Extended Weekend Hours

 

Happy Extended Weekend! The Library will be CLOSED Saturday & Sunday and will be open 8:00 a.m. - 4:50 p.m. on Monday & Tuesday. 

Friday Reads: Don't Know Tough

F is for Fall and Football (and Friday Reads). This week, Library Director Adam Pellman discusses Don't Know Tough by Eli Cranor. 

While I no longer watch much football, it's that time of year, which made it an ideal time to read Don't Know Tough, a novel which is set against the backdrop of high school football in small-town Arkansas. The Denton Pirates have made the playoffs for the first time in many years, thanks mostly to the efforts of star running back Billy Lowe, whose explosive talents on the field are matched by his explosions of anger and violence off the field. Billy's troubled home life, where he suffers at the hands of his mom's abusive boyfriend, becomes the focus of the team's born-again Christian head coach, Trent Powers, who is intent on saving not just his team's winning season, but also Billy's soul. When the abusive boyfriend is found murdered, Billy becomes the prime suspect. This is a distinctly Southern noir, with a real feel for the insularity that can sometimes be found in small towns, but what ultimately makes the novel stand out is its examination of the ways that the bonds of family run deeper than anything else. I went into this novel expecting Friday Night Lights by way of Winter's Bone, but I think it's really the other way around.

Library Newsletter Fall 2024

 Our Fall newsletter is available now!

In this issue:

• Adam Pellman Appointed Library Director
• Librarian Search Update
• New EBSCOhost User Interface
• "Do People Still Study in the Library?"
• Niche Academy Tutorials Taking Off
• Study: Ability to Work Remotely has Positive Impact on Student Motivation

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Closed Wednesday for Juneteenth

 

The Library and the rest of the University are CLOSED tomorrow, June 19th, in honor of Juneteenth.

New look & feel for EBSCOhost

Users of EBSCOhost will notice a new look and feel to the databases this summer. We just migrated to the updated user interface, so take a few minutes to get acquainted with the new locations of your favorite features and tools. This brief video from EBSCO covers most of it:

Of note:

• The video is generic and not specific to Seton Hill; it mentions ebooks, but here at SHU, you'll still need to go to Ebook Central to find those.
• Items saved in folders should still be saved in the new "Projects" area, but sub-folders have disappeared. Articles that were saved before the interface migration are now in one big list and will need to be reorganized into separate "Projects."

Please let us know if you have any questions. We are still exploring and making some customizations, ourselves, so we value your feedback.

Summer Library Newsletter

 The Reeves Memorial Library Summer 2024 newsletter is live!

In this issue:

• Research Award Winners & Library Aide Honors Recipients Recognized 
• Librarian Search Update
• National Library Week Celebrations
• Library Staff Journeys with Elizabeth
• Archives Announcements

Finals Week Hours

It's finals week!

The Library (the staff office and the rooms with the books) will be open the following hours this week; the Learning Commons space is separate from the Library and its hours are not expected to change.

Tuesday, May 7: 8:00 a.m. - 9:50 p.m.

Wednesday & Thursday, May 8 & 9: 8:00 a.m. - 7:50 p.m.

Friday, May 10: 8:00 a.m. - 4:50 p.m.

CLOSED on Saturday & Sunday, May 11 & 12

Good luck to everyone on their exams and final projects, and a huge CONGRATULATIONS to the graduating students!