Category Archives: New Resources

New Primary-Source Database: History Vault, Black Freedom I and II

photo, Bayard Rustin at news briefing on the Civil Rights March on Washington in the Statler Hotel, half-length portrait, seated at table

The Georgia State University Library now provides access to two modules of the ProQuest History Vault, a project involving the digitization of historical primary sources previously available on microfilm. These two modules focus on 20th-century African-American history and are a … Continue reading

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Library at Georgia State University Receives $210,000 NEH Grant

“Planning Atlanta: A New City in the Making, 1930s – 1990s” - NEH grant winner

Georgia State University Library recently received a $210,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities for “Planning Atlanta: A New City in the Making, 1930s – 1990s”, submitted by librarian Joe Hurley (Principal Investigator) and history professor Kate Wilson … Continue reading

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New Faculty Publication and Book Talk/Signing: We Will Shoot Back: Armed Resistance in the Mississippi Freedom Movement

The Georgia State University Department of African-American Studies announces the publication of Prof. Akinyele Omowale Umoja‘s new book We Will Shoot Back: Armed Resistance in the Mississippi Freedom Movement (2013; on order). Prof. Umoja will give a talk and sign … Continue reading

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Get Updates On New Library Items

Shelves of books in the library

Interested in what new titles we’re adding to the collection? By using GIL-Find to search our catalog you can receive instant updates on when new items are added to the library. Here’s how to get an custom RSS feed of … Continue reading

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Professor of Philosophy Named Distinguished University Professor

Dr. Andrew Altman, Professor of Philosophy and Director of Research for the Jean Beer Blumenfeld Center for Ethics, has been named a Georgia State Distinguished University Professor. Georgia State created the Distinguished University Professor appointment to recognize faculty members whose … Continue reading

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Cool, Daddy-o: Naxos Music Library JAZZ!

Great news for all you hep cats! The Library recently picked up a subscription to Naxos Music Library Jazz. This streaming audio database provides the Georgia State community with access to thousands of jazz recordings from famous jazz labels, such … Continue reading

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New Resources for African-American History Month

In 1925, African-American historian Carter G. Woodson, trained at Harvard and considered a founder of African-American history, founded the Association for the Study of Negro Life and History (now the Association for the Study of African American Life and History) … Continue reading

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APA goes OA

Archives of Scientific Psychology

The American Psychological Association will begin publishing the fully open access journal Archives of Scientific Psychology in early 2013.  In an editorial, “Archives of Scientific Psychology: A New Journal for a New Era,” editors Harris Cooper and Gary VandenBos describe … Continue reading

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New Resources: Martin Luther King, Jr. Day

cover, Britta Waldschmidt-Nelson, Dreams and Nightmares: Martin Luther King, Jr., Malcolm X, and the Struggle for Black Equality in America

January 21 is Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, a federal holiday which falls on the third Monday of January each year, near the time of King’s birthday, January 15. The Georgia State University Library has a number of new resources … Continue reading

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MLA Embraces “Green” Open Access

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MLA Director of Scholarly Communication Kathleen Fitzpatrick announced that the Modern Language Association is endorsing the open access publishing movement. Her article, “Openness, value, and scholarly societies – The Modern Language Association model,” published in the December issue of College … Continue reading

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