Libraries News
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New Fiction in the Main Library: Even though there is only a little sand left in the Spring Break hourglass, there’s still time to read. If you would like some suggestions, take a look at the list of new fiction titles in the Main Library.
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March Madness: Filling out your brackets got you down? How about a few titles on March Madness?
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Einhorn, E. (2006). How march became madness: how the NCAA tournament became the greatest sporting event in America . Chicago: Triumph Books. GV885.49 .N37 E56 2006
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Woods, David. (2010). Underdawgs: how Brad Stevens and the Butler Bulldogs marched their way to the brink of college basketball’s national championship. New York: Scribner. GV885.43.B88 W66 2010
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Lucas, Adam. (2009). One fantastic ride: the inside story of Carolina basketball’s 2009 championship season. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press. GV885.43.U54 L85 2009
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Davis, Seth. (2009). When March went mad: the game that transformed basketball. New York: Times Books. GV885.49 .N37 D38 2009
For more March Madness titles, search in GIL for NCAA Basketball Tournament as a subject. And, GO BUCKS!
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CML Hours: The CML will be closed this Sunday, March 18th, but normal hours will resume Monday, March 19th.
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Free Webcast – Great New Books for Boys: Tuesday, April 3rd, Booklist is hosting a free webcast on new books for boys. The time is 2:00pm. Even you can’t “attend” register so you can receive a free link to the archived webinar. Registration information is available here.
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
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It’s March! March is more than March Madness (but Go Bucks!). It’s also Women’s History Month. The Libraries have several events planned:
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The Smithsonian’s Offering for Women’s History Month: The Smithsonian has many online resources to help teachers get their students interested in Women’s History Month. Visit them by clicking here.
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Featured Titles from the Science Library: This week’s featured title from the Science Library is Future Science: Essays from the Cutting Edge, edited by Max Brockman. Click here for more information.
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Main Library’s Featured Titles List: The Main Library also has a list of featured titles, both fiction & non-fiction. Interested in learning more? Click here.
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Africa Displays in the Main & Science Libraries: The displays in the Main Library Lobby and at the Science Library highlight UGA’s involvement in many countries of Africa, from various research projects, to study abroad and service learning. The vibrant and informative display is a complication of materials from many Africanists at the University. Thank you from the African Studies Institute for their assistance to curator Jacquie Houston of the Science Library Reference Department.
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
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School Library Journal’s Free Webcast on Picture Books: Join SLJ for a free webcast on March 8th at 1:00-2:00 to see what the new season has to offer for picture books. Click here to register.
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New Category Added to the Curriculum Materials Library’s Page: The “Our Materials”/Find Things by Category link provides a quick and easy way to locate materials that are frequently requested in the CML. For instance, you can quickly get a list of the materials that are for beginning readers, American Sign Language materials or a link to the list of GACE Exams, to name just a few. With the assistance of Marty Tanner Hughes in the Systems Department of the Libraries and John Nelson in OIT of the COE, we’ve added a new link, Gay/Lesbian/Transgender/Bisexual Juvenile Literature. All of these links are dynamic so as new materials are purchased, the lists are automatically updated. The next time you need to find a particular type of book in the CML, try our “ready-made” searches. And, please don’t forget that you can always ASK for help.
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Films On Demand: I can’t say enough about this new resource in GALILEO. If you would like to stream a film for a class or even just watch one on your own, try the Films on Demand database in GALILEO. You can also search this resource from GIL. Just enter films on demand>>as a phrase>>keyword anywhere and then your topic. With nearly 6000 titles, chances are pretty good you’ll find what you’re looking for. As one faculty member said, “…[it] is really awesome that I can watch it on demand. So cool…” In addition to films there is a collection of United Newsreels for some great primary sources.
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Looking for More Online Resources? Don’t forget that the Smithsonian Institute has a great collection of online resources for teachers. This month is Women’s History Month and the SI has a lot to offer.
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Subject Guide for Citation Searching: Nadine Cohen and Carla Wilson Buss recently presented a brief demonstration on finding citations to your work for promotion and tenure dossiers. Click here to see the subject guide.
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Talk on Digital Humanities at the Special Collections Library: March 9th at 4:00 Amanda French will present a talk on Digital Humanities and the future of the academic conference. Click here to learn more.
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
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Copyright & Fair Use Lecture: Kevin Smith, Duke University’s Director of Scholarly Communications, will discuss the copyright and fair use ramifications of the Google Books Project for authors, scholars, libraries and students in using digital books for scholarship and teaching March 23 at the UGA Richard B. Russell Building Special Collections Libraries. The talk will begin at 10 a.m. in the auditorium of the Russell Building. It is open free to the public, however, those interested in attending should register by contacting Mariann Burright, head, UGA Science Collections & Scholarly Communication, at mariann@uga.edu by Feb. 23.
