New ONLINE catalog!

Please welcome the LC Library to the 21st century! Today we started using our new online catalog, called Destiny! Click here to check it out.

Basically what this means is:

1. you can now search for library books from anywhere that you have internet access!
2. we can add websites and ebooks to our catalog
   
3. you can create your own login and then you can:

• see what items you have checked out and when they are due
  
• see any fines you owe
• create reading lists
• put books on hold
  
• check out e-books [coming soon]

Also, you can try Destiny Quest. It's the cool way to use the library. No, really. Go try it out!

Bubblicious

This has nothing to do with school or the library....well, it could relate to art class, if you are amazingly talented and great at art, which I am not. Which is probably why I love this video so much, because I know I could never make anything this good, and I totally appreciate the effort put into this. Plus, it's just really cool.


Bubblicious from Rex The Dog on Vimeo.

Need a photo for a project?

Check out the LIFE photo archive. There are photos from the 1750s to today! This link is now available on the LC Library website under 'Research links.'

Here is a pic I found using the LIFE archive. This is one of my favorite people from the past...

Hey Twilight fans!

Mark your calendars: the Twilight DVD comes out on March 21!
I'm thinking we should have a party in the library and watch it...eat some popcorn...maybe even raffle off the movie...

What do you think?

[image from amazon.com, copyright Summit Entertainment]

2009 Printz Award Winner!

The Michael L. Printz Award honors the best book written for young adults each year. Congrats to Melina Marchetta, author of Jellicoe Road, winner of the 2009 Printz award! Click below to browse through this book, or stop in the library to check it out!

Animoto

Check out ANIMOTO, a site where you can make a video using your own photos. You can either upload the photos from your computer, or you can use photos from flickr, picasa, smugmug, and other image hosting sites. After you choose your photos, you can add music.

I promise to make a video soon and upload it so you can see what I'm talking about! :)

Here's an image I grabbed from their site that explains the process quickly:

Shmoop

Need some help to get started writing a research paper? Want to make history more fun? Check out SHMOOP. From their site:

Shmoop wants to help you become a better lover (of literature and history). See many sides to the argument. Find your writing groove. Understand how lit and history are relevant today. We want to show your brain a good time.

Our mission: To make learning and writing more fun and relevant for students in the digital age.

[In case you missed it, click here!]