For the next two weeks, the Library will remain open Monday-Thursday until midnight, in order to provide students with extra study time as the semester end approaches. Reference service will not be available after 10pm.
OPEN TILL MIDNIGHT: Dec. 4-7, Monday-Thursday; and Dec. 11-14, Monday-Thursday. Friday, Saturday, and Sunday hours are not affected.
The Library is hosting a new exhibit in its First Floor Gallery, called "Artists Among Us." This show exhibits works by people you may know, all connected to IU Southeast, who make art as avocation. All have other careers. The artists are: Barbara Bennett, Mary Bryan, Carl deGraaf, Janet Eisenpreis, Deborah Finkel, Marilyn Jones, and Christa Zorn. Come over anytime the Library is open to view the work of these talented "artists among us."
Caesar's Foundation of Floyd County has given a gift of $500,000 to the IUS Library's Endowment Fund, to be used for materials and programming. Ed Garruto, Caesars Foundation board treasurer and general manager of Caesars Indiana, said in a news release that the gift is a way to make a positive impact in the community because the library is used extensively by area residents in addition to students. The Library's foyer and largest conference room will be named to honor the Caesar's Foundation.
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OPEN BOOKS OPEN BOOKS, the IUS Library-sponsored community/campus book discussion group, has some interesting selections on tap for the Fall 2006 semester: 1491, by Charles C. Mann Friday, October 13, 12 noon, LB230 The End of Faith, by Sam Harris Friday, November 10, 12 noon, LB230 Coming of Age in Mississippi, by Anne Moody Friday, December 8, 12 noon, LB230. Everyone is welcome at these sessions, and feel free to bring your lunch. Drinks will be available. A LITTLE KNOWLEDGE... Throughout the year, the monthly Library-sponsored series we call "A Little Knowledge..." features faculty and students presenting their research and creative activity in a casual, conversational format. Everyone is welcome at these sessions, which are all held in LB230 from 12:15-1:15. The Fall 2006 sessions are scheduled as follows: Monday, September 18, 12:15, LB230, Dr. Magdalena Herdoiza-Estevez: "Cultural Education in Ecuador and Guatemala." Monday, October 16, 12:15, LB230, Dr. Judy Myers: "Social Change and the Intersection of Race, Class, and Gender in the Kentucky Birth Control Movement 1933-1943." Thursday, November 16: Linda Christiansen: "Business Fraud." Everyone is invited to these sessions. Feel free to bring a brown bag lunch. |
This is a very busy week indeed for programs held in the Library--something different every day. Plan to attend one or all of these events!
MONDAY: International Education Week Kick-Off. At 4:30pm, there will be music, followed at 5 by the opening ceremony and a reception in the 3rd floor CCR with ethnic refreshments.
TUESDAY: Common Experience Program: Sam Avery, events coordinator for the Louisville Peace Action Committee,will discuss local activism. 7:30pm, 3rd floor rear area.
WEDNESDAY: Taylor Mali, National Poetry Slam Champion, returns to IUS with his Spoken Word performance. Refreshments and door prizes. 7:30pm, 3rd floor rear area.
THURSDAY: A LITTLE KNOWLEDGE... Just how prevalent is business fraud? Professor Linda Christiansen from the School of Business discusses her research into occurrences of business fraud. As an attorney and a CPA, Professor Christiansen knows it when she sees it! LB230, 12:15-1:15
THURSDAY:8am-10pm Model UN, 3rd floor CCR
FRIDAY: 8am-5pm Model UN, 3rd floor CCR
FRIDAY: IEW Global/Local Poverty Workshop, 8am-4pm, 3rd floor reading area and other locations.
The IUS Library Adaptive Technology Centeris open and available for use. Funded through the generosity of Caesar's Foundation of Floyd County, the Center will provide access to information (including books, periodicals, and other resources) to community members, students, faculty and staff, with learning, sensory, or physical disabilities. Ask at the Reference Desk.
LIBRARY THANKSGIVING HOURS
Tuesday, Nov. 20----------8am-5pm
Wednesday, Nov. 21------8am-5pm
Thursday Nov. 23----------CLOSED
Friday, Nov. 24--------------CLOSED
Saturday, Nov. 25-----------9am-5pm
Sunday, Nov. 26-------------12pm-6pm.
The Library hopes your finals go smoothly this week. Remember, we will be open from 8am-12midnight Monday-Thursday. Good luck!
(Holiday Break Schedule is posted below.)
