No cash, no problem! Credit cards now being accepted at O'Grady Library.

Need to pay a fine or pick up a print card? The O'Grady Library circulation desk now accepts Visa, Mastercard, American Express, and Discover cards.

Thanksgiving break and Extended Hours!

Greetings everyone and welcome to crunch time!  Thanksgiving and finals are fast approaching, and with them, the hours in the library are changing to accommodate the season.

Important Fall 2013 End of semester hours: Sun. Dec. 1 - Fri. Dec. 13

Sunday (Dec. 1):	1:00 p.m. - 1:00 a.m.
Monday - Thursday (Dec. 2 - 5):	7:30 a.m. - 1:00 a.m.
Friday (Dec. 6):	7:30 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.
Saturday (Dec. 7):	10:00 a.m. - 8:00 p.m.
Sunday (Dec. 8):	1:00 p.m. - 1:00 a.m.
Monday - Tuesday (Dec. 9 - 10):	7:30 a.m. - 1:00 a.m.
Wednesday (Dec. 11):	7:30 a.m. - 11:00 p.m.
Thursday (Dec. 12 -- exams end):	7:30 a.m. - 8:00 p.m.
Friday (Dec. 13 -- intersession):	8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m

We will be open during your study days, and open late at that, so feel free to come in, get comfy, and get a good grade.  Good luck!

Midterm Break Hours in O'Grady

Midterm break is coming up.  The O'Grady Library building will have shorter open hours both days of the break.  The rest of the week will revert back to normal operating hours.  Happy studying!!

• Monday, October 14th      8:00 am - 5:00 pm
• Tuesday, October 15th      8:00 am - 5:00 pm

Faculty! Library instruction questions?

Here's a quick guide on who to contact to schedule library instruction this Fall.

Scot Harrison
Email:  sharrison@stmartin.edu
Phone:  360-486-8808
Subjects:  English, Foreign Languages, Engineering

Serin Anderson
Email:  sanderson@stmartin.edu
Phone:  360-486-8813
Subjects:  UNI 101, Psychology, Criminal Justice, Social Work, Education, Business, MAC

Kirsti Thomas
Email:  kthomas@stmartin.edu
Phone:  360-486-8827
Subjects:  Sciences, Math, Music, Theatre, ESL, Nursing

Father Peter
Email:  fr_peter@stmartin.edu
Phone:  360-486-8828
Subjects:  Philosophy, Religious Studies

For a complete list of subject areas, please check out the librarian liaison page.

Graduates, see The Saint John's Bible Saturday 9 am - 2 pm

O'Grady Library will open Saturday, May 11 from 9 am - 2 pm as part of Commencement 2013 so that graduates and their families may view the Heritage Edition of The Saint John's Bible in the library's Marcus Lobby.  The Pentateuch will be on display.

The Saint John's Bible Heritage Edition

The Heritage Edition of The Saint John's Bible is now on display in O'Grady Library. The public is welcome to visit during regular library hours.

An opening spread from Wisdom Books shows the
"Garden of Desire" illumination from Sirach 24 by Suzanne Moore of Vashon Island.
Copyright © Terry Anderson Photography

The Saint John's Bible

The Saint John’s Bible is the first hand-written, illuminated Bible commissioned by a Benedictine monastery in 500 years. It was commissioned by Saint John’s University and Abbey in 1998 “to ignite the spiritual imagination of believers throughout the world.” Saint John’s is Saint Martin’s founding abbey (1895).

The 73 books of the Old and New Testaments have been collected in seven volumes: Gospels and Acts (2002), Pentateuch (2003), Psalms (2004), Prophets (2005), Wisdom Books (2006), Historical Books (2010), Letters and Revelation (2011).

This remarkable artistic creation fuses contemporary themes and technologies with centuries-old techniques and materials. Page layouts and line breaks were designed on a computer. The pages themselves are calfskin vellum, and the script was written with goose, turkey and swan quills dipped in lampblack ink made from rare nineteenth century Chinese ink sticks.

Hand-ground pigments - vermillion, lapis lazuli and others - were combined with egg yolk and water to form paints for the illuminations, which were embossed with gold and platinum leaf. The illuminations were created with traditional techniques, but incorporate contemporary themes and images.

