Last chance to see this month's traveling exhibit

Just a reminder that this is the final week for the traveling exhibit Kansans of African Descent: Selected Portraits at the SCCC/ATS library.

If you haven't had a chance to see the exhibit, come on down and take a look before it's gone.

African Americans have played important roles in the history of Kansas. Well-known people who have called Kansas home are featured in this exhibit of historic and contemporary photographs.

Individuals such as Benjamin “Pap” Singleton who was instrumental in bringing many African American immigrants to Kansas; Julie Lee who ran a grocery business in Nicodemus in 1877, and Lynette Woodard, first woman member of the world-famous Harlem Globetrotters are featured in this exhibit.

The exhibit is open to the public.

Take our survey

If you wouldn't mind taking a second or two and answering a survey question about our "Lunch in the Library" presentation with Iditarod Musher Karen Land. Just click on the link to the right and let us know what you think. Thanks!

Magazine Monday

It's another cold day in Liberal. Let's see if we can warm you up with some hot magazines on this Monday. New this week:

GQ (March)
Kobe Bryant Dominates
The New Look of All-American Style
The Few, The Proud, The Broken: How Returning Marines Are in a Fight for Their Lives
The Actor Known as The Dude
The Superhero Known as McLovin

Vogue (March)
Tina Fey: Learning to Dress Like a Star
The Power of Fashion
Visionaries: Nine Designers Bringing Cool Back
The Best of the Spring Collections 2010

MORE (March)
100 Spring Essentials You'll Love
Lauren Graham: Back on TV in Parenthood
Double Your $$$ Returns Without Risk
Sexy, Healthy Hair

O: The Oprah Magazine (March)
De-Clutter Your Life:It's Time to Simplify Things -- Oprah's Starting With Her Closet
The Secret to Happiness: Meet the Man Who's Got It
How' Your Health? 10 Web Sites with All the Answers
When the One Thing Getting Thinner is Your Hair

Rolling Stone (Mar. 4)
Beck & Clapton: The Historic Concerts, Their Rivalry and the Secrets of the Guitar
Return of the Vampire Squid: How Goldman Sachs Scammed the Bailout
Tracy Morgan: Tears of a Superfreak
The New Girlpower: Women Take Over the Pop Charts

And if that doesn't wet your whistle, we've also got Time, Wired, US Weekly, Fortune and BusinessWeek just to name a few. So come out of the cold and step into the library and grab a sizzling mag. See ya here!

Video of Iditarod musher Karen Land

For those who were unable to join us for our "Lunch in the Library" with Iditarod musher Karen Land and her sled dog Borage, here's the video of her presentation at Seward County Community College/Area Technical School library on Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2010.

There were some technical diffiulties between Parts 1 and 2 and at the end of Part 7, but we managed to get most of her presentation. Enjoy!

To see this and our other "Lunch in the Library" videos, you can go to youtube and search for scccatslibrary.

A musher and her dog

Iditarod musher Karen Land and her sled dog Borage stopped by Liberal, Ks. and visited the SCCC/ATS library on Wednesday, Feb. 17. Land shared her Iditarod experiences with students and community patrons at the library. Here are some photos of her visit.



Karen Land with her sled dog Borage.



Borage, who is named after a herb, gets comfortable at the SCCC/ATS library.



Karen also brought along the actual sled that she used to race in the Iditarod.

New Database online -- limited time

The library has added a new online database on a trial basis. You'll find a link to NewsBank on the library homepage. It's the last link on the page.

NewsBank offers online access to local, in-state, national and international news sources, including newspapers, newswires, news blogs, news web-only content and video.

Try it out and tell us what you think.

Closed on Pancake Day

Just a reminder that the library and the college will be closed in celebration of Pancake Day on Tuesday, Feb. 16. So if you're lucky enough to have the day off, come on out and join in the fun and festivities of Pancake Day.

Magazine Monday

It's a holiday edition of Magazine Monday. Let's give a hand to George and Abe. What would they be reading if they were still around?

Time (Feb. 22)
The Science of Living Longer
Afghanistan: Racing to Save Lives
Toyota: The Fall of An Icon
Reality TV: Why It's Better Than You Think
The Oscars: The Year's Best Performances

Science News (Feb. 13)
Cracked:The Search for Unbreakable Objects
Secrets of Self-Renewal
Tough Yet Gentle Gel
Klepto Sea Slug

US Weekly (Feb. 22)
Bachelor Scandal: Vienna's Double Life (Dirty Dancing in Bars for Tips)
Jen and Gerard's Sexy Getaway
Brittany: What Really Killed Her

The Advocate (March)
Joy Behar Love You: So What? Who Cares?
The Great de Rossi: Portia on Her Life
Inside the Prop 8 War Room

High Plains Journal (Feb. 15)
2010 Corn Issue
Qulaity is Important With Stored Corn

Now any of those magazines might catch George or Abe's fancy, but I think we would have a winner in this one:

Sports Illustrated 2010 Swimsuit issue

We have it on reserve so ask for it at the front desk and check it out. I'm sure you'll just be interested in the articles.

