The Goldstein Library serves Florida State University, primarily supporting the College of Communication and Information. Our collection focuses on Library Science, Information Technology, and Juvenile Literature. We are located in the Shores building on the Florida State University main campus, which is on the west side of Landis Green - stop by and see us!
All good things must come to an end, and on Saturday we had our last Banned Book Week Event. But we wanted to share photos and videos from our various events with you guys who weren't able to make it! Here are the highlights:
Banned Book Readout:
And here's an amazing video of Pam Doffek, our Library Director, reading from "The Adventures of Captain Underpants":
Here at the Goldstein, we love our banned books! This year Banned Books Week is September 30 - October 6, and we have a whole slew of events that week to celebrate! Here's the calender of events at the Goldstein:
Monday, October 1: Banned Books Readout, 1-3pm
Tuesday, October 2: Stump a Librarian, 2-5pm
Wednesday, October 3: Goldstein Book Club DiscussesThe Hunger Games, 8:30-9:30 PM
Thursday, October 4: Stump the Librarian, 2-5pm
Friday, October 5: ALA Banned Books Party, 6pm
Saturday, October 6: Scrabble Tournament, 10:30am
And here are brief descriptions of our events:
Monday: Banned Books Readout, 1-3pm
We're kicking off the week with live readings of banned books outside of the Shores Building. We've still got plenty of space for people to read, so feel free to come by and listen to or read from an awesome banned book! If you want to read a book, just come by, look at our list of banned books, pick one to read from, and we'll get it for you. Or, bring by your own book that's been banned and read from it!
Tuesday & Thursday: Stump the Librarian, 2-5pm
Are you a great source of knowledge on banned books? Do you want a snazzy Banned Books T-Shirt? Have you ever wanted to engage in an epic battle of whits with a librarian? Or, alternatively, do you just want to have some good old-fashioned library fun? Then check out Stump the Librarian. When you come by, you'll face a librarian in a trivia match. If you win, we'll enter your name into a drawing for an awesome Banned Books T-Shirt!
Wednesday: Goldstein Book Club discusses
Our very own Goldstein Book Club is in its inaugural year, and during Banned Books Week, the Club will hold its first book discussion on none other than the most banned book of 2011-2012, The Hunger Games! Come by for fun, friends, food, and great literary discussion! 8:30-9:30 PM in the CAVE @ Goldstein.
Friday: ALA Banned Books Party, 6pm
We've got a fabulous ALA Chapter in the FSU SLIS program, and they'll be celebrating Banned Books Week with a PARTY! on Friday at 6 pm (after hours!!) at the Goldstein. Come by dressed as your favorite banned book -- word on the street is that there will be a contest for best banned book costume!
Saturday: Scrabble Tournament, 10:30am
And finally, as a celebration of words, we'll be having a Scrabble Tournament on Saturday for all lovers of words! The tournament will begin at 10:30 AM, and the winner of the tournament gets facetime (a video of themselves) on the Goldstein Library Blog (this blog), as well as some other goodies!
The #5 (and Final, and Best) Reason to Visit The Goldstein Library This Fall:
The Lizard King performing live at the Goldstein, circa 1966
Are you searching around campus for the absolute best that FSU has to offer? A hidden gem for studying, a place where all bad karma is erased, where there are comfy couches and schwinging tables, a place where Jim Morrison used to study when he was an FSU student (see shady photo evidence to the right...), a place where you can draw on the tables, eat your lunch, and watch movies on a big TV? Well look no further: the Goldstein is here.
Let's break this down further and discuss why the Goldstein has such an epic atmosphere:
1. The Staff
Here at the Goldstein, we pride ourselves on being the friendliest staff around. Look: it even says so on our sign. And look at how friendly (and awesome!) one of our staff members, Mackenzie, looks here:
He's ready to serve and protect.
The arrows prove our friendliness.
2. The Study Areas
Sure, there are tons of great places to study on campus. But they are often full, noisy, cramped, etc. At the Goldstein, there's always a nice place to study. Take, for example, the little-known Alcove in the back of our library. It is equipped with two sofa-benches, two desks, lamps, and plugs, and it is always looking for company:
or how about our fabulous whiteboard tables -- need to work out a math problem, to take a study break and draw, to doodle, or to show a group your work -- try them out!
Chemistry workout
Fun doodles!
3. The Ambiance
We're always trying to improve the ambiance here at the Goldstein through great displays, fun posters, cool people, and awesome events. Here is some photo evidence of our ambiance:
Enjoy some Tic Tac Toe
A Map of the Internet
Map of Online Communities
A Competing Map of the Online Communities
Great Artwork
Free Panini Day
Yep -- we're always having a great time at the Goldstein. I hope you've enjoyed our last installment of Top 5 Reasons to Visit the Goldstein, Fall 2012. Come by soon to get info about Banned Books Week!!!
