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It's that time of the semester! Need help with citations? A statistic? Help with a paper or final exam?  Stop by the Library for our  EXAM CRAM!!!!!!!!!! free coffee cookies fruit Writing Lab Consultants available until 8-TLC  PIPER the therapy dog!! "post Andy/new Troy" infamous announcements!!   PIPER!! Wed., Dec. 13th Library Lobby 6pm - 11pm Good luck with studying from all of us at the Library and TLC!  

Nomadland:  Surviving America in the Twenty-First Century By Jessica Bruder Call Number:  HD 6280 .B77 2017 Book Review from the NY Times Publisher's Description :  The end of retirement? From the beet fields of North Dakota to the National Forest campgrounds of California to Amazon’s CamperForce program in Texas, employers have discovered a new, low-cost labor pool, made up largely of transient older Americans. Finding that social security comes up short, often underwater on mortgages, these invisible casualties of the Great Recession have taken to the road by the tens of thousands in late-model RVs, travel trailers, and vans, forming a growing community of nomads: migrant laborers who call themselves “workampers.” On frequently traveled routes between seasonal jobs, Jessica Bruder meets people from all walks of life: a former professor, a McDonald’s vice president, a minister, a college administrator, and a motorcycle cop, among many others—including her ir...

Please join us for this hands-on workshop that will feature the Library’s Business Premium Collection and demonstrate how to find scholarly articles, trade publications, industry and market research, commodity reports, company reports, and country reports. Date(s) and Time(s):  Tue. Nov. 14 - 3:00 p.m. Location:  Room 316 ALB Presenter(s):   Mindy King Audience:  Campus Wide - Approved for SBE Events Credit

The University Archives will be giving a free showing of the film "This is Our Town: Stevens Point" Filmed in 1954, this movie focuses on the businesses, people and places of interest around town.