https://www.biography.com/inventors/frederick-jones
Want more Trivia?
Join us for Team Trivia Night in Herrick Library!
Saturday, February 18th 8pm-10pm in the BookEnd Lounge
Come with a group, join one when you arrive or play as a group of one. Everyone is welcome to join in the fun.
Hosted by DJ Mike Allen.
Pizza & Soda, Milk & Cookies Provided!
>>PRIZES!! for the top 3 teams<<
For the record, you may be pronouncing it wrong. Rhianna pronounces her name Rhi-ANNA.
https://time.com/5597167/rihanna-name-pronounce/
Herrick Library is hosting Team Trivia
Saturday, February 18th
from 8pm-10pm in the Book End Lounge.
Come with a group, join one when you arrive or play as a group of one. Everyone is welcome to join in the fun.
Hosted by DJ Mike Allen.
Pizza & Soda, Milk & Cookies Provided!
>>PRIZES!! for the top 3 teams<<
Want more fun facts?
Join us for Team Trivia Night in Herrick Library!
Saturday, February 18th 8pm-10pm in the BookEnd Lounge
Come with a group, join one when you arrive or play as a group of one. Everyone is welcome to join in the fun.
Hosted by DJ Mike Allen.
Pizza & Soda, Milk & Cookies Provided!
>>PRIZES!! for the top 3 teams<<
Congratulations to Scholes Library student employee Tyreek Ormil on being selected as Alfred University’s Sportsman of the Year!
The Empire 8 Conference emphasizes that “Competing with Honor and Integrity” is an essential component of a student-athlete’s experience in conjunction with an institution’s educational mission. Tyreek embodies these traits on and off the field. Tyreek is known for his reliability, hard work and positive attitude.
Read about all ten students who received Empire 8 All-Conference honors.
Information literacy is not just for research projects! Alfred University Librarians Kevin Adams, Samantha Dannick, John Hosford, and Mechele Romanchock will present a brief overview of information literacy theory followed by practical strategies for fact-checking, avoiding misinformation, and applying information literacy concepts in daily life as well as in the classroom.
The panel presentation will be Thursday, November, 10th in-person from 12:10 to 1:00pm in Nevins Theatre, Powell Campus Center.
For those not able to make it to Nevins, there is a Zoom link which is the same each week.
The Bergren Forum is sponsored by the Division of Human Studies and the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. Bring a brown bag lunch if you wish. Coffee and tea will be provided.
But people who Zoom in will have to make their own tea or coffee.
Library Hours for October Mid-Term Break
Friday, Oct. 14
Scholes Library 8:00-4:30 pm
Herrick Library 8:00-4:30 pm
Saturday, Oct. 15
Closed
Sunday, Oct. 16
Closed
Monday, Oct. 17
Scholes Library 8:00 am – 4:30 pm
Herrick Library 8:00 am – 4:30 pm
Tuesday, Oct. 18
Scholes Library 8:00 am – 12:00 am
Herrick Library 8:00 am – 12:00 am
*24 Hour study rooms in Herrick and Scholes are available anytime! Stop in to the service desk during library hours with your AU ID to receive the access code.
In observance of September as Color Blindness Awareness Month, Alfred University will be giving away two pairs of EnChroma glasses designed to help people with color blindness. EnChroma, the Berkeley, CA company co-founded by Alfred University alumnus Don McPherson ’84 M.S., ’88 PhD, donated the glasses to the University.
People can register for the free drawings—hosted by Alfred University Libraries—during Family Weekend/Homecoming, scheduled for Friday and Saturday, Sept. 23 and 24. To enter, go to Herrick Memorial Library and Samuel R. Scholes Library—during the hours of operation listed below—where interactive EnChroma displays will provide information on color blindness and how the glasses were developed. Anyone who visits the display—students and their families, staff, faculty, alumni, local community members—can enter to win a pair of EnChroma glasses.
Visitors can also try on one of the pairs from the libraries’ circulating collection of EnChroma glasses. Herrick and Scholes libraries each have 10 pairs of the glasses, which can be checked out and borrowed for up to seven days.
