SWOSU Libraries Blog

Osamu Tezuka and Manga ...

2012-01-17T14:49:00.002-06:00

Manga is the form comics have evolved into throughout Asia, beginning in Japan. In Asia Manga is read so widely, by people of all ages and classes, that the Al Harris Library has purchased two Manga series to complement our growing collection of American graphic novels. Both the Asian and American styles of graphic novels provide patrons with access to an art form that is important to the

Desire2Learn and Campus Connect Update

2012-01-11T12:39:00.003-06:00

Campus Connect is now part of the My SWOSU portal and Desire2Learn requires your DawgTag. See below for the details. Campus Connect is now part of the My SWOSU portal. To login to your My SWOSU account, use the My SWOSU links on the SWOSU home page or at the bottom of pages on the SWOSU Libraries' web site. Desire2Learn logins now require that you use your DawgTag as your username. Your

221b Baker Street

2011-12-06T13:55:00.012-06:00

The most famous street address in literature. Know who lives here?Here's a hint.The latest library display showcases the iconic detective created by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. At the display, read about the numerous appearances of this detective in literature, television, movies and how he influenced popular culture.To accompany the library display, a movie poster giveaway contest is taking place

Veteran's Day

2011-11-10T11:20:00.005-06:00

The 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month...Major hostilities of World War I were formally ended at the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month of 1918 with the German signing of the Armistice.According to the Library of Congress (from the American Memory Project), "the Allied powers signed a cease-fire agreement with Germany at Rethondes, France on November 11, 1918, bringing World

National Book Awards Finalists Display

2011-11-03T14:03:00.012-05:00

Come and check out the National Book Awards Finalists display at the Al Harris Library! When the 2011 winners are announced on November 16, the display will be updated with winner information.Sponsored by the National Book Foundation, the National Book Award winners are selected in four categories: Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, and Young People’s Literature. The National Book Award began in 1950

Photography Display

2011-11-02T14:10:00.005-05:00

It is difficult to imagine a world without photography. We wouldn't have family photographs, movies, or a driver's license with our worst possible mug shot. The ancient Chinese and Greeks used a camera obscura to form images via a tiny pinhole, but no one figured out how to save a permanent image until around 1816. Frenchman Nicephore Niepce combined the obscura with photosensitive paper to

Cyber Security Awarness Month, Oct. 2011

2011-10-03T15:03:00.003-05:00

"The Internet is a shared resource and securing it is our responsibility." The theme for this year's Cyber Security Awareness Month describes the need for every Internet user to be mindful of dangers, such as identity theft, and to always use appropriate precautions to prevent becoming a victim. See the display at the front of the library for books you can check out that will inform you of the

American Routes ~ Oklahoman JJ Cale

2011-09-18T10:34:00.002-05:00

American Routes ~ JJ Cale and Cedric WatsonJ.J. Cale came up in the clubs of Tulsa, Oklahoma playing everything from Western Swing to Rock 'n' Roll. He even wrote songs that became hits for his friend Eric Clapton. But it was in the recording studio where he found his true calling. American Routes speaks with J.J. about his career as a guitar man, songwriter and studio wizard. Visit with American

Strengths

2011-09-08T14:04:00.006-05:00

The book display on "strengths" provides several books about positive psychology. SWOSU will be starting the "StrengthsQuest" program from Gallup, Inc. soon. Finding your talents and developing your strengths provides the path to excellence in life and work. The Strengths program is all about helping students, faculty and staff achieve academic, career, and personal success. List of Talents

The Blues

2011-09-08T07:35:00.004-05:00

The blues, along with jazz, of which it is an essential part, is one of the most significant US musical forms of the twentieth century. Emerging in the rural South around the turn of the century and first recorded in the early 1920s, the musical form’s characteristic feature is of a direct lyrical confrontation with the joys and hardships of individual existence. A literary and musical form…a

Voices of Oklahoma

2011-08-17T09:24:00.003-05:00

Are you new to Oklahoma? A returning student who wants to know more about their home state? Voices of Oklahoma, a new website founded by John Erling, long time radio voice for Tulsa's KRMG, includes hundreds of wide-ranging recorded interviews from famous Oklahomans and ordinary citizens, "first-person accounts of the way life was" in Oklahoma and the rest of the world. Famous Oklahomans such as

The Holocaust

2011-08-09T15:42:00.004-05:00

11 million dead.....of this six million were Polish Jews and three million Christians. Others were people that the Germans thought to be racially inferior and degenerate and therefore worthless. Courageous resisters and the members of Poland's Underground Army were killed for defending the lives of thousands of its Jewish and non-Jewish citizens. Hitler wanted to replace Jesus Christ as a

Get Your Kicks on Route 66!

2011-08-09T14:47:00.002-05:00