Libraries News

• Legislative Insight: Thanks to the generosity of the Law Library, we now have access to Legislative Insight in GALILEO. The GALILEO blurb reads: ProQuest Legislative Insight is a Federal legislative history service that makes available thoroughly researched compilations of digital full text publications created by Congress during the process leading up to the enactment of U.S. Public Laws.

• Peabody Collection Summer Screening Series: The Libraries’ house the Peabody Collection and so have a rich resource to draw on. During the summer, join the Libraries for “summer screenings”. July’s theme is “dog days” and more information is available here.

• New Faculty? Students are not the only ones who may need an orientation to the Libraries. If you are new faculty or if your department will be welcoming new faculty in the next semester, please contact Nadine Cohen from the Main Library or Carla Wilson Buss from the College of Education/Libraries Curriculum Materials Library to schedule a time to meet.

• Faculty & Grad Student Meetings? Nadine & Carla are also available to come to your new Grad Student Orientations and Faculty Meetings to talk, briefly, about the Libraries. We can also talk about our pet dogs, but usually we are invited to talk about the Libraries. Your choice.

• NPR Book Notes: For some summer reading suggestions, check out the NPR Book Notes page.

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CML – Juvenile Literature, Picturebooks & Curriculum Materials

GVs – Physical Education, Recreation, Leisure & Dance

Ls – Education

Qs – Math & Science

Rs – Medicine, Surgery & Nursing

Zs – Books in General, Library Science & More

Libraries News

• Confused About E-books? What can you download? CAN you download from ebooks? How do you “check out” an e-book? For pity’s sake, how do you even FIND them? Well, we have some answers for you. Amber Prentiss, Reference Librarian in the Miller Learning Center, has put together a very handy guide to E-books. It may not answer every single question you may have, but it answers a whole lot of them. If not, contact Amber.

• ERIC Documents Update: Access to full text in the ERIC Collection continues to increase as restricted PDFs are cleared and restored online on a weekly basis, and newly indexed full-text materials are added daily. As of May 30, 2013 nearly 71,400 PDFs were available online for download, including all releasable materials published from 2005-forward and peer-reviewed full-text materials.

  ERIC will continue to accept requests to restore access to older materials via the online form, and maintain the updated list of released documents. The Spotlight and alert areas on the ERIC home page at eric.ed.gov are kept up-to-date to keep you informed of the latest developments.

• Please remember: The Libraries own the microfiche for ERIC documents until 2004. These are stored, by ERIC number (that six-digit number in the reference) in the basement of the Main Library. You can copy & scan these documents and there are staff members in the basement to assist you. It’s a lot quicker to take the Orbit bus to the Main Library than to wait several weeks for your restoration request to be processed. Just sayin’.

• K-12 GALILEO Password: The K-12 GALILEO Community’s password will change on July 1st. If you need it, ask Carla Wilson Buss or join the GALILEO email list.

• Keep Librarians Busy in the Summer: Yes, Virginia, librarians are here in the summer. Keep us off the streets by scheduling an instruction session for your class, whether face-to-face or online, early in the morning or early in the evening. Nadine Cohen & Carla Wilson Buss are happy to lend a hand.

New Release Lists

CML – Juvenile Literature, Picturebooks & Curriculum Materials

GVs – Physical Education, Recreation, Leisure & Dance

Ls – Education

Qs – Math & Science

Rs – Medicine, Surgery & Nursing

Zs – Books in General, Library Science & More

Libraries News

• New GALILEO Password: The GALILEO Password changed on June 17th. Visit the Libraries’ Homepage >> GALILEO Password link to get the new one (or to be reminded what it is when you need it). You can always ask for help.

• Discarded Books, Recovered Nostalgia: From the New York Times, a charming photo essay, about books that have been pulled from collections.

• Two New Collections Open in the Hargrett Library: The Hargrett Library is pleased to announce the opening of the Marguerite Hodgson family papers and William B. Conway family papers. Marguerite Hodgson’s family had a carriage making business in Athens in 1842. William B. Conway was in the Virginia Calvary in the Civil War and moved to Athens in 1891 where he practiced medicine.

• ATHFest Tours of the Special Collections Library: If you missed the guided tours of the Special Collections Library when they first opened or if you would just like to go back for more, you’re in luck. To celebrate AThFest, the staff of the Special Collections Library will offer free guided tours of the exhibits, Thursday, June 20th through Saturday, June 22nd at 2:00pm. One exhibit, which opened May 1st and runs until December 15th, is “Now & Then: 1973”. Some of us, of course, can just open our high school yearbooks to see 1973, but if a trip to the attic isn’t in your future, consider a trip to Special Collections. It’s not as hot and will have fewer spiders clinging to things.

