Friday, March 31, 2017

March Book Madness Championship Match - Voting Begins March 31



March Book Madness
CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH 
Voting March 31 – April 3

Congrats to the 2 books moving onto the Championship Match for Ort Library’s March Book Madness 2017 tournament.

The field has now been narrowed down to the Final 2: Tale of Two Cities vs The Great Gatsby.

Voting for the CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH in the Ort Library’s March Book Madness begins today, Friday March 31.

The WINNER will be announced at 11:00 am on Tuesday April 4th on the 3rd floor of the Ort Library.

Vote for your favorite book to be crowned the Ort Library’s 2017 March Book Madness Champion.

The library guide (http://libguides.frostburg.edu/March-Madness17) will have a tab for voting in the Championship Match and a tab that provides the results for the Final Four.

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-Madness17
  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 the final two books as voting for the CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH begins!

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

Wednesday, March 29, 2017

Library & Student Success Survey

The Ort Library would like to hear from you! 



The Library is committed to contributing to the academic success of our students.  We are reaching out to students and faculty through a survey to learn more about their use of the library and its services. We will use the information from the survey to support continuous improvements in our contributions to student success.

The survey can be accessed through the links below. Responses to the survey are confidential. Please complete this survey at your earliest convenience; but no later than the deadline date of April 21, 2017.

Student Survey:  http://tinyurl.com/mc8xbqx
Faculty survey:   http://tinyurl.com/kwl4v4v (For Faculty or  Staff who have taught students in the last five years.)


This survey is an adaptation of a survey produced by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) libraries (http://libguides.mit.edu/c.php?g=176246&p=1158956), and is used with permission from MIT.

Tuesday, March 28, 2017

March Book Madness - Final Four - Voting March 28-30



March Book Madness - FINAL FOUR
Voting March 28-30

Voting for the FINAL FOUR in the Ort Library’s March Book Madness begins Tuesday March 28.

We had some very close games during the Elite 8. It is now time to vote for your favorite book to move onto the Championship Match.

The library guide (http://libguides.frostburg.edu/March-Madness17) 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-Madness17
  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.

Monday, March 20, 2017

Spring Break Library Hours



 Library Hours During Spring Break:

  • Saturday, March 18 // Closed 
  • Sunday, March 19 // Closed 
  • Monday, March 20 // 8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. 
  • Tuesday, March 21 // 8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. 
  • Wednesday, March 22 // 8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. 
  • Thursday, March 23 // 8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. 
  • Friday, March 24 // 8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. 
  • Saturday, March 25 // Closed 
  • Sunday, March 26 // 1:00 p.m. – Midnight

If you have any questions, please contact the Circulation Desk at 301-687-4395.

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