Lime tree can’t bear orange : a novel / Amanda Smyth.

Packing the court : the rise of judicial power and the coming crisis of the Supreme Court / James MacGregor Burns.

Mark Bittman’s Kitchen Express : 404 inspired seasonal dishes you can make in 20 minutes of less / Mark Bittman.

Black Hills / Nora Roberts.

The road to Woodstock / Michael Lang with Holly George-Warren.

The fence : a police cover-up along Boston’s racial divide / Dick Lehr.

McNaughton Audio Books

The girl with the dragon tattoo [sound recording] / Stieg Larsson.

The fixer upper [sound recording] / Mary Kay Andrews.

Every year, the Georgia State University Library participates in an important program that meets the needs of beginning archivists and students, as well as manuscript curators and librarians who require professional development. From June 16 - June 18 the library’s Special Collections department hosted several students from the Georgia Archives Institute. These students receive hands on experience and were guided through a practice project working on a small collection.

The Georgia Archives Institute, co-sponsored by the Georgia Archives, the Society of Georgia Archivists and Auburn Avenue Research Library, has provided an annual, intensive course in archival practice since 1967.  It provides a training ground for students to get a crash course in archival work. This begins with a weeklong intensive classroom experience. Following that, a half-dozen diverse Georgia institutions, including the Georgia State University Library, host students to provide them practical experience in an archive. The entire program serves as an introductory course for students and beginners, and as professional development for librarians, curators and others who work with historical material.

The Georgia State University Library has participated in the program for over twenty-years and a number of Special Collections department staff members are graduates. “The hands on experience is invaluable, “said Jill Sweetapple, one of the participants. Sweetapple is an intern at the Georgia Archives who is finishing her M.L.I.S. from Florida State University, “The first week of class was great, but until you start doing it… it was very theoretical.” Sweetapple was joined by Emily Erwin, University Archivist at Delta State University in Cleveland, Mississippi, as well as Janet DeForest, Coordinator of Research Information Services at The Carter Center in Atlanta. “I can’t imagine any place where you walk in the door and can start handling everything,” said Deforest, “You can see how it works and ask questions.”

These participants worked in the archives for three-days, getting practical know-how from Georgia State’s experienced archivists. The library participates in this excellent professional development opportunity every year, so if you’re interested in participating you can find more information about the program here.

Date: July 8th

Time: 12:00-1:30

Location: Library Classroom 1

Contact Joel Glogowski for questions or to register.

Our next (also free) EndNote workshop is July 8, 12pm-1:30 in classroom 1 near Saxby’s coffee shop in Library North. Email Joel Glogowski to sign up.

The books were selected and annotated by Instruction Librarian Jason Puckett and the exhibit was designed by Creative Designer Christian Steinmetz.

Our images for this  exhibit came mostly from the virtual world Second Life. Click below to view a bibliography of the books in the exhibit (and some we didn’t have room for) and links to the original images.

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When many Georgia State graduate students finish their theses or dissertations, their documents are digitized and made available electronically. Now these graduates have a voice representing just how their digital research will be shared in the future.Dr. Nancy H. Seamans, the Dean of Libraries at Georgia State University, was recently elected to the Board of Directors of the Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations (NDLTD). With her expertise in both libraries and the electronic theses and dissertation process, Dean Seamans is hoping to bring a unique perspective to the board.

Dr. Seamans began her tenure as the Dean of Libraries at Georgia State University in August 2008.  She holds a Doctorate in Instructional Technology from Virginia Tech and a Master of Science in Library Science from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She was a graduate student at Virginia Tech in 1997 when it became the first institution to require electronic theses and dissertations (ETDs), she has published and made presentations about the ETD process, and her dissertation is available as an unrestricted electronic document. A common thread of her work has been her commitment to serving library users in an era of rapid changes in the technology of information delivery and retrieval.

The NDLTD is an international organization dedicated to promoting the adoption, creation, use, dissemination and preservation of electronic analogues to the traditional paper-based theses and dissertations. The Board of Directors boasts scholars from all over the world. Dean Seamans will join that prestigious group in educating graduate students in electronic publishing, making ETDs accessible worldwide and ensuring that library technology stays compatible with the rate of knowledge generated from new research results.

Without people like Hilary Morrish, we might forget Atlanta’s older neighborhoods. On May 20^th 2009, Morrish (a Georgia State University Library Technical Assistant) received the 2009 Historic Preservation Achievement Award from the Georgia Historic Preservation Division. Her contribution is significant to the historic preservation of Georgia, as Morrish and others documented the Collier Heights neighborhood and contributed to it being the first African-American ranch neighborhood nominated for the National Registrar.

