ANNOUNCEMENTS

LibQUAL+(TM) Summary Report: Last year, Whittemore Library conducted an assessment of their library services. Results of the survey are found here.

Featured MacNaughton books for July and August- The Man Who Loved China by Simon Winchester: "Joseph Needham (1900–1995) is the man who made China China, forming the West's understanding of a sophisticated culture with his masterpiece, Science and Civilization in China, says bestselling author Winchester. In a life devoted to recording the Middle Kingdom's intellectual wealth, Needham, an eccentric, brilliant Cambridge don, made a remarkable journey from son of a London doctor through scientist-adventurer to red scare target. In Winchester's (The Professor and the Madman) estimable hands, Needham's story comes to life straightaway." (Publishers Weekly)

Books by Larry McMurty: "It wasn't enough for Pulitzer Prize-winning author Larry McMurtry to become one of the most prolific, bestselling, and beloved of American writers. Besides writing nearly forty books, including the Pultizer Prize-winning novel Lonesome Dove, he has emerged as one this nation's greatest bookmen. In Books: A Memoir, McMurtry shares with readers his lifelong passion and dogged pursuit of books." (Amazon)

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Microsoft Office available in library:The two computers next to the reference desk have Microsoft Office installed on them. To access a Microsoft Office application, select the Microsoft Office icon on the desktop and choose the application (for example: Microsoft Word, Microsoft PowerPoint, or Microsoft Excel).

Exhibits Announcement

Framingham State College and the History of Normal Schools in America

Location: Henry Whittemore Library Foyer

June 2008-September 2008.

All are welcome to come and view the new exhibit that depicts the Early History of Normal Schools in America and Framingham State College’s role as being the First State Normal School in the country.  We opened in Lexington, Mass. as the Lexington Normal School, on July 3, 1839.  See the detailed early history of this institution as it became more and more successful and out-grew two locations, finally ending here at its present and final location in Framingham, Mass. in 1853.

Exhibit runs through until September 2008.

Reunion 2008

Location: Henry Whittemore Library Foyer and Pit area

Running from June – September 2008

Come one, come all to view historic materials of past years, ending the 8’s and 3’s ranging from 1938-2003.  Let us take you back in history through this exhibit of photos, minutes, newspaper articles and artifacts.  See the addition of buildings on campus.  What sort of events were popular in our past College History.  What were some of the key issues of the past?  Do they resonate with the ones of today?  Exhibit closes in September 2008.

Exhibition information and Special Collections

Recent Acquisitions