The DNL Report

• - The Easy-Bake Oven was introduced to the general public at New York’s Toy Fair in February 1964.
• - The year 2004 was when the term CrackBerry was introduced as  "the addictive qualities of the BlackBerry device"
• - The Harry Potter phenomenon begins when the first book in the series, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, is published in the UK on June 30, 1997.
• - In 1981, MTV launches the first national cable channel devoted to playing music videos 24 hours a day.
• - Earl Tupper sells his temperature-resistant, food storage containers directly to householders in 1951. Within three years, 19,000 salespeople are holding in-home Tupperware parties.

Coffee (FREE) will be served in the Library cafe at 4:00 pm and 9:00 pm every day during finals.  Goodies will also be available many nights. The Library staff wishes everyone "GOOD LUCK on your finals!"

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The DiMenna-Nyselius Library Prizes are now being offered in two categories: undergraduate and graduate.  The prizes attract the very best research projects from courses taught in departments across the campus.

• Extensive use of library services, resources and collections, and
• Significant knowledge in the methods of research and the information-gathering process

If you have overdue fines, now’s the perfect time to pay them off while supporting a great cause. Overdue fines will be forgiven for each donation from the following list of approved items: - 1 (6 oz. or larger) can of tuna - 1 (14+ oz.) can of baked beans - 1 (14+ oz.) can of vegetables or fruit - 1 (10+ oz.) can of soup - 1 (12+ oz.) box of Cheerios - 1 jar of peanut butter - personal care items: full-sized soaps, shampoo, deodorant

• 1 food item = waive fines on 1 overdue item if the fines are $.05 to $2.00
• 2 food items = waive fines on 1 overdue item if the fines are $2.01 to $4.00
• 3 food items = waive fines on 1 overdue item if the fines are $4.01 to $6.00
• 4 food items = waive fines on 1 overdue item if the fines are $6.01 to $8.00
• 5 food items = waive fines on 1 overdue item if the fines are $8.01 to $10.00

In an ongoing effort to make its digital educational, historical and cultural resources available to web users across a broad spectrum of platforms, the Library of Congress today launched "The Library of Congress on iTunes U." At its inception, the Library’s iTunes U site includes historical videos from the Library’s moving-image collections such as original Edison films and a series of 1904 films from the Westinghouse Works and original videos such as author presentations from the National Book Festival, the "Books and Beyond" series, lectures from the Kluge Center, and the "Journeys and Crossings" series of discussions with curators. It also includes audio podcasts, including series such as "Music and the Brain," slave narratives from the American Folklife Center, and interviews with noted authors from the National Book Festival; and classroom and educational materials, including 14 courses from the Catalogers’ Learning Workshop.

Access LOC on iTunes directly at:<!--[if gte mso 9]> Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE <![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]> <![endif]--> http://deimos3.apple.com/WebObjects/Core.woa/Browse/loc.gov