Glossy name: Yoga Journal

Glossy purpose: Mission is to “give readers insightful articles on yoga, filled with the most current scientific information available, while honoring the 5,000 year old tradition on which it is based”. Each issue includes self-help articles, photos of yoga poses, recipes, gardening tips, and reviews of books and media. It is also a “go-to” source for the latest in yoga clothing, accessories and props.

Glossy fact: Yoga Journal has been around since 1975. (Yes, that is 35 years strong!)

On the latest cover: Sarah McLachlan, a Canadian musician, singer, songwriter and yoga practioner

Glossy friends: Yoga fans, pilates afficionados, vegetarians, exercise fanatics and backpackers may find this glossy worthy of some time.

Glossy frequency: Look for a new issue every month.

Read short. Read quick. Read Your Weekly Glossy.

Please consider submitting your creative work for the Fall 2010 issue of COD’s nationally award-winning Prairie Light Review. The deadline for this semester is Wednesday, September 22, 2010. You can see more information or submit your work via our website, www.prairielightreview.org.

Teachers, please encourage your students to submit their work! PLR accepts submissions from anyone who lives or works in COD’s District #502.

Check out some past issues electronically!

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Happy Library Card Sign-up Month!  We didn’t bake you a cake, but we got you a card– just stop by the Circulation Desk in the Library to pick it up.  Like any good gift, it’s free– you just need three things to get it:

• a photo ID (such as a driver’s license)
• proof of present address
• proof of current enrollment, current employment, or C.O.D. retiree status.

Not a student?  No problem!  Community members can get cards, too!

Once you’ve got the card, there’s no stopping you– now you have access to millions of books, articles, images, songs, videos and more.  You can borrow headphones, calculators, skeletons, software, hardware, picture books, comic books and cookbooks.  You can read online, at home, at work, in bed, on the bus, at the gym, in the cafe, downstate, out of state, abroad and right here in the Library.

The world is your oyster and all you need to shuck it is your Library Card.  Get it.  Use it.

Following (1998) Dir. Christopher Nolan, United Kingdom.

Director Christopher Nolan became a household name with his revisioning of the Batman films (Batman Begins, 2006; The Dark Knight, 2008), but long before the Caped Crusader and the recent success of Inception (2010), Nolan’s Memento (2000) reached cult-status and made him a name to watch among film fans.

Whether you’re a recent Nolanist or have watched Memento back-to-front and back again (I’m pretty sure I watched it 3-times through the first time I rented it), you may have missed his first feature film Following (1998).

Following set the stage for Memento with a non-linear plot that doubles, and triples, back on itself.  Not convoluted without reason, the structure nicely mirrors the plot as Bill, a young man who follows strangers on the street, is drawn into a complex intrigue by someone who catches Bill in the act of trailing him.

Filmed on a small budget in black-and-white 16mm film stock, Following has a noirish feel while remaining uniquely modern.  You won’t see any familiar faces in this 69-minute film, but you won’t want to watch it for star power– you’ll want to watch for the sheer joy of the clever plot and the satisfaction of seeing just how Following laid the  groundwork for Nolan’s future successes.

Glossy name: The Believer

Glossy purpose: “The Believer is a monthly magazine where length is no object.  There are book reviews that are not necessarily timely, and that are very often very long.  There are interviews that are also very long.  We will focus on writers and books we like.  We will give people and books the benefit of the doubt.  The working title of this magazine was The Optimist.” 
http://www.believermag.com/about/

You could call The Believer a literary magazine, but that would be giving it short shrift– fiction and poetry are just a small slice of the tasty pie that is The Believer.  Inside the gloriously illustrated covers, you’ll find interviews, articles, artwork and features from writers, performers, editors and students.  Some pieces come with bylines you might recognize (Amy Sedaris, Nick Hornby, Rick Moody) while others might be up-and-comers or below-the-radars.

Glossy fact: The Believer is brought to you by McSweeney’s, the same people responsible for Timothy McSweeney’s Quarterly Concern, McSweeney’s Internet Tendency, the DVD magazine Wholphin, and the 826 Writing and Tutoring Centers.

Glossy friends: It goes without saying, that if you’re a Dave Eggers fan, you’ll like The Believer.  Not a fan of Dave Eggers?  No matter, there’s something in The Believer for anyone who enjoys reading about literature, culture, politics and art.

Glossy frequency:  The Believer is published semi-annually, with 10 issues per year.

Read short.  Read quick.  Read Your Weekly Glossy.

Movie Mondays are back!  No longer will you stand in the middle of the Rental Collection, staring at the Ms, wondering which DVD to bring home with you.  Now you have a weekly profile of a single awesome movie to help you make those challenging decisions.

Visit the Library Blog every Monday for an introduction to movies you may have missed, new videos or films that fell below the radar.

Can’t wait for the next Movie Monday?  Revisit our New Video Archive for quickie reviews of the movies that were new three years ago!  Hey, if you haven’t seen them yet, they’re still new to you.

Looking for a film that we don’t seem to have?  Drop your suggestion in the Suggestion Box, conveniently located in the Rental Collection over a sign that recommends dropping your suggestion in the Suggestion Box.  The Movie Librarian looks forward to spending money on your excellent recommendations.  Don’t disappoint her!

Movie Mondays:  Helping You Look Forward to the Weekend Five Days Early.

glossy
/ˈglɒsi/; adjective
smooth and shiny■ noun a photograph on glossy paper, the best quality for reproduction (informal)■ the glossies expensive magazines
–Dictionary of Publishing and Printing

photo credit: !borghetti

The Library is your go-to place for research when you have a paper to write, for computers when you need to check your email and for coffee when you need some caffeine to make it through the day.

But what about when you have nothing to do at all?

That’s where Your Weekly Glossy comes in, with a browsable periodically-inclined reading suggestion for those times when the computers are full and the view of the Fawell Boulevard parking lot is too boring to contemplate.  Grab that cup of coffee, pull a magazine off the shelf and find those dull hours of waiting transformed.

What will you find in Your Weekly Glossy?

Simple.  Your Weekly Glossy will introduce you to a new general-interest magazine every week.  You’ll find a brief description of the publication and a helpful photo so you can recognize the magazine when you see it on the shelf.  Look for Your Weekly Glossy right here on the C.O.D. Library blog.

Read short.  Read quick.  Read Your Weekly Glossy.

It’s time to recognize the guys who are doing the hard work to make this project go smoothly. The carpet crew was too dispersed today to get a photo of them all, but I did manage to get a shot of Adam, the leader of the pack. He was busy cutting the curved line that goes down the main hall of the library. It’s detailed work cutting in the curve, but he makes it look easy, and it comes out looking smooth.

Adam from Vortex making the carpet look good

I was also able to gather the crew from Hallett Movers together for a quick pic. They have the Herculean task of moving all the bookshelves, periodicals shelves, reference books, microfilm cabinets, computer tables, study tables, chairs and all other forms of furniture and equipment out for the carpet team and then putting it all back together again. Today they put the periodicals shelves, periodicals tables, and new book area shelves back in place. It’s all coming together!

The mighty moving crew from Hallett

Periodicals shelves and tables back in place

The new books area