Here are previous Library news and events from 2007:

10/10/07 - Award-Winning Author To Read at FSU on Oct. 16

Tue Oct 16, 7 PM: The Ort Library will host a fiction reading by Dave King, author of the award-winning novel The Ha-Ha. The event will be held on the library’s fourth floor, and a reception and book signing will follow. 

The Ha-Ha tells the story of Howard Kopatash, an Army veteran who has lost the ability to speak or write, but whose thoughts are unimpaired

10/4/07 - Library Hosts Civil War Display

A new Civil War display in the Ort Library commemorates the 145th anniversary of the Battle of Antietam, the largest Civil War battle fought in Maryland. 

On September 17, 1862, Union and Confederate armies clashed on the outskirts of Sharpsburg, just 85 miles east of Frostburg.  The battle resulted in nearly 23,000 casualties, becoming the bloodiest single day of the war.  The Union victory ultimately resulted in President Lincoln's issuing of the Emancipation Proclamation.

Stop in the Library's main lobby and take a look at the display!

9/10/07 - Constitution Day Celebration: Sept. 17 - 21

September 17, 2007 is the third national celebration of Constitution Day. It provides an opportunity to educate citizens about the U.S. Constitution.

The Lewis J. Ort Library will feature a looping DVD presentation entitled We the People: The U.S. Constitution & You.  Caroline Kennedy, daughter of the late President John F. Kennedy, outlines this historical document and explains its significance. Introduced by President Gibralter, who was the President of the State University of New York at Farmingdale when the program was filmed, this DVD includes interviews with students and historical video clips.

Barry Faulkner’s print The Constitution of the U.S. and the nation’s original 13-star flag will complement library displays on the Constitution. Special Collections Librarian MaryJo Price will assemble a display focusing on the Magna Carta, written in 1215 in England. The founding fathers knew that the Magna Carta was one of the earliest charters to focus on rights of the people.

Both displays can be viewed on Floor 3 of the Library from September 17 through September 21, 2007. 

5/14/07 - ORIE Prize Winner Antonio Manusco!

The newly revised Freshman ORIE instruction in the library allows students to work in teams to find materials in the library, as well as answering questions about library resources.

As part of the learning experience, library instructors have instituted a drawing for a prize to be held at the end of each semester. ORIE students who answer questions correctly are eligible to enter their names for a chance to win.

The prize this semester was a 1 GB Flash Drive. The winner is Antonio Manusco!

4/23/07 - National Library Week Jellybean Contest Winner!

Emmanuel Simon is the winner of the National Library Week Jelly Bean Contest at the Library Circulation Desk. Out of 174 entries, Emmanuel's guess of 1,390 was closest to the actual count of 1,418 jelly beans in the jar.

4/10/07 - Poet and Activist Susan Tichy Reads During                     National Library Week

Friday, April 20, 7 PM, Ort Library Fourth Floor: we host poet Susan Tichy, as part of our National Library Week celebration.  The reading is co-sponsored by the University Programming Council.

Tichy’s new book Bone Pagoda is part of a larger body of work that explores war-torn geographies and war’s aftermath on a culture.     She has won a Pushcart Prize and the Eugene Kayden Award.  She has taught in George Mason University’s Graduate Writing Program since 1988. When not teaching, Tichy lives in a “ghost town” in the southern Colorado Rockies, where she works to preserve open space and wildlife habitat.

The event is free and open to the public: hors d'oeuvres will be present.  For more information, call Jeff Maehre at 301-687-4734 or e-mail jamaehre@frostburg.edu.

2/16/07 - Black History Month Display, Floor 5

Two display cases on Library Floor 5 highlight the varied and vast contributions of African-American authors.  Featured titles include:

• Toni Morrison’s Sula and Beloved
• Zora Neale Hurston’s Spunk: selected short stories
• Edward P. Jones’ Lost in the City
• Poems of Phyllis Wheatley 

The library owns these titles and many other African-American writers. Library users can search for materials by going to catalog USMAI and typing “African American authors” with the “subject words” option selected. Other subject headings include “African Americans--fiction,” “African Americans” and “Harlem Renaissance.”

2/15/07 - Hip-Hop and the Academy Display, Floor 3

This display on the Lane Center side of the Library's main floor highlights scholarly works on hip-hop music and its issues involving race, gender, class, and technology.  By giving samples of articles in both peer-reviewed journals and “popular” magazines, the display aims to inform students about the range of written work on issues that keenly interest them. Since students can find these articles via Research Port databases, the display may inspire some personal research projects.  The display also features some books and DVD’s on the subject.

2/5/07 - Author and FSU Alumnus Reads from his Works on                  Monday, March 12, 7 PM in Lane Center 201

FSU alumnus Brian Gilmore will read poetry and prose at the second event of the Lewis J. Ort Library Author Series, 2007 at 7 PM on Monday, March 12 in Lane Center 201.

Gilmore is the author of two books of poetry, Elvis Presley is Alive and Well and Living in Harlem, and Jungle Nights and Soda Fountain Rags.  These books attack racism, segregation, colonialism, and the mass media's contribution to skewed perceptions of African-Americans and their issues.

Gilmore currently lives in Washington, DC, where he practices law.  He regularly contributes essays on politics, culture, books, and music to The Progressive and The Nation, and has appeared on the NPR program "This American Life." For more information, contact Jeff Maehre at 301-687-4734 or jamaehre@frostburg.edu.

1/19/07 - Dr. Dwayne Williams Presents a Lecture on Feb. 22

On Thursday, Feb. 22 at 7 PM in the Compton Science Center Room 226, Dr. Dwayne Williams will present a lecture entitled "Nothing But a Man: African-American Men and the Quest for Autonomy and Freedom." The event is co-sponsored by FSU's African American Studies Program and the Lewis J. Ort Library.

Dr. Williams is the instructor of MCOM 490: Hip-Hop and Mass Media.  He has written extensively about race issues in maritime trade, and has taught courses on Race and Sports, Women, Gender, and Africa, The Modern Civil Rights Movement, Post-Apartheid South Africa, and Democracy and Identity in America.  He lives in Washington, D.C.

The event is free and open to the public.