In conjunction with Teen Read Week this year, we are also celebrating the 40th anniversary of the Hyde Library at MUS. As we celebrate reading with contests, prizes, & sweet treats, we also have displays reflecting our 40 year history and an "old school" photo identification contest. We're having a great week and lots of fun in the Hyde Library!
Upper School Battle of the Books
The cookie rush! Thanks to our mom volunteers for their delicious cookies.
Cookies, books, & friends make a great combination:
Celebrating 40 years of library excellence:
We are proud of our library's heritage and history as we stay current with the latest library technology and resources. We still have our original, extensive book collection because we are fortunate in having a free-standing library building which provides adequate room for a strong collection. We routinely remove outdated and worn materials, but retain the relevant, useful and valuable items in our collection regardless of their age. At the same time, our collection is constantly growing with the addition of the best new resources, ranging from outstanding databases for research to e-books and e-readers to the newest releases of popular young adult fiction titles. The Hyde Library continues to be a vital hub of the campus and to provide the best materials for academic growth and success.
MUS student in Hyde Library ca. 1971:
Welcome back to a new school year! Our summer renovation is now complete and the results are great! We hope you will like the changes and that the library will be a more inviting place for you to read, research and study.
The Hyde Library has jumped into the world of e-readers!
We now have two Nooks and two Sony Readers available for students and staff to check out. The e-readers can be used on campus during the school day or checked out for a week. Students need a parent's signed permission to check an e-reader out for a week, but it's not necessary for checkout during the school day. The form is available in the library and online here.
Why did we get e-readers?
Ebooks are becoming more common and are more readily available than they were a couple of years ago. The Hyde Library has provided access to academic ebooks for our students and staff to read from any computer for several years. As a matter of fact, we have access to nearly 39,000 ebooks through NetLibrary. However, we haven't provided access to popular fiction in ebook format until now and it's more convenient to read a fiction title on a portable e-reader than on a computer. MUS students are reading more and more current, popular fiction -- either for book clubs or on their own -- and we want to meet the demand for those books in both ebook and physical formats.
What books will be loaded on the e-readers?
Right now, we are loading book club selections on the e-readers because we need multiple copies of those books immediately. However, not all books are available in ebook format and there is one current book club selection that we can't get in ebook format for an e-reader. Students and staff are welcome to suggest other titles for the e-readers and there is a request form available at the Welcome Desk. Please don't hesitate to talk to us about books you would like to have available on an e-reader.
Why no Kindles?
We have nothing against Kindles, but right now, it's difficult for libraries to manage ebook circulation on Kindles. Technology business models are changing rapidly, so we might be able to work with Kindles in the future.
Will physical books in our library go away?
We don't anticipate that happening anytime soon, if ever. There are definite advantages to both physical and electronic book formats and many good reasons for having both. Some people love using technology and love the advantages of ebooks and e-readers. Other people love the tactile sensations of holding a physical book and turning real pages instead of virtual ones. They love the weight of a physical book and the smell of paper and binding. Some people just love books, physical or electronic. At the Hyde Library, we will continue to have both.
We've been enjoying Teen Read Week all week in the library! Our volunteer moms have provided us with delicious baked goods and we've been giving out small prizes all week. On Monday, we'll announce the winners of our "Books with Beat" music trivia quiz as well as our prize drawings for upper and lower school. The lucky winners will receive gift cards from iTunes or Starbucks! Listen to announcements to find out if you're a winner!
"This completely awesome book's awesomeness is so awesomely awesome that it's difficult to get across just how awesome it is."
Your English teacher would never let you get away with a sentence like this, but doesn't it make you want to pick up the book and see if it really is so awesome?
The book is Packing for Mars by Mary Roach.
Here is the entire review:
Library Journal Review
All of us on the library staff are happy to see everyone back on campus! Please come by and see what's new in the library. We are putting new books out every day and we have made more improvements to our welcome desk. Also, student art work is being hung in the foyer this week. Can you identify all the portraits? See who you recognize!
Stop by our interactive poetry display during the month of April and add your poetic creations to our magnetic board!
Also, here's a link to 30 poets/30 days, a cool blog featuring a previously unpublished poem each day of the month.
Yes, April can be the cruelest month when term papers are due!
We know you spend a lot of time reading -- reading for class assignments, picking up the sports section of the newspaper, keeping up with characters in your favorite book series, reading magazines, reading online, etc. We know many of you are avid readers and read several books simultaneously. When we found out that Parents Magazine and the International Reading Association were sponsoring a reading contest, we couldn't resist signing MUS up to participate. All you have to do is keep track of the time you spend reading until May 31, for school and for your personal enjoyment, and tell your parents so they can log in your minutes. Every time you are logged in for 60 minutes of reading, your name goes into a drawing for Barnes & Noble gift cards. If MUS wins the entire contest, we will receive $5,000 for our library. Ask your parents to sign up you up and log in your hours at this link. Let's find out how much time you really do spend reading. We're guessing it will be an impressive number!
The Library staff is celebrating the holiday season and sharing warm wishes for a successful exam week with our students. Every morning during exam week, students get a boost of energy from pastries, hot chocolate, and Dunkin' Donuts coffee served up before the exam by the library staff. Happy holidays to all!
On Wednesday we celebrated Teen Read Week with cupcakes for everyone.
Mr. Reese also conducted a rollicking Harry Potter trivia contest for a large group of very enthusiastic lower school Potter fans!
Thursday was cake day during OP, supplemented by dozens of delicious cookies provided by MUS moms.
Cake, cookies, and scenes from Harry Potter -- a great way to spend a rainy OP during Teen Read Week!
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