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Professor Lynne Huffer – Lecture and Book Reception

By Christian Steinmetz | Published: October 14, 2009
Emory Professor Lynne Huffer is extending an invitation to a lecture and reception to launch her new book, Mad for Foucault: Rethinking the Foundations of Queer Theory (Columbia University Press).  The book launch is being held in connection with her Life of the Mind lecture, “Why Is Sexuality a Moral Experience?”   The [...]
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Religious Studies Discussion in Atlanta

By Christian Steinmetz | Published: October 12, 2009
Gary M. Laderman, Professor of American Religious History and Cultures at Emory University will discuss his new book, Sacred Matters:  Celebrity Worship, Sexual Ecstasies, the Living Dead, and Other Signs of Religious Life in the United States (The New Press, 2009) on Thursday, October 8 at 7:30 pm in Room 209/210 at the Unitarian Universalist [...]
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Exhibit – The Investiture of President Mark P. Becker

By Christian Steinmetz | Published: October 8, 2009
Come witness history in the making at Georgia State University! The Georgia State University Library is celebrating the Investiture of President Mark P. Becker with an exhibit on Library North’s first floor. The case behind our broadcast screen will display recognitions of the event from institutions around the nation. Our exhibit case next to Saxbys entrance [...]
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Collegiate Readership Program

By La Loria | Published: October 6, 2009
The New York Times and USA Today newspapers are available free of charge for students for the next two weeks. The newspapers are located in near the elevators on the 1st floor of Library North. Happy Reading!
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Unscrambling the Eggs: Eastern Air Lines, Delta Air Lines, and the Deregulated Era

By Traci | Published: September 30, 2009
Benjamin van der Horst, winner of the 2009 Merl E. Reed Fellowship in Southern Labor History, will present his research on Friday, October 16, 2009. The event will be held at noon in Classroom 2 of the Georgia State University Library (2nd Floor of Library North). Van der Horst currently works as a research analyst for [...]
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More laptops for check-out

By Laura | Published: September 17, 2009
The library now has an additional 30 laptops for student check out.  Laptops are for in-house use only and check out period is 8 hours, no renewals. We now have a total of 75 laptops .  Students can check-out a laptop at the circulation desk on Library North 1.
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New Library Policies

By Laura | Published: September 10, 2009
In response to student concerns, new library policies go into effect on Tuesday, September 15. * Library Access Policy * Library Conduct Policy * Library Food & Drink Policy * Library Noise Policy Please make sure you have your PantherCard to enter the library.  Without a PantherCard entrance is only through Library North, and a picture [...]
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Banned Books Week Exhibit: Celebrating the Freedom to Read

By Christian Steinmetz | Published: September 9, 2009
The Georgia State University Library is celebrating banned books week with an exhibit highlighting banned, censored and challenged comic books and graphic novels. Check out the display case on Library North 1 to see comic book examples from our collection, as well as scholarly works about censorship of the comics medium. Banned books week [...]
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Reed Fellowship is now the Reed Fink Award in Southern Labor History

By Traci | Published: September 2, 2009
The Merl E. Reed Fellowship in Southern Labor History is now the Reed Fink Award in Southern Labor History. Professors Merl E. Reed and Gary Fink were instrumental in the establishment, development, and use of the Southern Labor Archives at Georgia State University from the early 1970s. Today, the Southern Labor Archives has over 500 collections used [...]
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GIL-Find

By Laura | Published: August 28, 2009
The Georgia State University Library is participating in pilot testing of GIL-Find. What is GIL-Find? It is an alternative interface for the classic GIL catalog that has many new features such as Facets (to narrow searches), Similar items, and Tagging.  It is not a replacement for GIL, just a different way to search the catalog. Access [...]
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