BSC Library Summer Hours

BSC Library Summer Hours

Monday, May 12 - Friday, August 8, 2008

• Monday-Thursday — 7:30 a.m. - 4 p.m.
• Friday — 7:30 a.m. - 3 p.m.
• Saturday — Closed
• Sunday — Closed

The ODIN library catalog and BSC Library databases are available 24/7

ArtsQuest Events at BSC Library

You are invited ….

 

 

Student Art Exhibit Reception

Thursday, April 24, 4-7:30 p.m.

Gannon Gallery, BSC Library

 

 

Figments of Imagination Student Readings

Monday, April 28, 5:30 p.m.

BSC Library

 

Figments… is BSC’s student literary magazine to showcase student writing and art work

 

ArtsQuest is BSC’s annual celebration of the performing, visual, and literary arts and BSC student talent.

National Library Week - April 13-19, 2008

 

What is more important in a library than anything else -

than everything else — is the fact that it exists.

~Archibald MacLeish, “The Premise of Meaning,” American Scholar, 5 June 1972

It’s National Library Week! 

This year, National Library Week marks its 50th anniversary with the theme “Join the circle of knowledge @ your library.” All types of libraries — school, public, academic and special — participate.  National Library Week is sponsored by ALA (American Library Association) and libraries across the country to honor the contributions of our nation’s libraries and librarians and to promote library use and support.  

On Thursday, April 17, the BSC Library will host an open house celebration from 10 a.m. to noon.  At 10:30 a.m., we will unveil our newly refurbished card catalog display and also honor Dr. Wayne Boekes, who recognized its value and helped us with funding for the project.  

Stop by to see the display and to enjoy some refreshments with us.

Notice - Network Outage - Weekend of April 18

There will be a network outage at BSC starting at 4:15 p.m. on Friday, April 18, as Information Services moves the computer center to a new location.  The outage will continue until all campus fiber has been extended and until servers and networking equipment have been re-connected to the new fiber and tested.  Information Services hopes to have services restored by the start of the business day on Monday, April 21. 

 

The reason for the move is to allow contractors to continue the asbestos abatement process and construction in the area where IT offices are now located. 

 

During the outage, ALL network services will be unavailable.  Network services include connecting to BSC’s campus network and to the Internet with video, networked printers, networked computers, wireless connections, etc. 

 

Buildings impacted by this outage are:

• Library
• Swensen Hall
• Werner Hall
• Student Union
• Jack Science Center
• Allied Health Campus
• Leach Music Center
• Mandan Campus
• Schafer Hall
• Sykes Success Center
• Technical Center
• Annex
• Horizon Office Building
• Armory
• Alumni/Foundation House

 

 

 

National Library Week Open House — Save the Date!

In honor of National Library Week, April 13-19, 2008, the BSC Library will host a special open house celebration on Thursday, April 17, from 10 a.m. to noon.  At 10:30 a.m., we will unveil our newly refurbished card catalog display.

Since 1958, National Library Week has been a time to celebrate the contributions of our nation’s libraries and librarians and to promote library use and support. 

National Library Workers Day has been part of National Library Week since 2003 and will be observed on Tuesday, April 15.   NLWD is a day for library staff, users, administrators, and Friends groups to recognize the valuable contributions made by all library workers.

Hope to see you at the BSC Library on April 17!

Burned Alive: a Survivor of an “Honor Killing” Speaks Out

You  are

• female
• uneducated
• beaten, if you spill the rice
• beaten, if you spill the milk
• not allowed to go to shops
• not allowed to go out by yourself
• not allowed to look a male in the eye or speak to him
• told that sheep are more valuable than you
• told you are worth nothing
• walled up

You live in fear.  Searing flames lick your delicate flesh. 

You are Souad.

“Every centimeter of skin on her chest and her arms is decomposed in a vast purulent wound.  The passengers can hold their noses and make faces of disgust to the flight attendants; it’s all the same to me.  I’m taking a burned woman and her child to salvation, one day they will know why” (149).

While working with a humanitarian organization in the Middle East, Jacqueline found the burned Souad in the hospital.  She had been left to die.  She had dishonored her family by having an “adventure” with a man and becoming pregnant.  Souad had been labeled as Charmuta (whore).  Her family took steps to remove this dishonor from their household by having her burned alive.

