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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 We routinely remove outdated and worn materials, but retain the relevant, useful and valuable items in our collection regardless of their age.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:
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 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!
Join us for food, prizes, and fun October 19-23!
Read Beyond Reality
Teen Read Week is off to a rousing start! Thanks to Mr. Reese for a very challenging Harry Potter trivia contest for upper school students and to all the MUS moms who donated cookies on Tuesday!
On Wednesday, Mr. Reese will hold another Harry Potter trivia contest for lower school students and there will be cupcakes for everyone.
There will be more prizes, contests, and candy all week, so be sure to stop by the library soon.
It's not just for students -- faculty and staff are welcome to join in the fun!
Stop by our Banned Books Week display at the front of our new welcome desk to see if some of your favorite books are in "jail" because they have been banned at some time in the U.S. It is often the most memorable and lasting books that are banned by people who want to control your access to ideas. Can you imagine not having the right to read a masterpiece such as To Kill A Mockingbird?
During the month of October, we have free access to the ebook edition of Burn This Book: PEN Writers Speak Out on the Power of the Word, edited by Toni Morrison.
"Published in conjunction with the
You can access this ebook beginning Oct. 1 through your NetLibrary account that you have created at school. Use the link below to log in and then click on the "ebook of the month" box. You can also create your NetLibrary account at this link, but you must create it on campus.
http://www.netlibrary.com/Login.aspx
Here's more interesting information on banned and challenged books:
This link takes you to a map of book bans and challenges in the U.S. from 2007-2009. Click on the blue balloons to read about a book banned or challenged in each location:
http://bannedbooksweek.org/Mapofbookcensorship.html
Here's a list of frequently banned or challenged classics:
The 100 most frequently challenged books from 1990-2000 are listed here:
http://www.ala.org/ala/issuesadvocacy/banned/frequentlychallenged/challengedbydecade/1990_2000.cfm
Many of you enjoyed reading Gordon Korman’s books and talking to him when he was on our campus last year. His newest book was just published a few weeks ago:
The Juvie Three by Gordon Korman
Gecko, Arjay, and Terence, all in trouble with the law, must find a way to keep their halfway house open in order to stay out of juvenile detention.
If you were impressed by the science department demonstrations last semester and want to try your hand at blowing things up, you might be interested in Backyard ballistics : build potato cannons, paper match rockets,
You might not be able to afford sessions with a sports psychologist, but this book will help you train your mind as well as your body:
Mind gym : an athlete's guide to inner excellence by Gary Mack
Drawing on his work with some of the top teams in professional sports, noted sport psychology consultant Gary Mack shares with you the same techniques and exercises he uses to help elite athletes build mental "muscle." These 40 accessible lessons and inspirational anecdotes will help you gain the "head edge" over the competition.
Need a new book series to start on? We now have 9 books of Jim Butcher’s fantasy/sci fi Dresden Files series, beginning with Storm Front:
In this first book in the offbeat Dresden Files, readers are introduced to Harry Dresden, a wizard with a consulting practice in modern-day
Ender in Exile by Orson Scott Card is a new sequel to the sci fi classic Ender’s Game:
At the close of "Ender's Game," Andrew Wiggin--called Ender--is told that he can no longer live on Earth. The 12-year-old chooses to leave his home world and begins the long relativistic journey out to the colonies.
Neil Gaiman has just won the Newbery Award for The Graveyard Book and is becoming wildly popular. Are you one of his many fans?
Prince of stories : the many worlds of Neil Gaiman by Hank Wagner
This book chronicles the history and impact of the complete works of Neil Gaiman in film, fiction, music, comic books, and beyond. Containing hours of exclusive interviews with Gaiman and conversations with his collaborators, as well as wonderful nuggets of his work such as the beginning of an unpublished novel, a rare comic and never-before-seen essay, this is a treasure trove of all things Gaiman. In addition to providing in depth information and commentary on Gaiman's myriad works, the book also includes rare photographs, book covers, artwork, and related trivia and minutiae, making it both an insightful introduction to his work, and a true "must-have" for his ever growing legion of fans. -- from publisher's description.
Winter is dragging along and sometimes it’s hard to concentrate on your class work. It’s not a waste of your time to exercise your brain a little with fun books of trivia and facts. You never know when your knowledge of trivia will come in handy -- especially if you’re on the Quiz Bowl team or if you ever become a contestant on Jeopardy! Come by the library and browse through some of these new books:
Do not open by John Farndon is an “encyclopedia of the world's best-kept secrets.” (031.02 F235d)
The knowledgebook: everything you need to know to get by in the 21st Century by The National Geographic Society “distills thousands of years of humankinds most significant ideas and achievements, explains how they are linked and why they are important, and packs everything into a single, irresistibly readable volume.” (Ref 031 K73)
The book of general ignorance by John Lloyd is a British best-seller revealing “all of the hugely entertaining misconceptions, mistakes, and misunderstandings in common knowledge.” (031.02 L793b)
Take me to your leader by Ian Harrison includes “Weird facts, bizarre stories, and life's oddities.” (031.02 H319t)
The sports book: the games, the rules, the tactics, the techniques by David Summers is packed with all kinds of information about more than 200 different sports. (796.02 S764s) By this way, this is probably the only book you’ll ever see that’s covered in Astroturf!
The worst of sports: chumps, cheats, and chokers from the games we love by Jesse Lamovsk is a “hilarious and informative look at the lowest moments, lousiest teams, and least impressive personnel in the history of American sports.” (796.0207 L236w)
Schott’s miscellany by Ben Schott is “a new approach to the yearly almanac offering an entertaining and informative selection of the year's major events.” (031.02 S375S 2008)
Cool stuff and how it works and Cool stuff 2.0 by Chris Woodford explain cutting-edge technology with incredible detailed images. (600 C774)
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