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The University of St. Thomas (with support from the Tournées Festival program, UST Libraries' Media Resources Collection and the Department of Modern and Classical Languages) invites you to attend the screening of French films on each Tuesday evening this October, beginning on October 7 and ending on Monday, November 3rd. All the films will be subtitled in English and will be shown at 7:00 pm in the O'Shaughnessy Educational Center (OEC) Auditorium on the St. Paul campus. A reception will follow the October 7th and November 3rd screenings.

Tuesday, October 7th Ne le dis à personne (Tell no one.)
Alex, a pediatrician, has been devastated since his wife Margot was savagely murdered eight years ago. One day he receives an anonymous email. When he clicks on the inserted link, he sees a woman’s face standing in a crowd, being filmed live. Alex is in shock; it is his wife’s face. Alex’s unrelenting questioning unravels a sordid story that will incriminate unscrupulous family members and ultimately reunite him with his wife. (some violent content)

The films are free and open to the public. For driving and parking information please visit this Public Safety website.

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Yes...October rolls around again and we celebrate theological libraries all month long. This year we will eavesdrop on a theology reference librarian, yours truly, Jan Malcheski, to experience, we hope, the variety of matters a theological library deals with on a more or less daily basis.

More on Theological Libraries Month at Ireland Library

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All in the UST community are invited to join the UST Libraries and booksellers and libraries across the country as we take note of Banned Books Week, September 27 - October 4. First observed by the American Library Association in 1982, Banned Books Week draws attention to books and the access to them that are challenged in schools and public libraries across the country. The ALA states that "while not every book is intended for every reader, each of us has the right to decide for ourselves what to read, listen to or view."

Throughout this week the UST Libraries invite you to visit its display in the Charles J. Keffer Library on the Mpls campus. Free bookmarks are available - and a daily online banned books trivia contest will be held. Check out the library's webpage and choose the Banned Books link. Each day a lucky winner will be selected randomly from the correct answers and will receive a $10 gift certificate to the UST Bookstore.

On Friday, October 3, Steve Marquardt, the Minnesota Legislative Coordinator for Amnesty International, will host a conversation about censorship on an international level. His presentation is "Banned Books, Burned Books: a Global Human Rights Perspective." Marquardt will speak about Article 19 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, which declares the right of everyone to the freedom of opinion and expression. He will tie that into current situations across the globe and what that means for publishers, authors and bloggers.

This free event will take place at Noon in the O'Shaughnessy Room of the O'Shaughnessy-Frey Library, Room 108. Bring a bag lunch if you wish -- beverages and treats will be provided.

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Starting today, Friday, Sept. 26, the Physical Plant will be working with sub-contractors to reroof O’Shaughnessy-Frey Library Center.

In order to complete this work, the driveway running from Cleveland Avenue to between the library and John R. Roach Center for the Liberal Arts will be closed to vehicle and pedestrian traffic.

Those who normally park in the handicap spaces adjacent to the library will need to find alternate parking. Additional, temporary handicap parking will be set up in Lot G, just north of O'Shaughnessy Educational Center.

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Music in the Library opens its ninth season with a free concert featuring the Show’d Up Band on Thursday, September 25, 2008, 12 noon - 1 pm, in the O'Shaughnessy Room of the O'Shaughnessy-Frey Library. Bring your lunch; light refreshments will be provided.

After almost a decade of playing together, the Show’d-Up Band has compiled an eclectic collection of Irish, American, and French-Canadian tunes and put them onto their first CD, Thursday Noon. The Show’d-Up Band is also an eclectic collection. All University of St. Thomas employees, this group has gathered on campus almost every Thursday noon—since the autumn of 1999—to play, sing, and learn songs together. The unique name of the band refers to its welcoming culture, where, on any given Thursday, the band consists of whoever shows up. For this concert, the seven members represented on the CD will entertain: Bob Douglas (mandolin), Dan Gjelten (guitar), Lief Johnson (mandolin and vocals), Joe Kreitzer (hammered dulcimer and banjo), Mark Neuzil (mountain dulcimer), Paul Strickland (guitar and vocals), and Tom Hodgson (12-string guitar and bass).

This CD documents the band’s place in the St. Thomas community, but it’s also great listening (and only $15, available at the concert or from any band member). So, keep your spirits high and your expectations low. Join the fun as the Show’d-Ups launch the next addition to your music library.