Souad was born and raised in a small West Bank village.  She knew nothing of the outside world.  Uneducated, she spent her days laboring away at household chores.  These chores included everything from milking the cows, shaking the rugs, and picking tomatoes, to tending the flocks in the field.  She was waiting, waiting for the man, her husband, who would set her free from this servitude and introduce her into another.  She should have married early, 15 years old, but was forced to wait.  Her older sisters must marry first.  Traditions must be taken seriously; they cannot be changed.  So she must wait.

“I did my work as usual.  I cared for the sheep, cleaned the stable, I brought in the flock, picked the tomatoes.  I waited for the evening.  I was so afraid that I picked up a bit of stone and struck my stomach with it hoping to make myself bleed and put things right” (89).  Souad had an “adventure;” she is pregnant.   ”He comes toward me.  It’s my brother-in-law Hussein in his work clothes, old pants and T-shirt.  He stands in front of me now and says, with a smile, “Hi.  How goes it?”  He’s chewing on a blade of grass, smiling: “I’m going to take care of you” (105) .

“I suddenly felt a cold liquid running over my head and instantly I was on fire … I start to run in the garden, barefoot.  I slap my hair, I scream … I smell the gasoline and I run …”  Hussein had done it to protect the family’s honor, a perverse justice for Souad’s unpermitted love (106).  To live, Souad and her child must die.  This is Souad’s brief life, death, and her rebirth in a far away country.  Her second life “began in Europe at the end of the 1970s in an international airport … on a stretcher.” 

In the book, Souad says that if she had lived in a city, things would have been different.  I found Burned Alive horrifying.  Living in a world (the United States) with so much freedom to do, be, and develop my own female identity, Souad’s memoir is like a stranglehold on my consciousness.  It is painful to consider there is a world where women are still shut away, on bended knee to the dominant male, and if they step out of line, their punishment is swift, unforgiving. 

Do not be lulled into apathy even in the hallowed halls of our western world.  There are women whose freedoms are limited by the males that keep them.  As females, we must be careful to protect our freedoms and hold tight to our identities. 

For more information about the Swiss foundation that assisted in the rescue of Souad and continues rescuing victimized girls and women, please visit SURGIR.

Reviewed by Johanna McClay, Reference Librarian

This book is available at the BSC Library (HV 6197 .P19 S6813 2004).  Check it out!  

 

 

Easter Holiday Hours

The BSC Library will observe these hours for the Easter holiday:

• Thursday, March 20 — 7:30 a.m. - 5 p.m.
• Friday, March 21 — Closed
• Saturday, March 22 — Closed
• Sunday, March 23 — Closed
• Monday, March 24 — Regular hours resume; 7:30 a.m. - 9 p.m.

Enjoy the break!

Spring Break Hours

The BSC Library will observe these hours during spring break:

• Saturday, March 1 — CLOSED
• Sunday, March 2 — CLOSED
• Monday, March 3 - Thursday, March 6 — 7:30 a.m. - 5 p.m.
• Friday, March 7  — 7:30 a.m. - 4 p.m.
• Saturday, March 8 — CLOSED
• Sunday, March 9 — 4 - 8 p.m.

Enjoy the break!

2008 Visual Arts Faculty Exhibition

The opening reception for the annual faculty exhibition will be held at the Gannon Gallery in the BSC Library on Tuesday, February 26, from 4 to 6 p.m.

Works by Michelle Lindblom, Brian Hushagen, Barb Jirges, and David Lewellyn include paintings, monotypes, drawings, jewelry, and mixed media.

The exhibit will run through March 30, 2008. 

Database Trials

The BSC Library has set up 30-day trials for two databases, Environment Complete and Literary Reference Center.  Please use these databases (available through March 12, 2008) and let us know what you think of them.

Database Descriptions

• Literary Reference Center
• Environment Complete

Access

To access the trial databases:

• Start at the BSC Library home page
• Under the Research button, choose Databases (Articles & More)
• Choose EBSCOhost Research Databases.  The links for the trial databases are on the right-hand side of the screen.   Note:If you are using a non-campus computer, you will be prompted to authenticate to the system with your BSC Library card number (barcode on back of BSC photo ID) and your password (your last name).

Thank you for your help in evaluating these databases for possible addition to the Library’s collection of online library resources. 

Contact us at BSC.Library.Department@bsc.nodak.edu

Marlene Anderson, Director of Library Services