Enjoy your holiday break, and we'll see you in 2011!

The library will close at noon today and will reopen on January 3 at 7:45 am.

Holiday hours

Library hours for ths week:

Mon - Wed: 7:45 am. to 4:45 p.m.
Thurs: 7:45 a.m. to noon
Friday: CLOSED

Potter winners with posters

Cecilia Carrillo won the poster of Rupert Grint aka Ron Weasley.



Patti Betz won the poster of Daniel Radcliffe aka Harry Potter.



Jesus Villalobos won the poster of Emma Watson aka Hermione Granger

Library hours -- Finals Week

The following are the library hours for Finals Week:

Sunday, Dec. 12: (1 p.m. to 9 p.m)
Monday, Dec. 13: (7:45 a.m. to 10 p.m.)
Tuesday, Dec. 14: (7:45 a.m. to 10 p.m.)
Wednesday, Dec. 15: (7:45 a.m. to 4:45 p.m.)
Thursday, Dec. 16: (7:45 a.m. to 4:45 p.m.)
Friday, Dec. 17: (7:45 a.m. to 4:45 p.m.)

Please note that after this week, the library will be closed on Sundays until Jan. 23.

Potter poster winners

Congratulations to the following winners of the SCCC/ATS Library "Potter" Poster promotion:
Jesus Villalobos (Emma Watson aka Hermione Granger)
Cecilia Carrillo (Rupert Grint aka Ron Weasley)
Patti Betz (Daniel Radcliffe aka Harry Potter).

Thanks to all who participated and look for more poster drawings next semester.

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows is now available at the library. See the movie and read the book!

Last days for November display: Cowboys, Combines, and Small Towns of Frontier Photographer F.M. Steele

Just wanted to let everyone know there’s only a couple of more days left to see our November display: Cowboys, Combines, and Small Towns of Frontier Photographer F.M. Steele.

The last day for the exhibit will be this Wednesday. If you haven’t seen the display, come down to the library before it’s gone.

In 1890, F.M. Steele outfitted a buggy with photographic equipment and headed out from Dodge City to photograph cowboys. But soon after, the scope of his subject matter expanded to cover the changing landscape of the Great Plains.

“Cowboys, Combines, and Small Towns” documents cowboys, agriculture, construction, town life, buildings, along with portraits of people through Steele’s photography.

In addition to field photography, Steele had more than a dozen studios in Kansas, Oklahoma, and Nebraska.

“Cowboys, Combines, and Small Towns of Frontier Photographer F.M. Steele” was produced by the Kansas Humanities Council, Emporia State University, and the Kansas Historical Society and is part of the Kansas Interpretive Traveling Exhibits Service.

In this week

Here are the new magazines in this week:

Sports Illustrated (Nov. 29)
Juxtapoz (Dec.)
National Geographic (Dec.)
Art news (Dec.)
Educational Leadership (Dec./Jan.)
People (Dec. 6)
Soccer 360 (Issue #30)
Better Homes and Gardens (Dec.)
The Nation (Dec. 6)
WOOD (Dec./Jan.)
Essence (Dec.)
Nursing Research (Nov./Dec.)
ED Digest (Dec.)
Forbes (Special 2010 Issue)
Tennis Life (Dec.)
US Weekly (Dec. 6)
Entertainment Weekly (Dec. 3)
The New Republic (Dec. 2)
Ebony (Dec./Jan.)
National Review (Nov. 29)
Instinct (Dec./Jan.)
Newsweek (Nov. 29)
Bitch (winter)
Reason (Jan.)
Community College Week (Nov. 29)
Truck trend (Jan./Feb.)
Entrepreneur (Dec.)
Field & Stream (Dec./Jan.)
Details (Dec./Jan.)
Giant Robot (Issue # 68)
TIME (Dec. 6)
High Plains Journal (Nov. 29)

Thanksgiving break

Just a reminder that the library will be closed from Wednesday through Sunday.

We will re-open for our normal hours on Monday, Nov. 29 at 7:45 a.m.

Have a great Thanksgiving holiday!

Harry Potter contest details

In conjunction with the release of the latest Harry Potter film's release, the SCCC/ATS library will hold a drawing in which three lucky individuals can win one of the newest American Library Association's READ posters featuring the three stars of the Harry Potter film franchise: (Harry Potter), Emma Watson (Hermione Granger) and Rupert Grint (Ron Weasley). The posters are framed and ready to hang. All you have to do for a chance to win one of the three posters is to stop by the library during open hours and fill out a drawing slip at the circulation desk. You can register for all three posters, but can only win one. Registration ends at 9 pm on December 5, with the drawing taking place on December 6.

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (the book) will be available for checkout here at the library after the Thanksgiving break, while Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 (the movie) will be available in theaters this Friday.

Good luck!

Win a Harry Potter "Read" Poster

Come by the library anytime during November 18 thru December 5 and sign up for a chance to win a framed ALA-Read promotional poster of one of the three stars of the Harry Potter movie franchise! Complete details will be posted tomorrow.

In this week

Here are the new magazines in this week:

TIME (Nov. 15)
Kansas (Winter)
Fortune (Nov. 15)
Bloomberg Businessweek (Nov. 8)
Runner’s World (Dec.)
Forbes (Nov. 22)
National Review (Nov. 15)
Farm Journal (Nov.)
Glamour (Dec.)
Vanity Fair (Dec.)
Lucky (Dec.)
Popular Mechanics (Dec.)
Motorcyclist (Dec.)
Good Housekeeping (Dec.)
High Plains Journal (Nov. 8)
The Artist’s Magazine (Dec.)
Jet (Nov. 15)
Reader’s Digest (Dec./Jan.)
Kansas Farmer (Nov.)

Billy Dixon

Here are some photos of Marc Ferguson as famed buffalo hunter Billy Dixon from our "Lunch in the Library" program on Wednesday.

To see more photos go to our facebook page at http://www.facebook.com/scccatslibrary or click here.

If you missed the program or want to watch it again, visit our youtube channel at http://www.youtube.com/scccatslibrary or click here.

November Exhibit: Cowboys, Combines, and Small Towns of Frontier Photographer F.M. Steele

The Seward County Community College/Area Technical School Library is proud to present the exhibit “Cowboys, Combines, and Small Towns of Frontier Photographer F.M. Steele.”

In 1890, F.M. Steele outfitted a buggy with photographic equipment and headed out from Dodge City to photograph cowboys. But soon after, the scope of his subject matter expanded to cover the changing landscape of the Great Plains.

“Cowboys, Combines, and Small Towns” documents cowboys, agriculture, construction, town life, buildings, along with portraits of people through Steele’s photography.

In addition to field photography, Steele had more than a dozen studios in Kansas, Oklahoma, and Nebraska.

“Cowboys, Combines, and Small Towns of Frontier Photographer F.M. Steele” was produced by the Kansas Humanities Council, Emporia State University, and the Kansas Historical Society and is part of the Kansas Interpretive Traveling Exhibits Service.

The exhibit is open to the public for the entire month of November.

For more information, contact the SCCC/ATS Library at (620) 417-1160.