• Lost & Found: People visit the CML and often leave little offerings for us. Their own books or sunglasses, for example. While this is a nice thought, you can visit the Libraries without donating anything to us. These items are sent down to 232 Aderhold, OIT’s Media Services Office, where they have a lovely collection of items which have become separated from their owners. Two current offerings are: The Great Railroad Race: The Diary of Libby West and a pair of groovy (see above) sunglasses. Please mention this to your students or friends and help reunite book and owner.

New Release Lists

CML – Juvenile Literature, Picturebooks & Curriculum Materials

GVs – Physical Education, Recreation, Leisure & Dance

Ls – Education

Qs – Math & Science

Rs – Medicine, Surgery & Nursing

Zs – Books in General, Library Science & More

Libraries News

• Summer Sessions & the GALILEO Password: The GALILEO password will change again on June 17th and will be in effect until August 19th. You can access the password 24/7 from the Libraries’ Homepage and clicking on the GALILEO Password link.

• Summer Sessions & Library Instruction: With students coming from all over for the summer, many of them are not familiar with all the Libraries have to offer. Help ‘em out. Nadine Cohen and Carla Wilson Buss are available for in-person or online library instruction. Please call and make your summer students feel more comfortable with researching.

New Release Lists

CML – Juvenile Literature, Picturebooks & Curriculum Materials

GVs – Physical Education, Recreation, Leisure & Dance

Ls – Education

Qs – Math & Science

Rs – Medicine, Surgery & Nursing

Zs – Books in General, Library Science & More

Libraries News

• CML Facebook & Twitter Accounts: I know, you’ve been unable to sleep, wondering when the CML would FINALLY get on Facebook & Twitter. Well, wonder no more. We’re still adding content to the pages, but you’ve got to start somewhere. We’re at facebook.com/ugacml & Twitter.com/ugacml thanks to our student worker, Jessica Breeden. Feel free to like us or whatever. If you do, you can borrow books for free!

• The GALILEO Knowledge Repository (GKR) Webinar Series:  The GALILEO Knowledge Repository (GKR) initiative is a statewide, collaborative institutional repository (IR) service for the State of Georgia. This summer they are hosting a free webinar series on six IR-related topics. Each of these webinars will take place from 12:00-1:00 pm. The topics and instructors are as follows:

• Wednesday, June 12/Author Rights and Copyright for Your Published Works/ Mariann Burright, University of Georgia Libraries.

• Wednesday, July 10/ Open Access Publishing Funds:  The Why and the How/Lisa Macklin, Emory University Libraries.

• Monday, July 15/Engaging Undergraduates in the Repository/ Stephanie Davis-Kahl, Illinois Wesleyan University.

• Wednesday, July 24/Fair Use and Copyright Permission for Others’ Published Works/Brandon Butler, Association of Research Libraries.

• Thursday, August 1/Panel: Faculty Outreach around Scholarly Communication, Open Access and Repositories, Panelists: Mariann Burright (UGA), Lisa Macklin (Emory), Fred Rascoe (Georgia Tech), Sandra Bandy (Georgia Regents). Note: URLs for each webinar will be available soon. Please contact gkr@library.gatech.edu with any questions.

• June is…National Bathroom Reading Month. Please come visit our delightful display in the CML, featuring the APA Style Manual.

• Reminder: It’s not too early to start thinking about Fall Semester and Library Instruction. Come to think of it, it’s not too late to do this for Summer. Nadine Cohen and Carla Wilson Buss will be there in a heartbeat. Teaching online? We can help with those classes as well. Just ask. No, really. Just ask.

New Release Lists

CML – Juvenile Literature, Picturebooks & Curriculum Materials

GVs – Physical Education, Recreation, Leisure & Dance

Ls – Education

Qs – Math & Science

Rs – Medicine, Surgery & Nursing

Zs – Books in General, Library Science & More

Libraries News

• GALILEO Password for K-12 Community ONLY: Each new month brings a new password to the GALILEO K-12 Community. If you would like to be able to share with your students what teachers & students see in K-12 classrooms, this password is for you. Send me a note to get this password or join the GALILEO mailing list to automatically receive this info.

  This is only for the K-12 Community, not the UGA password.

