Please order the book Benjamin Franklin: An American Life by Walter Isaacson. Thanks. :-)

Thanks for your recommendation. You’ll be pleased to learn we already have this book! The book is on the second floor and the call number is E302.6.F8 I83 2003. Here’s the link to the catalog record: http://tinyurl.com/5q9cgc. Enjoy!

Posted by Tara Martin at 11:48 AM | Permalink | Comments (0)

DVDs: rest of the Stanley Kubrick collection and anything on AFI’s 100 Years…100 Movies list.

Thanks for your suggestions. We will gladly add the titles that we don’t already have to our request list. One thing to be aware of: we already have most of the AFI’s 100 Years…100 Movies films, but many of them are kept behind the circulation desk. Please look in the catalog for these films. The location in the catalog will tell you how long you can check these DVDs out (i.e. “Hagerty Reserve Room 3 Day Loan”).

Posted by Tara Martin at 03:46 PM | Permalink | Comments (0)

The HBO series Deadwood DVDs for Season 1 Discs 3-4 were lost last year and have yet to be replaced. It would be good to be able to view the entire series in order.

That’s a really good question. Unfortunately, we don’t have a great way to replace a single disc without replacing the entire season. Sometimes our vendors sell a single disc at a time, but that’s not available for Deadwood Season 1. We’ll keep an eye out and see if we can replace this. Thanks for your patience…

Posted by Tara Martin at 03:40 PM | Permalink | Comments (0)

Please add Microeconomics, 2nd edition (Hubbard and O'Brien) to reserve list. Thanks! From ECON 201-003.

Thanks for your suggestion. We are rush ordering this book, so we're hoping it will be available at the reserve desk by sometime this week.

Posted by Tara Martin at 04:46 PM | Permalink

Please look into getting the T.A. Barron series “Lost Years of Merlin”.

Thanks for your recommendations. I suggest you use E-Z Borrow (which links from the library’s homepage) to obtain these books. Books ordered through E-Z Borrow take about 3-5 business days to arrive—you will be notified via email when they are ready to pick up at the Circulation Desk. We hope you enjoy reading this series!

Posted by Tara Martin at 08:35 AM | Permalink

Please get the following books: Twilight, Haveli, and Bringing Down the House.

Thanks for your recommendations. Our leisure collection is for newly-published books and since these books are a few years old, I suggest you use E-Z Borrow (which links from the library’s homepage) to obtain these books. Books ordered through E-Z Borrow take about 3-5 business days to arrive—you will be notified via email when they are ready to pick up at the Circulation Desk. We hope you enjoy reading these books!

Posted by Tara Martin at 04:34 PM | Permalink

If the Bookmark Café is open 24/7 now, can you please allow reserve textbooks to be taken out all night as well? (During finals/midterms, 2am is pretty early!)

Thanks for your question. We agree that it would be beneficial for students to have reserve books overnight, especially during finals, and we are currently in discussion about this issue. Unfortunately, we cannot provide more details at this time, but please stay turned for more information.

Posted by Tara Martin at 09:19 AM | Permalink

Could you please get the book The Time Traveler’s Wife? Thank you. :-)

Thanks for your recommendation. Our leisure collection is for newly-published books and since this book is a few years old, I suggest you use E-Z Borrow (which links from the library’s homepage) to obtain this book. A book ordered through E-Z Borrow takes about 3-5 business days to arrive—you will be notified via email when it is ready to pick up at the Circulation Desk. We hope you enjoy reading this book!

Posted by Tara Martin at 12:22 PM | Permalink

You requested it—We already have it! These movies are located in the Leisure DVD collection along the walls on the first floor.

1. Sin City
2. Transformers
3. Frank Herbert’s Dune.

All other requested movies have been added to our list of recommended titles. Keep the suggestions coming!

Posted by Tara Martin at 12:33 PM | Permalink

You should get all the Buffy books!

