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.

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

• Free Viewing of New PBS Documentary: Tonight at midnight, PBS is offering the Age of Champions National Online Premiere, where the public can watch the entire film, for free, on their website for ten days. The film is about five competitors, who are up to the age of 100, competing for gold medals at the National Senior Olympics.

• GALILEO Password – Unscheduled Password Change: The GALILEO password was made public & is being changed. Visit the Libraries’ Homepage, and click on GALILEO Password to get the new one. Sorry for the inconvenience.

• Take a Doggie Break: If you’re feeling stressed over Finals (whether by the thought of taking them or by the thought of having to grade them all), join the Libraries for a little Dog Therapy, or “Paws & Relax”. Thanks to Reference & Instruction Librarian, Nadine Cohen for making this possible.

• Reserve Materials: The deadlines for placing materials on reserve (physical copies or e-reserves) in the Main or Science Libraries are: April 30th for Summer Session classes and July 8th for Fall classes. Physical materials may also be placed on reserve in the CML by contacting Jason Matherly and the CML is smaller so we can be a bit more flexible with dates.

• Congratulations to CML Student Worker Sara Black: One of our new student workers in the CML, Sara Black, has been awarded a Udall Scholarship, for her work on environmental issues. See the article in this week’s Columns for all the info.

• Spring, Summer, Fall – the Circle of Library Instruction Continues: Despite the notion that we’re closed in the Summer and the questions we frequently get, “Are you here in the summer?” we actually ARE here in the Summer. (Heck, we’re open on Christmas Eve…) Make use of that fact by inviting librarians to your classes for a topic–specific, specially tailored instruction session on making the most of the Libraries. Get your tax dollars’ worth by contacting Nadine Cohen or Carla Wilson Buss to arrange a session. It’s not too early to think about it. Really. I’m not making that up.

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

• 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.

• 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.

• 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!

• 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

Ls – Education

Qs – Math & Science

Rs – Medicine, Surgery & Nursing

Zs – Books in General, Library Science & More

Libraries News

• Closed on Easter Sunday: The CML will be closed on Easter Sunday, March 31st.

• New Public Access Workstations Coming Soon to a CML Near You: Thanks to a generous grant from the UGA Parents & Families Association, the CML will soon receive eight new public workstations, seven PCs & one Mac. We’re very pleased to be able to offer better research tools to our patrons. Thanks, Parents & Families!

• UGA Libraries’ Media Archives preserves only known films of stage actress: Oh the hidden gems in our collections. According to UGA Today, “Three reels of early home movies showing theater actress Annie Russell (1864-1936)-the only moving images of her known to exist-have been discovered in the University of Georgia Libraries’ Walter J. Brown Media Archives and Peabody Awards Collection, the only public institution in Georgia devoted entirely to preserving moving images.” Click here to read more.

• Hargrett Library Announces Four New Collections: From the Libraries’ Blog comes news that the Hargrett Library, housed in the new Special Collections Library, has acquired four new collections—The Arthur W. McDonald collection of theatre engravings and playbills; Sir John Glubb’s letters to Diane Hanson; the Marie Mellinger Collection and the Frances Bryant Godwin papers.

• Also from the Blog 2nd Annual Donald Hollowell Lecture, April 3rd: Join the School of Social Work and the Foot Soldier Project for Civil Rights Studies and Research for the 2nd Annual Donald L. Hollowell Lecture, on Wednesday, April 3, 2013, in the Auditorium of the Special Collections Library, room 271. The guest speaker will be Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield, Director General of the Foreign Service for the US State Department. A special reception will begin at 6:00 PM, followed by the lecture at 7:00 PM. RSVP by March 27 to sswrsvp@uga.edu or by phone at 706-542-3364. The Foot Soldier Project is dedicated to the study of the Civil Rights Movement in Georgia.

