Paul Newman DVDs

You may have heard that Paul Newman recently passed away. If you would like to watch some of the films he performed in, the Library has the following titles in the Recreational DVD Collection:

*Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
*Cars
*Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
*The Color of Money
*The Hustler
*Message in a Bottle
*Our Town
*Road to Perdition
*The Sting
*The Verdict

September Monthly Book Spotlight

In the September Monthly Book Spotlight, Reference Librarian Samantha Gust lists some of the Library's John McCain and Barack Obama books and DVDs.

Our Most Popular Recreational DVDs

These are the 25 recreational DVDs that have been borrowed the most:

1. Crash
2. Garden State
3. Mean girls
4. Closer
5. Traffic
6. Hotel Rwanda
7. The virgin suicides
8. The Incredibles
9. Finding Neverland
10. Thirteen
11. Office space
12. Hitch
13. Dodgeball a true underdog story
14. I love Huckabees
15. Frank Miller's Sin City
16. Lost in translation
17. Ladder 49
18. Anchorman the legend of Ron Burgundy
19. Kill Bill. Vol. 1
20. Saw
21. Man on fire
22. Almost famous
23. American beauty
24. Collateral
25. In her shoes

DVD Update

A library patron recently wrote the following in our comment book:
You should have a new release section.

NU Library Director David Schoen responds:
We thought the same thing - it is in the works. We are building a new shelf to hold the educational DVDs, which will allow us to space things out for a new release section.

Thanks for taking the time to comment!

Looking For Something Different to Watch on DVD?

Take a look at some of the films distributed by Docurama! The library owns 46 Docurama titles, including:

Air Guitar Nation
An inspiring, exhilarating, and hilarious journey to find "the greatest air guitarist in the world." Shelved in the Recreational DVD Collection under "Air."

Heavy Petting
An entertaining and and funny exploration of the sexual mores of the 1950s. Shelved in the Recreational DVD Collection under "Heavy."

Following Sean
What happens to a 4-year-old kid who grew up smoking pot and running barefoot on the wild streets of 1960s San Francisco? Filmmaker Ralph Arlyck tracks down Sean--the boy who had been the subject of his controversy-sparking 1969 documentary--to find out what he's like 30 years later. Shelved in the Educational DVD Collection at call number BF710 .F65 2007.

Education of Shelby Knox
An interesting tale of one girl's mission to bring sex education to schools in her ultra-conservative hometown of Lubbock, Texas. Shelved in the Educational DVD Collection at call number HQ57.5.A3 E38 2006.

The Staircase
The riveting story of North Carolina author Michael Peterson, who stood trial in 2003 for the murder of his wife. Shelved in the Educational DVD Collection at call number KF224.P4 S73 2005.

To find other titles, just do a general keyword search of "Docurama" in the Library Catalog.

Foreign Films

A selection of foreign films on DVD like Amelie (France), Run Lola Run (Germany) and Zhou Yu's Train (China) are currently on display in the Recreational DVD area. You can see what other foreign films we have here.

Come on, give subtitles a try! :-)

Countdown to the Academy Awards

Valentine's Day has come and gone, and the romantic movies on display in the Recreational DVD area have been replaced with films that either won the "Best Picture" award or feature an Academy Award-winning performance.

The Academy Awards are scheduled for Sunday, February 25 at 8pm on ABC.

Most Popular Recreational Books and DVDs

Reading books for fun and watching DVDs are two pastimes we support through our Recreational Reading and DVD Collections. Both collections are conveniently located on the first floor near the Circulation Desk. These books are shelved alphabetically by the author's last name, and DVDs are shelved alphabetically by title.

Here are our ten most popular recreational book titles:

1. Our Lady of the Forest - David Guterson
   
2. The DaVinci Code - Dan Brown
   
3. Memoirs of a Geisha - Arthur Golden
   
4. Red Dragon by Thomas Harris
   
5. Girl Talk - Julianna Baggett
   
6. The Amityville Horror - Jay Anson
   
7. The Notebook - Nicholas Sparks
   
8. The Lovely Bones - Alice Sebold
   
9. The Wedding - Julie Garwood
   
10. The Five People You Meet in Heaven - Mitch Albom
    

These are our ten most popular recreational DVDs:

1. Garden State
   
2. Closer
   
3. Napoleon Dynamite
   
4. Traffic
   
5. Hotel Rwanda
   
6. The Incredibles
   
7. Mean Girls
   
8. Hitch
   
9. Crash
   
10. Finding Neverland
    

Update on the Recreational DVD Collection

A Library user recently posted the following comment using the Suggestions/Comments/Concerns form on the Library's home page:

"I haven't seen any recent dvds on the shelves lately."

Response from Library Director David Schoen: Yes, sorry, we are still ordering, but we ran into a problem with the security cases damaging the DVDs. We want to fix this before putting more DVDs out."

Did You Know? DVD Copyright Law

As you know, the Library is developing an extensive collection of DVDs.

One thing you may not know about is the copyright law governing the public showing of DVDs. The Library's DVDs generally don't come with public performance rights. They can be used personally or shown in a classroom setting but usually cannot be shown in other public community settings.

The Library web site provides some guidance: http://www.niagara.edu/library/copyright.html. (Disclaimer: The web site is for informational purposes only and does not represent legal advice).

New Book/DVD List - May 2006

The list of new books and DVDs added to the Library collection in May has been released.

Please note: The May 2006 list is the final web-based version of this list.

The reason for this is that you can always see our new titles organized by subject and month in our Library Catalog. Just click the link in the green bar near the top that says New Titles.

Also, if we have your NU ID barcode on file in our system, you can place holds on items through the Library Catalog. When viewing an item, just look for the Request Item button and follow the instructions. If you need assistance, please call our Circulation Desk at 286-8020.

DVD Collections

Our Educational and Recreational DVD Collections continue to grow! Learn all about them at:
http://www.niagara.edu/library/dvdcoll.html