What's on your plate (this week)?

You all know that Omnivore’s Dilemma (by Michael Pollan) has been selected as this year's Common Book, right? And you'll have it read by August, right? Good.

To jumpstart your thinking about food and sustainability, you should also head to Belcourt this weekend. Why? The Food on Film Week = panel discussions, screenings of 4 films, food info/expo, and more!

For further reading, Lila recommends:

• Animal, vegetable, miracle: a year of food life / Barbara Kingsolver (Pop Reading S521.5.A67 K56 2007)
• Remaking the North American food system: strategies for sustainability (online)
• Food politics: how the food industry influences nutrition and health / Marion Nestle (TX360.U6 N47 2003)
• Fast Food Nation: the dark side of the all-American meal / Eric Schlosser (online)
• Food fight: the inside story of the food industry, America’s obesity crisis, and what we can do about it / Kelly D. Brownell and Katherine Battle Horgen (RA645.O23 B76 2004)
• Everyone eats: understanding food and culture / E.N. Anderson (online)

Summer School?

If you answered yes to that question, you'll be glad to hear that many of your favorite campus services are still available over the summer:

• We're open from 7:30am to 9pm on weekdays (Check weekend hours). Be sure to stop by and pick up some fun stuff to compliment all that book learning!
• The Writing Center is open from 3:15-5:15 pm, Monday - Thursday.
• Beaman is open 6am to 7pm on weekdays, 9-5 on Saturdays, and 1-5 on Sundays. They're even offering some group fitness classes in June and July.
• Corner Court, Curb Cafe and other dining options are still available. (More here!)
• Career Services may be especially useful to those of you graduating in August...
• Belmont Central will help you get all your ducks in a row...because you'd like to graduate eventually, right?

CUBCat...is that you?!

You're not crazy, the library catalog looks a little different :) We've made it through an upgrade (woohoo!) but have not yet attended to the aesthetics of our little cub. It is functional, though, so search away!

Need gov. data?

A new website, http://www.data.gov/, was just rolled out that promises to provide "public access to high value, machine readable datasets generated by the Executive Branch of the Federal Government." Read the Washington Post article about it or go straight to the data.gov, choose an agency/category, and see what you can find!

We're Still Here...

where are you? The library has been very quiet the past two weeks and Lila just wanted to remind you that you're always welcome!

We are currently open 8:00am - 4:30pm on weekdays and closed on weekends.

Beginning June 7, we'll be open Monday-Thursday: 7:30am - 9:00pm; Friday: 7:30am - 4:30pm; Saturday: 12:00 noon - 4:40pm; Sunday: 5:00pm - 9:00pm.

Stop by and pick up something fun!

Changes to the library's website!

We're making some changes soon! We'll be moving the library's website from http://lib.belmont.edu to http://library.belmont.edu. Please make sure your bookmarks are correct!

Also, the library catalog will be down for an upgrade starting Tuesday May 26. We *think* the upgrade will take only a few days, but we will post a notice here as soon as the catalog is up and running again. You can use WorldCat to see if Belmont owns a book, and the approximate call number of the book. WorldCat will not tell you if the book is checked out or not.

This upgrade should not affect other library resources, such as the library databases. It will only affect searching the library catalog, known as CubCat.

Any questions about the library's website can be sent to courtney.stephens@belmont.edu.

Need to study (at 3am)?

We won't open at 3am, but the lobby of Beaman (Student Life Center) will be! They are going 24 hours, "for studying purposes only," from Wednesday May 6 to Wednesday, May 13. Enjoy!

Our finals hours are -

Sunday 1:00pm - 12:30am
Monday-Thursday 7:30am - 12:30am
Friday 7:30am - 7:00pm
Saturday 9:00am - 7:00pm