Thanks for your recommendations. Since there are a LOT of Buffy books, I suggest you use E-Z Borrow (which links from the library’s homepage) to obtain these books. Books ordered through E-Z Borrow take about 3-5 business days to arrive—you will be notified via email when they are ready to pick up at the Circulation Desk. We hope you enjoy reading these books!

Posted by Tara Martin at 08:29 AM | Permalink

Please get the books Bloody Bones, Incubus Dreams, and Micah—all are by Laurell K. Hamilton. In May, her new book Blood Noir will be out, so if you could get that too, that’d be great. Oh, and all of the graphic novels that go with the Anita Blake Vampire Hunter series.

Thanks for your recommendations. Our leisure collection is for newly-published books, so we will be happy to order Blood Noir when it is published (provided it is available from our vendor). To get the other books and graphic novels, I recommend you use E-Z Borrow, which links from the library’s homepage. Books ordered through E-Z Borrow take about 3-5 business days to arrive—you will be notified via email when they are ready to pick up at the Circulation Desk. We do already have a number of books by Laurell K. Hamilton, so feel free to check those out as well: http://tinyurl.com/2akzlo. We hope you enjoy reading these books!

Posted by Tara Martin at 04:24 PM | Permalink

Please provide an easy-to-find link on the front page on how the Library of Congress shelving system works. Also, please get more bike racks.

Thank you for your suggestions. We have a lot of information here at the libraries that we try to communicate on the library homepage. Unfortunately, we can't communicate everything! But we do have a helpful website explaining Library of Congress and call numbers: http://www.library.drexel.edu/resources/tutorials/usingcallnumbers.html. Here is some additional Library of Congress Classification information: http://www.loc.gov/aba/cataloging/classification/.

Regarding the bike racks, we are aware that there is a shortage of bike racks at the front of the building. We have ordered new bike racks, and they should be installed sometime during the spring term. We’d appreciate your patience for just a little longer. Thanks!

Posted by Tara Martin at 10:15 AM | Permalink

Can you put Mike's Bikes on your computer systems?

Thanks for your suggestion. We are checking with Systems to see if it is possible to add this software. In the meantime, the Rocereto Computer Lab (located on the first floor of Matheson Hall) has Mike’s Bikes installed on all their computers. Please note that the Rocereto Computer Lab is made available only to students currently enrolled in LeBow College of Business.

Posted by Tara Martin at 04:38 PM | Permalink

More outlets everywhere. A lot don’t work as well. Also DVD: Aqua Teen Hunger Force Seasons 1-5!

Thanks for letting us know that many outlets aren’t working. We are planning to purchase power strips and we will make them available for checkout at the Circ Desk. That way, you will be able to access electricity throughout the building. We will let you know when the power strips are available. Also, I’ve added Aqua Teen Hunger Force to the list of recommended DVDs.

Posted by Tara Martin at 09:14 AM | Permalink

Can you please enact harsher punishments on people who don't turn in DVDs on time if at all? A chopped off hand should suffice. It's really annoying to have to wait forever for someone to decide to return in-demand DVDs when they get good and ready. Oh—and could you guys start burning DVDs so that way if they don't come back at all there’s an extra copy for rental? Thanks.

Thank you for your suggestion. While we agree that it is frustrating waiting for DVDs to return, we do think our fines are harsh enough. We charge $1 for every day a DVD is overdue. Realizing that our patrons are often financially strapped, we don't want to enforce harsher policies. Most importantly, we hope that our patrons will take the responsibility to return DVDs on time, and we thoroughly appreciate those patrons that do. Unfortunately, we are unable to burn additional copies of DVDs as that would be unlawful reproduction.

Posted by Tara Martin at 09:10 AM | Permalink

Please consider new movies: Lord of the Rings and Last of the Mohicans.

Thanks for your suggestions. We already have Lord of the Rings trilogy—it’s located in the Leisure DVD collection along the walls on the first floor. I will gladly add Last of the Mohicans to our list of recommended titles. Keep the suggestions coming!

