Celebrate De La Salle Week!

This week, Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota celebrates De La Salle Week.  Dedicated to the life and work of St. Jean-Baptiste de La Salle, this week is an excellent time to learn more about the history of Saint Mary’s and the university’s Lasallian heritage. The Twin Cities Library has plenty of resources on both for your reading pleasure:


The Work is Yours: The life of Saint John Baptist de La Salle
This book discusses the life of Jean-Baptiste de La Salle, with chapters on each of the major stages of his life. It also includes a section on his enduring legacy – one that Saint Mary’s is proud to be a part of!







Touching the Hearts of Students: Characteristics of Lasallian schools
This seminal work on La Sallian schools provides an in-depth look at the educational philosophy that binds them together. In addition to a discussion of Jean-Baptiste de La Salle’s vision for education, this book offers ideas on how that vision can be adapted and presented for the modern day.






Brothers to One Another: the De La Salle Brothers behind the Iron Curtain
This fascinating history looks at the life and role of the La Sallian brothers in Romania, Hungary, and Czechoslovakia after the Second World War. Read this book if you are curious about the changing role of the brothers through time, or if you have any interest in life in Europe after World War II.






For more information and resources, visit our Lasallian Studies page, or ask a librarian!

SMU Alumni Author Spotlight

Twin Cities Library has many scholarly and creative works by Saint Mary's University alumni and faculty. Visit Twin Cities Library to see our dedicated display space showcasing the works of our alumni and faculty.

Strauss, S. (2012). Sexual harassment and bullying: A guide to keeping kids safe and holding schools accountable. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. Check availability. Dr. Susan Strauss is a 2007 graduate of Saint Mary's University's EDD program.

Fourth of July Hours

Happy Fourth of July!

• Thursday, July 4th  CLOSED
• Friday, July 5th  9:00am - 5:00pm
• Saturday, July 6th  CLOSED

Normal hours resume Monday, July 8th.

Also, behold the book display for July. Red, white, and blue books.

National Poetry Month

It's National Poetry Month, and TC Library is getting in on the action! Check out our April book display for an abundance of poetry.
Actually, in our whole print collection, I could only find eight books that feature and/or focus on poetry. (Not part of our academic offerings or collection development policy.) So - to make up for this outrageous hole in our collection, I wrote you a poem.

What does TC Library not have?

Books with poetry and rhyme!

Instead we own books on therapy 
and management and crime.  

So if you want a book of poems, 

your routine from us must vary. 

Order some through ILL, 

or visit your public library.

We also have a bunch of poetry books in our eBook database. POETRY SLAM STARTS NOW!!!

March 2013 Book Display

In conjunction with the Twin Cities Library's Art on Park Centennial Exhibition, we are honoring published members of our SMU Community this month.

Images of select titles featured this month are below.

Blind Date with a Book

February's book display is a little mysterious compared to past displays - you don't know what book you're going home with.  Inspired by the chocolate-laden holiday of Valentine's Day, come by the library and go on a blind date with a book!

How does it work? Librarians have chosen books from our collection that don't require subject expertise or a dictionary to get through - anyone can pick one up and enjoy it. Ha, that was totally an awesome pun I threw in there.

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And we want you to let us know if you enjoyed your blind date! Each book comes with a special bookmark (to the right) - fill out the short "survey of your date" on the back of the bookmark when you return the book. (Click on bookmark to enlarge.) Let us know if the book was a stud or a dud.

We'll post the blind date results here, in this blog. (And learn if librarians have any future at matchmaking.)

Check back for updates throughout the month of February!

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TRUE LOVE?!
Responses from brave souls who went on blind book dates.

1. TBA

October Book Display

What a terrifying book display!

Actually, what a terrifyingly blurry cell phone picture.

The two books listed:

• The Lucifer effect : understanding how good people turn evil
• Silenced screams

Come by TC Library to see what else we have to keep you up at night.....

Reality TV in Academic Scholarship

Why is Snooki duck-facing it up in our September book display? 
Guess you'll have to come to the Library to find out. 

Love in the Library

TC Library's February book display is all about love. 

Being the original people that we are, we thought that love would be a good theme to go with this month. And actually, since we don't have a bunch of books on love, the theme is more like marriage, couples, getting what you want out of a marriage, and that sort of thing. The assumption is there is love involved.

However, not to discriminate, we also have a lovely selection of materials for people who hate Valentine's Day. Totally cool with us, yo, totally cool.

But, back to love--we'd love if you'd check out our book display this month.

Read for Pleasure

SMU Community,

Consider reading some non-fiction or fiction literature over the holiday and semester break! TC Library has a lovely display of books to whet your reading appetite.

Tired of non-fiction? We've got some great literature available both for check out and on our free Book Exchange cart. Or, did your statistics book really get you into reading non-fiction this semester? Thought so. Try out some of our "non-fiction that reads like fiction."

If reading isn't your thing, we also have a nice selection of documentaries and fiction movies available!

May Book Display

Swing by TC Library to see our May 2009 book display featuring a wide assortment of Academic Writing & ESL Resources. Both students and faculty members will find useful if not life-saving materials this month! Check out an interactive photo of the display here.

GO GREEN!

In honor of Arbor Day and Earth Day this month, TC Library has put up a display of our resources related to the Green Movement. Learn about the Green Movement, eco-friendly job opportunities, how to plant a tree, local green-related groups and activities, and more.

• Check out TC Library's display online here.

• Learn about Arbor Day (Apr. 24).

• Read about Earth Day & here too (Apr. 22).

• Learn about Earth Hour (happened Mar. 28).

Spring '09 New Books

Check out TC Library's Flickr page to see some of our new Spring purchases! If you see a book you like, click on its cover. Each book is hyperlinked to its Library catalog record--see its contents, check its availability, and come pick it up!