In the First Floor Art Gallery, the Library is currently showing photographic collages illustrating the lives of our "New Neighbors," immigrants to the Kentuckiana area, along with copies of an educational brochure about local immigrants and immigration. The display, created and sponsored by the Courier Journal, will be available through October 10.
This is a busy week for public events in the Library. On Wednesday, the Common Experience Program presents Christopher 2X, a community activist in Louisville who has become the spokesman for the downtrodden. Christopher 2x will speak at 7:30 pm in the Rear Reading Area on the 3rd floor of the Library. On Thursday afternoon from 2:30-4, IUS will honor its authors and artists whose work was published or displayed during 2005. This is always an impressive event, and there will be refreshments. Friday at noon, the Library opens its 2006-2007 Open Books Series, with a discussion of Charles Mann's 1491, led by Dr. Vicki Meredith of the School of Business, with assistance from IUS's sole anthropology professory, Dr. Sherri Hilgeman. This is a surprising and fascinating book, and the discussion, held in LB230, should be lively. Everyone is welcome at these events!
On Friday, Oct. 27, from 5-7pm, the Library is hosting the opening reception for our new First Floor Gallery exhibit, called "Artists Among Us." We are exhibiting works by people you may know, all connected to IU Southeast, who make art as avocation. All have other careers. The artists are: Barbara Bennett, Mary Bryan, Carl deGraaf, Janet Eisenpreis, Deborah Finkel, Marilyn Jones, and Christa Zorn. Join us for conversation and refreshments as we honor these unexpected artists! 5-7pm Oct. 27 Library First Floor Gallery
Friday, Dec. 8, OPEN BOOKS will hold its last meeting of the semester at 12 noon in LB230. The book under discussion is the current Common Experience selection, Coming of Age in Mississippi, by Anne Moody. Dr. James Beeby of the IUS History Department, will be on had to lend his expertise regarding the U. S. Civil Rights Movement as we discuss this multifaceted memoir. OPEN BOOKS sessions are held in LB230 at noon on the second Friday of the month, and everyone is welcome!
The Library welcomes its newest Librarian, Robin White, Assistant Librarian , Coordinator of Electronic Resources. She will also serve as the liaison to the School of Business. Robin received her undergraduate degree from Purdue University in 2004, with a major in English and minors in History, Classical Studies, and Computer Technology. She was just awarded, in August 2006, Master's of Library Science and Master's of Information Science degrees from Indiana University. Stop by and say hello to Robin.
Materials for Course Reserves are due in the Library on the following dates to ensure availability by the first week of classes:
Fall Semester 2006 -- Monday August 14, 2006
Spring Semester 2007 – Monday December 18, 2006
Summer Sessions 2007 – Tuesday April 17, 2007
Policies and forms are available from the Course Reserves homepage : www.ius.edu/Library/coursereserves.cfm
OPEN BOOKS
OPEN BOOKS, the IUS Library-sponsored community/campus book discussion group, has some interesting selections on tap for the Fall 2006 semester: 1491, by Charles C. Mann Friday, October 13, 12 noon, LB230 The End of Faith, by Sam Harris Friday, November 10, 12 noon, LB230 Coming of Age in Mississippi, by Anne Moody Friday, December 8, 12 noon, LB230. Everyone is welcome at these sessions, and feel free to bring your lunch. Drinks will be available.
A LITTLE KNOWLEDGE...
Throughout the year, the monthly Library-sponsored series we call "A Little Knowledge..." features faculty and students presenting their research and creative activity in a casual, conversational format. Everyone is welcome at these sessions, which are all held in LB230 from 12:15-1:15. The Fall 2006 sessions are scheduled as follows: Monday, September 18, 12:15, LB230, Dr. Magdalena Herdoiza-Estevez: "Cultural Education in Ecuador and Guatemala." Monday, October 16, 12:15, LB230, Dr. Judy Myers: "Social Change and the Intersection of Race, Class, and Gender in the Kentucky Birth Control Movement 1933-1943." Thursday, November 16: Linda Christiansen: "Business Fraud." Everyone is invited to these sessions. Feel free to bring a brown bag lunch.
The Library presents the October program of the series today at 12:15 in LB230. Dr. Judy Myers will talk with us about her research into the history of the birth control movement in Kentucky. Everyone is invited! Brown bag lunches welcome--we'll have drinks.
The fastest and most efficient way to find out whether the IUS Library provides access to a specific electronic journal is to use IUCAT. No more guessing which database to look in! Just go to IUCAT, type in the name of the magazine or journal, and click on "Periodical Title." You will get a listing for that title. Click on the red "Display" box, and on the resulting page, click on the blue URL identified for Southeast. This will take you to the database that contains full-text of that magazine. As always, if you need assistance, call the Reference Desk, 941-2489.
