A Bi-Weekly Update
12/4/09
An Audio Excerpt
As part of the Faculty and Staff Favorites series running this fall, Dean Karen Green discussed the No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency by Alexander McCall Smith on Sept. 30. This discussion, held in Trexler Library and attended by a sizable number of students, faculty and community, also featured slides from Professor Chrysan Cronin’s recent trip to Botswana. Here is an audio excerpt from the event for your listening pleasure!
Infomaniac Tip
by Jen Jarson, Information Literacy and Assessment Librarian
US Government Data Mashups
The Sunlight Foundation, a non-partisan, non-profit organization, “focuses on the digitization of government data and the creation of tools and Web sites to make that data easily accessible for all citizens.” In addition to policy, advocacy, and investigative work, the Sunlight Foundation promotes open source technology development in service of its goal of transparency in government. Toward that end, the foundation has recently sponsored a few data mashup contests. The contests required developers to build applications that provide access to government data in easy-to-use and innovative ways. Check out a few of the recent finalists:
- DataMasher allows you connect any two available data sets. Browse already created data mashups or create your own.
- ThisWeKnow helps you find government data by city or zip code.
See more winners, finalists, and entrants: 2007 Mashup Contest winner and finalists and 2009 Apps for America winners (plus all 2009 entrants).
Read more about the Sunlight Foundation at http://www.sunlightfoundation.com/about/.
More Online Reference Books Added to Credo
These are the newest titles in our ever-expanding Credo Reference library database.
- The A-Z of Social Research, Sage UK
- The Cambridge Handbook of Age and Ageing
- Dictionary of Race, Ethnicity & Culture, Sage UK
- A Dictionary of Sociolinguistics
- Feminist Philosophies A-Z, Edinburgh University Press
- Guide to Economic Indicators, M.E. Sharpe
- Key Concepts in Medical Sociology, Sage UK
- Key Concepts in Urban Studies, Sage UK
- Key Concepts in Work, Sage UK
- The Sage Dictionary of Cultural Studies, Sage UK
- The Social Science Jargon-Buster, Sage UK
Calendar of Events
12/4: Trexler Library Winter Break Team-Building Event. Open to all library student workers and writing tutors. (Trexler Library Level A, 3:00-4:15 PM.)
12/4: Meditation Group. Open to the public. (Trexler Library Rare Books Room, 5:00PM-6:00PM.)
12/11: Meditation Group. Open to the public. (Trexler Library Rare Books Room, 5:00PM-6:00PM.)
Finals Week Hours: Saturday, 12/12 – Friday, 12/18
(Note: Library staff unavailable between 3:00AM – 8:00AM)Saturday, December 12 ~ 10:00AM – 12:00AM
Sunday, December 13 ~ 11:00AM – (no close)
Monday, December 14 ~ Open 24 Hours
Tuesday, December 15 ~ Open 24 Hours
Wednesday, December 16 ~ Open 24 Hours
Thursday, December 17 ~ Open until 2:00AM
Friday, December 18 ~ 8:00AM – 5:00PM
