It’s OctoBEAR at Katmai National Park in Alaska and that means 10/5-11/2022 is FAT BEAR WEEK!!! You can vote your favorite bear to the top of the brackets each day. Follow the links to learn more about #fatbearweek, read the bios for each of the bear contestants, and vote!
– www.fatbearweek.org
– https://www.nps.gov/katm/learn/fat-bear-week-2022.htm
– https://m.facebook.com/KatmaiNPP
– https://www.instagram.com/KatmaiNPP
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October is the month for horror! Memorial Library and The Writing Center are hosting a two-sentence horror story contest to celebrate. All SUNY Cortland students are welcome to participate. Entries must be submitted online by Friday, 10/14 at https://forms.office.com/r/3dX74D4uhy. Story submissions must be original and two sentences long.
The first place winner will receive a Hocus Pocus board game. Three lucky winners will have their stories presented in the Digital Commons institutional repository (https://digitalcommons.cortland.edu/) and in Library social media (Facebook and Instagram @sunycortlandmemoriallibrary).
For full contest rules and information, please visit the contest link.
How did Gatorade make water active for their “Active Water” ad campaign? Watch this video and learn about the technology Gatorade created to develop 3D images out of water droplets.
https://youtu.be/_z7lAxEMF74
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To Kill a Mockingbird . . . Harry Potter . . . Captain Underpants . . .
Every year, there are hundreds of attempts to remove books from schools and libraries. Celebrate YOUR freedom to read and right to choose your book during Banned Books Week, September 18 to 24.
Stop by the library to view the banned books display in the Teaching Materials Center. Looking for something to read, check out the Banned Books collection in the library catalog. https://tinyurl.com/mr3jz558
HARVESTING HEALTHY HABITS tree at the Memorial Library. Stop by the Library lobby and write down something you like to do to stay mentally or physically healthy on a paper apple or fall leaf and tape it to our tree. Then read others’ ideas to inspire you to try something new!
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Planning your Fall Break get away? How about a trip to the deadliest garden in the world!?! The Poison Garden in Alnwick, Northumberland, UK is fully stocked with all plants that can kill you! Feel safer with a virtual tour? Check out this fascinating video from BBC Earth.
https://youtu.be/2oCWAiqL0i0
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The Library is pleased to provide SUNY Cortland students, faculty, and staff with access to the Chronicle of Higher Education, as well as Digital Editions of the New York Times and The Wall Street Journal.
NYT and WSJ access must be renewed, usually once/year.
Directions for account creation and renewal are can be found at the following link
https://cortland.teamdynamix.com/TDClient/2298/Portal/Requests/ServiceDet?ID=44514
Fall 2022 Library Hours
Information on available library services is available via our Library Resources guide, including information on Memorial Library’s Testing Center. Visitors will need to adhere to campus COVID policies.
Post-Summer Session (Aug. 2 – Aug. 28)
Monday – Friday 8 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Saturday – Sunday CLOSED
Aug. 29 – Sept. 5
Monday – Thursday – Open 7:45 a.m. to 10:00 p.m.
Friday – Open 7:45 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Saturday – Open 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
Sunday – Open 11:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.
*Closed September 5 (Labor Day)
Regular Hours (Sept. 6 – Dec. 4)
Monday – Thursday – Open 7:45 a.m. to 12:00 a.m.
Friday – Open 7:45 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Saturday – Open 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
Sunday – Open 11:00 a.m. to 12:00 a.m.
Fall Break
Friday Oct. 14 – Open 7:45 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Saturday Oct. 15 – CLOSED
Sunday Oct. 16 – CLOSED
Monday Oct. 17 – Open 8:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Tuesday Oct. 18 – Open 8:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m.
Thanksgiving Break
Tuesday Nov. 22 – Open 7:45 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
Wednesday Nov. 23 – Open 8:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Thursday Nov. 24 – Saturday Nov. 26 – CLOSED
Sunday Nov. 27 – Open 6:00 p.m. to 12:00 a.m.
Extended Hours
Monday Dec. 5 – Thursday Dec. 8 – Open 7:45 a.m. to 2:00 a.m.
Friday Dec. 9 – Open 7:45 a.m. to 10:00 p.m.
Saturday Dec. 10 and Sunday Dec. 11 – Open 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 a.m.
Monday Dec. 12 – Thursday Dec. 15 – Open 7:45 a.m. to 2:00 a.m.
Friday Dec. 16 – Open 7:45 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
(Hours are subject to change)
Which cities do you think are the most honest? Which are the least? Watch this video of Mark Rober’s experiment “dropping” 200 wallets in multiple cities across the US and Canada to discover if honesty still exists.
https://youtu.be/jnL7sJYblGY
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Have you ever thought about restoring an old home? Follow Doug and his restoration projects at The Columns here in NY. Doug found a secret room, a hidden fountain, and much more … in addition to all his metal detector finds around the house’s grounds.
https://www.instagram.com/thecolumnsny
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