May is National Photo Month. You’ll find hundreds of books, ebooks, and videos about photography in our collection.

Check out these sites for some amazing and inspiring examples of photography:

• Associated Press – AP Images
• LIFE photo archive hosted by Google
• National Geographic – Photography

May is ALS Awareness Month. ALS, or amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, is commonly known as Lou Gehrig’s disease and affects the nerve cells in the brain and spinal cord that control voluntary muscle movement. You can learn more about ALS with books, ebooks, and videos from our catalog, MnPALS Plus.

Check out these sites for more information:

• The ALS Association
• Mayo Clinic – Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
• MedlinePlus – Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
• National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke – ALS (Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis) Information Page

Check out the new books and videos we added to our collection in April. You’ll find these and other great titles in our catalog, MnPALS Plus.

May is Asian-Pacific American Heritage Month, a celebration of Asians and Pacific Islanders in the United States. Learn more with books, ebooks, and videos from our catalog, MnPALS Plus.

Check out these sites for more information:

• Asian/Pacific American Heritage Association
• Asian-Pacific American Heritage Month
• Census.gov – Facts for Features: Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month: May 2012
• Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Program

Check out the latest issue of Britannica Online’s monthly newsletter, Inside Britannica. The April issue features articles about famous baseball players.

Inside Britannica: April 2012

ebrary recently added 913 new ebooks, bringing our College Complete collection up to 27,849 titles. You can explore this collection directly through the ebrary site or find the titles in our catalog, MnPALS Plus. Enjoy!

Check out the latest CQ Researcher report on sexual harassment. What do you think? Do training programs reduce offenses?

Mantel, Barbara. “Sexual Harassment.” CQ Researcher 22, no. 16 (April 27, 2012): 377-400.

Today is Poem In Your Pocket Day and April is National Poetry Month. My favorite poem is “Jabberwocky” by Lewis Carroll. You’ll find this and lots of other poetry in our collection using MnPALS Plus.

Check out these sites for more poetry resources:

• Academy of American Poets
• Library of Congress Poetry Resources
• The Poetry Archive
• Poetry Foundation

Please see the latest spreadsheet of Library discards and contact Danielle Hoveland if you’d like any of them.

Films On Demand now offers interactive transcripts for thousands of videos and will add more each month. From the announcement:

With interactive transcripts, users can:

• view the full text of the video and follow along as the video plays
• print the transcript
• click on any word in the transcript to jump to that exact point in the video and begin playing the selection
• search each transcript to locate every instance of a specific term in a video.

Look for the Transcript tab on a video’s page to see if a transcript is available for that title. For more information, see the Interactive Transcripts instructions from the Films On Demand Help Center. Enjoy!