In this week

Here are the new magazines in this week:

Entertainment Weekly (Nov. 5)
Alternative Press (Dec.)
American Salon (Nov.)
TIME (Nov.8)
TCJ (Tribal College Journal of American Indian Higher Education (Winter 2010)
Us Weekly (Nov. 8)
Reason (Dec.)
Bloomberg Businessweek (Nov. 1)
Diesel Power (Dec.)
The New Republic (Nov. 11)
High Plains Journal (Nov. 1)
Rolling Stone (Nov. 11)
ESPN (Nov. 15)
Instrumentalist (Nov.)
Newsweek (Nov. 8)
Purple Circle (Nov./Dec.)

Lunch in the Library with Billy Dixon

The Seward County Community College/Area Technical School Library continues its “Lunch in the Library” series with living historian Marc Ferguson as famed buffalo hunter Billy Dixon on Wednesday, Nov. 3.

Dixon gained fame as a hunter and scout, but was probably best remembered for what happened in 1874 at the Battle of Adobe Walls. As part of a small trading community in the Texas panhandle, Dixon was one of 29 people who held off an attack of 700 Plains Indian warriors.

Dixon was also one of only eight civilians in U.S. history to receive the Medal of Honor.

Bring your own lunch and we’ll provide the drinks and cookies!

For more information, please contact Matthew Pannkuk at (620) 417-1161

Last week of "Wheat People: Celebrating Kansas Harvest”

This is the last week to see the traveling exhibit, “Wheat People: Celebrating Kansas Harvest” at the Seward County Community College/ATS Library.

It's still not too late to see this wonderful exhibit on the history of wheat harvest in Kansas. The last day will be Sunday, Oct. 31.

In this week

Here are the new magazines in this week:

allure (Nov.)
the Atlantic (Nov.)
Bloomberg Businessweek (Oct. 25)
Details (Nov.)
Field & Stream (Nov.)
Forbes (Nov. 8)
Forbes Life (Nov.)
Fortune (Nov.)
Glass Art (Nov./Dec.)
GQ (Nov.)
Men’s Health (Nov.)
Men’s Journal (Nov.)
Midwest Living (Nov./Dec.)
National Geographic (Nov.)
National Review (Nov. 1)
Poetry (Nov.)
Progressive Farmer (Nov.)
Psychology Today (Dec.)
Smart Computing (Nov.)
Texas Monthly (Nov.)
TIME (Nov. 1)
US Weekly (Nov. 1)
Vogue (Nov.)
WIRED (Nov.)
High Plains Journal (Oct. 25)
Better Homes and Garden (Nov.)
ART news (Nov.)
Educational Leadership (Nov.)
Oklahoma Today (Nov./Dec.)
Diverse (Oct. 28)
Ms. (Fall)

In this week

Here are the new magazines in this week:

Entertainment Weekly (Oct. 22)
PC World (Nov.)
Entrepreneur (Nov.)
U.S. News & World Report (Nov.)
Ladies’ Home Journal (Nov.)
The Nation (Oct. 25)
Game Informer (Nov.)
TIME (Oct. 25)
Teen Vogue (Nov.)
WOOD (Nov.)
Natural Health (Nov.)
Men’s Fitness (Nov.)
Bloomberg Businessweek (Oct. 24)
Us Weekly (Oct. 25)
MORE (Nov.)
The Advocate (Nov.)
OUT (Nov.)
The New Republic (Oct. 28)
High Plains Journal (Oct. 18)
HOT ROD (Dec.)
Mother Jones (Nov./Dec.)
Rolling Stone (Oct.28)
Sierra (Nov./Dec.)
Tennis (Nov./Dec.)
Archaeology (Nov./Dec.)
Curve (Nov./Dec.)
Hispanic Outlook in Higher Education (Oct.)
WWE Magazine (Dec.)
Newsweek (Oct. 23)

Entertainment Weekly

We're happy to add another magazine to the SCCC/ATS Library fold: Entertainment Weekly.

Entertainment Weekly will keep you up-to-date on all things Hollywood with the latest on the movie and television scenes as well as reviews and previews.

Out-of-town visitors

The Texas A&M University-Commerce volleyball team dropped by the library on Sunday.

They were in the area for a match against Oklahoma State Panhandle University and needed a place to study.

We were more than happy to help them out.

In this week

New magazines in this week:

American Journal of Nursing (Oct.)
Bloomberg Businessweek (Oct. 11)
CHEST (Oct.)
Consumer Reports (Nov.)
Discover (Nov.)
Ebony (Nov.)
Farm Journal (Oct.)
Forbes (Oct. 25)
Golf Digest (Nov.)
Good Housekeeping (Nov.)
Jet (Oct. 18)
Lucky (Nov.)
National Review (Oct. 18)
Office Pro (Oct.)
Police (Oct.)
Popular Mechanics (Nov.)
Runner’s World (Nov.)
Science News (Oct. 9)
TIME (Oct. 18)
US Weekly (Oct. 18)
WOOD (Oct.)

Closed this Sunday and Monday

Just wanted to remind everyone that the SCCC/ATS library will be closed on Sunday, Oct. 10 and Monday, Oct. 11 for Fall Break.

The library will re-open with day hours on Tuesday, Oct. 12 from 7:45 a.m. to 4:45 p.m.

Normal hours of 7:45 a.m. to 10 p.m. will resume on Wednesday, Oct. 13.

In this week

Here are the magazines that came in this week, including a new addition -- Soocer 360.

Soccer 360 (Issue #29)
TIME (Oct. 11)
Current History (Oct.)
Outlook in Higher Education (Oct.)
Parents (Nov.)
People Extra (Oct.)
Game Developer (Oct.)
Community College Week (Oct. 4)
High Plains Journal (Oct. 4)
The Progressive Farmer (Oct.)
The instrumentalist (Oct.)
US Weekly (Oct. 11)
Fortune (Oct. 18)
Newsweek (Oct. 11)
Backpacker (Nov.)
Glamour (Nov.)
Vanity Fair (Nov.)
Legend (Fall)
Kansas History (Autumn)

October Exhibit: 'Wheat People: Celebrating Kansas Harvest'

The Seward County Community College/Area Technical School Library is proud to present the traveling exhibit, “Wheat People: Celebrating Kansas Harvest.”

Throughout much of the 20th century, Kansas has produced more wheat than most other countries. It comes as little surprise that Kansas is known by the nicknames “Wheat State” and “breadbasket.” It is a matter of great pride to farmers in the state that claims to feed the world.

“Wheat People: Celebrating Kansas Harvest” looks at why harvest is so important. More than just economic survival for farmers, it is a part of our past and our tradition. From the Golden Age of threshing to computerized combines, harvest time holds memories for many Kansans.

This exhibit also explores how changes in technology have influenced Kansas farm families. From field equipment to how meals are prepared and served are featured. Other aspects such as nature, storage, and after-harvest festivals are examined within the exhibit.

“Wheat People: Celebrating Kansas Harvest” was produced by the Kansas State Historical Society and is part of the Kansas Interpretive Traveling Exhibits Service.

The exhibit is open to the public for the entire month of October.

For more information, contact the SCCC/ATS Library at (620) 417-1160.

