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!