With an undergraduate degree in history, Morrish organizes, describes and prepares finding aids for the University Library’s collections of historical value. She also assists patrons with their research inquiries.  “I have always enjoyed old buildings,” says Morrish, “I remember exploring old abandoned buildings as a child. They are such a catalyst for the imagination.” Morrish believes each building has a story to tell, one that reveals its evolution.Morrish and her fellow graduate students certainly revealed the story of Collier Heights. As part of their program work in Georgia State University’s Heritage Preservations Program, the group compiled enough supporting documentation to nominate Collier Heights to the Historic District National Registrar. According to the Georgia Historic Preservation Division’s press release:

Collier Heights is Atlanta and Georgia’s largest and most significant mid-20th-century African-American suburb.  When it was being developed during the 1950s and 1960s, it was heralded nationally as the country’s premier African-American suburb, developed by as well as for African Americans.  Yet until recently, its history was largely undocumented, the area was not represented in any field surveys, and its significance was not widely known.

Morrish’s group worked to illuminate that importance by surveying the massive neighborhood and documenting the lives of a sample of its original residents. “As we explored the history,” she said, “We realized this neighborhood was a cradle so to speak, for many leaders of the Civil Rights movement.” By recording the history of this suburb, these students were able to establish a research model that will be useful when documenting other 20^th Century African-American suburban developments.Morrish’s award is well deserved, as her efforts have ensured that a neighborhood vital to Atlanta’s history will not be forgotten.

This encyclopedia encompasses the most comprehensive examination of modern-era revolutions, uprisings, and protest movements. It chronicles the ideas, ideologies, and activists that propelled these movements, tracing their roots, goals, tactics, successes, and failures. While numerous manifestos, analytic perspectives, explanatory works, and compelling larger collections have been assembled previously, this sweeping work elucidates the impressive and path-breaking action of the subjugated, disenfranchised, and ideologically motivated in inciting social change throughout the world, from 1500 to the present era.

This project also examines how different revolutions, uprisings, and protest movements have influenced one another and how they compare politically, economically, socially, and culturally. Accordingly, it introduces readers to the historiography and conceptual debates such manifestations have provoked, suggesting new, critical paths of inquiry into their legacies. This project elevates the study of revolution and protest, comprising a review of actual human behavior and organizational practice, motivated and directed toward expanding historical and social science research on the subject. It seeks to be a definitive account of the actions of human beings that transformed their material and social conditions – actions that frequently transformed the world in the process.

A review of this title is available here.

Chris is a Library Technical Assistant for the Learning Commons and is currently pursuing a Master of Library and Information Science at Valdosta State University. His supervisor, La Loria Konata, remarks that Chris “has exhibited his professionalism through pro-activity, customer service, and problem-solving,” and she also states that “he will surely be a great benefit to the profession.” Chris’s immediate goal is to become a generalist librarian, and he aspires to be a health science librarian in the future.

The Robison Library Award was established in honor of Dr. Carolyn L. Robison upon her retirement after a 31 year career at Georgia State University Library. The fund also strives to promote Dr. Robison’s long term interest in encouraging the development of library staff members. This award provides financial assistance to a staff member of the University Library or the College of Law Library who is pursuing further education for a career in libraries. All of us at the Library are most grateful of the steadfast generosity of Dr. Robison.

Three recipients were recently selected to receive the Merl E. Reed Fellowship in Southern Labor History:  

·         Matthew Dimick, graduate student in the Department of Sociology at the University of Wisconsin at Madison. His research topic is “Labor Law and Union Democracy: A British-U.S. Comparison.”

·         Jordan Patty, processing archivist and librarian at George Mason University Libraries Special Collections and Archives. His research topic is “Public Transit, Ownership and Labor in the United States, 1935-1975.”

·         Benjamin van der Horst, recent graduate of Emory University’s Department of History (MA). His research topic is “Delta Air Lines and Eastern Airlines: a case study of deregulation in the airline industry.” 

Each of these projects will require substantial research using the collections in the Southern Labor Archives. This year’s winners were chosen by a review committee composed of Ian Fletcher (History Department, Georgia State University), Robert Woodrum (History Department, Clark Atlanta University), Traci Drummond (Archivist, Southern Labor Archives, Georgia State University Library), and Stephen Zietz (Head, Special Collections and Archives, Georgia State University Library).

The Merl E. Reed Fellowship in Southern Labor History was established in 2000 to honor Dr. Merl Reed, professor, scholar and founder of the archives, for his many contributions to education and labor history. A fellowship of $250-$500 is awarded annually to individuals whose research in the Southern Labor Archives will lead to a book, article, dissertation, or other substantive product. In return, recipients will make a presentation about their research to the Georgia State University community within one academic year after receiving the award. Faculty members, graduate students, upper-level undergraduates, and recognized independent scholars and artists are encouraged to apply.

To be considered for the 2010 Merl E. Reed Fellowship in Southern Labor History, applicants should submit on or before November 30, 2009. Please contact Traci Drummond (tdrummond@gsu.edu) with any questions or for more information. 

If you need to submit an urgent request while ILLiad is offline, please contact the Interlibrary Loan Office at libill@langate.gsu.edu or 404-413-2790.