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Free Webcast from School Library Journal:School Library Journal is hosting a free webcast on Spring 2012 Nonfiction Titles on March 1st, at 1:00. Click here for complete registration information.
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Free Access to Streaming Video: Did you know that we have free access to nearly 6000 films for classroom use? I did a quick search for special education and retrieved 41 hits. You can search in GIL for these titles as well:
This is a great resource and it’s easy to miss. Give it a whirl!
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Speaking of Films: The Brown Media Archives and Peabody Awards Collection are back in business at the new Richard B. Russell Special Collections Library on Hull Street. Since UGA administers the Peabody Awards, the Libraries house all the entries. Another great resource!
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Dossier Assistance: When you’re in the throes of preparing your promotion dossier and aren’t sure about how to locate those precious citations to your own writings, visit the subject guide COE: Citation Searching and Management for Tenure and Promotion, created by librarians Nadine Cohen & Carla Wilson Buss. Need help? Contact the authors.
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
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Elsevier Boycott: You may have heard about the petition boycotting Elsevier’s products. Here’s a link from Library Journal with more information. This is provided only for informational purposes.
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Books and The Academy Awards: Sometimes you just feel a need to read the book before you see the film, don’t you? To help you with that need, the Libraries have compiled a list of Academy Awards nominees and a little more info on the books that inspired the films.
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Special Collections Library Building Dedication: The new Special Collections Library on Hull Street, the newest building in the UGA Libraries’ System, will be dedicated on February 17th at 11:00.
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Taxes: If you need tax forms, the Libraries have a limited number of forms and instruction booklets. The Main, Science & Curriculum Materials Libraries all have some forms. If you don’t see what you need, visit the IRS site for Federal forms. State of Georgia forms may be obtained from the Georgia Department of Revenue. Librarians and libraries provide tax forms, but not tax advice. (We actually have buttons that say that. Really.)
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
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UGA Authors Receive 15% Discount When Publishing in BioMedCentral: The head of Science Library Collections & Scholarly Communications, Mariann Burright, has published on the Libraries’ blog: “The UGA Libraries have signed on for a year’s membership in BioMedCentral for 2012, allowing UGA authors to receive a 15% discount toward their author page charges to publish in open access journals published by BioMedCentral, ChemistryCentral, and SpringerOpen. For a full list of journals, please see: http://www.biomedcentral.com/ and to submit an article: http://www.biomedcentral.com/authors/authorfaq For questions, please contact Mariann Burright,
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ProQuest Maintenance: ProQuest will be closed for maintenance beginning Saturday, February 4th at 10pm until Sunday, February 5th at 10am. The effected databases are:
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New and Legacy ProQuest platform products, ProQuest Historical Newspapers (traditional and graphical K12 interface), American Periodicals Series
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Chadwyck-Healey products with domain names ending with chadwyck.com
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Illumina products such as Technology Research Database, Illustrata: Natural Sciences, and Sociological Abstracts
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Genealogy and local history products including African American Heritage, Ancestry Library Edition, HeritageQuest Online, Historic Map Works Library Edition, ProQuest Obituaries and Digital Sanborn Maps
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K-12 products, including eLibrary and SIRS
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ProQuest Digital Microfilm and online dissertation products
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Booklist Free Webinar—Books for Youth: New Titles for 2012: Tuesday, February 21st Booklist will present a free, one-hour webinar on new titles for youth at 2:00. Visit their site to register Even if you can’t attend on the 21st, register so you can have access to the recorded presentation.
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Eye on Education Free Webinar—Managing Disruptive Behaviors in the Classroom. February 9th at 4:30pm Bryan Harris will present “…an interactive webinar to learn strategies for dealing with disruptive classroom issues.” Visit this site to register.
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
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Tax Forms: Tax Forms (1090 & 1090EZ, State & Federal) are available in the Curriculum Materials Library. For additional tax forms, please visit the IRS site.
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New American Fact Finder: John Prechtel, the Libraries’ “Census Guy”, reports that there is a new version of American FactFinder(available under Articles & Databases>>Government Info>>Census Info). Social Explorer in GALILEO still works much like the old FactFinder and for many uses is easier and cleaner to use. The old FactFinder is now gone for good. Along with it went the 1990 census data as well as the 1997 economic census and some other datasets. Users can get 1990 census data online at Social Explorer and for more granular 1990 data (i.e., census tracts and other small geographies) information is available at Minnesota Population Center National Historical Geographic Information System
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Films on Demand: Nearly 6000 records for Films on Demand have been added to the GIL catalog. Looking for ways to deal with writer’s block? There’s a film for that. Click on the link in the GIL record and, viola, you’re linked to the film. You can limit your search to Films on Demand by typing in films on demand>>keyword/anywhere in the keyword (GIL Classic) or advanced search (GIL-FIND) boxes. Searching for math* (GIL FIND) and films on demand yielded 170 hits. Try it! It’s fun!
