12/09 - Congratulations WSU Graduates! More information can be found here--

The Krueger Library would like to congratulate our fall 2011 WSU graduates. For information about the WSU commencement ceremony on Friday, December 9, 2011, please visit the WSU commencement information page:
http://www.winona.edu/registrar/commencementschedule.asp

12/12 - Library Hours - Winter Break

The Krueger Library hours change over the winter break. Please check our library hours web page for official hours we are open.

http://www.winona.edu/library/about/hours.html#winter


December 2011
9 Friday 7:30am-5:00pm
10-11 Saturday-Sunday Closed
12-16 Monday-Friday 7:30am-5:00pm
17-18 Saturday-Sunday Closed
19-22 Monday-Thursday 7:30am-5:00pm
23-26 Friday-Monday Closed
27-30 Tuesday-Friday 7:30am-5:00pm
31 Saturday Closed

January 2012
1-2 Sunday-Monday Closed
3-6 Tuesday-Friday 7:30am-5:00pm
7 Saturday Closed
8 Sunday 1:00pm-9:00pm

12/02 - Library hours for finals weekend/week

Check out our Library hours for finals weekend and week:
http://www.winona.edu/library/about/hours.html#finals

Study a little longer this weekend!

December 2 Friday 7:30am-10:00pm
December 3 Saturday 10:00am-10:00pm
December 4 Sunday 11:00am-2:00am
December 5-7 Monday-Wednesday 7:30am-2:00am
December 8 Thursday 7:30am-7:00pm
December 9 Friday (Commencement) 7:30am-5:00pm

08/21 - Where is my class? WSU Building Abbreviations & Map

WSU Campus Map

http://www.winona.edu/Media/wsumap.pdf

WSU Building Abbreviations:
GI: Gildemeister Hall
LO: Lourdes (West Campus)
MA: Maxwel Hall
ME: Memorial Hall
MI: Minne Hall
MR: Maria (West Campus)
NL: Darrell W. Krueger Library (New Library)
PA: Pasteur Hall
PC: Performing Arts Center (PAC)
PH: Phelps Hall
SL: Science Lab Building
SO: Somsen Hall
ST: Stark Hall
WA: Watkins Hall
WR: Wabasha Recreational Center

7/18 - Word of the week - acrid

Word of the week - acrid (adj.)\ˈa-krəd\

1. sharp and harsh or unpleasantly pungent in taste or odor
2. deeply or violently bitter : acrid denunciation

6/23 - Word of the Week - prolix

Word of the Week - prolix - \proh-LIKS\ (adj.)

1. Unduly prolonged or drawn out : too long
2. (of a person) given to speaking or writing at great or tedious length.

6/15 - Word of the Week - desultory

Word of the Week - desultory - /ˈdesəlˌtôrē/ (adj.)
1. Having no set plan; haphazard or random.
2. Moving or jumping from one thing to another; disconnected: a desultory speech or conversation.

5/17 - Have you read Blue Lash by Jim Armstrong?

The Book is Dead. Long Live the Book.

Have you read the book, Blue Lash, by James Armstrong?

The Krueger Library's copy can be found in our main collection (2nd floor) with the call number PS3551 R4676.

"James Armstrong’s poems sit at the knees of a mute interlocutor, full of power and restraint—the massive, indifferent, moody, beckoning Lake Superior. Influenced by Neruda, Petrarch, Lowell, and the Swedish poet Tomas Tranströmer, Armstrong measures the clang and conceits of civilization against the force of water. " - Milkweed Press

The Book is Dead. Long Live the Book - is a series celebrating the book. Sponsored by the Krueger Library.

5/12 - Library Summer Hours

The Krueger Library summer hours are available at this web page:
http://www.winona.edu/library/about/hours.html

4/25 - Word of the Week: verdant

Word of the Week - verdant /vur-dnt/ (adj):
1. green with vegetation; covered with growing plants or grass: a verdant oasis;
2. of the color green: a verdant lawn;
3. inexperienced; unsophisticated

4/7 - Word of the Week: reticent

Word of the Week - reticent /ret-uh-suh-nt/ (adj.): disposed to be silent or not to speak freely; reserved.

