Baron-Forness Library: news & events

Book Fair at Library Wednesday, February 29 and Thrusday, March 1.

2012-02-10T15:35:00.004-05:00

The Baron-Forness Friends of the Library are sponsoring a Books Are Fun Book Fair on Wednesday, February 29 (Leap Day) and Thrusday, March 1. Come to the library and browse and buy great books for yourself, your family, your friends and your children. Along with the books are some great games and gifts. The Fair will be from 9 to 3 on both days. Cash, Check, Visa, MC, Amex, and Disc are all accepted.

Search the library catalog on your smartphone

2012-01-26T14:22:00.002-05:00

The Baron-forness library is pleased to announce our recent acquisition of a mobile library catalog application. With this app, library users can search the holdings of the library from their smart phones. Users can also use the application to place holds on materials that are currently checked out and to renew books. To access the application, point your smartphone's web browser to:

http://libanywhere.com/m/523

OR, scan the QR code included in this post.

BLACK HISTORY MONTH -- Februrary.

2012-01-25T15:18:00.001-05:00

Black (African-American) History Month

February 2012

To commemorate and celebrate the contributions to our nation made by people of African descent, American historian Carter G. Woodson established Black History Week. The first celebration occurred on Feb. 12, 1926. For many years, the second week of February was set aside for this celebration to coincide with the birthdays of abolitionist/editor Frederick Douglass and Abraham Lincoln. In 1976, as part of the nation’s bicentennial, the week was expanded into Black History Month. Each year, U.S. presidents proclaim February as National African-American History Month.

Note: The reference to the black population in this publication is to single-race blacks (“black alone”) except in the first section on “Population.” There the reference is to black alone or in combination with other races; in other words, a reference to respondents who said they were one race (black) or more than one race (black plus other races).

Population

42 million

The number of people who identified as black, either alone or in combination with one or more other races, in the 2010 Census. They made up 13.6 percent of the total U.S. population. The black population grew by 15.4 percent from 2000 to 2010.
Source: The Black Population: 2010 www.census.gov/prod/cen2010/briefs/c2010br-06.pdf

65.7 million
The projected black population of the United States (including those of more than one race) for July 1, 2050. On that date, according to the projection, blacks would constitute 15 percent of the nation’s total population.
Source: Population projections http://www.census.gov/newsroom/releases/archives/population/cb08-123.html

3.3 million
The black population in New York, which led all states in 2010. The other nine states in the top 10 were Florida, Texas, Georgia, California, North Carolina, Illinois, Maryland, Virginia and Ohio.
Source: The Black Population: 2010%20www.census.gov/prod/cen2010/briefs/c2010br-06.pdf

38%
Percent of Mississippi’s total population that was black in 2010. Mississippi led the nation in this category followed by Louisiana (33 percent), Georgia (32 percent), Maryland (31 percent), South Carolina (29 percent) and Alabama (27 percent).
Source: The Black Population: 2010 www.census.gov/prod/cen2010/briefs/c2010br-06.pdf

52%
Percent of the total population in the District of Columbia that was black in 2010.
Source: The Black Population: 2010 www.census.gov/prod/cen2010/briefs/c2010br-06.pdf

2.2 million
People who identified as black in New York City, which led all places with populations of 100,000 or more. It was followed by Chicago; Philadelphia; Detroit; Houston; Memphis, Tenn.; Baltimore; Los Angeles; Washington; and Dallas.
Source: The Black Population: 2010 www.census.gov/prod/cen2010/briefs/c2010br-06.pdf

84.3%
Percent of the total population in Detroit, who identified as black, which is the highest percentage nationally among places with populations of 100,000 or more. It was followed by Jackson, Miss. (80.1 percent), Miami Gardens, Fla. (77.9 percent), Birmingham, Ala. (74.0 percent), Baltimore, (65.1 percent), Memphis, Tenn. (64.1 percent), New Orleans (61.2 percent), Flint, Mich. (59.5), Montgomery Ala. (57.4 percent) and Savannah, Ga. (56.7 percent).
Source: The Black Population: 2010

Serving Our Nation

2.4 million

Number of black military veterans in the United States in 2010.

Source: 2010 American Community Survey http://factfinder2.census.gov/

Education

82%

Aong blacks 25 and older, the percentage with a high school diploma or higher in 2010.
Source: 2010 American Community Survey

18%
Percentage of blacks 25 and older who had a bachelor’s degree or higher in 2010.
Source: 201 0 American Community Survey

1.5 million

Among blacks 25 and older, the number who had an advanced degree in 2010.
Source: 2010 American Community Survey

2.9 million
Number of blacks enrolled in college in 2010, a 1.7 million increase since 1990.
Source: 2010 Current Population Survey

Voting

11.1 million
The number of blacks who voted in the 2010 congressional election, an increase from 11 percent of the total electorate in 2006 to 12 percent in 2010.
Source: Voting and Registration in the Election of 2010

55%
Turnout rate in the 2008 presidential election for the 18- to 24-year-old citizen black population, an 8 percentage point increase from 2004. Blacks had the highest turnout rate in this age group.
Source: Voting and Registration in the Election of 2008

65%
Turnout rate among black citizens regardless of age in the 2008 presidential election, up about 5 percentage points from 2004. Looking at voter turnout by race and Hispanic origin, non-Hispanic whites and blacks had the highest turnout levels.
Source: Voting and Registration in the Election of 2008

Families and Children

62.5%
Among households with a black householder, the percentage that contained a family. There were 9.4 million black family households.
Source: 2011 Current Population Survey, Families and Living Arrangements, Table F1 and Table HH-2

44.4%
Among families with black householders, the percentage that were married couples.
Source: 2011 Families and Living Arrangements, Table F1

1.3 million
Number of black grandparents who lived with their own grandchildren younger than 18. Of this number, 47.6 percent were also responsible for their care.
Source: 2010 American Community Survey

Homeownership

44.2%
Nationally, the percentage of households with a householder who was black who lived in owner-occupied homes.
Source: 2010 American Community Survey

Jobs

28.4%
The percentage of blacks 16 and older who worked in management, business, science and arts occupations.
Source: 2010 American Community Survey

Businesses

$135.7 billion
Receipts for black-owned businesses in 2007, up 53.1 percent from 2002. The number of black-owned businesses totaled 1.9 million in 2007, up 60.5 percent.
Source: 2007 Survey of Business Owners

37.7%

Percentage of black-owned businesses in 2007 in health care and social assistance, repair and maintenance and personal and laundry services.

Source: 2007 Survey of Business Owners

10.6%

Percentage of businesses in New York in 2007 that were black-owned, which led all states or state-equivalents. Georgia and Florida followed, at 9.6 percent and 9.4 percent, respectively.

Source: 2007 Survey of Business Owners http://factfinder2.census.gov/

Edinboro University Book Discussion Group choose Solar by Ian McEwan for Feb. 21st

2012-01-23T13:53:00.000-05:00

The Edinboro Book Discussion Group met on January 17 to discuss the book, Ransom, by David Malouf.

The group will next meet on February 21, 2012, and will discuss the book , Solar, by Ian McEwan. The meeting will be held in Baron-Forness Library in room 715 and will begin at 6:45 pm. All are invited to attend.

Michael Beard is a Nobel prize–winning physicist whose best work is behind him. Trading on his reputation, he speaks for enormous fees, lends his name to the letterheads of renowned scientific institutions, and half-heartedly heads a government-backed initiative tackling global warming. While he coasts along in his professional life, Michael’s personal life is another matter entirely. His fifth marriage is crumbling under the weight of his infidelities. But this time the tables are turned: His wife is having an affair, and Michael realizes he is still in love with her. When Michael’s personal and professional lives begin to intersect in unexpected ways, an opportunity presents itself in the guise of an invitation to travel to New Mexico. Here is a chance for him to extricate himself from his marital problems, reinvigorate his career, and very possibly save the world from environmental disaster. Can a man who has made a mess of his life clean up the messes of humanity? A complex novel that brilliantly traces the arc of one man’s ambitions and self-deceptions, Solar is a startling, witty, and stylish new work from one of the world’s great writers.

The group has decided to read the book, Disgrace, by J.M. Coetzee for our March 20 meeting.

Valentine’s Day 2012: Feb. 14--A look from the Cenus Bureau

2012-01-07T16:26:00.001-05:00

Valentine’s Day 2012: Feb. 14

Expressing one’s love to another is a celebrated custom on Valentine’s Day; whereby sweethearts and family members present gifts to one another, such as cards, candy, flowers and other symbols of affection. Opinions differ as to who was the original Valentine, but the most popular theory is that he was a clergyman who was executed for secretly marrying couples in ancient Rome. In A.D. 496, Pope Gelasius I declared Feb. 14 as Valentine Day. Esther Howland, a native of Massachusetts, is given credit for selling the first mass-produced valentine cards in the 1840s. The spirit continues today with even young children exchanging valentine’s cards with their fellow classmates.

Candy

1,177
Number of U.S. manufacturing establishments that produced chocolate and cocoa products in 2009, employing 34,252 people. California led the nation in the number of chocolate and cocoa manufacturing establishments, with 135, followed by Pennsylvania, with 111.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, County Business Patterns: 2009, NAICS code (31132) and (31133), <http://www.census.gov/econ/cbp/>

409
Number of U.S. establishments that manufactured nonchocolate confectionary products in 2009. These establishments employed 16,974 people. California led the nation in this category, with 45 establishments.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, County Business Patterns: 2009, NAICS code (31134)
<http://www.census.gov/econ/cbp/>

$12.6 billion
Total value of shipments in 2009 for firms producing chocolate and cocoa products. Nonchocolate confectionery product manufacturing, meanwhile, was a $7.4 billion industry. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2009 Annual Survey of Manufactures
<http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/IBQTable?_bm=y&-_skip=0&-ds_name=AM0931VS101&-_lang=en>

3,386
Number of confectionery and nut stores in the United States in 2009.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, NAICS code (445292),
<http://censtats.census.gov/cgi-bin/cbpnaic/cbpdetl.pl>

24.7 pounds
Per capita consumption of candy by Americans in 2010.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Current Industrial Reports, Confectionery: 2010 <http://www.census.gov/manufacturing/cir/historical_data/ma311d/index.html>

Flowers

$375 million
The combined wholesale value of domestically produced cut flowers in 2010 for all flower-producing operations with $100,000 or more in sales. Among states, California was the leading producer, alone accounting for more than three-quarters of this amount ($286 million).
Source: USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service <http://usda.mannlib.cornell.edu/MannUsda/viewDocumentInfo.do?documentID=1072>, <http://usda01.library.cornell.edu/usda/current/FlorCrop/FlorCrop-04-21-2011_new_format.pdf>

$17 million
The combined wholesale value of domestically produced cut roses in 2010 for all operations with $100,000 or more in sales.
Source: USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service <http://usda.mannlib.cornell.edu/MannUsda/viewDocumentInfo.do?documentID=1072>, <http://usda01.library.cornell.edu/usda/current/FlorCrop/FlorCrop-04-21-2011_new_format.pdf>

17,124
The number of florists nationwide in 2009. These businesses employed 75,855 people.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, NAICS code (453110)
<http://censtats.census.gov/cgi-bin/cbpnaic/cbpdetl.pl>

Jewelry

24,973
Number of jewelry stores in the United States in 2009. Jewelry stores offer engagement, wedding and other rings to couples of all ages. In February 2011, these stores sold $2.27 billion in merchandise.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, NAICS code (448310), <http://censtats.census.gov/cgi-bin/cbpnaic/cbpdetl.pl> and Monthly Retail Trade and Food Services <http://www.census.gov/retail>

The merchandise at these locations could well have been produced at one of the nation’s 1,547 jewelry manufacturing establishments.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, NAICS code (339911), <http://censtats.census.gov/cgi-bin/cbpnaic/cbpdetl.pl>

“Please Be Mine”

2.1 million
The number of marriages that took place in the United States in 2009. That breaks down to nearly 5,800 a day.
Source: National Center for Health Statistics, <http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/products/nvsr.htm>,

<http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr58/nvsr58_25.htm#tableA>

108,150
The number of marriages performed in Nevada during 2009. So many couples tie the knot in the Silver State that it ranked fifth nationally in marriages, even though its total population that year among states was 35th. (California ranked first in marriages.)
Source: National Center for Health Statistics, <http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/products/nvsr.htm>,
<http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr58/nvsr58_25.htm#tableA> and population estimates, <http://www.census.gov/popest/>

28.7 and 26.5 years
Median age at first marriage in 2011 for men and women, respectively.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Families and Living Arrangements: 2011, <http://www.census.gov/population/socdemo/hh-fam/ms2.xls>, Table MS-2

53.1%
The overall percentage of adults who reported being married.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Families and Living Arrangements: 2011,
<http://www.census.gov/population/www/socdemo/hh-fam/cps2011.html> Table A1

69%
Percentage of people 15 and older in 2011 who had been married at some point in their lives — either currently or formerly.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Families and Living Arrangements: 2011,
<http://www.census.gov/population/www/socdemo/hh-fam/cps2011.html> Table A1

74.5%
Among women who married for the first time between 1990 and 1994, the percentage who marked their 10th anniversary. This compares with 83 percent of women who married for the first time between 1960 and 1964.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Number, Timing, and Duration of Marriages and Divorces: 2009,
<http://www.census.gov/prod/2011pubs/p70-125.pdf>, Table 4

6.2%
As of 2009, the percentage of currently married women who had been married for at least 50 years. A little more than half of currently married women had been married for at least 15 years.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Number, Timing, and Duration of Marriages and Divorces: 2009 <http://www.census.gov/prod/2011pubs/p70-125.pdf>, Table 9

Looking for Love

393
The number of dating service establishments nationwide as of 2007. These establishments, which include Internet dating services, employed 3,125 people and pulled in $928 million in revenue.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2007 Economic Census <http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/DatasetMainPageServlet?_program=ECN&_submenuId=&_lang=en&_ts=>

Try Looking Here . . .

