Library Opening at Noon 8/26 (Tuesday)

The Ort Library will be opening at noon on Tuesday, August 26th due to a library-wide staff meeting. The Library will remain open until 6:00 p.m as regularly scheduled.

For questions or additional information about the Library's summer hours, please contact the Circulation Desk at 301-687-4395, or check the schedule online at http://libguides.frostburg.edu/libhours.

New Library Display for August

The Ort Library is pleased to present a new display for August.

The new display, located on the 3^rd floor near room 318, highlights the Incan city of Machu Picchu located in Peru. One of the National Geographic maps that the Ort Library owns on Machu Picchu is also highlighted. Additionally, there is a quiz to complete to see how much you know about this ancient city.

Continuing through the end of August is the display located on the 5^th floor of the library which highlights Amusement Parks and their history. It includes information on some of the oldest amusement parks and roller coasters around the world. It also highlights some of the resources the library offers about amusement parks.

The display on the third floor will be up through the end of August.

If you have any questions about the displays, please contact Theresa Mastrodonato at ext. 4425 or tmmastrodonato@frostburg.edu or MaryJo Price at ext. 4889 or mprice@frostburg.edu.

Scheduled Library Closing Aug. 15-17

The Ort Library will be closed Friday, August 15 through Sunday, August 17 due to a scheduled power outage. The Library is scheduled to reopen at 7:30 a.m. on Monday, August 18.

For questions or additional information about the Library's summer hours, please contact the Circulation Desk at 301-687-4395, or check the schedule online at http://libguides.frostburg.edu/libhours.

Featured Online Resource - French Revolution Digital Archive

This week’s Featured Online Resource is the French Revolution Digital Archive (http://frda.stanford.edu/?locale=en). The website is a collaboration between Stanford University and the Bibliothèque nationale de France (BnF) to digitize and make available resources – both documents and images – from the French Revolution. You can search by timeline, people, document type, and images. 

The text resources cover the years of 1787 – 1794. There approximately 14,000 images that have been scanned for researchers use. The site is available in both English and French.

Every week, the Ort Library brings you a new and outstanding resource from the Web or from one of the library's databases. To get an archive of all FOR entries, click here. Also, you can suggest a website that provides well-organized access to useful info.