Babson Library Blog

On January 23, 2012, Chinese New Year will be observed and celebrated throughout the world as the Year of the Water Dragon – 4709 – begins.

 People born under the sign of the Dragon are described as being:

>>passionate

>>brave

>>self-assured

>>charismatic

>>leaders

Babson Library has a display celebrating Chinese New Year located on the library’s first floor to the left of the Information Desk.                              

Take a moment to stop by and learn more about this annual event.

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Marylouise Rollend

With photos & article by:

Diane M. Walsh

If you use sites such as Google or Wikipedia today, you may be surprised. 

Many major Internet sites are protesting the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA), which is under consideration in Congress. 

What is SOPA?  Here are two explanations:

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0112/71567.html

http://money.cnn.com/2012/01/17/technology/sopa_explained/index.htm

For more information about SOPA or any bills or legislation, please talk to the librarians at Babson Library.

Rachael Naismith

Asst. Dir. for Information and Research

Many years before “Final Destination” or “Saw,” a man scared many people with terrifying stories that kept the lamps burning deep into the night as readers checked all the window and door locks and listened to every creak of the floor boards with dread.  That man was the writer Edgar Allen Poe, born on January 19^th,  1809.

“It is not hard to see the connection between the nightmare of Poe’s life and his work. Behind a screen of sometimes substantial, sometimes flimsy “reality,” his fictional work resembles the dreams of a distressed individual who keeps coming back, night after night, to the same pattern of dream. At times he traces out the pattern lightly, at other times in a “thoughtful” mood, but often the tone is terror. He finds himself descending, into a cellar, a wine vault, a whirlpool, always falling. The women he meets either change form into someone else or are whisked away completely. And at last he drops off, into a pit or a river or a walled-up tomb. “    Biography in Context database

Haven’t read one of his eerie stories or novellas, or haven’t read one for years, they are highly recommended for fine writing plus a chill.

Just check the Library’s catalog, Voyager, or ask for assistance from the Public Services staff at Babson.

Rachael Naismith

Asst. Dir. for Information and Research