Romantic-sounding places to spend Valentine’s Day:

Rose City, Texas               Rose City, Mich.
South Heart, N.D.              Darling, Minn
Loveland, Colo.                 Sacred Heart, Minn                             .
Loveland, Ohio                  Heart Butte, Mont
Romeo, Colo.                     Lovejoy, Ga                               .
Loveland Park, Ohio          Love County, Okla.
Loves Park, Ill.                   Valentine, Neb.
Loveland, Okla.                  Lovington, Ill.                                       .
Lovelady, Texas             Romeoville, Ill.
Loving, N.M.                     Loving County, Texas
Rosemont, Ill.                    Lovington, N.M.
Valentine, Texas               Rosemont, Md.
Romeo, Mich                     Love Valley, N.C
Rose Hill Acres, Texas                                 .
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American FactFinder <http://factfinder2.census.gov>

Giving Love a Second Chance

19%

Percentage of people married twice as of 2010. Five percent have married three or more times. By comparison, 75 percent of people who have ever been married have made only one trip down the aisle.
Source: 2010 American Community Survey <http://factfinder2.census.gov/faces/tableservices/jsf/pages/productview.xhtml?pid=ACS_10_1YR_B12505&prodType=table>

8
Median length, in years, of first marriages that ended in divorce.
Source: Number, Timing, and Duration of Marriages and Divorces: 2009 <http://www.census.gov/prod/2011pubs/p70-125.pdf>,
Table 8

3.8 and 3.7
The median time in years between divorce and a second marriage for men and women, respectively.
Source: Number, Timing, and Duration of Marriages and Divorces: 2009 <http://www.census.gov/prod/2011pubs/p70-125.pdf>,
Table 8

9% and 8%
Among people 15 and older in 2009, the percentage of men and women, respectively, who had married twice and were still married.

Source for the data in this section, unless otherwise noted: Number, Timing, and Duration of Marriages and Divorces: 2009 <http://www.census.gov/prod/2011pubs/p70-125.pdf>

The Night Circus Arrives Without Warning

2011-12-05T14:21:00.003-05:00

The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern is a subtle book that intrigued me from beginning to end. It starts with a deceptively simple sentence: "The circus arrives without warning" and gradually layered in new characters and details until I was completely captivated. This book is not a thriller or a whodunnit. There are flashes of danger, implications that things are not as they appear, but this is a complex and carefully woven book, much like the tents that Marco and Celia create for the circus. I found this book charming, mysterious, and aloof because even though I know as much as the main characters (Marco and Celia) know, I am still not close to them. But I am interested in them and like them and hope they win in the end.

Marco and Celia have been picked by their guardians (in Marco's case, he was selected from an orphanage by the mysterious Alexander and Celia by her father) to engage in a competition that pits their skills against each other. When they are both just children, they are bound to the competition by a gold ring that burns into their skin. Over the years, Celia is trained by her father to manipulate physical objects and eventually living creatures; she can turn a folded scrap of paper into a dove, a dove into paper and learned to heal herself when her father broke her wrist. Marco's benefactor encourages him to read and learn mysterious symbols and languages until Marco, too, can create new realities by writing magical chemistry equations in ledger books. When they are both old enough, the game begins. Celia, however, does not know what form the game takes and just gradually figures it out. She also doesn't know that Marco is her adversary. The two do not know each other for most of the book. The idea for the night circus is born during one of the famous midnight dinners given by Chandresh, a theatrical producer, and gradually evolves into the mysterious event that the reader encounters in the first few pages of the book. As Marco and Celia compete with one another, the circus becomes grander and more complex. When they fall in love with each other and discover the true nature of the competition, it becomes heartbreakingly clear that more is at stake in the outcome of this game than just their lives.

This is truly a fascinating, well-written, complex novel. It had an odd effect on me--I got lost in the world of the circus and its inhabitants, but it was more of a dream-like surreal state. It wasn't the same as when I read a good thriller or literary novel full of characters I identify with and get lost in their lives. The night circus is such an unusual circus full of strange performers and odd attractions (the tent that consists of boxes and jars of scents and memories) that I really wish it would appear in my neighborhood so I could visit. This books doesn't have the perfect happy ending but it isn't dreadfully sad either. As much of the novel is (and the state of the night circus itself), the conclusion is too a balancing act of sadness and joy, sacrifice and pleasure. This is a delightful book that I look forward to re-reading. I bought the hardcover version of this book and I am happy that I did because the cover is beautiful and the book itself has a real heft to it despite it being under 400 pages.

Baron-Forness Library does not have a copy of this book.

VIDEO TUTORIALS FOR LIBRARY RESEARCH

2011-11-29T09:50:00.002-05:00

Now available for your course or your own edification, the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education (PASSHE) has commissioned a number of video tutorials for student AND faculty to learn about library research as well as specialized tools such as SciFinder, Project Muse and Google books. You will also see topics such as "What is a Research Study" and "From a newspaper article to a research study." Follow the link

http://www.passhe.edu/inside/asa/library/Pages/Tutorials.aspx

to review and/or select a tutorial to watch. At present, the tutorials require Microsoft Silverlight be installed on your computer; it is a free download if you do not have it. We hope to have them migrated to YouTube shortly.
By next spring we will be adding tutorials in Business and Nursing topics.
For any questions regarding their use, please contact Jack Widner @ 814-732-2175. You can download Silverlight by clicking here.

Like to see pictures from earlier days at Edinboro University and the Area? Virtual Exhibit from the Archives

2011-10-21T10:24:00.000-04:00

(Pictures: Betty Co-Ed (1910) and Joe College (1910))
These pictures come from the Virtual Exhibit in the Edinboro University Archives. They can be accessed by going to the Archives from the library's home page and then clicking on Virtual Exhipit. To take a look click HERE

The exhibits you see there are the result of a cooperative effort by the Goodell Gardens and Homestead, the Edinboro Area Historical Society and the Edinboro University Archive. You can visit the Goodell Gardens and Homestead at 223 Waterford St. in Edinboro (814-734-6699). The Edinboro Area Historical Society is at 126 Water St. in Edinboro (814-734-6109). The Edinboro University Archive is located in the Baron-Forness Library on the campus of Edinboro University (814-732-2415).

Borrow a laptop computer!

2011-09-26T15:13:00.004-04:00

Well.... Our first attempt at loaning laptop computers in the library didn't go so well. The machines had many problems, all of which contributed to some serious speed issues. We're happy to report that 6 laptop PCs have been reconfigured and are now running much, much faster. All of the computers have wireless internet access and all of the Microsoft Office applications including Word, Excel, and Powerpoint. Stop by the library's circulation desk to borrow a laptop computer.

New scanner with touch screen interface

2011-09-07T12:11:00.003-04:00

The Baron-Forness library recently acquired a new flatbed book scanner with a touch screen interface and a 14" X 17" scan surface. The device can be used to scan pages from books, pages from journals, documents, photographs, maps, and any other paper media that will fit on the scanning surface. Library users can save scanned images as PDF or JPEG. Currently, the device allows only for saving to a removable USB drive but will support "scan to email" in the very near future. The machine is located on the first floor of the library near the computer lab.

Office 2010 and Windows 7 installed on Library computers.

2011-08-25T10:16:00.000-04:00

Office 2010 is installed on all the library computers.

During summer sessions Office 2010 and Windows 7 were installed on all the open library computers. If you are having problems, please contact a Librarian.

All the student computers in the Library are using Windows 7 and Office 2010.

Mapping the 2010 U.S. Census -- The New York Times

2011-03-28T10:04:00.003-04:00

Browse population growth and decline, changes in racial and ethnic concentrations and patterns of housing development. From the New York Times.

You can always find the "Census Clock" on the right column of What's New

Edinboro Student Newspapers and Yearbooks from the early 1900s.

2011-02-15T09:01:00.006-05:00

The Normal Dial, an old student newspaper with issues from 1897 to 1899; the Edinboro Normal Review, a student newspaper with issuse from 1902 t0 1911; and VITA, student yearbooks from 1910, 1911, and 1912, have been added to the EUP Archive Digital Reading Room. More will be added as time permits. The Archive is on the 7th floor of the library.

"it's good to see that current generations do not have a lock on odd behavior. This poll from the 1898 version indicates that feeding robins or fondling kittens, seeing crazy people or boys wearing dresses were 2nd and third in rank in order of recollections. Now it's all on youtube!" comment from an Edinboro faculty member.

How about this, from the December 1898 issue of the Dial: "Several intelligent visitors who recently visited the library remarked that it was the finest Normal school library that they had seen anywhere in the state. We are all proud of our library, but we hope to see it still further improved during the year. We certainly do not need to take second place when our large, handsome and well equipped reading room is taken into account."

Click below to access the Digital Library, The Normal Dial, Edinboro Normal Review, or Vita.

EUP Archive Digital Library

The Normal Dial

Edinboro Normal Review

VITA, Student Yearbook

Advice for the Eco-minded from Audubon

2011-02-14T15:32:00.005-05:00

An article from the Jan-Feb 2011 Audubon, "Green Guru" by Susan Cosler, compares books and e-readers for their eco-friendliness. The conclusion: " e-reader owners would have to read 40 to 50 e-books to break even on most of the environmental costs. (The average e-reader owner buys 31 books a year.) For now your greenest bet is a loner from the library."

The Help is The Best

2011-01-24T10:41:00.003-05:00

The Help by Kathryn Stockett is one of the best books I read last year. The Passage and Freedom, two of the most ridiculously overhyped books last year (neither of which are very good) will be long forgotten even as this book still appears on best seller lists. Every aspect of this novel works: the writing, the characters, the plot. My only complaint is the book ended too soon (and the hardcover edition is almost 500 pages long). The Help is primarily the story of two black maids living in Jackson, Mississippi in the early 1960s. The racial tensions of that turbulent time in American history affected every aspect of their lives, particularly their working lives. While reading this book, I found myself almost constantly outraged at the treatment these women had to put up with and struggling with the concept that one human could treat another human with such disrespect and disregard just because of the color of her skin. Although this book is ultimately hopeful and (somewhat) triumphant, it often made me very angry and so I cheered when I learned what the Terrible Awful was that Minny did to Hilly (revenge truly is a dish best served cold).

Aibileen and Minny are two black maids working for white families. Chapters are told from their point of view and also from the point of view of Skeeter, a young woman who returns home after graduating from college. Her mother wants her to marry, but Skeeter plans to be a journalist. Their lives intersect when Skeeter, in an effort to impress a New York City editor and jumpstart her journalist career (and get out of Jackson), decides to write about black women working for white families and what it’s really like. Aibileen, who works for Skeeter's friend Elizabeth Leefolt, is her first interview. The book progresses with Skeeter trying to persuade other maids to tell their stories and Aibileen and Minny dealing with events in their lives. Skeeter, as a white privileged woman, doesn’t understand how dangerous it is for black people to express their discontent. Aibileen is scared and not convinced that talking about working for white people is a good idea. Skeeter doesn’t understand the consequences:

“[Miss Skeeter] sound upset, but she don’t know what could happen to me, to Minny. She don’t know about them sharp, shiny utensils a white lady use. About that knock on the door, late at night. That there are white men out there hungry to hear about a colored person crossing whites, ready with they wooden bats, matchsticks. Any little thing’ll do” (191).

Aibileen and Minny are the two most vivid and interesting characters of the book. Skeeter, as the white woman, is a sympathetic figure. She doesn’t like how the help is treated and particularly doesn’t like the “Home Help Sanitation Initiative” that her friend Hilly Holbrook is proposing. Hilly thinks the help should have separate bathrooms due to all the germs they are believed to have. Hilly is the most horrible character of the book; she is the mean, bossy, influential society woman who influences how all the other women think and behave. You despise her thoroughly within two sentences of making her acquaintance. As despicable as Hilly is, however, she is a complex character with a variety of motives fueling her behavior and attitudes.

As Minny and Aibileen tell their stories to Skeeter, Skeeter has to recognize truths about herself and her mother and how they have treated their help. This is an extraordinary story that is full of humor and outrage and unforgettable characters. I highly recommend it.

Unfortunately, Baron-Forness Library does not possess a copy of this book.

ProQuest Databases have new interface.

2010-12-17T13:19:00.003-05:00

Our ProQuest Databases are wearing a new look. That new look will be on the following databases by late Dec. 17th, 2010. Take a look and do some searching. Some great databases for some great research.

Those databases with the new look are:

Criminal Justice Abstracts: This database abstracts and indexes journals, books, reports, dissertations and unpublished papers on criminology and related disciplines from around the world. Topics covered include crime trends, crime prevention and deterrence, juvenile delinquency, juvenile justice, police, courts, punishment and sentencing.

Ethnic NewsWatch: This database provides multicultural full-text titles directly from the presses of ethnic, minority and cultural groups, from 1970 to current.

GenderWatch: This is a database of unique and diverse publications that focus on how gender impacts a broad spectrum of subject areas. With its archival material, dating back to 1970 in some cases, GenderWatch is a repository of important historical perspectives on the evolution of the women's movement, men's studies, the transgendered community and the changes in gender roles over the years. Publications include scholarly journals, magazines, newspapers, newsletters, regional publications, books and NGO, government and special reports.

PsycArticles: This database offers full-text articles from over 50 journals published by the American Psychological Association, the APA Educational Publishing Foundation, the Canadian Psychological Association and Hogrefe & Huber. The database includes all material from the print journals. Many titles go back to volume 1, issue 1.

FINALS EXTENDED LIBRARY HOURS

2010-12-12T11:36:00.000-05:00

EXTENDED LIBRARY HOURS

Dec. 4, 2011 to Dec. 15, 2011

SUNDAY, Dec. 4: 1:30 pm to Midnight

MON-THURS, Dec. 5 to Dec. 8: 8 am to 2 am

FRIDAY, Dec. 9: 8 am to 6 pm

SATURDAY, Dec. 10: 9 am to 5 pm

SUNDAY, Dec. 11: 1:30 pm to Midnight

MON-THURS, Dec. 12 to Dec. 15: 8 am to 2 am

FRIDAY, Dec. 16: 8 am to 6 pm

SATURDAY, Dec. 17: CLOSED

LIBRARY HOURS -- WINTER BREAK 2011-2012

2010-12-12T11:20:00.000-05:00

Saturday, Dec. 17 & Sunday, Dec. 18: Library Closed

Monday, Dec. 19 to Thursday Dec. 22, 2011: 8:00 AM - 4:30 PM

Friday, Dec. 23, 2011 through Monday, Jan 2, 2012: Library Closed

Tuesday, Jan 3 to Friday, Jan 6: 8:00 AM - 4:30 PM

Saturday, Jan 7 & Sunday Jan 8: Library Closed

Monday, Jan. 9 to Friday, Jan. 13: 8:00 AM - 4:30 PM

Saturday, Jan 14 & Sunday, Jan 15: Library Closed

Monday, Jan. 16 to Friday, Jan. 20: 8:00 AM - 4:30 PM

Saturday, Jan 21 & Sunday Jan 22: Library Closed

Beginning Mon. Jan 23, 2012 we will resume normal library hours

Monday - Thursday: 8:00 AM - Midnight

Friday 8:00 am - 6:00 PM

Saturday is 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM

Sunday is 1:30 - Midnight.

