Music and Snoopy at the King Library!

Attention Beethoven and /or Peanuts fans, there is a great new exhibit coming to Special Collections on May 1st, see below for details…

On May 1, the exhibit "Schulz's Beethoven, Schroeder's Muse" will open in the special collections exhibit lobby and the Beethoven Center on the fifth floor of the King Library. The Beethoven Center is very excited about this collaboration with the Charles M. Schulz Museum and Research Center in Santa Rosa. The exhibit features a selection of Schulz's many Peanuts strips about Schroeder's obsession with Beethoven, including some original art work and artifacts from both collections. Audio wands will be available for listening to the music that appears in the strips.

For more information, go to http://www.sjsu.edu/depts/beethoven/events/schulz.html. In a few days, images of Schroeder, Lucy, Snoopy, and other members of the Peanuts gang will magically appear at the entrances to the library and elsewhere. Other exhibit-related events will be posted on our website soon. Stay tuned!

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SJPL recently subscribed to a fun and useful database called NoveList. If you have a favorite author, you can look them up and find out what other authors may write in a similar style. For example, under mystery/suspense writer Jeffery Deaver, Ridley Pearson was listed as another author that might be popular with Deaver fans. As a Deaver fan, I found that Pearson was in fact a very fine addition to my reading choices.

When you log in to NoveList, you will need to have your library card number handy, and then prepare to spend some time exploring the site to find something new to read. If you have any questions, give us a call, and we'd be happy to walk you through it.