Changes to library hours

Summer classes are over, and Fall classes don't start until August 25. During the break, the library will be open 8:30-5 Monday through Friday, with a couple of exceptions:

Tuesday, August 12 - Friday, August 22:

Open 8:30-5

(CLOSED Saturday, August 16)

Wednesday, August 20:

Open 1-5
(campus meeting taking place in a.m.)

Saturday, August 23:

Open 10-2 (for registration)

On August 25, we'll begin our Fall Semester hours:

Mondays & Thursdays:
8:30 a.m. - 8 p.m

Tuesdays & Wednesdays:
8:30 a.m. - 7:30 p.m.

Saturdays:
9 a.m. - 1 p.m.

Randy Pausch: The Last Lecture

Many of you have probably heard of Randy Pausch, a computer science professor at Carnegie Mellon University who was diagnosed last August with pancreatic cancer. He died Friday, July 25, 2008 at his home in Virginia Beach.

Pausch achieved fame after delivering his "Last Lecture" to a packed hall at Carnegie Mellon. It is common for professors to be asked to give a last lecture, in which they imagine that they are near death and must impart all essential information to their students in one last delivery. Soon after agreeing to deliver a last lecture, Pausch received his terminal diagnosis.

A video of his lecture swept across the Internet and made Pausch an Internet sensation. His best selling book, The Last Lecture, is available for check-out at the MEC Library.

To view Pausch's speech on YouTube, click here.

Pardon our dust!

Things will be a bit noisy and crowded in the MEC Library this week. Additional shelving is being installed in several locations. We apologize for the disruption but hope you'll agree that the finished product will be worth it! The new shelving will allow us to spread out our books and journals so they're not so crowded.

Library closings

The MEC Library will be CLOSED:

Thursday, July 24 from 11:30 - 1:00

Friday, July 25 from 2:00 - 4:00

Library Orientations for Nursing Students

Completing a library orientation is MANDATORY for incoming nursing students. All sign-ups are done online. Incoming NUR students should have received instructions and additional information about this requirement in the mail.

Nine sessions will be offered in the MEC library, and two sessions will be offered online via Centra (eNova). Before you sign up for an online session, please check to make sure you have all the required equipment (listed on the sign-up page), including a microphone and speakers.

The dates and times of the training are below. Be sure to sign up early, as space is limited!
















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Please call the MEC Library at (703) 822-2099 if you have any questions.

New Arrivals!

Here are the latest bestselling fiction and nonfiction titles available in the MEC Library (click on the titles to see reviews & ratings on Amazon.com):

Fiction:

The Beach House, by Jane Green

Bright Shiny Morning, by James Frey

Child 44, by Tom Rob Smith

The Last Patriot, by Brad Thor

Love the One You're With, by Emily Giffin

My Sister, My Love: The Intimate Story of Sklyer Rampike, by Joyce Carol Oates

One in a Million, by Kimberla Lawson Roby

Oxygen: A Novel, by Carol Cassella

The Plague of Doves, by Louise Erdrich

Rogue, by Danielle Steel

Skeletons at the Feast, by Chris Bohjalian

This Charming Man, by Marian Keyes

Where Are You Now? by Mary Higgins Clark

Nonfiction:

American Son: My Story, by Oscar De La Hoya

Snoop: What Your Stuff Says About You, by Sam Gosling

This Land is Their Land: Reports from a Divided Nation, by Barbara Ehrenreich

The Well-Adjusted Dog: Dr. Dodman's Seven Steps to Lifelong Health and Happiness for Your Best Friend, by Nicholas H. Dodman

When You Are Engulfed in Flames, by Dave Sedaris

A Wolf at the Table: A Memoir of My Father, by Augusten Burroughs

To suggest a title, please leave a comment.

Introducing Maureen Hage

MEC Library is happy to introduce our new Library Specialist, Maureen Hage. She may look familiar to some of you- Maureen graduated with honors from NOVA’s Health Information Technology program in 2003 and has been an adjunct HIT instructor at MEC since 2004. Among the courses she has taught are CPT-4, ICD-9, Advanced Coding and Reimbursement, Medical terminology, Introduction to Pathology, Fundamentals of Health Information Systems, and Legal Aspects.

She joined the MEC library in May and we’re thrilled to have her.

Maureen will cover Interlibrary Loan, technology issues, circulation, and reference, among other things. Stop by and say hello!