You may not know this, but you don't have to visit the Goldstein Library in person to visit the Goldstein Library -- there's a whole virtual world of Goldstein out there on the internet that you can visit to satisfy your library needs!
Let's go over some of the great virtual resources and places that the Goldstein has to offer.
Just this past week, we updated the Goldstein Website! Here's a screenshot of the new look:
Some things of notice about the new site:
- This is an excellent place to start when looking for any materials at FSU, in particular if you are in the College of Communication and Information.
- The new search method is super convenient and really will help your information needs. Try it out!
- Anytime you want, if you click "Ask a Librarian," you will be in touch with a real live Goldstein staff member! We love your questions (and only get a few), so ask away!
- There is a newsfeed on the right of the page where you can get all the latest Goldstein updates.
- There are really handy links at the bottom of the page.
This page was created especially for those students in the CCI, or otherwise, who take distance classes and so therefore can't always visit the Goldstein in person:
A few things to notice about this page:
- The yellow tabs are a great guide to all of your distance needs! You can even learn how to do citations or use Interlibrary Loan. The "Questions" tab links to an Ask A Librarian service where you can chat with a real live librarian.
- This site is geared toward distance learners. But it's resources are useful even if you do live in Tallahassee and simply don't want to leave the comfort of your own home!
- Finally, there is a hilarious video with a dancing Goldstein ninja that can help you meet your library needs. It's worth the watch even if you don't necessarily have library needs. Check it out:
#3: The Goldstein Library's Social Media Sites
We're trying to stay hip and in touch here at the Goldstein, and so we've set up some great social media sites. If you're here, you know that one of them is this blog. But maybe you don't know about Goldstein's Facebook page, Twitter account, or Klout account:
These three resources are great places to stay in touch with the Goldstein Library! We are always posting about events, resources, jobs, and fun fun fun here @ Goldstein!
Moral of the story: We have great online resources here at the Goldstein, and this blog is just scraping the surface. Please use our resources!!! We'd love for you to visit us virtually.
AYA is set in the affluent Ivory Coast of 1978. Upon this backdrop, readers
experience firsthand the everyday pleasures and pains of a studious,
supplemented by the adventures of her friends and family. The text is inspired by Abouet’s childhood in
Abidjan, and Oubrerie’s vibrant drawings bring the story to life. Additional glossaries offer definitions,
dance move instructions, drink and food recipes, and instructions on how to tie
a fashionable pagne cloth into a skirt or head wrap. AYA was the 2006 award
winner for Best First Album at the Angouleme International Comics Festival.
AYA is just one of the fantastic selections the Goldstein
Library has in its growing collection of graphic novels. Come and take a look at our collection and
find something new!
If you don't know, in the back of Goldstein we have some Whiteboard tables in the back of the library for our patrons, YOU, to write/draw on, and lately you've been really knocking our lights out with some AMAZING illustrations that I want to share.
"Holmes" with some crazy awesome characters
The Hunger Games!
Write with the Light / hola me llamo Leo
TROGB ORR!!!!
Carson and A forever!!!
Someone actually doing homework? (I don't know what it means)
Oh! And the puzzle: it's Mickey and Minnie, but they need your help to figure out where they are...
We're kicking off the week with live readings of banned books outside of the Shores Building. We've still got plenty of space for people to read, so feel free to come by and listen to or read from an awesome banned book! If you want to read a book, just come by, look at our list of banned books, pick one to read from, and we'll get it for you. Or, bring by your own book that's been banned and read from it!
Are you a great source of knowledge on banned books? Do you want a snazzy Banned Books T-Shirt? Have you ever wanted to engage in an epic battle of whits with a librarian? Or, alternatively, do you just want to have some good old-fashioned library fun? Then check out Stump the Librarian. When you come by, you'll face a librarian in a trivia match. If you win, we'll enter your name into a drawing for an awesome Banned Books T-Shirt!
AYA is set in the affluent Ivory Coast of 1978. Upon this backdrop, readers
experience firsthand the everyday pleasures and pains of a studious,
supplemented by the adventures of her friends and family. The text is inspired by Abouet’s childhood in
Abidjan, and Oubrerie’s vibrant drawings bring the story to life. Additional glossaries offer definitions,
dance move instructions, drink and food recipes, and instructions on how to tie
a fashionable pagne cloth into a skirt or head wrap. AYA was the 2006 award
winner for Best First Album at the Angouleme International Comics Festival.
