Library Hours During Winter Break

Here are the Century College Library hours during Winter Break:

December 18, 7:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.

December 21–23, 7:30 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.

December 24–January 3, closed

January 4–8, 7:30 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.

January 9–10, closed

New Books for November and New Pamphlets

The November 2009 New Books List is available on the Library's What's New web page, http://www.century.mnscu.edu/library/whatsnew.aspx. The list of new pamphlets added in Fall 2009 is also available there.

Thank you Mr. Dewey!

It's the birthday of Melvil Dewey, born in Adams Center, New York (1851). He went to Amherst, and to support himself there he worked in the college library, and he decided that it needed to be reorganized. At the time, there was no consistent method that libraries used to organize books. Some numbered shelves, some arranged books by size just to look nice, and some libraries tried to alphabetize the whole library, which meant that every time they got a new book they had to redo the entire system. Dewey saw a better way to do this, but for awhile, he couldn't decide whether to be a missionary or to put his time into reorganizing the library system. But he chose the latter, and he started to figure out a system of categories and subcategories, based on older ideas. As he researched, he wrote in his diary, "My heart is open to anything that's either decimal or about libraries." And he came up with the Dewey Decimal System, which is still used today in many libraries, a series of classifications divided and subdivided into subjects and assigned a decimal number to each book.

Cooking for the Holidays?

Cooking for the holidays? Need ideas for your holiday dinner? The library display case is full of great cookbooks with recipes from around the world. American, Mediterranean, Cuban, Hmong and many more cultures are represented. Plan your special dinner with delicious recipes from the library!
Happy Holidays!