National
Library Week
Events and Activities |
Dr.
McNeer declares April 18 - 24 National Library Week
and ratifies National Library Week proclamation.
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Kati Norton, Juanita Thomas, Dr. McNeer,
John Mazsure, and Brett Sipos (left to right) with National Library
Week proclamation.
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Giveaways! |
Courtesy
of the "Friends of the RBC Library," library patrons will receive
special ballpoint pens and bookmarks.
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Bag
of Books Sale! |
During National Library Week, the Friends of
RBC Library are selling a “bag of books”
for 50 cents each!!
Pick
a pack of paperbacks,
Amass
a mess of mysteries,
Snag
a set of stories,
Bag
a bunch of bios,
Horde
a heap of history,
Fleece
a find of fiction,
Take
a tote of textbooks,
Buy
a bag of bargain books!
Student
workers, Jessica Wray and Sharita Sloan, help with book sale.
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National
Library Worker's Day — Tuesday, April 20 |
The
Allied Professional Association of the American Library Association recognizes
librarians, support staff & student assistants.
"Libraries
work because we do!"
Visit
the library to see posters of library staff
along with interesting tidbits of biographical information!
Library
Director, Dr. Virginia Cherry
Left to Right: Deb Vroman, Amy Shay and
Chris Skirbunt
Joy Galloni with flowers,
a wonderful token of appreciation from the "Friends of the RBC Library"
For
more information on how the "Friends" celebrated National Library
Week,
please visit the Friends web page of
National Library Week 2004 events.
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Library
Survey |
Tell us how
we're doing!
Please take the time to complete an online
survey.
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Library
recognizes contributors to Mnemosyne with a Pop & Popcorn
celebration |
Celebration Info:
Location
– RBC Library
Date –
Wednesday, April 21
Time –
11:30 pm
Format
– Lots of fun with Mnemosyne readings, signings, pop
and popcorn!
Mnemosyne faculty advisor Esther Floyd
Mnemosyne student contributor & staff member Tiffany Johnson
RBC English professor Elizabeth Rescher
Mnemosyne student contributor & staff member Danielle Maslen
RBC students enjoy the Pop & Popcorn!
Issues of Mnemosyne are available in the library
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Guest
Author: David L. Robbins |
Reception Info:
Location—RBC Library
Date—Wednesday, April 21
Time—1:30 pm
Format—Talk followed by refreshments
Sponsors—Wild Minds with support from the “Friends of the RBC Library”
For
more information on the author, please go to his offical
website.
Alexandra Duckworth, English instructor and chair of the Wild Minds
Creative Writing Club, introduces guest author David L. Robbins
David L. Robbins addresses the audience
Faculty and students attend the reception
David L. Robbins with RBC student Samuel Evans
David L. Robbins and Dr. McNeer
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Anonymous
DVD/VHS Donor Recognition Day —
Thursday, April 22 |
We sincerely thank our anonymous donor for the generous contributions
made to the library's film collection.
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Guest
Author: Joe Spaniol (RBC faculty emeritus)
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Reception
Info:
Location—RBC Library
Date—Friday, April 23
Time—11:15 am
Joe Spaniol's
book VIRGINIA INVADES CARTAGENA
will be available for purchase at the reception.
RBC Faculty Emeritus, Joe Spaniol
Students at the reception
Joe Spaniol with his book Virginia Invades Cartagena
Joe Spaniol and Linda Pittman
Joe Spaniol chats with Carol Kelly and Tom Milton.
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RBC
Library Statistics |
Here
are some statistics from a typical week in the RBC library:
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Checked
out a total of 215 items
Students borrowed: 78 books, 105 DVDs, and 5 VHS tapes
Faculty and staff borrowed: 2 books, 8 DVDS, and 2 VHS tapes
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Collected
$68.00 in overdue fines
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Checked
out Professor Woodruff’s reserve book Study Guide for
Biology 15 times, his Human Anatomy and Physiology textbook
3 times, and the Anatomy and Physiology study guide 6 times
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Checked
in 238 items
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16
items were renewed for patrons
The
above happened the week of March 21, 2004.
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Library
Statistics — Worldwide |
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Libraries
spend over $14 billion dollars per year.
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Libraries
circulate or ship 5.4 million items per day.
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1.1
billion people visit the library each year
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There
are 1 million libraries worldwide; 139,800 libraries in the United
States
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Total
number of librarians worldwide: 690,000...more than the population
of North Dakota
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Total
number of U.S. librarians: 203,000
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There
are 16 billion volumes worldwide in libraries
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$720
billion total estimated value of library materials
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$211
billion estimated value of academic library materials
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Estimated
worldwide library expenditures: $31 billion annually
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Estimated
U.S. library expenditures: $14 billion annually
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U.S.
Libraries circulate 1,947,600,000 items per year
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One
out of every six people in the world is a registered library user.
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Five
times more people visit U.S. libraries each year than attend U.S.
professional and college football, basketball, baseball and hockey
games combined. If library patrons were to pay the average sporting
game ticket price of approximately $35 per visit, libraries would
generate more than $39 billion in annual revenues.
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Libraries
hold 16 billion volumes worldwide—that’s about 2.5 items
for each person on earth. At an average price of $45 per book, the
worldwide library book inventory approaches nearly three-quarters
of a
trillion dollars.
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Total
number of volumes in libraries is 2 1/2 times the total population
of the world.
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From Libraries:
how they stack up: A report from OCLC
(Online Computer Library Center) www.oclc.org
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