Vampire Week in the NEC LRC! Oct. 24 - 28

A different vampire series has been highlighted every day this week in the NEC LRC. Ghoulish authors that have been covered include:

P .C. Cast (Local author - Monday)
Anne Rice (Interview with a Vampire Series - Tuesday)
L. J. Smith (Vampire Diaries - Wednesday)
Charlaine Harris (Sookie Stackhouse or Trueblood - Thursday)
Stephenie Meyer (Twilight - Friday)

NEC Student Activities has combined efforts with the NEC LRC to Show Us Your Teeth! Daily entries for chances to win books and DVDs from the various book series have been made available at the LRC. Activities have also included Pumpkin Carving and Drawing, Best Vampire Contest, and Halloween Costume Contest. Treats and vampire accessories
galore in the LRC!

National Information Literacy Awareness Month

October is National Information Literacy Awareness Month

Visit Your Campus LRC!

The National Forum on Information Literacy (NFIL) was created in 1989 as a response to the recommendations of the American Library Association’s Presidential Committee on Information Literacy. Today, the National Forum on Information Literacy is a robust collaborative of over 93 national and international organizations working together, on various levels, to mainstream this critical, 21st century educational and workforce development concept throughout every segment of society.

Known Issue: Off-Campus Access Through Chrome (Solved)

Some off-campus users have found that they cannot access our databases or ebooks when using Google's Chrome web browser. If you are having this problem, please switch to Firefox or Internet Explorer. We are working on a solution and will post an update when it has been fixed.

Update:
As of December 8, we have restored access through Chrome. If you are trying to use our e-resources from off-campus in Chrome, however, and are getting an error message about cookies, please contact us.

HALLOWEEN!

Some books to get you in the spooky spirit!

Halloween [electronic resource ebrary] : from pagan ritual to party night / Nicholas Rogers.

Halloween : an American holiday, an American history / Lesley Pratt Bannatyne

Pagan mysteries of halloween : celebrating the dark half of the year / by Jean Markale ; translated by Jon Graham.

Death makes a holiday : a cultural history of Halloween / David J. Skal.