Thanksgiving Holiday Hours

Monday, November 24th: 8:00am-10:00pm
Tuesday, November 25th: 8:00am-5:00pm
Wednesday, November 26th: Closed
Thursday, November 27th: Closed
Friday, November 28th: Closed
Saturday, November 29th: Closed
Sunday, November 30th: Closed

We will resuming normal operating hours on Monday, December 1st.

Happy Halloween!

Are ghosties haunting your favorite library?

Take a look at these Library Ghosts from around the world!

Do You YouTube? What you view may be at risk.

Ruling from a federal judge in New York has ordered Google (owner of YoutTube) to provide Viacom, Inc (owner of Comedy Central, VH1, and Nickelodeon) with its viewing data. This data will be used in the copyright-infringement lawsuit that Viacom filed against Google last year. Viacom is arguing that YouTube provides access to more copyrighted videos than amateur videos. Google is arguing that this ruling ignores the protection of the Video Privacy Protection Act and that when ordered to supply the data, they will ask to make the logs anonymous in order to protect viewer's privacy rights. Click YouTube ordered to hand over viewing data to read the full article.

Memorial Day

The Library will be closed Monday, May 26th, in observance of Memorial Day.

Summer Library Hours

The Summer Library Hours (May 19th-August 11th) are as follows:

Monday-Thursday: 8am - 9pm
Friday: 8am - 5pm

Closed Weekends.

College Navigator

Are you looking to transfer to a 4-year college or university? Then check out the College Navigator!

The College Navigator is a new online resource created by the U.S. Department of Education. Use this site to locate valuable information about colleges and universities across the country, including financial aid, admissions, varsity athletic teams and programs/majors.

Is the Grand Canyon actually a teenager?

A team of researchers published an article in the journal Science today that claims the Grand Canyon is actually 17 million years old, as opposed to 5 – 6 million years old. Victor Polyak and his team used new lab techniques to test the level of uranium-lead in the rock structures, often climbing dangerously up the side of the canyon. Other scientists are skeptical. What do you think?

Read the Washington Post article and the Science report.

Interested in more information about the Grand Canyon? Check out these books:

Down the Great Unknown: John Wesley Powell’s 1869 journey of discovery and tragedy through the Grand Canyon / Edward Dolnick
F788 .D65 2001

Grand Canyon: Time below the rim / text by Craig Childs; photographs by Gary Ladd
F788 .C55x 1999

Romantic Movies

Looking for a romantic movie to watch on Valentine's Day? Check out these romantic movies available in the library!

Pride & Prejudice
PR4034 .P7 2006c

Casanova
D285.8.C4 C2754x 2006








Andrew Lloyd Webber’s The Phantom of the Opera
PQ2623.E6 F213 2005

Chocolat
PN1997 .C4646 2001









Shakespeare in Love
PN1997 .S38365 1999

Titanic
PN1997 .T54 1998b

Happy Valentine's Day

In celebration of Valentine's Day, check out these books on love, chocolate, and roses.

What Women Want Men to Know: The Ultimate Book about Love, Sex, and Relationships for You, and the Man You Love / Barbara De Angelis
HQ801 .D435 2001

Hershey: Milton S. Hershey’s Extraordinary Life of Wealth, Empire, and Utopian Dreams / Michael D’Antonio
HD9200.U52 H4715 2006

Beautiful Roses / Marie-Helene Loaec;Photography by Jacques Boulay
SB411 .L6313 2002

Open Computer Lab Renovation

The Open Computer Lab will be undergoing a major renovation beginning Friday, February 28, 2008, and will be closed effective Monday, February 25, 2008. Work is scheduled to be completed at the end of April 2008.

Students who do not require a computer for assignments and just want to email or browse the Internet are to use the computers in the Cyber Café.

In order to accommodate students who require access to computers for class assignments only, we have set up Room 407.

For more information about the temporary lab (RM 407) and alternative areas, please click here.

"German experts crack Mona Lisa smile"

For centuries scholars and art historians have disputed whether the model of the famous painting “Mona Lisa” by Leonardo da Vinci was his lover, the wife of a wealthy merchant, or even himself. It now seems that the case has been cracked. Read more from the experts at the Heidlburg Univeristy library in the Washington Post.com article.

For more information about the Mona Lisa, check out these books from the Woodbridge Campus library:


Famous Works of Art in Popular Culture: A Reference Guide/Joy Sperling
N72.S6 S667 2003


Becoming Mona Lisa: The Making of a Global Icon/Donald Sassoon
ND623.L5 A7 2001


Or request a copy of these books from other NVCC Libraries:

Leonardo and the Mona Lisa story: The History of a Painting told in Pictures/Donald Sassoon
ND623.L5 A7 2006f (Available at Manassas or Loudoun)

Mona Lisa Revealed: The True Identity of Leonardo’s Model/Giuseppe Pallanti
ND623.L5 A7 2006b (Available at Alexandria)