Classroom Closed for the Summer

The Library's classroom will be closed for summer 2013, starting May 13th. We are remodeling the space, so check back in fall!

Please use the computers in the Information Commons.

Carroll Freshman- Take a Quiz and Enter to Win an iPad Mini and Other Prizes!

Are you a Carroll Freshman? Class of 2016?

Want to enter to win an iPad mini or other cool prizes AND help out your favorite library?!?

In the fall, you each took an information literacy assessment in your CCS100 library session. We need you to take it again to see how far you’ve come!

• To participate, you must be a first year student who was enrolled in a section of CCS100 last fall and took the TRAILS assessment. 
• Participation in this assessment is voluntary and will in no way affect your course grades. 
• The assessment is computerized and multiple choice; it’s the same one you took in fall.
• It only takes about 20-25 minutes of your time.

Here’s what to do:

1. You can take the assessment between Monday, April 29 and Monday, May 6. EMAIL ME (Karla Strand, kstrand@carrollu.edu) to let me know your top three preferred dates/times.
2. I will reply to your email and confirm your day/time.
3. Come to the library at your assigned date and time to take the assessment. You will be given 25 minutes to complete the assessment. I will give you a test code at the time of your assessment, so don’t worry if you do not remember your code from fall.
4. You will be entered into the drawing upon completion of the assessment and winners will be contacted by 8am Tuesday, May 7 so that they will be able to collect their prizes before they leave campus.

Voter Registration Information

The April 2nd election is coming up- you can still register to vote, and even register at the polls on election day.

You can register in-person at the Waukesha City Hall in the Clerk's office.  Their address is: 201 Delafield Street, the clerk's office is room 104.

If you live on campus: the clerk's office has a list of current students living on campus, please bring your student ID as proof of residency and they will verify your address.

If you live off campus: please note that you will need proof of residency:

1. A current and valid Wisconsin driver license.
2. A current and valid Wisconsin identification card.
3. Any other official identification card or license issued by a Wisconsin governmental body or unit.
4. Any identification card issued by an employer in the normal course of business and bearing a photo of the card holder, but not including a business card.
5. A real estate tax bill or receipt for the current year or the year preceding the date of the election.
6. A residential lease which is effective for a period that includes election day (NOT for first-time voters registering by mail).
7. A university, college or technical institute identification card (must include photo), ONLY if the bearer provides a fee receipt dated within the last nine months or the institution provides a certified housing list to the municipal clerk.
8. A gas, electric or telephone service statement (utility bill) for the period commencing not earlier than 90 days before election day.
9. Bank statement.
10. Paycheck.
11. A check or other document issued by a unit of government.

You can also register on the day of the election at your polling place.

How do I know where my polling place is?? Download the list of Carroll addresses and the polling places.

New Sunday Library Hours + Spring Break

The library will be opening earlier on Sundays, starting Sunday, April 7th. Our new hours will be:

• Monday-Thursday: 7:30am to midnight
• Friday: 7:30am to 8:00pm
• Saturday: 9:00am to 8:00pm
• Sunday: 10:00am to midnight

 Additionally, we will have reduced hours for Spring Break:

• Saturday, March 23rd: 9am-4pm
• Sunday, March 24th: CLOSED
• Monday, March 25th-Thursday, March 28th: 9am-4:30pm
• Friday, March 29th- Sunday, March 31st: CLOSED

Please check our calendar for more details.

The Carroll Library's March Madness starts today!

It’s March (thank goodness).

To celebrate, the library is running a March Madness event. In the lobby you will see a NCAA-style bracket tournament with books playing against each other. Eventually there will be two books left to square off in the championship.

















Here’s what you can do:

Feel free to vote in each round! Each round lasts around two days. The championship is before Spring Break. Each vote is eligible for prize drawings at the end.

Vote for your favorite library book and help it get to the Final Four!