Latin American Newspapers represents the initial result of the partnership between the Center for Research Libraries community and Readex, a division of NewsBank to systematically create an extensive Web-based collection of international newspapers. CRL will guarantee the long-term availability of this news content for the CRL community.

This groundbreaking online collection provides more than 35 fully searchable Latin American newspapers published in the 19th and 20th centuries. Featuring titles from Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Cuba, Guatemala, Mexico, Peru, Venezuela and elsewhere, Latin American Newspapers offers unprecedented coverage of the people, issues and events that shaped this vital region between 1805 and 1922.

Latin American Newspapers features such key publications as La Nacion, La Prensa and Vanguardia (Buenos Aires), Correio da Manha and Jornal do Commercio (Rio de Janeiro), O Estado de São Paulo (São Paulo), Mercurio (Santiago), La Prensa (Havana), El Guatemalteco (Guatemala City), Daily Chronicle (Georgetown, Guyana), La Revista de Yucatan (Merida, Mexico), La Patria, Mexican Herald and El Monitor Republicano (Mexico City) , El Dictamen (Veracruz Llave, Mexico), La Estrella de Panama and Star & Herald (Panama City), El Peruano and West Coast Leader (Lima), Port of Spain Gazette (Port of Spain), the Venezuelan Herald (Caracas) and more than a dozen others.

Latin American Newspapers now contains more than 425,000 pages of content.  New titles and issues will be released periodically on a rolling basis at a rate of nearly 100,000 pages per month, with an initial goal of one million pages by fall 2009.   The collection will contain potentially more than 1.5 million pages by the end of the project.

• Arts & Sciences V (current title list / upcoming titles)

This collection builds on previously introduced disciplines, adding important literary reviews and state historical journals. It will also widen the scope of core disciplines in the arts and humanities, such as philosophy, history, classics, religion, art and art history, and language and literature.

• Arts & Sciences VI (current title list / upcoming titles)

This collection will extend JSTOR’s coverage in disciplines across the social sciences, with clusters focused in economics, education, linguistics, political science, and area studies.

Additional information about the JSTOR archives is available here.

• The Encyclopedia of Islam
• Grzimek’s Animal Life Encyclopedia
• Encyclopedia of Bilingual Education
• Encyclopedia of the Social and Cultural Foundations of Education
• Encyclopedia of Substance Abuse Prevention, Treatment, & Recovery
• International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers
• Encyclopedia of Food and Culture

In addition, the library purchased 7 Oxford Digital Reference Shelf titles:

• The Oxford Encyclopedia of British Literature
• The Oxford Encyclopedia of American Literature
• International Encyclopedia of Linguistics
• Encyclopedia of Social Work
• Encyclopedia of African American History, 1619-1895
• Oxford Classical Dictionary
• The Oxford Encyclopedia of Food and Drink in America

Online access: http://www.acrl.org/ala/mgrps/divs/acrl/publications/digital/kaleidoscopic.pdf

We’ll be updating the Zotero guide to explain the new features as soon as possible. In the meantime, if you’ve got questions, email Jason and we’ll figure them out together.

With content from an eclectic variety of materials, including books, directories, bibles, sheet music, sermons and advertisements, Eighteenth Century Collections Online, Part II offers full-text search capabilities supported by comprehensive metadata. The materials in the collection support research in every academic discipline, including literature, history, geography, the social sciences, fine arts, medicine, science, religion, philosophy and law. Source institutions include The British Library, Oxford University, National Library of Scotland, University of Texas, and the Library of Congress.

This new content is available via the Eighteenth Century Collections Online interface.  For additional details about ECCO, see the library’s original announcement about its purchase.

The Garland Encyclopedia of World Music Online is the first comprehensive online resource devoted to music research of all the world’s peoples. More than 9,000 pages of material, combined with entries by more than 700 expert contributors from all over the world, make this the most complete body of work focused on world music.

Each volume contains an overview of the region, a survey of its musical heritage, traditions and themes; and a description of specific musical genres, practices, and performances. Articles include detailed photographs that show musicians, musical instrument, and the cultural context of dances, rituals, and ceremonies. Other images include drawings, maps, and musical examples for further study. Since its first publication in 1997, The Garland Encyclopedia of World Music has been the pre-eminent reference work for research in ethnomusicology.

A review of this resource is available here.

The Popular Music and Culture Archives is presenting a series of radio programs during the month of June that highlight aspects of Johnny Mercer’s music and career. The programs will be broadcast on WRAS-Atlanta, 88.5 FM on Sundays, June 14 and 21, 2009, from 4-6 p.m.  These programs will feature Mercer’s musical output as a vocalist, as well as rebroadcasts of Mercer on vintage radio shows such as the Camel Caravan and Chesterfield Music Shop. 