• Got Kids? If you’ve got your children with you in the COE, stop by the CML. We’ve got plenty to read, games to play, puppets to interact with and videos & DVDs to entertain and enlighten.  We even have ready-made lists of materials by categories, for your browsing pleasure. We’re open 8:00am-8:00pm M-Th, closing at 5:00 on Fridays, closed Saturdays and open 1:00-5:00 on Sundays. For complete information on our hours, visit our hours page.

• AERA To Publish Open-Access Peer-Reviewed Journal: This note comes from the Education, Behavioral & Social Sciences Librarians listserv: The American Educational Research Association (AERA) announced today that it will launch AERA Open, an online, peer-reviewed journal that will be freely available to all readers on the web. AERA Open is expected to start publishing articles in early 2014.

• Unwanted Books Become Art: If you’re feeling particularly arty, here’s a, well, novel use for old books.  Please don’t practice on library books, though. We take a dim view of this sort of thing.

• Better papers? Help your students with their research. Schedule a Library Instruction Session for you or students by contacting Nadine Cohen or Carla Wilson Buss.

• Oh, That Keith Richards: From the New York Timescomes the shocking news that Keith Richards owes, well, rather a lot in library fines from his home library.

New Release Lists

CML – Juvenile Literature, Picturebooks & Curriculum Materials

GVs – Physical Education, Recreation, Leisure & Dance

Ls – Education

Qs – Math & Science

Rs – Medicine, Surgery & Nursing

Zs – Books in General, Library Science & More

Libraries News

• It’s Maymester: This means the GALILEO password has changed. Visit the link GALILEO Password to get the new one or stop by the CML and we’ll help you get it.

• “Predatory” Publishers: The New York Timesand NPR both recently ran stories on Open Access publishers who recruit submissions and then charge the authors thousands of dollars to have their articles published. A librarian has made a black-list of these publications and now is being sued by one of them.

• The Ms in the Main Library: The Ms in the Main Library are being shifted from the 7th floor to their new home on the 2nd floor. More changes are coming, but this is the first. If you’re looking for something and can’t find it, please ask at the Reference Desk and someone will go up with you to look. Also, signs will provide more information. If you’re faculty, this is a good time to make use of the faculty delivery option and have materials delivered to the CML or River’s Crossing. Stay tuned for other news about what’s where in the Main Library.

• Tichnor Collection: Boston Public Library has an online exhibit of picture postcards from the Tichnor Brothers Collection, ca. 1930-1945. There are even a few of Athens included.

• Interested in Seeing More Historical Postcards and Photos? For scenes of Georgia, visit the Digital Library of Georgia and click on the link Collections A-Z Included in this list is a film record of the 1936 Gainesville Tornado, Atlanta in the Civil Rights Movement , the Arthur S. Montgomery Photo Collection, which is a collection of photos of the Coca Cola Bottling Company from 1906 to the 1950s. There are many more interesting collections, so please take a look at all we have to offer!

• More Special Collections News: The Hargrett Library has opened a new Civil War Collection. Related to this is an exhibit at the Hargrett on the Civil War. This exhibit will be open through the Summer of 2013.

• Yes, Virginia, We’re Open: We get a lot of questions from patrons if the CML is open over the summer. Oh, bless your hearts! Yes, we’re open, mostly with our regular hours except for holidays & breaks between summer sessions. Visit our calendar on the CML page for complete details.

New Release Lists

CML – Juvenile Literature, Picturebooks & Curriculum Materials

GVs – Physical Education, Recreation, Leisure & Dance

Ls – Education

Qs – Math & Science

Rs – Medicine, Surgery & Nursing

Zs – Books in General, Library Science & More

Libraries News

• GALILEO Password: The GALILEO password will change on March 20th. You can get the new password from the Libraries’ Homepage and clicking on GALILEO password. Due to the various summer sessions (Through, Short, Almost Done…) the GALILEO password will change again, so don’t be surprised. Just sayin’.

• ERIC Documents: More on the on-going saga of the ERIC Documents. ERIC has restored online access to more than 21,000 full-text PDFs with publication dates from 2005-2013. Hope springs eternal. We also kept our microfiche collection, housed in the basement of the Main Library, so you can also get access to EDs (1966-2004) from ERIC that way. Ask if you have questions about this.

• Government Documents: Hallie Pritchett, Government Documents & Maps Librarian, announces that as of May 3rd, the final phase of the U.S. government documents collection move is complete.  The Libraries are in the process of updating locations for all of the government documents collections (U.S., Georgia, UN, British, Canadian) in GIL.  Anyone looking for government documents should visit the Map and Government Information Library in the subbasement of the Main Library. You can reach the subbasement via elevators. If we just let you walk down there, we’ll never see you again.

