Illustration: Darwin, C. R. 1871. The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex. London: John Murray. 1st edition. Volume 2. Reproduced with permission from John van Wyhe ed., The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online

When was the last time you got a good look at a Neandertal’s skull? Well check out the Georgia State University Library’s Exhibit on “Darwin’s Impact.” This display is part of the university’s commemoration of the 200^th anniversary of Charles Darwin’s birth and the 150^th anniversary of the first publication of On The Origin of Species. Placed in our display case on Library North 1, across from Saxbys Coffee,  this exhibit highlights works in the library’s collection that show the expanse of work Darwin has inspired: from the obvious disciplines of anthropology and biology to art, psychology, literature and philosophy. This exhibit has three distinct components: the books in our collection, an online Darwin research site and a display of five molds of fossil skulls, tracing the evolutionary process of human origins.

Firstly, the exhibit draws attention to 14 books in our vast collection of Darwin related material, pulled by our subject librarians in the fields of art, anthropology, history and biology. We have listed the book titles together with their location in the building, along with their call number. We also paired each title with a unique illustration from one of the publications of Darwin’s original works. These amazing illustrations were reproduced with permission from John van Wyhe editor of The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online. His site is another fantastic resource for researching Darwin and his impact.

In fact, it was such a great source that we included it in our own research guide to Charles Darwin and On The Origin of Species. The online guide includes even more Darwin related resources in our collection, a video interview with Dr. Sean Carroll and a calendar of Darwin related events both on campus and across the world. Dr. Carroll (a professor of Molecular Biology & Genetics at the University of Wisconsin) gave a Darwin related lecture on campus earlier this semester, so if you were unable to attend that event, this is an excellent way to hear about how molecular biology provides profound evidence in support of Darwin’s evolutionary theory. As with all of our research guides, there is a convenient chat window embedded on the page, in case you need to contact a librarian with any questions.

Finally, Dr. Frank L’Engle Williams, Professor of Anthropology at Georgia State University was kind enough to loan us a set of five fossil skull molds. Each of these stunning molds demonstrates a different stage of evolutionary development and Dr. Williams provided us with a short description of each of their significance.

So if you are interested in researching Darwin further for one of your projects, or even if you just want to look at some cool skulls, please stop by the exhibit and participate in our celebration of Darwin’s Impact and his anniversary! As always, we welcome your feedback!

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Award winners will receive a gift certificate from Powell’s Books.  Nominators of the award winners will receive an iPod touch.

Nominations may be submitted via CRL’s online nomination form and will be accepted through January 31, 2010.  Winners will be announced March 1, 2010.

GSU has been a member of CRL since 2004.  Members of the GSU community may request materials from the CRL collections via their ILLiad account.

Manuscript image courtesy of Thomas Hawk under a Creative Commons license.

Matthew Dimick, winner of the 2009 Merl E. Reed Fellowship in Southern Labor History, will present on his topic on Friday, November 20, 2009. The presentation will be held at noon in the Colloquium Room at the Georgia State University Library (Library South, 8th Floor). The presentation is free and open to the public.

“The Origins of Labor-Union Democracy: A US-British Comparison” will focus on the internal democratic governance of labor unions and its potential, according to scholars and activists, to revitalize the labor movement in the US. This presentation examines the origins of union democracy by comparing the historical trajectories of the British Amalgamated Engineering Union (AEU) and the American International Association of Machinists (IAM). Despite a large amount of research on union democracy, very little of it has addressed the topic in a historical-comparative context. Thus, while it is known that levels of democracy differ significantly between US and British unions, no one has asked when these differences arose or what caused them.

Matthew Dimick is currently a Law Research Fellow at Georgetown University Law Center. He holds a JD from Cornell Law School and a PhD in Sociology from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Between law school and graduate studies he worked in the General Counsel’s office of the Service Employees International Union in Washington, DC. His research centers on the relationships between law, labor unions, the labor market, and the economy, using historical and comparative methods to study questions arising from these topics.

Created in 2000, the Merl E. Reed Fellowship in Southern Labor History was named, at the urging of Dr. Gary Fink, to honor Dr. Reed’s career and role in the founding of the Southern Labor Archives. The award has recently been re-named to honor both Dr. Gary Fink and Dr. Reed, and beginning in 2010, the awards will carry the new name.

