Ah Paris!

Photo Courtesy of the  Official Eiffel Tower Website

The Eiffel Tower was dedicated on this day in history in the year 1889.  Go here to learn more about the historical occassion and the reason behind the construction of this iconic tower.

Visit the official Eiffel Tower Website for a virtual tour of the landmark.

Want to learn more about the city of Paris?  Check out ParisDailyPhoto, a blog that posts pictures from around the city of Paris every day.

To learn more about historical places and landmarks, check out our articles and databases on the Rohrbach Library Website.

Isabel Allende’s The House of The Spirits to be Performed by Repertorio Español

Chilean-American novelist Isabel Allende’s debut work, , has been adapted for the stage by director José Zayas and playwright Caridad Svich, and is to be performed at Repertorio Español’s theater on East 27th Street in New York City.  Click here to view the New York Times article on this recent adaptation.

Want to check out to play, but have never read any of Allende’s works?  Check out these results from our library catalog to learn more about Allende and her poetic and prolific writing.

Rohrbach Library and Facebook

Join the Library on Facebook to be notified of events and give valuable feedback about our services and resources. Based on last year’s discussions on Facebook, we were able to get vending machines and recycling containers for the library.

To join us, go to:
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=711653643&ref=name#/group.php?gid=4821554379

Today’s the Day!

We have been gearing up for this election for two years, and now, we the people decide who will be the next president of the United States! Get out today and cast your vote!

New Early American Databases

By Robert Flatley

Coordinator of Electronic Resources, Interlibrary Loan and Periodicals

The Rohrbach Library is pleased to announce the addition of Early American Newspapers Series 6 & 7 to our e-resources collection.

Early American Newspapers, Series 6 & 7 includes more than 320 significant 18th-, 19th- and 20th-century newspapers, including titles of unique historical significance, regional weeklies and big-city dailies.

Series 6 includes many new titles of singular importance, including the Detroit Plaindealer, Detroit’s first successful black newspaper; The Colored American, which provided detailed coverage of the Amistad revolt; Argus of Western America, an early Kentucky paper and a strong supporter of Andrew Jackson; and the Arkansas Gazette, one of the first papers west of the Mississippi. Other significant titles include the Kalamazoo Gazette, Kansas City Times, Northern Standard, Oregon State Journal and many more.

Series 7 includes many new titles of singular importance, including New Orleans’ Times-Picayune, established in 1837 and one of the South’s most prominent newspapers, and The Oregonian, founded in 1850 in Portland and still the state’s largest daily.

This marks a major addition of primary source materials to the library’s collection.

You can access all the library’s e-resources at: http://www.kutztown.edu/library/er.

Naxos Music Library

The Rohrbach Library is pleased to announce the addition of the Naxos Music Library to our collection of e-resources.

Naxos Music Library is the world’s largest online classical music library.  Currently, it offers streaming access to more than 24,450 CDs with more than 348,700 tracks.  On average, 500 new CDs are added to the library every month.

Library Card Sign-Up Month

September is Library Card Sign-Up Month!

To access the Rohrbach Library’s materials, if you have received a Kutztown University Student Identification card, you can stop by the Main Circulation Desk to activate it for library use.

Gold Library Cards are issued to students who do not have time to get a KU ID card, but require off-campus access to the library’s resources. In order to obtain a Gold Library Card, you must come to the Circulation Desk and present a Photo ID.

For more information, contact the Circulation Desk at: 610-683-4480

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If you do not have a library card for a public library system in your area, we encourage you to sign up today!

Visit the Pennsylvania Public Libary website to find a library near you!  Happy reading!

Today’s Highlighted Library Service: Article Request

The Rohrbach Library offers a myriad of print and electronic resources its students, faculty, staff and other patrons. However, if there is something that we don’t have within our collections, we will do everything we can to attain it for you! That is why our Article Request form is such a powerful tool, that enables us to retrieve periodical articles that you need from outside sources. If you are in need, fill out the form and allow us to help you in your research process!

Off-campus access to Library Databases

If you are enrolled for the Fall semester, and need to use the library databases over the summer, your login may not work from off-campus. If so, please call 610-683-4480 and ask for access to the databases. We are sorry for the inconvenience, there is a computer glitch we are trying to fix.