Archives displays Audubon Bird Folios

2010-12-03T16:56:00.002-05:00

Library Audubon Collection
Our library has a collection of Audubon bird paintings from the Double Elephant Folios which Audubon published during his life time. 100 of the 431 pages have been photographed and put on a CD. That CD is playing in the collections room of the Archives on the 7th floor. The drawings and paintings can be seen in the Collections Room during Archive hours. For the 2010 Fall Semester the hours are: Monday closed: Tuesday 11-3, Wednesday & Friday 3-5:30, Thursday 11-5.

Library resources for mobile devices

2010-12-02T15:47:00.004-05:00

Have you ever needed to find a magazine or journal article in a library resource but couldn't find an available computer? You'll never have that problem again if you've got a web-enabled mobile device such as an Ipad touch, Droid, Iphone, etc. Simply point your device's web browser to http://library.edinboro.edu/mobile and search a selection of the library's full text journal databases.

NOTE: The service currently does not work with Verizon's "Mobile Web" web browser. We are working on a fix

2011 Holiday Season From the Census Bureau. Facts and Figures.

2010-12-02T14:57:00.000-05:00

The 2011 Holiday Season

The holiday season is a time for gathering and celebrating with friends and family, gift-giving, reflection and thanks. To commemorate this time of year, the U.S. Census Bureau presents the following holiday-related facts and figures from its collection of statistics.

Rush to the Stores

$27.2 billion

Retail sales by the nation’s department stores (including leased departments) in December 2010. This represented a 44 percent jump from the previous month (when retail sales, many holiday-related, registered $18.8 billion). No other month-to-month increase in department store sales last year was as large.

Other U.S. retailers with sizable jumps in sales between November and December 2010 were clothing stores (33 percent); radio, TV and other electronics stores (44 percent); sporting goods stores (58 percent); bookstores (92 percent); and jewelry stores (113 percent).

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Service Sector Statistics http://www.census.gov/retail

Note: Leased departments are separately owned businesses operated as departments or concessions of other service establishments or of retail businesses, such as a separately owned shoeshine parlor in a barber shop, or a beauty shop in a department store. Also, retail sales and inventory estimates have not been adjusted to account for seasonal or pricing variations.

14%

The percentage of total 2010 sales for department stores (including leased departments) in December. For jewelry stores, the percentage was 20 percent.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Service Sector Statistics http://www.census.gov/retail

24%

The growth in inventories by our nation’s department stores (excluding leased departments) from Aug. 31 to Nov. 30, 2010. Thanks to the holiday crowds, inventories plummeted by 22 percent in December.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Service Sector Statistics

$34 billion

Value of retail sales by electronic shopping and mail-order houses in December 2010 ─ the highest total for any month last year.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Service Sector Statistics http://www.census.gov/retail

21,891

The number of electronic shopping and mail-order houses in business in 2009. These businesses, which employed 320,721 workers, are a popular source of holiday gifts (NAICS code 45411).

If you’re not sure where to do your shopping, choices of retail establishments abound: In 2009, there were 150,205 clothing and clothing accessories stores (NAICS code 448); 8,663 department stores (NAICS code 4521); 8,424 hobby, toy and game shops (NAICS code 45112); 27,738 gift, novelty and souvenir shops (NAICS code 45322); 21,628 sporting goods stores (NAICS code 45111); 24,973 jewelry stores (NAICS code 44831); and 9,390 book stores (NAICS code 451211) across the nation. The figures shown are for locations with paid employees and do not include nonemployer firms (i.e. firms with no paid employees).

NAICS – North American Industry Classification System
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, County Business Patterns,
http://www.census.gov/econ/cbp/index.html

Christmas Trees and Decorations

$983 million

The value of U.S. imports of Christmas tree ornaments from China between January and September 2011. China was the leading country of origin for such items. Similarly, China was the leading foreign source of artificial Christmas trees shipped to the United States ($79.7 million worth) during the same period.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Foreign Trade Statistics

Where the Toys are ... Made

88

Number of establishments around the country that primarily manufactured dolls and stuffed toys in 2009. California led the nation with 15 locations.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, NAICS code 339931,
http://www.census.gov/econ/cbp/index.html

579

The number of locations that primarily produced games, toys and children’s vehicles in 2009; they employed 7,858 workers. California led the nation with 98 establishments.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, NAICS code 339932, http://www.census.gov/econ/cbp/index.html

$2.5 billion

The value of U.S. toy imports including stuffed toys (including dolls), puzzles and electric trains from China between January and September 2011. China was the leading country of origin for stuffed toys coming into this country, as well as for a number of other popular holiday gifts.

These include roller skates ($24.6 million), sports footwear ($253.8 million) and basketballs

($38.9 million). China leads Thailand as the leading supplier of ice skates ($17.7 million versus $9.8 million), with Canada ranking third ($4.2 million).
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Foreign Trade Statistics http://www.census.gov/foreign-trade/www/

Holiday Names

Place names associated with the holiday season include North Pole, Alaska (population 2,117); Santa Claus, Ind. (2,481); Santa Claus, Ga. (165); Noel, Mo. (1,832); and — if you know about reindeer — the village of Rudolph, Wis. (439) and Dasher, Ga. (912). There is Snowflake, Ariz. (5,590) and a dozen places named Holly, including Holly Springs, Miss. (7,699) and Mount Holly, N.C. (13,656).
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2010 Census http://factfinder2.census.gov/

Hanukkah and Kwanzaa

50%

Proportion of the nation’s spuds produced in Idaho and Washington in 2010. Potato latkes are always a crowd pleaser during Hanukkah.
Source: National Agriculture Statistics Service http://usda01.library.cornell.edu/usda/current/Pota/Pota-09-29-2011.pdf

$1.5 billion

The value of product shipments of candles in 2009 by the nation’s manufacturers. Many of these candles are lit during Hanukkah and Kwanzaa celebrations.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of Manufacturers, NAICS Code 3399995; http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/DatasetMainPageServlet?_program=EAS&_submenuId=&_lang=en&_ts=

New Year’s Eve and Day

More than 312 million

The nation’s projected population as we ring in the New Year.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Population Estimates
http://www.census.gov/popest/estimates.html

When the Wall (Street) Comes Tumblin’ Down….

2010-11-30T09:46:00.002-05:00

You would think a book with a title like this: Too Big To Fail: The Inside Story of How Wall Street and Washington Fought to Save the Financial System—and Themselves would be 500+ pages of sheer torture. It’s not. Andrew Ross Sorkin filled this book with day-by-day, in many cases minute-by-minute, details of the collapse of Wall Street firms. This book reads like a thriller, an action adventure, a who dunnit. It was quite often hard to put down. While the words “toxic assets” and “derivatives” do appear in the book, Sorkin doesn’t bog down the reader with arcane economic/financial terminology. Instead, this book is a human drama filled with the oversized personalities of Wall Street and Washington, primarily Henry Paulson, secretary for the Department of Treasury; Ben Bernanke, chairman of the Federal Reserve; and Timothy Geithner, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. It’s a fascinating look into the world of high finance.

This book is not investigative journalism in that it does not try to show who is to blame for the financial collapse or trace its beginnings. Sorkin doesn’t address those issues. This book is a peek into the world of finance and the events of early 2008 from the collapse (and subsequent government bail-out) of Bear Stearns through to the development of TARP (Troubled Asset Relief Program). Much of the book focuses on the decline of Lehman Brothers and its eventual bankruptcy. Several aspects of the book fascinated me, such as the amount of negotiating, bluffing, and tricky maneuvering that went into deals between firms (at this time, bigger firms were trying to gobble up the smaller firms that were in trouble). Firms that had a lot of the toxic assets (those bad mortgages) had cash flow problems and were vulnerable to collapse. They looked for assistance by merging with stronger banks or investment firms that had larger cash bases. Neither Paulson nor Geithner wanted to bail-out Lehman Brothers due to all the harsh criticism they received for helping Bear Stearns. So they insisted that the Wall Street firms solve the Lehman problem themselves by either finding a buyer for Lehman or loaning the firm cash. Wall Street firm presidents, CEOs, CFOs, etc., worked together for much of 2008 trying to save Lehman Brothers, AIG, Merril Lynch and other institutions. These weren’t acts of selflessness on their part—they knew that if one firm went down, the next firm to go could be theirs. It was a devastating domino effect that could realistically take down much of Wall Street, which is why TARP was developed. Paulson hated the idea of using taxpayer money to prevent the collapse of Wall Street, but trying to save each firm one-by-one wasn’t stopping the slide of the stock market or runs on the bank. Investors were losing money, and now companies like GE were reporting that they were unable to access cash that they needed for day-to-day operations. TARP was developed to shore up the Wall Street firms. Whether you agree with it or not (and Sorkin doesn’t try to sway the reader one way or the other), Paulson, Geithner, Bernanke and eventually Congress decided that it was emergency legislation that was needed to stop what they thought would be the financial collapse of the country.

What I found ironic about the events of this book is that the free-market capitalists of Wall Street were absolutely furious that the government didn’t step in sooner to help the situation and save Lehman Brothers. Every president and CEO and CFO had his hand out, demanding cash from the government. No one was happy with TARP; the government, because they had to give out taxpayer money, and Wall Street because they didn’t get as much money as they wanted. The firms got themselves into the mess because of their greed (and also, interestingly enough, many didn’t even understand the mathematics of subprime mortgages; they didn’t care because however it worked, it kept the money rolling in) and abandoned their free-market, laissez faire principles once it became clear that sticking with those principles would not save their collective asses.

I highly recommend this book. It’s an exciting read, but expect to suffer from bouts of irritation, nausea and anger at what Wall Street did and what they got away with. This glimpse into Wall Street reveals a world of high finance that is as exotic and bizarre as any fantasy novel.

Too Big To Fail: The Inside Story of How Wall Street, etc. by Andrew Ross Sorkin is available at Baron-Forness Library.

Login to Library Databases When Off Campus

2010-11-21T09:37:00.000-05:00

If you are home or unable to log on to the Edinboro Campus Network, you can still access most of the Baron-Forness Library electronic databases. Once you are at the Library Homepage, click on Find Articles. Once on that page, click on Help with off campus access. This will lead you to a page which explaines how to log on to the databases. Edinboro students, staff and faculty can log on with their Edinboro University IDs by following the directions for the logon screen on the left. If you still have a problem accessing the databases call the Reference Desk, (814) 732-2253 or Circulation, (814) 732-2273.

Other library databases are under All E-Resources A-Z. If you wish to search by subject use E-Resources by Subject.

The URL of the Library Hompage is http://www.edinboro.edu/departments/library/index.dot.

THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY LIBRARY HOURS

2010-11-15T13:43:00.000-05:00

LIBRARY HOURS

Thanksgiving Holiday

Tuesday 11/22 -- 8 am to Midnight

Wednesday 11/23 -- 8 am to 4:30 pm

Thursday 11/24 to Saturday 11/26 Closed

Sunday 11/27 -- 1:30 pm to 10 pm

SWAMPLANDIA choice for University Book Club discussion on Dec. 6.

2010-11-10T13:11:00.000-05:00

The Edinboro University Book Discussion Group will next meet on Tuesday December 6 from 7:15 to 8:15. We will meet high above the campus in Baron-Forness 715 to discuss the book Swamplandia by Karen Russell. All are welcome to attend.

From the celebrated twenty-nine-year-old author of the everywhere-heralded short-story collection St. Lucy’s Home for Girls Raised by Wolves (“How I wish these were my own words, instead of the breakneck demon writer Karen Russell’s . . . Run for your life. This girl is on fire”—Los Angeles Times Book Review) comes a blazingly original debut novel that takes us back to the swamps of the Florida Everglades, and introduces us to Ava Bigtree, an unforgettable young heroine.

The Bigtree alligator-wrestling dynasty is in decline, and Swamplandia!, their island home and gator-wrestling theme park, formerly #1 in the region, is swiftly being encroached upon by a fearsome and sophisticated competitor called the World of Darkness. Ava’s mother, the park’s indomitable headliner, has just died; her sister, Ossie, has fallen in love with a spooky character known as the Dredgeman, who may or may not be an actual ghost; and her brilliant big brother, Kiwi, who dreams of becoming a scholar, has just defected to the World of Darkness in a last-ditch effort to keep their family business from going under. Ava’s father, affectionately known as Chief Bigtree, is AWOL; and that leaves Ava, a resourceful but terrified thirteen, to manage ninety-eight gators and the vast, inscrutable landscape of her own grief.

Against a backdrop of hauntingly fecund plant life animated by ancient lizards and lawless hungers, Karen Russell has written an utterly singular novel about a family’s struggle to stay afloat in a world that is inexorably sinking. An arrestingly beautiful and inventive work from a vibrant new voice in fiction.

Universtiy Book Club reading Pat Barker's Regeneration for November Meeting.

2010-11-07T10:45:00.000-05:00

The Edinboro University Book Club will be reading Regeneration by Pat Barker for their November meeting. The club will meet on Tuesday, November 8, from 7:15 to 8:15 high above the Baron-Forness Library in Room 715.

Regeneration, one in Pat Barker's series of novels confronting the psychological effects of World War I, focuses on treatment methods during the war and the story of a decorated English officer sent to a military hospital after publicly declaring he will no longer fight. Yet the novel is much more. Written in sparse prose that is shockingly clear -- the descriptions of electronic treatments are particularly harrowing -- it combines real-life characters and events with fictional ones in a work that examines the insanity of war like no other. Barker also weaves in issues of class and politics in this compactly powerful book. Other books in the series include The Eye in the Door and the Booker Award winner The Ghost Road

Noverber -- AMERICAN INDIAN MONTH

2010-11-07T09:45:00.000-05:00

American Indian and Alaska Native Heritage Month: November 2011

The first American Indian Day was celebrated in May 1916 in New York. Red Fox James, a Blackfeet Indian, rode horseback from state to state, getting endorsements from 24 state governments, to have a day to honor American Indians. In 1990, President George H.W. Bush signed a joint congressional resolution designating November 1990 as “National American Indian Heritage Month.” Similar proclamations have been issued every year since 1994. This Facts for Features presents data for American Indians and Alaska Natives, as this is one of the six major race categories.

Red Fox James

Note: Unless otherwise specified, the data in the “Population” section refer to the population who reported a race alone or in combination with one or more other races.