One or more awards of $250-$500 are given annually to individuals whose research in the Southern Labor Archives will lead to a book, article, dissertation, or other substantive product. In return, recipients agree to 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 deadline for the 2010 Reed Fink Award is November 30, 2009. For more information about the award, the presentation, or the Southern Labor Archives, please contact Traci Drummond at 404.413.2880 or at tdrummond@gsu.edu.

Set during the Lebanese civil war, this novel chronicles the splintering of the Al-Mukhtars, a Lebanese family whose love and trust for one another is strained by the increasing economic, social, and psychological tensions that surround them. Huda, feeling helpless as a housewife, pursues a career as a university professor and immerses herself in her work and students. Sharif, trapped in a static bureaucratic position, begins to resent his wife’s success and slowly withdraws from his family. When their marriage dissolves, the couple fight over the custody of their adolescent daughter. In a patriarchal society that favors the rights of the father, Huda is powerless as her daughter is taken from her. Through the author’s use of flashbacks, the reader witnesses the stark contrast between the young, idealistic couple and the older husband and wife, who have become increasingly isolated and disillusioned.

Narrated through the voices of several characters, Canceled Memories depicts a Lebanese family seeking to maintain love and trust for each other despite the destructive and corrupting effects of war. Nadine Sinno’s fluent translation introduces a wider audience to one of Lebanon’s finest contemporary writers.

The reading kicks off International Education Week at Georgia State University with events across campus from November 16 – November 20. The Georgia State University Library is participating in this event with an International Authors Exhibit, showcasing the works of Chinua Achebe, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Gao Xingjian and many others. The display will stay in the cases directly behind the computer support desk on Library North 1. Reproductions of international artwork from each author’s country of origin will accompany the display. These reproductions come from ARTSTOR a nonprofit digital library of more than one million images in the arts, architecture, humanities, and social sciences.

Image of Dr. Sinno provided by:

EndNote

Georgia State University Library’s Joel Glogowski will be presenting a workshop on November 18, 2009, introducing users to EndNote. The presentation will be from  11:00am – 12:30pm in Classroom 1 (on the first floor of Library North). In this session you will learn the basics of building an EndNote library and using EndNote to create formatted bibliographies.

Please contact Joel to register. Using software like EndNote can be very extremely helpful when working on a research paper or article. It could potentially shave hours off of your work. If you currently use EndNote, or have previously attended one of our EndNote instructional workshops, please let us know about your experience in the comments below!

Ice : a novel / Linda Howard.

The Sandman. The dream hunters / original words by Neil Gaiman ; graphicplay and art by P. Craig Russell; coloring by Lovern Kindzierski ; lettering by Todd Klein.

High society : the life of Grace Kelly / Donald Spoto.

The lacuna : a novel / Barbara Kingsolver.

It takes two : a novel / Patrizia Chen.

Last words / George Carlin ; with Tony Hendra.

The intimate lives of the founding fathers / Thomas Fleming.

McNaughton Audio Books

Unseen academicals [sound recording] / Terry Pratchett.

The coral thief [sound recording] / Rebecca Stott.

“ The annual GALILEO user survey offers you the chance to sound off on your experience using GALILEO and the chance to win an iPod Nano. The link to the survey will appear on the GALILEO website Monday, November 9-Sunday, November 15.

Your feedback is important, so add a note to your calendar or to-do list to look for the survey link on the GALILEO home page.

A World Wide Web-based virtual library, GALILEO provides access to multiple information resources, including secured access to licensed products. Participating institutions may access over 100 databases indexing thousands of periodicals and scholarly journals. Over 2000 journal titles are provided in full-text. Other resources include encyclopedias, business directories, and government publications.  Learn more about GALILEO.”

Did you know?

• When off-campus, a login is required to access most resources from GALILEO. Please visit our password information page to learn more about off-campus access to library resources.
• Subject Librarians are available to assist you in finding and using GALILEO and other library resources for your class or research project.
• The library produces web sites such as the General Research Guide and Pathfinder Tutorial that can help you learn more about using library resources.

Under the dome : a novel / Stephen King.

Googled : the end of the world as we know it / Ken Auletta.

A Christmas blizzard / Garrison Keillor.

