Monthly Archives: November 2021

Pizza and Papers

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Pizza and Papers Wednesday, Dec 1, 2021

Pizza and Papers
Wednesday, Dec 1, 2021
6 – 8 p.m.
Memorial Library, Information Literacy Classroom (B111)

It’s crunch time. Start, continue, or finish your writing project with one-on-one support from the Writing Center and the library. You’ll meet a writing goal through a mix of focused time for research and writing with fun breaks, and we’ll send you home with pizza. Whether you’ve procrastinated or you’re inches from the finish line, we will help you get your writing closer to done.

Registration is required.

For more information, contact Michael Turner at michael.turner@cortland.edu.

Face coverings are required at all indoor and outdoor events for all individuals, regardless of their COVID-19 vaccination status. To ensure that all campus community members can fully participate in this program, please contact lauren.delaubell@cortland.edu for questions about accessibility and/or to request accommodations.

Sponsored by Memorial Library and The Writing Center.

Fun Distraction: Phone Scams

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Image advertising the Library’s FUN Distractions series post about Mark Rober foiling phone scammers

Mark Rober is at it again, this time foiling phone scammers with his famous glitter bombs. Mark with some help from other social media personalities like “Scammer Payback” manage to figure out how these scams work and catch the bad guys in action with glitter bombs and the police. Mark and his friends are able to intercept over $30K already in the mail to scammers. He points out the elderly, non tech savvy, members of our families are particularly vulnerable to these scammers. Over the holidays take a moment to explain how these scams work to your elderly family members so they do not get caught up in a scam.

https://youtu.be/VrKW58MS12g

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Fun Distraction: Pandemic Puppy

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Image advertising the Library’s FUN Distractions series post about Dutch and Lola

Need a few minutes of fun with a cute pet? Meet Dutch and his pandemic puppy Lola. Check out Dutch’s TikTok for adorable videos of Lola from her gotcha day on through all her fun escapades with Dutch. Lola hates baths but loves to play hide & seek, and lets Dutch know what she want with electronic buttons. In case you were wondering what Lola wants … it’s treats, treats, and more TREATS!

https://www.tiktok.com/@ilolathehusky

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Fun Distraction: Portuguese Man O’ War

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Image advertising the Library’s FUN Distractions series post about Man O’ War jellyfish

Did you know that most jellyfish just ride the currents of the ocean looking for food? Not the Portuguese Man O’ War, it has a gas filled bladder it used to float to the surface and sets sail using a vertical membrane to catch the wind. These fascinating jellyfish can be over 30 feet long and symbiotically harbor Man O’ War fishes that have become desensitized to their lethal sting. Man O’ War can, in rare cases, even kill human with their sting. Learn more in this video from BBC’s Blue Planet II.

https://youtu.be/aIovmgzyuL0

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Library Hours for the Remainder of 2021

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Information on available library services is available via our Library Resources guide. Changes to library policies have been implemented due to COVID-19, consistent with other SUNY Cortland policies. Visitors will need to adhere to campus COVID policies.

In accordance with campus policies, face coverings are required in all indoor spaces for all individuals, regardless of their vaccination status. See either the library policies or the campus COVID policies for additional details

Regular Hours
Monday – Thursday – Open 7:45 a.m. to 12 a.m.
Friday – Open 7:45 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Saturday – Open 10:00 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Sunday – Open 11:00 a.m. to 12 a.m

Thanksgiving Break
Tuesday November 23 – Open 7:45 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
Wednesday November 24 – Open 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Thursday November 25 – Saturday November 27 – Closed
Sunday November 28 – Open 6:00 pm to 12:00 a.m.

Extended Hours
Monday December 6 – Thursday December 9 – Open 7:45 a.m. to 2 a.m.
Friday December 10 – Open 7:45 a.m. to 10:00 p.m.
Saturday December 11 – Sunday December 12 – Open 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 a.m.
Monday December 13 – Thursday December 16 – Open 7:45 a.m. to 2 a.m.
Friday December 17 – Open 7:45 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

Winter 2021-22 Library Hours

Winter Session
December 18 – December 19 – Closed
December 20 – December 23 – Open 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.
December 24 – January 2 – Closed

Bring-a-Reading Workshop

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Bring-a-Reading Workshop​
Tuesday, Nov. 16, 2021​
11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.​
Memorial Library​

Dog reading book

Struggling with a tough reading? ​
Bring it with you to our next Reading Workshop! Participants will learn strategies and resources for addressing challenging texts and work one-on-one with a librarian, faculty member, or tutor. ​
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Registration is limited. Please register by Nov. 15 at: ​
​https://tinyurl.com/rb2buzja ​

Face coverings are required at all indoor and outdoor events for all individuals, regardless of their COVID-19 vaccination status. To ensure that all campus community members can fully participate in this program, please contact lauren.delaubell@cortland.edu for questions about accessibility and/or to request accommodations.

Sponsored by The Learning Center, Literacy Department, and Memorial Library.


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Virtual Sandwich Seminar: Digital Commons 11/4/2021

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“Looking For a Place to Highlight Your Online Content? Come Learn About the Digital Commons at Cortland and What It Can Do For You”

Thursday, November 4, 2021
Noon-1:00 PM

Link:  https://sunycortland.webex.com/sunycortland/j.php?MTID=m64faee4a20417d4892660bfc765f17fd

Speakers: Digital Commons Administrators – Jeremy Pekarek, Jennifer Kronenbitter, Maaike Oldemans, Jennifer Parker & Hilary Wong

Memorial Library offers Digital Commons to the campus as an institutional repository for digital collections. Our presentation will highlight some of our existing Digital Commons content as examples of how it could be used by other entities on campus. Furthermore, we will discuss the steps needed to request, create, and manage new collections.

Existing collections include some of the following content areas:
• Posters / student work / undergraduate research
• Scholarly works
• Historical information / campus history
• Images / photographs
• Interviews / oral histories

Following the presentation, we would welcome questions from attendees on creating their own collections for their campus organization or feel free to reach out via email anytime at DigitalCommons@cortland.edu