The original Saint John’s Bible is housed at the Hill Museum and Manuscript Library at Saint John’s University in Collegeville, Minnesota.

Heritage Edition

The Heritage Edition is a full-size, fine art edition of The Saint John’s Bible. Donald Jackson, the artistic director for The Saint John’s Bible, was also the artistic director of the Heritage Edition, working with leading experts in printing and binding to ensure the faithful and consistent representation of the original. Production was limited to 299 sets, each numbered and signed by Jackson. Saint Martin’s University is the only library in western Washington that owns a set of the Heritage Edition.

The approximately 1160 pages of the seven volume Heritage Edition are printed on uncoated cotton paper with an innovative, high-tech, ultraviolet printing process. Illuminations are embossed with gold and silver foil to replicate the effects of the gold and platinum leaf of the original. The volumes are bound in handcrafted, embossed Italian calfskin with a silver clasp. Like the original, the volumes are monumental in size: approximately 2 feet tall by 3 feet wide when open and weighing from 13 to nearly 20 pounds.

Saint Martin’s currently has four of the seven volumes: Pentateuch, Wisdom Books, Psalms, and Prophets.

Display

Saint Martin’s University commissioned the design and construction of two display cases from Olympia craftsman David (Dusty) Knobel of Knobel Wood Works.  These stunning vitrines complement the beauty of both the Heritage Edition and O’Grady Library.

Both display cases are in O’Grady Library, one in the Marcus Lobby and the other outside the Mitchell Special Collections. Volumes will be rotated periodically and pages turned on a weekly basis.
 
  
  
Learn more about The Saint John's Bible: http://www.saintjohnsbible.org/

Intersession and Summer Hours for the Library

Intersession hours for the O'Grady Library run Monday, May 12th - Sunday May, 18th with the following times:

Mon-Tue: 8am-5pm
Wed: 12pm-5pm
Thu-Fri: 8am-5pm
Sat-Sun: closed

Summer hours begin on Monday, May 19th and continue through August 9th:

Mon-Thu: 8am-8pm
Fri: 8am-5pm
Sat: 9am-5pm
Sun: closed

Happy summer from the O'Grady Library!

Extended hours in the library!

Show the love!

It's that time of the year again. No, not taxes, though they are looming. It is the time to show you care, so post a valentine for the library near and dear to your heart - the O'Grady Library. Come on in and leave a Valentine on the board, paper hearts supplied.

Welcome back!

Spring semester starts Tuesday, January 15th and so do the regular O'Grady Library hours:

• Monday through Thursday 7:30 am to 11:00 pm
• Friday 7:30 am to 5:00 pm
• Saturday 10:00 am to 6:00 pm
• Sunday 1:00 pm to 9:00 pm

For a list of the holidays and breaks, hop on over to our web page. 

 Photo by timdoyle1

Need some help relaxing?

Studying for finals is stressful. Taking finals is stressful. Waiting to see how you did on the finals is stressful. How do you deal with all this stress? Here are some ideas for you:
Relaxation exercises 
Guided exercises (with audio)
Online games - of the relaxing sort

photo by Jenisse Decker

Summit request now working with a new feature!

The Summit request system is back up and running normally, but with the recent upgrade, all patrons can now cancel their own requests.  Step by step directions are included below.

Step 1: Click Find Books on the main library page                      

Step 2:  Next, click the Summit Link                                            

Step 3:  Click on Sign In to access your Summit account             

Step 4:  Select Saint Martin's University from the drop down list  

 

Step 5:   Type your Last Name and University ID                            

Step 6:  Click Cancel Request to stop a pending loan                        

!!Alert!! Requesting Summit items temporarily unavailable early Tuesday, Nov. 27th

You won't be able to request Summit materials during the morning hours of Tuesday, Nov. 27th. The system is scheduled to be down from midnight to noon. You will still be able to search for books through the catalog, and you can request materials via Interlibrary Loan (ILL). Once the system is back up, library staff will reroute to the Summit system any ILL requests that can be filled more quickly through our regional partner libraries.

