| Show library offers free DVD rentals Amanda Chamberlain Arts Editor Students know that summer entertainment can be draining on their finite pocketbooks Road trips the perfect bathing suit or enough beer cases to fill the plastic kiddie pool can leave students paying for dates with handfuls of nickels and pennies Enter staff at the libraries who aim to stop the copious scrimping by helping students entertain themselves for free Most students are excited when they find out about our DVD and VHS collection because they are able to watch current and past blockbuster movies without having to pay a rental fee explained Jillian Bredthauer the Circulation and Reference Specialist at South City Library Bredthauer who has been helping students navigate the South City Library for almost two years noted that students have access to over titles of DVD and VHS movies at atthe atthe atthe the swipe of their One Card And when she says movies she's not talking about those era educational bore complete with funny looking monotone professor Bredthauer's talking about blockbuster hits like Love Actually Oceans Eleven and Spielberg flick Hick The Terminal to name a few And we have more that are coming she adds Students can find these and others at any library Jordan Meadowbrook Redwood Sandy and South City campuses campus campus- es and stave off spending precious precious precious pre pre- cious dollars at Blockbuster or Or they can search library to see if the libraries carry a specific title and if they do the site will say which one carries it But if snuggling up with a date in front of the tube or throwing a movie marathon party with rent-free rent flicks doesn't spark any interest students students students stu stu- stu- stu dents can consider the libraries' libraries print-packed print selection selection selection tion of turners page-turners to put some imagination into an otherwise otherwise otherwise oth oth- lazy summer day The second most common things that students enjoy are the bestsellers and fiction sections sections sections sec sec- Bredthauer said Students also like that we carry current and back issues of popular magazines as well as several newspapers And if a wide room-wide flow of literature-laden literature bookcases proves overwhelming for students students students stu stu- dents simply aiming to peruse a novel poolside South City's librarians can help Bredthauer mentioned that anyone can sign up for the Monthly Book BookList BookList BookList List Newsletter Every month a new em email ail arrives that lists the featured librarians librarian's favorite books and why they love them The emails also inform about the library's recent movie and book acquisitions so subscribers subscribers subscribers sub sub- scribers can have the ultimate out check-out advantage Anyone with a One Card has the license to conserve some capital on their summer entertainment by utilizing the libraries' libraries abundant media resources Popular movies books and favorite magazines are just some of the free items the library offers And though the libraries' libraries offer may seem too good good and and too inexpensive to to tobe be true Bredthauer clarifies that there is no rouse just a cause Were here for the students Its It's our job to help them succeed succeed succeed suc suc- in school And whether relaxing with free entertainment during the summer classifies as succeeding succeeding succeeding succeed succeed- ing in school or not is attempting to help |