Posted by Tara Martin at 02:13 PM | Permalink

20% of students are international students. 50% of them don’t speak English really well. Should you have any software to support that?

What kind of software are you interested in? Please respond back and let us know. We do have the Windows XP language bar and foreign language character sets installed on the computers. We do our best to serve the broad range of student needs at Drexel, so please let us know what other software would benefit you.

Posted by Tara Martin at 08:12 AM | Permalink

Sin City—sweet movie. Please add to your collection.

Thanks for your suggestion. You’ll be happy to learn we already have Sin City. It’s located in the Leisure DVD collection along the walls on the first floor. Enjoy!

Posted by Tara Martin at 02:10 PM | Permalink

Little Miss Sunshine?

Thanks for your suggestion. You’ll be happy to learn we already have Little Miss Sunshine. It’s located in the Leisure DVD collection along the walls on the first floor. Enjoy!

Posted by Tara Martin at 08:00 AM | Permalink

Please get some etiquette DVDs. That would be awesome. I posted this before but no one responded. By the way, I LOVE the library renovations so far. And I love the suggestion box.

Sorry for getting back to you so late in the game. We definitely could use an etiquette DVD! We will certainly look into getting a few resources. In the meantime, we do have some excellent print resources to help you brush up on your good manners. Please see this research guide for business etiquette: http://www.library.drexel.edu/resources/guides/businessetiquette.html. Glad to hear you like the library renovations thus far—there are many more exciting changes to come! Keep the suggestions coming.

Posted by Tara Martin at 02:58 PM | Permalink

Dexter Season 1 Disc 3. Someone lost it? Any chance it can be reordered?

That’s a really good question. Unfortunately, we don’t have a great way to replace a single disc without replacing the entire season. Sometimes our vendors sell a single disc at a time, but that’s not available for Dexter Season 1. We’ll keep an eye out and see if we can replace this. Thanks for your patience…

Posted by Tara Martin at 08:35 AM | Permalink

Could you please fill out the graphic novel series: Sin City (missing #4 and maybe #6); Sandman (vol. 8 and 9 are missing).

Thanks for asking. We’d be happy to reorder Sin City vol. 4—we already have vol. 6. We are also ordering volumes 1, 8, and 9 in the Sandman series--that should complete our collection. Thanks for your suggestions!

Posted by Tara Martin at 04:59 PM | Permalink

All Miyazaki films, including Spirited Away, Howl’s Moving Castle, Castle in the Sky.

Thanks for your suggestions. You’ll be happy to learn we already have Spirited Away and Howl’s Moving Castle. They’re located in the Leisure DVD collection along the walls on the first floor. I’ll add the other films to our list of recommended titles. Keep the suggestions coming!

Posted by Tara Martin at 04:31 PM | Permalink

DVD: Running with Scissors.

Thanks for your suggestion. You’ll be happy to learn we already have Running with Scissors. It’s located in the Leisure DVD collection along the walls on the first floor. Enjoy!

Posted by Tara Martin at 09:29 AM | Permalink

It’s been months since new movies have been added?????

Thanks for your question. Unfortunately, due to several very important projects going on (namely, clearing the third floor!), we have had to slow down the rate at which we’re adding new DVDs to the collection. However, we have recently added 18 new DVDs to the leisure collection and 48 new DVDs to the collection behind the Circulation Desk (Hagerty Reserve DVDs/Videos). Even though the collection behind the Circ Desk isn’t “browsable”, you may still check out the DVDs and take them home. We are currently working on getting new DVDs added, so please look for them soon. As always, if you urgently need a specific title, please see the staff at the Reference Desk who will be happy to assist you in submitting a Rush Cataloging request.

Posted by Tara Martin at 02:03 PM | Permalink

30 Days of Night (graphic novel)

Thanks for your suggestion. We are ordering this graphic novel, and we’ll look into ordering the DVD as well when it’s released later this month.

Posted by Tara Martin at 04:59 PM | Permalink

You guys should consider getting language CD’s so students studying foreign languages can have other resources outside of class. And books on tape and/or CDs too, for people who want to listen to something while they’re bored at their co-op jobs.

