person, no library services)
Open regular hours: January 7
Winter interim hours - library closed
Winter Interim Hours
The library will be closed December 14 to January 6 (no services).
You will be able to pay fines and return items: January 2-4, 10AM to 4PM (no services, you cannot use the library)
Spring hours start January 7
Spotlight on Safari Books Online
The UHMC Library has a subscription to Safari Books Online, an amazing collection of about 7,000 computer, engineering, and technology books and other resources accessible online. This collection has some of the most popular technology books and series available. Some are: For Dummies, Ask Sam, O'Reilly, Head First, Complete Idiots Guides, Missing Manuals.
Books are always up-to-date and fresh off the press. You can access these books from most internet-enabled devices anywhere you can get the internet. Additionally, you can download and print portions of the books.
What is especially cool about SBO products for network administrators and software developers is that you can copy code snippets directly from your browser window and paste them into your live development environment.
Think of it this way, when you visit Borders (before it closed) or Barnes and Noble, you flip through a handful of books and glean perhaps a bit of information here, a bit of information there, and so forth. On the other hand, with Safari Books Online you can run a keyword search across thousands of volumes, aggregating search results by relevance, by date, or by some other criterion of your choosing.
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