For more information, please contact:
Kevin Fleming
Popular Music and Culture Archivist
Special Collections and Archives
Georgia State University Library
404-413-2891
kfleming@gsu.edu

• Schirmer Encyclopedia of Film
  The preface states, “Readers will find in the Schirmer Encyclopedia of Film the major facts about film history, clear explanations of the main theoretical concepts and lines of scholarly interpretation, and guidance through important debates. Approaching cinema as art, entertainment, and industry, the Encyclopedia features entries on all important genres, studios, and national cinemas, as well as entries on relevant technological and industrial topics, cultural issues, and critical approaches to film.”  Read reviews of this title on Amazon.com
• Encyclopedia of Counseling
  From the introduction,”By covering all of the major theories, approaches, and contemporary issues in counseling, the encyclopedia includes close to 600 entries. To enable the reader to understand the major approaches and themes within the field of counseling, the current encyclopedia has been divided into four volumes: (1) changes and challenges facing counseling, (2) personal and emotional counseling, (3) crosscultural counseling, and (4) career counseling. However, each volume will also contain a cross-volume Reader’s Guide and a cross-referencing system to entries in other volumes. In this way, we have created a flexible encyclopedia that can be used together as a set or separately by volume depending on the need of the user.”  Read reviews of this title on Amazon.com

Steiner reaches out to Georgia State students through a variety of technologies, including Facebook, YouTube, blogging and instant messaging. Under her guidance, the online chat service at the Georgia State University Library has seen a surge in users. Throughout the school year, Steiner also conducts information literacy classes for students online.

Along with her devotion to virtual reference, Steiner is very active in the Georgia Library Association. In 2008, she was the chair of their New Members Round Table. She is also the founder of the Atlanta Emerging Librarians, an organization that provides library, information and media science students the opportunity to network with their future colleagues. Since many of these students are in distance learning programs, this organization helps them develop peer relationships with other emerging librarians. It has been extremely successful, with almost one hundred people attending their meetings at various metro Atlanta libraries.

Finally, Steiner already has significant publications and presentations under her belt. Most significantly, Steiner co-edited a book titled The Desk and Beyond: Next Generation Reference Services. This collection deals with innovative approaches to in-person and remote reference services in academic libraries. She has also co-authored an article on wiki usage in academic libraries, as well as performing several presentations on how wikis and other Web 2.0 applications can affect library services.

Sarah Steiner is truly a rising library leader, with her multiple publications and presentations, together with her activity in the Georgia library community and her improvement of online library services. She well deserves the NextGen Librarian Award, since she is constantly developing new ways to communicate with the next generation of students and librarians.

University Library wishes you good luck on your final projects and exams!

Due to recent cuts in the library budget, it was necessary to reduce the size of our browsing collection. In order to continue to make leisure reading easy for all of our patrons, we have started a brand new Book Swap program!

The new Book Swap bookshelf is located near the circulation desk in Library North, where patrons can now exchange donated books. Checkout is not required for books on the book swap shelf and these books do not have to be returned. Book donations are encouraged.

Congratulations to Miranda for receiving the First Annual Student Employee of the Year Award.

We’ve just posted a guide to finding audiobooks for free, both in the library (we have a small collection on CD) and online.  Before you shell out to Amazon or Audible for listening material, take a look!

Audiobooks Guide

Are you a Eudora Welty fan?  If not, you could be!  The 100th anniversary of her birthday is Monday, April 13, 2009.  To help celebrate, the University Library’s Special Collections & Archives has an exhibit of rare books, manuscripts, artifacts, and audio recordings for your viewing and listening pleasure.

“Winning Hearts”:  A Eudora Welty Centennial Exhibition
University Library Special Collections Department
Library South 8th floor
April 8-16
9 a.m.-5 p.m.
Monday-Friday

Featuring rare books, manuscripts, and artifacts from the Rare Book Collection

In the first episode, Jason and Joel discuss EndNote and Zotero, two programs for storing and managing citations and creating bibliographies.  Links to the stuff we mention:

• Download EndNote (log in with your campus ID)
• EndNote guide
• Zotero guide
• Zotero home page

E-mail Jason (jpuckett@gsu.edu) or Joel (jglogowski@gsu.edu) with any questions about using these programs.

What would you like to hear about in future episodes?  Leave a comment here on the blog or e-mail Jason.

*That is, the part of your life that you spend using the GSU Library. We make no promises about the rest of it.

This podcast is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0 United States License.

In light of current budget uncertainties and in anticipation of no new funds added to the library materials budget for fiscal year 2010, the library is initiating a journal cancellation project.  Based on average annual price increases of eight percent on journal subscriptions over the past several years, the library needs to identify for cancellation at least $400,000 in recurring commitments.

At our Journal Cancellation Project web page, you will find a memo from Nan Seamans, Dean of Libraries, a complete project timeline, and the list of titles that are candidates for cancellation.  A combination of criteria were used to determine the titles on the list, including usage statistics, cost per use, and availability of alternative means of access to the title.

If you have a concern about specific titles on the list, please complete the online comment form available for each title.  We would appreciate comments that justify the retention of the journal.  If you have any questions, please contact  your department’s liaison librarian or Skye Hardesty, Collection Development Officer.

