belklibrary | The Latest Info About Belk

We are excited to anounce that Belk Library is on the latest cover of “North Carolina Libraries”.  The award-winning, peer-reviewed journal of the North Carolina Library Association.

Music, literature, science, history, environmentalism:  Belk library has pulled together a display of biographies and memoirs from every part of our collection.

Stop by the library and explore the lives of others through biographies and memoirs.

Looking for the perfect book to read on the beach this summer?

Belk Library has tons of great fiction from our collection on display.

Come take a look and get lost in a book!

Here are Belk Library’s summer hours:

Monday through Thursday, 8 am to 11 pm; the library closes to the public at 9 pm each night.  From 9 to 11 pm, Elon students and employees should use the card swipe to enter the library.

Friday, 8 am to 5:00 pm.

Saturday, 9 am to 5:00 pm.

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Parents visiting for graduation?  Finally have some time to take a day trip?

Belk Library is displaying books, DVDs, and magazines about travel in North Carolina.

From the mountains to the sea and everything in between.

We have it all.

Come check it out and explore this great state!

Exams got you stressed?  Visit the library.

We have tons of great movies on our display wall that will help take your mind off of all that studying!

Congratulations to Chelsea Moir for her winning entry in the Belk Library video contest! Check it out on the about:belk library video blog at http://blogs.elon.edu/aboutbelk/.

Honorary mention goes to:
* Jenna Strucko and Brent Edwards for the FUNNIEST VIDEO
* Kara Johnson for the MOST ENERGETIC VIDEO
* Chelsea Caplan for the MOST CREATIVE VISUALS

You can view these videos, as well as all of the original library how-to-videos created by Professor Pope-Ruark’s fall 2009 ENG 313 class, on the about:belk blog.

Although the contest is over, you can still submit a video! Contact Nick Massa (nmassa@elon.edu) or Lynne Bisko (lbisko@elon.edu) for details.

You can also easily get to the videos by clicking on the “How do I…?” link on the Belk Library home page.

This week Belk Library has a display celebrating Elon’s chapter of Phi Beta Kappa.

We have information about how Phi Beta Kappa began and it’s traditions.

Visit Belk Library this week to see the display and learn more about this historical and prestigious academic honor society.

Are you a senior, getting ready to graduate, and worried about finding a job? Or planning to go to graduate school? Or are you just looking for a job for the summer? Elon’s Career Services can help you! Librarian Randall Bowman talks to Tom Vecchione, Executive Director of Career Services, and Rene Jackson, Career Counselor. They discuss the many services the career center offers to Elon students and alumni.  Hear the interview at: http://belklibrarypodcast.blogspot.com/

National Library Week is April 12th – 16th.

Visit the library and see how we are celebrating!

We have several “READ” posters featuring Elon personalities and their favorite books.  Wonder who is in the new posters for 2010?  Come see to find out!

We also  have a display of books written by Elon professors, staff, and alumni.  Visit us to see the amazing scholarship produced by these Elon folks.

Finally, enter our daily drawing for a free book!