It's finals week and very soon fifteen student workers at Bishop Library will be graduating. In order to honor those graduating, Bishop Library has added an item chosen by each into its collection. These materials are on display at the Library. Our senior student workers were honored for their commitment to the library at a special luncheon on April 16. Bishop Library would like to wish the best of luck to all of the seniors who are graduating. Congratulations!

The following are the titles our seniors selected and in some instances photos of our graduating seniors:


The Secret Art of Dr. Suess in honor of Michelle Bauer and
Stravaganza: City of Ships in honor of Laura Bremmer - December 2012 graduate (above)

Guess How Much I Love You in honor of Meghan Clark 
and An Uncommon Woman: The Life and Times of Sarah Righter Major in honor of Jamie Frye (above)

Ms. Mentor’s Impeccable Advice for Women in Academia in honor of Jenna Dutton

 
Evidence Based Physical Therapy in honor of Leann Hyatt and
The Big Book of Cats in honor of John Makatche (above)

Hymnal: A Worship Book in honor of Justin Hollenberg

A Framework for Understanding Poverty in honor of Nicole Joppy

The Official Dictionary of Sarcasm: A Lexicon for Those of Us Who Are Better and Smarter Than the Rest of You in honor of Leo Kyte

  
Along for the Ride in honor of Erin McCarthy and Just This Once in honor of Kelsey Pelton (above)

  
Cross Roads in honor of Samantha Preston and Something Borrowed in honor of Bri Roman (above)

 
The Loblolly Boy in honor of Ally Stengel (above)

If you missed the events of Inquiry 2013 you can still check out student publications on display at
Bishop Library or visit the libguide http://libguides.lvc.edu/inquiry to learn more about this year's
student symposium.

During the month of April, Bishop Library is celebrating National Poetry Month by spotlighting the following poets: Maya Angelou, Billy Collins, E.E. Cummings, T.S. Eliot, Nikki Giovanni, Rachel Hadas, Devin Johnston, Philip Larkin, and Gabriella Mistral.

From National Poetry Month’s inception in 1996, the Academy of American Poets has led the initiative and enlisted a variety of government agencies and officials, educational leaders, publishers, sponsors,
poets, and arts organizations to help.  To learn more, visit www.poets.org.  Check out the library display located near the DVD collection on the main floor.

Bishop Library is joining the campus community in celebrating the Inauguration of President Lewis Evitts Thayne, 18th president of Lebanon Valley College, on Friday, April 19, 2013.



On display at the library are various items of interest including: The Valley magazine's fall 2012 issue featuring articles welcoming President Thayne to the college, President Thayne's biography, the official inauguration invitation, schedule of events, save the date card, plus a large format of past presidents of the college. Also photographs and information about the presidential medallion and mace of ebony and silver are on display.

Institutional certificates of congratulations to President Thayne from the following colleges and universities are also incorporated into the display:

Agnes Scott College
President Thayne served as vice president for institutional advancement at Agnes Scott.
Bucknell University
President Thayne served as director of annual giving at Bucknell.
Franklin and Marshall College
President Thayne served as vice president of college advancement at F&M.
Princeton University
President Thayne received his doctorate in comparative literature from Princeton University.

Additional certificates of congratulations will be displayed in the coming weeks as well as other inauguration items.

You are also encouraged to share a message with President Thayne through this display. Offer him congratulations or simply convey your hopes for the future of LVC.

This week Bishop Library is celebrating National Library Week (April 14-20) with our latest READ poster featuring Dr. Lewis Evitts Thayne, 18th President of Lebanon Valley College. In his hand he is holding  Lebanon Valley College: A Centennial History by Dr. Paul A. W. Wallace. To learn more about the college's history visit the LVC's Archives www.lvc.edu/archives. To learn more about President Thayne, visit the inauguration website. 

National Geographic Virtual Library is a complete digital archive of the National Geographic Magazine from 1888-present. Through this digital library, you can easily search and access every page of every issue of the magazine.

The National Geographic Virtual Library supports students of all levels and provides access to primary-source materials. National Geographic magazine covers a wide-range of subject areas such as:

• *Peoples and Cultures
  *Environment
  *Geography
  *Science and Technology
  *Animals
  *Photography and Journalism

Searching options include keyword searching (both basic and advanced), browse searching (issue by issue or date), or image searching. You also have the ability to do a search within a specific issue of a magazine. A list of related subjects helps you find additional articles on similar topics.

Articles can be printed as well as citations generated in APA and MLA format.  Additional tools include saving, bookmarking, adding private tags, and emailing citations.   Features such as saving and adding private tags require the creation of a free account. 

Access National Geographic Virtual Library from the library's database list located at: https://www.lvc.edu/library/ezproxy.aspx

  Statista is an online statistics portal which gathers and makes accessible facts and statistics from thousands of sources.  Over 60,000 topics are covered from 10,000 sources including:

• *trade publications
• *market and opinion research institutions
• *government sources
• *business and economic databases
• *reference books
• *scientific publications
• *daily press

Search by keyword to easily find all available statistics on a particular topic or browse by market category.  Filters are available to narrow down your search by data, region or industry. 

Statistics can be downloaded into PowerPoint presentations, Excel spreadsheets and/or JPG images.  Statistics include background information (sources and methodology) and cover various market sectors and international sources.

Statista also provides access to over 5,000 high quality studies, and statistical Dossiers on 1,000 of the most popular topics.  Dossiers provide complete PowerPoint presentations of statistics that can be downloaded.

Access Statista from the library's online database list located at www.lvc.edu/library/ezproxy.aspx.

On Saturday, March 16, the LVC Admissions Office hosted a special program exclusively for incoming accepted students called LVC Live. This program gave accepted students the opportunity to interact with faculty and staff from all departments and offices, mingle with current students, and learn about the many student groups available to join on campus.

Bishop Library's Director, Frank Mols (pictured with the Dutchmen), and Access Services Librarian, Maureen Bentz, were both present at this event. Together they shared information about all the valuable resources and services the Library offers. Be sure to visit the Library table at next year's LVC Live and you just might catch a glimpse of the Dutchman.