• Library Staff Association Book & Bake Sale: If you have books you would like to, shall we say, transfer to someone else’s collection, or if you would like to acquire more for yourself, April 11th is your big chance. Donations of books, DVDs, CDs, VHS Tapes, video games, maps and computer software are gladly accepted. And, as part of that public service spirit of the Libraries, our very own Donnie Summerlin will pick up your donations from you. Half of the proceeds from the sale will go to the Food Bank of Northeast Georgia. The sale will be April 11th. Stay tuned for further 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

• Online Math Help: A company which produces many of the GACE exams, Mometrix, has launched an online Math Help Service. This is a free resource for students and teachers. Mometrix plans to add more instructional videos over time. Since this is a new venture for them, they welcome any feedback.

• K-12 GALILEO Password: The K-12 GALILEO Community password changes every month. If you or your students would like to access the GALILEO resources aimed at school students and you need that password, please let me know.

• Tax Forms: The CML has Federal 1040 & 1040EZ forms as well as the Federal Tax Guide for 2012. Georgia forms will not be available in the Libraries this year. Tax forms are also available at Federal tax forms – http://www.irs.gov/ and Georgia – https://etax.dor.ga.gov/

• Library Instruction: Unlike tax time, library instruction time is never out of season. Anytime your students need research help, it’s Library Instruction Time. Contact Nadine Cohen or Carla Wilson Buss to schedule an instruction session.

• Spring Break: Yes, the CML will be open over Spring Break. We will be open Monday–Friday of that week, 8:00–5:00. March 10th & March 17th we will be closed. The book drop is open if Aderhold is, so materials can still be returned. Come on by. You won’t get a tan, but you’ll have lots of quiet study space… For the hours at the other Libraries, please visit this link.

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

• For Sale Button in Science Direct: The GALILEO database, ScienceDirect, has added a purchase option to records, even if the material is available in full text. The PDF links are either above the “Purchase” button or on the top left of the page. Please remind your students not to pay for anything, ever, until they’ve contacted Interlibrary Loan.

  

• Baseball Documentaries from the Peabody Archives: In the mood for Major League Baseball? Let the Libraries help you with that. Three documentaries from the Peabody Archives will be screened in the auditorium of the Special Collections Library on Wednesdays, beginning March 6th. All screenings begin at 7pm and are free and open to the public. The films are: When it was a Game; Life & Times of Hank Greenberg, & Hank Aaron: Chasing the Dream. Click here for complete details.

• The Libraries & the Oscars: Get the red carpet treatment by reading the books behind the Oscars.

• The Librarians Behind the Screen: As students prepare for mid–terms, please remind them that research help is available! Nadine Cohen & Carla Wilson Buss are available for one–on–one appointments to help students find the materials they need for papers & projects.

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 Available in the Hargrett Library : The Hargrett Library, housed in the Special Collections Library, has opened the Historical Maps Database. This collection features more than 1,000 historical maps, some dating to the sixteenth century. Georgia materials make up the bulk of the collection.

  • In addition, the Hargrett has released a new database of Historical Broadsides. The Libraries own more than 2000 of these, dated from 1746 to the 1980s.

• Educator’s Resources from the Smithsonian: If you’re looking for something new to spark your teaching, consider the Smithsonian’s website! They’ve got plenty of information, including this page just for educators.

• The Library of Congress: Don’t forget the Library of Congress as a place for millions of digital images for use in the classroom and beyond.

• Speaking of Digital Images: The Digital Library of Georgia has a wealth of information on every aspect of Georgia life & history.

• Librarians in Your Class: Nadine Cohen & Carla Wilson Buss are always available to come to your class to guide your students to better resources and helpful hints on searching. Do your part to keep librarians off the streets…

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

• What’s New on the ERIC Document Situation: A recent post on the Education & Social Science Librarians’ listserv had information on the ERIC documents that were removed last year from the digital collection of documents. Less than 2% of the total number of ERIC documents have been scanned and of those scanned, less that 75% have been made available. Scanning is based solely on patron requests. In the summer the folks at ERIC expect to start scanning newly-released documents as well as continuing with the requested titles. They expect the entire process to take five years. There are currently 60,000 user-requested documents waiting to be scanned. The good news is that they expect to have all the user-requested titles available in the next six months to a year. The other really good news is that we still have the microfiche of most of these documents in the basement of the Main Library, filed by ED number.