Sallie Bingham, nationally known playwright and novelist, will be appearing at the IUS Library at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, September 19, in the Library`s Third Floor Reading Area. She will read, autograph, and discuss her newest novel, CORY`S FEAST; her recently produced play about the poet Ezra Pound, TREASON; and newer works of fiction and poetry. Ms. Bingham is no stranger to IU Southeast; she has spoken here on several occasions, and we are delighted to welcome her back. Everyone is welcome at this event. (For more information about Sallie Bingham and her work, visit www.salliebingham.com .)
The IUS Library Fine Arts Competition
The IUS Library invites you to participate in our
Fifth Annual Fine Arts Competition
April 11-May 12, 2006
The Indiana University Southeast Library invites student artists to participate in our Fine Arts Competition, which for the first time this year offers two options: you may choose to enter a work on any subject or theme, which will be eligible for the Grand Purchase Prize; or you may choose to enter a thematic work celebrating the nature and importance of books, literature, libraries, reading and literacy, or information in any of its many and changing forms. These thematic works will be eligible for the Grand Purchase Prize as well as a special Director’s Discretionary Purchase Prize.
Awards: The Grand Purchase Prize, a $300 purchase award for the overall best work, will be awarded based on the decision of a designated juror; and a $300 Director’s Discretionary Purchase Prize for outstanding work based on the library theme may, at the discretion of the Library Director, be awarded. Additionally, $10 Certificates of Merit will be awarded to outstanding work in each of the following categories: painting, drawing, ceramics, printmaking, and graphic arts.
Eligibility: This competition is open to any currently enrolled student at Indiana University Southeast. Works of fine art in any medium in any size the Library can accommodate are eligible. (For questions of size, call Nancy Totten, 941-2209.) There is a limit of 3 works per artist.
Judge: Nancy Currier, Louisville artist and teacher
Calendar:
April 10: Work, ready to display, must be delivered to the IU Southeast Library Reference Desk with completed entry form attached, by 5 p.m. (You will need one entry form for each work you plan to enter.)
April 11: Show selected, juried, and installed. Show will run through May 12.
April 13: Artist reception and award ceremony, Library Gallery, 2:00-3:00.
May 15-19: Art work must be picked up from Library.
Liability: While utmost care will be taken with the works and we do not anticipate problems, the Library cannot be responsible for accidental damage or theft.
ENTRY FORM 2006
Artist’s name_______________________________________E-mail address________________
Address__________________________________________________Phone #______________
Title of work___________________________________________________________________
Medium_______________________________________________________________________
Is this a THEMED entry based on the Library theme? Yes_______ No_______
Need a book but can’t make it to the Library? Go to the website instead!
Over the last year, the Library has acquired access to nearly 30,000 electronic books, available to you from anywhere in the world via the Internet. These electronic books cover a broad range of topics, from ancient literature to the latest computer manuals.
They can be accessed in two ways: by doing a search in IUCAT, which will bring up both print and electronic books on your topic; or by going through the “Electronic Books” option under FIND INFORMATION on the Library’s web page.
If you use the “Electronic Books” option, you can select from several collections there, including netlibrary and ebrary, which cover all topics; and Books 24x7, which is a specialized collection covering all aspects of computer science, from manufacturing to graphics. Other electronic book collections include Medline Books at OVID, a medical reference collection, Early English Books Online, and Eighteenth Century Collections Online.
LIBRARY RESERVES SPRING 2006 DEADLINES
Information about Course Reserves may be located on the IUS Library Course Reserve website (https://www.ius.edu/library/coursereserves.cfm).
If you have any questions, please contact either Martha Cook (TEL: 941-2486; email: macook@ius.edu) or Gabrielle Carr (TEL: 941-2489; email: carrg@ius.edu)
Thank you for your cooperation.
Friday, November 10 at noon, OPEN BOOKS, the Library's Community/Campus book discussion group, will be talking about Sam Harris' THE END OF FAITH, which presents a negative critique of religion. There is plenty to argue about in this accessible work, and no doubt it will be a very animated discussion. Join us if you have an interest in the topic! Feel free to bring your lunch; we'll have drinks.
Check out SocINDEX with Full Text
The IUS Library is currently considering subscribing to SocINDEX with Full Text, a comprehensive sociology database that includes full text journals, books, monographs and conference papers. The database offers significant coverage of sociology and related disciplines, and covers topics like abortion, anthropology, criminology, criminal justice, cultural sociology, demography, economic development, ethnic & racial studies, gender studies, marriage & family, politics, religion, rural sociology, social psychology, social structure, social work, sociological theory, sociology of education, substance abuse, urban studies, violence, welfare, and many others.
