Katrina Report Is Now Available

Katrina Report

The Government Depository, located on the 2nd floor of Manderino Library, will be receiving a copy of the U.S. Government report -- "Failure of initiative: final report of the Select Bipartisan Committee to investigate the preparation for and response to Hurricaine Katrina". It is scheduled for printing in early April, but the Government Printing Office has not announced a distribution date. In the meantime, a preprint online version is available through PILOT for our patrons' use.
Click here to see the report.

Gallery of Fine Arts Exhibit, March 30 - April 19

Annual Intercollegiate Juried Art Exhibition

The public is invited to the Gallery of Fine Arts on the 3rd floor of Cal U's Manderino Library to view this exhibit. Each year undergraduate participants from 25 colleges in Western PA and West Virginia are invited to submit two works to be juried by a regional art-world professional (this year: John Morris, owner of the Digging Pitt Gallery, Pittsburgh). Only 50 or so pieces will be selected for inclusion in this highly competitive student exhibition. Over $650 in cash awards and in-kind certificates will be awarded.

Entry Forms are available online. For additional information, please contact Gallery Director Maggy Aston at 724-938-4563 or aston@cup.edu.

The public is invited to meet Mr. Morris at the Opening Reception and Awards Ceremony on March 30 from 4:00-6:00 pm in the Gallery of Fine Arts.

Gallery Hours are limited, so please check them before coming.

Manderino Library Book Club--February Selection--Isabel Allende's Zorro: A Novel

"The original Zorro seems to have sprung full-blown--and doubtless up to the nearest chandelier--from the head of Johnston McCulley in 1919. McCulley was a 36-year-old former police reporter, and his pulp serial The Curse of Capistrano may have been inspired by that most politically incorrect of Robin Hoods, the Scarlet Pimpernel. But in most respects it was original, and from the moment Douglas Fairbanks put on his cape and mask and stepped in front of a camera, it was also wildly popular."--New York Times Book Review, May 15, 2005, p.31.
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Fellow Readers:

The next meeting of the Manderino Library Book Club will be on Tuesday, February 21, 2006. The afternoon group will meet in library classroom #208 from 3:30 to 4:30 p.m., and the evening group will meet in the Curriculum Collection area from 7:00 to 8:30 p.m. Dr. Andrae Marak, a Cal U history professor, will be the discussion leader for both groups. We will be discussing Isabel Allende's Zorro: A Novel.

Questions? Give me a call or send me an e-mail message.

Ex bibliotheca,

Marsha L. Nolf
Public Services Coordinator/Associate Professor
Louis L. Manderino Library
California University of Pennsylvania
250 University Avenue
California, PA 15419
724.938.4048
nolf@cup.edu

Introducing Yet Another New Service for Library Patrons

Item Retrieval Request Service

No more browsing the stacks searching for a book. Patrons can now request library materials online using the Item Retrieval Request Service.

Go to the website, www.library.cup.edu.
Click on PILOT, the online catalog.
Search for an item.
View the record display of the item.
Click on Hold/Item Retrieval Request at the top of the screen.
Type in CalCard number and last name.
Click the login button.
Click the drop down menu and select Item Retrieval Request.
Click the OK button.
Again, type in CalCard number.
Click the submit/request button.

The materials will be retrieved and available for pick up at the Circulation/Reserve Desk in 24 hours (48 hours on weekends).

Email Sabo@cup.edu with any questions.

Gallery of Fine Arts Exhibit, Feb 2 - March 8

Robert Ruschak Photography Exhibit: 1981-2005 Monongahela Valley Mill Towns

The public is invited to the Gallery of Fine Arts (3rd floor, Cal U's Manderino Library) to view this exhibit of photographs entitled "As I Saw It." Ruschak's images span 20+ years, reflecting the changes in our area. For more information, view a more complete description of the exhibit.

An Opening Reception and Gallery Talk will take place on Wednesday, February 8, 4-6:30 p.m.

Gallery Hours are limited, so please check them before coming.

Changes in the Library

Notice of Changes in Manderino Library:

Due to the relocation of departmental offices into Manderino Library, there have been -- and will continue to be -- changes in the library.

• There is no longer student seating or study space on the 4th floor, except for one small group study room.
• The 3rd Floor is now the quiet floor.
• Books with call numbers between 600-699 have been moved to the 3rd floor.
• The 3rd floor now has call numbers between 000-699. The 4th floor has call numbers between 700-999.

The 4th floor will be under construction throughout the semester. Although this may cause minor disruptions, you should still have access to all resources and services. Please come to the Reference Desk on the 1st floor if you need help finding library materials or have any problems at all while in the library.