3/31 - Word of the Week: malediction

Word of the Week - malediction /mal-uh-DIK-shun / (n.): 1. the utterance of a curse against someone or something; 2. slanderous accusation or comment.

3/16 Athenaeum at 1pm - The Beatles and the Rediscovery of America by Paul Vance

Join us on March 16, 2011 at 1:00pm for our Library Athenaeum titles The Beatles and the Rediscovery of America presented by Paul Vance, Professor, Music Department.

The arrival of the Beatles in America in February, 1964 has often been called “The British Invasion”. This presentation will investigate the ways in which The Beatles and their music helped America recover from a National tragedy and revitalize the American art of rock and roll.

The Athenaeum is located on the second floor of the Krueger library, bluff side.

3/2 Athenaeum at 1pm - Recruit & Develop: Building a Championship Football Program

Join us on Wednesday, March 2, at 1pm for “Recruit & Develop: Building a Championship Football Program” presented by Steve Opgenorth.

This presentation and discussion will be focused on the recruitment and development of student-athletes within our football program here at Winona State University. It will focus on leadership and character development, as well as ways to identify the characteristics to seek in successful student-athletes. This recruitment discussion is applicable to any person in a leadership position looking to further his/her understanding of the recruiting process in athletics or business.

The Athenaeum is located on the second floor of the WSU Library, bluff side. The event is free and open to the public.

For the complete Spring 2011 Athenaeum schedule and for additional information about the Athenaeum, please visit the following: http://www.winona.edu/library/athenaeum/

2/28 Word of the Week: protean

pro·te·an /ˈprōtēən/ (adj.)

1. Tending or able to change frequently or easily.

2. Able to do many different things; versatile.

2/21 Word of the Week: irenic

Word of the Week - irenic /ahy-ren-ik/ (adj.): tending to promote peace or reconciliation; peaceful or concilatory.

2/23 Athenaeum at 1pm - The Decorative Unconscious: Barnett Newman, Mark Rothko, and Judy Ledgerwood

Join us on Wednesday, February 23, at 1pm for “The Decorative Unconscious: Barnett Newman, Mark Rothko, and Judy Ledgerwood” presented by Vittorio Colaizzi.

In modern art and criticism, “decorative” has been considered the ultimate insult, implying frivolity and capitulation to the needs of the privileged. And yet many artists have used decoration to expand concepts of the pictorial (Matisse) and to critique often male-dominated aesthetic orthodoxies (Miriam Schapiro). Upon closer examination, it is apparent that decoration is not an identifiable quality, but a field of overlapping ones. The three abstract painters mentioned here have explicitly denied the decorative in their work. Nevertheless, the way they produce meaning depends on their creative exploitation of aspects of decoration.

The Athenaeum is located on the second floor of the WSU Library, bluff side. The event is free and open to the public.

For the complete Spring 2011 Athenaeum schedule and for additional information about the Athenaeum, please visit the following: http://www.winona.edu/library/athenaeum/

2/14 - Word of the Week: Nefarious

Word of the Week: Nefarious /ni-fair-ee-uhs/ (adj.): wicked, iniquitous, villainous.

1/26 - Word of the Week - Copacetic

Word of the Week: copacetic /koh-puh-set-ik/ (adj.):
1. in excellent order;
2. fine;
3. going just right, OK.

Follow the library's Word of the Week on Facebook:
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Darrell-W-Krueger-Library-Winona-State-University/22309995052

11/21 - Submit a Library Athenaeum Proposal

We are now accepting proposals for Library Athenaeum events for Spring semester, 2011. If you are interested in presenting, please complete the linked Athenaeum Proposal Form , and either email it to me (http://www.blogger.com/aquam@winona.edu) or send it to office -Library Room 132. If you have a question about the nature of Athenaeum events, please review the current and past schedules.

Additionally, please contact any of the ad-hoc committee members with any questions you might have.

If you have not submitted your proposal by Wednesday, November 17, 2010, please contact Allison Quam to let her know you are preparing one (and your time frame for submitting it). Review of proposals begins after this date. Please submit proposals as soon as possible.