Orr Essay Winners 2013
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Jazz Education Blog

Thursday- Come learn about Jazz!

This Thursday night, from 7pm to 9pm, you have a unqiue way to learn about some of the most influential figures in jazz history. Presented by students in Dr. Tyler Flynn’s Jazz in American History, come hear them discuss biographies of some American jazz greats including: Artie Shaw, Stan Getz, Weather Reports, Miles Davis, and … Read more

Orr Essay Winners 2013

Announcing this year’s 2013 Orr Essay Contest winners!

On Friday April 19th, Friends of the Library had their annual dinner and recognized this year’s Orr Essay contest winners. We had some amazing live jazz music performed by Eastern’s very own David Bryant and Teresa Moyer with additional accompaniment by Teresa’s husband, Stephen. It was a wonderful, fun evening! Here is this year’s essay … Read more

Warner Goes to the Dogs!

Warner Library goes to the dogs! April 29th-30th

Flowers, sunshine, warm weather and……finals? It must be spring! Are you already feeling burned out? Here in Warner Library we have just the stress-relieving remedy for you- dogs! Mark your calendars now for the first ever Warner Library Goes to the Dogs event! APRIL 29th: 10am-1pm APRIL 30th: 12pm-3pm Stop by to throw a Frisbee … Read more

Coffeehouse Blog

Jazz in the Stacks- Coffeehouse THIS Saturday Night!

*WHEN: Saturday, April 13; 8:30pm – WHERE: Jammin Java – WHAT: Live jazz music, poetry reading, fun, food, caffeinated beverages!* Continuing with our month-long celebration of jazz and the donation of 500+ jazz CDs to the library’s collection (more to come on this!), Friends of the Library and Warner Library are holding a free coffeehouse … Read more

The Cotton Club

FREE Movie Night in the Library!

Ever wonder what it’s like to be in the library after we’ve closed? Come to our FREE Movie Night (sponsored by Friends of the Library) on Friday, April 5th to find out! Kicking off our April “Jazz in the Stacks” events, we’ll be showing the 1984 Oscar nominated jazz movie, The Cotton Club. Starring Richard … Read more

Jazz in the Stacks

Get ready for Jazz in the Stacks!

Sponsored by Friends of the Library, Warner Library is excited to host a number of jazz-related events throughout April, called Jazz in the Stacks.  All events are open to Eastern faculty, staff and students. Friday, April 5th, 10:30 p.m. to Midnight – Movie Night in Warner Library’s upper atrium showing the jazz film, Cotton Club.  … Read more

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All that Jazz! Enter Friends of the Library’s Orr Essay Contest and WIN MONEY!

It’s time for the Jonathan Orr Essay contest presented by Eastern University’s Friends of the Library! This annual contest recognizes Eastern U. undergraduate student essays that demonstrate excellence in communicating how books have influenced the opinion of the student concerning significant questions of the day. Our essay question for this year is- “Jazz is a … Read more

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The Great Wide World of Digital Collections

An important mission of many libraries (academic, public, and special) is to digitize their special collections, making them available to users around the world. Before the advent of the Internet, if you wanted to view a library’s special collection, you would have to make a physical trip. Now, many institutions have opened up their collection … Read more

ERIC

Why can’t I access full-text articles from ERIC?

Well…… that is because ERIC, sponsored by the Institute of Education Sciences (IES) of the U.S. Department of Education, discovered “personally identifiable information” in some of the articles. As a result, they pulled down all the full-text items in order to evaluate each document and remove any “personally identifiable information” if present. Here is the … Read more

JSTOR

We’ve upgraded our JSTOR content!

This semester, we’ve upgraded our JSTOR content.  We now provide access to even more JSTOR articles within the subjects of arts and sciences.  The new additions, entitled Arts & Sciences III, IV, and VII Collections, now rounds out our subscription to seven different JSTOR collections as well as a number of individual journal subscriptions that … Read more

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