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New Features Released for RefWorks: Elizabeth White, RefWorks & EndNote guru, has shared that there are new features in the new release of RefWorks, which include:
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Drag and drop of references between folders and tasks;
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Ability to share folders via social media
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Duplicate checking after import
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Click here to view the full release notes
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ARL Report on Fair Use: Yesterday the Association of Research Libraries sponsored a webinar on Fair Use. Click here for the report.
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Still Earning Our Daily Bread: Keeping librarians off the streets is EVERYONE’S job. To that end, Nadine Cohen & Carla Wilson Buss are available to come to your class or group to talk about Libraries’ resources and research. No class is too big or too small, too early or too late.
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
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Spring Semester Library Sessions: Isn’t it nice how this whole learning–thing just keeps going on? As part of that, librarians, YOUR librarians, are happy to come to your classes to assist you and your students with research projects or other assignments. If you’re tired of getting references only from Google and Wikipedia, let us show your students other, more scholarly materials. Nadine Cohen and Carla Wilson Buss will be happy to come.
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Reserve Materials: Did you know you can put materials on Reserve at the Curriculum Materials Library? Please contact Jason Matherly for more information. Please contact the Main Library for assistance with e-Reserves.
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School Libraries and the Elementary and Secondary Education Act: Ensuring that school libraries are included in ESEA reauthorization means that federal funding for schools would also include school libraries. But, more importantly, having school libraries included in ESEA is a strong statement that school library programs are considered an important part of the learning environment. This will make it harder for local decision makers to de-professionalize or cut school library services. The American Library Association is urging action on this from people who care about school libraries. See their newsletter for more information.
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Free Webinar—Connecting with Struggling Readers: Booklist is sponsoring a free webinar on Connecting with Struggling Readers, Tuesday, January 31st, 2:00 Eastern Time. If you can’t attend, you can still register and then you’ll receive a video link to the archive of the presentation. Visit their site 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
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New Semester, New Learning Opportunities: As you assign research projects to your students, please don’t forget the Librarians in your lives. Nadine Cohen & Carla Wilson Buss are happy, eager, in fact, to come to your classes to share some best practices for research with your students. Sessions are tailored to your specific needs. Individual research conferences for faculty, staff and students are also available.
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The Special Collections Library Is Now Open: The big Libraries’ news is the opening of the new Special Collections Library. Their website is http://www.libs.uga.edu/scl/index.html. You can find this link on the Libraries’ Homepage under “Libraries & Collections” or the “Special Collections” box on the lower right corner of the screen. The Grand Opening will be in February. In the meantime, you can take a look at the website and read more about the facility and classroom and research space.
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The request buttons in GIL and GIL-Find are now live for books and journals housed at the Special Collections Building. If you’d like to see an example, search for the title _Hearing secret harmonies_ and pick the Hargrett copy. In GIL you’ll see a link to request the title, and in GIL-Find you’ll see a button to request it. Both options will take you to a login. It should take about 30 minutes from the time a patron requests a title to when it will be available in the Reading Room.
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Here’s a quick rundown of how the system works:
– From GIL Classic, any item located here will have a link that reads "Request to use at special collections library"
– From GIL-Find, any item located here will have a button labeled "Request" by the holdings location indicating that the Special Collections Library is its home.
– The Hargrett and Russell finding aids will have a button on the left side of the screen labeled "Request Material." Once that button is clicked, check boxes will appear in the finding aid next to the boxes available for request. Check the boxes desired and click the button labeled "Submit Request."
– Once Media has completed their move, similar methods will be in place within the Peabody and WSB databases for requesting material.
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Scholastic and Reach Out and Read Program: If you’re interested in a creative way to increase literacy, Susan Vandale, from the Libraries’ Cataloging Department, sent along this information: Scholastic is donating up to 1,000,000 books to the Reach Out and Read program, and all you have to do to help is create a list of five books that have influenced your life. For every “bookprint” created, Scholastic will donate one book! The link is below and there is more info about Reach Out and Read on the site, where you can also view the bookprints of others, including quite a few authors, celebrities and politicians. http://youarewhatyouread.scholastic.com/adults/
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Project Muse: Project Muse, a GALILEO database which offers full-text coverage of journal titles from Johns Hopkins University Press has a new interface featuring book and journal content integrated on a single platform. Over 12,000 scholarly book titles from nearly 70 distinguished university presses and related publishers can now be located and browsed along with the content from MUSE’s more than 500 respected journals. Further, new 2012 book titles will soon begin appearing on MUSE, simultaneously with their print release.
