September 2019
Announcements:
Library Open House - Sept 24th

To open the new academic year, we're inviting the entire RHEC community to visit the library for an open house on  Tuesday, September 24th . It's the perfect opportunity for new and current students, faculty and staff to learn about the services the library offers, and become acquainted with our collection.

Refreshments will be available throughout the day, as well as tons of giveaways and door prizes!
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New Books
Featured new additions to our print collection:

  • The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead

  • What You Are Getting Wrong About Appalachia by Elizabeth Catte

  • The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison

  • How To Be an Antiracist by Ibram X. Kendi


  • Cite Your Source: Super Quick Skills by Phillip C. Shan

  • Medical Office Professionals: A Practical Career Guide by Marcia Santore

  • Gang Leader for a Day: A Rogue Sociologist Takes to the Streets by Sudhir Venkatesh
Featured Resource:
Oxford Reference
Oxford Reference is an online reference resource, allowing users to search millions of entries from Oxford University Press's dictionaries, encyclopedia's, and other reference titles. Results range from short-entry, general reference to more in-depth articles on specialized subjects. The database works best for checking a fact or finding key, trusted information on a person, concept, or term.

How to access: if you're using the RHEC network, via wired connection or wi-fi, you automatically have access.
This Month's Book Display:
Banned Books Week
September 22nd - 28th is Banned Books Week! Banned Books Week is an annual event celebrating the freedom to read, and highlighting the importance of free and open access to information.

This month the library is displaying books that have been frequently censored, banned, or challenged in schools and libraries across the country. Check out the list of titles below, and see how many you've read!
Author Event in Roanoke

Local award-winning author Alyson Hagy will discuss her book Scribe on Thursday, September 5th at 7:00 PM at Book No Further in downtown Roanoke. From the publisher, " Drawing on traditional folktales and the history and culture of Appalachia, Alyson Hagy has crafted a gripping, swiftly plotted novel that touches on pressing issues of our time—migration, pandemic disease, the rise of authoritarianism—and makes a compelling case for the power of stories to both show us the world and transform it."

The RHEC Library has a copy of Scribe available for checkout. Check it out or place a hold today!
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