Population

5.2 million
As of the 2010 Census, the nation’s population of American Indians and Alaska Natives, including those of more than one race. They made up 1.7 percent of the total population. Of this total, 2.9 million were American Indian and Alaska Native only, and 2.3 million were American Indian and Alaska Native in combination with one or more other races.
Source: 2010 Census Brief: Overview of Race and Hispanic Origin
http://www.census.gov/prod/cen2010/briefs/c2010br-02.pdf

8.6 million
The projected population of American Indians and Alaska Natives, including those of more than one race, on July 1, 2050. They would comprise 2 percent of the total population.Source: Population projections http://www.census.gov/population/www/projections/summarytables.html

1.1 million
Increase in the nation’s American Indian and Alaska Native population between the 2000 Census and 2010 Census. The population of this group increased by 26.7 percent during this period compared with the overall population growth of 9.7 percent.
Source: Census 2000 Brief: Overview of Race and Hispanic Origin
and 2010 Census Brief: Overview of Race and Hispanic Origin http://www.census.gov/prod/2001pubs/c2kbr01-1.pdf

723,225
The American Indian and Alaska Native population in California as of the 2010 Census. California was followed by Oklahoma (482,760) and Arizona (353,386).
Source: 2010 Census Summary File 1, Table QT-P5

15
Number of states with more than 100,000 American Indian and Alaska Native residents as of the 2010 Census. These states were California, Oklahoma, Arizona, Texas, New York, New Mexico, Washington, North Carolina, Florida, Michigan, Alaska, Oregon, Colorado, Minnesota and Illinois.
Source: 2010 Census Summary File 1, Table QT-P5

19.5%
The proportion of Alaska’s population identified as American Indian and Alaska Native as of
the 2010 Census, the highest rate for this race group of any state. Alaska was followed by Oklahoma (12.9 percent), New Mexico (10.7 percent) and South Dakota (10.1 percent).
Source: 2010 Census Summary File 1, Table QT-P5

29.0
Median age as of April 1, 2010, in years, for those who are American Indian and Alaska Native, and no other race. This compares with a median age of 37.2 for the population as a whole.
Source: Intercensal population estimates and 2010 Census Demographic Profile

Reservations

334
Number of federal and state recognized American Indian reservations in 2010. This total excludes Hawaiian Homelands. All in all, there are 617 American Indian legal and statistical areas for which the Census Bureau provides data.
Source: Census Bureau Geography Division

22%
Percentage of American Indians and Alaska Natives, alone or in combination, who lived in American Indian areas or Alaska Native Village Statistical Areas. These American Indian areas include federal American Indian reservations and/or off-reservation trust lands, Oklahoma tribal statistical areas, tribal designated statistical areas, state American Indian reservations, and state designated American Indian statistical areas.
Source: 2010 Census Summary File 1

Tribes

565
Number of federally-recognized Indian tribes.
Source: Federal Register: Oct. 1, 2010, and Oct. 27, 2010
http://www.loc.gov/catdir/cpso/biaind.pdf
http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2010/pdf/2010-27138.pdf

100,000+
In the 2010 Census, the tribal groupings with 100,000 or more responses for the American Indian and Alaska Native alone-or-in-any combination population were Cherokee (819,105), Navajo (332,129), Choctaw (195,764), Mexican American Indian (175,494), Chippewa (170,742), Sioux (170,110), Apache (111,810), and Blackfeet (105,304).
Source: 2010 Census Summary File 1, Table PCT3

Families

557,185
The number of American Indian and Alaska Native families in 2010. Of these, 57 percent were married-couple families, including those with children.
Source: 2010 American Community Survey for the American Indian and Alaska Native alone population http://factfinder2.census.gov/

29.6 and 26.8 years old
Median age at first marriage for American Indian and Alaska Native men and women age 15 to 54, respectively, in 2010. For the population as a whole in this age range, the respective numbers were 28.7 and 26.7 years. The difference in the median age at first marriage between American Indian and Alaska Native women and women overall is not statistically significant.
Source: 2010 American Community Survey for the American Indian and Alaska Native alone population http://factfinder2.census.gov/

Housing

54%
The percentage of American Indian and Alaska Native householders who owned their own home in 2010. This is compared with 65 percent of the overall population.
Source: 2010 American Community Survey for the American Indian and Alaska Native alone population http://factfinder2.census.gov/

Languages

28%
Percentage of American Indians and Alaska Natives 5 and older who spoke a language other than English at home, compared with 21 percent for the nation as a whole.
Source: 2010 American Community Survey for the American Indian and Alaska Native alone population http://factfinder2.census.gov/

73%
Percentage of residents of the Navajo Nation Reservation and Off-Reservation Trust Land, Ariz.-N.M.-Utah, age 5 and older who spoke a language other than English at home.
Source: 2007-2009 American Community Survey http://factfinder.census.gov/

Education

77%
The percentage of American Indians and Alaska Natives 25 and older who had at least a high school diploma, GED or alternative credential. Also, 13 percent obtained a bachelor’s degree or higher. In comparison, the overall population had 86 percent with a high school diploma and 28 percent with a bachelor’s degree or higher.
Source: 2010 American Community Survey for the American Indian and Alaska Native alone population http://factfinder2.census.gov/

41%
Among American Indians and Alaska Natives 25 and older who have a bachelor’s degree, the percentage whose degree is in science and engineering, or related fields. This compares with
44 percent for all people 25 and older with this level of education.
Source: 2010 American Community Survey for the American Indian and Alaska Native alone population http://factfinder2.census.gov/

67,644
Number of American Indians and Alaska Natives 25 and older who had a graduate or professional degree.
Source: 2010 American Community Survey for the American Indian and Alaska Native alone population http://factfinder2.census.gov/

Veterans

156,515
The number of American Indian and Alaska Native veterans of the U.S. armed forces.
Source: 2010 American Community Survey for the American Indian and Alaska Native alone population http://factfinder2.census.gov/

Read This!

2010-11-03T14:15:00.003-04:00

Although I prefer novels to short stories, once in awhile I stumble across a collection of stories that I enjoy and want to recommend to others. Amy Bloom’s Where the God of Love Hangs Out is a collection of stories about love and family and friendship. They are humorous and sad at the same time and rather than pick and choose as I often do with stories, I read them straight through.

There are twelve stories; four deal with the lives of William and Clare and four with Lionel and Julia. The four remaining stories are not connected to those characters and separate the grouped stories from each other. The first group of stories is about William and Clare, long-time friends who find themselves drawn to each other despite being married to loving and kind spouses. The stories’ point of view shifts to a different character (generally William or Clare; the deceived spouses are relegated, for the most part, to the background) which gives you an interesting aspect of all the characters. Here is Isabel, William’s wife, wondering about Clare and William:

“Isabel comes into the room and looks at them. There are things she could say, there are plenty of things she could say about her husband, who doesn’t like her coat to brush against him when he’s driving, who so prefers some space between him and everyone else that he makes reservations for four even when it’s the two of them, and who is now making himself into a footrest for their friend Clare. But Clare looks terrible, crumpled and waxy, and her hair, and the two of them are not likely to run off for some brisk lovemaking—how could they and what has it ever been between them but the rubbing up of two broken wings? And Isabel believes that life is what you make it” (The Old Impossible, 31).

William and Clare pursue their relationship despite the repercussions and the results are bittersweet. The second set of connected stories concern the lives of Lionel and Julia. Julia is a white woman who marries into a black family. Lionel is her step son. An impulsive action changed their relationship forever and these stories explore how that relationship changed over the years.

I think my favorite story in the book is called Between Here and Here. It begins with this eye-catching sentence: “I had always planned to kill my father.” This theme, that the brother and sister want their father to die, is repeated throughout the story. Their father is an odd, anger-prone man who made family life difficult: “My father’s feelings were also sensitive, but not in a way that I understood the word, at ten; it might be more accurate to say that he was extremely responsive. My brother, Andy, drew cartoon weather maps of my father’s feelings: dark clouds of I Hate You, giving way to the sleet of Who Are You, pierced by bolts of Black Rage” (63). When their mother dies, Alison goes home to make housekeeping arrangements for her elderly father. She discovers that the angry, unknowable father of her past “had been snatched by pod people who’d sent us a nice old man who thanked me and called me a good kid” (77). The changed man, and the change in their relationship, is unnerving to both the brother and sister and they realize they will have to change how they view him.

All the stories are wonderfully written with interesting, fully-developed characters. Bloom delves into the characters’ lives and you get to know them well and miss them when the story ends. Although there is a certain amount of humor, the stories are of loss and love and are melancholy, but not depressing. I enjoyed them very much. I would read other books by this author.

Baron-Forness Library owns a copy of Where The God Of Love Hangs Out by Amy Bloom. It can be found in the McNaughton Collection.

Jefferson Education Society schedules GLOBAL FUTURES SUMMIT III, Erie, PA

2010-10-31T16:10:00.000-04:00

Global Futures Summit III: Nov. 8-11;
Jefferson Education Society,
3207 State St.
Info: 459-8000 or http://www.jeserie.org/.
Lectures are $10 per person, or $15 with a guest. Speakers include:

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Thursday, November 10, 2011
Evening lecture: 7:30 p.m.
Michael J. Songer, J.D.
For over 20 years, Michael Songer has practiced technology law. His clients have included Viacom, Sprint, Lucasfilm, and Napster. His cases cover Internet Service Provider protections, defamation, weblogs, copyright and trademark infringements, and data theft. He teaches The Law of Cyberspace at Georgetown University and is a trial lawyer with Crowell & Moring LLP in Washington, D.C.
Speech: Blogs, Social Media, and Wikileaks: The First Amendment and the Internet
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Friday, November 11, 2011
Luncheon 12:00 p.m.
Joel Barker, Ph.D.
Joel Barker is perhaps the best known futurist in the world. His videos have been translated and seen by more than 100 million people. His book on paradigms is a standard text at universities worldwide. He also has shown the importance of corporate vision and leadership. Industry Week Magazine calls his work, "one of the most influential series of programs in the business world."
Speech: Innovation at the Verge: Exploring the Under-used Territory of New Ideas
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Friday, November 11, 2011
Evening lecture: 7:30 p.m.
Alice M. Rivlin, Ph.D.
Alice Rivlin was Director of the White House Office of Management in the first Clinton Administration. She also was the founding Director of the Congressional Budget Office and Vice-Chair of the Federal Reserve Board. Last year, she was named by President Obama to the Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform. She co-chaired the Bipartisan Policy Center's Task Force on Debt Reduction. She was named one of the greatest public servants of the last 25 years by the Council for Excellence in Government. She has taught at Harvard, George Mason, and The New School Universities. Currently, she teaches at the Public Policy Institute at Georgetown University and is a Senior Fellow in Economic Studies at the Brookings Institution.
Speech: Real Solutions for Reducing the National Deficit

©2011 The Jefferson Educational Society. All rights reserved.
3207 State Street, Erie PA 16508 (814)-459-8000

Halloween, all sorts of STUFF (from the U.S. Census Bureau)

2010-10-26T15:38:00.000-04:00

Oct. 31, 2011

The observance of Halloween, which dates back to Celtic rituals thousands of years ago, has long been associated with images of witches, ghosts and vampires. Over the years, Halloween customs and rituals have changed dramatically. Today, Halloween is celebrated many different ways, including wearing costumes, children trick or treating, carving pumpkins, and going to haunted houses and parties.

Trick or Treat!

41 million
The estimated number of potential trick-or-treaters in 2010 — children age 5 to 14 — across the United States. Of course, many other children — older than 14 and younger than 5 — also go trick-or-treating.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2010 Census,

116.7 million
Number of occupied housing units across the nation in 2010 — all potential stops for trick-or-treaters.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2010 Census,

92%
Percentage of households with residents who consider their neighborhood safe. In addition, 78 percent said there was no place within a mile of their homes where they would be afraid to walk alone at night.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Extended Measures of Well-Being: Living Conditions in the United States, 2005, Table 4,

Jack-o’-Lanterns and Pumpkin Pies

1.1 billion pounds
Pumpkin production by major pumpkin-producing states in 2010. Illinois produced an estimated 427 million pounds of the vined orange gourd. California, New York and Ohio were also major pumpkin-producing states, each with an estimate of more than 100 million pounds.
Source: USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service

Where to Spend Halloween?

Some places around the country that may put you in the Halloween mood are:

Transylvania County, N.C. (population 33,090)
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2010 Census,

Tombstone, Ariz. (population 1,380)
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2010 Census,

Pumpkin Center, N.C. (population 2,222); and Pumpkin Bend, Ark. (population 276)
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2010 Census,

Cape Fear in New Hanover County, N.C. (population 18,388); and Cape Fear in Chatham County, N.C. (population 1,323).
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2010 Census,

Skull Creek, Neb. (population 271)
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2010 Census,

Candy and Costumes

1,177
Number of U.S. manufacturing establishments that produced chocolate and cocoa products in 2009, employing 34,252 people. California led the nation in the number of chocolate and cocoa manufacturing establishments, with 135, followed by Pennsylvania, with 111.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, County Business Patterns: 2009, NAICS codes (31132 & 31133),

409
Number of U.S. establishments that manufactured nonchocolate confectionary products in 2009. These establishments employed 16,974 people. California led the nation in this category, with 45 establishments.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, County Business Patterns: 2009, NAICS code (31134), http://www.census.gov/econ/cbp/

24.7 pounds
Per capita consumption of candy by Americans in 2010.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Current Industrial Reports, Confectionery: 2010, Table 1,

1,719
Number of costume rental and formal wear establishments across the nation in 2009.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2009 County Business Patterns, NAICS code (53222),
http://www.census.gov/econ/cbp/

Editor’s note: The preceding data were collected from a variety of sources and may be subject to sampling variability and other sources of error. Questions or comments should be directed to the Census Bureau’s Public Information Office: telephone: 301-763-3030; fax: 301-763-3762; or e-mail: .

Films from the Edinboro College Film Unit

2010-10-15T12:56:00.005-04:00

Motion Picture Films produced by the Edinboro State College Film Unit

All these films but the last one were created by the Edinboro State College Film Unit between 1968 and 1978. They are part of the Faculty Special Collections and held in the library's Media Room. The list was compiled by Ginger Bollinger, July 2010. To see the catalog of these films click HERE

SHELL COLLECTION DISPLAYED IN THE LIBRARY

2010-10-10T14:42:00.000-04:00

Shells of Our Shores Exhibit

Baron-Forness Library, Edinboro University of PA, is currently featuring an extensive display of seashells. Examples of univalve and bivalve shells and other marine life forms including coral, sand dollars, sea urchins, starfish, and fans are featured. The exhibits are located at the first floor entrance and mezzanine area on the second floor of the library. The display portrays the diversity of shell forms and features many sectioned shells that reveal their interior structure and nature’s symmetry. Informative labels include information on shell morphology, the best U.S. sites for collecting shells, and guidelines for collectors developed by the Conchology Society of America. In addition, decorative items made from shells such as jewelry, lamps, and domestic items are included. The shells on display were collected by Collection Development Librarian, Lora Whitney, over the last 50 years. The display will run through September.

Who Wants a Whipping?

