Holocaust exhibit extended
August 26, 2011
The exhibit, Recounting Memory: Flint-Area Holocaust Survivors & Youth Dialogue with History, has been extended through Friday, September 30, 2011. For more details about the exhibit, see our earlier post.
“Steal A Deal from the Friends” Silent Auction Sneak Peek!
August 11, 2011
Help support the Friends of the Mott Library, make your highest offer for a chance to win this delicious all Michigan made goodie basket!!
“Homegrown Goodness” Basket
Germack Pistachio Company – Fancy Mixed Nuts
Traverse Bay Farms Peach Salsa
Brownwood Farms Michigan Blueberry Preserves
Naturally Nutty Butter Toffee Peanut Butter
Sanders Milk Chocolate Hot Fudge Dessert Topping
Sanders Chocolate Candies
This is a “secret bid” auction, email your bid to Jennifer Kroninger by 5:00 p.m., Wednesday, August 24, 2011. Winning bidder will be announced Thursday, August 25.
The highest value bid at closing time constitutes the winning bid.
All bids are firm contracts.
Successful bidder must pay in full by Friday, August 26, 2011. Cash or personal checks are accepted payments. Successful bidders are required to pick up items at the time of payment.
The amount of the bid that is in excess of retail/fair market value is tax deductible. Fair market value is $33.10.
Friends of the Mott Library “Steal a Deal” Silent Auction
August 10, 2011
Save the date:
Wednesday, October 5, 2011
11:00 a.m. – 1:30 p.m. – Silent Auction and Light Boxed Lunch
2:30-5:00 p.m. – pick up items and pay
Location: MCC Event Center
Tickets: $10 in advance; $12 at the door; MCC students $5 (on sale in August)
Donate items:
Finishing up the last of your spring cleaning? Don’t forget about the Friends of the Mott Library! The FOML is accepting donations for the upcoming “Steal a Deal” Silent Auction through August 31.
All Board members can accept donations of goods to be auctioned off (slightly used or new) as well as items for wrapping, including baskets, tissue, cellophane wrap, etc.
“Recounting Memory” exhibit catalog
August 9, 2011
Catalogs are now available for the exhibit, “Recounting Memory: Flint-Area Holocaust Survivors & Youth Dialogue with History.” You can order your own copy of Recounting Memory online at Lulu, and the library will soon have a copy available for check out.
24,000 e-books added to the Mott Library
August 8, 2011
The 24,000 electronic books recently licensed from ebrary for our collection are now available on the Mott Library Webpage. Covering just about every discipline, titles as varied as Absolutely Small: How Quantum Theory Explains Our Everyday World and Guided Care: A New Nurse-Physician Partnership in Chronic Care can be found. More than 350 publishers are represented in the collection, including Cambridge University Press, Elsevier, Oxford University Press, Springer, and Taylor & Francis. The collection also includes maps and reports. Viewing options include a QuickView or the ebrary Reader.
To access ebrary:
- Go to www.library.mcc.edu
- Choose “Online Resources”
- Choose “ebrary“
View the ebrary Quick Start video at:
http://www.ebrary.com/corp/collateral/flash/QuickStart/
(please allow a few seconds to load).
