library quest: attain the library maven badge

Library QUEST 2014

Your quest is to learn what

a modern library is all

about.

You have five tasks you must complete to earn a LIBRARY MAVEN BADGE.

1. Find a book using the UCAT.2. Track it down in the stacks.3. Create a bibliographical citation for a works-

cited page for that book. Underneath that write a short explanation of who wrote it and why it is a good source.

4. Find a book by browsing through the stacks.5. Scan a picture of a building, room, or garden you

would choose to write in.

Think of a place you have always wanted to visit. Using the UCAT (University Catalogue), find a book about the architecture of that place. If you know of an architect’s name, for example Gaudi and Barcelona, you can search by that too.

Quest Task 1: Using the Snipping Tool on your menu, take a shot or two of the results. Play with your document. See what you can do with basic software.

Task1

Task 2 Find the book in the stacks

Quest Task 2: Take a picture of the book. Use your phone, a camera, or the giant scanner.

Korres, Manolis, et al. Athens: from the Classical Period to the present day (5th century B.C. –A.D. 2000), eds. Manolis Korres et al. Trans. Timothy Cullen. Oak Knoll Pr: New Castle, Delaware. 2003. Print.

Professor Korres is the world’s foremost scholar on Athenian architecture. He was the lead architect for the Parthenon restoration and currently teaches at the International Institute for Restorations in Athens.

Quest Task 3: Create a bibliographical citation and a short explanation of who wrote it and why it is a good source.

Task 3

Find a book in the stacks. Judge it by its cover. Look through it..

Most of us dream of having a perfect space in which to write, draw, read, create, and just think. Knowing what you know about your own tastes, track down a book that can fire your imagination. The Architecture stacks are on the north side of the DT Library. Wander around and look for a book that has a photograph, drawing, or plan for a place where you would like to write.

Task 4

Quest Task 4: Write down the LCS call number.

Find an example of an ideal space.

Task 5

Quest Task 5: Take a picture or scan the page that shows a room where you would love to write.

TURN IN THE ASSIGNMENT

When you finish all 5 tasks, paste the results into a word document. Then

attach it here in the assignment box..