Friday, October 17, 2008

New Reference Items - 10/17/08

There are only a few new items to tell you about today:





First, we have Life Events and Rites of Passage (R 306 Hill). This includes customs and symbols of major life milestones in the US, including baptisms, weddings & funerals. Inexplicably, library milestones such as the first time you caught a customer watching porn or enjoying a smorgasbord of buffalo wings, jelly-bellies and remnants of partially chewed sunflower seeds while browsing Myspace were not included.


Next, we have the Chronicle Financial Aid Guide, 2008-09 (R 378.302573 Chronicle). Includes scholarships and loans for prospective college students, including contact information. Originally we had two copies, but in my never ending quest to attain the elusive 2% increase in printed materials circulated, I put one in Non-Fiction.
[see JPL's FY09 Service Priorities]






Finally, I'd like to present Van Nostrand's Scientific Encyclopedia (R 503 Van Nostrand's 2008, v. 1-2). Hey, wasn't Kramer's doctor alter ego on Seinfeld called Dr. Van Nostrand? It all makes sense now.



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