Gladys the Riveter

Here are some photos of Teresa Bachman as Gladys the Riveter from our "Lunch in the Library" program on Monday.

To see more photos go to our facebook page at http://www.facebook.com/scccatslibrary or click here.

If you missed the program or want to watch it again, visit our youtube channel at http://www.youtube.com/scccatslibrary or click here.




Gladys shows that women can handle power tools as well.

Gladys emphasizes the important part women in the factories played in helping win World War II.

Gladys explains some of the hardships women faced when joining a predominantly male workforce in the factories.

Lidia Hook-Gray (left) along with Teresa Bachman poses with a reproduction of the iconic World War II poster, "We Can Do It!" by J. Howard Miller. Hook-Gray was the winner of a random drawing for the poster.

For those who love soccer

For you soccer enthusiasts out there, the SCCC/ATS Library has the magazine for you -- Soccer 360.

It features the best of MLS, Premier League, Serie A, Bundesliga, La Liga, plus complete coverage of the world’s biggest soccer events including the champion’s league and world cup qualifying.

Over 100 pages of full throttle soccer entertainment with tons of full color pictures, great interviews, team and player profiles, stats and so much more.

Soccer 360 magazine is your source for the best of international soccer.

Come see Gladys

Just a reminder that we're kicking off our 2010-2011 "Lunch in the Library" series today at noon with "Gladys the Riveter."

Step back in time to Boeing's 1945 wartime aircraft plant as Gladys Haines with rivet gun in hand works on a B-29 airplane and helps us understand the challenges (large gloves, overly friendly supervisors, exhaustion, child care) and pleasures (great pay, after-work recreation, helping in the war effort) of doing "men's work" in the 1940s.

And don't forget, all those in attendance have a chance to WIN a framed "Rosie the Riveter" poster.

So bring your own lunch and we'll provide the drinks and cookies!

Hope to see you there.

Win me

Here's your chance to win a framed reproduction of the iconic World War II poster, "We Can Do It!" by J. Howard Miller (see photo).

In later years, the poster would become the symbolic image for "Rosie the Riveter."

To have a chance to win , just come out to our Lunch in the Library program featuring Teresa Bachman as Gladys the Riveter on Monday, Oct. 4. at noon.

All those in attendance will be entered into a drawing for a chance to win the framed poster.

In this week

Before we get to what's new this week, I wanted to let you know that we've added WOOD (The World's Leading Woodworking Resource) to our magazine collection.

WOOD magazine is for all skill levels, from the novice to the fine craftsman, presenting a magazine that bring them clear, fool-proof instructions, expert skill-building techniques and straightforward product reviews.


Here are the magazines that came in this week:

Wood (Sept.)
National Geographic (Oct.)
Shape (Oct.)
MORE (Oct.)
TIME (Oct. 4)
Smart Computing ( Oct.)
Siempre mujer (Oct./Nov.)
Scientific American (Oct.)
Forbes (Special Edition)
The Surgical Technologist (Oct.)
EL (Educational Leadership) (Oct.)
Giant Robot (Oct.)
BUST (Oct./Nov.)
High Plains Journal (Sept. 27)
Bloomberg Businessweek (Sept. 27)
Newsweek (Oct. 4)
Reason (Nov.)
Harvard Health Letter (Oct.)

Banned Books Week

The Seward County Community College/Area Technical School Library is proud to celebrate "Banned Books Week."

During the last week of September every year, hundreds of libraries and bookstores around the country draw attention to the problem of censorship by mounting displays of challenged books and hosting a variety of events. The 2010 celebration of Banned Books Week is held from September 25 through October 2.

We have several books that made the 2009 top 10 most challenged list and the 2001-2009 list.

From the 2009 list, we have "The Chocolate War" by Robert Cormier, "To Kill a Mockingbird" by Harper Lee, "The Color Purple" by Alice Walker and "Twilight" by Stephenie Meyer.

From the 2001-2009 list, we have the "Harry Potter" series by J.K. Rowling, "Fallen Angels" by Walter Dean Myers and "Of Mice and Men" By John Steinbeck and "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" by Maya Angelalou.

So go ahead and check out one of those books, read them and you can decide for yourself.

Banned Books Week is the only national celebration of the freedom to read. It was launched in 1982 in response to a sudden surge in the number of challenges to books in schools, bookstores and libraries. More than a thousand books have been challenged since 1982. The challenges have occurred in every state and in hundreds of communities.

People challenge books that they say are too sexual or too violent. They object to profanity and slang, and they protest against offensive portrayals of racial or religious groups--or positive portrayals of homosexuals. Their targets range from books that explore contemporary issues and controversies to classic and beloved works of American literature.

The ALA’s Top Ten Most Frequently Challenged Books of 2009 reflect a range of themes, and consist of the following titles:

1. ttyl, ttfn, l8r, g8r (series), by Lauren Myracle
Reasons: Nudity, Sexually Explicit, Offensive Language, Unsuited to Age Group, Drugs

2. “And Tango Makes Three” by Peter Parnell and Justin Richardson
Reasons: Homosexuality

3. “The Perks of Being A Wallflower,” by Stephen Chbosky
Reasons: Homosexuality, Sexually Explicit, Anti-Family, Offensive Language, Religious Viewpoint, Unsuited to Age Group, Drugs, Suicide

4. “To Kill A Mockingbird,” by Harper Lee
Reasons: Racism, Offensive Language, Unsuited to Age Group

5. Twilight (series) by Stephenie Meyer
Reasons: Sexually Explicit, Religious Viewpoint, Unsuited to Age Group

6. “Catcher in the Rye,” by J.D. Salinger
Reasons: Sexually Explicit, Offensive Language, Unsuited to Age Group

7. “My Sister’s Keeper,” by Jodi Picoult
Reasons: Sexism, Homosexuality, Sexually Explicit, Offensive Language, Religious Viewpoint, Unsuited to Age Group, Drugs, Suicide, Violence

8. “The Earth, My Butt, and Other Big, Round Things,” by Carolyn Mackler
Reasons: Sexually Explicit, Offensive Language, Unsuited to Age Group

9. “The Color Purple,” Alice Walker
Reasons: Sexually Explicit, Offensive Language, Unsuited to Age Group

10. “The Chocolate War,” by Robert Cormier
Reasons: Nudity, Sexually Explicit, Offensive Language, Unsuited to Age Group


Here's the list of the top 100 Most Frequently Challenged Books of the Decade (2000 – 2009). Topping the list is the Harry Potter series by J.K. Rowling, frequently challenged for various issues including occult/Satanism and anti-family themes.

Here's a list of the top 10. A complete listing of the top 100 can be found here.