Following are the hours of operation of Herrick and Scholes libraries during Homecoming/Family Weekend:
· Friday, September 23: Herrick: 8 a.m.-10 p.m.; Scholes: 8 a.m.-6 p.m.
· Saturday, September 24: Herrick: 2 p.m.-10 p.m.; Scholes: 12 p.m.-6 p.m.
EnChroma was co-founded in 2010 by Don McPherson, a co-inventor of the EnChroma lens technology. McPherson, who earned master’s and doctoral degrees in glass science engineering from Alfred University, serves as EnChroma’s chief science officer.
There will be one drawing at Herrick and another at Scholes; people can enter both drawings. Registrants will be notified by Monday, September 26. Email: libraries@alfred.edu for more details.
Read about one woman’s experience living with color blindness
25 Interesting Facts About Color Blindness
Color blind people face challenges at school and work
Alfred University Libraries will host its first Team Trivia Night of the fall semester from 8 to 10 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 10 in Herrick’s Bookend Lounge.
Returning as host of Team Trivia Night is Mike Allen of Elmira. His trivia questions cover a broad range of topics such as current events, sports, geography, and history. He intersperses his trivia questions with pop music, making for an enjoyable evening for those participating.
After a two-year Covid-induced hiatus, this will be the twelfth year that Mike has been hosting Team Trivia twice a semester at Herrick Library. He has also hosted at Hornell area restaurants for more than a decade.
Groups are welcome to come to compete as a team; individuals are also welcome to play either solo or to join others to compete for the prizes awarded to the top teams.
Pizza and soft drinks along with milk and cookies will be provided, free of charge, to all participants.
Additional Team Trivia events at Herrick Library have been scheduled for the 2022-23 academic year have been scheduled for Saturdays, Nov.10, Feb. 18, and April 15.
AU Libraries are hosting extended hours (see schedule below) in preparation for Final Exams. Starting Sunday, May 1st Herrick and Scholes Libraries will be offering free coffee, tea, and cocoa along with cookies to fuel your studying.
There are numerous reservable study rooms, group study areas, and walk-in spaces (no reservation required!) Rooms can be reserved here: Room Reservations
In addition, both Herrick and Scholes have 24-hour-access study spaces. These spaces are for AU students only, so show your AU ID at the front desk of Herrick or Scholes to obtain keycode access to these spaces.
Extended Library Hours for Final Exams Spring 2022:
Herrick Memorial Library Extended Hours
Tuesday, May 3, 8:00 am-1:00 am
Wednesday, May 4, 8:00 am-1:00 am
Thursday, May 5, 8:00am-1:00am
Friday, May 6, 8:00 am – 1:00 am
Saturday, May 7, 2:00 pm – 10:00 pm
Sunday, May 8, 2:00 pm – 12:00 am
Monday, May 9, 8:00 am – 4:30 pm
Scholes Library Extended Hours
Tuesday, May 3, 8:00 am-12:00 am
Wednesday, May 4, 8:00am-12:00 am
Thursday, May 5, 8:00 am-12:00 am
Friday, May 6, 8:00 am – 12:00 am
Saturday, May 7, Noon- 6:00 pm
Sunday, May 8, Noon – 10:00 pm
Monday, May 9, 8:00 am – 4:30 pm
Summer Hours Begin Tuesday, May 10
8:00am-4:30pm
Congratulations to all the presenters at this year’s Undergraduate Research Forum held on April 28th, 2022! The event is always an impressive showcase of student talent. Presentation topics ranged from adoption agency discrimination against LGTBQ+ families, grain size analysis of Bahamian beach sand to lab synthesis of Mesopotamian glass. Dean of Libraries Brian Sullivan and Director of Libraries Mechele Romanchock made sure to visit all presenters who work in Herrick Memorial Library and Samuel R. Scholes Library and hear about their work.
Scholes Library student employees pictured below: Josiah Alexander, Jaron Cheatham, Quinn Fowler, Tim Mayo, Michael Reid, and Molly Smith.
Herrick Library student employees pictured below: Daniel Farchione, Jocelyn Quintas, Eddie Sawin.