Music in the Library provides opportunities for musicians in the UST community to perform in an informal, friendly atmosphere. Any student, faculty, or staff who is interested in participating in future musical offerings should contact Cathy Lutz (x2-5459 ; crlutz) or Conie Borchardt (x2-6874 ; clborchardt).

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UST students, staff and faculty are invited to first lecture in the the 2008-2009 English Department Colloquium Series. Leslie Adrienne Miller will present "Science Into Art: A Poetry Reading and Talk." Dr. Miller's presentation will be held from 3:30 - 5:00 pm Friday, September 19, in the O'Shaughnessy-Frey Library's O'Shaughnessy Room, Rm 108. Light refreshments will be served.

"The business of trafficking in corpses, the "resurrection trade," is an old trade, one that makes possible the art of anatomy and, as Dr. Miller discovers, the art of her own book. She delves into the mysteries of early anatomical studies and medical illustrations and finds there stories of women's lives - sometimes tragic, sometimes comic - as exposed as the drawings themselves."

Read more in the September 18, 2008 Today's Bulletin article . . .

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Susan Price, O'Shaughnessy-Frey Library Center, is the author of Northern Treasure: The Minnesota Landscape Arboretum and Horticultural Research Center, her third book, published by the Afton Historical Society Press. The book is a lavishly illustrated centennial tribute to the Minnesota Landscape Arboretum and represents three years of research and writing. This new work, along with Susan's first two books, Minnesota Gardens: An Illustrated History and Growing Home, Stories of Ethnic Gardening, are in the O'Shaughnessy-Frey Library Center collection. Northern Treasure also is available at local bookstores.

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Do you have a question about your laptop? Need help with your UST password? IRT tech help is available in person at service desks in the O'Shaughnessy-Frey Library, St. Paul campus (level one and lower level) ; and at Scholars on the skyway level near the Charles J. Keffer Library, Mpls campus.

Students, faculty and staff can use computer workstations with related technologies at all UST libraries. Research assistance is available in person and on-line.

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The process of selecting information resources (electronic resources, books and journal subscriptions) for the scholarly needs of the UST community is based on collaboration between library staff, faculty and university administration. A number of factors are considered as we make decisions on purchases: available budget, costs of resources, economic trends in the publishing industry, the balance between print and electronic resources, use of materials and the allocation of resources to specific academic areas. Read more in the September 11 Bulletin Today.

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The staff of the UST Libraries welcomes you to fall semester and invites you to discover all that we can offer you - as well as the variety of study and meeting spaces available in our libraries: O'Shaughnessy-Frey (north campus), Ireland Library (south campus), Keffer Library (Mpls campus). Find out how we can help improve your research methods! Read more.

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- Did you work at the old Library in Aquinas Hall? What was that like?
- Where was your favorite study area and why?
- Tell us about a special friend (future spouse?) you met at the library.
- Who was your favorite librarian from 'back in the day'?
- Have you ever taken a nap in the 'leather room'?

If you can answer any of these questions or if you have your own unique comments, memories, anecdotes about an experienece you had at the O'Shaughnessy-Frey library we would love to hear all about it.

Please send us your comments, memories, anecdotes, etc. using the Comments link below this post or send an email to jakimlinger@stthomas.edu.

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Help us kick off a year of events in anticipation of the 50th anniversary of the O'Shaughnessy Library building, which was dedicated on October 29, 1959. The first event will be held on Wednesday, October 29, 2008 in the O'Shaughnessy-Frey Library from 3:00 - 5:00 pm. Help us reminisce and say thank you to our early benefactors and so many others who helped build this wonderful community space.

If you have memories about studying, working and socializing in the St. Thomas library -- from "way back when" to the present -- we'd love to hear them. Please contact Julie Kimlinger, jakimlinger@stthomas.edu or call 651-962-5014.

Check our anniversary website often as it will grow during the coming year!

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Did you work at the old Library in Aquinas Hall? Have you worked at the O'Shaughnessy-Frey Library during the last 50 years? Please send us your comments, memories, anecdotes, etc. using the Comments link below this post, see our web page at http://www.stthomas.edu/libraries/events/50thanniversaryosf/, or send an email to jlkimlinger@stthomas.edu.

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