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If so, connect with us on Facebook!

Last week, we launched our new Facebook page, which is loaded with photos, useful web links, and general information about the library. What's more, you can interact with us there by adding your own links, photos and comments. This week we're asking our Facebook fans to sign off on the Discussion Board. Our question: What's on your summer reading list?

We've added two dozen student and staff fans in our first few days, and we're ready for more! Our Facebook page is a convenient way for you to keep up with what's new at your campus library.

University Web Site Access Restored

Just a quick note to let everyone know that the earlier problems with the UM web site appear to resolved. We lost access to the university web site shortly before 11:00 AM. The site was again working as of approximately 11:15. Thankfully, this outage did not affect the library catalog or access to full text journals, but it's never a bad idea to have these links bookmarked should we experience further problems.

As always, you can check our blog for any news we receive from Computer Services about planned down times.

April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month

Sexual Assault Awareness Month is a time for individuals and organizations to come together to raise awareness and to take action against sexual assault. Carmichael Library is teaming up with our partners in the Counseling and Career Center to present a collection of books and other resources in an effort to raise awareness among the UM community.

The following resources were selected by Kassie Doggett of the Counseling and Career Center:

• SafeHouse of Shelby County - www.safehouse.org Crisis Line: (205) 664-SAFE or 1-800 650-6522
• Crisis Center - www.crisiscenterbham.com Rape Response Line: (205) 323-7273 (RAPE) or 1-888-323-7273 (RAPE)
• Alabama Coalition Against Rape - www.acar.org
• Rape Abuse Incest National Network: The nation's largest anti-sexual assault organization - www.rainn.org
• National Sexual Assault Hotline - 1 (800) 656-4673 (HOPE)
  

Additionally, the following books may be of interest:

• After Silence: Rape & My Journey Back (1998) by Nancy Venable Raine
• Binge: What Your College Student Won't Tell You (2005) by Barrett Seaman
• The Gift of Fear: Survival Signals That Protect Us From Violence (1997) by Gavin de Becker
• I Never Called it Rape: The Ms. Report on Recognizing, Fighting, and Survivng Date and Acquaintance Rape (1988)
• Lucky (2002) by Alice Sebold
• Sex Without Consent: Rape and Sexual Coercion in America (2001) edited by Merril D. Smith

Finally, the Counseling and Career Center is partnering with the Office of Student Life and SafeHouse to host a sexual abuse awareness presentation entitled "Sexual Assault: What Women and Men Should Know." The program will conclude with a candlelight vigil this Wednesday, the 23^rd. This event begins at 7:00 PM in Harman Hall, Room 103. For more information on this event, call the Counseling and Career Center at 665-6262 or Student Life at 665-6565.

Related: Recognizing RAINN Day

Inman Majors at Carmichael Library

I was thrilled to be in the audience this past Friday afternoon to hear Inman Majors read from his hilarious novel Wonderdog (2004). Majors was in the library to deliver the Fiction Keynote Reading for this year's Montevallo Literary Festival. Congratulations to our own Alan May and the many other individuals who made this year's festival a success!

Montevallo Literary Festival, Friday and Saturday, April 18th and 19th

We're gearing up for the Montevallo Literary Festival which is this Friday and Saturday, April the 18th and 19th.

This years headliners include Barry Hannah, Claudia Emerson, Steve Harper, and Inman Majors

Also Starring:

Chad Davidson, Todd Dills, Susannah Felts, Wayne Greenhaw, Tina Harris, Pete McCommons, Aaron Parrett, Chelsea Rathburn, Philip Shirley, Jeff Weddle

Click here to see the Literary Festival's website, and schedule of events.