Snapshot Day: A Day in the Life of Ohio Libraries
A library is a building, room, or set of rooms, containing a collection of books for the use of the public or of some particular portion of it, or of the members of some society or the like; a public institution or establishment, charged with the care of a collection of books, and the duty of rendering the books accessible to those who require to use them (OED definition 1.b).
The first libraries were archives of cuneiform tablets, discovered in temple room in what is now Iraq, dating from 2600 BC.
The largest and most significant library of the ancient world was the Library of Alexandria in Egypt. As far as historians can tell, it was originally organized by Demetrius of Phaleron, a study of Aristotle sometime during the reigh of Ptolemy I.
One of the oldest libraries in Europe is the Bodleian Library, the main research library of Oxford. It was established in 1602 and now contains approximately 11 million items including four copies of the Magna Carta, one of only 42 copies of the Gutenberg Bible, and Shakespeare's First folio.
Heterick Memorial Library is organized by the Dewey Decimal Classification system, a library classification systems created by Melvil Dewey in 1876.
Melvin Dewey advocated for spelling reform, focusing on simpler spelling. As a result, he wrote without using all the letters and "simplified" words, going as far as to change the spelling of his last name to Dui. An example of how he wrote: "someone is troubld becauz we fail...but we chek up with great care all these sugjestions".
Why is the library important to you? Stop by the library to fill out a comment card and possibly get your picture taken for Snapshot Day!
Thursday, October 11, 2012
Wednesday, October 10, 2012
Today is...Bring your Teddy Bear to Work Day
The first Teddy Bear was created in 1902 by Morris Michtom. It was named Teddy after Teddy Roosevelt, in response to a political cartoon showing Roosevelt to be unwilling to shoot a bear that had been caught and tied up.
Official Teddy Bears have jointed arms and legs, with larger eyes and foreheads and smaller noses to be cuter.
The largest producer and seller of Teddy Bears is the Vermont Teddy Bear Company, making almost 500,000 bears a year.
In 1907 John Walter Bratton wrote a song called "Teddy Bear Two-Step". In 1932 Jimmy Kennedy added lyrics, turning it into the song "Teddy Bears' Picnic". The song has been recorded by many artist and groups from Bing Crosby to Jerry Garcia to The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band.
Some of the most famous Teddy Bears are Paddington Bear, Teddy Ruxpin, and Winnie-the-Pooh.
Official Teddy Bears have jointed arms and legs, with larger eyes and foreheads and smaller noses to be cuter.
The largest producer and seller of Teddy Bears is the Vermont Teddy Bear Company, making almost 500,000 bears a year.
In 1907 John Walter Bratton wrote a song called "Teddy Bear Two-Step". In 1932 Jimmy Kennedy added lyrics, turning it into the song "Teddy Bears' Picnic". The song has been recorded by many artist and groups from Bing Crosby to Jerry Garcia to The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band.
Some of the most famous Teddy Bears are Paddington Bear, Teddy Ruxpin, and Winnie-the-Pooh.
Tuesday, October 9, 2012
Today is...National Face Your Fears Day
Fear is the emotion of pain or uneasiness caused by the sense of impending danger, or by the prospect of some possible evil (OED Definition 1.2)
The original definition of fear in Old English was a sudden and terrible event or peril, used first in the year 453 AD. The first use of the English version of fear was in 1175.
The Old English Fǽr (and the Middle English variants fore and fár) corresponds to the Old Saxon fâr and means strong masculine, sudden calamity, or danger.
When asked about their fears some common responses from people are ghosts, cockroaches, spiders, snakes, heights, water, enclosed spaces, tunnels, bridges, needles, failure, public speaking, flying, clowns, intimacy, death, and rejection.
Fear can be conditioned, which was proved in John B. Watson's Little Albert experiment. Watson took a 9-month-old boy and exposed him to a variety of animals. Later, when Albert was playing with a white rat, Watson would make a loud noise to frighten Albert whenever he touched the rat. After that happening several times, Albert would show fear whenever the rat was in the room. Eventually, Albert was also scared of anything that resembled a white rat, including a rabbit, a fur coat, and cotton balls.
The physiological changes in the body associated with fear are summarized as the fight or flight response. It is a primitive mechanism that helps people and animals to survive by fighting or fleeing from danger. Without fear, species would die out due to predators. In animals, this is generally referred to as Island tameness or ecological naivete, where a species has lived in isolation for so long that they lose wariness for potential predators, leading to extinction, like the Dodo Bird.
What fear are you going to face today?
The original definition of fear in Old English was a sudden and terrible event or peril, used first in the year 453 AD. The first use of the English version of fear was in 1175.
The Old English Fǽr (and the Middle English variants fore and fár) corresponds to the Old Saxon fâr and means strong masculine, sudden calamity, or danger.
When asked about their fears some common responses from people are ghosts, cockroaches, spiders, snakes, heights, water, enclosed spaces, tunnels, bridges, needles, failure, public speaking, flying, clowns, intimacy, death, and rejection.