2010-10-04T13:27:00.003-04:00

When the topic of being a dominatrix comes up (which is rarely, but when it does it’s usually prompted by whatever is on tv at the moment), I joke and say, “Hell, yeah, if some guy wants to pay me $100 to whip him, I’ll do it.” At a Halloween party a few years ago I dressed up as a sado-masochistic librarian wearing a granny dress but carrying a whip. I wanted a friend to accompany me as my slave with a chain wrapped around his neck so I could berate him for having an overdue book. Oddly enough, he declined. As with most people (and Hollywood), I am intrigued by the world of the sex dungeon and the dominatrix; she is portrayed as being powerful and sexy with her whips and thigh-high boots. And what woman doesn’t want to smack a guy around, if not for personal, then perhaps historical reasons? So when I heard Terry Gross of Fresh Air (NPR) interview with a woman who used to be a dominatrix in Manhattan and wrote a book about it, I thought: I must buy this book. So now that I have bought and read this book, Whip Smart by Melissa Febos, I can no longer joke about wanting be a dominatrix. The world revealed by Febos is often humiliating, usually disgusting, and not really my cup of tea (or, more accurately, not my cup of urine).

First, I applaud Febos for writing such a scathing look inside herself and her weaknesses. She follows her delusions, her revelations, and her hidden desires and motivations behind becoming a drug addict and a dominatrix. While she does think very highly of herself, she does not excuse herself or her weaknesses. Febos also does not glamorize “domming” or the activities required of being a dominatrix. While the book includes several scenes of Febos working as a domme, these scenes are not sexy or prurient in the least. Mostly, they are disgusting, particularly the details of Febos administering her first “brown shower.” I was nauseated by how much enjoyment the client received from this particular act. In fact, any woman interested in running off to Manhattan or any other large city to engage in this line of work may want to read this book first. Being a domme is not for the faint of heart or weak of stomach. In fact, you actually need to be personally interested in submission/dominance role play in order to succeed in the business—which was a shocking revelation for Febos. She always told herself that she did it because the money was so good, often telling friends and acquaintances that “it’s really just one of the few well-paid acting gigs in this city” (237) The money was good, but that wasn’t why Febos stuck with it; being a dominatrix supplied her with a feeling of power and of being sexy, it fulfilled her craving to be desired and made her socially more interesting. Febos felt she had a secret double life and when she revealed her chosen profession at parties, she thrilled in the attention it gave her: “I now had the power to hijack any conversation, to commandeer the attention of however many people were within earshot at any given moment” (67). When the excitement of being a dominatrix paled and she came to hate its drudgery and humiliation, Febos still could not quit—it took months with a therapist to make her understand why she was drawn to it and why she found it so difficult to stop.

Because this is a memoir, I suppose I should be primarily interested in Febos’s journey from drug addict to sobriety, her insights into her own foibles, weakness, desires, and compulsions. However, I am not. I actually don’t find Febos and her clinical self-observations all that compelling. By the second half of the book, I am somewhat bored by her endless self-analysis because she goes over the same territory repeatedly. What most fascinates me are the insights I gain (thru Febos) about the world of sex work that she inhabits throughout most of the book. At first, Febos herself had Hollywood-influenced ideas of what it would be like to work in a sex dungeon. This is her reaction while taking a tour of the dungeon during her interview: “Along these walls were the polished doors of a highly styled, big-budget dream; think David Lynch. Excitement folded through me in waves. I had to work here” (18). This glamorized vision of being a dominatrix ended soon enough and Febos is merciless in exposing the humiliation she feels, the boredom, and of course, the unavoidable nastiness of the job. A dominatrix works very closely with the naked human body and she says that any embarrassment or squeamishness you may feel soon turns to boredom: “Grotesque or not, unless in the medical or sex industry, one doesn’t get much opportunity to unabashedly observe the bodies of other humans, least of all those of elder men. It would take a few months before my slaves’ bodies would cease, in a fundamental way, to be so human to me. They would become more akin to dishwashers, vacuums, or any of the other implements I had grown familiar with by virtue of their necessity to whatever job I was performing. But in the beginning, the bodies were spectacular, both hideous and marvelous” (39).

Febos discovers that there is often a certain irony in being the dominatrix, the woman holding the whip (or the chains or the ropes) because this woman is in control only because the man wants her to be in control. While clients will talk with their domme regarding their fantasies and what they want, some clients are extremely detailed as to what the domme should say, when she should say, and how she will “punish” him. Febos calls this “topping from the bottom”:“But still I would spend an hour having every movement of my tyrannical role dictated to me. It was maddening, like being asked to run sprints in a straitjacket. I knew what to do, I was good at knowing what to do, but they still whispered the answers to me. I walked out of these sessions flushed with furious humiliation. I had signed up to be in control, I thought, to feel powerful” (141). Febos’s revelation that being a dominatrix wasn’t always the powerful role she thought it would be disconcerted her. Who is being humiliated? Who holds the power?

“We were all topping from the bottom, it seemed. Both my clients and my coworkers were designing their own humiliation…I met many men whose real pleasure seemed found in demanding torture methods more humiliating for their domme than for them. It was their fantasy, after all. Is it worse to be fisted as you fantasize or to shove your arm up a strange man’s ass for money? To have your yarmulke shat in or to have to shit in a yarmulke while a stranger watches?” (149)

Once Febos stopped her drug use and had to handle her sessions cocaine-free, she experienced them in their harsh realness, without the high of coke shielding her. She no longer felt powerful or sexy or in control. She felt out of touch with the real world and, despite graduating from college with a 4.0 GPA, she worried she was spoiled for other jobs. To test this theory, she took a temporary leave of absence from the dungeon to work as an editorial assistant. Febos lasted three days—the boredom of it, and the lack of freedom to control her actions (and having a controlling supervisor) had her running back to the dungeon. But she could not regain the same feeling of excitement and glamor that she felt in the beginning. Finally, unable to quit on her own, she found a therapist. This woman did not know what a dominatrix was and Febos had to explain the job to her. While describing it, the last of her misconceptions about being a domme fell away: “I explained how we all had to file in to meet new clients and wait for them to choose whom they wanted to pinch their nipples or coo obscenities in their ear. It did not sound glamorous. It did not sound tough, or cool, or sexy. It sounded humiliating” (236).

Febos’s Whip Smart is a smart, sharp read. She flays herself mercilessly for her delusions, misconceptions and willful ignorance regarding her personal truths. This memoir could have been a sleazy, disgusting sex tale, but instead it is an intellectual adventure through the underground world of sex work and the women who live there.

Baron-Forness Library does not own a copy of this book.

Pictures from China sent by Dr.Andrea Wyman

2010-10-01T11:31:00.007-04:00

Dr. Andrea Wyman, Associate Professor and Curriculum Librarian at Baron-Forness, is spending her sabbatical teaching English at a university in Zibo, China. Zibo is a prefecture-level city in central Shandong province, People's Republic of China. Dr. Wyman writes: "The city of Zibo has a population of 4 million - similar to Singapore or Los Angeles. The campus is approximately 6,000 hectares so it's huge and completely gated. There are beauty shops, a hospital, multiple-sized grocery stores and post offices in all directions." Most of the students ride bicycles. She has sent us 3 photographs from the university.

1. One of the many walkways:

2. The New Library.

3. Bicycles

Library Hours Labor Day Weekend -- CLOSED Labor Day

2010-09-09T08:45:00.000-04:00

Friday, Sept. 2, 8:00 - 6:00 p.m.

Saturday, Sept. 3, 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.

Sunday, Sept., 4, 1:30 - 10:00 p.m

Monday, Sept. 5, LABOR DAY CLOSED

Fall 2011 Semester Library Hours.

2010-08-31T10:25:00.000-04:00

Fall 2011 Semester

Monday - Thursday
8:00 a.m. - 12:00 a.m.

Friday8:00 - 6:00 p.m.

Saturday9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.

Sunday1:30 - 10:00 p.m.

FALL LIBRARY HOURS

2010-08-30T14:11:00.003-04:00

Baron-Forness Library Fall Semester Hours of Operation

Monday through Thursday: 8:00 A.M. to 12:00 A.M.
Friday: 8:00 A.M. to 6:00 P.M.
SATURDAY CLOSED
Sunday: 1:30 P.M. to 10:00 P.M.

7th Floor Exhibits from the Archives

2010-08-30T13:00:00.001-04:00

Archivist Dave Obringer is exhibiting collections of notable Edinboro citizens and faculty:

- Ruth Martin Harris 1936-1955, Dean of Women at Edinboro for 6 years and a member of the English Department. This exhibit includes items used by educators of the day, her grade book and other memorabilia.
- Elwood Williams 1970-1987, was a member of the faculty in Drama and English. This case includes audition records, and an alphabetical index of the details of plays.
- The J. Hopkin Collection includes many photographs depicting the normal school years.
- The Lawrence V. Kupper Photograph Collection of 1864-1957 including the town of Edinboro and the university.
- An exhibit of photos from the 1950s conveying the enthusiasm of youth for homecoming activities and includes parade floats and football.

Cynthia Kebr, Art History student, has organized an exhibit of Himalayan art from the Barbato Collection. This exhibit is in the archives art gallery.

Full text of New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and Washington Post now available online

2010-08-30T07:45:00.000-04:00

The Baron-Forness Library has recently acquired a new electronic resource called ProQuest Digital Microfilm. This resource allows library users to access via the the library website full page images of the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and Washington Post from 2008 to the present. User can access ProQuest Digital Microfilm by going to the Library home page, and then clicking on the link that reads "All E-Resources A-Z."

Alternatively, here's a direct link: Proquest Digital Microfilm.

Baron-Forness Library Butterfly Garden

2010-08-29T16:02:00.000-04:00

To celebrate Spring and Earth Day, members of the Baron-Forness Library Butterfly Garden Committee have been busy spreading soil and weeding our garden in front of the library. Soon to be added are more shrubs, perennials and annuals that are attractive to butterflies either for their nectar or as food for larva. Plants are donated by our gardeners. Butterflies are beautiful pollinators that are losing habitat with the American emphasis on grass lawns. Anyone interested in creating a Butterfly garden should check out resources on the topic available at the Baron-Forness Library or Erie County Library or talk to one of our committee members.

Early English Books in PILOT

2010-08-28T15:19:00.000-04:00

The Baron-Forness library recently completed a five-year project to catalog its collection of Early English Books on microfilm.

Nearly every English book published from the invention of printing to 1700 is in this collection. Included are the earliest editions of such classics as Chaucer's Canterbury Tales, original versions of royal statutes and proclamations, military, religious, legal, parliamentary, and other public documents, numerous early English ballads and carols, and sermons, homilies, and the Book of Common Prayer.

Early English Books contains works by such authors as Malory, Spenser, Bacon, More, Erasmus, Boyle, Newton, and Galileo. The collection also includes musical exercises by Henry Purcell, novels by Aphra Behn, and pamphlets, almanacs, calendars, and many other primary resources.

The Early English Books series is based on A Short-Title Catalogue of Books Printed in England, Scotland, & Ireland, and of English Books Printed Abroad 1475-1640, by Alfred Pollard and Gilbert Redgrave, and Short-title catalogue of books printed in England, Scotland, Ireland, Wales, and British America, and of English books printed in other countries, 1641-1700 by Donald Wing. It contains more than 45,000 titles on 2,500 reels of microfilm, comprising millions of pages. Each reel of film contains several works. Titles found in PILOT have the reel number and position on the reel at the end of the call number.

The reels require a microfilm reader to view, which is located along with the film in the Microforms Room on the first floor. The equipment is not difficult to use, but if you have any problems locating or using the equipment, feel free to ask a member of the library faculty or staff.

The library obtained funding to pay for some of the records last year from part of a grant from the Library Services and Technology Act awarded through the State Library of Pennsylvania.

University Book Club will discuss Red Dust, by Gillian Slovo, Sept. 20

2010-08-25T10:11:00.000-04:00

The University Book Discussion Group will hold its next meeting on September 20 at 6:45 pm in room 715 of the Baron-Forness Library. The group has selected the book, Red Dust, by Gillian Slovo, to discuss at the meeting. All are welcome to attend.
Red Dust is a novel written by South African-born Gillian Slovo that is structured around the hearings of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) in the fictional town Smitsrivier and also addresses the question of truth.
In post-apartheid South Africa, retired anti-apartheid activist and lawyer Ben Hoffman cannot turn down James Sizela's wish to use the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) hearing of local ex-police officer Dirk Hendricks to find out what happened to James's son Steve who has been missing since the mid-1980s confrontation between white state authorities and the black African National Congress (ANC). But Ben knows he cannot accept this case alone as he is ill
and his powers are waning. He calls his former
student, New York prosecutor Sarah Barcant to return to South Africa to help him with the amnesty hearing. They hope that the questioning of MP Alex Mpondo, a torture victim of Dirk and comrade of Steve, in connection with the TRC's full disclosure law will enable them to get hold of Pieter Muller, Smitsrivier's former police boss, whom they think killed Steve Sizela. Intended to reconcile South Africans with the violent chapter of their country's past the hearings turn out to open up old and create new wounds making the characters face the truth or their ideas of it.

AUGUST LIBRARY HOURS

2010-07-31T03:11:00.000-04:00

AUGUST LIBRARY HOURS

Monday 8/1 – Thursday 8/4 8:00am – 10:00pm

Friday 8/5 8:00am – 6:00pm

Saturday 8/6 CLOSED

Sunday 8/7 2:00pm – 10:00pm

Monday 8/8 – Wednesday 8/10 8:00am – 10:00pm

Thursday 8/11 – Friday 8/12 8:00am – 4:00pm

Saturday 8/13 & Sunday 8/14 CLOSED

Monday 8/15 – Friday 8/19 8:00am – 4:30pm

Saturday 8/20 & Sunday 8/21 CLOSED

Monday 8/22 – Friday 8/26 8:00am – 4:30pm

Saturday 8/27 & Sunday 8/28 CLOSED

Monday 8/29 – Wednesday 8/31 8:00am – 12:00am

Coming Soon: New and improved EZ-Borrow

2010-07-25T16:22:00.000-04:00

EZ-Borrow, the service that allows library users to search and request materials from dozens of libraries throughout the state, is about to get better. A simplifed search interface provides users with a Google-like single search box. Moreover, users will no longer have to select which libraries they'd like to search -- the new system searches ALL libraries simultaneously. Look for this new service in early February.

Mark Newport Performance Piece -- Friday, Ap. 1, in the BARON-FORNESS LIBRARY LOBBY

2010-07-25T14:40:00.000-04:00

Mark Newport will lead a 50-minuite performance piece. Anyone who knows how to knit, crochet, or sew is fivited to participate by arriving at the lobby with and in-progress piece by 1:40 p.m.

Friday, April 1, 2:00 P.M.