Che : a graphic biography / Sid Jacobson and Ernie Colon.

Eating animals / Jonathan Safran Foer.

Rainwater / Sandra Brown.

Paul McCartney : a life / Peter Ames Carlin.

Anita Blake, vampire hunter. Guilty pleasures / writer, Laurell K. Hamilton & Jonathon Green ; adaptation, Stacie Ritchie & Jess Ruffner-Booth ; artists, Brett Booth & Ron Lim ; colorists Matt Moylan … [et al.] ; letterers, Bill Tortolini with Simon Bowland.

SuperFreakonomics : tales of altruism, terrorism, and poorly paid prostitutes / Steven D. Levitt, Stephen J. Dubner.

Charles Darwin’s On the Origin of species : a graphic adaptation / story by Michael Keller ;art by Nicolle Rager Fuller.

The humbling / Philip Roth.

True blue / David Baldacci.

McNaughton Audio Books

I am the new black [sound recording] / Tracy Morgan ; with Anthony Bozza.

ATLANTA – Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and best-selling author Susan Faludi will lecture at Georgia State University Nov. 2 about gender, media, popular culture and political life in the contemporary age.

Her lecture, titled “Losing Ourselves in the 21st Century,” is part of the Hellen Ingram Plummer Lecture sponsored by the College of Arts and Sciences. It will be held from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. in the Speaker’s Auditorium, and is free and open to the public.

An exhibition of a similar theme is on view in the Georgia State University Welch School of Art and Design Gallery through Nov. 19. It showcases performative media by emerging, U.S.-based women artists and was inspired, in part, by a talk Faludi gave on issues of gender in a post-911 world.

“Many young women learn about feminism, and post-feminism, via popular culture and media coverage,” said Susan Richmond, assistant professor in the GSU School of Art and Design and curator of the exhibition. “We felt it would be beneficial to all of our students to hear from someone who has studied media culture extensively, and who argues persuasively for the need to challenge the credibility and motivations of mainstream news sources.”

Faludi is the author of “Stiffed: The Betrayal of the American Man” and “Backlash: The Undeclared War Against American Women,” which won the National Book Critics Circle Award for Nonfiction. Her most recent book, “The Terror Dream: Fear and Fantasy in Post-9/11 America” examines the outpouring in the media, popular culture, and political life following the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2001.

Faludi’s work has appeared in The New Yorker, The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times and The Nation, among other publications. Her talk at Georgia State coincides with the National Women Studies Association Conference in Atlanta the week of Nov. 12-15.

“Over the past two decades, Susan Faludi has bridged journalism and scholarship in women’s studies to produce astute analyses of the shifting terrain of masculinity and femininity in the United States,” said Susan Talburt, director of the Women’s Studies Institute at Georgia State.

“Her studies of the ‘backlash’ against feminism, changing constructions of masculinity and the post-September 11 nostalgia for ‘real’ men and women illuminate important elements of the contemporary cultural politics of gender in this country.”

The Plummer lecture is the College of Arts and Sciences’ annual endowed lecture, featuring noted scholars, scientists, artists and performers who have made notable contributions to their fields of achievement and to society at large. The lecture was endowed in 1999 in honor of late Atlanta arts patron Hellen Ingram Plummer.

In relation to this event, the Georgia State University Library has several of Susan Faludi’s books, including Stiffed: The Betrayal of the American Man. Also, the library has created custom bookmarks for the “Losing Ourselves in the 21st Century” exhibition at the Welch School of Art and Design. Each bookmark lists a different book in our collection related to the exhibition. You can find them at the gallery or by contacting our Arts Liaison Librarian, Nedda Ahmed.

I am the new black / Tracy Morgan ; with Anthony Bozza.

The Scarpetta factor / Patricia Cornwell.

Look at the birdie : unpublished short fiction / Kurt Vonnegut.

Why AC/DC matters / Anthony Bozza.

The vintage caper / Peter Mayle.

What the dog saw : and other adventures / Malcolm Gladwell.

McNaughton Audio Books

Pride and prejudice and zombies [sound recording] / by Jane Austen and Seth Grahame-Smith.