Please note that the comment period for feedback is from 3/9/09 to 5/1/09.

We value your assistance in shaping the library’s journal collection to reflect the university’s current curriculum and research needs.

The Personnel Development Committee of Georgia State University Library will host an information session on Library Graduate School and Distance Learning on April 15, 2009, from 2:00-3:00 PM. The session will be held in the Colloquium Room on Library South 8 of the GSU Library.

Speakers for the event include current and recently-graduated students from the following programs:

• David Minchew, currently enrolled in the MLIS program at Emory University in conjunction with University of North Texas and the Atlanta University Center’s Robert W. Woodruff Library
• Denise Dimsdale, currently enrolled in the MLIS program at Valdosta State University            
• Ashley Dupuy, currently enrolled in the University of Alabama’s distance LIS program
• Jason Puckett, recent graduate of Florida State University’s distance LIS program

Speakers will discuss their experiences and will take questions from those interested in learning more about Library and Information Science programs that offer distance education.  Laura Burtle, Associate University Librarian for Learning and Technology Initiatives, will also discuss the qualities and experience libraries are look for when hiring librarians.

Students and employees from area universities, libraries, and archives are welcome to join us for this session.

The GSU Library is located at 100 Decatur Street, SE, Atlanta, Georgia 30303 and is within walking distance from both the Five Points and Georgia State MARTA stations. Questions about the event should be directed to Personnel Development Committee co-chairs Traci Drummond (tdrummond@gsu.edu or 404.413.2886) or Joel Glogowski (jglogowski@gsu.edu or 404.413.2806).

Southern Labor Archives, Georgia State University Library

and Georgia State University Labor Studies Department

The Joseph Jacobs Labor Scholarship Fund was established in 1983 to honor Joseph Jacobs, a long-time labor attorney who represented unions in Georgia, by the Organized Labor and Workmen’s Circle Awards Committee and the North Georgia Building and Construction Trades Council.

One Scholarship will be awarded in the amount of $1000.00. The scholarship award check will be made out to Georgia State University and the student.

Specific Requirements

The Scholarship recipient must be admitted to or enrolled in Georgia State University and be a student in good standing. S/he must also be a member of a Georgia AFL-CIO affiliate labor organization or the spouse, child, or grandchild of a member.

• The topic of the essay is “The Significance of the Labor Movement in My Life.”
• The length of the essay shall be between 300 and 500 words in length
• The essay shall be typewritten, double-spaced, and submitted on plain white 8 ½” x 11” paper.
• The essay shall be accompanied by a cover sheet containing the following information:
• Student’s name, age, home address, grade level, school presently attending, GPA and union affiliation (self or family member)
• If currently enrolled at Georgia State University, a copy of a GSU transcript is required.
• If not currently enrolled at Georgia State University, a statement from a school counselor or principal attesting to the fact that the student submitting the essay is admitted to Georgia State University – such as an acceptance letter or proof of enrollment.

For 2009-2010, two copies of the essay and cover sheet must be postmarked no later than June 15, 2009 and sent to the following addresses:

For more information, please contact Traci Drummond, Archivist, Southern Labor Archives, at  404.413.2880 or archives@gsu.edu, subject: Joseph Jacobs Scholarship.

• Encyclopedia of Infant and Early Childhood Development
  The foreword states, “This is an impressive collection of what we have learned about infant and child behavior by the researchers who have contributed to this knowledge. …This wonderful reference will be a valuable resource for all of those interested in child development, be they students, researchers, clinicians, or passionate parents.”  A review of this title is available here.
• International Encyclopedia of Public Health
  The foreword states, “The International Encyclopedia of Public Health is a tour de force in sorting through the history and prospects of important (and often contested) arenas of research and policy..While these volumes are published fully in English, contributors hail from 40 countries and many different languages.”  A review of this title is available here.

The Zotero workshop will be in Classroom 1, first floor of Library North next to Saxby’s, on Tuesday April 14 from 1-2 p.m.

For more information about Zotero, see our Zotero guide or the Zotero home page.  To sign up for the workshop, e-mail Jason Puckett at jpuckett@gsu.edu.

In the March 2009 issue of Library Journal, the magazine’s editors added Georgia State University Librarian Casey Long to their list of “Movers & Shakers” for 2009. As the role of libraries changes through the 21^st century, it is important that new leaders like Long emerge to guide the transformation. Being selected as part of this group requires innovation and imagination. Long’s demonstrated improvement of student information literacy in the J. Mack Robinson College of Business easily qualified her for the honor.

Library Journal has been identifying librarians like Long as Movers & Shakers since 2002.  They are people who the editors believe will shape the future of libraries. Each tries new ideas and strategies, while using technology to solve problems creatively. Some of these librarians rise to prominence, as many library directors search for new talent at the annual Movers & Shakers luncheon at the American Library Association’s summer conference.

