Book Collecting Contest

University Libraries Student Book Collecting Contest for 2010
Call for Entries
Submission deadline: March 31

Entries are invited from students currently enrolled at USC for the University
Libraries Student Book Collecting Award, carrying a first prize of $250. The
award is sponsored by the Thomas Cooper Society, which initiated it in 1993
to encourage beginning book collectors.

A list of previous winners and the topics of their collections is available at: http://www.sc.edu/library/spcoll/bookcoll/winners.html.

Entries should be submitted by 5:00 p.m. on March 31 to:
Jeffrey Makala
Rare Books and Special Collections
University of South Carolina Libraries
Columbia, SC 29208
803) 777-0296
makalaj@mailbox.sc.edu.

Card Catalog Events!

"It's All in the Cards: A Yearlong Celebration Commemorating the University Libraries Card Catalog"

Join the University of South Carolina Libraries as we bid farewell to our card catalog!

Flash (Card) Fiction Contest

March 19, 2010 deadline

Can an old library catalog card lead you to wax poetic? Write a song?
Create a short story?

If so, select one of the twelve library catalog cards for your inspiration. Any part or aspect of the card can be used--even the whole thing. And the more creative the better. Flash pieces, as the name suggests, must be very short. In this case, you may
use a maximum of 750 words. Learn more about the contest and submit
your entry from http://www.sc.edu/library/inthecards.html

Art Invitational

April 9, 2010 deadline

Calling all artists! Create library-inspired art in celebration of National Library Week, April 11-17. All types of art are encouraged.
Draw, paint, sculpt, weave, film, sew, build, etc. but use at least one catalog card.

Catalog cards are available in Thomas Cooper Library, 1322 Greene St.
Columbia, SC

Projects should be turned in to the Thomas Cooper Library Reference Department by Friday, April 9th to be included in the display in the library. You may also send photographs, YouTube links, etc to marilee@mailbox.sc.edu and we'll showcase them on the project website.

Visit http://www.sc.edu/library/inthecards.html to see all the events and the featured catalog card of the day.

Librarystuff.net

Congrats again to our Music Librarian for Audio & Digital Services, Ashlie Conway, for having her card catalog event photos picked up by librarystuff.net!

What we're working on Wednesday!

I missed posting yesterday, so I'll catch you up today.

We're still working on updating the container list for the Claude Casey Collection.

Yesterday we also went to Thomas Cooper Library to photograph the entries in the "What Can You Make with Catalog Cards?" contest. They are OUTSTANDING!


The biggest entry (in size) is the Cooper Trooper.

Besides that, we worked on a bunch of reference questions, and compiled some library statistics. Did you know that during the week before Thanksgiving break, the Music Library employees were asked over 150 reference questions? Cool, huh?

Be sure to check out our hours page. We've got the hours through the end of Spring, 2010 posted.

Good luck on your juries and final exams! Let us know if we can help!

Library Journal Press!

Congrats to our very own Music Librarian for Audio & Digital Services, Ashlie Conway, for having her photography featured in Library Journal! Her pictures were included in the article about USC's year-long celebration of the retiring of card catalogs.

What Can You Make With Catalog Cards

What Can You Make With Catalog Cards
Originally uploaded by uscmusiclibrary

Don't forget- you have until November 30 to enter your creation in our "What can you make..." contest!