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R E A D A L L

A B O U T :

The Big Read

Halloween Party

Wrap-Up

Resources for

Music

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From the

Mouths of

Patrons

Your Liaison

Librarians

will be competing to build the

strongest, most beautiful bridges,

which will be judged at a big

showdown at Ada Public Library.

Movie versions of The Bridge of San

Luis Rey, and the author’s more

famous work, Our Town, will be

screened at the public library and at

Estep.

We’ll be busy here at Linscheid too,

with a series of lectures from faculty,

the Oklahoma Department of

Transportation, and visiting lecturers

from across the country. There will

even be an interactive exhibit displayed

on the library’s second floor, relating

to a collection of cards about Spanish

theater. These cards will be donated

to the library during this event.

Events will start on Jan. 20 with a one-

act play on the library’s second floor

A project will be launched this

spring which will bring together

the whole community—from Ada

and the surrounding area to

ECU—around one book.

This program, called the Big Read,

is a program that promotes one

book throughout a community,

with a series of tied-in events. This

is funded by a grant from the

NEH, which was won by Errol

King, Spanish professor. Featuring

love, death, burning books, and

hysterical monks, the book chosen

for Ada’s version of this program

is The Bridge of San Luis Rey.

Events will take place in the

community and the Ada Public

Library, as well as Linscheid

Library. Across the area, students

in middle schools and high schools

and the opening of the theater

exhibit. They will continue until

March 10, where we’ll close with a

lecture on Peruvian culture in the

library atrium.

The Big Read is a program of the

National Endowment for the Arts

in partnership with Arts Midwest.

For more information on the

events of the Big Read, contact

Errol King, grant lead, at

580.559.5445 or eking@ecok.edu.

Big Plans for Big Read

enjoyed pumpkin bowling with enough

non-stop enthusiasm that they wore

our volunteers out. The book graveyard

inspired a lot of guesses, but only Sarah

Peters came the closest to getting all

the books right and won 5 free coffees.

Special thanks to Zeta Tau Alpha volun-

teers who helped organize the festivi-

ties, Linscheid Library Academic Friends

(LLAF) for providing the supplies and

food, and for the campus community

for turning out in force!

To see more photos of the event, head

to the Flickr album of photos, or visit

the Outreach events page.

Our Spooktacular

attracted over 80

people—a record

for our Halloween

parties!

The coffin was a

hit, with multiple

selfies and family

photos taken with-

in it. Coloring also seemed to attract

all visitors, especially college students.

We almost ran out of things to color!

Luckily, a quick-thinking staff member

found some open-source coloring

pages and saved the day with multiple

copies. The younger visitors also

Above: Coloring attracts

people of all ages

Left: A skeletal sampling

of our coffin photos

Below: young patrons “set

up” pumpkin bowling pins

Halloween: A Retrospective

P A G E 2

Get down

with your well

-informed self

by using

library

resources.

Public domain photo by Florida

Memory.

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Resources for Music Whether you’re a music

major, or taking music

classes, or can just occa-

sionally play a tune on an

instrument, we have re-

sources to inform you.

For a quick lookup of the

difference between pianos

and piccolos, try looking

in our Reference section.

You can’t check these

works out, but they’re

useful to find a fact or get

a general overview. Here

you can find encyclopedi-

as on punk music, dictionaries of

musicians, histories of music in the

west, and biographies of popular

musicians.

Maybe you want something you

can enjoy at home. If that’s the

case, there are a couple options for

you. First, you might head to the

MT is where works on instruction

and study of music reside. Find

works on setting up a music pro-

gram, how to conduct musicians,

and guides to songwriting here.

If you want to experience your

music instead of reading it, the

Music Listening Library and the

online database Naxos are the

places for you. We have vinyl

records and CDs available at the

library for listening, with turnta-

bles and CD players for instant

usage. If you like to stay digital,

use Naxos to listen to classical

music.

For research, try Oxford Music

Online. It’s a set of online music

encyclopedias, complete with

sound clips and images.

For more information, visit us in-

person or browse the music re-

search guide online.

cited what with ease, and even

read all the full-text articles

your heart desires.

It’s pretty easy—just log into

your Google account (or set

one up) from Google Scholar,

go to Library Links, and select

East Central University. Then

when you search, it’ll show you

which articles you find that you

You can finally do what so many

have dreamed of: using Google

to finish assignments.

Well, at least you can with

Google Scholar, which now will

link accurately to our catalog and

databases. You can search all of

our resources—along with those

of the whole wide internet—in

one place, and also check who’s

can read for free by

using your library login.

For more infor-

mation about this

cool new way to

search, ask us in-

person or call

580.559.5371.

L I B R A R Y N E W S

They came back just to see if

I was finding what I needed.

This was very appreciated.

Use your

thinking cap with

Google Scholar

This space is reserved for what your peers—

students, faculty, staff, and the public alike—are

saying about our reference services. These are

actual quotes from library users.

Evaluate our reference for yourself—stop by the

library and talk to the person at the Reference

Desk, call 580.559.5371, or email

refdesk@ecok.edu for fast help.

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fourth floor and look through the M

section. Every call number starting

with M has to do with music. If

you’re not finding enough there, you

might want to head to the Music

Listening Library on the main floor,

which contains both works on music

and recorded music.

You might want to start with the

lone letter M, which means that they

are works of music. If the call num-

ber is lower than M1500, this means

instrumental music, with works like

anthologies of music, various sym-

phonies, and collections of works

from various composers. After

M1500, you can find vocal music, in

every format from opera to musical

theater to barbershop quartet. If

you’re looking for more works about

music instead of the music itself, head

to ML. This contains librettos, histo-

ries of music, music and its effect on

culture, and singing Neanderthals.

Patrick Baumann, Media Services

Librarian

Cartography/Geography

Education

Environmental Health Science

Family & Consumer Sciences

Kinesiology

Sociology

Nick Demetriades, Technical Services

Librarian

Chemistry

Computer Science

History

Mathematics

Music

Physics

Did you know that all departments have a

librarian assigned to them? Liaison

librarians can help faculty and students find

information best suited to their area of

study. Find your librarian below, or go to

our student page for more.

Dana Belcher, Assistant Director &

Collection Services Librarian

Accounting

Business Administration

English & Languages

Human Resources

Nursing

Katie Sleyko, Public Services Librarian

Art

Biology

Communication

Political Science & Legal Studies

Psychology

Contact your liaison librarian for one-on-

one help if you’re a student. If you’re

faculty, talk to your liaison librarian about

classes and materials you’d like. The

librarians are your guide to the best

resources, so make sure that you use them!

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