Baron-Forness

Library Lobby

The Many Faces of Leonardo da Vinci

2010-07-19T10:30:00.000-04:00

The Baron-Forness Library is hosting a da Vinci exhibit this April through September focusing on the diverse talents of this quintessential “Renaissance Man.” Although best known for his paintings and murals, including the Mona Lisa and the Last Supper, da Vinci was a man of many talents. He was well-versed in anatomy, botany, architecture, engineering, mathematics, and music and was an inventor of phenomenal ability and productivity. Today his works of art are displayed in the world’s leading museums and we enjoy the benefits of his inventions which include prototypes of the airplane, armored tank, barrel organ, crossbow, helicopter and submarine. His boundless curiosity about the natural world formed the basis of his genius and enabled him to rise above his humble birth and gain the patronage of princes and kings.

Recent library acquisitions related to Leonardo will be featured in this display accompanied by biographical information and a 3-D model of his flying machine. The highlight of this exhibit is an inlaid wood representation of the artist’s Last Supper mural. Other works of the master are featured including many portraits and sketches he completed as preliminary studies for his paintings.

One case focuses on his scientific inventions and contributions. Several cases feature works of art, including the Mona Lisa, and one case highlights juvenile materials on da Vinci and
provides examples of the animal fables he wrote. He was a gifted story-teller and practical joker, as well as a creative genius. Stop by the library and become better-acquainted with the many faces of Leonardo da Vinci. The exhibit is located in the display area on the second floor. For further information, contact Lora Whitney at 732-1076.

da Vinci websites:
www.da-vinci-inventions.com
www.leonardodavincisecrets.com/
www.mos.org/sln/leonardo/
www.museoscienza.org/english/leonardo/galleria/
www.universalleonardo.org/

University Book Club Selection: Gaudy Night by Dorothy Sayers. August 23rd

2010-07-18T14:46:00.000-04:00

The Edinboro University Book Club will next meet on the evening of Tuesday, August 23. We will be discussing the classic detective mystery, Gaudy Night by Dorothy Sayers. Additional meeting details are forthcoming.

Although no murder occurs in Gaudy Night, it is not without a great deal of suspense and psychological thrills. The narrative is interwoven with a love story and an examination of women's struggles to enlarge their roles and achieve some independence within the social climate of 1930s England, and the novel has been described as "the first feminist mystery novel." Randi Sørsdal

"Gaudy Night is a remarkable achievement. Harriet Vane and Saint-George, the undergraduate nephew of Lord Peter, help give variety, and the college setting justifies good intellectual debate. The motive is magnificently orated on by the culprit in a scene that is a striking set-piece. And though the Shrewsbury dons are sometimes hard to distinguish one from another, the College architecture is very good. Note a reference to C. P. Snow's The Search, and sound views on counterpoint versus harmony." Jacques Barzun and Wendell Hertig Taylor.

Gaudy Night deals with a number of philosophical themes, such as the right relation between love and independence or between principles and personal loyalties. Susan Haack has an essay on Gaudy Night as a philosophical novel. Susan Haack.

JULY LIBRARY HOURS

2010-06-27T08:48:00.000-04:00

JULY LIBRARY HOURS

FRIDAY 7/1 8:00AM – 6:00PM

SATURDAY 7/2, SUNDAY 7/3, MONDAY 7/4 CLOSED

TUESDAY 7/5 – THURSDAY 7/7 8:00AM – 10:00PM

FRIDAY 7/8 8:00AM – 4:00PM

SATURDAY 7/9, Sunday 7/10 CLOSED

MONDAY 7/11 – THURSDAY 7/14 8:00AM – 10:00PM

FRIDAY 7/15 8:00AM – 6:00PM

SATURDAY 7/16 CLOSED

SUNDAY 7/17 2:00PM – 10:00PM

MONDAY 7/18 – THURSDAY 7/21 8:00AM – 10:00PM

FRIDAY 7/22 8:00AM – 6:00PM

SATURDAY 7/23 CLOSED

SUNDAY 7/24 2:00PM – 10:00PM

MONDAY 7/25 – THURSDAY 7/28 8:00AM – 10:00PM

FRIDAY 7/29 8:00AM – 6:00PM

SATURDAY 7/30 CLOSED

SUNDAY 7/31 2:00PM – 10:00PM

SPRING BREAK HOURS

2010-06-24T13:08:00.000-04:00

Spring Break Library Hours

Friday 3/4 8:00am – 6:00pm
Saturday 3/5 & Sunday 3/6 CLOSED
Monday 3/7 – Friday 3/11 8:00am – 4:30 pm
Saturday 3/12 CLOSED
Sunday 3/13 1:30pm – 10:00pm

Book Sale at the Library, Feb. 24 & 25

2010-06-22T13:35:00.000-04:00

The Friends of the Baron-Froness Library invite you to

Books Are Fun

Top Quality Books

Savings! up to 70% off retail price

Everyone Invited

Thursday and Friday, Feb. 24 & 25

From 9am to 3pm

The Imperfectionists by Tom Rachman is the EUBDC selection for March.

2010-06-21T15:11:00.000-04:00

The Edinboro Univerisity Book Discussion Group selected The Imperfectionists, by Tom Rachman as its book for March. The group will next meet on March 15 from 6:45-8:15 pm in Baron-Forness Library room 715.
This first novel by Tom Rachman, a London-born journalist who has lived and worked all over the world, is so good I had to read it twice simply to figure out how he pulled it off. I still haven’t answered that question, nor do I know how someone so young — Rachman turns out to be 35, though he looks even younger in his author photo — could have acquired such a precocious grasp of human foibles. The novel is alternately hilarious and heart-wrenching, and it’s assembled like a Rubik’s Cube. I almost feel sorry for Rachman, because a debut of this order sets the bar so high.
“The Imperfectionists” takes place in Rome. The characters are, for the most part, the staff of an unnamed English-language newspaper founded in the 1950s — for reasons not revealed until the end — by an eccentric American businessman with the perfect name of Cyrus Ott. By 2004, his grandson, Oliver, will be in charge of the fates of the staff members whose stories make up the novel. More’s the pity, since Oliver’s only concern in life is for his basset hound, Schopenhauer. (from New York Times Book Review by Christopher Buckley)

JUNE LIBRARY HOURS

2010-06-20T08:06:00.000-04:00

JUNE LIBRARY HOURS

Wednesday 6/1 – Thursday 6/2 8:00am – 10:00pm

Friday 6/3 8:00am – 4:00pm

Saturday 6/4 & Sunday 6/5 CLOSED

Monday 6/6 – Thursday 6/9 8:00am – 10:00pm

Friday 6/10 8:00am – 6:00pm

Saturday 6/11 CLOSED

Sunday 6/12 2:00pm – 10:00pm

Monday 6/13 – Thursday 6/16 8:00am – 10:00pm

Friday 6/17 8:00am – 6:00pm

Saturday 6/18 CLOSED

Sunday 6/19 2:00pm – 10:00pm

Monday 6/20 – Thursday 6/23 8:00am – 10:00pm

Friday 6/24 8:00am – 6:00pm

Saturday 6/25 CLOSED

Sunday 6/26 2:00pm – 10:00pm

Monday 6/27 – Thursday 6/30 8:00am – 10:00pm

LAST DAY Feb. 18th. FOREVER FREE

2010-06-17T07:05:00.000-04:00

EDINBORO UNIVERSITY
and the
Friends of the Baron-Forness Library

Cordially invite you to attend

FOREVER FREE: ABRAHAM LINCOLN’S JOURNEY TO EMANCIPATION
A Traveling Exhibition Tracing Lincoln’s Changing Views of Slavery

All programs are free and open to the public. University regulations require a parking pass available from Edinboro University Police. Please be sure to stop at the Campus Police office, now located at the Rt. N6 entrance to the University, for a free parking permit.

Exhibit times and Location
The exhibit is available for viewing anytime the library is open to February 18th. Library hours are 8 am to Midnight Monday through Thursday; 8 am to 6 pm Friday; 9 am to 5 pm Saturday; and 1:30 pm to 10 pm Sundays.
Lecture: "Reflections on Lincoln at Gettysburg -- Grandfathers, Gettysburg, and Government"
Dr. David Ferster, Political Science/Criminal Justice Dept. Hendricks Hall G-13, Tuesday February 1, 2 pm.

Lecture: "Forced into Glory: Political & Moral Considerations of the Emancipation Proclamation"
Prof. Umeme Sababu and Dr. Ihor Bemko, History Dept. Hendricks Hall G-13, February 9, 6-8 pm.
Lecture: Civil War Roundtable of Erie County meeting, Pogue University Center, Rm 303b, 7 pm, February 15.
George Deutsch, "President Lincoln and Chief Justice Taney: The Great Antagonists"
Closing Lecture
Ed Bearss, prominent Civil War historian and author of numerous books on the subject, delivers the exhibition lecture at the H. O. Hirt Auditorium, Blasco Memorial Library, Erie, PA, February 11, 2011 at 7:30 p.m.
"Lincoln comes to Washington: His First Days in the White House"
Displays: Originals and and reproductions of Civil War memorabilia throughout the Baron-Forness Library during the exhibition.

Visit our website: http://www.edinboro.edu/departments/library/lincoln-exhibit.dot

For more information, contact Jack Widner at 814-732-2175 or widner@edinboro.edu.

"Forever Free: Abraham Lincoln's Journey to Emancipation" has been organized by the Huntington Library, San Marino, California, and the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History, New York City, in cooperation with the American Library Association Public Programs Office. This exhibition was made possible by major grants from the National Endowment for the Humanities, promoting excellence in the humanities, and the Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Commission, created by Congress and charged with planning the national celebration of Lincoln's 200th birthday.

Locally Sponsered by

Friends of the Baron-Forness Library -- WJET-24, Erie PA -- Mainstreet Media, North East, Pa -- Northwest Tri-county Intermediate Unit, Edinboro, PA -- Edinboro Area Historical Society.

All events are free and open to the general public.

In Zanesville is a very good place to be

2010-06-09T14:53:00.000-04:00

In Zanesville by Jo Ann Beard starts out like a house on fire--really. The first chapter begins with the 14-yr-old narrator (who is never named) and her best friend babysitting an unruly group of siblings when one of the children sets the bathroom trash can on fire. Felicia ("Flea") and her friend panic and respond to the smoke by herding all the kids outside and then by removing all the house pets (snakes, tarantulas, mice and a dog) to the front lawn. Then they decide whose mother to call because mothers are the ones with the answers: "Forget fathers, forget teachers: our mothers are the ones with the answers, the only people who know something about everything, although it's true that the answers are never that great and that both mothers are incredibly bossy and both have at least one disturbing trait." They decide to call the narrator's mother (while still in the smoking house) and the girls argue about exactly how much smoke there is until the mother gets irritated, yells at her daughter to call the fire station, and leaves work to go to the house herself to take charge.

This is a wonderful book, one of my better impulse buys at B&N. The writing is superb. The author accurately captures early teenage feelings of angst, anger, disappointment, and sadness. The girls talk exactly the way I remember talking at that age (although these teenagers are growing up in the 1970s; I am a child of the 80s) and the relationship between the girls is spot-on. Neither of these girls (Felicia and her friend the unnamed narrator) are angels; they lie, get into trouble, and are usually doing the opposite of what they told their parents they'd be doing. But they are likeable, funny, and a pleasure to spend almost 300 pages with.

Felicia likes to eat at her friend's house but her friend prefers to eat at her house and they often compare the previous evening's menus. The narrator generally eats Jello-O for dinner, no matter what her mother fixes. This small exchange between them makes me laugh every time:

"What did you have?"

"Jell-O," I tell her.

"I know, but what did they have?"

"Some kind of Transylvanian meat," I say. My grandmother's second husband is a butcher, as crabby as he is bald. A tongue isn't even the worst thing he's given us.

"Lucky," she says. "We had pork and beans and green beans. I said to my mother, 'These are both beans,' but she didn't care."

Another scene I particularly love is the moment the narrator realizes (with horror) that being in the school's marching band is the most detrimental social activity she could engage in and decides to quit (with her friend Felicia) in the middle of a parade ("I hadn't realized before, but now I do: We've made a terrible mistake. Band is weird."). I sometimes cringe at the situations they get into or the dumb decisions they make, but I'm always rooting for them to come out okay in the end.

The dialogue is very well-written and often quite funny. I highly recommend this book. It is often humorous, but the narrator and her friend deal with adult problems of alcoholism and death along with surviving the teenage problems of popularity and boys and what to do when your face is asymmetrical.

In Zanesville by Jo Ann Beard is not available at Baron-Forness Library.

Winter Break Library Hours

2010-06-09T10:45:00.000-04:00

Library Hours

Monday 12-13 -- Thursday 12/16: 8:00am -- 2:00am

Friday 12/17: 8:00am -- 6:00pm
Saturday 12/18 & Sunday 12/19: CLOSED
Monday 12/20 – Wednesday 12/22: 8:00am – 4:30pm
Thursday 12/23 – Sunday 1/2: CLOSED
Monday 1/3 – Friday 1/7: 8:00am – 4:30pm
Saturday 1/8 & Sunday 1/9: CLOSED
Monday 1/10 – Friday 1/14: 8:00am – 4:30pm
Saturday 1/15 – Monday 1/17: CLOSED
Tuesday 1/18 – Thursday 1/20 8:00am – 12:00am

University Book Club Selection for Early January is The Moonflower Vine by Jetta Carleton.

2010-06-09T10:30:00.000-04:00

The reading for January is The Moonflower Vine by Jetta Carleton. The next meeting for the Book Discussion Group will be held on January 4, 2011. Our meeting location will change for the January meeting. For further information either about the meeting or about the group please contact either Don Dilmore (ddilmore@edinboro.edu) or Catherine Whitley (cwhitley@edinboro.edu).

What a gift that this treasure, written in 1962 and the author's one and only masterpiece, is available to us again. Carleton unashamedly wrote an old-fashioned book, filled with values and priorities sadly missing today.

Set in the early part of the twentieth century in rural Missouri, the story is based on Carleton's own life experience. Exquisitely told, the book chronicles the lives of Matthew and Callie Soames and their four headstrong daughters. The farm and the natural world are a warm and embracing backdrop for all the dramas that befall the family—broken hearts, tragedy, and infidelity—and most of all, for their deep and abiding love and loyalty.

The characters come intricately alive because the story is told through each person's eyes and masterfully woven together into a rich and unforgettable saga. Likened to To Kill a Mockingbird for its honesty, power, and beauty, this book will stay with you long after you have turned the last page. Review by Jane Smiley

Tuesday, Feb. 15 University Book Discussion Group Meets to Discuss Zadie Smith's On Beauty

2010-06-08T08:00:00.000-04:00

The Edinboro University Book Discussion Group will meet Tuesday, Feb. 15, at 6:45, high atop the Baron-Forness Libarary in room 715. The Book Discussion Group agreed to read the novel, On Beauty by Zadie Smith, for their next meeting.