Alaskan Wilderness and Dogs

Iditarod dog musher Karen Land and her sled dog Borage will be at the SCCC/ATS library on Wednesday, Feb. 17 at noon. Land and Borage have sledded through the wilds of Alaska while racing in the Iditarod.

If you're interested in finding out more about the Alaskan Wilderness or just what type of dog Borage is, come into the library and find out. We've got books on Alaska and books on dogs. So come in and have a peek.

Mushing into Liberal and the SCCC/ATS Library

The SCCC/ATS Library, in conjunction with the Liberal Memorial Library, is proud to present Iditarod dog musher Karen Land and her sled dog Borage.

The duo will be making their way to Liberal on Wednesday, Feb. 17. They will be at the SCCC/ATS Library at noon and the Liberal Memorial Library at 6:30 p.m.

Karen Land is a columnist, writer, oral historian, public speaker, outdoor adventurer, and Iditarod dog musher. Her columns can be read online bimonthly at http://www.kctribune.com/SubSection/Outdoor/Karen_Land/309 (The Kansas City Tribune) and http://www.greatfallstribune.com/section/LIFESTYLE05 (The Great Falls Tribune, Great Falls, Montana).

You can read more about Karen and Borage on her homepage at http://www.mymusher.com/.

Magazine Monday

Are you all Super Bowled out? Well, we've got the cure. Come down to the library and check out our latest magazines that have nothing to do with the Super Bowl. Check these out:

Us Weekly (Feb. 15)
Bachelor Dirty Secrets: Catfights, Plastic Surgery, Naughty Photos, Bitter Exes -- the Shocking Past of the Final Four!
Taylor Swift: Dating a Glee Star
Simon and Ellen: Already Feuding

Reader's Digest (March)
50 Secrets ER Doctors Won't Tell You
Mark Harmon: NCIS's Mystery Man
Willie Mays: The Untold Story of a Baseball Legend
The World's Funniest Inventions

Popular Mechanics (March)
Air Strike 2025: The Radical Plan to Reinvent the Air Force/A Robot is My Wingman
What's Your DIY IQ?
Super Tugboats
Kayak Fishing
We Test Top Lawnmowers

Scientific American (February)
Mysteries of How a Star is Born
Why Humans have No Fur: How Evolving Bare Skin Led to Big Brains
Impossible Colors: See Hues that Can't Exist
Stopping Infections: New Ways to Thwart Bacterial Invaders

Discover (March)
The New Rules of Time Travel
Synthetic Biology: The Next Step in Human Evolution
Nuclear Tourists
Bird Geniuses
Ice Fishing for Neutrinos

And if those didn't catch your fancy we also have Hispanic Business, Woman's Day, Time, Lucky, Rolling Stone and more. So come on in and have a read!

Battle of the sexes

The SCCC/ATS library was the site for a Kansas Day-themed Trivial Pursuit contest on Tuesday night in what turned out to be a battle of the sexes.

The men started out strong but the women came battling back. But in the end, the men were victorious and were awarded with Braum's gift cards.

Celebrating Black History Month

The Seward County Community College/Area Technical School Library is proud to present the traveling exhibit Kansans of African Descent: Selected Portraits.

African Americans have played important roles in the history of Kansas. Well-known people who have called Kansas home are featured in this exhibit of historic and contemporary photographs.

Individuals such as Benjamin “Pap” Singleton who was instrumental in bringing many African American immigrants to Kansas; Julie Lee who ran a grocery business in Nicodemus in 1877, and Lynette Woodard, first woman member of the world-famous Harlem Globetrotters are featured in this exhibit.

The exhibit is open to the public through the entire month of February.

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. – 9 p.m.

Kansans of African Descent: Selected Portraits was produced by the Kansas Historical Society and is being toured by the Kansas Interpretive Traveling Exhibit Service.

Magazine Monday

It's Magazine Monday -- the sports edition! There's some game coming up this weekend. What;s it called? Yeah, the Super something. Anyways, you'll find that's not the only thing going on in world of the athletics.

Sports Illustrated (Feb. 1)
The Power of Peyton
Who Dat! Saints Strut to Their First Super Bowl
SI's Super Bowl Pick

Sporting News (Feb. 1)
You Go, Joe: If Penn State's Paterno has His Way, He'll be Coaching When He's 90.
NASCAR 2010: 13 Pages Packed, 40 Drivers Ranked
Signing Day Special: The Top 25 Classes and Recruits

ESPN (Feb. 8)
Meet Joe Mauer: America's Fan-Friendliest Athlete
How Not to Get Arrested at the Game
Our Real National Anthem: The Story of "We Will Rock You"

Runner's World (March)
Fit and Strong Forever
Kara Goucher's Confidence Boosters (And Why She Needs Them)
The Laws of Injury-Prevention
Mentally Hurdle Any Obstacle

But we have much more than just sports in this week: Consumer Reports, Jet, Fortune, TIME and Purple Circle. So come on by and read a magazine!