Help from the Library -- Library Help Guides

The librarians of the Baron-Forness Library are preparing new guides to help Edinboro University students, staff, and faculty better use our resources. This is just the beginning and we have 10 to 12 now published to the web.  Among them are “Early Childhood / Elementary Education LibGuide”, “How to Cite Your Sources”, “Social Work Resources”, "Resources for Natural and Physical Sciences" and “How to Evaluate Websites”.  You can access these guides from the library home page .  

Go to HELP and click on Library Help Guides.

Want to look now, click on Baron-Froness Library Guides

Jan. 28th --Brown Bag Speaker Series -- "Second Life at Edinboro"

The Baron Forness Library Brown Bag Speaker Series kick off is Wed. January 28th at noon in room 715, high atop the arctic landscape that is Edinboro University. Dr. Donna Murphy, along with her voice, will be presenting "Second Life at Edinboro." Dr. Murphy is from the Special Education department, and last October she presented a similar program at the National Educause Conference in Orlando Florida. With visuals as well as live demonstrations, Dr. Murphy invites you to be a part of this emerging dimension in teaching and learning.

A light refreshment will be provided by the library, but you are welcome to bring something of your own.  The program starts at noon in Room 715, and is sponsored by the Friends of the Library.  See you then!

Philosophy Club talk and discussion -- 2nd Floor -- Jan. 28 at 4:00 pm

The Philosophy Club is sponsoring a talk by Dr. Corbin Fowler on the Israeli-Palestinian War this Wednesday (Jan. 28) at 4:00pm in the 2nd floor lobby of the library (with discussion to follow!). So, tell your friends, and be sure not to miss it!

New electronic resource: Reference Universe

Baron-Forness library users now have access to a unique research tool called Reference Universe. This tool allows library users to dig deeply into the library's collection of print and electronic reference resources. Here's a description of Reference Universe from the publisher's website:

Unlike a library catalog, which provides only data about reference works, Reference Universe searches deeply into the complete indexes of more than 16,000 electronic and print reference works. Use Reference Universe to find just the right article(s) to get a grounding in your research topic, build a bibliography and establish a solid research foundation.

Try it out! And be sure to let us know what you think (use the "comments" feature below). The resource is not yet available from off campus, but should be in the very near future.

New -- African American Studies Center Online

Welcome to the Oxford African American Studies Center (AASC) Online!
To access this database, on the library home page, click on Find Books. Then type AASC in the find box. Click on search. In the record click on: Web Link: Go to electronic resource. (Access available to Edinboro University faculty, staff and students only.) or better still click above.
(Picture is the 1963 March on Washington organizers: From right to left: Mathew Ahmann, Cleveland Robinson, A. Philip Randolph, Joseph Rauh Jr., John Lewis, and Floyd McKissick.)
The AASC provides students, scholars and librarians with online access to the finest reference resources in African American studies. At its core, AASC will feature the new Encyclopedia of African American History 1619-1895, to be published by Oxford in 2008; the much-anticipated African American National Biography published in January, 2008; and the Encyclopedia of African American Art and Architecture, published in October, 2008. AASC also features the three-volume Black Women in America, Second Edition. The Center also includes the highly acclaimed Africana, a five-volume history of the African and African American experience. In addition to these major reference works, AASC offers other key resources from OUP's! reference program, including the Concise Oxford Companion to African American Literature and selected articles from other reference works.

Stuck on the 7th floor with no computer.

If you've ever been on one of the upper floors of the library searching for books, you've likely found yourself wanting for a computer to conduct further research in the library catalog. In the past, your only choices were to bring your own computer or journey back down to the computers on the first and second floors. Well journey no longer... We're pleased to announce that we now have "kiosk" style workstations on floors 4, 5, 6 and 7. While you can't surf the internet with these machines, you CAN search PILOT (the library catalog) and view any of the edinboro.edu web pages.

Book Discussion Club -- Barbara Kingsolver’s Prodigal Summer -- Nov. 11

The next meeting of the Book Discussion Group at Edinboro University will be held on Tuesday, November 11. The group will meet from 6:45 – 8:15 p.m. in Baron-Forness Library room 715/716. Dr. Catherine Whitley will lead the discussion on a book selected by the group, Barbara Kingsolver’s Prodigal Summer. Copies of the book will be placed on reserve at the library. All are welcome to attend.

Banned Book Week's "Dare to Look at a Banned Book Quiz" has a Winner

Baron-Forness Library's First Ever Dare to Look at a Banned Book Quiz, has a winner, Daniel Proch. For his winning entry, choosen out of 61 entries, he recieves the book ends here holding up Gray's Anatomy and the Bible, both banned books.

Brown Bag Speaker, Dr. Donna Murphy, "Second Life at Edinboro" --Wed. Nov. 19, 12:15--Library R. 715

The final  speaker in the Library's Brown Bag Speaker Series for Fall 08 will be Dr. Donna Murphy of the Special Education Department.  "Second Life at Edinboro" will demonstrate the use of the virtual world as a tool for teaching.  Dr. Murphy's talk will begin at 12:15pm (not NOON) in Room 715 high atop the campus of Edinboro University.  Please join us, bring a lunch, and have a light refreshment to go with it.  See you there!