One change that I find confusing is the way APA says to cite a full-text article found in a subscription database. If you think the answer is easy, take a look at the flow chart that APA posted on their APA Style Blog: 

Once you figure that out, make sure you check the 16 page errata supplement that was just released for the 1st printing, which includes corrections of typographical errors, errors in content and problems with sample papers in the book.

Correcting a Style Guide is a short article in the October 13, 2009 edition of Inside Higher Ed.   Over fifty comments have been posted in response to the article, and many people (including librarians) are demanding free replacement copies for the 1st printing of the manual that they purchased (it doesn’t sound like any of these demands have been met as of yet).  The University Library owns several copies of the 6th edition 1st printing – should we paste the errata supplement in the books, or somehow alert users to go online and try and find the corrected pages?

MLA anyone?

In the past decade, the proliferation of Web 2.0 tools for sharing and creating knowledge, coupled with the creation of open-access journals, databases, and archives across the web, has begun to redefine the concept of  “openness” in higher education. Advocates of the open-access campaign argue that free, virtual access to scholarly works and research advance scientific discovery and lead to faster knowledge dissemination and richer research collaborations, throwing open the doors that once restricted knowledge sharing and exploration. Critics of the movement have doubted its economic sustainability and raised concerns about its impact on peer review. Regardless, open access requires a new examination of campus copyright and publishing policy. Join us as we discuss the strategies and definitions behind open access and its implications for campus IT, librarians, administrators, and policy offices.

http://www.educause.edu/live0919

1-2pm U.S. Eastern Time, Friday, October 23. No charge, but registration required. Archived for future (re)viewing.

Speakers: Tracy Mitrano, Director of IT Policy, Cornell University
Heather Joseph, Executive Director, Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Commission (SPARC)

 World: Feeling the crunch                

Bank lending remains weak. Although companies are issuing more debt to compensate, it won’t be enough to drive the economic recovery. 

 Asia: Durable recovery?                     
The region is staging an impressive economic recovery, but what will happen when the effects of government stimulus wear off?

 Africa: Risks and returns 

Africa is already regarded as a vital security issue, and it will become ever more important as competition for supplies of hydrocarbons, metals and minerals intensifies.

 Russia: Recovery mode?

The country’s chief statistician has queried whether the economy has started to recover, as claimed. He has a point. 

 Iraq: Sweeter crude

The award to Italy’s Eni of a deal to develop the Zubair oilfield has put Iraq’s tough negotiating tactics in a better light.

  Argentina: Feisty president

The government has abandoned the conciliatory tone adopted following its defeat at the mid–term election, while the opposition is busy jockeying for position.

Cheating death : the doctors and medical miracles that are saving lives against all odds / Sanjay Gupta ; with research by Caleb Hellerman.

The children’s book : a novel / A.S. Byatt.

The casebook of Victor Frankenstein : a novel / Peter Ackroyd.

Unseen academicals : a novel of Discworld / Terry Pratchett.

The monster in the box : an Inspector Wexford novel / Ruth Rendell.

Dracula : the un-dead / Dacre Stoker and Ian Holt.

Jumper cable / Piers Anthony.

Bright-sided : how the relentless promotion of positive thinking has undermined America / Barbara Ehrenreich.

McNaughton Audio Books

The wild things [sound recording] : a novel / by Dave Eggers.

To support this event, the Georgia State University Library has created an online research guide on Darwin. This guide features Darwin related books in our collection, a video about how molecular biology provides profound evidence in support of Darwin’s evolutionary theory, as well as useful links to researching Darwin. It also features a calendar of events listing the lectures on campus, as well as links to various other calendars of Darwin anniversary events around the globe.

The next lecture in the Darwin’s Impact series will be by Sean Carroll, professor of Molecular Biology & Genetics from the University of Wisconsin. Professor Carroll speaks at 4:00 pm on October 26, 2009 in the Speakers Auditorium at the Student Center.

 Dr. Martha Ackmann will talk about her book on Thursday, Nov. 5, 2009 @ 7:30 p.m. in Gaines Chapel, Presser Hall at Agnes Scott College. The lecture is free and open to the public. No ticket is required.

Reception and Book Signing will follow in Rebekah Scott Hall, Woltz Reception Room. Need more info? Call 404-471-5277.

McCain Library gratefully acknowledges the support of the Georgia Humanities Council, the Minter Family Foundation, the Mount Holyoke College Alumnae Association and the Georgia Center for the Book.