Thanks for your suggestions. We will certainly consider adding foreign language CDs or software for the future. In the meantime, students enrolled in language courses are welcome to visit the Language Lab (http://www.drexel.edu/coas/culturecomm/lang/languagelab.asp). We also encourage using LiveMocha (http://www.livemocha.com), a free, web-based language learning and language exchange site.

We are currently evaluating the possibility of adding an audio books collection, so stay tuned for more details. It’s always nice to hear that there’s interest. Keep the suggestions coming!

Posted by Tara Martin at 09:13 AM | Permalink

Thanks for all your recent DVD suggestions. Here are the DVDs we ordered in February--you can expect to see these DVDs on the shelves in 3-4 weeks. Keep the suggestions coming!

2046
3:10 to Yuma
A Mighty Heart
Alambrista / Short Eyes
Ali G Indahouse - The Movie
Antonia
Bill Moyers' Journal: 4/25/2007: Buying the War
Black Robe
Black Sheep
Blade Runner - The Final Cut
Bourne Supremacy
Bourne Ultimatum
Brokeback Mountain
Casi Casi
Cayo
Chocolat (1988)
Da Vinci and the Code He Lived By
Das Experiment / The Experiment
Devil's Playground
Downfall
Eastern Promises
Elizabeth - The Golden Age
Elizabeth (1998)
Ferris Bueller's Day Off
Friends with Money
Glass House
Golden Door
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Il Postino
In the Valley of Elah
Inland Empire
Jane Austen Book Club
Junebug
Karate Kid
Love Actually
Lust, Caution
Memory of a Killer
Michael Clayton
Millions
Moliere
Monty Python's Life Of Brian - The Immaculate Edition
My So-Called Life - The Complete Series
Once
Pan's Labyrinth
Pirates of the Caribbean - At World's End
Pirates of the Caribbean - The Curse of the Black Pearl
Priest
Saddest Music in the World
She's Gotta Have It
SLC Punk
Smoke Signals
Sophie Scholl-The Final Days
Spider-Man 2
Spider-Man 3
Sunshine
Superbad
The Eagle Has Landed
The Mission
The Nines
The Simpsons Movie
The Squid and the Whale
Tommy Boy
Top Gun
Trade
Valentin
Wedding Crashers
Who Killed the Electric Car?

Posted by Tara Martin at 08:00 AM | Permalink

Please get a paper copy of Dr. Paul Farmer’s book Pathologies of Power.

Thanks for your suggestion. We do have an electronic copy of this book http://tinyurl.com/ytz9q8, but I will order a print copy as well.

Posted by Tara Martin at 08:10 AM | Permalink

The Dark Tower series by Stephen King and The Wheel of Time by Robert Jordan.

Thanks for your suggestions. We do have several books in the Dark Tower series available in both the leisure collection and online as electronic books. Please check in the catalog or go here to see exactly which ones: http://tinyurl.com/396qb4.

To get the other books in the Dark Tower series or the Wheel of Time series, I recommend you use E-Z Borrow, which links from the library’s homepage. Books ordered through E-Z Borrow take about 3-5 business days to arrive—you will be notified via email when they are ready to pick up at the Circulation Desk. We hope you enjoy reading these books!

Posted by Tara Martin at 03:43 PM | Permalink

Can we get the first 3 books (Point of Impact, Black Light, Time to Hunt) of Stephen Hunter’s Bob Lee Swagger/Shooter series? We have the 4th book (47th Samurai) but not the first 3.

Thanks for your question. Our Leisure Reading collection is for newly released books. Since the books you’ve requested are a few years old, I recommend you order them via E-Z Borrow, which links from the library’s homepage. Books ordered through E-Z Borrow take about 3-5 business days to arrive—you will be notified via email when they are ready to pick up at the Circulation Desk. We hope you enjoy reading these books!

