Ort Library Highlights - Multimedia Presentation Room

Multimedia Presentation Room Available on the 2^ndFloor

Need to practice an upcoming group presentation? The Ort Library offers the Multimedia Presentation Room on the 2^nd Floor of the library to assist you with practicing for your presentation. 

The Multimedia Presentation Room allows students to practice a presentation utilizing the same equipment you would see in the classrooms on campus. 

The Multimedia Presentation Room is also available for students to watch DVDs or VHS tapes that the library has available. The room is equipped with a large LCD monitor for watching DVDs or VHS tapes.

If you have any questions about using the Multimedia Presentation Room, please see a librarian at the Reference Desk.  

          

March Book Madness - FINAL FOUR - Voting Begins

March Book Madness, FINAL FOUR (Voting March 29-31)

Voting for the FINAL FOUR in the Ort Library’s March Book Madness begins Tuesday March 29.

Vote for your favorite book to move onto the Championship Match.

The library guide (http://libguides.frostburg.edu/march-madness16) will have a tab for voting in the Final Four and a tab that provides the results for the Elite 8.

Again there are three ways to vote:

1. Paper ballots will be available in the library by the March Book Madness display case.
2. A Library Guide has been created so that you can see the brackets and vote online. The guide can be accessed via the following link: http://libguides.frostburg.edu/march-madness16
3. On the Library Guide, there is a PDF bracket that you can fill in and e-mail to tmmastrodonato@frostburg.edu

Good luck to all the books as voting for the FINAL FOUR begins!

If you have any questions, please contact Theresa Mastrodonato at tmmastrodonato@frostburg.edu or 301-687-4425.

Featured Online Resource: National Baseball Hall of Fame

The web site for the National Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, NY  has been a great resource for finding information on its legendary members.  A project is currently underway that will provide a great deal of information through its Digital Archive as well!

Cogswell, Ron. "Character and Courage" (CC BY 2.0)

Use the Hall of Fame Explorer to find information on your favorite players.  For example, if you search for Lou Gehrig, you will see his plaque, but also have access to a brief biography, his career statistics, and a sampling of items from the hall of fame collection that have been digitized, including his hall of fame trophy, a letter from the Mayo Clinic describing his ALS diagnosis, photographs, and related content such as the text of his "Luckiest Man" speech.

The Digital Archive Project is just getting started, but will soon be a source of even more primary source materials related to baseball.  Some digitized photographs are already available in the Hall of Fame's Online Photo Exhibitions which currently feature "Picturing America's Pastime" and "The New Face of Baseball".

If you are a teacher who would like to use baseball to explain various concepts, but cannot quite manage a field trip to Cooperstown, the Hall of Fame offers distance learning options.  The curriculum available is not limited to the history of baseball, it covers mathematics, science, social studies, and character education.

Enjoy the offerings of this web site, and be sure to check out the "Hall of Famers" for your favorite team!


 

March Book Madness-Elite 8 Voting Begins March 25

March Book Madness, Elite 8 Voting (March 25-28)

Voting for the Elite 8 in the Ort Library’s March Book Madness begins Friday March 25.

Vote for your favorite book to move onto the Final 4.

The library guide (http://libguides.frostburg.edu/march-madness16) will have a tab for voting in the Elite 8 and a tab that provides the results for the Sweet 16.

Again there are three ways to vote:

1. Paper ballots will be available in the library by the March Book Madness display case.
2. A Library Guide has been created so that you can see the brackets and vote online. The guide can be accessed via the following link: http://libguides.frostburg.edu/march-madness16
3. On the Library Guide, there is a PDF bracket that you can fill in and e-mail to tmmastrodonato@frostburg.edu

Good luck to all the books as voting for the Elite 8 begins!

If you have any questions, please contact Theresa Mastrodonato at tmmastrodonato@frostburg.edu or 301-687-4425.