The conference features a round table discussion between Geoffrey Bennington, Peggy Kamuf, Thomas Keenan and Gayatri Charkravorty Spivak. The Georgia State University Library has items from all of these scholars in our collection. They can be found by following each named link above.

The conference website explains more about the roundtable, as well as providing a program and information about the location.

From the About section on the conference site:

What does it mean to practice comparative literature? When we speak of a discipline that is intrinsically interdisciplinary, how do we understand its limits, articulate its purpose, and constitute its objects? These very questions apply to the humanities in general—itself a heterogeneous constellation of disciplines, each representing not only its own knowledge but its own way of asking questions. From what position can this multiplicity of knowledges comprising the humanities ask the increasingly urgent question of its own self-definition?

Constellations aims to negotiate this critical task of self-definition by bringing the questions of comparative literature and the humanities together. We hope to produce well-informed perspectives on comparative literature within the broader context of the humanities. But we also hope to ask the question of the humanities from within the fold of comparative literature—not only because it is one of several loci in the humanities where interdisciplinary work is done, but because its emphasis on language has produced strategies for negotiating between opposed, even irreducible forms of thought and knowledge.

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 lecture will be short, and will include a conversation with Elizabeth Wilson, Professor of Women’s Studies.

“Why Is Sexuality a Moral Experience?”
A lecture by Lynne Huffer, with Elizabeth Wilson, in celebration of
Mad for Foucault: Rethinking the Foundations of Queer Theory

Tuesday, November 3rd, 4 pm
Jones Room, 3rd floor Woodruff Library
Emory University

Reception and book signing to follow the lecture.

For more information about the book, please go to the Columbia University Press web site at:
http://cup.columbia.edu/book/978-0-231-14918-1/mad-for-foucault

The Georgia State University Library has two of Professor Huffer’s two other books in our collection. Another Colette: the question of gendered writing and Maternal pasts, feminist futures: nostalgia, ethics and the question of difference.

Dr. Laderman’s well-reviewed and provocative new book proposes that religious life in the U.S. cannot be confined to expressions of faith in the five great religions, but must be expanded to include quasi-religious phenomena as practiced by devotees of film, music, sports and celebrity. The book argues for a more dynamic understanding of spiritual fulfillment and examines how various manifestations of popular culture provide followers with avenues for answering life’s biggest questions.

Laderman’s new book, as well as several others are located in the Georgia State University Library’s collection. Check here for their locations, call numbers and checkout status.

A prolific author and commentator on culture and society, Dr. Laderman serves as chairperson of Emory’s Department of Religion, and is also editor of the new online religion magazine, ReligionDispatches.org

The author will conduct a book signing after the talk, and books will be available for sale.

Directions: http://www.uuca.org/newcomers/directions-to-uuca

For more information on the event, contact Ann Levine, 404-248-1055 or alevinewv@comcast.net

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 will also display archival items from previous presidential investitures of both Presidents Palms and Patton. These items come from the University Archives in our Special Collections on the 8^th floor of Library South. From Tuesday, October 20 until Friday, October 24, the library will display the actual ceremonial mace and medallion used in the presidential investiture for the entire campus to see.

Be a part of our second century and reflect upon the history and symbols of Georgia State’s previous Presidential Investitures.

This exhibit will run from October 12 until Friday October 24. President Becker’s Investiture ceremony occurs on Monday, October 19 at 2:00 pm in the Sports Arena. Please go to http://www.gsu.edu/investiture/ for further information.

Happy Reading!

October 13: EndNote Workshop

Time: 2:00-3:30

Contact Joel Glogowski for questions or to register.

EndNote is a software program that helps you store, organize and format citations. GSU users can download a free copy here.  In this session you will learn the basics of building an EndNote library and using EndNote to create formatted bibliographies.

October 15: Zotero workshop

Time: 10-11 a.m.

To sign up for the workshop, e-mail Jason Puckett at jpuckett@gsu.edu.

Zotero is a Firefox plugin that makes it easy to save citations and automatically create bibliographies in Word.  It’s like having EndNote running inside your browser! It’s easy to use and free. For more information about Zotero, see our Zotero guide or the Zotero home page.

