March Library Events and Programs

Friends of the Library Event

March 6^th, 2008 | Winthrop Roundtable featuring Darla Moore

Addlestone Library | 6:30pm

Darla Moore, Vice President of Rainwater Inc., is founder and chair of the Palmetto Institute, a nonprofit think tank aimed at bolstering per capita income in South Carolina. She serves on the boards of the University of South Carolina and New York University Medical School and Hospital. The University of South Carolina's Business School is named in her honor and she is the first woman to be profiled on the cover of Fortune Magazine and named to the List of the Top 50 Most Powerful Women in American Business. She has served on numerous corporate boards, including Hospital Corp. of America (HCA) and Martha Stuart Living Omnimedia. She currently serves on the board of The South Financial Group, MPS Group and the National Advisory Board of JP Morgan and was formerly a managing director of the predecessor Chemical Bank. She recently received the Business Person of the Year Award from the South Carolina Chamber of Commerce and was inducted into the South Carolina Business Hall of Fame. A graduate of the University of South Carolina, Moore holds an M.B.A from George Washington University.

Paid event - please call 843.953.5530

Friends of the Library Event

March 13^th, 2008 | Charleston Music Fest: "Romance"

Ashley Hall | 172 Rutledge Avenue | 7:30pm

Fee: $25.00

Performance featuring Almita Vamos, Leonardo Altino, Monique Duphill

• Schubert Sonatina No. 3 in G minor fro violin and piano
• Faure Nocturne No. 2 in B Major for solo piano
• Chopin Polonaise, Op 3 for cello and piano
• Dvorak Piano Trio in e minor, Op 90 (Dumky)

Friends of the Library Event

March 19^th, 2008 | Book Talk: Thomas Cathcart and Daniel Klein | Plato and Platypus Walk Into a Bar...Understanding Philosophy Through Jokes

Addlestone Library | Room 227

Tom Cathcart and Dan Klein, authors of Plato and Platypus Walk Into a Bar...Understanding Philosophy Through Jokes and the recent Aristotle and an Aardvark Go to Washington: Understanding Political Doublespeak through Philosophy and Jokes, will takle the humorous topic: "How to Eventually Make A Decent Living Despite an Imprudent Choice of Major."

Tom Cathcart has had what may caritably called a "multifaceted" career: street gang worker in Chicago, teacher at Westbrook (Maine) Jr. College, executive at Blue Cross and Blue Shield, hospital C.O.O., administrator of an HIV/AIDS hospice, and program director for a mental health agency. He is wicked tall and reports that he enjoys a national reputaion as a "chick magnet."

Like Tom, Dan Klein is a graduate of Harvard in philosophy, co-wrote "Plato and a Platypus...", "Aristotle and an Aardvark...", and "Macho Meditations," and is bald. Unlike Tom, dan has never done an honest day's work in his life, having earned his keep as a TV writer (Candid Camera, quiz shows, special material for comedians Flip Wilson and David Frye) and as a writer of genre fiction (the medical thrillers 'Embryo', 'Wavelengths', and 'Beauty Sleep', and t he Elvis Presley mysteries, 'Kill Me Tender', 'Blue Suede Clues', etc. Also, unlike Tom, Dan is short and cute.

"Thursdays @ Three" Addlestone Sessions

Zotero with Burton Callicott

Thursday, March 20, 2008 | Thursdays @ Three Session | Addlestone Library Room 122

Zotero [zoh-TAIR-oh] is a free, easy-to-use Firefox extension to help you collect, manage, and cite your research sources. It lives right where you do your work — in the web browser itself. Try Zotero on for size and see if it fits your busy research needs.  Go to the website for an intro, then come to the class for an explanation.  http://www.zotero.org/

All Sessions will be held in Addlestone room 120 from 3 – 4:30pm.  Class size is limited to 22 pre-registered attendees per session.  Participants may register for a session by contacting Jared Seay via email with subject line: LIBRARY SESSIONS (seayj@cofc.edu) or leaving a voice mail (953- 1428) and indicating the session and date they wish to attend. 

"Thursdays @ Three" Addlestone Sessions

Excel with Mike Phillips

Thursday, March 27, 2008| Thursdays @ Three Session | Addlestone Library Room 122 | 3:00-4:30pm

So you have gone around confused about spread sheets for too long.  You know they will make your life’s work easier, increase your productivity, and increase your overall popularity.  But, the incredible, organizing, calculation, and graphic power of Microsoft’s Excel makes you wary and dry mouthed.  Well, put all fears aside and come learn the very basics of how to create a spreadsheet from scratch using Microsoft’s Excel.  Michael Phillips will gently introduce you to this powerful program and have you manipulating, calculating, and generally massaging data in no time.  No prior experience is necessary.

All Sessions will be held in Addlestone room 120 from 3 – 4:30pm.  Class size is limited to 22 pre-registered attendees per session.  Participants may register for a session by contacting Jared Seay via email with subject line: LIBRARY SESSIONS (seayj@cofc.edu) or leaving a voice mail (953- 1428) and indicating the session and date they wish to attend.