• Dr. Kenneth Crews & Copyright: Dr. Kenneth Crews will be a guest of the Libraries on May 20th and will speak on “Copyright and the Academy: The Battle Turns to the Courts”. This lecture will be in the Special Collections Libraries Auditorium, room 271, from 10:00-11:30. Questions? Mariann Burright has the answers.

• Traffic Delays on Lumpkin & Baxter: Now that you’ve been invited to the Special Collections Auditorium for this lecture, we’re morally obligated to tell that there may be traffic delays. Summer in Athens = Work being done on Lumpkin. Some places get swallows (or buzzards in Hinckley, Ohio) and Athens gets orange cones.

• Need a Librarian? Guess what? We’ve got two for you in the COE: Nadine Cohen, Reference & Instruction Librarian for Education & Carla Wilson Buss, Curriculum Materials & Education Librarian, are happy to come to your classes to help your students with their research. Or meet with them one-on-one for in-depth research questions. Or help them with EndNote (Nadine) or RefWorks (Carla). Ask us.

New Release Lists

CML – Juvenile Literature, Picturebooks & Curriculum Materials

GVs – Physical Education, Recreation, Leisure & Dance

Ls – Education

Qs – Math & Science

Rs – Medicine, Surgery & Nursing

Zs – Books in General, Library Science & More

Libraries News

• Intersession Hours: With the end of finals, intercession hours are probably over for most people, but for the Libraries Intersession hours are just beginning. The CML will be open 8:00-5:00 until Maymester begins and will be closed Sunday May 12. The other libraries will also have reduced hours. For complete information, please see the Hours section of the Libraries’ Homepage.

• Don’t Forget About Book drops: When you have an armful of books and the Libraries are closed, you don’t have to lug that stack back to your car. The CML, Main & Science Libraries all have book drops where you can return the materials you’ve finished with. This may be too much library geekiness, but you’ll be happy to know that when Libraries staff retrieve materials from the book drops, the return date is backdated to the last day we were open and your account is kept up-to-date. You may also return any University System book to any of the UGA Libraries and those books will find their way home. Interlibrary Loan materials, however MUST be returned to the library where you picked up the material.

• GALILEO Password: Get ready. The GALILEO password changes frequently in the summer to accommodate the various sessions. The quickest way to get the password is to visit the Libraries’ Homepage>>GALILEO Password.

• Proxy Borrowers—Cut Your Schlepping Time: If you are going to be working with new research assistants, you may want to consider establishing a Proxy Account A Proxy Account lets you send someone to pick up materials in your name. The materials are charged to your account, but you don’t have to do the schlepping. We can process these accounts in the CML, saving you even more time.

• Graduating? First of all, congratulations. Now, please take a look at this blog entry from the Libraries to make sure everything goes smoothly for you on the big day. Return items you have checked out, pay any fines you may have lingering and then go out and conquer the world. Or at least a small portion of it. And good luck!

New Release Lists

CML – Juvenile Literature, Picturebooks & Curriculum Materials

GVs – Physical Education, Recreation, Leisure & Dance

Ls – Education

Qs – Math & Science

Rs – Medicine, Surgery & Nursing

Zs – Books in General, Library Science & More

Libraries News

• New Databases in GALILEO: There are two new databases in GALILEO: Europa World and The Literary World Encyclopedia

• The GALILEO K12 Community Password: The K12 Community in GALIELO has a new password every month. There is a new one for May. Please contact Carla Wilson Buss for this month’s. To receive these updates automatically in your email, please visit GALILEO’s Contact Us page.

• Thinking Ahead: Maymester, Summer, Fall—these are all service opportunities for librarians. If you’re teaching a class, whether face to face or online, morning or evening, in Athens or in Gwinnett, Nadine Cohen and Carla Wilson Buss are happy to provide your students with the tools they need to do research at UGA. Ask us. We’ll be there. Really.

• From the Libraries’ Blog: The UGA Media Archives will be featured on both the “World News with Diane Sawyer” & “CBS Evening News with Scott Pelley”, after a recent New York Times article about a recent discovery of what may be the earliest film footage of Black baseball players.

• Reserve Materials in the CML: As the semester closes, please see Jason Matherly, CML Coordinator, about items you have placed on Reserve in the CML.

New Release Lists

CML – Juvenile Literature, Picturebooks & Curriculum Materials

GVs – Physical Education, Recreation, Leisure & Dance

Ls – Education

Qs – Math & Science

Rs – Medicine, Surgery & Nursing

Zs – Books in General, Library Science & More