Van der Horst currently works as a research analyst for a public policy research firm in suburban Washington, D.C.  A lifelong student of American history, he has bachelor’s and master’s degrees in history from Emory University.  His research mainly focuses on 20th century America, specifically on the rise of airlines and their impact on American life.  His master’s thesis focused on the two major airlines in Atlanta for the second half of the 20th century, Delta and Eastern, and how their similar paths diverged in the 1980s. 

This presentation will revolve around the two airlines during the first era (1978-1991) of airline deregulation. It will include explanations of the decisions made by both Eastern Air Lines and Delta Air Lines during this period and how these decisions led to Eastern’s demise and Delta’s success. A brief history of airline regulation and of each airline will be given.  Van der Horst argues that four big decisions made by Eastern Air Lines in this period explain why the airline went from being the largest American airline in terms of passengers carried at the beginning of the deregulated era to a failed airline just over ten years later. These include problems with organized labor and the decision to sell the airline to Frank Lorenzo. 

Van der Horst contends that four decisions made by Delta Air Lines in this same period explain why the airline went from being a mainly regional carrier to one of the three main American airlines during this first era of airline deregulation. While Delta’s story is not as dramatic as Eastern’s, it provides a useful foil for the chaotic decade Eastern faced. When the stories of these two airlines are put together, we see that the deregulated era forced airlines to make decisions that either they could not or did not have to make when regulated that determined the fate of each airline.

The Reed Fellowship was recently re-named the Reed Fink Award in Southern Labor History to honor two early supporters of Georgia State University Library’s Southern Labor Archives. One or more fellowship(s) 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. For more information about the award, including deadlines, please visit us on the web (http://www.library.gsu.edu/spcoll/) or contact Traci Drummond, Archivist, Southern Labor Archives, at (404) 413-2880 or at archives@gsu.edu.

This is our first online Zotero workshop, held in GSU’s vClass virtual classroom space. When you register for the workshop you’ll receive a link and instructions for attending online. The workshop takes place from 11am-12pm.

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.

For more information about using EndNote, see our online guide.

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 ID must be left with the guard.  Anyone without an institutional ID card will only have access during regular business hours, M-F 8:30 – 5:15.  Please read the Library Access Policy for more information.

Trotsky : a graphic biography / by Rick Geary.

Aya, the secrets come out / Marguerite Abouet, Clement Oubrerie ; [translation by Helge Dascher].

McNaughton Audio Books

Nocturnes [sound recording] / Kazuo Ishiguro.

The year of the flood[sound recording]:a novel / Margaret Atwood.

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 by researchers from throughout the Southeast, the United States, and the world. Created in 2000, the Merl E. Reed Fellowship in Southern Labor History was named, at the urging of Dr. Fink, to honor Dr. Reed’s career and role in the founding of the Southern Labor Archives. After Dr. Fink passed away in 2008, Dr. Reed requested that the name of the Fellowship be changed to honor Dr. Fink as well.  The Reed Fink Award in Southern Labor History now honors both men and their many contributions to education, labor studies, and the Southern Labor Archives.

The Southern Labor Archives, part of Georgia State University Library’s Special Collection and Archives, was established in 1971, and 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.

One or more  Reed Fink Awards of $250-$500 will be 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 agree to 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 Reed Fink Award in Southern Labor History, application packets must be completed and submitted by November 30, 2009.

For more information about the Reed Fink Award, click here.

The Zotero workshop will be in Classroom 1, first floor of Library North next to Saxby’s, on Wednesday September 9 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.

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 GIL-Find from the link on the classic GIL site, or directly at gilfind.gsu.edu.

During this pilot we would like to receive feedback about what you like about GIL-Find and how it could be improved. You may use the feedback form on the site by clicking on the Give Us Your Feedback button.

For questions and help with Zotero, contact Jason Puckett.

Zotero’s built-in APA style is current with 6th edition.

Date: September 9, 2009

Time: 11:00-12:30

Location: Library Classroom 1

Contact Joel Glogowski for questions or to register.

Need help using LibX? Have comments or suggestions?  Email Jason Puckett.

This desk is for checkouts and returns only. It has staffing from 10:00 am – 5:00 pm, Monday – Fridays.

DVD sleeves are located in Library South, but you will need to bring the sleeve to the Library North circulation desk for checkout.