Posted by Tara Martin at 08:41 AM | Permalink

Why are we buying DVDs when we don’t even have a decent collection of books? If students want DVDs they should go to a video library. Most of my recent projects/leisure reading books must come from other libraries. Disappointing.

We are sorry to hear you’ve had a difficult time getting the resources you need here at Hagerty. We strive to meet a variety of needs, and the DVDs are useful both for class and for relaxation. Is there any specific area of books that you would like us to develop further? We are always more than happy to listen to suggestions for new books, research or leisure-related. You may not be aware that we have a collection of leisure books on the first floor—this collection is filled with recently-published fiction and nonfiction works, including many bestsellers. We hope you’ll check it out soon. And please do contact us with any recommended titles.

Posted by Tara Martin at 08:36 AM | Permalink

Some audio books added to the library will be very useful.

Thanks for your suggestion. We are currently evaluating the possibility of adding an audio books collection. It’s always nice to hear that there’s interest. Stay tuned for more details…

Posted by Tara Martin at 08:23 AM | Permalink

Why would you move the career library? How are students on co-op (who have a lot of time on time on the weekends) supposed to access the newest/best books when we can’t get into 3201 Arch during the weekend? That was a bad and very disappointing decision.

Thanks for your question. Items in the Career Library’s circulating collection can be requested and delivered to Hagerty where you can check them out at your convenience. Just find the book that you want in the library’s catalog, and click “Request Item” in the lower left-hand corner of the screen. It takes 1-2 business days to have the book delivered to Hagerty Library. We hope you take advantage of this new feature.

Posted by Tara Martin at 03:54 PM | Permalink

Movies that make us think:

Any of these would be great to have in the library. Thanks.

Thanks for your great suggestions. We are already ordering Pi and I [Heart] Huckabees. I will add the other titles to the list of requested DVDs.

Posted by Tara Martin at 04:01 PM | Permalink

You should get Stranger Than Fiction for DVD.

Thanks for your suggestion. Good news: we already have Stranger Than Fiction! It's in the leisure DVD collection along the walls on the first floor.

Posted by Tara Martin at 03:58 PM | Permalink

Amelie.

Thanks for your suggestion. You'll be happy to learn that we already have Amelie. It's in the leisure DVD collection along the walls on the first floor. Happy viewing!

Posted by Tara Martin at 03:56 PM | Permalink

24 Seasons 4 and 6. The new study lounge is very nice.

Glad to hear you like the Bookmark Café! We think it's a great addition to Hagerty Library. I added these seasons of 24 to the list of requested DVDs.

Posted by Tara Martin at 03:51 PM | Permalink

Is the DVD section organized in any way or do I walk around like an idiot for 20 minutes looking for "How the Grinch Stole Christmas"?

Thanks for your question. Because of how quickly the DVDs circulate, we are unable to keep them in any particular order. Some DVDs are checked out up to four times in a single day! I recommend that you look a up DVD in the catalog first to make sure it's available, and then you can begin the search along the wall. As always, if you've searched and searched and still can't find that title you're looking for, feel free to stop by the circulation or reference desks and we can help you look.

Posted by Tara Martin at 03:45 PM | Permalink

Thanks for all your recent DVD suggestions. Here are the DVDs we ordered in December--you can expect to see these DVDs on the shelves in 3-4 weeks. Keep the suggestions coming!