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Additional Nature Subscriptions Now Available: Mariann Burright, Head of Science [Library] Collections & Scholarly Communications, announced yesterday additional subscriptions to Nature. We were able to obtain these through our membership in the NERL (NorthEast Regional Libraries) Consortium. The new titles are: Nature Communications, Nature Methods, Nature Protocols, Nature Reviews Cancer, Nature Reviews Drug Discovery, Nature Reviews Immunology, Nature Reviews Microbiology, Nature Chemistry, Nature Chemical Biology, Nature Climate Change, and Nature Geoscience. If you have any questions, please direct them to Mariann directly.
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GALILEO Passwords: The UGA password for GALILEO has changed with the beginning of Spring Semester. The new password will be in effect until May 17th. To access this information, please visit “My Library Account” . The GALILEO password for the K-12 Community changes every month. If you need that information, please contact Carla Wilson Buss directly. If you have trouble with your library account, please contact the CML , stop into 207 Aderhold, or by phone on 706.542.2957. After hours, please contact the Main Library Access Services Department on 706.542.3256 for assistance.
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Visual Literacy Competency Standards for Higher Education: ACRL, The Association of College & Research Libraries, recently published Visual Literacy Competency Standards for Higher Education, that provide, for the first time, a common framework for visual literacy learning in higher education. A snippet from the report reads “The increasing dominance of images and visual media in contemporary culture is changing what it means to be literate in the 21st century. Today’s society is highly visual, and visual imagery is no longer supplemental to other forms of information. New digital technologies have made it possible for almost anyone to create and share visual media. Yet the pervasiveness of images and visual media does not necessarily mean that individuals are able to critically view, use, and produce visual content. Individuals must develop these essential skills in order to engage capably in a visually-oriented society. Visual literacy empowers individuals to participate fully in a visual culture…” Visit the website for the complete report.
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Athens Clarke County Library Newsletter: If you are interested in reading The Open Book, the newsletter from the Athens Clarke County Library System, please visit this link: http://www.clarke.public.lib.ga.us/events/newsletter.html
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
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January Is Coming: Yes, THAT is the news flash for the day. With the dawn of the New Year come new syllabi. Please consider making room in yours for a library instruction session. Nadine Cohen & Carla Wilson Buss are available to come to your classes to advise your students on the best way to find materials for papers, research projects and dissertations. Drop us a note and keep librarians employed for another year.
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YouTube Launches a Section “Just for Schools”: eSchool News reports that YouTube has created a section dedicated to schools, “filled with age-appropriate educational content.”
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ScienceDirect Citation Alerts Discontinued: John Prechtel, Business & Economics Librarian, sends word that the GALILEO database, ScienceDirect, is discontinuing its citation alert feature. This actually happened about year ago, but users’ alerts were continued for a few more months. If you had an account, you should have received an email from ScienceDirect with this information. It appears that the grace period is coming to an end. Heads up if you had an account with them.
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Russell Hoban: Noted children’s author Russell Hoban died this week in London. CML Coordinator, Jason Matherly, has created a small display in the CML of some of his works as a tribute. Please come in and see it.
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Libraries’ Hours for Intersession & Holiday Break: It’s mostly true that the Libraries are open even when everyone is else is off lounging on a beach or a couch. But, even we close for the Holiday Break. We will have reduced hours now that final exams are over. For complete information for the hours of the Main & Science Libraries, please visit the hours link on the Libraries’ Homepage. The CML hours are also reduced.
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Closed, But You CAN Return Materials: We may be closed, but that doesn’t mean you’re stuck with late materials. Book drops abound. Book drops are available at the Main & Science Libraries. The only outside book drop is a book return bin in the small parking lot next to the Main Library. There is also a book drop slot within the Main Library: Come into the front entrance, turn left into the hallway toward the student lounge, and the slot is in the wall to your right. For the Science Library there is a book return bin in the lobby of the Boyd Graduate Studies building as well as within the Library itself. The CML book drop is to the right of the CML entrance. Don’t worry about to which Library to return items. Your account is updated as soon as the books are discharged.
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GIL Express Requests: REMOTE (online) GIL Express Service will be unavailable during the Winter Break, from December 14th until January 2nd.
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