Book Sale in the Library -- Monday, Nov. 17th

     Mary Paniccia Carden, President of the Friends of the Baron-Forness Library announced the popular  “Books Are Fun” book sale will be held in the Baron-Forness Library next Monday, November 17, 9 am – 3 PM.  The sale features a wide variety of books, including children's and general interest books; it also offers many unique gift items for the upcoming holidays.
     The library receives a share of the proceeds. Please support the Baron-Forness Library by shopping at the "Books Are Fun" book sale on Monday.

December 9th Book Discussion--"Water for Elephants, by Sara Gruen

The next meeting of the Book Discussion Group at Edinboro University will be held on Tuesday, December 9th. The group will meet from 6:45 – 8:15 p.m. in Baron-Forness Library room 715/716. Dr. Catherine Whitley will lead the discussion on a book selected by the group, Water for Elephants, by Sara Gruen. Copies of the book will be placed on reserve at the library. All are welcome to attend.

October Library Exhibits--Drop in and take a look

The following exhibits are in the Baron-Forness Library, 1st and 2nd and 7th Floors:

Spoons, Spoons and more Spoons. Coming into the library, just past the gate, is a display case full of SPOONS. The spoons are from the collection of Marjorie Netzler, the mother of Ms Dana Kelly, the Baron-Forness Library Secretary. There are round spoons, oblong spoons, decorated spoons, John Deer spoons, mussel shell shaped spoons and, well just you come and see. Among the spoons are books, From hand to mouth, or, How we invented knives, forks, spoons, and chopsticks, & the table manners to go with them by James Cross Giblin, Six silver spoons with pictures by Robert Quackenbush and Eight centuries of European knives, forks, and spoons : an art collection by Klaus Marquardt. The books were chosen by Dr. Andrea Wyman, Curriculum Materials Librarian.

Honoring Hispanic Culture: Members of the Latino Student organization of EUP have set up a display of items reflecting their proud heritage. Included are musical instruments, currencies, books, and informational materials. Location: 2nd floor .

Hispanic Heritage Month began on September 15, the anniversary of independence for five Latin American countries—Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua. In addition, Mexico declared its independence on September 16, and Chile on September 18.

U.S. Surgeon General: Antonia Coello Novello, 1990–1993. She was also the first woman ever to hold the position.

"Closing Books Shuts Out Ideas" is this years theme. Banned Books Week, observed since 1982, reminds Americans not to take this precious democratic freedom for granted. This year, 2008, marks the American Library Association's BBW's 27th anniversary (September 27 through October 4).

The Library's BBW display, on the 2nd Floor, is entitled "Dare to Look at a Banned Book". It was conceived and executed by Dr. Andrea Wyman, Curriculum Librarian, and is about banned children's books. The big question is "Why was that book banned?"
BBW celebrates the freedom to choose or the freedom to express one’s opinion even if that opinion might be considered unorthodox or unpopular and stresses the importance of ensuring the availability of those unorthodox or unpopular viewpoints to all who wish to read them. After all, intellectual freedom can exist only where these two essential conditions are met.
BBW is sponsored by the American Booksellers Association, American Booksellers Foundation for Free Expression, American Library Association, American Society of Journalists and Authors, Association of American Publishers, National Association of College Stores, and is endorsed by the Center for the Book in the Library of Congress.

From Conception to Adulthood: The Development of Edinboro University is the new display from the Edinboro University Archives. The display is on the 7th Floor of the Library. It was developed by University Archivist and Reference Librarian David Obringer. Pictures and artifacts from the past take you from the founding of the University as the Edinboro Academy in 1856 to the present with Jeremy Brown, Ph.D. as president of Edinboro University of Pennsylvania..



"The Library of Congress: A resource for primary documents", with digital images, videos and other information available on the web. This display is on the 2nd floor.

Nov. 4, 2008 -- Election Day -- VOTE

Stay in touch with the 2008 Election Campaign News from LexisNexis Academic, which provides news items from thousands of newspapers, political blogs, magazines and journals. A good search is: Obama McCain. You may want to limit it to the last week. This database is offered via the Baron Forness Library and is but one of over 80 research databases in support of teaching and research at Edinboro University. If you need assistance with this or any other library resource, call 732-2253 or IM BF Library on AOL.

