The public access computers (i.e., those computers not requiring an Auburn University global i.d. and password for access and primarily intended for the use of the general public) have been moved from the Second Floor of the Ralph Brown Draughon Library to the First Floor opposite the Circulation/Reserve Desk.

A printer will be installed in the near future.

The Grove Music Online database is now part of the Oxford Music Online database.  Oxford Music Online is a full-text encyclopedia of music covering all aspects of classical, contemporary, world, and popular music.  Grove Music Online features the New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, 2nd. edition, the New Grove Dictionary of Opera, and the New Grove Dictionary of Jazz, 2nd. edition.  Please NOTE: database access is restricted to three simultaneous users.

Edited by John R. Vile, David L. Hudson, Jr., and David Schultz and published by CQP, this two-volume work is located on the Third Floor of the Ralph Brown Draughon Library under call number KF 4770 .E53 2008.

Haiti and its Development Crisis:  Why Should the United States Care?

Curtis Jolly

Location:  Special Collections and Archives Department, Ralph Brown Draughon Library, Ground Floor

Tuesday, January 20 at 3 p.m.

Sponsored by:  Auburn University Libraries, the Office of Diversity and Multicultural Affairs, and the Caroline Marshall Draughon Center for the Arts and Humanities in the College of Liberal Arts

Dead and Alive:  the Code Duello in East Alabama

Bert Hitchcock

Location:   Special Collections and Archives Department, Ralph Brown Draughon Library, Ground Floor

Wednesday, January 21 at 3 p.m.

Sponsored by:  Auburn University Libraries, and the Caroline Marshall Draughon Center for the Arts and Humanities in the College of Liberal Arts

Children Between Worlds:  Intercultural Relations in Books for Children and Young Adults

Tuesday, January 13 from 3:30 – 5:00 p.m.

Special Guest Lecturer:  Dr. Judith Lechner, Professor in the Department of Educational Foundations, Leadership, and Technology in the College of Education at Auburn University.

Plus a traveling book exhibit from the International Youth Library in Munich.  (see below for details).

Sponsored by:  Auburn University Libraries and the Caroline Marshall Draughon Center for the Arts & Humanities in the College of Liberal Arts.

The Special Collections and Archives Department is located on the Ground Floor of the Ralph Brown Draughon Library.

The traveling exhibit is on display in the three large glass exhibit cases immediately on one’s left upon entering the Special Collections and Archives Department.    The exhibit features over fifty foreign language picture books plus explanatory captions.  The books concern the themes of tolerance and open mindedness and are divided into five categories:

Corner Country (stories in pictures)

A Butterfly in the City (novels for children to age 12)

The Other Side of Truth  (for readers 13 and over)

Childhood Cravings (for readers 15 and over)

If the World Were a Village (nonfiction books on the topic).

Located in the five flat glass display cases in the Special Collections and Archives Department is the following exhibit:  “Dead and Alive:  The Code Duello in East Alabama.”

The exhibit features numerous illustrations, books, and even cartoons concerning the history of dueling in East Alabama including dueling rules, and information on famous duels in American history.

The Special Collections and Archives Department is located on the Ground Floor of the Ralph Brown Draughon Library.

The Service Desk, formerly located in the Microform Collections area on the First Floor of the Ralph Brown Draughon Library, has moved to a more prominent location on the First Floor where the OIT Help Desk Office was formerly located.  (The OIT Help Desk has moved to the Third Floor).

The Service Desk offers assistance in locating federal government documents, microform collections, and maps.

The Office of Information Technology (OIT) Help Desk has moved from the First Floor of the Ralph Brown Draughon Library to the Third Floor.  The Help Desk offers help to Auburn University students, faculty, and staff.  Click on this link for more information about hours of operation, etc.

New carpeting has been installed on the First and Second Floor of the Ralph Brown Draughon Library!

Some final adjustments are being made and furniture is being placed in new locations.  Other changes include moving the Information Desk from directly in front of the Mell Street entrance (Second Floor) to immediately upon one’s right upon entering the Ralph Brown Draughon Library.  Public access computers (i.e., computers available for the general public) are being moved to the First Floor immediately across from the Circulation Desk by the Parking Deck entrance.  Due to the need to install new telecommunications lines, etc. a two-week delay is expected before these public access computers will be available for use.