Macon State College Library

Share you opinion about GALILEO!

November 3-9, 2008

One lucky person will win a iPod Nano!

From GALILEO:

“Every fall, GALILEO users are invited to participate in a survey to provide their feedback on their experience with GALILEO. The annual surveys, conducted since 1997, have provided valuable firsthand feedback from users about what they think about the GALILEO web site, as well as experiential feedback from library staff on how their patrons are navigating the site and finding the content they need. To help encourage participation this year, particularly by patrons, students, and other end users, an iPod Nano will be awarded to a lucky survey respondent. The survey will be conducted November 3-9, 2008. Just click on the survey link on the GALILEO home page to participate.”

Congratulations to Brittany Boven! She won the last Darth Tater key chain in the Library Tour with Yoda contest.

She entered the correct key word, Archives, on her entry form. The Macon State College Library Archives are a collection of materials documenting the history and activities of Macon State College students, faculty, administrators, and alumni.

You have one final chance to enter you name for the Grand PRIZE: full size Darth Tater & $25 Wal-Mart gift certificate!!!

The prizes will be handed out by by Darth Vader at 1p.m. on Thursday, October 30th in the Library.

Hope to see you there!

We’ve gotten a bit behind on announcing our winners from the weekly Library Tour with Yoda contest. So here’s a mass update.

Congratulations to Crystal Porter, Betty Watts, Stephanie Ash and Deborah Ireland!

They won with the following entries:

Online catalog
A webpage to look up all the materials (books, DVDs, etc.) that the Library owns. You can even use it from home to find out if we have the book you need. https://gil.maconstate.edu

Music collection
A collection of records & cds to support our music classes. Never seen a record before? Go ahead and take one out, throw it on the turntable and give it a listen! You can also check these out to listen to at home.

Children’s collection
A collection of fiction and nonfiction children’s books to support our new Education major. But anyone can check these books out so feel free to take a few home to read to your child tonight.

New fiction
A collection of books for fun reading by popular authors. Know of a new book you’d like to read? Send suggestions to Felicia.Haywood @maconstate.edu

This is the last week for our contest. Enter before Friday, October 24th to win a totally awesome Darth Tater key chain!

GALILEO was recognized for excellence in customer service at the Chancellor’s Awards on Customer Focus. This GOLD Award for Team excellence in Customer Service was accepted by Lauren Fancher, Director of GALILEO Support Services and Brad Baxter, GALILEO Lead Programmer on behalf of the GALILEO Team. Faster loading pages, improved navigation, and improved turn around time in response to users, etc.

Merryll S. Penson
Executive Director, Library Services

Congratulations to James Imlay! He won this week’s Library Tour with Yoda contest.

He entered the correct key phrase, Horticulture Collection, on his entry form. “The Horticulture Collection is a specialized collection within the Macon State College Library. Its purpose is to make available an historical accounting of horticultural, agricultural and landscaping materials for the middle and south Georgia regions during the 19th and latter half of the 18th centuries, as well as more contemporary sources. This collection is a community resource, designed to advance the knowledge, awareness, and understanding of the natural beauty, richness and diversity of flora of the area.”

You still have plenty more chances to win! Yoda has now moved to another location in the Library building. Find him and enter this week’s drawing for another Darth Tater key chain!

Several authors will be speaking at the college next month. Drop by the Library to check out one of their books.

Thursday, October 2nd - Warner Robins (MSC), Arts Complex Theatre
6pm: Ad Hudler, “Turning Life into Fiction: How to Write What You Know and Get Published”

Friday, October 3rd – Macon State College, Arts Complex Theatre
12:30pm: Carlo Rotella, “Three Good Reasons to Write About Boxing”
6pm: Joshilyn Jackson, “Quilting a Novel: How the Pieces of The Girl Who Stopped Swimming Came Together”

These authors will also speak at the Crossroads Writers’ Conference being held in downtown Macon.

Congratulations to Lauree Thurmond! She won this week’s Library Tour with Yoda contest.

She entered the correct key phrase, Reference books, on her entry form. Reference Books are a collection of books intended to be referred to for background research and specific or single fact questions. These books cannot be checked out of the library but you can make photocopies at our copy machines.

You still have plenty more chances to win! Yoda has now moved to another location in the Library building. Find him and enter this week’s drawing for another Darth Tater key chain!

Thanks to everyone who dropped by the Library booth this week during Club Fair. In addition to giving away pens, bookmarks, and key chains we also had books available to check out.

Congratulations to Fernando Loera! He won this week’s Library Tour with Yoda contest.

He entered the correct key phrase, Circulating Books, on his entry form. Circulating Books can be checked out of the library. You can check them out for 28 days and you get to renew them twice. Go ahead and browse and take some home today!

You still have plenty more chances to win! Yoda has now moved to another location in the Library building. Find him and enter this week’s drawing for another Darth Tater key chain!

Congratulations to Andrew Patrick! He won this week’s Library Tour with Yoda contest.

He entered the correct key word, Periodicals, on his entry form. Periodicals are newspapers, magazines, and journals that the Library subscribes to. Sorry, you can’t take them out of the Library but you can make photocopies if you need to. Periodicals live upstairs on the second floor of the Library building.

You still have plenty more chances to win! Yoda has now moved to another location in the Library building. Find him and enter this week’s drawing for another Darth Tater key chain!