1. Harry Potter (series), by J.K. Rowling
2. Alice series, by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
3. The Chocolate War, by Robert Cormier
4. And Tango Makes Three, by Justin Richardson/Peter Parnell
5. Of Mice and Men, by John Steinbeck
6. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, by Maya Angelou
7. Scary Stories (series), by Alvin Schwartz
8. His Dark Materials (series), by Philip Pullman
9. TTYL; TTFN; L8R, G8R (series), by Myracle, Lauren
10.The Perks of Being a Wallflower, by Stephen Chbos

In this week

Here's a list of magazines in this week:

Bloomberg Businessweek (Sept. 20)
Working Mother (Oct.)
Entrepreneur (Oct.)
Details (Oct.)
U.S. News & World Report (Oct.)
US Weekly (Sept. 27)
Skateboarder (Nov.)
Ebony (Oct.)
O: The Oprah Magazine (Oct.)
Time (Sept. 27)
Ladies Home Journal (Oct.)
Wired (Oct.)
GQ (Oct.)
allure (Oct.)
Vogue (Oct.)
Nursing Research (Sept./Oct.)
Texas Monthly (Oct.)
W (Oct.)
Community College Week (Sept. 20)
Consumer Reports On Health (Oct.)
High Plains Journal (Sept. 20)
The Chronicle of Higher Education (Sept. 17)
The Nation (Oct. 4)
Sports Illustrated (sept. 27)
Mayo Clinic Health Letter (Oct.)
Journal of Chemical Education (Oct.)
Science News (Sept. 25)
Smithsonian (Oct.)
Field & Stream (Oct.)

In this week

Here are the magazines that came in this week:

The Advocate (Oct)
Bloomberg Businessweek (Sept. 13)
Congressional Digest (Sept)
Glamour (Oct)
Men’s Health (Oct)
Out (Oct)
Parents (Oct)
Science News (Sept. 11)
Teen Vogue (Oct)
Time (Sept. 20)
Us Weekly (Sept 20)
High Plains Journal (Sept. 13)
Chest (Sept.)
AORN Journal (Sept.)
SPIN (Oct.)
Forbes (Sept. 27)
Southwest Art (Oct.)
Diverse (Sept. 15)
Fortune (Sept. 27)
Hispanic Business ( Sept.)
Jet (Sept. 27)
The Nation (Sept. 27)
Police (Sept.)
Redbook (Oct.)
Rolling Stone (Sept. 30)
People (Sept. 27)

National Hispanic Heritage Month

The SCCC/ATS Library is proud to celebrate National Hispanic Heritage Month.

The library carries a variety of books by Hispanic authors such as Gary Soto, Victor Villasenor and Luis Alberto Urrea.

Each year, Americans observe National Hispanic Heritage Month from September 15 to October 15, by celebrating the histories, cultures and contributions of American citizens whose ancestors came from Spain, Mexico, the Caribbean and Central and South America.

The observation started in 1968 as Hispanic Heritage Week under President Lyndon Johnson and was expanded by President Ronald Reagan in 1988 to cover a 30-day period starting on September 15 and ending on October 15. It was enacted into law on August 17, 1988, on the approval of Public Law 100-402.

The day of September 15 is significant because it is the anniversary of independence for Latin American countries Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and Nicaragua. In addition, Mexico and Chile celebrate their independence days on September 16 and September18, respectively. Also, Columbus Day or Día de la Raza, which is October 12, falls within this 30 day period.

So come down to the library and help us celebrate National Hispanic Hertiage Month!

2010 Fall Semester Library Displays

September
Kansas Tornado
Tornadoes, with their sinister forms and terrific power, have always been a source of curiosity and linked to Kansas perhaps due to Dorothy’s terrifying experience in the 1939 motion picture Wizard of Oz.
This exhibit depicts the terrifying destruction and peculiarities caused by these awesome storms in Kansas through photos and illustrations.

October
Wheat People: Celebrating the Kansas Harvest
This exhibit looks at why harvest is so important. More than just economic survival for farmers, it is a part of our past and our tradition. From the golden age of threshing to computerized combines, harvest time holds memories for many Kansans.
Wheat People: Celebrating Kansas Harvest also explores how changes in technology have influenced Kansas farm families. From field equipment to how meals are prepared and served along with other aspects such as nature, storage, and after-harvest festivals are examined within the exhibit.

November
Combines and Small Towns of the Frontier
F.M. Steele outfitted a buggy with photographic equipment and headed out from Dodge City to photograph cowboys. Within 10 years, he had broadened the scope of his subject matter.
In this exhibit, Steele documents the changing landscape, cowboys, agriculture, construction, town life, buildings, and portraits of people.

Gladys the Riveter

“Gladys the Riveter” will kick off the 2010-2011 “Lunch in the Library” series at the Seward County Community College/Area Technical School Library on Monday, October 4.

Living historian Teresa Bachman gives her interpretation of the mythic “Rosie the Riveter,” basing it on the stories of her aunts, who worked at the Boeing airplane plant in Wichita during World War II, and on studies of the realities of factory work and the World War II home front in general.

Step back in time to Boeing’s 1945 wartime aircraft plant where Gladys Haines, with rivet gun in hand, is working on a B-29 airplane. Gladys interrupts her work to speak to a group of new hires (the audience). With the men having gone to war, the women have stepped into the defense plants to do the work. As home-front heroes, women made the difference between victory and defeat. Gladys helps us understand their challenges (large gloves, overly friendly supervisors, exhaustion, child care) and pleasures (great pay, after-work recreation, helping in the war effort) of doing “men’s work” in the 1940s.

The performance will take place in the Seward County Community College/Area Technical School Library at noon on Monday, October 4. Bring your own lunch and we’ll provide the drinks and cookies. For more information on the event please contact Matthew Pannkuk at 620-417-1161.

We have wi-fi

Just a reminder that the library does have wi-fi.

If you have a laptop with a wireless card, you're more than welcome to bring it with you when you come to library and use our wi-fi.

And if you don't have your own, you can use any one of our 16 computers.

So come down to the library and surf the world on the Internet!

In this week

Before we get to what's new this week, I wanted to let you know that we've added Game Informer and Golf Digest to our list of magazines.

Game Informer features previews and reviews of the latest video games.

Golf Digest features tips, profiles, news reviews and previews in the world of golf.


Here's a list of magazines that are in this week:

Science (Aug 27)
Library Journal (Sept 1)
Rolling Stone (Sept 16)
Time (Sept 13)
Purple Choice (Sept)
Office Pro (Aug/Sept)
Fortune (Sept 6)
PODER (Aug/Sept)
Game Informer (Sept)
the Artist’s magazine (Oct)
Good Housekeeping (Oct)
Motorcyclist (Oct)
The Surgical Technologist (Sept)
Bloomberg Businessweek (Sept 6)
Discover (Oct)
Lucky (Oct)
Us Weekly (Sept 13)
Sports Illustrated (Sept 6)
Golf Digest (Oct)
Backpacker (Oct)
The Hispanic Outlook in Higher Education (Sept)
Kansas Farmer (Sept)
High Plains Journal (Sept 6)
The Chronicle of Higher Education (Sept 3)

Library closed for Labor Day

The library will be closed this Sunday and Monday for Labor Day. Enjoy your extended weekend!

New this week

Here's a list of new magazines this week at the library:

Bloomberg Businessweek
Educational Leadership
People
Time
Alternative Press
American Cowboy
Forbes
yes!
US Weekly
The Progressive Farmer
Smart Computing
The Chronicle of higher Education
High Plains Journal
Current History
The Instrumentalist
WWE Magazine
Bioscience
Bitch
Diverse
Game Developer
Newsweek

Kansas Tornado Exhibit

The Seward County Community College/Area Technical School Library is proud to present the traveling exhibit Kansas Tornado.