• Library Staff Association Flower Sale: The annual LSA Flower and Bake Sale will be held on Thursday, February 14 from 11:00am to 2:00pm at the Main Library, Science Library, and the MLC. Lots of good bakers work in the Libraries, if that is the inspiration you need. Portions of proceeds from LSA events benefit local charities.

• New Books in the CML: For a number of years we’ve displayed the newly arrived titles near the door into the CML. This week we added a section for Spanish Language Titles. After these titles are off the “new” shelf, they’ll be shelved by call number and not separated. ¡ Ven a ver nuestros libros nuevos!

• Guided Readers: Recent new acquisitions to the Curriculum Materials section of the CML include the set of Guided Readers from the Scholastic Guided Reader Program. These are found in CurMat PE 1117. Come take a look!

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

• How Cool Is This? Thomson Reuters just introduced RefScan for your iPhone. From their announcement: “Access bibliographic information and times cited counts directly from the world’s leading research platform, Web of Knowledge, and save them to your free EndNote Web account to retrieve anytime, anywhere – no subscriptions required.” The app is free from the AppStore. Read more about this nifty idea here.

• Looking For a Good Read? The Libraries’ blog has a list of new fiction available in the Main Library.

• Caldecott & Newbery Winners: The American Library Association recently announced the winners of the Caldecott & Newbery Awards.

• Love of Learning: Celebrate Valentine’s Day with a Love of Learning Instruction Session. Invite a librarian, Nadine Cohen or Carla Wilson Buss, to your classes to make your students fall in love with learning and research. We’ll tailor a session to meet your classroom needs and let your students know there is more to research than Google & Wikipedia.

• Tax Forms: Print copies of tax forms are heading to the CML and will be here shortly. The instruction booklets for the 1040’s haven’t been received in Government Documents nor have the Georgia forms, but the rest will be in the CML by the end of the week.

  All Federal and Georgia tax forms are also available online:

  • Federal tax forms – www.irs.gov

  • Georgia tax forms – etax.dor.ga.gov

• Shopping for the State of Georgia: Due to the way our billing works, bibliographers for the Libraries need to have our one–time purchases (titles other than journals and continuing subscriptions) encumbered by the end of March. Now is the time to help me spend my money! Please send purchase suggestions to me at cbuss@uga.edu and thanks for the help.

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: Ah, a fresh year, a fresh semester and a fresh GALILEO Password. Please visit the Libraries’ Homepage and follow the link on the left for “GALILEO Password” to get the Spring 2013 GALILEO Password.

  • The GALILEO K-12 Community (different from the UGA Community) also has a new password. Using this password is a great way to introduce your students to the GALILEO Community they will encounter as teachers. Problems or questions? Drop Carla Wilson Buss a note or call on 706.542.2996.

• New Write-n-Cite Available NOW: If you’re a RefWorks user, you’ll be pleased to learn there is a new version of Write-N-Cite and it is available NOW. This update is for both PC & Mac users and the folks at RefWorks have been busy correcting “bugs & flaws” in Write-N-Cite 4. Visit the RefWorks site to download the update.

• NPR’s Best Heroines of 2012: NPR has compiled a list of the best heroines in fiction, who, according to their website “…aren’t defined by their desire to love or be loved – or even to be especially lovable. Writer and critic Parul Sehgal celebrates five sublimely stubborn women, frequently at odds with themselves and always at odds with their times.”

• Library Instruction Sessions: It’s not too early (nor too late) to schedule an instruction session for your class. Why should you? Because the tech savvy generation doesn’t always know everything and these sessions take some of the fear of research out of the equation. Besides, Nadine Cohen & Carla Wilson Buss really like to do these. Making librarians happy –do you really need another reason to call?

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