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Celebrate National Library Week with Makeover Magic @ Mikkelsen Library!

Do you want to be a rock star? A sports hero? A fashion diva? The library is getting a makeover, so let’s share the fun (and food and prizes) and celebrate a week of Makeover Magic @ Mikkelsen Library!!

It is great to see so many bright-eyed book lovers this morning and we hope you can visit the library several times in the coming days-first for the book sale (today and tomorrow) and then for our National Library Week (April 14-18) celebration which will culminate on Friday at 10am with a Blessing Ceremony for the renovation project.
Other events scheduled include:

Monday - Unveiling of the 2008 READ poster featuring a fabulous faculty reader
Tuesday - Big Read discussion group on Fahrenheit 451 for students - 8pm in the library
Wednesday - Candy! Last day to register for drawing (see list of prizes below)
Also, Big Read discussion group for the community - 3pm in the CWS Board Room
Thursday - Drawing of prizes -- you need not be present to win
Friday - Library Blessing ceremony and reception following - 10 am @ the Mikkelsen Library!

Be sure to stop by between Sunday and Wednesday to register for these drawing prizes provided by Library Associates:

Enchanted (DVD)
Beowulf (DVD)
Tim Gunn: A Guide to Quality, Taste and Style (Book)
Sports Illustrated: Brett Favre The Tribute (Book)
Horton Hears a Who by Dr. Seuss (Book)
How to Be a Megastar by Blue Man Group (DVD/CD)

Please join us for Makeover Magic @ Mikkelsen Library!

Brian Turner, poet, to visit April 16th

Brian Turner, poet, will visit campus on Wednesday, April 16th. His poetry presentation will begin at 7:00pm in Kresge Recital Hall. Turner's collection of poems, Here, Bullet, has won the Maine Literary Award in Poetry, the Northern California Book Award in Poetry, the 2006 PEN Center USA "Best in the West" Literary Award in Poetry, and the 2006 Sheila Margaret Motton Award from the New England Poetry Club, the 2007 Poets' Prize.

Related Links

Brian Turner interview on NPR

Online NewsHour

Fishouse (audio archive of emerging poets)

Brian Turner reading at Bowdoin College

Alice James Books (publisher)

Tax Links

Federal Income Tax -- Internal Revenue Service

• IRS Main page
• Forms, instructions, and publications
• Extension Form 4868
• Education Credit Form 8863 ( Hope and Life Time Learning Credit)
• IRS Frequently Asked Questions
• IRS e-file

State Income Tax

• Federation of Tax Administrators
  • Provides links to state tax forms.

Library adds new resources

The library is happy to announce the addition of ARTstor, Marquis Who's Who on the Web, & Tests in Print, to its collection of electronic resources.

ARTstor is a non-profit initiative, founded by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, with a mission to use digital technology to enhance scholarship, teaching and learning in the arts and associated fields. The ARTstor Digital Library Charter Collection is:

• A repository of hundreds of thousands of digital images and related data;
• The tools to actively use those images; and
• A restricted usage environment that seeks to balance the rights of content providers with the needs and interests of content users

Tests in Print consists of descriptive listings, without reviews, of commercially produced tests in print in the English language. TIP is also a comprehensive index to the contents of previously published Mental Measurements Yearbooks. Information includes: test purpose, test publisher, in-print status, price, test acronym, intended test population, publication dates, and test authors.

Marquis Who's Who on the Web is a searchable online database, featuring comprehensive profiles on over 1.4 million of the most accomplished individuals from all fields of endeavor including: government, business, science and technology, the arts, entertainment, and sports. Recognized globally since 1899 as the premier biographical data provider, Marquis Who's Who now gives you the ability to conduct powerful searches of its entire database of achievers from around the globe. Search by name, gender, occupation, geography, hobbies and interests, religion and much more.

Augie student, Robert Ruf, donates painting to library

The library staff is excited to announce the addition of a new painting to the library's art collection. Augustana student, Robert Ruf, has donated his painting, Leaving New York (Never Easy). The painting is currently displayed on the main level -- near the seating area adjacent to the main collection Q-Z.

Title: Leaving New York (Never Easy) By: Robert Wayne Ruf Media: Oil on extruded polystyrene panel Dimensions: 48" x 96" Date: October 2006

About this painting:

Theme: I was stationed aboard the USS Ainsworth (FFT-1090) from 1990-1994. The ship was home-ported in Staten Island from 1992-1994. When the ship got underway for a mission, I would stand on the deck and watch the New York skyline fade. I worried about the safety of my wife and granddaughter during my time at sea. Leaving them alone in such a big city weighed heavy on my mind. This painting expresses those ambiguous feelings in a vague yet colorful fashion. I would describe the style as ultra-impressionist.

Series: This painting is #4 in the Paradigm Shift series.

Purpose: The Paradigm Shift series is a group of large paintings that I began in August 2006. The proceeds from these paintings are intended to fund the renovation of a building in La Reyna, Nicaragua. The building is to be used as an eco-tourist hotel, to bring money into a community of coffee farmers, whose annual income averages $800.00 a year per family. This painting has been donated to the Mikkelsen Library, as an expression of my appreciation for all the great service I've received at this fine library since February 2002. Thanks again!

Gratefully,
Robert W. Ruf

Reading for Pleasure by Jan Brue Enright