MCC Library Newsletter

The National Association for Music Educators, MENC, has declared March as “Music In Our Schools” month. This celebration emphasizes the importance of music education for children. The MCC Library is celebrating music this month by featuring materials about all types of music. Additional information on “Music In Our Schools” month can be found on the MENC website. Additional information about music and education can be found on VH1’s “Save the Music” program and the Texas Music project .

Casa de Café, an annual event celebrating the artistic and literary talents of MCC students and benefiting Storybook Christmas, will be held in the LTC Rotunda on the third floor on November 14 from 11:30 AM to 1:30 PM.

Entries from the Stone Circle will be presented. Musical entertainment and refreshments will be provided.

Admission is $2.00 per person or a new children’s book and $10 per class.

This event will benefit Storybook Christmas, a joint effort with the Central Texas Literacy Coalition and the Waco Tribune Herald. The aim of Storybook Christmas is to give at least one new book to every child in McLennan County grades 3-10 who does not have a book of their own.

Have you heard of National Library Week? This year it is celebrated from April 15 - 21, 2007. However, the MCC Library prefers to celebrate libraries all month long. Please come by the library to see our exhibits in celebration of libraries during National Library Month.

We are holding a giveaway during this month for MCC students only. Stop by the library front desk to enter this drawing to win one of two MAC cash awards ($10 deposited to your campus funds). The drawing will be held on Monday, April 23.

Also at the front desk we will periodically be giving away candy, pens, pencils, book marks and stickers.

We have two opportunities for you to celebrate libraries in writing at the front desk by answering these two questions: What is your first memory of a library? and Why do you love your library? You can also send comments to our suggestion box at http://www.mclennan.edu/library/lib/suggest.html.

We have selected books for our display covering such topics as books, reading, writing, poetry, fiction, and libraries. Please come by the book display located at the front of the library. You can also browse the selected titles in the online catalog.

On the afternoon of Tuesday, April 17th, we will be serving cake and punch in the library for everyone at MCC.

Also on Tuesday, April 17th, 5 MCC faculty members will be reading selections from original fiction in the LTC Rotunda at 1:00 pm. The event will run until 2:45 pm. The faculty members scheduled to read are: William Matta, James McKeown, George Wilhite, Charlotte Laughlin, and Kay Moser. All MCC faculty, staff and students are welcome, as well as anyone in the Waco-McLennan County area.

Thomson Gale is providing FREE access to trusted, relevant and easy-to-use online resource from April 15th to April 21st, in honor of National Library Week.

Between April 15 and 21, go to http://www.accessmylibrary.com/libraryweek