Howard Belsey is a middle-class white liberal Englishman teaching abroad at Wellington, a thinly disguised version of one of the Ivies. He is a Rembrandt scholar who can't finish his book and a recent adulterer whose marriage is now on the slippery slope to disaster. His wife, Kiki, a black Floridian, is a warm, generous, competent wife, mother, and medical worker. Their children are Jerome, disgusted by his father's behavior, Zora, Wellington sophomore firebrand feminist and Levi, eager to be taken for a "homey," complete with baggy pants, hoodies and the ever-present iPod. This family has no secrets--at least not for long. They talk about everything, appropriate to the occasion or not. And, there is plenty to talk about.

The other half of the story is that of the Kipps family: Monty, stiff, wealthy ultra-conservative vocal Christian and Rembrandt scholar, whose book has been published. His wife Carlene is always slightly out of focus, and that's the way she wants it. She wafts over all proceedings, never really connecting with anyone. That seems to be endemic in the Kipps household. Son Michael is a bit of a Monty clone and daughter Victoria is not at all what Daddy thinks she is. Indeed, Forster's advice, "Only connect," is lost on this group.

The two academics have long been rivals, detesting each other's politics and disagreeing about Rembrandt. They are thrown into further conflict when Jerome leaves Wellington to get away from the discovery of his father's affair, lands on the Kipps' doorstep, falls for Victoria and mistakes what he has going with her for love. Howard makes it worse by trying to fix it. Then, Kipps is granted a visiting professorship at Wellington and the whole family arrives in Massachusetts.

From this raw material, Smith has fashioned a superb book, her best to date. She has interwoven class, race, and gender and taken everyone prisoner. Her even-handed renditions of liberal and/or conservative mouthings are insightful, often hilarious, and damning to all. She has a great time exposing everyone's clay feet. This author is a young woman cynical beyond her years, and we are all richer for it. --Valerie Ryan

Father's Day Facts -- June 19, 2011

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Father's Day: June 19, 2011

The idea of Father's Day was conceived slightly more than a century ago by Sonora Dodd of Spokane, Wash., while she listened to a Mother's Day sermon in 1909. Dodd wanted a special day to honor her father, William Smart, a widowed Civil War veteran who was left to raise his six children on a farm. A day in June was chosen for the first Father's Day celebration — 101 years ago, June 19, 1910, proclaimed by Spokane's mayor because it was the month of Smart's birth. The first presidential proclamation honoring fathers was issued in 1966 when President Lyndon Johnson designated the third Sunday in June as Father's Day. Father's Day has been celebrated annually since 1972 when President Richard Nixon signed the public law that made it permanent.

How Many Fathers?
70.1 million
Estimated number of fathers across the nation.
Source: Unpublished data from the Survey of Income and Program Participation

25.3 million
Number of fathers who were part of married-couple families with children younger than 18 in 2010.

•22 percent were raising three or more children younger than 18 (among married-couple family households only).
•3 percent lived in someone else's home.
Source: America's Families and Living Arrangements

1.8 million
Number of single fathers in 2010; 15 percent of single parents were men.

•Nine percent were raising three or more children younger than 18.
•About 46 percent were divorced, 30 percent were never married, 19 percent were separated, and 6 percent were widowed.
•39 percent had an annual family income of $50,000 or more.
Source: America's Families and Living Arrangements

Thinking of You, Dad
8,111
The number of men's clothing stores around the country (as of 2008), a good place to buy dad a tie or shirt.
Source: County Business Patterns

16,010
The number of hardware stores (as of 2008), a place to buy hammers, wrenches, screwdrivers and other items high on the list of Father's Day gifts. Additionally, there were 7,009 home centers across the country in 2008.
Source: County Business Patterns

22,116
Number of sporting goods stores in 2008. These stores are good places to purchase traditional gifts for dad, such as fishing rods and golf clubs.
Source: County Business Patterns

81.5 million
The number of Americans who participated in a barbecue in the last year — it's probably safe to assume many of these barbecues took place on Father's Day.
Source: Mediamark Research & Intelligence, as cited in the Statistical Abstract of the United States: 2011 , Table 1239

Mr. Mom
154,000
Estimated number of stay-at-home dads in 2010. These married fathers with children younger than 15 have remained out of the labor force for at least one year primarily so they can care for the family while their wives work outside the home. These fathers cared for 287,000 children.
Source: America's Families and Living Arrangements

16%
In spring 2005, the percentage of preschoolers regularly cared for by their father during their mother's working hours.
Source: Who's Minding the Kids? Child Care Arrangements: Spring 2005/Summer 2006

Child-Support Payments
$2.8 billion
Amount of child support received by custodial fathers in 2007; they were due $4.3 billion. In contrast, custodial mothers received $18.6 billion of the $29.8 billion in support that was due.
Source: Custodial Mothers and Fathers and Their Child Support

45%
Percentage of custodial fathers who received all child support that was due in 2007, not significantly different from the corresponding percentage for custodial mothers.
Source: Custodial Mothers and Fathers and Their Child Support

67%
Percentage of custodial fathers receiving noncash support, such as gifts or coverage of expenses, on behalf of their children. The corresponding proportion for mothers was 56 percent.
Source: Custodial Mothers and Fathers and Their Child Support

Time with Daddy
53% and 71%
Percentages of children younger than 6 who ate breakfast and dinner, respectively, with their father every day in 2006. The corresponding percentages who ate with their mother were 58 percent and 80 percent. (The percentages of children who ate breakfast with their mother or father, respectively, were not significantly different from each another.)
Source: A Child's Day: 2006

36%
Percentage of children younger than 6 who had 15 or more outings with their father in the last month, as of 2006.
Source: A Child's Day: 2006

6
Average times children ages 3 to 5 were read to by their fathers in the past week, as of 2006.
Source: A Child's Day: 2006

66%
Percentage of children younger than 6 who were praised three or more times a day by their fathers. Source: A Child's Day: 2006

FOREVER FREE PROGRAMS

2010-06-05T11:27:00.000-04:00

All programs are free and open to the public. If you are visiting the campus after January 18, please be sure to stop at the Campus Police office, now located at the Rt. N6 entrance to the University, for a free parking permit.

Exhibit times and Location
The exhibit is available for viewing anytime the library is open to February 18th. Library hours are 8 am to Midnight Monday through Thursday; 8 am to 6 pm Friday; 9 am to 5 pm Saturday; and 1:30 pm to 10 pm Sundays.
Lecture: "Reflections on Lincoln at Gettysburg -- Grandfathers, Gettysburg, and Government"
Dr. David Ferster, Political Science/Criminal Justice Dept. Hendricks Hall G-13, Tuesday February 1, 2 pm.
Lecture: "Forced into Glory: Political & Moral Considerations of the Emancipation Proclamation"
Prof. Umeme Sababu and Dr. Ihor Bemko, History Dept. Hendricks Hall G-13, February 9, 6-8 pm.
Lecture: Civil War Roundtable of Erie County meeting, Pogue University Center, Rm 303b, 7 pm, February 15.
George Deutsch, "President Lincoln and Chief Justice Taney: The Great Antagonists"
Closing Lecture
Ed Bearss, prominent Civil War historian and author of numerous books on the subject, delivers the exhibition lecture at the O. V. Hirt Auditorium, Blasco Memorial Library, Erie, PA, February 11, 2011 at 7:30 p.m.
"Lincoln comes to Washington: His First Days in the White House" Admission is free and open to the public.
Displays: Originals and and reproductions of Civil War memorabilia throughout the Baron-Forness Library during the exhibition.

Visit our website: http://www.edinboro.edu/departments/library/lincoln-exhibit.dot

THRUSDAY March 10, during break, electrical work in the library -- Computers down at least till noon.

2010-06-02T14:17:00.000-04:00

Work will be done on the library’s electrical service Thursday, March 10th. The work is scheduled to begin at 6 am and facilities reports that the project could take up to six hours. During that time the generator will operate to give the library limited electrical service including some lights and some outlets, but the computer labs will not be working and the elevators will be shut down. They expect to restore power by noon.
ELEVATORS AND COMPUTERS WILL NOT BE AVAILABLE FOR USE THURSDAY MORNING, MARCH 10th. HOPEFULLY THE SERVICE WILL BE RESTORED BY NOON.

View Soon --History of Halloween, Witches in the Literature -- Displays on the 2nd Floor.

2010-05-27T11:24:00.000-04:00

Exibit leaving soon -- Check it out before Halloween
Celebrate the Halloween season with museum displays presented by members of Dr. Jenrette's class in the History of Witchcraft. exhibits include "History of Halloween"; Witches in the Literature"; Executions; and "El Dia de Los Muertos (Day of the Dead --great Mexican celebraton)" These cases are on the 2nd floor of the Baron-Forness Library.

Leaving Soon -- View Now -- A Visual History of the George W. Bush Presidency:Baron-Forness Art Gallery, 2nd Floor

2010-05-27T08:00:00.000-04:00

A Visual History of the George W. Bush Presidency

Baron-Forness Art Gallery, 2nd Floor

Upon the completion of the G.W. Bush time in office, fifteen artists began the writing of that history, with each artist creating an image that reflects on an event or quote that occurred during or leading up to his time in office.
This print exchange portfolio was organized by Edinboro University of Pennsylvania Assoc. Professor William Mathie with assistance from Assoc. Professor John Lysak

George W. Bush during his years of service as President of the United States of America, commented a number of times that history would be the judge of his presidency. Upon the completion of his time in office fifteen artists began the writing of that history, with each artist creating an image that reflects on an event or quote that occurred during or leading up to his time in office. There was no set agenda for the images as a group. Each artist chose the event their image reflects on, and how to best document the quote or event.

Artist--------------Date------------Event
Sidney Chafetz 12/15/1999 Candidates Focus on Christian Beliefs
William Mathie 8/26/2001 Bush’s Energy Plan Bares Industry Clout
Marc Snyder 9/20/2002 Doctrine of Striking Foes First
Mess Hall Press 2/24/2004 Marriage as a Union of a Man and Woman as husband and Wife
Carter Scaggs 6/7/2004 Cities Say No to the Patriot Act
John Lysak 9/21/2004 Dictators are Quick to Choose Aggression
Michael Barnes 8/3/2005 Remarks On ‘Intelligent Design’
Justin George 9/3/2005 Kanye West’s Torrent of Criticism, Live on NBC
Jenny Schmid 9/20/2006 And the Devil Came Here Yesterday
John Hitchcock 10/11/2006 Iraqi Death Tolls an Estimated 655,000
Bill Fick 2/18/2007 Soldiers Face Neglect, Frustration At Army’s Top Medical Facility
Heather O’Hara 6/20/2007 Lawmakers to Investigate Bush on Laws and Intent
Louise Kames 9/26/2007 Childrens Do Learn When Standards are High and Results are Measured
Ruthann Godollei 3/9/2008 Veto of Bill on C.I.A. Tactics Affirms Bush’s Legacy
Laurie Godfrey 7/10/2008 Goodbye From the World’s Biggest Polluter.

TOMORROW: Books Are FUN Sale -- October 26th, 2010 -- In the Library

2010-05-25T08:00:00.000-04:00

TOMORROW

The Baron-Forness Friends of the Library Books Are Fun sale will be held on Tuesday, October 26th from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the lobby of the library. Please visit the library and shop the extensive selection of books and gift items. The sale is a great opportunity for early Christmas shopping. This is a great opportunity to expand your personal library. A portion of the funds benefits the Friends.

TUES. NOV. 30 Universtiy Book Discussion Group November Selection: Possession by A.S. Byatt

2010-05-22T12:30:00.000-04:00

The Edinboro Book Discussion Group’s November selection is Possession, by A. S. Byatt. The group will meet in Baron-Forness room 715 at 6:45 pm, Tuesday, November 30 to discuss this book. All are welcome to attend the discussion group’s meetings.

Possession: A Romance is a 1990 bestselling novel by British writer A. S. Byatt. It is a winner of the Man Booker Prize.
Part historical as well as contemporary fiction, the title Possession refers to issues of ownership and independence between lovers, the practice of collecting historically significant cultural artifacts, and to the possession that a biographer feels for their subject. The novel incorporates many different styles and devices: diaries, letters and poetry, in addition to third-person narration. Possession is as concerned with the present day as it is with the Victorian era, pointing out the differences between the two time periods satirizing such things as modern academia and mating rituals.
Time Magazine included the novel in its TIME 100 Best English-language Novels from 1923 to 2005.

Dame Antonia Susan Duffy, DBE (commonly known as A. S. Byatt born 24 August 1936, Sheffield) is an English novelist, poet and Booker Prize winner. In 2008, The Times newspaper named her among their list of The 50 greatest British writers since 1945.
(From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia)

The reading for December is The Moonflower Vine by Jetta Carleton. Discussion of this book is scheduled for Tuesday, December 21. More information will be avaliable latter. All are welcome to attend the discussion group’s meetings.

Tonight: Free Horror Poetry Reading by Brett Rutherford, October 18th 7:00 PM

2010-05-18T09:35:00.000-04:00

Tonight

Brett Rutherford, Acclaimed Poet and EUP Alumnus to Perform a Reading of His Poetry Monday, October 18th at 7:00 PM, Baron-Forness Library Room 715.

This Halloween season, come to the Edinboro Library’s “attic” for an evening of spooky verse as we welcome Brett Rutherford for a reading of selections from his poems of the supernatural. This event is free and open to students, faculty, staff, and the public. Light refreshments will be served.

Brett started his career as a poet as a student at Edinboro State College many years ago, running his own underground newspaper and designing, printing and hand-binding his first poetry chapbook. The supernatural has always been a major theme in his work. His poem cycle Things Seen in Graveyards features the Edinboro cemetery along the way to remote locales, from Salem to the Atacama desert in Chile. The press Brett founded in New York City in 1971, The Poet’s Press, has now published 189 books, highlighting a wide variety of neglected New York poets, as well as his special focus -- the poetry of the Gothic and supernatural. Following the footsteps of Edgar Allan Poe and H.P. Lovecraft, Brett made a trek to haunted Providence Rhode Island in 1985 – and stayed. The result was two horror novels; a biographical play about H.P. Lovecraft; a study of Poe’s doomed 1848 romance in Rhode Island; and, best of all, his own mammoth 275-page collection, Whippoorwill Road: The Supernatural Poems. Brett is in the area right now doing photography for a book that will bring together all his Pennsylvania poems, and then he is heading back to Providence for the Halloween premiere of an exciting new book: an annotated edition of the landmark 1801 anthology of supernatural poetry by Matthew Gregory Lewis, titled Tales of Wonder. A number of Brett’s poems have been set to music (vocal and orchestral) by William Alexander, emeritus professor of Music at Edinboro; a number of these works have been premiered by the Erie Philharmonic. All of the books written and published by Brett Rutherford can be seen at http://www.poetspress.org/.

