National Library Week Drawing Winners

We're pleased to announce the winners of our National Library Week drawing. Erick Wanjuki, Razaq Adedayo, and Chueye Kong each won a gift certificate for the Century Bookstore. Thanks to everyone for participating in National Library Week activities!

March 2011 New Books list

The March 2011 New Books list is available on the Library's What's New page at
http://www.century.edu/files/library/newbooksmarch.pdf.

National Library Week is April 10-16

Come celebrate National Library Week April 10 - 16 at the Century College Library!

• Come to the library to check out our staff picks
• Enter our drawing to win one of three Century Bookstore gift certificates
• Enjoy an audiobook or some popular reading
• Find the latest releases on DVD
• Like us on Facebook
• Follow our Twitter feed: CenturyCollLib

Fire/EMS/Safety Center Collection Comes to Century

The Century College Library is the new home of the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities’ Fire/EMS/ Safety Center Library collection.

The collection will support Century's EMS, fire, law enforcement and criminal justice programs, and will also be available to users throughout Minnesota via Interlibrary Loan. You can view the collection by going to the Century College library page and searching the catalog for Fire/EMS/Safety. Patrons seeking help in searching this collection may contact the Century Library Reference Desk at 651.747.4004.

For more information, see this April 1, 2011 press release.

National Poetry Month Featuring Billy Collins

April is National Poetry Month. The library display case is featuring the works of Billy Collins, “the most popular poet in America” who will be appearing at Century this month. A variety of poetry books are also showcased including titles by Jim Coppoc, an award-winning writer, teacher, and performer who will read from his work during the Visiting Poets event on campus. National Poetry month was created to celebrate poetry and its vital place in American culture. The National Theme for 2011 is “Bright Objects Hypnotize the Mind”. Increase your awareness and appreciation of poetry this month in the library!