This exhibit depicts the terrifying destruction and peculiarities caused by these awesome storms in Kansas through photos and illustrations.

Tornadoes, with their sinister forms and terrific power, have always been a source of curiosity.

Kansas has been linked to these awesome storms for many years, perhaps due to Dorothy’s terrifying experience in the 1939 motion picture Wizard of Oz.

Kansas Tornado was produced by the Kansas State Historical Society and is part of the Kansas Interpretive Traveling Exhibits Service.

The exhibit is open to the public for the entire month of September.

For more information, contact the SCCC/ATS Library at (620) 417-1160.

Open Sunday

Just a reminder that the library is now open on Sundays for the Fall semester.

Sunday hours are 1 p.m. to 9 p.m.

New This Week

Here's a list of magazines that came in this week:

Community College Week
Instinct
Nutrition Today
Vogue
GQ
TIME
The New Republic
National Review
Allure
Wired
Smithsonian
Midwest Living
Us weekly
High Plains Journal
Outlook
Reason
Glass Art
Texas Monthly

Welcome Day winners

Congratulations to our Welcome Day winners: Diana Frederick, McKenna Keys, Kirsten Morris, Jodi Woodward and David Salazar. They each won a $5 gift card to the Saints Bookstore.

Regular hours

The library is back to its regular hours, beginning today.

Mon - Thurs:
7:45 a.m. to 10 p.m.

Fri:
7:45 a.m. to 4:45 p.m.

Sat:
Closed

Sun:
1 p.m. to 9 p.m.

Day hours

The library is gearing up for the new academic year. That means that summer hours are over!

We'll head into day hours until the start of the semester.

The library will be open from 7:45 a.m. to 4:45 p.m. Monday through Friday from Aug. 2-Aug. 13.

We'll start our normal hours beginning Monday, Aug. 16.

July's "Cool Off in the Library" winners!

Congratulations to Bailey Graves, Heather Vanley and Victor Rodriguez for winning the July's "Cool off in the library" drawing for $5 Braum's gift cards. Thank you to everyone who participated this summer!

"Cool off in the library" enters final week

The library's summer promotion, "Cool off in the Library," enters its final week with the final drawing taking place on July 29. Come by the circulation desk in library to sign up for a chance to win a $5 Braum's gift card. If you signed up in June, you're still in the running for July so you don't have to sign up again. Cool off this summer courtesy of the library!

Get your dirty, stinking paws on this...

Did you know that Pierre Boulle, author of Bridge on the River Kwai, also wrote Planet of the Apes? Considered by many to be one of the best dystopian novels of the twentieth century, the novel inspired seven movies, three television shows and countless other pop culture creations. Check out the book to see how both the 1968 & 2001 films differ from Boulle's self-described "social fantasy." The book is available on the New Book shelves.

A side to Abraham Lincoln unknown 'til now.

Seth Grahame-Smith follows up his successful Pride and Prejudice and Zombies with a look at a previously unknown side to the 16th President of these United States, Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter. Grahame-Smith's novel explores Lincoln's life through a prism of "what if..." and shines a light that shows how the existence of vampires helped shape the life of the rail-splitter from Illinois, from childhood to his presidency. Grahame-Smith also includes some "evidence" of the existence of vampires during Lincoln's time, including photographs of the President with vampires nearby, as well as shots of him with his trusty ax, his weapon of choice to off the bloodsuckers, by his side.

Another interesting turn by the co-writer of the aforementioned Pride and Prejudice and Zombies available now for checkout on the "New Books" shelves beside the circulation desk.

50th anniversary of "To Kill a Mockingbird."

This Sunday marks the 50th anniversary of the release of "To Kill a Mockingbird." In honor of this occasion, the library will have Harper Lee's classic novel, about the coming of age of a young girl in Alabama during the Great Depression, available for check out on the "New Books" shelves beside the circulation desk.

Cool off in the library winners

Here are the winners in the SCCC/ATS "Cool off in the library" promotion for June:
Nelly Isidoro
Sam Sharp
Ricky Rodriguez

The winners will each receive a $5 gift card to Braum's.

And don't worry, if you didn't get a chance to come down in June, you still have an opportunity to win in July.

We'll hold another random drawing for three more gift cards for July.

Still time to cool off in June

You still have a chance to enter the "Cool off in the library" promotion for June.

During June and July, the SCCC/ATS Library will hold a monthly drawing for three Braum's gift cards.

Just come down to the Library, fill out an entry form (at the front desk) and you'll be eligible to win a $5 gift card from Braum's.

And don't worry, if you didn't get a chance to come down in June, you still have an opportunity to win in July.

We'll have two random drawings, each with three winners, one in June and one in July. Winners will be posted at the Library.

So come by the Library and beat the summer heat!

Please note: Only one entry per person per drawing.

An eclipse is coming

The much anticipated third installment of the Twilight Saga -- Eclipse -- will premiere on the silver screen this week.

But before it was a movie, it was a book and the library has it!

The third episode of Stephenie Meyer’s vampire-romance series finds heroine Bella Swan anxious to become a vampire and live forever with handsome vampire Edward. Obstacles arise when Edward demands marriage and werewolf Jacob declares his love for Bella. Eventually, the Cullen vampires and the Quileute werewolves unite to face off against a pack of uncontrollable vampires seeking revenge on Bella.

If it's been a while since you read Twilight or if you never read it at all, pick it up at the library and find out what all the fuss is about.

We also have the first two books -- Twilight and New Moon -- as well as the finale -- Breaking Dawn.

Welcome to Oz --- Marvel Style

From the people who brought you the Amazing Spider-Man, the Invincible Iron Man and the Incredible Hulk, comes Dorothy and her merry misfits -- the Scarecrow, the Tin Woodman and the Cowardly Lion. Yup. It's The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, done the Marvel Way!

Eisner Award-winning writer/artist Eric Shanower teams up with artist Skottie Young to bring L. Frank Baum's beloved classic to life! When Kansas farm girl Dorothy flies away to the magical Land of Oz, she fatally flattens a Wicked Witch, liberates a living Scarecrow and is hailed by the Munchkin people as a great sorceress...but all she really wants to know is: how does she get home?

Come in and check it out. It's in the New Books section.

Pride and Prejudice without the undead

You may find it hard to believe, but there were no zombies in the original version of "Pride and Prejudice."

If you're curious to read what Austen originally wrote without the undead, come down to the library and check it out.

Then you might want to follow it up by reading "Pride and Prejudice and Zombies" by Seth Grahame-Smith and have some fun comparing the two novels.

See ya at the library!

New book of the week!

This week's new book comes to us from authors Jane Austen and Seth Grahame-Smith, Pride and Prejudice and Zombies. This "collaboration" creates a new look at Austen's tale of early 19th century English romance. As Mary Ellen Quinn wrote in Booklist: This may be the most wacky by-product of the busy Jane Austen fan-fiction industry—at least among the spin-offs and pastiches that have made it into print. In what’s described as an “expanded edition” of Pride and Prejudice, 85 percent of the original text has been preserved but fused with “ultraviolent zombie mayhem.” For more than 50 years, we learn, England has been overrun by zombies, prompting people like the Bennets to send their daughters away to China for training in the art of deadly combat, and prompting others, like Lady Catherine de Bourgh, to employ armies of ninjas. Added to the familiar plot turns that bring Elizabeth and Mr. Darcy together is the fact that both are highly skilled killers, gleefully slaying zombies on the way to their happy ending. Is nothing sacred? Well, no, and mash-ups using literary classics that are freely available on the Web may become a whole new genre. What’s next? Wuthering Heights and Werewolves?