Cooking with an International Flair

The International Taste of Culture on November 14th may inspire you to try new dishes or find out more about food from different cultures. O'Grady Library has books to fill your need on both counts! For cookbooks, try the Curriculum Room. There is "The multicultural cookbook for students" by Albyn and Webb or "Holidays of the world cookbook for students" by Webb. If you hunger for knowledge mixed with the recipes, "The anthropologists' cookbook" by Kuper and Koster in the Upper Level stacks promises a feast for both taste buds and your mind. One of my all time favorite books on food is also in the stacks at O'Grady, "The art of eating" by MFK Fisher. So head on over to the library and get those gastric juices flowing!

Library is closed November 12th

The O'Grady Library will be closed Monday, November 12th for Saint Martin's Day. Saint Martin of Tours is the patron saint of Saint Martin's University, most known for cutting his cloak in half to share with a beggar during a snowstorm. His actions reflect the Benedictine tradition of hospitality.

New Manuscript for the Special Collections

The Psalms Shine Out in New Manuscript at 

Saint Martin's University

Just one of many illuminated pages from the Psalter

A copy of an illuminated medieval manuscript of the Book of Psalms has arrived at Saint Martin's University. It comes from the Spanish publishing house Moleiro.  The artisans and bookbinders at Moleiro have produced an exact copy of the Great Canterbury Psalter (also called the Anglo-Catalan Psalter). So exact is the reproduction of the Psalter that even includes the thumb smudges of the original pages and has the smell of the original  The manuscript is a gift of the Fr. Benedict Auer Poetry Endowment, which views the Psalter as a fitting testament to the power, beauty, and influence of sacred poetry. Since the original Psalter was crafted by the Benedictine monks over 800 years ago, it reflects well our University’s commitment to its Benedictine heritage. It will be on display in the O’Grady Library.

The Great Canterbury Psalter begun in Canterbury around the year 1180, but was left unfinished. In the year 1200 was taken to Catalonia (today’s northeastern corner of Spain) perhaps as gift. In mid-1300s the illumination of Psalter was completed by Catalan artists, possibly working out of Barcelona. 

The final Psalter produced in Catalonia includes three parallel columns of texts written in Latin, Hebrew, and Catalan. The gifted Catalan artists also added illuminated scenes from the Old and New Testaments at the beginning of the Psalter. The manuscript measures 20” by 14”, has 356 pages with 140 miniatures embellished with real gold, and includes 190 ornamental letters upon gold backgrounds. The Great Canterbury Psalter is truly a book to behold.

Fr. Peter Tynan, OSB

Special Collections Librarian

Saint Martin's University

Cite that quote

Avoid plagiarism and boost your credibility by using citations in your research paper. Citations show people the source of your information and help them evaluate its worth. Information on diabetic dietary needs from the journal "Diabetic Medicine" will carry more weight with your readers than material from HealthyHints.com. For a link to a variety of citation styles, head on over to:
http://www.stmartin.edu/library/guides/citations.aspx

Get your ghoul on

Do you want some ideas on decorations or goodies to help you celebrate Halloween? Check out "Halloween Treats" by Carolyn Haywood or "The Halloween Book" by Jane Bull. Perhaps you are interested in the history of this holiday; if so "Death Makes a Holiday" by David J. Skal is for you. Whatever your desire, O'Grady Library has the resources you need for your Halloween research.

Library hours over Fall Break

Thirsting for some library time over Fall Break? Don't worry, we won't desert you completely. Though hours may be shorter on Thursday, the library is still open regular library hours on Friday, Oct. 12th through Sunday, Oct. 14th. Here are the O'Grady Library hours for Fall Break:

Thursday, Oct. 11th	7:30 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.
Friday, Oct. 12th	7:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Saturday, Oct. 13th	10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
Sunday, Oct. 14th	1:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.

Are you a budding Kasparov?

O'Grady Library now has a portable chess set, complete with clock, for check out from the library. The set comprises a fabric board, 34 chessmen (2 extra Queens), a double clock for timing moves and a handy nylon carrying case. For those times when you need a break from studying, think about playing chess! The set can be checked out for three days to accommodate those who like to take their time moving.