FDU Library News

Summer Hours May 13^th – August 24^th

Monday – Thursday – 8:00 AM – 10:00 PM

Friday – 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM

Sat. – 10:00 AM – 2:00 PM

Sunday – 1:00 – 5:00 PM

Closed May 28^th in observance of Memorial Day

Closed Fridays – June 15, 22, 29; July 6, 13, 20, 27; August 3

You are invited

to join us for

Commencement @ the Library

Tuesday, May 15^th

9:00 AM until Noon

Giovatto Library, Periodicals Department/Ruth Schwartz Reading Room

Flat-screen viewing of the university webcast. 

Drop in on your break, or see the entire event on a large screen with friends and colleagues in the comfort of the Library.

Kathy’s Picks –

French Nationals Make Their Voices Heard by Casting Votes in New Milford @ http://www.northjersey.com/newmilford/FRANCEELECT0506.html

The Metropolitan Campus Student Newspaper archive @ http://cdm16322.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/search/collection/p16322coll2

April was National Poetry Month @ http://www.poets.org/page.php/prmID/41 and Autism Awareness Month @ http://www.autism-society.org/about-us/national-autism-awareness-month/

Giovatto Library has had book displays on both this month.  If these are topics of interest to you, please check our Library catalog for future readings

During the cleaning out of a storage area in the College at Florham Library, a painting by former Guggenheim Fellow, Tosun Bayrak was discovered.  Bayrak was immediately contacted by librarian, Eleanor Friedl.  Overjoyed, he and his daughter came a few days later to reclaim the artwork, and reminisced with librarians and staff.  Bayrak referred to the artwork then, and still now, as an “experiment”. 

Bayrak, known as an experimental artist who has exhibited throughout the United States, was named a Guggenheim fellow in 1965.  He was later hired by FDU to teach art and art history, where he remained until the late ’80s, although he had retired from the art world in the ’70s.

Now, check out the reverse side of canvas with the ”experiment” inscription.

Tosun Bayrak reminisces with librarians, Eleanor Friedl and Denise Marshall, as his daughter looks on.

Photos by Colleen Di Gregorio

All India Theme Semester events are on the College at Florham campus. 

They are co-sponsored by the Office of the Provost, Dean of Students, Becton College, and the College at Florham Library.

Kathy’s Pick –

World Book Night is April 23^rd!  http://www.us.worldbooknight.org/

Book Lovers Reach Out in Free Giveaway Night @ http://www.northjersey.com/arts_entertainment/books/148472315_Book_lovers_reach_outin_free_giveaway_night.html

Library News

• The Library will remain open until 8:00 PM on Friday, April 27^th and Friday, May 4^th.
• Stay cool and stay connected — In response to student requests, the Library offers power cords and – most recently – personal battery-operated fans for student use.  They may be checked out as reserve items at the Circulation Desk.