8th Annual March Book Madness Starts Today - March 1st

The Lewis J. Ort Library is pleased to announce our 8th Annual March Book Madness Tournament. Each of the tournaments held during the past six years have been a success because of students, faculty, and staff who vote to select our Champion. Just like the NCAA Basketball Tournament held during March, the Ort Library holds its own tournament that will crown one book the Champion of March Book Madness.

Voting for the Round of 64 begins today March 1 and ends March 4. 

Again, this year there is just one way to vote, via the library guide that has been created. To vote for each category, click on the tab for that category.

The guide can be accessed via the following link: https://libguides.frostburg.edu/march-madness21

This year we looked back to our past seven contests. We took 64 books from 2014-2020 that made it to the Sweet 16 (minus the winners) and are going to have them compete once again to give them a second chance. This year the brackets do not have a theme and will just be named Bracket 1 - Bracket 8.

Just like in the NCAA Tournament, we will start out with 64 teams (books). Student, faculty, and staff votes will determine which books move onto the Round of 32. Once the 32 books are selected, additional rounds of voting will take place to get to the Championship title game. The Champion Book will be crowned on Friday, April 2, 2021.

Some of the books for March Book Madness will also be available for you to check out on the main floor of the library (3rd floor).

March Book Madness Starts Today (March 2) - Round of 64

The Ort Library is pleased to announce our 7th Annual March Book Madness Tournament. Each of the tournaments held during the past six years have been a success because of students, faculty, and staff who vote to select our Champion. Just like the NCAA Basketball Tournament held during March, the Ort Library holds its own tournament that will crown one book the Champion of March Book Madness.

Voting for the Round of 64 begins today March 2 and ends Thursday March 5.

 

Again, this year there is just one way to vote, via the library guide that has been created. To vote for each category, click on the tab for that category.

The guide can be accessed via the following link: https://libguides.frostburg.edu/march-madness20

This year our categories are focused on authors from around the world. As part of this the author and a book they have written will be paired together during the competition. You will vote on author/book as a pair. Through a tough and rigorous process, the library staff narrowed down the list of books to eight books in each category, for a total of 64 books.

The 8 categories are:

• Authors from South America
• Authors from Europe
• Authors from North America
• Authors from Australia/New Zealand/Pacific Islands
• Authors from Africa
• Authors from Ireland (in honor of Irish American Heritage Month)
• Authors from Central America/Caribbean
• Authors from Asia

Just like in the NCAA Tournament, we will start out with 64 teams (books). Student, faculty, and staff votes will determine which books move onto the Round of 32. Once the 32 books are selected, additional rounds of voting will take place to get to the Championship title game. The Champion Book will be crowned on Friday, April 3, 2020.

Some of the books for March Book Madness will also be available for you to check out on the main floor of the library (3rd floor). Just look for the display stand near the March Book Madness display case.

If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me directly.

Enjoy the competition!!

Ort Library's 3rd Annual March Book Madness

Our first two March Book Madness tournaments were such a success, the Ort Library has decided to hold the March Book Madness Tournament again. Just like the  NCAA Basketball Tournament that will be held during March, the Ort Library will hold its own tournament, only our tournament will crown one book the Champion of March Book Madness. Eight different categories of books were selected and through a tough and rigorous process, the library staff narrowed down the list of books to eight books in each category, for a total of 64 books.

Voting for the Round of 64 begins on Friday March 4 and ends on Monday March 7.

The categories are:

• Books I've Read More than Once
• Books I Was Forced to Read in High School but "Kinda Liked Anyways"
• Books that are Better than the Movie
• Books on my Bucket List
• Books Made into Great Movies
• Books Written About Animals
• Books I Lied About Reading
• Books I Ask Myself "Why is this a Classic?"

Just like in the NCAA Tournament, we will start out with 64 teams (books). Student, faculty, and staff votes will determine which books move onto the Round of 32. Once the 32 books are selected, additional rounds of voting will take place to get to the Championship title game. The Champion Book will be crowned on Monday, April 4, 2016.

There are three (3) ways to vote:

• Paper ballots will be available in the library by the March Book Madness display case. 
• 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 
• On the Library Guide, there is a PDF bracket that you can download, save, and e-mail to tmmastrodonato@frostburg.edu

Voting for the Round of 64 begins on Friday March 4 and ends on Monday March 7. Voting for the titles in the Round of 32 will begin on March 8 and end on March 11. Voting for the Sweet 16, the Elite 8, the Final Four, and the Championship will take place after Spring Break.

Some of the books selected for March Book Madness will be available for your review on the main floor of the library (3^rd floor). Just look for the March Book Madness display case.

Some of the books for March Book Madness will also be available for you to check out on the main floor of the library (3rd floor). Just look for the display stand near the March Book Madness display case.

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