Library News & Events

Now that the dust has settled after the frenzy of finals, it’s time once again for a new GALILEO password. Find it any time here, or from the library website choose “passwords” from the main menu at left and then select the GALILEO tab at the top (if you’re off-campus, it’ll prompt you to enter your 900# and last name). The new password goes into effect May 17.

Tick tock, on the clock…but the party don’t stop at the library because starting May 16, the Library Technology Center will be open for summer hours:

• Monday-Thursday: 7:30 a.m. to 10 p.m.
• Friday: 7:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.
• Saturday: Closed
• Sunday: 2 p.m. to 10 p.m.

Come in to see us, and check out our hours calendar any time here.

Notice: GIL Express will be unavailable until 7 a.m. on May 19 due to a planned software upgrade. We apologize for the inconvenience this has caused. To request a book during the maintenance period, Interlibrary Loan service is available.

Graduation was only a week ago, but are you already missing classes? We’re here to help: we’ve listed 6 sources for free online college classes. Learn something new, or try a subject totally different from your undergraduate major. Here’s a list of great resources to get you started:

• MIT OpenCourseWare offers classes in a variety of different disciplines; it may be hard to just choose one!
• Carnegie Mellon’s Open Learning Initiative has a lot of options; there are courses with professors and self-directed ones too.
• Tufts OpenCourseWare‘s list of offerings is eclectic and appealing.
• OpenLearn is a British site that’s got a lot of courses available, ranging from 1 to 100 hours of time commitment and introductory to master’s level of complexity.
• Sofia lists an array of courses from different disciplines and assorted institutions.
• Notre Dame’s OpenCourseWare has a lot of choices and some subjects we’ve never heard of!

Sendak's most famous children's book.

Acclaimed author and illustrator Maurice Sendak passed away on May 8, 2012. He worked as an author, illustrator, and set designer, in addition to adapting his work (and the work of others) for television and stage.

Born in 1928, he decided to be an illustrator at a young age, and he remained faithful to that career his entire life: his last book was published just eight months before his death. His most famous work, Where the Wild Things Are, was published in 1963. Other notable works include In the Night Kitchen, the Little Bear series, and Brundibar. He was a prolific artist and author: he created or collaborated on more than eighty children’s books.

Over the course of his lifetime, Sendak won several awards for his work, including the Caldecott Medal, the National Medal of Arts,  and the National Book Award in the Picture Books category. His work remains popular with critics, adults, and, of course, children.

To see more examples of Sendak’s work, check out the display on the Library’s second floor!