1. 10 Questions for the Dalai Lama
2. 12:08 East of Bucharest
3. 28 Weeks Later
4. A Beautiful Mind
5. A History of Britain - The Complete Collection
6. Amazing Grace
7. Annie Get Your Gun
8. Bend It Like Beckham
9. Best of the Colbert Report
10. Better Off Dead
11. Birds
12. Blame it on Fidel
13. Brick
14. Chocolat
15. City of God
16. Coen Brothers Gift Set (Fargo / Miller's Crossing / Barton Fink / Raising Arizona / Blood Simple)
17. Cowboy Bebop
18. Crazy Love
19. Death Proof
20. Die Hard
21. Eat Drink Man Woman
22. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
23. From Dusk Til Dawn
24. Funny Face: 50th Anniversary Edition
25. Hairspray
26. Hoax
27. Hot Fuzz
28. House of Flying Daggers
29. Howl's Moving Castle
30. Iraq in Fragments
31. Jacob's Ladder
32. Jindabyne
33. La Vie en Rose
34. Lost Boys
35. Lost in Translation
36. Manufactured Landscapes
37. Married in America 2
38. Michael Moore Hates America
39. Million Dollar Baby
40. My Country, My Country
41. Namesake
42. No End in Sight
43. Ocean's Trilogy (Ocean's Eleven / Ocean's Twelve / Ocean's Thirteen)
44. Paprika
45. Paris, Je t'Aime
46. Planet Terror
47. Raging Bull
48. Ratatouille
49. Reign Over Me
50. Scarface
51. Show Business: The Road to Broadway
52. Sicko
53. Signs
54. Singin' in the Rain
55. Team America World Police
56. This Film Is Not Yet Rated
57. Transformers
58. Vitus
59. Waitress
60. Welcome to the Dollhouse
61. What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?
62. When Harry Met Sally
63. Year of the Yao
64. Yes Men
65. You Kill Me

Posted by Tara Martin at 11:27 AM | Permalink

The DVDs available are AWESOME. You guys are doing great. But we’ll probably need more space.

I’m glad to hear you’re enjoying our new DVD collection! We just recently installed some new, deeper shelving that will allow greater capacity for the TV shows. We are closely monitoring wall space and will make adjustments as needed. Thanks for your comment!

Posted by Tara Martin at 08:45 AM | Permalink

• Poltergeist
• Night of the Living Dead
• Magic
• Stir of Echoes
• Jacob’s Ladder

Thanks for your suggestions. I think you’ll be happy to learn that we already have Poltergeist and Night of the Living Dead. I added the rest of these titles to the list of recommended DVDs.

Posted by Tara Martin at 02:27 PM | Permalink

Looking for Calvin & Hobbes complete collection. Thanks!

Thanks for your suggestion. I placed an order for The Complete Calvin and Hobbes last week, so hopefully it will arrive within the next few weeks. This book will be in the leisure reading collection on the first floor when it comes in.

Posted by Tara Martin at 08:23 AM | Permalink

Heroes Season 1

Thanks for your suggestion. You’ll be delighted to learn we already have Heroes Season 1. Hope you enjoy!

Posted by Tara Martin at 02:19 PM | Permalink

Please get About a Boy on DVD.

Thanks for your suggestion. You’ll be happy to learn we already have this DVD. It’s currently checked out but is due back November 26. Enjoy!

Posted by Tara Martin at 03:50 PM | Permalink

Please get the old movie Mannequin 2: On the Move. Thanks.

Thanks for your suggestion. Unfortunately, this movie is not available on DVD, and we don’t purchase VHS tapes. Feel free to let us know if this movie is released on DVD, and we’ll gladly add it to our request list.

Posted by Tara Martin at 12:57 PM | Permalink

Buy more comics and graphic novels.

Thanks for your suggestion. We do our best to purchase 3-4 new comics/graphic novels every month for the leisure reading collection on the first floor. Please let us know if you’re looking for a title that we don’t have, and we will be happy to add that to the collection.

Posted by Tara Martin at 02:40 PM | Permalink

Your leisure reading section is weak. Forget DVDs and pump that section up a bit. Get some more Christopher Moore books.

We’re sorry to hear you’ve been disappointed in the quality of our leisure reading collection. Thank you for recommending books by Christopher Moore—we will make sure to get his books in the future. In the meantime, we do have You Suck: A Love Story. Additionally, I will try to order A Dirty Job: A Novel, but there’s no guarantee on whether we can get a hold of his older books. Thanks for your suggestion, and please let us know if there are any other books you’d like to see on the shelves.

Posted by Tara Martin at 09:51 AM | Permalink