Week of April 3, 2013
April 3rd, 2013 | Published in New Titles
Libraries News
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First Person Interviews Set for April 19th: If you’re a fan of NPR’s StoryCorps, you’ll like this. The next interviews for the First Person Project, a new oral history series documenting the experiences of everyday Georgians, are set for April 19 between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m. in the Richard B. Russell Building Special Collections Libraries at the University of Georgia. Vist the Libraries’ blog for more details.
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Librarian Featured in Columns: Mariann Burright, Head of Science Collections & Scholarly Communication Librarian, is featured in the current issue of Columns, discussing UGA’s institutional repository Athenaeum@UGA.
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Celebrate Poetry Month: Looking for poetry books to satisfy your poetry needs in April? The CML has over 1400 books of poetry. A quick way to find them is through the CML page >>Our Materials>>Find by Category>>Poetry. Come on down and get in touch with your inner Donne. Or Seuss. Or Mother Goose. Hey! That rhymes!
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Support Educational Opportunities for Women: The Jeannette Rankin Foundation, which provides scholarships to women aged 35 and over to help raise themselves from poverty, is holding a quilt raffle to provide even more scholarships. The tickets are $5 each, with a discount for packets of tickets and are on sale online. Jeannette Rankin Scholars go on to become physical therapists, teachers, accountants, social workers, doctors and join the ranks of thousands of other occupations. These women don’t just change their own lives, but the lives of their families and of their communities. Get inspired by reading their stories. The drawing is April 14th.
New Release Lists
CML – Juvenile Literature, Picturebooks & Curriculum Materials
GVs – Physical Education, Recreation, Leisure & Dance
