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The library’s multimedia studio opened in 2006 and is completing its third academic year of service. We’d like to know how we’re doing and what we can do to improve how the media studio serves the Pacific community.
If you’ve ever used the media studio for any type of project, please help us out by taking a very short survey about your experiences. The survey can be found here:
http://library.pacific.edu/survey
Thanks for your input!
Check out Mergent Online and Mergent InvestorEdge, two databases now available on a trial basis. Visit the Trial Databases page for more information.
Please let us know what you think of these two resources!
In celebration of Asian Pacific Islander Month and the *great* events taking place on campus through May 2nd, the University Library is featuring works by and about the Asian Pacific Islander community, including several works by distinguished poet Li-Young Lee, on campus April 28th (Morris chapel, 7pm)!
Also, to complement the Gender and Performing Arts Festival taking place this Sunday 4/19/09 (DeRosa Center 1-9PM!) find a wonderful array of books related to these topics (including works on/by the San Francisco Mime Troupe itself), on display across from the Library’s Davey cafe area.
To browse display titles from the comfort of your home or office, click on the above links to view titles through our LibraryThing page!
All books *can* be checked out!
Come visit!
The University Library is reinstating 24/7 for 2009 School of Pharmacy finals. We will open at 7:30 am Tuesday April 7 and remain open until 6:45 pm Friday April 10. We will open at 7:30 am Monday April 13 and remain open until 12:45 am Thursday, April 16.
We will also endeavor to accommodate College of the Pacific Finals in May.
Please thank Sia from Bon Appetit and Steve Jacobson for supplying free coffee for our students during the times we’re open all night.
Dave Brubeck’s legendary album Time Out was released 50 years ago in 1959 and went on to become the first jazz album to sell over one million copies.
In recognition of the album’s 50th birthday, the Library has put together an exhibit in the library lobby featuring archival material related to the Time Out and Brubeck’s amazing career.
Beginning Monday March 23 at 9 PM, access to the University Library is reserved for Pacific students, faculty and staff. Library users must bring their active Pacific ID Card to enter the Library between 9 PM and closing Sunday through Thursday and during any late night extended hours. Enter the Library by swiping your Pacific ID card through the newly installed Pacific Card Swipe located to the left of the main entrance.
In celebration of Women’s History Month and to accompany the **excellent** events taking place on campus from March 17th - April 10th (campus theme: “Women Taking the Lead”), the University Library is featuring works by and about powerful, inspirational women from around the globe.
To browse display titles from the comfort of your home or office, see our LibraryThing page!
The wonderful Pacific Women’s History Month calendar will also be on display at the Library and is chock full of great events…
Come visit!
All books *can* be checked out…
In celebration of Chican@ Week, members of Pacific’s MEChA chapter have suggested some favorite reads. These are being showcased in the Library’s Main Lobby area, across from the Davey Café. Come and see what your fellow students are reading and recommending!
To browse this list of titles online, check out our LibraryThing page!
*All books* can be checked out!
A team from the Library will be representing University of the Pacific in the Stockton Library and Literacy Foundation’s annual Trivia Bee. The event will be Friday, March 13 at the Stockton Civic Auditorium. The teams need cheerleaders, so come and enjoy a buffet dinner, a silent auction, wacky costumes, and a lot of trivia on the theme “Monsters, Mysteries, & Magic”.
The Trivia Bee, now in its 18th year, is the primary fundraising event for the Library & Literacy Foundation. Last year 37 teams and sponsors generated over $60,000 for literacy programs that help people right here in our community.
More information on tickets and entering the Bee is available from the Stockton Public Library.
In celebration of Black History Month, the Library is featuring works by and about members of the African American community, including titles by Wanda Coleman, the “L. A. Blueswoman, a.k.a. “the unofficial poet laureate of Los Angeles,” (on campus 2/19!), President Barack Obama, Henry Louis Gates Jr., Elizabeth Alexander, Cornel West, bell hooks, Dr. Martin Luther King, Malcolm X, and Toni Morrison, as well as works on Langston Hughes (referenced during Danny Glover’s presentation on campus!), Ella Baker, Frederick Douglass, Jo Ann Gibson Robinson, Paul Robeson, and many others!
Browse these titles online from the comfort of your home or office!
These books **can** be checked out (as display items circulate, new books will be added in throughout the month)
We invite you to stop by and take a look!
