Multimedia Presentation Room available to Practice Presentations

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.

To access the Multimedia Presentation Room, please check out the key from the Circulation Desk.

Public Notice: MD Dept. of Housing & Community Development Consolidated Plan Annual Performance & Evaluation Report (CAPER)

The State of Maryland has opened a 30 day public comment period on the draft 2017 Consolidated Plan Annual Performance and Evaluation Report (CAPER). This includes a series of public meetings.

In Western Maryland, the meeting is scheduled for Friday, October 26.

Friday, October 26, 2018 at 1:30 p.m.

Allegany County Office Complex

701 Kelly Road

Potomac Room 230

Cumberland, MD 21502

Please see the original notice here: 2017 Draft - Consolidated Plan Annual Performance and Evaluation Report (CAPER).

A copy of the draft Annual Plan is available online at this link: https://dhcd.maryland.gov/Documents/Consolidated%20Plan/2017-Draft-CAPER.pdf.   A printed copy is also available at the Ort Library in the Maryland Documents files.

The Lewis J Ort library is a depository for Maryland State Documents as well as a selective depository in the Federal Depository Library Program.  As a Maryland depository, we receive public notices such as the one featured above.  If you would also like to be added to an e-mail distribution list in order to receive information about future public notices, please contact Lisa Hartman, Government Documents Coordinator at lahartman@frostburg.edu or (301) 687-4734.

New Library Display - 45th Anniversary of OPEC Oil Embargo

The Lewis J. Ort Library is pleased to present a new display, located on the 2nd floor of the library, highlighting the 45th anniversary of the OPEC oil embargo of several Western countries, including the United States, the Netherlands, and Denmark. The embargo lasted from October 1973 through March 1974. The embargo led to improved fuel economies of vehicles, the federal speed limit of 55 mph, and the development of the Department of Energy.

The display highlights the history of the OPEC oil embargo and resources the library has on this topic.

The display will be up through March 2019.

New Library Displays for October

The Lewis J. Ort Library is pleased to present 4 new displays for October.

The first display, located on the 3rd floor of the library, near the Library Instruction Classroom, celebrates LGBT History Month. This display is sponsored by SPECTRUM and Women's Studies.

The second display, located on the 3rd floor of the library, near the main entrance, celebrates International Skeptics Day (October 13). The display highlights some of the resources the library offers by leading skeptics.

The third display, located on the 4th floor of the library, highlights the 160th birthday of Theodore Roosevelt, 26th President of the United States. The display highlights his contributions to both domestic and foreign policy, including his support for the creation of the Panama Canal. The display also highlights some of the resources the library has on Roosevelt.

The fourth display, located on the 5th floor of the library, highlights Earth Sciences Week (October 14-20). This year's theme is: Earth as Inspiration. The display also highlights some of the different resources the library offers on the topic of earth science.

The displays will be up through the end of October.