Fear can be conditioned, which was proved in John B. Watson's Little Albert experiment. Watson took a 9-month-old boy and exposed him to a variety of animals. Later, when Albert was playing with a white rat, Watson would make a loud noise to frighten Albert whenever he touched the rat. After that happening several times, Albert would show fear whenever the rat was in the room. Eventually, Albert was also scared of anything that resembled a white rat, including a rabbit, a fur coat, and cotton balls.
The physiological changes in the body associated with fear are summarized as the fight or flight response. It is a primitive mechanism that helps people and animals to survive by fighting or fleeing from danger. Without fear, species would die out due to predators. In animals, this is generally referred to as Island tameness or ecological naivete, where a species has lived in isolation for so long that they lose wariness for potential predators, leading to extinction, like the Dodo Bird.
What fear are you going to face today?
Sunday, October 7, 2012
Today is...Columbus Day
Columbus day celebrates the day that Christopher Columbus arrived in the Americas, on October 12, 1492.
The United States, the Bahamas, Spain, Argentina, Uruguay, and many other Latin American countries celebrate some form of Columbus Day, and have since the late 18th century.
The idea that Columbus wanted to sail West from Europe to India to prove that the Earth was round is an idea that was popularized by Washington Irving's biography of Columbus. Since the time of Aristotle in the 4th century BC most educated people accepted that the world was not flat.
Columbus made four voyages from Spain to the Americas, never making it further north than the Bahamas and Cuba.
Who is your favorite explorer?
The United States, the Bahamas, Spain, Argentina, Uruguay, and many other Latin American countries celebrate some form of Columbus Day, and have since the late 18th century.
The idea that Columbus wanted to sail West from Europe to India to prove that the Earth was round is an idea that was popularized by Washington Irving's biography of Columbus. Since the time of Aristotle in the 4th century BC most educated people accepted that the world was not flat.
Columbus made four voyages from Spain to the Americas, never making it further north than the Bahamas and Cuba.
Who is your favorite explorer?
Friday, October 5, 2012
New Database: Oxford Scholarship Online
Check out our new database which covers the full-text of over 8,000 academic books in 20 subjects areas including the humanities, social sciences, medicine and the law. Included among the subjects covered are Biology, Business and Management, History, Literature, Mathematics and Public Health and Epidemiology.
Check out our new database which covers the full-text of over 8,000 academic books in 20 subjects areas including the humanities, social sciences, medicine and the law. Included among the subjects covered are Biology, Business and Management, History, Literature, Mathematics and Public Health and Epidemiology.
Friday, August 10, 2012
New Database: PrivCo
The librarians are pleased to announce the addition of the PrivCo database to our business resource collection. According to the company's website, "PrivCo is the premiere source for business and financial data on major, non-publicly traded corporations, including family owned, private equity owned, venture backed, and international unlisted companies."
PrivCo is not our only source for this type of information but it is the one complete package for private company information. This resource provides one more step towards HML's goal of providing access to the resources our students and faculty need for their research.
To access PrivCo or any of our Business databases, visit the Business Databases library webpage.
To access PrivCo or any of our Business databases, visit the Business Databases library webpage.
Monday, April 23, 2012
Another successful Food for Fines drive
The totals are in and 322 items were donated for the Ada Food Pantry during National Library Week.
The library staff wishes to thank everyone who participated. Your generosity will make a difference.
Monday, November 28, 2011
Kid's Shoes and Socks or Canned Goods for Fines
Join Heterick Memorial Library in the giving spirit of the season and donate new kid’s shoes and socks or canned goods to pay off your library fines.
November 28th – December 5th
The process is simple:
1. Bring your items to the circulation desk at Heterick Memorial Library
One pair of kid’s socks pays up to $3.00 worth of fines
One pair of kid’s shoes pays up to $15.00 worth of fines.
One canned good item pays up to $1.00 worth of fines.
Items will not be accepted for replacement cost of lost or damaged items.
2. Fill out a form and your fines will be waived by the next day.
3. An email confirmation of fines waived will be sent.
Please avoid bringing canned vegetables, but all other non-perishable food items are needed. All items collected will be distributed to children throughout Hardin County to charities supported by ONU Women. Canned goods will go to the Ada Food Pantry.
For more information, please contact the circulation desk at ext. 2181 or Jenny Kunkler Donley atj-kunkler@onu.edu
Thursday, October 20, 2011
New Database - Ancestry (Library Edition)
Whether you are working on a family genealogy or just need information
on an individual, check out Ancestry Library Edition at:
http://journals.onu.edu/home_page/databases/A.cfm
This tool is a version of the original Ancestry.com database, and it
contains information from U.S. collections, Canadian collections, U.K.
collections, Other international collections, Military collections,
and Multimedia collections. A more detailed description can be found
at:
http://www.proquest.com/en-US/catalogs/databases/detail/ale.shtml
While not containing all of the information of the original
Ancestry.com, it is available free of charge. Please note that access
is restricted to the ONU campus.
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