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