http://www.sju.edu/blogs/library/lifelines The Francis A. Drexel Library Blog Thu, 19 Nov 2009 21:42:40 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en You spoke and we listened. Based on requests from the University Student Senate, Drexel Library will be open until 2am after Thanksgiving through the end of the semester (Monday, November 30 through December 10, Sunday – Thursday). Thanks to the University Student Senate for making this possible! In addition, Drexel ... http://www.sju.edu/blogs/library/lifelines/?p=491 Around this time of year, SJU Facilities turns off the cool air in campus buildings and gets ready to heat buildings for the oncoming winter months. Once the A/C is turned off for the season, the unit is cleaned and cannot be turned back on. Due to the recent warm ... http://www.sju.edu/blogs/library/lifelines/?p=487 For all those history buffs out there, take a quick break from the daily grind for a little historical perspective with the History Channel's This Day in History site.  A quick one-minute video will tell you some interesting factoids, or, if you're really interested in a particular subject, the ... http://www.sju.edu/blogs/library/lifelines/?p=480 Join us outside the Library cafe this Wednesday at 3 p.m. for a lesson on the History and Making of Chocolate, including a rousing talk by Robert Weinberg of City Food Tours in Philadelphia.  Stick around after the talk for a chocolate tasting.  It's a free event that's bound to ... http://www.sju.edu/blogs/library/lifelines/?p=474 To meet the needs of student course work, Drexel Library has renovated Room 218 into a Presentation Practice Room with the assistance of a Competitive Advantage Grant. The room is fitted with a white board, LCD screen and large meeting table and is designed to assist students with their ... http://www.sju.edu/blogs/library/lifelines/?p=468 Celebrating freedom of speech and the right to read as one chooses, the American Library Association holds an annual celebration of all books that have come under the fire of censorship or attempted banning with their Banned Books Week -- this year, September 26 through October 3.  In honor of ... http://www.sju.edu/blogs/library/lifelines/?p=464 We all have our different channels for keeping up with the world's most important events, developments and opinions - websites, publications, and programs that we tune in to every day to stay updated.  Cnn.com, for instance, is one of the most popular websites around (it's in the top 20 of ... http://www.sju.edu/blogs/library/lifelines/?p=455 Join us at the Drexel Library on Thursday of this week, during free period for an Information Fair extravaganza, complete with refreshments, give-aways, demos, and of course, information on new resources and tools that are bound to wow even the savviest of Library users. We'll be showing you how ... http://www.sju.edu/blogs/library/lifelines/?p=452 The Library would like to welcome everyone back on campus - welcome back old students, and welcome to the new ones! We hope your stay at Saint Joseph's is memorable, fun, and, of course, educational. Early in the summer, we worked with students to make a fun promotional ... http://www.sju.edu/blogs/library/lifelines/?p=437 Disciplines that depend on historical analysis are varied: an English scholar might want to trace the public reception of Great Expectations at the time of publication, an Economics instructor might need to pinpoint the inflation rate of the British pound in the early 1800's, or a Linguistics student might be ... http://www.sju.edu/blogs/library/lifelines/?p=430