This book is now available for checkout, located on the New Books shelves next to the circulation desk.

Cool off in the library

The SCCC/ATS Library will hold a monthly drawing for three Braum's gift cards in June and July.

Just come down to the Library, fill out an entry form (at the front desk) and you'll be eligible to win a $5 gift card from Braum's.

We'll have two random drawings, each with three winners, one in June and one in July. Winners will be posted at the Library.

So come by the Library and beat the summer heat!

Please note: Only one entry per person per drawing.

What are the late fees?

A library book borrowed by George Washington has been returned. It's only overdue by 221 years. To read the story, click here.

Magazine Monday

It's Finals Weeks and if you're stressing, need to unwind and compress. come down to the library and read a magazine!

Runner's World (June)
10 Ways to Improve: Core Strength, Flexibility, Endurance And More!
Natural Nutrition: Should You Go Organic?
Injury-Prevention 101: Why You Need Stronger Calves And How To Get Them
Beginners: Learn To Love Long Runs

Us Weekly (May 17)
Halle Berry's Nasty Split
Jessica Simpson's New Man
Sandra Bullock: Why She Hid The Baby
Eric Dane and Rebecca Gayheart: Meet Our Baby Girl

TIME (May 17)
The Big Spill: What The Disaster In The Gulf Means For The Future Of Energy
The Times Square Bomber: Faisal Shahzad's Double Life
Why Pakistan Is Terror's New Source

Popular Mechanics (June)
Extreme Flight: Turning The Human Body Into An Aircraft With Flying Suits and Jet Packs
Salt Flat Road Trip: Mustang vs Camaro
Electric Cars: What's In Store
Snakebite Alert: Sorry, No More Antidote

Vanity Fair (June)
World Cup: The Stars Of The Planet's Biggest Sports Events
Tiger: Not Out Of The Woods Yet
When Washington Took On Wall Street
The Dish On White House Dinners

Glamour (June)
Sexy! We've Got The Best Swimsuits For Every Body
Curvy? Skinny? It's All Good! Amazing Finds For Your Exact Shape
10 Secret Ways You Turn Him On Without Even Trying
31 Things Healthy Women Know About Food, Sex Even Insurance

Police (June)
Should You Have .308 Patrol Rifles?
Shooting the Gen 4 Glocks
Firs Look At The Revolutionary Maul Shotgun

Also on the rack: Kansas Farmer, High Plains Journal, Lucky, Sports Illustrated, Consumer Reports and much more. So if you need to take the edge off after or before finals, come in to the library and read a magazine. And if a magazine just won't do, we've also got books, newspapers and graphic novels.

Finals Week

Library hours for finals week will be as follows:

Monday to Wednesday: 7:45 a.m. to 10 p.m.
Thursday to Friday: 7:45 a.m. to 4:45 p.m.

And don't forget, the library will be closed on Sundays until mid-August.

Take our survey

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Magazine Monday

It's another riveting edition of Magazine Monday!

US Weekly (May 3)
Jennifer Lopez: My Best Body Ever! How I Did It!
Sandra Bullock: Her Ring Is Off!
Kim Kardashian: Hot New Fling!
Heidi Pratt vs. Audrina Patridge: The Feud Gets Nasty

Time (May 3)
The 50th Anniversary Of The Pill. So Small. So Powerful. And So Misunderstood.
Iceland Volcano: The Cloud That Closed A Continent
Goldman Sachs: How The Culture Of Traders Infected Wall Street

Nursing Made Incredibly Easy (March/April)
Help Stop The Disruption Of Anxiety
Asthma Care Update
Solving The Puzzle Of Preeclampsia

MORE (May)
Jamie Lee Curtis On Her Mother's Movie-Star Life And Their Extraordinary -- But Not Always Easy -- Bond
The Most Dangerous Women In The World
Sit, Hike, Chant
Finding Love Over Lasagna

Also in this week: Writer's Digest, Southwest Art, mental floss and much more. Come down to the library, grab a magazine, grab a seat and enjoy!

Doc Holliday video

For those who missed our "Lunch in the Library" program with Doc Holliday, here's video of the presentation.

If you missed this or any of our previous "Lunch in the Library" programs, you can watch them on our YouTube page at http://www.youtube.com/scccatslibrary.

Doc Holliday at the Library

There was a "Doctor" in the house on Thursday. Doc Holliday, that is.

The library presented its final "Lunch in the Library" program for the semester with a portrayal of John Henry "Doc" Holliday.

Marc Ferguson, a living historian, portrayed the legendary Wild West gunslinger.

The audience was treated to Ferguson's take on Holliday. Dressed as the so-called "Deadly Dentist," Ferguson educated the audience on Holiday's history, affirming truths and dispelling myths.

Here are some pictures of Marc Ferguson as Doc Holliday at the library.

Magazine Monday

It's another edition of Magazine Monday. Let's get to it.

The Advocate (May)
Forty Under 40: Chad Griffin (Prop 8 Trial Mastermind), Jillian Michaels (Biggest Loser), Jake Shears (Scissor Sister)
Marriage Comes to DC
Jackie Warner: Her Post-Work Out Stretch

Out (May)
Daddy Dearest: Modern Family's Jesse Tyler Ferguson
Power 50: Our Annual Guide To America's Most Influential Gays
Summer Getaways: The Other Jersey Shore, Viva Tel Aviv, Miami Nice
Gay Street DC

Curve (May)
Sarah Silverman: Makes Us Laugh Out Loud
11 Style icons: KD Lang, Beth Ditto, Leisha Hailey, Ellen DeGeneres
Jane Lynch Talks Back
Our Family Ties: TV Mom Meredith Baxter Comes Out As A Lesbian

Mother Jones (May/June)
Who's To Blame For The Population Crisis?
Psst, Want To Buy A Judge?
Masters Of The Uterus: 3,500 Years Of Birth Control
Organic Panic: Do The Standards Work?

The Nation (April 26)
Disposable Soldiers
Going Postal In The Digital Era
How The Pentagon Is Cheating Wounded Vets

The New Republic (April 29)
What Are Nukes Good For?
The Return of Nullification
A Climate Bill To Love
Russia's Mischief In The Middle East


Also in this week: Good Housekeeping, Vogue, allure, Rolling Stone, GQ, Wired and more. So come on in, grab a magazine, relax and enjoy!

Lunch in the Library with Doc Holliday

The SCCC/ATS Library is proud to present a historical reenactment of Doc Holiday as part of its "Lunch in the Library" series on Thursday, April 22 at 12:30 p.m.

Marc Ferguson will portray the legendary Wild West gunslinger -- John Henry "Doc" Holliday.

