UMaine Libraries Newsletter — December 19, 2024 - Raymond H. Fogler Library

UMaine Libraries Newsletter — December 19, 2024

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UMaine Libraries Newsletter — December 19, 2024

UMaine Libraries is composed of Raymond H. Fogler Library, Merrill Library in Machias, Maine InfoNet, and the University of Maine Press.

In this issue:

2024 issue of the UMaine Libraries Magazine now available online
Trial Announcement: Bangor Daily News
Season’s Greetings!
Featured resource: NoveList Plus

Photo of cover of 2024 issue of UMaine Libraries Magazine

2024 issue of the UMaine Libraries Magazine now available online

Are you looking for some holiday reading? UMaine Libraries is proud to announce that the 2024 issue of the UMaine Libraries Magazine (formerly the Raymond H. Fogler Magazine) is now available on Fogler Library’s website. This issue features 12 stories covering a wide range of topics, including a dive into how Fogler Library is assisting in efforts to restore a vanishing salt marsh in Surry; reminiscences of a former UMaine athlete, the great granddaughter of Maine inventor Chester Greenwood, and the family of Raymond H. Fogler; how the Fogler’s Patent and Trademark Resource Center supports Maine’s inventors and innovation; the legacy and future plans of UMaine Press; Maine InfoNet’s support of UMaine Libraries’ new library system; and the digitization of the University of Maine at Machias’ Washingtonia yearbook.

A PDF of the magazine is also available for download in the library’s Digital Commons.

Trial Announcement: Bangor Daily News

Fogler Library is conducting a trial of Bangor Daily News, available now through Feb. 10, 2025. The trial gives you access to searchable page images of the Bangor Daily News and its predecessor, Bangor Daily Whig & Courier. You can read articles published as far back as 1836. Note that there are a few gaps in coverage where content will be added later. Explore access to this resource while we have it and share your thoughts with us!

Please send feedback about the trial to Deborah Rollins, Head, Collection Services Dept. at drollins@maine.edu.

Greeting card wishing readers a wonderful holiday and a happy new year.

Left Photo: This photograph was taken during the bed slide races held behind Hilltop held during the 1985 Winter Carnival (Feb. 23, 1985). According to a Maine Campus article, “Of the 20 entrants, Sigma Nu had the fastest bed-sled. Alpha Gamma Rho won best overall bed-sled and Delta Tau Delta’s bed-sled won most original. The event raised $1,500 for the United Way.” Photo by Jack Walas.

Right Photo: The photograph depicts one of the entrants in the 1984 Winter Carnival (Feb. 18, 1984) bed slide races. According to the Maine Campus, Sigma Chi won “the fastest sled” in the fraternity division. Photo by Al Pelletier.

Featured Resource: NoveList Plus

NoveList Plus is a Reader’s Advisory database that includes records and recommendations for quality fiction and non-fiction titles for high school students to adults. It includes special sections for teens, older kids, and younger kids that are dedicated to integrating fiction and narrative nonfiction in the classroom and across the curriculum. It contains Grab and Go Book Lists; over 300 hand-crafted Recommended Reads reading lists; Book Discussion Guides including questions and answers and suggestions for further reading; 450 searchable Award Lists; book cover images and first chapter excerpts; feature articles, BookTalks, and Curricular Connection articles on a wide variety of genres, topics and reading levels. The database covers both fiction and nonfiction series. Titles can be sorted by popularity and/or Lexile scores. All fiction content from the database Novelist are included.

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