Library Journal selected Long because of her determination to improve student information literacy. As a business liaison librarian for the Georgia State University Library, Long found that many seniors in the business program were not adequately prepared to do their research. In 2006 & 2007, she received instruction awards from the College of Business and the University Center for Teaching and Learning. Both were for developing an instruction session that she quantitatively proved to be effective at improving how students find and utilize information. Armed with this evidence, Long is convincing business instructors to integrate an undergraduate information literacy program into their core business classes.  By working strategically with three core courses, Long hopes to ensure all undergraduate business students are prepared with the information seeking skills necessary for success in their careers. She maintains this engaging curriculum by sustaining relationships with faculty throughout the business school.

Casey Long’s commitment to assisting the university community is why Library Journal selected her for the Movers & Shakers of 2009. Through her “zealous pursuit” of a thriving information literacy program, she is helping define the future of libraries with fresh ideas and devoted service.

Contact Joel Glogowski for questions or to register.

Presentation: “How Can History Help the Labor Movement?: Three episodes from the working-class African American freedom struggle in Rocky Mount, North Carolina.”

Dr. Lisa Gayle Hazirjian will present on “How Can History Help the Labor Movement?: Three episodes from the working-class African American freedom struggle in Rocky Mount, North Carolina.” She is the recipient of the 2008 Merl E. Reed Fellowship in Southern Labor History, which is administered by the Southern Labor Archives at Georgia State University Library. Dr. Hazirjian is a SAGES Postdoctoral Fellow & Lecturer in History at Case Western Reserve University and has presented her research on poverty and working-class African American politics in numerous venues including the Southern Labor Studies/Labor and Working Class History Association Conference, the Southern Historical Association, and the Phoenix Historical Society’s 60th Anniversary Commemoration of the 1946 Tobacco Organizing Campaign in Rocky Mount, NC.

Dr. Hazirjian received her Ph.D. in History from Duke University (2003); her dissertation is titled “Negotiating Poverty: Economic Insecurity and the Politics of Working-Class Life in Rocky Mount, North Carolina, 1929-1969”. She has published and presented extensively on race, gender, class, and labor.

The Merl E. Reed Fellowship in Southern Labor History was created to honor Dr. Merl Reed, professor, scholar and founder of the Southern Labor Archives, for his many contributions to education and labor history.

One or more fellowships of $250-$500 are awarded annually to individuals whose research in the Southern Labor Archives will lead to a book, article, dissertation, or other substantive product. In return, recipients will make a presentation about their research to the Georgia State University community within one academic year after receiving the award. Faculty members, graduate students, upper-level undergraduates, and recognized independent scholars and artists are encouraged to apply.

The Southern Labor Archives, established in 1971, is dedicated to collecting, preserving and making available the documentary heritage of Southern workers and their unions, as well as that of workers and unions having an historic relationship to the region.

The presentation will take place on Monday, April 6, from 12:00-1:00 PM in the Colloquium Room of Georgia State University Library (Library South 8). For more information, please contact Traci Drummond, Archivist, Southern Labor Archives (404.413.2880 or tdrummond@gsu.edu).

View our hours page for more information.

Contact Joel Glogowski for questions or to register.

The Zotero workshop will be in Classroom 1, first floor of Library North next to Saxby’s, on Thursday March 12 from 10-11 a.m.

For more information about Zotero, see our Zotero guide or the Zotero home page.  To sign up for the workshop, e-mail Jason Puckett at jpuckett@gsu.edu.

Georgia State students–do you have a research paper to write, but you’re not sure where to begin?  Attend one of these basic library resource sessions to save yourself time and frustration. There are two remaining online drop-in sessions scheduled for Spring semester 2009.

Get instructions at the OED Online site.

You can view this and the first installation on our YouTube channel.

LC Theatre is produced by Douglas Rednour and Matt Munson with assistance from Sarah Steiner. Voice-over talent for Rude Computer was provided by Doug Walker and Kaetrena Davis-Kendrick, and the student actors, in order of appearance, are Jessica Furst, Steven Brown, and Christin Collins.

Library Classroom 1 

This free crash course will teach you everything you need to know to get started using EndNote.

Topics include entering and organizing your citations, connecting directly to online resources, importing citations from article databases, and using EndNote with Word to generate bibliographies. To sign up, please contact Joel Glogowski.

In addition to the ability to cross-search Early English Books Online, enhancements to Eighteenth Century Collections Online include:

• Research Guide section for undergraduates with contextual essays and chronology
• Image Gallery, Most Popular Searches and Key Documents sections
• Citation generator and export functionality
• Expanded download and e-mail features
• Keyword in Context feature from results list

New pilot puts WorldCat.org on your mobile phone

OCLC is pleased to announce the release of the WorldCat Mobile pilot—a program that brings WorldCat.org to hand-held communications devices, such as PDAs and smartphones. The new application was created in collaboration with Boopsie, Inc., a provider of software for mobile and cellular devices. For the initial pilot, WorldCat Mobile will be operational throughout the United States and Canada. The pilot will gather data to inform and help shape future mobile access to WorldCat.org.

