Library News
Required system downtime is scheduled to begin Friday, May 18th from 7:00pm to 5:00am CDT and will affect Ulrichsweb™, Ulrich's™ Serials Analysis System, and Client Center.
Spend an afternoon with the Dashwood sisters of Sense and Sensibility, catching up on local gossip, potential crushes and past illicit love affairs. 2011 marked the bicenntenial of Jane Austen's first published work. Or, enjoy the popular 1851 novel, Cranford by Elizabeth Gaskell which chronicles the lives of two sisters rivaling reality TV of today and is the basis for the 2007 BBC miniseries of the same name starring Dame Judi Dench. FREE DOWNLOAD.
The Library Café is temporarily closed until June 6th. If you need a quick java fix, please visit the cappuccino and other vending machines on the first floor of the library.
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Current / Upcoming Events & Exhibits
UNO Library Friends 2012 Book Discussions
Summer: "The Tao of Traveling" by Paul Theroux; Tuesday June 5, Noon - 1pm. UNO Thompson Alumni Center
6705 Dodge Street
Ample Free Parking Available.
Paul Theroux’s book celebrates 50 years of wandering the globe and contains some of the best writing from the books that shaped him as a reader and traveler. Part philosophical guide, part miscellany, part reminiscence, The Tao of Travel contains excerpts from the best of Theroux’s own work interspersed with selections from travelers both familiar and unexpected: Nabokov, Welty, Waugh, Baldwin, Dickens, Thoreau, Chekhov, Twain, Hemingway, Greene and many others.
Discussion leader Robert Runyon is Dean Emeritus of the UNO Library.
He was first director and then dean of the library from 1978 - 2000. Prior
to his appointment at UNO, Mr. Runyon served as Supervisor of Technical Services at the Eisenhower Library of Johns Hopkins University, after which he was Associate Director of the Marriott Library at the University of Utah,
in Salt Lake City. Mr. Runyon and his wife, Sheila, are tireless travelers,
having recently visited India.
Recommend reading chapter 1
Receive 20% off your purchase of The Tao of Travel at The Bookworm,
located in Countryside Village, 87th & Pacific Street.
Fall: “I Am a Man” by Joe Starita, One Book, One Nebraska; Date and discussion leader TBA
All events are open to the public. UNO is an AA/EEO institution. The gallery is accessible to people with disabilities. For more information about events and exhibits or special needs assistance, please call/contact the Dr. C.C. and Mabel L. Criss Library at (402) 554-2640 (TTY 402-554-3799) or email Linda Riviera.
