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