Busy Bees Visit the Library

We had some special trick-or-treaters this morning - the children from the Busy Bees daycare! What fun!

Special Library Hours October 20 - 23

There are no classes on October 21-23, so library hours will be:

October 20, 7:30 am – 2 pm

October 21, 7:30 am – 4 pm

October 22, 7:30 am – 4 pm

October 23, CLOSED

Banned Book Winners

The winners of our drawing for a banned book were Kimberly Berry, Matthew Prom, and Joel Reed. Winners were able to choose between Beloved by Toni Morrison, To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, or Twilight by Stephenie Meyer. Congrats!

Temple Grandin Resources

Temple Grandin, an autistic woman who became a remarkable success story, will speak at Century on October 20 at 7 pm. The HBO film, Temple Grandin, will be shown on October 19 at 2:30 pm in W1006 and at 4:30 pm in the Bruening Room on the East campus.

In addition to a DVD of the HBO film, the library has a number of books in our collection about Temple Grandin as well:

Grandin, Temple. : Animals make us human : creating the best life for animals / Temple Grandin and Catherine Johnson. Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2009.
Century Library General Collection QL785.27 .G73 2009

Grandin, Temple. : Developing talents : careers for individuals with Asperger syndrome and high-functioning autism / Temple Grandin and Kate Duffy ; foreword by Tony Attwood. Shawnee Mission, KS : Autism Asperger Pub. Co., 2008.
Century Library General Collection RC553.A88 G736 2008

Grandin, Temple. : The way I see it : a personal look at autism and Asperger's / Temple Grandin. Arlington, Tex. : Future Horizons Inc c2008.
Century Library General Collection RC553.A88 G743 2008

Fast food / Tracy Brown Collins, book editor. Detroit : Greenhaven Press, c2005.
Century Library General Collection HD9005 .F37 2005 (Has a chapter by Temple Grandin)

Grandin, Temple. : Emergence : labeled autistic, a true story / Temple Grandin and Margaret M. Scariano. New York : Warner Books, 2005.
Century Library General Collection RC553.A88 G73 2005

Cutler, Eustacia. : A thorn in my pocket : Temple Grandin's mother tells the family story / Eustacia Cutler. Arlington, Tex. : Future Horizons, c2004.
Century Library General Collection RJ506.A9 C88 2004

Grandin, Temple. : Thinking in pictures : and other reports from my life with autism / Temple Grandin. New York : Doubleday, c1995.
Century Library General Collection RC553.A88 G73 1995

Stop by the library and read about Temple Grandin today!

Renewable and Alternative Energy!

What is renewable energy? How does renewable energy work? What are different types of alternative energy sources? The library display case for October is featuring library resources that will answer your questions on this important and timely topic. We have great books on solar, wind, geothermal and other energies and why these power sources are crucial to the planet into the 21st century and beyond.

New Titles Added to Films on Demand

You can view a list of new titles added recently to Films on Demand, our streamed video resource. To get to Films on Demand, go to our Databases A-Z list and choose Films on Demand.