Author Archives: Amanda McLellan

Aug 18 2009
Events

Library Participates in Digitization Planning Meeting

On July 22, 2009, Greenwood Library and Longwood University faculty participated in a meeting to discuss the potential for a collaborative digitization project related to civil rights in education in Prince Edward County. The Greenwood Library convened and organized the meeting, held at the Virginia Foundation for the Humanities in Charlottesville, and the Moton Museum provided lunch.

Representatives from Longwood, the Moton Museum, Farmville Baptist Church, Martha E. Forrester Council of Women, Prince Edward County School Board, and Virginia State University joined staff from Eastern Shore Public Library, Encyclopedia Virginia, Library of Virginia, Virginia Center for Digital History, Southern Virginia Higher Education Center, and Virginia Foundation for the Humanities to identify resources and define shared goals for a collaborative digitization project.  A follow-up meeting for other Prince Edward institutions that have expressed interest in the project will be held in early fall in Farmville.

Prince Edward County Collaborative Digitization Meeting, July 22, 2009

Prince Edward County Collaborative Digitization Meeting, July 22, 2009

Front, from L to R: Larissa Smith Fergeson, Scot French, Virginia Kinman, Russell Dove, Michael Cheuk, Edwilda Allen Isaac, Catherine Stevens, Ben Capozzi; Middle, from L to R: Kathleen Jordan, Jennifer McDaid, Lucious Edwards, David Bearinger, Gwendolyn Brooks, Joy Speakes; Rear, from L to R: Miles Barnes, Bob Hamlin, Lacy Ward

Mar 30 2009
Events

National Library Week @ Special Collections

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Longwood Connects @ Greenwood Library:
A Program in Celebration of National Library Week
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Thursday, April 9 – 3:30 p.m. – Greenwood Library’s Atrium
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What’s so special about Greenwood Library’s Special Collections? You are invited to attend an event that has been designed to answer this question. On Thursday, April 9, at 3:30 p.m., the Greenwood Library will host an event that will feature faculty, staff, and students reading excerpts from books and performing musical compositions that are among the holdings in Special Collections.

openbookYou are encouraged to come out and enjoy readings and performances by President Patricia Cormier, Dr. Craig Challender, Marty Dorrill, Dr. Mary Carroll-Hackett, Dr. Lisa Kinzer, Dr. Lily Run Ren, Dr. Gordon Ring, Dr. John Sturtz, Director of Multicultural Affairs Lonnie Calhoun, and Longwood students Rachel Burchard, Emily Kilgore, and Ashley Lauer. We may have some surprise guests, as well.

Attendees will have an opportunity to win one of three Barnes and Noble gift cards being given away as door prizes. Refreshments will be available following the event.

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Mar 26 2009
Databases

Practice Tests for Teacher Certification and More

LearningExpress Library™ Version 2.0 makes it even easier to prepare for professional and graduate school tests as well as the job search process.  Longwood users may create a personal account to track progress in practice tests for Praxis I and II, GRE, GMAT, LSAT and MCAT. If you already have a LearningExpress account, your current LearningExpress username and password still work with the new version and your tests in process are located in “My Center.”

In addition to career resources on how to conduct a job search, writing resumes and cover letters, and interviewing,  LearningExpress Library™ includes the following:

  • Two Praxis I practice exams of 125 questions each
  • Two Praxis II Early Childhood practice exams of 120 questions each
  • Two Praxis II Elementary practice exams of 120 questions each
  • Two Praxis II Middle School practice exams of 120 questions each
  • Two GRE Analytical Writing practice tests
  • Two GRE Quantitative Ability practice tests
  • Two GRE Verbal Ability practice tests
  • Two GMAT practice tests
  • One LSAT practice tests
  • MCAT practice exams for biological sciences, physical sciences and verbal reasoning

LearningExpress Library™ also includes a searchable collection of digitized study guides and test preparation books.

Mar 12 2009
Databases, Events

Celebrate Women’s History Month

Do you want to learn more about the role of women in history, politics, science, the arts, sports, the world of work, and more?

For quick links to Longwood events related to Women’s History Month 2009 and other interesting facts, check out the Women’s History Month guide created by librarian Mark Lenker and sociology professor Carl Riden.

For more in-depth research, consult the Women’s Studies Research Guide or search the following electronic resources:

Mar 03 2009
Alerts

Library closing at 10 pm on March 3

The Greenwood Library is opening at 10 am on Tuesday, March 3, and will close early at 10 pm.

Feb 24 2009
Databases

SciFinder Scholar Web Version now available!

SciFinder ScholarScience students and faculty at Longwood will be glad to know that Scifinder® Scholar is now available in a web-based version. Scifinder® provides access to a wide range of research from many scientific disciplines, including biomedical sciences, chemistry, engineering, materials science, and more.  It includes Chemical Abstracts from 1907 to the present, CASReact, and the CAS Registry File.

Users must complete a simple registration process to access Scifinder® from any computer. The individual client software used in the past will not work after March 20, 2009.

SciFinder® Scholar is for use by Longwood University students, faculty, and staff only according to the following criteria:

“Educational research done in the usual course in the pursuit of a degree, instructional use in a classroom setting, or research by faculty and students which is funded by the government or non-profit research foundations and intended for publication in the publicly available literature… Not for commercial research”

Feb 10 2009
Databases, Miscellaneous

Celebrate Black History Month

Rev. Francis Griffin, Prince Edward County, 1959

Learn something new this month about African-American history!

Feb 02 2009
Events

Game Night ’09

Come visit us in the library for our semi-annual game night!Games will include the following:
Mario Kart Wii,  Rockband 2,  Guitar Hero: World Tour, NCAA Basketball 09
Apples to Apples, Cranium, Mousetrap, card games, and more!

Refreshments will be served.

February 6th, 2009 ~ 6:30 to 10pm

Hosted by Greenwood Library and Lancer Productions

hrum_music Music provided by WMLU.
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Jan 21 2009
Databases

Black Historical Newspapers Database Trial

Greenwood Library has a 30-day free trial of the online collection of historical black newspapers from ProQuest as a special Black History Month offer.  Search articles, photos, graphics, editorial cartoons, advertisements, and more to view cover-to-cover images from the following papers:

  • Atlanta Daily World: 1931-2003
  • Baltimore Afro-American: 1893-1988
  • The Call and Post: 1934-1991
  • The Chicago Defender: 1910-1975
  • Los Angeles Sentinel: 1934-2005
  • New York Amsterdam News: 1922-1993
  • Norfolk Journal and Guide: 1921-2003
  • Philadelphia Tribune: 1912-2001
  • Pittsburgh Courier: 1911-2002

The trial will end on February 21, 2009.

Access the Black Newspapers Collection

If you have questions or comments about this resource, please contact Virginia Kinman, Electronic Resources Librarian, at x2441.

Jan 15 2009
Events

Presidential Inauguration in the Library

inauguration1Want to watch the Presidential Inauguration on campus? Beginning at 10 a.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 20, the Janet D. Greenwood Library will offer full coverage (audio and video) of the presidential swearing-in and address in rooms 147A and B. We look forward to seeing you in the Library.

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