• VHS, CDs, & LPs can be checked out at the Library South circulation desk.
• Laptops can be checked out from the Library North circulation desk.
• Reserves are available in Library North.

The self check machine is available at the Library South desk for checking out books and CDs.

• Getting help via IM
• Using GIL to search for books
• Requesting items by Interlibrary Loan
• Taking online workshops
• Using our research guides

Want help? Have a suggestion? Let us know.

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.

Au, W. J. (2008). The making of Second Life: notes from the new world (1st ed.). New York: Collins.
Call Number: GV1469.25.S425 A9 2008

Boellstorff, T. (2008). Coming of age in Second Life: an anthropologist explores the virtually human. Princeton: Princeton University Press.
Call Number: GN307.65 .B64 2008

Clarke, A., & Mitchell, G. (Eds.). (2007). Videogames and art. Bristol, UK: Intellect.
Call Number: N7433.8 .V53 2007

Dibbell, J. (1998). My tiny life: crime and passion in a virtual world (1st ed.). New York: Holt.
Call Number: HV6773.2 .D53 1998

Egenfeldt-Nielsen, S., Smith, J. H., & Tosca, S. P. (2008). Understanding video games: the essential introduction. New York: Routledge.
Call Number: GV1469.3 .E44 2008

Jenkins, H. (2006). Fans, bloggers, and gamers: exploring participatory culture. New York: New York University Press.
Call Number: P96.A83 J46 2006

Jones, S. E. (2008). The meaning of video games: gaming and textual strategies. New York: Routledge.
Call Number: GV1469.34.S52 J66 2008

Kafai, Y., Heeter, C., Denner, J., & Sun, J. Y. (Eds.). (2008). Beyond Barbie and Mortal Kombat: new perspectives on gender and gaming. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.
Call Number: GV1469.16.W66 B49 2008

Ludlow, P., & Wallace, M. (2007). The Second Life Herald: the virtual tabloid that witnessed the dawn of the metaverse. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.
Call Number: GV1469.25.S425 L83 2007

McDougall, J., & O’Brien, W. (2008). Studying videogames. Leighton Buzzard [England]: Auteur.
Call Number: GV1469.34.S52 M33 2008

Montfort, N. (2003). Twisty little passages: an approach to interactive fiction. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.
Call Number: QA76.76.I59 M66 2003

Qvortrup, L. (Ed.). (2002). Virtual space: spatiality in virtual inhabited 3D worlds.
London: Springer.
Call Number: QA76.9.H85 V65 2002

Sasson-Henry, P. (2007). Borges 2.0: from text to virtual worlds. New York: Peter Lang.
Call Number: PQ7797.B635 Z916455 2007

Schroeder, R. (2006). Avatars at work and play: collaboration and interaction in shared virtual environments. Dordrecht, the Netherlands: Springer.
Call Number: TR897.7 .A93 2006

Vorderer, P., & Bryant, J. (Eds.). (2006). Playing video games: motives, responses, and consequences. LEA’s communication series. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence
Erlbaum Associates.

Call Number: GV1469.3 .P484 2006
Whalen, Z., & Taylor, L. N. (Eds.). (2008). Playing the Past: History and Nostalgia in Video Games. Nashville: Vanderbilt University Press.
Call Number: GV1469.3 .P483 2008

Williams, J. P., & Smith, J. H. (Eds.). (2007). The players’ realm: studies on the culture of video games and gaming. Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Co.
Call Number: GV1469.34.S52 P53 2007

Woolley, B. (1992). Virtual worlds: a journey in hype and hyperreality. Oxford, UK: Blackwell Publishers.
Call Number: BD331 .W866 1992

Thanks to the creators of the images in our exhibit for giving permission to use their images via Creative Commons  licenses:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/torley/178681997/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/43626204@N00/3467424042/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/14192845@N03/2658215247/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/11215651@N06/2627614218/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/64632435@N00/2359058534/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/7268230@N03/3483687355/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/33643459@N00/3011851341/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/33643459@N00/2501232399/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/14376381@N06/2640190306/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/95869254@N00/1445092989/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/62827293@N00/3030410930/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ganymedes1985/2876007583/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/7268230@N03/3293615628/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ravenelle/2748143541/
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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.

• 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.