McKee Minute
McKee Library Newsletter
June/July 2017
What’s Inside REVOLUTIONARY READS PAGE 2
NEW & NOTEWORTHY PAGES 2 - 3
WHAT WE’RE LOVING NOW PAGE 3
JUNE AT THE LIBRARY PAGES 4 - 5
JULY AT THE LIBRARY PAGES 6 - 7
FROM THE VAULT PAGE 8
ART IN THE LIBRARY PAGE 8
SUMMER MOVIE SERIES AT MCKEE LIBRARY BEGINS JUNE 11 All are invited to attend the first show of the library’s summer movie series.
Please join McKee Library for a special screening of Tickling Giants. The screening will be held on Sunday, June 11, 2017 at 3:00 pm in McKee Library’s instruction lab. Eventbrite regsitration is required to attend this free event.
About the Film In the midst of the Egyptian Arab Spring, Bassem Youssef creates the satirical show, “Al Bernameg,” which quickly becomes the most viewed television program in the Middle East, with 30 million viewers per episode. But, in a country where free speech is not settled law, his show becomes as controversial as it is popular. Despite increasing danger, Bassem employs comedy, not violence, to comment on hypocrisy in media, politics, and religion. Tickling Giants follows the “Al Bernameg” team as they discover democracy is not easily won. The movie trailer is availalbe at http://bit.ly/2hSoBHe. More Information Please contact Stan Cottrell at scottrell@ southern.edu for more information.
McKee Minute Jessica Spears Editor
Library Faculty & Staff
Deyse Bravo-Rivera Genevieve Cottrell Stanley Cottrell Sonja Fordham Carol Harrison
Pamela Jansen Donald Martin Katie McGrath Seth Shaffer Jessica Spears
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MUST READ BOOKS
Revolutionary Mothers: Women in the Struggle for America’s Independence Written by Carol Berkin E276 .B47 2005 Women throughout the country led the battle for independence through their vital community driven roles. Carol Berkin investigates the women’s role in creating propaganda, raising military funds, and business management while men were at war.
Revolutionary Reads
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E249 .F47 2016
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E185.63 .W632 1994
Q141 .I33 2016
GV200.616 .T46 M38 2016
New & Noteworthy
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GV1048 .S68 2009
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Vivian Maier: Self Portraits Written by Vivian Maier, John Malook, & Elizabeth Avedon Recommended by Deyse Bravo Rivera TR647 .M325126 A4 2013
During her lifetime,Vivian What We’re Loving Now Maier’s collection of more than 150,000 Finding Vivian Maier photographs went unknown Produced and Directed by John Maloof and unpublished. Recommended by Pamela Jansen However, since TR140 .M3366 F563 2014 their posthumous discovery, they History buff, John Maloof, was have received in for a pleasant surprise when international he reviewed photo negatives attention and have he purchased by chance at been celebrated an auction. What Maloof by countless publications. Vivian Maier: Self-Portraits, discovered was an intriguing reveals an intimate portrait of the artist with collection of photos, which approximately 60 black-and-white and four-color selfled him on a search for more portraits culled from the extensive Maloof archive, of Maier’s work, including the preeminent collector of the work of Vivian Maier photographs, films, and video and editor of the highly acclaimed Vivian Maier: Street interviews. Maier’s work closely emulated that of Photographer. notable street photographers, and Finding Vivian Maier gives viewers a glimpse into the previously unknown life and history of an incredibly talented woman.
BP190.5.H44 A46 2011
BX6121.4 .B28 2002
E607 .S39 2016
PN3504 .M87 2017
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Library Closed July 3 - 4, 2017 SmartStart Hours Begin Monday, July 24. 2017 Regular Hours Resume Monday, August 21, 2017 4
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Organizational Showcase
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Sunday, August 20, 2017 Library Open 12 pm - 5pm Regular Hours Resume Monday, August 21, 2017 Classes Begin August 21, 2017
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From Vault A collection of civil war items is on permanent exhibit on the library’s main floor.
A collection of confederate money and bonds is on display at McKee Library. These original pieces are on loan from the collection of Allen Borne.
Art in the Library
View the Works The items are available for viewing on the library’s main floor near the periodicals department. For more information about the exhibit, please contact Deyse Bravo-Rivera at dbravo@southern.edu.
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Elizabeth Bame Paintings McKee Library is proud to exhibit paintings by artist Elizabeth Bame on the library’s second floor. “My prayer is that this artwork may draw you to look at the nature around you more closely and therefore point you to the Creator of all the beauty that surrounds us.” On exhibit through June 30, 2017