Brett works at the University of Rhode Island as Coordinator of Distance Learning, and teaches in the Women’s Studies Department, where he has taught a multidisciplinary course on “The Diva,” and another on “Women in Science Fiction: From Shelley to Sigourney Weaver.” Most recently he lectured for the National Endowment for the Arts in its Big Read series at Rhode Island College, focusing on Edgar Allan Poe. His other interests include classical music, and Chinese literature and art.

Today: Edinboro Book Discussion Group to discuss The Casebook of Victor Frankenstine

2010-05-18T09:30:00.000-04:00

Today: The Edinboro Book Discussion Group held its first meeting of the new academic year on September 14. We discussed The Story of Edgar Sawtelle. Our next meeting will begin at 6:45 pm on Tuesday, October 19, in Baron-Forness Room 715. The book selected by the group is Peter Ackroyd’s The Casebook of Victor Frankenstein. All are welcome to join us.

When two nineteenth-century Oxford students--Victor Frankenstein, a serious researcher, and the poet Percy Bysshe Shelley--form an unlikely friendship, the result is a tour de force that could only come from one of the world's most accomplished and prolific authors.

This haunting and atmospheric novel opens with a heated discussion, as Shelley challenges the conventionally religious Frankenstein to consider his atheistic notions of creation and life. Afterward, these concepts become an obsession for the young scientist. As Victor begins conducting anatomical experiments to reanimate the dead, he at first uses corpses supplied by the coroner. But these specimens prove imperfect for Victor's purposes. Moving his makeshift laboratory to a deserted pottery factory in Limehouse, he makes contact with the Doomsday men--the resurrectionists--whose grisly methods put Frankenstein in great danger as he works feverishly to bring life to the terrifying creature that will bear his name for eternity.

TODAY: Films On Demand -- Demonstration, Wed., Oct. 20 in the library.

2010-05-18T08:10:00.000-04:00

TODAY -- 2:30

Films On Demand is an on-line resource for educational films and videos in a variety of subject areas, including the humanities, sciences, careers, health, family and consumer sciences, and technical education. A service of Films Media Group. The Barron-Forness Library has a subscription to this service.

Meg Baker, Digital Services Consultant for Films on Demand, will be in the Library 2nd Floor Lab, Room 232, on Wedensday October 20th from 2:30 to 3:30. We invite you to come and learn more about using Films on Demand in your classes, both traditional and online.

For a short introduction to Films on Demand click HERE.

Borrow a laptop computer!

2010-05-16T09:05:00.000-04:00

The Baron-Forness Library is pleased to announce the availability of laptop computers for checkout. The laptops are available at the library circulation desk. Users can check them out by presenting their Edinboro ID cards. They're for in-library use only, and must be returned to the circulation desk 1 hour prior to closing. The machines are Wi-Fi enabled and are loaded with web browsing software along with Microsoft Office software.

May Library Hours

2010-05-16T09:00:00.000-04:00

MAY LIBRARY HOURS

Sunday 5/1 1:30pm – 2:00am

Monday 5/2 – Thursday 5/5 8:00am – 2:00am

Friday 5/6 8:00am – 6:00pm

Saturday 5/7 & Sunday 5/8 CLOSED

Monday 5/9 – Friday 5/13 8:00am – 4:00pm

Saturday 5/14 & Sunday 5/15 CLOSED

Monday 5/16 – Thursday 5/19 8:00am – 10:00pm

Friday 5/20 8:00am – 6:00pm

Saturday 5/21 CLOSED

Sunday 5/22 2:00pm – 10:00pm

Monday 5/23 – Thursday 5/26 8:00am – 10:00pm

Friday 5/27 8:00am – 6:00pm

Saturday 5/28 CLOSED

Sunday 5/29 CLOSED

Monday 5/30 CLOSED

Tuesday 5/31 8:00am – 10:00pm

THANKSGIVING BREAK LIBRARY HOURS

2010-05-12T14:01:00.000-04:00

Thanksgiving Break Library Hours

Wednesday 11/24: 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Thursday 11/25: CLOSED

Friday 11/26: CLOSED

Saturday 11/27: CLOSED

Sunday 11/28: 1:30 p.m. to 10 p.m.

Library Opens Saturdays Starting Nov. 20, 2010

2010-05-11T12:52:00.000-04:00

The Edinboro University Library will again be open on Saturdays starting on November 20th. The library will be open 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on the 20th and the two Saturdays in December. In the spring semester, the library will continue to be open on Saturdays.

University Clay Club Exhibit on 2nd Floor

2010-05-10T12:30:00.000-04:00

Edinboro University Clay Club:

A collection of works by members of the Clay Club is presented in the display cases of the Baron-Baron-Forness Library 2nd floor exhibit area. The exhibition will remain during November.

Baron-Forness Library Faculty Accomplishments

2010-05-07T09:19:00.007-04:00

Professor Jack Widner, Reference Librarian, was the reciepient of faculty grant awards in 2009 and 2010 for a research project on southern literature. He is also a member of the Keystone Library Network committee that recieved a $20,000 LSTA (Library Services and Technology Assessment) grant to produce "widgits" for information literacy.

Professors Barry Gray, Technical Services Librarian, and Christine Troutman, Serials Librarian, will present a program titled "Pack Light: Changes in Technical Services Staffing and Workflow in Academic Libraries" at the Ohio Valley Group of Technical Services Librarians 2010 Conference in Morehead, KY on May 20th.

The Once and Future Library
PASSHE Library Conference sponsored by SSHELCO
March 25-26, 2010: Holiday Inn - Grantville, PA

Three members of the library faculty presented programs at the annual Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education Library Conference.
Professors Barry Gray and Christine Troutman presented a session titled "Changes in Technical Services Staffing and Workflow: Stay Relevant or Die!"
Dr. Monty McAdoo, Instruction and Electronic Resources Librarian, talked on "How to Hit an Iceberg: Strategies for Staying Afloat in the Sea of Change."
Professor John Rosenhamer, Reference Librarian, along with Mame Purce of West Chester University of PA, and Loring Prest from California University of PA, did a session about "Sharing the Work – LibGuides in the PASSHE Libraries."

FOREVER FREE: ABRAHAM LINCOLN’S JOURNEY TO EMANCIPATION

2010-05-06T07:47:00.000-04:00

EDINBORO UNIVERSITY
and the
Friends of the Baron-Forness Library

Cordially invite you to attend

FOREVER FREE: ABRAHAM LINCOLN’S JOURNEY TO EMANCIPATION
A Traveling Exhibition Tracing Lincoln’s Changing Views of Slavery

Opening Reception and Exhibit

Thursday, January 20, 2011

5 p.m. - Hors d' oeuvres & Reception
6 p.m. - Program

at the
Second Floor Atrium
Baron-Forness Library
200 Tartan Road
Edinboro University Campus
Edinboro, Pennsylvania

Please RSVP by January 13 by calling 732-2779 or e-mailing dkelly@edinboro.edu

The Baron-Forness library is sponsoring free programs
and other events for the public in connection with the exhibition.
For more information, contact Jack Widner at 814-732-2175 or widner@edinboro.edu.

Locally Sponsered by

Friends of the Baron-Forness Library -- WJET-24, Erie PA -- Mainstreet Media, North East, Pa -- Northwest Tri-county Intermediate Unit, Edinboro, PA -- Edinboro Area Historical Society.

All events are free and open to the general public.

University regulations require a parking pass available from Edinboro University Police.

Extended Library Hours--Last Two Weeks

2010-05-04T13:52:00.000-04:00

EXTENDED LIBRARY HOURS

Sunday 12/5 1:30pm – 2:00am
Monday 12/6 – Thursday 12/9 8:00am – 2:00am
Friday 12/10 8:00am – 6:00pm
Saturday 12/11 9:00am – 5:00pm
Sunday 12/12 1:30pm – 2:00am
Monday 12/13 – Thursday 12/16 8:00am – 2:00am
Friday 12/17 8:00am – 6:00pm

Mother's Day Facts -- From the U.S. Census Bureau

2010-04-28T15:28:00.000-04:00

Mother’s Day: May 8, 2011

The driving force behind Mother’s Day was Anna Jarvis, who organized observances in Grafton, W.Va., and Philadelphia on May 10, 1908. As the annual celebration became popular around the country, Jarvis asked members of Congress to set aside a day to honor mothers. She finally succeeded in 1914, when Congress designated the second Sunday in May as Mother’s Day.

2 The total fertility rate or number of births per woman in the U.S. in 2009, a decline of 4 percent from 2008 (based on current birth rates by age). Source: National Center for Health Statistics

How Many Mothers

85.4 million
Estimated number of mothers in the United States in 2008. Source: Survey of Income and Program Participation, 2008 Panel Wave 2, unpublished tabulations.

54%
Percentage of 15- to 44-year-old women who were mothers in 2008. Source: Fertility of American Women: 2008

82%
Percentage of women 40 to 44 who had given birth as of 2008. In 1976, 90 percent of women in that age group had given birth. Source: Fertility of American Women: 2008

How Many Children

2.6
The total fertility rate or number of births in 2008 per woman in Utah (based on current birth rates by age), which led the nation. At the other end of the spectrum is Vermont, with a total fertility rate of 1.7 births per woman. Source: National Center for Health Statistics

94%
Among the 37.8 million mothers living with children younger than 18 in 2004, the percentage who lived with their biological children only. In addition, 3 percent lived with stepchildren, 2 percent with any adopted children and less than 1 percent with any foster children. Source: Living Arrangements of Children: 2004

Moms Who’ve Recently Given Birth

4.13 million
Number of births registered in the United States in 2009. Of this number, 409,840 were to teens 15 to 19 and 7,934 to mothers 45 to 54.vSource: National Center for Health Statistics

25.1
Average age of women in 2008 when they gave birth for the first time, up from 25.0 years in 2006 and 2007. The increase in the mean age from 2007 to 2008 reflects, in part, the relatively large decline in births to women under age 25 compared with the small decline for women in the 25-39 age bracket. Source: National Center for Health Statistics

40%
Percentage of births that were the mother’s first in 2008. Another 32 percent were the
second-born; 17 percent, third; and 7 percent, fourth.Source: National Center for Health Statistics

18,986
Number of births in 2008 that were the mother’s eighth or more. Source: National Center for Health Statistics

42,746
Number of births in 2008 that did not occur in hospitals. Of these, 28,357 were in a residence (home) and 12,014 were in a freestanding birthing center. Source: National Center for Health Statistics
32.6
Number of twin births per 1,000 total births in 2008, the highest rate on record. Source: National Center for Health Statistics

6,268
Number of triplet and higher order multiple births in 2008, the lowest number reported in more than a decade. The 2008 triplet and higher order multiple total included 5,877 triplets,
345 quadruplets, and 46 quintuplets and higher order multiples. Source: National Center for Health Statistics
July
The month with the highest number of births, with 375,384 in 2008. Source: National Center for Health Statistics

Tuesday
The most common day to deliver, with an average of 13,415 births taking place on Tuesdays
in 2008. Source: National Center for Health Statistics

Jacob and Isabella
The most popular baby names for boys and girls, respectively, in 2009. Source: Social Security Administration

71
Number of births in the past year per 1,000 women 15 to 50 with a graduate or professional degree. These women have a higher fertility rate than those with any other level of education.
Source: Fertility of American Women: 2008

Mothers Remembered

18,509
Number of florist establishments nationwide in 2008. The 89,741 employees in floral shops across our nation will be especially busy preparing, selling and delivering floral arrangements
for Mother’s Day. Source: County Business Patterns: 2008 <
The flowers bought for mom have a good chance of having been grown in California. Among the 15 surveyed states, California was the leading provider of cut flowers in 2009, accounting for 75 percent of domestic flower production ($269 million out of $359 million at wholesale value) in those states. (The data pertain only to operations with sales greater than or equal to $100,000.) Source: USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service
11,715
Number of employees of the 107 greeting-card publishing establishments in 2008. Source: County Business Patterns: 2008

14,027
The number of cosmetics, beauty supplies and perfume stores nationwide in 2008. Perfume is
a popular gift given on Mother’s Day. Source: County Business Patterns: 2008

26,683
Number of jewelry stores in the United States in 2008 — the place to purchase necklaces, earrings and other timeless pieces for mom. Source: County Business Patterns: 2008

Stay-at-Home Moms

5 million
Number of stay-at-home moms in 2010 — down from 5.1 million in 2009 and 5.3 million in 2008 (the estimates for 2010 and 2009 are not statistically different). In 2010, 23 percent of married-couple family groups with children under 15 had a stay-at-home mother, up from 21 percent in 2000. In 2007, before the recession, stay-at-home mothers were found in 24 percent
of married-couple family groups with children under 15. Source: America's Families and Living Arrangements

Compared with other moms, stay-at-home moms in 2007 were more likely to be:

-- Younger (44 percent were under 35 compared with 38 percent of mothers
in the labor force).

-- Hispanic (27 percent compared with 16 percent of mothers in the labor force).

-- Foreign-born (34 percent compared with 19 percent of mothers in the labor force).

-- Living with a preschool-age child (57 percent compared with 43 percent of mothers in
the labor force).

-- Without a high school diploma (19 percent versus 8 percent of mothers in the labor force).

Source: America’s Families and Living Arrangements: 2007

Employed Moms (and Moms-to-Be)

61%
The proportion of mothers with a recent birth who were in the labor force increased from
57 percent in 2006 to 61 percent in 2008. Among states with higher than average levels of
new mothers who were unemployed, the highest proportions were in Alabama (10 percent)
and Michigan (9 percent), along with several states in the southeast United States.
Source: Fertility of American Women: 2008

777,817
Number of child care centers across the country in 2008. These included 74,920 centers employing 884,235 workers and another 702,897 self-employed people or other businesses without paid employees. Many mothers turn to these centers to help juggle motherhood and careers. Source: County Business Patterns: 2008 and Nonemployer Statistics

Single Moms

9.9 million
The number of single mothers living with children younger than 18 in 2010,
up from 3.4 million in 1970.
Source: America’s Families and Living Arrangements

5.6 million
Number of custodial mothers who were due child support in 2007.
Source: Custodial Mothers and Fathers and Their Child Support: 2007

38%
Of the 4 million women 15 to 44 years old who had a birth in the last year,
1.5 million
(38 percent) were to women who were not married, who were separated, or
married but with an absent spouse. Of those 1.5 million mothers, 425,000
(28 percent) were living with a cohabiting partner.
Source: Fertility of American Women: 2008