Gelman Library is happy to announce the opening of a new space where students and patrons can take a break from studying and grab a bite to eat! Now, when you need to eat while working, you won’t have to leave the library!

Cafe G is located on the first floor. Turn right immediately after entering to find it.

EVENT: The Gelman Library will host the last book signing reception of the semester for three faculty members in honor of their recently published books. Authors are Amitai Etzioni University of Professor and Professor of International Affairs; Joseph Pelton, Research Professor of Engineering; and Jerrold Post, Professor of Psychiatry, Political Psychology & International Affairs. Dr. Post is also the Director of the Political Psychology Program.

WHEN: Thursday, April 17, 2008; 10 a.m. - Noon

WHERE: The George Washington University
The Gelman Library
2130 H St., NW, Room 207
Washington, D.C.
Foggy Bottom-GWU Metro (Orange and Blue lines)

BACKGROUND:

Etzioni, Pelton, and Post will be present to sign copies of their books and discuss their research with the GW community. Etzioni is the author of Security First: For a Muscular, Moral Foreign Policy. Pelton is the author of Space Exploration and Astronaut Safety. Post is the author of The Mind of the Terrorist: The Psychology of Terrorism from the IRA to al-Qaeda.

The Gelman Library holds faculty authors signing receptions throughout the academic year in recognition of new books by faculty members of The George Washington University. Students, faculty, and staff are invited to attend the receptions and enjoy opportunities to hear faculty members discuss their research and their books’ scholarly contribution within their area of study. Signed copies of new publications also are added to the faculty authors’ collection in the Special Collections Department. For more information, call Emma Mosby at (202) 994-6455.

The Celebration will be held from 7:00 pm to 8:00 pm on April 14 in Melvin Gelman Library, Room 207 – 2130 H Street NW Washington DC. Light refreshments will be served.

The Melvin Gelman Library’s purchase of the complete collection of 47 volumes of the Buddha’s teachings, also known as the Pali Canon, and its accession to the reference collection is a significant literary and academic event. The acquisition will be celebrated with a traditional ceremony, similar to those performed in Tibetan monasteries when a new Canon arrives. Proceeded by music and incense, a procession of students will bear the new Canon into the library. Theravada and Mahayana monastic scholars will chant prayers, and Jack Siggins, University Librarian, and Professor Alf Hiltebeitel, Chair of the GW Department of Religion will make welcoming remarks. The ceremony will conclude with a ritual opening and reading of the Canon. Access to the complete English translation of the Pali Canon will substantially improve opportunities for student and faculty research in Buddhist studies. The celebration of the Canon’s arrival is co-sponsored by the Melvin Gelman Library and the GW Department of Religion.