Tuesday, April 22, 2008

Library blog now open to comments: Tell us what you think!

Last week the Daniel Library blog, the Bibliodawg, unlocked the comment feature to allow for you, our patrons, to share your thoughts and views on the information we post.

We welcome and encourage your thoughts and ideas. Please review our guidelines below before submitting a comment:

  • While we respect your first amendment right to free speech, the purpose of the Bibliodawg is for Daniel Library faculty and staff to easily share information with you, our patrons. All comments will be moderated before appearing live on the site.



  • We will not approve any comments that contain profane or inflammatory language. This includes racial or ethnic slurs, disparaging remarks about any person (living or dead), and threats or harassment of any kind.


We welcome your comment, but please keep them civil and appropriate. Other than that, the sky's the limit, so comment away!

Thursday, April 17, 2008

fax machine for public use

According to the campus Telecommunications website, the gift shop in Mark Clark Hall has a fax machine for public use.

There is also a fax machine in the Cadet Activities office in Mark Clark Hall.

Fax Machines for Student and Public Use

According to the campus Telecommunications website, the gift shop in Mark Clark Hall has a fax machine for public use.

There is also a fax machine in the Cadet Activities office in Mark Clark Hall.

Wednesday, April 9, 2008

What the BIG DAWGS Are Reading

This week’s winners are Tuan Anh Vo of Mike Company and Christopher Castagno of Papa.

Cadet Vo read Stephen Ambrose's Citizen Soldiers: The U. S. Army from the Normandy Beaches to the Bulge to the Surrender of German.

Cadet Castagno read Gerald F. Linderman's Embattled Courage: The Experience of Combat in the American Civil War.

Each winner receives a $5 gift certificate to Java City Cafe for filling out a Big Dawgs Reading Contest form (available at the front desk).

Previous winners from Spring 2008:

-David Murray of Kilo Company - Miguel Leon Padilla’s The Broken Spears.
--M.T. Dispenza of Lima Company - Nathaniel Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter.
-Alex Mars of Palmetto Battery - Paget’s I Wonder: Essays for the Young People.
–Bryant Marcell of Papa Company - On Strategy: A Critical Analysis of the Vietnam War, by Harry G. Summers.
–Gerald Ratchford of Hotel Company - Frank Luntz’s Words That Work: It’s Not What You Say, It’s What People Hear.
–Adam Paschal of Papa Company - Virgil’s The Aeneid.
–Gerald Ratchford of Hotel Company - Michael Shaara’s The Killer Angels.

Previous winners from Fall 2007 include:

–Tom Mitchell of Band Company - Stephen Wise’s Gate of Hell.
–H. C. Westall of Papa Company - Robert Heinlein’s Starship Troopers.
–C. A. Long of Band Company - Slaughterhouse Five by Kurt Vonnegut.
–Stephen Kinn of Band Company - Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six.
–Wes Howell of Papa Company - Shakespeare’s Hamlet.
–Wes Howell of Papa Company - Armageddon’s Children by Terry Brooks.
–Michael Dispenza of Lima Company - Michael Shaara’s The Killer Angels.
–Charles Long of Band Company - Kurt Vonnegut’s Mother Night.
–David Murray of Kilo Company - Narayan’s The Ramayana.

Tell us what you’re reading by filling out a form at the front desk of the Daniel Library.

Thanks for reading and winning!

Monday, April 7, 2008

James O. Rigney, Jr. Exhibit

James O. Rigney, Jr.You are invited to a special event at the Library honoring the late James Oliver Rigney, Jr., Citadel class of 1974, Honorary Doctor of Literature 1999.  Mr. Rigney is better known to many as Robert Jordan, author of the Conan books and the Wheel of Time series.   The dedication of a permanent exhibition of photographs, artifacts, and mementos of his life and career will take place on Tuesday, April 8, 2008, at 6:30PM in the Daniel Library

The event will also feature a panel presentation on Rigney’s work as a fiction and fantasy writer.  Panelists will be:

David Drake, author of the Hammer's Slammers series of military science fiction and Lord of the Isle fantasy series.

Michael Livingston, Assistant Professor of Medieval Literature at The Citadel, and a recent winner of the Writers of the Future Contest.

Brandon Sanderson, author of several books of fantasy in his own right, including Elantris and the Mist Born series, and who is currently completing the final book in Jordan's Wheel of Time series.

There will be a reception after the panel discussion.

Dedication Program


 


 

Wednesday, April 2, 2008

Long-haired Cadets?!

When were cadets allowed to let their hair grow long? Really long? Look at Knob Knowledge to find out.