Used Book Sale!

Support the ODU Libraries and get a great deal on books!

The Annual Used Book Sale will be held Wednesday 11/3 through Thursday 11/4 from 9am - 7pm. The book sale will be held on the 4th floor, rear of the Perry Library.

New Portable Listening Stations

Summer 2011 has brought many new updates for the Diehn Composer’s Room: fabulous new furniture, more study space, and now, portable listening stations! On a crisp autumn afternoon, what could be better than completing required listening outside under a shady tree? Or take the equipment to a practice room to work with. As with all DCR equipment, the portable listening stations can be checked out for a maximum of three hours at a time. Of course, CDs placed on reserve must remain inside the music library. With so many different options, you’ll have no reason to procrastinate on homework this fall!

New CDs

Let Freedom Sing: The Music of the Civil Rights Movement
M1977. C47 L48 2009

















Boston Brass: Stealing the Show
M558. B67 S84 2000

















Count Basie & His Orchestra: Basie's Bag (of Swing)
M1450. B37 S95 2006















The Velvet Underground: Loaded
M1630.18. V45 L63 1987



















Beethoven: The Complete Piano Concertos
Richard Goode & the Budapest Festival Orchestra
M1010. B44 C66 2009

It's Finished!

Finally, all the new furniture is in place and all services have been restored. Moving and Hauling destroyed the old study carrels yesterday - we were quite happy to see them go.

It did take until today to get all the equipment set back up, but here it is, ready for you to use.

We'll be closed on Monday, July 5th, but feel free to drop in later to see how it all looks in person.

Improvisation

Things haven't gone quite as planned with the new furniture:


There was a mishap with our scheduling and, as a result, Moving and Hauling couldn't come to remove our old furniture on Wednesday as planned. The new furniture was still suppose to arrive Thursday morning, so we needed to find somewhere to put it all. While we have the ability to shove it all in the DCR, we had to keep in mind that we must be able to get the old stuff out somehow on Monday.

We kept the listening equipment in the Reading Room and moved most of the new tables in between our study carrels. Two extra tables are in the foyer and about 30 chairs are in Jessica Mirasol's, our archivist, workroom.

Needless to say, a few services are still unavailable. Our computer lab and printing capabilities are down. There simply wasn't anywhere to set them up. We suggest using the Web or Art Library labs instead.

Otherwise, we fully up and running. Feel free to come in to study, check items out or just test out the new chairs - they're much more comfortable than the old ones!

New Furniture

After several months of waiting, we are finally expecting our new furniture to arrive tomorrow. The library will stay open, but expect a little bit of a mess and a few services to go down here and there. This is what we have planned:

• All of the listening equipment has been moved into the Reading Room.
• The computer lab is down. Feel free to use the Art Library's down the hall.
• Printing will be down but the copier functions will still work.

As our situation changes, I will post it here and on Facebook. And yes, pictures of the new stuff will be posted as well.

Thanks for your patience!

Music Reference Help

Elizabeth Hogue, our music reference librarian, will be available in the Reading Room of the Diehn Composers Room for anyone who might need some research help. This is a great opportunity for music faculty or students to learn about new databases and library services or get help with their assignments. No need to make an appointment. These are all informal sessions.

Monday, March 15 1:30-3:30pm
Tuesday, March 16 3-5pm
Wednesday, March 17 10-12pm

Monday, March 22 10:30-12:30pm
Tuesday, March 23 3:30-5:30pm
Thursday, March 25 10-12pm

New Scores!

Here are just a few of the 99 scores we received:



Passing Strange (Vocal Selections)



















The Jazz Singer's Handbook (CD available)



















15 American Art Songs (High Voice)



















Britten's Canticle II

















Cesar Franck's Fantaisie fur Orgel

Haydn's Oculi omnium

Dallapiccola's The Prisoner (Prologue and One Act)

The Robert Burns Song Book Vol. 1

Liszt's Sonata in B minor (transcribed for solo violin)

Spohr's Oskar! Umsonst!

RecycleMania!

With the addition of a large, new recycling bin, the DCR is ready to compete. RecycleMania is an inter-collegiate competition to see which school can recycle the most materials. It runs from January 17th to March 27th. So, start bring those plastic bottles, paper, cardboard and cans to any collection point on campus! And don't forget to check out our new blue bin near the Listening Room entrance.

Go Monarchs!