Trexler Library Blog

The Library Scholar award recognizes students who have demonstrated growth in and increased understanding of information literacy through independent study or research. Students were nominated by faculty; winners were chosen through an application process reviewed by the award committee.

A hearty thank you to all faculty who submitted nominations and to the many students who produced such quality work and applications.

The winners (and nominators) of the 2013 Library Scholars competition are:

• Peter Schartel (nominated by Dr. Elizabeth McCain)
• Kerry McGowan (nominated by Dr. Erika Iyengar)
• Megan Postemski (nominated by Dr. Benjamin Carter)

Please visit the library display highlighting this year’s award winners, located near the reading lounge on A-Level of Trexler Library.

A special thank you to our judges:

• Dr. Michael Huber, Dean of Academic Life
• Jennifer Jarson, Information Literacy and Assessment Librarian
• Kassandra Tessitore, Class of ‘14, 2012 Library Scholar

Congratulations to our 2013 Library Scholars!

Join us tomorrow, Thursday March 14th, from 2 – 4pm as we officially welcome the library’s Starbucks iCup Coffee Machine! Even better: there will be free snacks and drinks!

Need to thaw out your brain? Trexler Library’s semiannual Trivia Night returns with a vengeance on February 20th from 7-9pm. Teams of students, faculty, and staff duke it out for great prizes. Sign up at the library’s front desk starting February 10th, 3-6 members per team. Sign up early; space is limited. Competition can be heated! Come prepared!

Need to thaw out your brain? Trexler Library’s semiannual Trivia Night returns with a vengeance on February 20th from 7-9pm. Teams of students, faculty, and staff duke it out for great prizes. Sign up at the library’s front desk starting February 10th, 3-6 members per team. Sign up early; space is limited. Competition can be heated! Come prepared!

Author of poems such as Stopping by the Woods on a Snowy Evening, Frost drew his imagery from rural New England. At a time when his fellow modernists were breaking with traditional forms and “making it new,” Frost’s works stand out for their rhyme, meter and earthy themes. Possibly it is this accessibility that makes his poetry so beloved among readers.

Jonathan Reichert, son of Rabbi Victor Reichert, a close friend of Frost’s who maintained a 24-year correspondence with the poet, recently donated his father’s collection of letters, audiotapes and other materials to the State University of New York at Buffalo. The collection will be on display at UB from January 31 through March 29.

Follow this link for more information: http://www.buffalo.edu/ubreporter/campus/campus-host-page.host.html/content/shared/university/news/ub-reporter-articles/stories/2013/frost_collection.detail.html

Trexler Library is performing maintenance which may affect your access to online resources. We are making changes to the way you are verified as being an authorized Muhlenberg College user of a resource. These changes will result in improved service for you. If you have trouble gaining access to a resource during this transition, please contact the Reference Desk: 484-664-3660 or refdesk@muhlenberg.edu. Thank you for your patience.

The Trexler Library Staff

We have long been accustomed to seeing electoral maps in red and blue based on the geographical boundaries of states, but datavisualization specialist John Nelson takes what he calls a “pointillist” approach by basing his map on population density. Despite pundits’ declarations that as a nation we are politically polarized, the actual picture is much more nuanced–and purple!

For a high resolution look, follow this link to i09 where you can also find links to John’s blog to see other examples of his work:

http://tinyurl.com/amc3pbq

With the presidential election only three weeks away and a contentious campaign in progress, wise voters are seeking objective information about the candidates and their policies before walking into the voting booth. To this purpose, Routledge is offering free access to journal articles about the U.S. presidential elections:

“The featured articles consider the presidential candidates, the main election issues and the broader political impact of these elections. Access to content is currently freely available at the US Election Collection page.”

These articles are ordinarily behind a subscription wall and unavailable unless one subscribes to the journals or one’s library has a subscription database.

Find out what stands behind the campaign rhetoric by taking advantage of this opportunity to explore U.S. election history, scrutinize the backgrounds and achievements of the candidates, and examine the policy proposals that are being offered to the American public.

Be an informed citizen and make your voice heard: vote on November 6, 2012!