Thanks to advanced global positioning capabilities found in many smartphones and PDAs, WorldCat Mobile users will be able to find local library materials no matter where they happen to be. Users will also receive a map of the library location.

To speed the search and discovery process, WorldCat Mobile uses “multiprefix incremental search,” which means users can simply type the first few letters of a book title, library location or book category and matching results will immediately appear on screen.

It takes only a minute to download the application. Just go to the WorldCat Mobile Web page where you will find additional information about the pilot and links for downloading WorldCat Mobile to the device of your choice. To access from your mobile device, go to www.worldcat.org/m/.

After giving WorldCat Mobile a try, please let us know what you think at worldcatmobilepilot@oclc.org. The pilot program will be most successful with feedback from the library community.

WorldCat Mobile is currently available for download on the following PDAs and smartphones:

• Android (Google gPhone)
• Blackberry
• iPhone
• Palm OS
• Symbian S60 (Nokia)
• Java J2ME
• Windows Mobile

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LibX adds a library search bar to your browser, adds library tools to your right-click context menus, and inserts GSU Library links into book sites like Amazon.com and the New York Times Book Reviews.

Best of all, it’s free!  Get it on our LibX guide.

Questions?  Contact Jason Puckett, Instruction Librarian, at jpuckett@gsu.edu.

The Library and the Student Government Association have partnered and are asking for your assistance in evaluating our hours.  There are now two ways you can cooperate with us:

First, if you go to http://tinyurl.com/b7xvsb you can fill out a quick survey about the library’s hours.

Second, the library will be hosting several focus groups this semester to hear your voices directly. To participate in one of these groups, please contact Jennifer Jones at jlink@gsu.edu.

It is the library’s mission to ensure that we meet the needs of the university community. We hope that with your cooperation we can identify ways that we may be able to better serve you.

Georgia State students–do you have a research paper to write, but you’re not sure where to begin?  Attend one of these basic library resource sessions to save yourself time and frustration. There are two remaining online drop-in sessions scheduled for Spring semester 2009.

Hours for this semester:

Mondays, 1:30-4:00
Tuesdays, 12:30-4:00
Wednesdays, CLOSED
Thursdays, 11:30-4:00
Fridays, 1:30-3:00

Tuesday, January 20
11am - 1pm

Location Information:
Main Campus - Student Center
Room: Student Center Ballroom

Contact Information:
Name: Office of Student Life and Leadership
Phone: 404-413-1580

Admission Information
Free

Live stream also available here.

Other Viewing Sites on Campus:
The University Commons
The Andrew Young School of Policy Studies, 7th Floor
The African-American Studies Department, the 9th Floor of Park Place

For more information about using EndNote, check out our new EndNote web guide.   To register for the workshop, e-mail Jason Puckett.

(Want to try a different citation manager?  A workshop on Zotero for Firefox is coming later this semester.)

 The Spring 2009 schedule for the Write Right tutoring service has been finalized:

Monday and Wednesday from 1PM - 6PM

Tuesday and Thursday from 9:30AM - 2:30PM

For more information about the Write Right service, click here. 

From the EndNote website: 

“The update is available to EndNote X2 users and includes highly requested features that allow you to work with increased flexibility.”

Click here for more details.

PantherCard REQUIRED for entry ]]> http://homer.gsu.edu/blogs/library/2008/12/12/winter-break-and-holiday-hours/feed/ http://homer.gsu.edu/blogs/library/2008/12/10/gil-express-service-suspended-dec-15th-jan-5th/ http://homer.gsu.edu/blogs/library/2008/12/10/gil-express-service-suspended-dec-15th-jan-5th/#comments Wed, 10 Dec 2008 22:20:26 +0000 Doug http://homer.gsu.edu/blogs/library/2008/12/10/gil-express-service-suspended-dec-15th-jan-5th/ GIL Express service will be temporarily unavailable while the GIL online system is upgraded.

• Online GIL Express requests suspended at midnight, December 15th.
• Walk-up GIL Express borrowing Suspended at 6 p.m., December 15th.
• You will not be able to borrow from other University of Georgia libraries in person.
• GIL Express will resume on Jan.5, 2009.

During the interruption in service, you may borrow books using interlibrary loan (except December 22rd – January 1st).

To access SNL Interactive, you are required to register using your Georgia State University email address.

In each session we’ll cover the basics of the library Website, including tips on perfecting your research topic, finding appropriate books and articles, and getting individualized research help. Both sessions will provide the same content, and will be recorded for later viewing by participants. You will need headphones or speakers to participate.

Session Login link:
http://tinyurl.com/6kblpx  

Session Times and Dates:
Wednesday, November 19: 10 am - 11am
Thursday, November 20: 1 pm -  2 pm

This film (and its successors) are the brainchild of our own Doug Rednour, who worked with Matt Munson and the Learning Commons Librarians. The actors are both Georgia State U students: Steven Brown and Christin Collins. Thanks to them!

