Library Elevator “Under Construction”

If you have visited the Bishop Payne Library in the past week, you may have noticed signs of elevator repair.  Several gentlemen have been here nearly every day, diligently making their way through the many steps in the process.  Over the next week we are told we will experience the breaking up of concrete in the shaft floor as well as welding in the shaft–today a vacuum truck spent several hours on the premises.  Our hours have already been adjusted this week to accomodate these repairs, and more adjustments may be necessary.  We are grateful for the understanding and patience of the seminary community as we brave these repairs!  Please call the library at 703-461-1731 to check our hours each day.

Celebration of Service for Hien Doan

This past Friday June 20th was the Celebration of Service for Hien Doan.  Family, friends, current employees, and former employees gathered to honor Hien and her twenty-five years of service at the Bishop Payne Library. Her daughter Trang Nguyen spoke during the program and told the story of how her mother, Hien, fled Vietnam after the fall of Saigon with her five children and husband. They arrived in Northern Virginia and shortly afterward, secured a job at the Bishop Payne Library. During her time as custodian in the library, Hien took great care and pride in the plants and flowers around the building. In honor of that, she was compared to an orchid and rose - the orchid representing beauty and the rose representing love.

We wish Hien well as she now finds time to spend with family and friends and we thank her for her faithful service to the Bishop Payne Library.

pictured: Mitzi Budde, Hien Doan, husband Tran Nguyen, and granddaughter

“Deserted Island” Contest Results

BPL ANNOUNCES “DESERTED ISLAND” CONTEST WINNERS!

Prizes were given out today during lunch in the refectory to our 1^st, 2^nd, and 3^rd place winners.  The judges selected these winners from a pool of 18 excellent entries.

On the judging panel were

Mitzi Budde, BPL Head Librarian

Kate Sonderegger, beloved VTS professor

Willie Dixon, career English teacher and BPL staff member

3^rd Prize, winning a $30.00 Borders giftcard: Casey Duncan with

Stuck here on this desert isle

I want to sit and rest a while

I’m longing for green eggs and ham

Oh how I love them Sam I am

I grab my pole and make a wish

One fish, two fish, red fish, blue fish

I have some luck with catching food

Which puts me in a Seussical mood

I think some thinks and thank God above

I have a copy of a book I love

A book that always makes me smile

That takes my mind from this desert isle

I make a hammock where I’m at

And grab my copy of The Cat in the Hat

Casey, pictured with her giftcard

2^nd Prize, winning a $40.00 Cokesbury giftcard: Sandra Seaborn with

sent by bishop far

reading resurrection, Wright

exiled to sun, Son

Sandra, pictured with her giftcard

1^st Prize, winning the New Interpreter’s Bible Dictionary, vols. I & II AND the New Interpreter’s

NRSV: Anne Harris with

I would take with me the W.J. Craig edition of The Oxford Shakespeare, published in 1914.  This is a complete library in one volume, with all of Shakespeare’s plays and poems, thus I would have comedies, tragedies, adventures, fantasies, histories, and love poems at my disposal: readings for any mood. In addition, it is a large book and so it would double as a stool I could stand on when gathering coconuts, a table on which to eat the coconuts, or an altar beside which to pray for the soul of my bishop!

Anne, pictured with Mitzi Budde and prize

“Food For Fines” Drive Results

Thanks to the generosity of our seminary community, the Bishop Payne Library donated approximately 160 pounds of non-perishable goods to ALIVE! this week.  The VTS social concerns committee continues to collect donations for this viable ministry, and the staff of the BPL encourages the community to consider donating.

Deserted Island Contest

The Bishop Payne Library celebrates National Library Week with a

DESERTED ISLAND CONTEST

The question:  If you were exiled by your bishop to a deserted island and could only take ONE book with you, which specific title would you choose and why? (Bible and BCP already provided.)

The prizes:

1st:  The New Interpreter’s Dictionary of the Bible, vols. I&II PLUS the New Interpreter’s NRSV Bible + Apocrypha.

2nd:  $40 giftcard to Cokesbury

3rd:  $30 giftcard to Borders

The rules:

1. Submissions will be accepted from all members of the VTS community, but only students will be eligible for prizes.

2. No more than 100 words, please.

3. ONE entry per person, please.

4. Entries will only be accepted via e-mail (cmartin2@vts.edu).

5. Entries are due Friday, April 18 by NOON.

6. Prizes will be awarded the following Wednesday, April 23 in the Refectory following Eucharist (approx. 1pm).

GOOD LUCK!

 

Food For Fines

The Bishop Payne Library celebrates Nation Library Week with

FOOD FOR FINES

Simply bring in 1 non-perishable item PER overdue item and ask for fine forgiveness!  Your food contributions will be donated to ALIVE! in support of their ministries.  Suggested items:  canned soups, veggies, fruit, and meat; pasta, pasta sauce, macaroni & cheese, hamburger helper, juice boxes, peanut butter, etc.  They are especially in need of canned meats at this time.

The food drive begins Sunday, April 13 at 2:00pm and ends Saturday, April 19 at 5:00pm.

Donations are encouraged even if you don’t have fines!  Donation boxes will be located inside the Bishop Payne Library.  Simply approach the desk with your item(s) and ask for fine forgiveness.

Green is the New Purple

The Bishop Payne Library pen is now being offered in green, just in time for spring.  We are delighted to offer pens to the wider VTS community and hope all will take the opportunity to stop by the library for a pen.  You may even decide to stay for a while!

RefWorks Now Available

 Have you dreamed of a software package that would automatically format footnotes and bibliography for you? If so, your dream is now a present reality.

Bishop Payne Library has subscribed to a bibliographic software package, RefWorks, which is now available to all VTS students and faculty. There is a link to RefWorks on the library catalog home page: http://librarycatalog.vts.edu, on the right side of the home page, just above “Electronic Resources.”

The first time that you use this software, you will need to establish a user name and password.  Full instructions on establishing an account and using RefWorks are available upon request – just email paynelib@vts.edu.

Library staff will be glad to demonstrate the software to you. Send your request to paynelib@vts.edu. There is also an online tutorial available on the RefWorks page, in the upper right-hand corner.

We hope that all VTS students will take advantage of this new software – it’s a great tool for papers and assignments.

Lenten Pen Available

The thick barrel pen is back, due to popular demand.  This time, however, we’re offering it in an appropriate Lenten color (read: purple).    Feel free to stop by and pick yours up today.

New Carabiner Pen Offered

The Bishop Payne Library will officially offer a NEW free pen to its patrons beginning today. Like the recently debuted magnet, the new pen provides the library’s website address and its phone number. Please do stop by and pick up your pen; they will continue to reside at the circulation desk. Supplies are not limited!