Obama web site                              McCain web site

PBS Vote 2008    ABC News   CBS News    NBC News   CNN   Fox News

Library computer lab: extended hours

The computer lab in Baron-Forness Library, room 232 will be open for extended hours during the final two weeks of the fall term. The extended hours are as follows:

• Monday, Dec. 1 -- 10:00 AM - 11:00 PM


• Tuesday, Dec.2 -- 10:00 AM - 12:00 AM


• Wednesday, Dec. 3 -- 10:00 AM - 12:00 AM


• Thursday, Dec. 4 -- 10:00 AM - 12:00 AM




• Sunday, Dec. 7 -- 10:00 AM - 12:00 AM


• Monday, Dec. 8 -- 10:00 AM - 12:00 AM


• Tuesday, Dec. 9 -- 10:00 AM - 12:00 AM


• Wednesday, Dec. 10 -- 10:00 AM - 12:00 AM


• Thursday, Dec. 11 -- 10:00 AM - 12:00 AM

Oct. 7th -- Book Discussion at the Library -- Richard Russo's "Bridge of Sighs"

The newly-formed Book Discussion Group at Edinboro University will meet three times this semester on Tuesdays - October 7, November 11, and December 9. Meetings will be held in Baron-Forness Library, room 715 from 6:45 - 8:15 p.m. Dr. Catherine Whitley of the English and Theatre Arts Department will lead the discussion. The book selected for October's meeting is "Bridge of Sighs" by Richard Russo. Copies of the book are placed on reserve in the library. At each meeting the group will select the book for the following month's discussion. Students, staff and the public are all invited to attend.

Banned Books Week: Celebrating the Freedom to Read (Sept. 27 - Oct. 4, 2008)

"Closing Books Shuts Out Ideas" is this years theme. Banned Books Week, observed since 1982, reminds Americans not to take this precious democratic freedom for granted. This year, 2008, marks the American Library Association's BBW's 27th anniversary (September 27 through October 4).

The Library's BBW display, on the 2nd Floor, is entitled "Dare to Look at a Banned Book". It was conceived and executed by Dr. Andrea Wyman, Curriculum Librarian, and is about banned children's books. The big question is "Why was that book banned?"

BBW celebrates the freedom to choose or the freedom to express one’s opinion even if that opinion might be considered unorthodox or unpopular and stresses the importance of ensuring the availability of those unorthodox or unpopular viewpoints to all who wish to read them. After all, intellectual freedom can exist only where these two essential conditions are met.

BBW is sponsored by the American Booksellers Association, American Booksellers Foundation for Free Expression, American Library Association, American Society of Journalists and Authors, Association of American Publishers, National Association of College Stores, and is endorsed by the Center for the Book in the Library of Congress.

“Inspire Your Career: Develop Your Dreams”

The Center for Career Services celebrates National Career Development Month with an exhibit highlighting resources available to Edinboro Students at Career Services. Library 2nd Floor. This years theme is: "Inspire Your Career. Develop Your Dreams"

The mission of NCDA is to promote the career development of all people over the life span. To achieve this mission, NCDA provides service to the public and professionals involved with or interested in career development, including professional development activities, publications, research, public information, professional standards, advocacy, and recognition for achievement and service. Poster is a winner from 2007

Sat. Oct. 25 Library Closes at 4:30 pm; Sunday, Oct. 26th -- Library Closed

Library Closed Sunday, Oct 26th; Sat. Oct. 25 Library Closes at 4:30 pm
The Library will be closed all day Sunday, Oct. 26th, 2008. The University will be working on power to the new buildings at that time. Also, on Saturday, Oct. 25th, the library will be closing 1/2 hour early (4:30) as the power will go out at 5 p.m.

Dinner and a Book -- Wednesday, October 29

The Friends of the Baron-Forness Library will hold a Fall Social, "Dinner and a Book" on Wednesday, October 29, 5:00 p.m., at Van Houten South Dining Hall. All members of the University community are invited to enjoy a bountiful dinner buffet, participate in a free book raffle, and listen to a talk by Rena Tran, publisher and editor of Erie Life Magazine. Her talk, titled "Why Magazines Matter," will cover the challenges and realities of magazine publishing in the age of instant communication, corporate media moguls, recession and Xbox. Cost is $20 per person. If you are paying by check, please make checks payable to Edinboro University Foundation. RSVP to Dana Kelly at 732-2779 or dkelly@edinboro.edu.

Art Exhibition -- Edinboro University Art League -- Library 2nd Floor

An exhibition of original work by the members of the Edinboro University Art League is on display in the Baron-Forness 2nd floor Art Gallery.

Books We are Reading--October 2008

Books We are Reading--October 2008

• "The Beach House" by Jane Green
• "Brisingr" by Christopher Paolini
• "The Condition" by Jennifer Haigh
• "Starbucked: A Double Tall Tale of Caffeine, Commerce, and Culture" by Taylor Clark
• "Bridge of Sighs" by Richard Russo
• "Women Who Kept the Lights: An Illustrated History of Female Lighthouse Keepers" by by Mary Louise Clifford and Candace Clifford
• "White House Chef: Eleven Years, Two Presidents, One Kitchen" by Walter Scheib and Andrew Friedman
• "The Gargoyle" by Andrew Davidson
• "The Historian" by Elizabeth Kostova
• "Our Man in Mexico: Winston Scott and the hidden history of the CIA" by Jefferson Morley
• "Risk Pool" by Richard Russo
• "Straight Man" by Richard Russo
• "A Necessary Evil: a history of American mistrust in government" by Garry Wills
• "The Zookeeper's Wife: A War Story " by Diane Ackerman
• "China Road: a Journey into the future of a rising power" by Rob Gifford