Ferguson is the curator of the Dalton Gang Hideout in Meade and also appointed Assistant Marshal of Dodge City in 2003. He has also has won numerous awards for his reenactments of Holliday and buffalo hunter/scout Billy Dixon.

This event will be presented at the library and is open to the public. Free refreshments and snacks will be available.

For more information, contact the library at (620) 417-1160.

On the Shelf

We've got in brand new copies of JRR Tolkien's classic trilogy "The Lord of the Rings."

"The Fellowship of the Rings" (Part One)
"The Two Towers" (Part Two)
"The Return of the King" (Part Three)

If stories of Middle Earth don't float your boat, maybe vampires are more to your liking. We've got the fourth and final novel of the Twilight Saga.

"Breaking Dawn" by Stephenie Meyer

And other books that you might enjoy:
"One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" by Ken Kesey
"The Big Fat Cow That Goes Kapow" by Andy Griffiths

Magazine Monday

It's another Magazine Monday! So let's get to it.

Sporting News (April 12)
NFL DRaft Preview
Class Ceiling? There Doesn't Seem To Be One For A Group Led By Clemson RB C.J. Spiller
1st-Round Commandments, Team Outlooks and Top Picks
NBA, NHL Playoff Guides

Time (April 19)
Should Schools Bribe Kids?
The China Challenge: A New Way Forward
Nuclear Security: A Secret Mission To Hunt Loose Nukes
Food: Be Your Own Butcher

Redbook (May)
Jennifer Lopez: The Surprising Question Husband Marc Keeps Asking Her
21 Red-Hot Q &As: Your Secret Desires, Body Hang-Ups, Plus A Racy Idea Or Two
The Real Reasons You're Not Losing Weight
Sexy Mom Style: Irresistible Beauty Buys & Lust-Worthy Fashion For Less
How Busy Women Beat Stress

Discover (May)
The New Moon: Surprise! It's Wet, Weird, and Oddly Inviting
Anti-Aging Drugs
Birth of the Galaxy
Robot Revolution: Inside An Android Lab
The Power of Dust

Also in this week: Jet, The Instrumentalist, High Plains Journals, Seventeen and more! So come on in the library, grab a magazine and enjoy some good reading. See you at the library.

Tabloid Tuesday

After recovering from hunting Easter eggs and eating bunnies, it's back to the library and that means magazines! It's Tabloid Tuesday!

Rolling Stone (Apr. 15)
Glee Gone Wild: Inside TV's Hottest Show.
How Wall St. Ripped Off Main Street.
Plus: MGMT, Erykah Badu, Alex Chilton and Lady Gaga.

Lucky (May)
Free Massive Shoe Giveaway.
348 Brilliantly Affordable New Looks.
Never Fear Swimsuit Shopping Again.
The Great Hair Every Day Guide.

Runner's World (May)
Get Fit, Stay Fit.
10 Power Foods For Runners.
Work Hard, Run Hard: How Real Runners Find Time To Do It All.
Injured? Preserve Your Fitness -- And Sanity.

Vanity Fair (May)
Grace Kelly: How A Philadelphia Dreamer Became A Princess And Why Her Classic Style Still Inspires.
Tiger Woods: The Women, The Kinks, And How It All Came Crashing Down.
Tiger's Girlathon Gallery.

Sports Illustrated (Apr. 5)
Baseball Preview Edition
Colorado: King Of The Hill In The NL West.
Roy (Doc) Halladay Operates In Philadelphia.
Scouting Reports and Playoff Picks.

Also in this week: BusinessWeek, Time, American Salon, Game Developer, Siempre Mujer and more. So come on in, grab a magazine and enjoy!

Lincoln in Kansas

The Seward County Community College/Area Technical School Library is proud to present the traveling exhibit “Lincoln in Kansas.”

The exhibit details Abraham Lincoln’s lone visit to Kansas in 1859 and the lasting influence his trip had on the Sunflower State.

In December 1859, Lincoln came to Kansas campaigning for the presidency, touring several towns in the northeast during a week-long visit. The eventual 16th president visited Elwood, Troy, Doniphan, Atchison and Leavenworth.

The exhibit also chronicles his life and legacy from his re-election campaign to the Kansas connections of John Wilkes Booth, who assassinated Lincoln, and Boston Corbett, who killed Booth.

"Lincoln in Kansas" is open to the public for the entire month of April. For more information, contact the SCCC/ATS Library at (620) 417-1160.

Regular library hours are:
Mon-Thurs: 7:45 a.m to 10 p.m.
Fri : 7:45 a.m to 4:45 p.m.
Sat : CLOSED
Sun: 1 p.m. to 9 p.m.

“Lincoln in Kansas” was produced by the Kansas Historical Society and is part of the Kansas Interpretive Traveling Exhibits Service.

Easter hours

Just wanted to let everyone know the schedule for the library during the Easter break:

Thursday, April 1: 7:45 am to 4:45 pm
Friday, April 2 to Sunday, April 4: Closed
Monday, April 5: 7:45 am to 4:45 pm

Regular hours resume on Tuesday, April 6: 7:45 am to 10:00 pm

Magazine Monday

It's another edition of Magazine Monday. This week we go political!

The New Republic (Apr. 8)
Behold China: Repressive At Home. Aggressive Abroad. Driving Obama Nuts.
Netanyahu vs. Obama.
Should The Supreme Court Ignore Politics?
Janet Napolitano Lays Down The Law.

The Nation (Apr. 5)
Healthcare Reform: The Next Stage.
Attack Of The Cheneys.
Hondurans' Great Awakening.
Who Speaks For Human Rights?

National Review (Apr. 5)
Liberalism Diminished
Break Up The Banks
The President's New Sex Ed

And on the lighter side:

Smithsonian (April)
Saving The "Ghosts" Of Madagascar.
Houston, We Have A Waistcoat
Trouble In Alice's Wonderland
Deciphering Dark Energy

UsWeekly (Apr. 5)
Married To A Monster (Sandra And Jesse)
Heartbreak And Disgust: "Sandra Is Shattered."
Jesse's Secrets: Other Women, A Nazi Connection?
How (Sandra) Found Out.

Truck Trend (May/June)
Heavy Hitter: 2011 Silverado HD (New Frame, More Power ... And It'll Tow 20,000 Pounds)
Dakar Rally: The Toughest Race In The World.
Idaho's Panhandle
Gas Pains
Best in Class 2010

And also in this week, Time, BusinessWeek, Science News, and High Plains Journal. So come in, grab a magazine and enjoy!

Check out the library web page

Just wanted to remind everyone of our web page at http://sccc.edu/academics/library/.

You'll find links to our facebook, twitter, blogger and YouTube pages. You'll also find helpful databases and links on the page.

So if you haven't visited our page, now's a good time to take a look.

Last chance to see FSA display

If you haven't seen the traveling exhibit “Capturing the Times: Photographs of the Farm Security Administration, 1936-1941,”you still have time, but not much. You still have a few more days to check it out at the library. The exhibit will close at the end of March.

Historic photos taken between 1936 and 1941 by a group of photographers working for the U.S. Farm Security Administration capture the essence of the nation as it worked toward recovering from the Great Depression.

