Luria Library

The Friends of Luria Library announce the Spring 2008 Book Scholarship Awards. All students are eligible for the $400 or $200 book scholarship award - several in each category will be awarded. The deadline to complete the application is November 30, 2007.

Complete the application online.

The Friends of the Luria Library is a supporting organization comprised of community members interested in supporting the SBCC Luria Library. Through membership in the Friends, private gifts help build endowment and provide for special and reference collections, periodicals, and other services to our community not funded in the state budget. Contributions from individuals provide an extra measure of qualitative excellence which can be seen in every area of Library operation. If you are interested in joining the Friends of Luria Library, please complete our contact form.

Here are the titles we added during the month of October. The titles are arranged in call number order for non-fiction, followed by ESL, Fiction, Reference, and Short Story.

Non-Fiction Titles

155.7
Ridley, Matt. The agile gene : how nature turns on nurture. 1st Perennial
ed. New York : Perennial, 2004.

158.2 V483i 2007
Verderber, Kathleen S. Inter-act : interpersonal communication concepts,
skills, and contexts. 11th ed. New York : Oxford University Press, 2007.

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Most people may not know that our professional library association established a Library Bill of Rights in 1948. It has been updated four times since that date and it is one of the policies that the Luria Library adopted. It reads:

The American Library Association affirms that all libraries are forums for information and ideas, and that the following basic policies should guide their services.

I. Books and other library resources should be provided for the interest, information, and enlightenment of all people of the community the library serves. Materials should not be excluded because of the origin, background, or views of those contributing to their creation.

II. Libraries should provide materials and information presenting all points of view on current and historical issues. Materials should not be proscribed or removed because of partisan or doctrinal disapproval.

III. Libraries should challenge censorship in the fulfillment of their responsibility to provide information and enlightenment.

It seems the library is experiencing a major growth spurt. In the past two years, we have had an 88% increase in library traffic. Thank you. On a normal day two years ago, we may have had 1,500 patrons in a single day. During this week, we have surpassed 4,000 patrons on Tuesday and Wednesday and came pretty close on Monday. Again, thank you. I trust the library can continue to meet your needs and we welcome your suggestions. Use the comment link below and tell us why you use the library.