GeorgiaCOE: Curriculum Materials Library: Week of April 24, 2013

Week of April 24, 2013

April 24th, 2013 | Published in New Titles

Libraries News

Digital Public Library of America – Now Open: The UGA Libraries are proud to announce the opening of the Digital Public Library of America. The collection consists of digital materials from major universities, federal holdings & local & regional materials. See the Digital Library of Georgia Blog for more information. It’s really cool. Go ahead, click on the link.
GALILEO Passwords: The GALILEO password for UGA changed last week because someone thoughtfully tweeted the old one. I hope that person doesn’t apply to the CIA anytime soon. To get the new password, visit the GALILEO Password site on the Libraries’ Homepage.

GALILEO Password for the K12 Community: The K12 Community on GALILEO has a separate password and that one changes every month, by design. Please contact me to get it. If you would like to have this emailed to you directly, please contact GALILEO to be added to the list. Having the password allows faculty & students to see the GALILEO collection from the point of view of public schools. Their databases are different, so it’s useful to share this with budding teachers.

Libraries’ Homepage Usability Testing: If you would like to have input on the Libraries’ Homepage design & usability, you can participate in usability testing and also get a $10 print/copy card. (What else can we offer you? Free books? Been there, done that.) If you are interested, and can spare an hour at some point between May 13th and May 24th, please contact Deborah Stanley for more information.
Paws & Relax: Nadine Cohen, intrepid Librarian, has organized Paws & Relax, bringing therapy dogs to North Campus, May 1st & 2nd, to help students (and faculty/staff) calm down a bit. Visit the Libraries’ Blog for more information & a schedule of which canines will be available when. Pugs, collies, and some visitors from the shelter at Animal Control will be there.
More From the Libraries’ Blog – The Futures of the Book Symposium: Brian Croxall, an Emory University English professor whose research explores representations of technology within fiction and philosophy, is the featured speaker at the Futures of the Book Symposium April 27. Click here for complete details.
New Globes: Hallie Pritchett, Government Documents & Map Librarian, announced recently that the Libraries have many new globes. Come visit Venus & Mars. For free. We’re like that.
More Free Stuff: Nadine Cohen & Carla Wilson Buss are available to come to your classes, for free, to help guide your students through making better & more use of the Libraries. We are also available for individual research sessions. Despite what students tell you, they really don’t know it all. Let us help them know more.
Lost & Found: The CML saves items that are found in the CML for a day and then take these finds to Lost & Found in 232 of the COE. Latest offering: someone’s private copy of Maybe This Time, by Jennifer Crusie.