Coverage is also chronologically deep, furnishing full text access (as well as indexing and abstracting) of significant journals in the field dating back to 1895. In addition to journal coverage, the database also includes the full text of more than 500 books and monographs and nearly 7,000 conference papers.
We welcome your evaluative comments. To connect to SocINDEX with Full Text click the link below:
http://search.epnet.com/login.aspx?authtype=ip,uid&profile=ehost&defaultdb=sih
Or connect to the Library’s website, www.ius.edu/library, select “Article and Database Searching,” and click the link to “Trial Databases.”
Please email any comments to Jackie Johnson, Coordinator of Collection Development, jfessard@ius.edu
Whether your scholarly pursuits are focused on mathematics or music, Slavic studies or statistics, the JSTOR online collections offer you access to the full text (including graphs, tables, and illustrations) of the most eminent academic journals.
Unlike most online collections, which often cover only the most recent decade or so, JSTOR collections offer the ability to delve deeply into a subject: access begins with the first issue of the journal, and coverage extends almost to the present (by agreement with publishers, most titles use a "moving wall," that restricts access to the most recent issues of a title).
The IUS Library is very pleased that this year it has significantly expanded access to the JSTOR collections. We now offer all five of the JSTOR Arts and Sciences Collections, encompassing some 500 key journals.
To connect to JSTOR, click this link from any campus workstation.
From off-campus, connect to the Library website, and look for JSTOR under Article and Database Search.
If you have questions about this, or other Library resources, call the Reference Desk, at 812-941-2489.
The Library has acquired an important new online source of full-text primary documents, as well as to hard-to-find ethnic drama and resources, some never before available. The Alexander Street Press databases, which provide powerful searching and precisely specific access, include:
American Civil War: Letters and Diaries. Contains over 100,000 copies of Civil War diaries, letters, and memoirs, searchable by names, places,battles, personal events, subject matter, chronology, etc. For example, you can find letters written to and from specific places, such as Indianapolis IN or Shelbyville Ky. during the Civil War, or you can search each of the 100,000 items for a reference to a specific person or topic.
British and Irish Women’s Letters and Diaries. Copies of letters from 1558-1950, searchable in the same powerful ways as above.
Early Encounters in North America: Peoples, Cultures, and the Environment. Letters, memoirs, diaries, and other accounts dating from the 1600’s. Same search capacity plus searching by flora and fauna.
North American Immigrant Letters, Diaries, and Oral Histories. Letters, diaries, oral histories, interviews, from 1800-1950. Same search capacity.
North American Women’s Letters and Diaries. Covers the period from 1678-1950. Same search capacity.
Drama and related resources in the Alexander Street Press collection, all full-text and with additional searchable descriptive material, include:
Asian American Drama
American Film Scripts Online
Black Thought and Culture
Black Drama
Latino Literature: poetry, drama, and fiction
North American Theatre Online
North American Women’s Drama
All these databases can be accessed from the Library’s website. Go to Article and Database Search (under “Find Information” on the main page, and from there to the Alphabetical List of Databases to select your desired source.
Responding to student suggestions, the Library is changing its regular weekend hours slightly, starting June 29. We will be open on Saturday from 9a.m. to 5p.m., and on Sunday from 12 noon to 6p.m.
IUCAT, the Library's online catalog, continues to add new services. One of the things you can do in IUCAT now is to identify and connect to the full-text of a particular magazine or journal. No more guessing which database to look in! Just go to IUCAT, type in the name of the magazine or journal, and click on "Periodical Title." You will get a listing for that title. Click on the red "Display" box, and on the resulting page, click on the blue URL identified for Southeast. This will take you to the database that contains full-text of that magazine. As always, if you need assistance, call the Reference Desk, 941-2489.
THURSDAY'S DISCUSSION CANCELLED BECAUSE CAMPUS IS CLOSED
If you're a fan of the movie A Christmas Story, you may want to attend one of the Open Books sessions this week--we're discussing Jean Shepherd's collection of short stories, In God We Trust, All Others Pay Cash, on which the movie was based. Discussions of the book and movie will be held both Thursday evening at 7 and Friday at noon. Feel free to bring a brown bag lunch or dinner; we'll have drinks and cookies. Community members, staff, faculty, and students are all welcome!
IUCAT will be unavailable from 12:01 am EST Saturday January 19 through
12:00 noon EST Sunday January 20 for scheduled maintenance
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