-AIDS and Cancer Research Abstracts
-Algology, Mycology & Protozoology Abstracts (Microbiology C)
-Animal Behavior Abstracts
-Applied Social Sciences Index and Abstracts (ASSIA)
-Aquatic Sciences and Fisheries Abstracts Set and Oceanic Abstracts (ASFA)
-Bacteriology Abstracts (Microbiology B)
-Biological Sciences Set
-Biology Digest
-Biotechnology and Bioengineering Abstracts
-Biotechnology Research Abstracts
-Ceramic Abstracts / World Ceramics Abstracts
-Chemoreception Abstracts
-Computer and Information Systems Abstracts
-Conference Papers Index
-Ecology Abstracts
-Electronics and Communications Abstracts
-Entomology Abstracts
-Environmental Engineering Abstracts
-Environmental Sciences and Pollution Management Set
-Genetics Abstracts
-Health and Safety Sciences Abstracts
-Human Genome Abstracts
-Immunology Abstracts
-Industrial and Applied Microbiology (Microbiology A)
-Mechanical Engineering Abstracts
-Neurosciences Abstracts
-Nucleic Acids Abstracts
-Physical Education Index
-Plant Science
-Pollution Abstracts
-Risk Abstracts
-Solid State and Superconductivity Abstracts
-Toxicology Abstracts
-TOXLINE (toxicology)
-Virology and AIDS Abstracts
-Water Resources Abstracts

10/13: ILLiad is currently unavailable to most people.  We are working to correct the problem as quickly as possible.  In the interim, please contact the Interlibrary Loan Office at libill@langate.gsu.edu if you need to place an urgent request.

Click here to see what’s new in EndNote X2.

Please contact Joel Glogowski if you have any questions.

Date:           November 3, 2008

Location:     Library Classroom 1

Time:           10:30 - 12:00 Building an EndNote Library

                    12:30 - 2:00 Using EndNote in Word

Space is limited. Please email learningcommons@gsu.edu to register for one or both of the sessions. In the text of your message include your name and indicate what session(s) you plan to attend.

Contact Joel Glogowski for more information.

To reserve a room, click here.  Some rooms will be available for drop-in use, that is, not requiring a reservation. These rooms are located on the 2nd floor link - L201, L202, L203, L204, L205, L206 .

ProQuest Historical Newspapers–The Atlanta Constitution, historically known as “The Voice of the New South”, is a unique full-image archive offering complete coverage from 1868-1939.

As part of the ProQuest Historical Newspapers program, every issue of this title includes the complete paper –cover to cover - with full-page and article images in downloadable PDF. And the database just keeps growing, with an additional year of content added annually.

The Historical Atlanta Constitution, a leader in shaping Southern opinion on regional and national issues, gives researchers quick, accurate Web access including:

• Complete coverage from 1868-1939
• First-hand accounts of the Reconstruction period and the Post-war South
• Valuable content on the development of modern Southern life
• Writings of Joel Chandler Harris, author of the classic folktale “Uncle Remus”
• Display and classified ads
• Comics and cartoons

This product can be accessed via the Library’s list of electronic resources and databases.

The recent decline in state tax revenues has forced the University System of Georgia (USG) to implement budget cuts for the current fiscal year, including the suspension of GIL Express On-Line Requesting and Delivery Service effective October 1, 2008.  This will allow libraries to continue to provide most GALILEO electronic resources for the remainder of the fiscal year.

Georgia State faculty, students and staff can still check out books from any USG library with a current and valid institution issued-picture ID by visiting any of the other 34 USG libraries.

For additional information, including suggestions for how to obtain books not owned by the University Library, please go to: http://www.library.gsu.edu/gilexpress

For questions about GIL Express, please contact the University Library Access & Media Services Department at 404-413-2820 or libcirc@langate.gsu.edu

Read the full press release.

(originally posted by Bernie Sloan to the COLLIB Listserv)

With PantherMail, students will keep the same student e-mail address they currently use and enjoy a variety of unique features and benefits.

PantherMail, powered by Microsoft’s Live@edu through Microsoft Exchange Labs, offers:

- 10GB of e-mail space, 20MB attachments

- 5GB of online storage space with Windows Live SkyDrive

- Document sharing through Office Live Workspace

- Spaces to create blogs, share photos and more

- Instant Messaging

Read about it in comic book form, here.

The two clearinghouses that compiled the data for the Child Abuse, Child Welfare & Adoption Database, National Clearinghouse on Child Abuse and Neglect Information and the National Adoption Information Clearinghouse were consolidated into the Child Welfare Information Gateway. The Child Welfare Information Gateway is managed by ICF International and is a service of the Children’s Bureau within the Administration for Children and Families of the Department of Health and Human Services.  The Gateway provides access to resources including print and electronic publications, websites, databases and more covering topics related to child safety, welfare and adoption.

Giving alumni access to the new e-mail system provided by Microsoft is still under investigation.