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Celebrate Banned Book Week 2015!

Banned Book Week was launched in 1982 in order to bring attention to a surge of challenges that schools, bookstores and libraries were getting. The American Library Association (ALA) reports that more than 11,300 books have been challenged since then. According to the ALA, “A challenge is defined as a formal, written complaint, filed with a library or schoolContinue reading “Celebrate Banned Book Week 2015!”

DIY for the Weekend: Build A NERF® Blaster!

Who doesn’t love a NERF® blaster? And what could be better than a blaster that you build yourself and can be used either manually or autonomously? Bryce Bigger’s book, Build Your Own Autonomous NERF® Blaster is aimed towards those who are less familiar with coding and physical computing – however, if you are more knowledgeable about coding and tinkering, he provides moreContinue reading “DIY for the Weekend: Build A NERF® Blaster!”

Come Explore Our Library! We have 2 Scanners!!

We added a brand-new overhead scanner this fall! We now have two and they are both free of charge! The scanners are easy to use. They have large touch screens to guide you through the scanning process. You are also able to either save your scanned document to a USB drive or email the document to yourself.Continue reading “Come Explore Our Library! We have 2 Scanners!!”

DIY for the Weekend! LEGO® Ice Cream Maker!!

Want to do something totally different this weekend? Have a pile of LEGO® blocks lying around? How about making an ice cream maker!? Then, how about home-made S’mores ice cream? Want the flavor of the fire-toasted marshmallows? Try making your own liquid smoke! To make the ice cream maker you’ll need a LEGO® Technic Kit, an XL motor, aContinue reading “DIY for the Weekend! LEGO® Ice Cream Maker!!”

Explore Our Library: Course Reserves!

Did you know that we have Course Reserve titles for 93 classes? What happens if you can’t remember the title of the reserve book you need for your class? We have several ways to access the Reserve information from our webpage. Under our banner are several links, one of which is Course Reserve. It is easy to searchContinue reading “Explore Our Library: Course Reserves!”

Come Explore Our Library! Subject Guides

Are you looking for resources pertinent to your Engineering major? Check out all the subject guides we have available right from our webpage. The “Subject Guides” tab will take you to a number of helpful links and information. What you need to know is all located in one convenient place. The A to Z links will takeContinue reading “Come Explore Our Library! Subject Guides”

DIY for the Long Weekend: Want to ‘Noodle’ Around?

The last long weekend of the summer – Labor Day – is upon us.  Don’t you really want to do something fun and different? Have any of those swimming pool noodles lying around? You may not want to store them over the winter – so why not make your own airframe, floating, flying quad? Make: technologyContinue reading “DIY for the Long Weekend: Want to ‘Noodle’ Around?”