4+December+2011

**English **(Jacque Miller)  Quick Tip #7 sent 12/20Enjoy some free e-books over the Winter Break! ** Websites offering free e-books: ** @http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/ @http://www.manybooks.net/ [] @http://www.ala.org/research/initiatives/plftas/2010_2011/ebooksmap1011  Quick Tip #8 sent 12/20 ** New Poet Laureate: ** As you probably know, we have a new poet laureate. For some information about Philip Levine, read this article: @http://www.americanlibrariesmagazine.org/columns/newsmaker/poet-laureate-philip-levine FYI, we have the following books related to Levine: //New Selected Poems// (1991): Call #811 Levine Lev //**Breath: Poems**// (2004) is available in ebrary **//The Essential Keats//** (1987): poems selected and with an introduction by Levine We are placing an order for: //**News of the World: Poems**// (2009) by Levine Some older works of his include the following titles. Please let me know if you would like us to purchase any of these: //**The Mercy: Poems**// (1999) //**The Simple Truth: Poems**// (1996) //**What Work Is: Poems**// (1992)
 * Here's a list of websites offering free e-books: **
 * Ebook Usage in the US--an interesting map! **

**Fine Arts **(Jane Spencer)

**History **(Holly Bunt)

**Language **(Sue Donnelly)

**<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 29px;">Mathematics **<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 18px;">(Beth Blaustein) Sent 12/20 [] <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #444444; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">A library of over <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #005987; font-family: 'helvetica neue',helvetica,arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">2,700 free videos <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #444444; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"> covering everything from arithmetic to physics, finance, and history and <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #005987; font-family: 'helvetica neue',helvetica,arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">255 practice exercises. Select the math playlist.

<span style="display: block; font-family: tahoma,geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 20px;">**<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 29px;">Science **<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 18px;">(Beth Blaustein) Sent 12/20 [] <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #444444; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">A library of over <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #005987; font-family: 'helvetica neue',helvetica,arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">2,700 free videos <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #444444; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"> covering everything from arithmetic to physics, finance, and history and <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #005987; font-family: 'helvetica neue',helvetica,arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">255 practice exercises. Select the science playlist.

<span style="display: block; font-family: tahoma,geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 20px;">**<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 29px;">Senior Seminar **<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 18px;">(Jacque Miller) <span style="display: block; font-family: tahoma,geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 20px;"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 18px;">Quick Tip #6 sent 12/20  <span style="display: block; font-family: tahoma,geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 20px;"> Enjoy some free e-books over the Winter Break! ** Websites offering free e-books: ** @http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/ @http://www.manybooks.net/ [] @http://www.ala.org/research/initiatives/plftas/2010_2011/ebooksmap1011
 * Here's a list of websites offering free e-books: **
 * Ebook Usage in the US--an interesting map! **

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