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Stump Library at Saint Xavier University The Library will remain open until 1 a.m. for finals, Sunday-Thursday, December 6-10.
Stump Library at Saint Xavier University On November 19, 1493, Puerto Rico was discovered. Here's a list of the Library's books on Puerto Rico. http://tinyurl.com/ya9evud
Stump Library at Saint Xavier University The director Martin Scorsese turns 67 today. Search WorldCat Local for his films (the ones owned by SXU display first). http://tinyurl.com/yfcotgb
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Stump Library at Saint Xavier University In Good-Bye to All That, the poet Robert Graves writes of his experiences in World War I. One critic called it a "comedy of evil." Another called it one of the best books to come out of the war. Here's a link to the citation in the Library's catalog .http://sxu.worldcat.org/oclc/426183
Stump Library at Saint Xavier University Happy 40th anniversary to Sesame Street. Read an article from the Historical Chicago Tribune on the show's debut scheduled for November 10, 1969.
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Stump Library at Saint Xavier University On October 28, 1914, Dr. Jonas Salk was born. In this 1955 article from the Historic New York Times, he is called a genius for developing a vaccine against polio. http://tinyurl.com/ygrwcsg
Stump Library at Saint Xavier University We received questions recently about what is the Criterion Collection. It is a series of important films with supplemental features. Criterion works with filmmakers and scholars to present each film as its maker would want it seen and published in an edition that will deepen the viewer’s understanding. The Library acquires all films released by the Criterion Collection.
Stump Library at Saint Xavier University Cochrane Collection Plus is a collection of databases. It contains the Central Register of Controlled Trials, Abstracts of Reviews of Effects, Systematic Reviews, NHS Economic Evaluation, Health Technology Assessments, and the Methodology Register.
Stump Library at Saint Xavier University Farewell to Nancy Spero, a feminist artist, who died Sunday, Oct. 18, at 83. Her work drew attention to international violence against women. According to an article in Monday's New York Times, she came to depict women less as victims and more as heroic figures "dancing sensuously." Read about her in the following books: http://tinyurl.com/yf4ks3h
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Stump Library at Saint Xavier University "Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend. Inside of a dog, it's too dark to read" (Groucho Marx). Read a biography of Groucho, whose real name was Julius Henry Marx. http://sxu.worldcat.org/oclc/42717684
Stump Library at Saint Xavier University According to the ancient Mayan calendar, the world is supposed to end on December 21, 2012. (Rio de Janeiro only thinks it'll be hosting the Olympics.) Anyway, there's still plenty of time for entertainment. The link below lists some doomsday films in the Library's collection. Enjoy.
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Stump Library at Saint Xavier University Someone asked about the origin of the phrase "playing in Peoria," the theme of this year's Illinois Library Association Conference. In a letter to the editor of the New York Times, one Peoria native said that the phrase originated in Vaudeville. Peoria had the reputation as being the hardest town in which to get a laugh, so any act that played in Peoria was sure to play, or succeed, anywhere else.
Stump Library at Saint Xavier University The South Side of Chicago is the birthplace of Ina Ray Hutton, who in the 1930s led a famous all-femaie orchestra called the Melodears. Here's a link to a book about all-female orchestras a decade later http://sxu.worldcat.org/oclc/42397506. And below is a video of the Melodears themselves.
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Ina Ray Hutton and her all-girl orchestra the Melodears
Stump Library at Saint Xavier University Congratulations to Rio, the first South American city to host the Olympics. Here's a list of recent books about Brazil http://tinyurl.com/yck2fug
