Gift Suggestions

These would be good gifts any time of the year …. Happy Holidays from the BSC Library!

BSC Library Holiday & Winter Break Hours

The Library will observe these hours during the holiday and winter break:

• Monday, December 23 — 7:30 a.m. – 4 p.m.
• Tuesday, December 24 — 8 a.m. – 12 Noon
• Wednesday, December 25 — CLOSED
• Thursday, December 26 — 7:30 a.m. – 4 p.m.
• Friday, December 27 — 7:30 a.m. – 4 p.m.
• Saturday, December 28 — CLOSED
• Sunday, December 29 — CLOSED

• Monday, December 30 — 7:30 a.m. – 4 p.m.
• Tuesday, December 31 — 7:30 a.m. – 4 p.m.
• Wednesday, January 1 — CLOSED
• Thursday, January 2 — 7:30 a.m. – 4 p.m.
• Friday, January 3 — 7:30 a.m. – 4 p.m.
• Saturday, January 4 — CLOSED

• Sunday, January 5 — Open for BookTalk, 1-3 p.m.; no library services
• Monday, January 6 – Thursday, January 9 — 7:30 a.m. – 5 p.m.
• Friday, January 10 — 7:30 a.m. – 4 p.m.
• Saturday, January 11 — CLOSED
• Sunday, January 12 — CLOSED

Regular hours resume on Monday, January 13.  Classes begin that day at 4 p.m.  Full day classes begin on Tuesday, January 14.

Even when we are closed, the ODIN library catalog and library databases are available 24/7.

Have a wonderful holiday & winter break!

eBook of the Week

Dogs.  They truly are man’s best friend.

From Baghdad with Love: a Marine, the War, and a Dog Named Lava

by Lieutenant Colonel Jay Kopleman and Melinda Roth

“When Marines enter an abandoned house in Fallujah, Iraq, and hear a suspicious noise, they clench their weapons, edge around the corner, and prepare to open fire. What they find during the U.S.-led attack on the “most dangerous city on Earth” in late 2004, however, is not an insurgent but a puppy left behind when most of the city’s residents fled. Despite military law forbidding pets, the Marines de-flea the pup with kerosene, de-worm him with chewing tobacco, and fill him up on Meals Ready to Eat. Thus begins the dramatic rescue of a dog named Lava—and Lava’s rescue of at least one Marine, Lieutenant Colonel Jay Kopelman, from the emotional ravages of war … the unforgettable true story of an unlikely band of heroes who learn unexpected lessons about life, death, and war from a mangy little flea-ridden refugee.”

Check it out! Beyond Library Walls Digital Collection

Book Concierge App from NPR

Check this out! NPR Books (from National Public Radio) “has released a new web app designed to help readers discover what they might like to read among NPR’s best 200 books of the year.”

The Book Concierge lets you mix and match from 21 different categories of reading.

eBook of the Week

Wondering what to do with the deer and other critters you brought home after the hunt?

Cooking Game: Best Wild Game Recipes from the Readers of Deer & Deer Hunting by Jacob Edson

A collection of more than 200 favorite recipes from Deer & Deer Hunting readers, ranging “from fast, easy, family-favorites to once-a-year holiday meals. The common thread that binds these recipes is that they are simply the picks of the litter from folks who know how to cook game best because their freezers are filled to the brim with tasty nutritious protein gathered from the woods and mountains.”

Check it out! Beyond Library Walls Digital Collection

Bookish Crafts – Get the Raw Materials at Our Used Book Sale

If reading isn’t your thing, perhaps crafting is.  Here are some great ideas for “bookish crafts.”  Buy the raw materials at our used book sale, which runs through December 20th during regular library hours.  Start shopping & crafting today!

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eBook of the Week – Founding Farmers

The North Dakota Farmers Union, a collective of family farmers, owns two leading restaurants in the Washington, D.C. area that specialize in serving “farm-inspired American true food and drink in a modern, casual, and eco-friendly setting.” Whether you’ve had the pleasure of eating at Founding Farmers or not, you can now replicate their recipes in your own home with this book:

The Founding Farmers Cookbook: 100 Recipes for True Food & Drink from the Restaurant Owned by American Family Farmers by Founding Farmers with Nevin Martell

Check it out!  Beyond Library Walls Digital Collection

Note: We also have this book in a traditional print format; call number TX 715 .F68 2013

Survey Says …. We Like Tangible Things

I don’t know if YAs (young adults) in the USA feel the same way as YAs in the UK, but this is interesting.

The majority (62%) of 16-to-24 year-olds in the United Kingdom prefer print books to ebooks, according to a new report from Voxburner. The report included responses from 1,420 participants surveyed  between September 25 and October 18, 2013.

The top two reasons that the respondents prefer print are:

• print books are a good value
• readers have an emotional connection to physical books

The other top-rated reasons for preferring physical to digital products are:

• “I like to hold the product” (51%)
• “I am not restricted to a particular device” (20%)
• “I can easily share it” (10%)
• “I like the packaging” (9%)
• “I can sell it when used” (6%)

In terms of preferences for physical products versus digital content, printed books were the most desired, ahead of movies (48%), newspapers and magazines (47%), CDs (32%), and video games (31%).

Source: The Guardian

Used Books Need Good Homes

The BSC Library’s annual used book sale runs from December 2-20 during regular library hours.

Stop by and take a look at what we have — materials in a wide variety of formats (books, CDs, LPs, DVDs, videos, magazines, etc.) on a wide variety of subjects  at very reasonable prices. Of special interest are many Custer-related items.

We can accept cash or checks, but no credit or debit cards. Proceeds will be used to purchase replacements for library materials that have been lost or damaged.

Give a book a good home. You’ll be glad you did. 

For more information, call the BSC Library at 224-5450.