Of books ... and authors

Books ... (and videos and CDs)

The Friends of the Bloomsburg University Library Association (FOBULA) will hold their 13th Annual Book Sale from Saturday, April 6, to Monday, April 8, in the Andruss Library Schweiker Room. The book sale is their largest fundraiser, bringing in $25,000 in the first twelve years, which has gone toward a number of special projects, two of which are the digitization and preservation of local and university historic materials and providing textbook scholarships to deserving students. The sale also includes CDs, DVDs, video tapes, cassettes and even records.

and authors

Michael Shepard will be the featured speaker for the Annual Author's Dinner of the Friends of the Bloomsburg University Library Association. The dinner will be Friday, April 19, from 6 to 8 pm, in the Monty's meeting room. There will be an open wine bar with live music Tickets are $25 for the evening (reservations required) Contact: rabbott@ptd.net or call 784-0428.

Shepard, a planetary scientist at BU, will be honored as this year's recipient of the Maroon and Gold Quill Award. Shepard wrote "The Curious Professor" column in the Press Enterprise for three years before retiring the column after 100 installments. Shepard has published papers on Venus, Mars, and the Moon. Using a sample of the actual lunar soil, he analyzed its light reflection properties in his lab here at the University. Most recently he has been studying asteroids using the great Arecibo Radar telescope in Puerto Rico. Shepard has over 150 publications and has been cited in over 800 publications. 

Books: To read, or not to read

I have a very wise mother-in-law who once told me that "there comes a time in life when you don't have time for bad books."

And sometimes it's hard to find time to read good books. Which makes pruning the collection on the shelves to donate to a book sale feel a little like a defeat. You're acknowledging that you just don't (and won't) have time to read these books. Which makes it much harder than it should be to begin the donation box for the Friends of the Bloomsburg Library Book Sale. — EGF. 

The Friends of the Bloomsburg University Library Association (FOBULA) will be holding their 13th Annual Book Sale from Saturday, April 6 to Monday, April 8 in the Andruss Library Schweiker Room. The book sale is their largest fundraiser, bringing in $25,000 in the first twelve years, which has gone toward a number of special projects, two of which are the digitization and preservation of local and university historic materials and providing textbook scholarships to deserving students. Donations of books, CDs, DVDs, video tapes, cassettes and even records are still needed and can be brought to the Andruss Library Circulation Desk.

The group asks you to hold off on items that don't sell well ... like pre-2000 textbooks, magazines, journals, encyclopedias (oops I think I've got one in my box) and Reader's Digest condensed books.

A highlight of what to expect at the sale: 1000 history books, including well over 100 on the Civil War, have been generously donated.

There will be a pre-sale for members only Saturday, April 6, from noon to 1 pm, with the regular sale from 1 to 5. If not a member of the Friends, you can join at the door ($30 for 3 years, cheap).