We have selected 32 books, and ranked them based on how many times they've been checked out. These books come from all areas of the library, including the CMC and the Leisure collection and cover lots of different topic areas and genres. Everyone is sure to have a favorite to vote for!

Here's the list (not in order)

• Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game by Michael Lewis, GV880 .L49 2004
• The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald, PS3511.I9 G7 2004  and e-book
• Chicka Chicka Boom Boom by Bill Martin Jr. and John Archambault, CMC PZ8.3.M418 Ch 1989  
• Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. Rowling, CMC PZ7.R79835 Hal 2000  
• If You Give a Mouse a Cookie by Laura Joffe Numeroff, CMC PZ7.N964 If 1985  
• Complete Poems and Stories of Edgar Allan Poe, PS2601 .Q5  v. 2  
• Salvage the Bones: A Novel by Jesmyn Ward, PS3623.A7323 S36 2011
• Interpreter of maladies : stories by Jhumpa Lahiri, PS3562.A316 I58 1999  
• Out Stealing Horses by Per Patterson, PT8951.26.E88 U813 2007  
• The professor and the madman : a tale of murder, insanity, and the making of the Oxford English dictionary by Simon Winchester, PE1617.O94 W56 1998  
• The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson, PT9876.22.A6933 M3613 2008c  
• Flush by Carl Hiaasen, CMC PZ7.H495 Flu 2005  
• The Alchemy of Air: a Jewish genius, a doomed tycoon, and the scientific discovery that fed the world but fueled the rise of Hitler by Thomas Hager, QD21 .H26 2008  
• Harvey Potter's Balloon Farm by Jerdine Nolen, CMC PZ7.H23125 Har 1994 
• Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky, CMC PS3553.H3469 P47 1999 
• Hunger Games (book 1) by Suzanne Collins, PZ7.C6837 Hun 2008 
• Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger, PS3537.A46 C3 and e-book
• Googled: the End of the World as We Know It by Ken Auletta, HD9696.8.U64 G6623 2010 
• Losing My Virginity: How I’ve Survived, Had Fun, and Made a Fortune Doing Business My Way by Richard Branson, HC252.5.B73 B73 2004 
• The Cartoon Guide to Chemistry by Larry Gonick, QD37 .G625 2005 
• Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair that Changed America by Erik Larson, HV6248.M8 L37 2003  
• American Sniper: The Autobiography of the Most Lethal Sniper in U.S. Military History by Chris Kyle, Leisure Reading 
• Hitler's Spychief by Richard Bassett, Leisure Reading 
• Killing Lincoln: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever by Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard Leisure Reading  
• Calico Joe by John Grisham, Leisure Reading 
• Albert of Adelaide by Howard Anderson, Leisure Reading 
• What Doesn't Kill You by Iris Johanson, Leisure Reading 
• King Bidgood's in the Bathtub by Audrey Wood, CMC PZ7.W846 Ki 1985 

Not familiar with a title? Check it out, read it, and vote! Follow the voting on the library's Facebook page.

This event is co-sponsored by Carroll Athletics.

Valentine's Day Poetry Reading

You’re invited to join the Department of English and Modern Languages and Literatures for a

Valentine's Day Love Reading!

Choose your favorite published poem or passage on any type of love (in any language!) to read to students and faculty on

Thursday, February 14, 2013
from 7:00-9:00p.m.
in the Second Cup Library Café. 

Valentine’s Day refreshments will be provided!

Email Professor Jessica Boll at jboll@carrollu.edu for more details or to sign up!

Blind Date with a Book

Tired of picking out the same old story?
Need something new and exciting?




Through the month of February, Carroll University Library will be hosting blind dates.

Take a chance on a blind date and rekindle your love of reading this Valentine season. Take it home, unwrap, read it, and see if it’s the right match for you!

When you’re done with the book, gush about your date by posting on the Carroll University Library’s Facebook page!

At the end of the month, one person will be chosen to receive a prize!