These photographs have played a significant role in defining the nature of documentary photography and received critical acclaim for their emotionally powerful images of everyday life in extreme social, economical, and environmental conditions.

The images in this exhibit are an important part of the nation’s visual memory during this time. Included are Dust Bowl scenes, portraits of rehabilitation clients, images of striking miners, farm actions, and 4-H club fairs in their depiction of life in Kansas.

For more information, contact the SCCC/ATS Library at (620) 417-1160.

Normal library hours are:

Mon-Thurs: 7:45 a.m to 10 p.m.

Fri : 7:45 a.m to 4:45 p.m.

Sat : CLOSED

Sun: 1 p.m. to 9 p.m.

“Capturing the Times: Photographs of the Farm Security Administration, 1936-1941” was produced by the Kansas Historical Society and is part of the Kansas Interpretive Traveling Exhibits Service.

Check out the Watchmen

WATCHMEN
by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons


Before it was a blockbuster on the silver screen, it was a blockbuster on the comic book racks. See how it all originally started. Delve into the minds of writer Alan Moore and artist Dave Gibbons as they combined to put together one of the seminal works for comic books.

Remember, these aren't your parents' superheroes.

"The would-be heroes of "Watchmen" have staggeringly complex psychological profiles: beneath his mask, the hard-nosed vigilante Rorschach is not a billionaire Bruce Wayne-like playboy but a troubled loner with a sociopathic streak. The gadget-dependent Nite-Owl is a sexually impotent pushover. Dr. Manhattan, the lone character who genuinely possesses supernatural powers (gained from a quantum physics experiment gone horribly wrong), is so close to godhood that he can appreciate human affairs only at a subatomic scale. "A live body and a dead body contain the same number of particles," he observes. "Structurally, there's no discernible difference." -- New York Times

So come down to the library and find out for yourself. "Who Watches the Watchmen?"

Magazine Monday

After a week hiatus is back. After a week of Spring Break, it's time to come in and catch up on what magazines you've missed.

allure (April)
Look Younger Now: Smoother Skin, Fewer Lines, Anti-Aging Vitamins
Hair Therapy: Tame Frizz & Fight Flatness
Carrie Underwood: Good-Girl Scandal Magnet
4 Hidden Clues To What's Making You Fat

GQ (April)
Wall Street 2's Shia LaBeouf: He's So Money
The Penny-Pincher's Guide To Style
CIA, RIP: How A Shocking Attack In Afghanistan Killed More Than Spies
The Greatest Boxer Since Ali Is A Very Tiny Man

Vogue (April)
Shape Up For Street
Losing It: A Foodie Gets Fit
Quitting It: A Smoker Kicks The Habit
Beating It: A Model Fights Her Eating Issues
The Brady Bunch: Gisele (Baby, Body, Beauty Brand)

Essence (April)
Take Control of Your Life
Reinvent Your Career
Find Your Soul Mate
Get In Shape
Black Men & White Women: Jill Scott On Why It Still Hurts

Giant Robot (Mar.-April)
Black Rock Shooter
Yellow Fellow Fever
Quest For Kona
Free The Dolphins
Cosplay Days
Black Asians

Wired (April)
Rise of the Machines: How Tablets Will Change The World
The YouTube Revolution Turns Five
On The Trail Of The World's Most Brilliant Thief
Sony Bets Its Future on 3-D TV

Rolling Stone (April 1)
The Last Days And Lost Music Of Jimi Hendrix
Ben Stiller: A Serious Man
Killer Sludge: Coal's Toxic Secret
Marijuana Inc.: Inside America's Last Growth Industry

Police (March)
SWAT Saves Lives With Less-Lethal Weapons
Dr. Bill Lewinksi On Force Science
The Perils Of Parking Enforcement
Gunfight From The Passenger Seat

High Plains Journal (March 22)
Soybean Producers Rely On Export Market
Pork-Flavored Doughnuts?
Grain Terminal, Port Important Step For Exports
Organic Advocates Optimistic About New USDA Rules

And other magazines on the rack are Nursing Research, MAD, Smart Computing, US Weekly, and Time. So come in to the SCCC/ATS library, relax and enjoy a magazine!

Open this Sunday

Just a reminder the library will be open regular hours this Sunday, March 21.

The library will return to normal hours beginning Monday, March 22.

Closed Sunday

The library will be closed this Sunday for Spring Break.

Magazine Monday

It's another edition of Magazine Monday. What's new on the racks? Take look:

Lucky (April)
FREE!! $450,000 Worth of Giveaways
Sexy Shoes, Pretty Dresses, the Season's Hottest Bags -- All Within Your Budget
Spring's Most Body-Flattering Trend
Gossip Girl's Jessica Szohr on Finding Her Look
632 Easy ways to get Major Style

Popular Mechanics (April)
Get the Perfect Lawn in Just Six Weeks
DIY: Tighten Loose Car-Door Hinges, Build Your DReam (Tree) House, Hang Floating Shelves
How I Survived ... Wilderness Plane Crash, Bridge Collapse, Avalanche
Memo to the White House: Don't Kil NASA

XBox Magazine (April)
Fallout: New Vegas
Watch Out Modern Warfare! Medal of Honor is Back
Think You're hardcore? Take the OXM Challenge
Final Fantasy XIII Reviewed

Rolling Stone (Mar. 18)
Shaun White: Big Air, Big Hair & the Killer Inside
Rock God, Interrupted: Billy Corgan's Missing Years
2010's Biggest Albums
The Lost 'Exile' Sessions: New Songs From the Stones' Gritty Masterpiece

Motorcyclist (April)
v4 Victory: Honda & Aprilia Make V4s Cool Again
Honda VFR1200F: The Interceptor Grows Up
White Lightning Aprilia RSV4R vs. Yamaha YZF-R1
Billy Joel: The Piano Man Is a Real Motorcycle Fan

Sports Illustrated (Mar. 10)
The Olympics in Pictures

Other magazines that might pique your interest: Seventeen, Diverse, Us Weekly, Time, American Salon and Good Housekeeping just to name a few. So come down to the library, take a break and indulge yourself with a good magazine.

Magazine Monday

It's March. What better way to start off the month than with a magazine. Here's what we got in today:

Mental Floss (Mar-Apr)
The 10 Issue
10 Ridiculous Feats of Literature
10 Prostitutes Who Changed the World
10 Surprising Stories from Afghanistan
10 Life-Changng Video Games

Shape (March)
4-Week Makeover
Sculpt Sexy Curves
Beat Belly Flab for Good
Drop a Dress Size This Month
Get a Wow Body at 20, 30, 40+
Super Easy Diet Tricks: Drop Pounds and Stay Full

Smart Computing (March)
Troubleshoot Windows 7: Solve WErrors and Annoynaces
Encrypt Your Documents
How to Installl a Linux Operating System
DIY Project: Transfer Files to a New PC

Sporting News (Mar. 1)
NFL Offseason Guuide: 32 Plans to Get Better for 2010
Spring Football: 120 Schools, 120 Priorities
Too Biog to Fail: Nebraska DT Ndamukong Suh

Other magazines that came in this week: Time, US Weekly, Jet, National Geographic and Science News. So come on down, grab a magazine, relax and enjoy!