Bi-Weekly Update
9/27/12
Credo Reference: An Authoritative Starting Point for Student Research
Scuttlebutt has said it before and will say it again: Credo Reference is a great starting place for student research. The reference sources (over 700 titles) in Credo Reference are published and vetted by reputable publishing houses (Harvard, Oxford, Routledge).
Here are the newest titles added to this online reference collection:
- Italian Renaissance state
- International encyclopedia of marriage and family
- Homer encyclopedia
Updates:
- CIA world factbook 2012-13
- Hutchinson chronology of world history
- Hutchinson dictionary of scientific biography
Here is a complete title list.
A Follow-Up to Banned Books Week
Scuttlebutt editors want to report on an intriguing (at least to Scuttlebutt) observation made by Dr. Brett Gary in his talk on censorship in America, presented to some 150 students, staff, and faculty this past Tuesday in Miller Forum as part of Banned Books Week. He mentioned that librarians earlier in the 20th century commonly perceived their mission as protecting innocent young people from “pornographic” or otherwise “perverse” publications. Their mission (or the common perception of their mission), thanks largely to the American Library Association, shifted in the latter half of the 20th century to ensuring that readers, especially adult readers, could access information without censorship.
(A history of the shaping of librarian identity in relation to censorship has been explored in a book by Louise Robbins titled Censorship and the American Library. )
Infomaniac Tip
SmARThistory
Smarthistory.org, now part of the Khan Academy, is a free, not-for-profit, multi-media web-book designed as a dynamic enhancement (or even substitute) for the traditional art history textbook. Dr. Beth Harris and Dr. Steven Zucker began smARThistory in 2005 by creating a blog featuring free audio guides in the form of podcasts for use in The Museum of Modern Art and the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Soon after, we embedded the audio files in our online survey courses. The response from our students was so positive that we decided to create a multi-media survey of art history web-book. We created audios and videos about works of art found in standard art history survey texts, organized the files stylistically and chronologically, and added text and still images.
Calendar
October 4: A faculty panel composed of Profs. Borick, Jansen, and Malsberger will critique a selection of Herb Block’s most famous Washington Post cartoons (see exhibit announcement above). Emphasized in the critique will be cartoons from Cold War era, Herblock’s heyday. Co-sponsored by the Political Science Dept. and Trexler Library. (12:30-1:45, Periodicals Reading Room, level A, Trexler Library
October 11: Faculty author reception: Jack McCallum’s Dream Team: How Michael, Magic, Larry, Charles and the Greatest Team of All Time Conquered the World and Changed the Game of Basketball Forever (12:30-1:30, Fulford Room, Trexler Library)
October 25: Faculty author reception: John Sullivan’s Media Audiences: Effects, Users, Institutions and Power (12:30-1:30, Fulford Room, Trexler Library)
FALL LIBRARY HOURS:
- Monday – Thursday 8:00 a.m. – 1:00 a.m.
- Friday 8:00 a.m. – 10:00 p.m.
- Saturday 10:00 a.m. – 7:00 p.m.
- Sunday 11:00 a.m. – 1:00 a.m.
FALL BREAK HOURS: (Begins at the conclusion of classes on Friday, October 12. Classes resume at 8:00 a.m. on Wednesday, October 17.)
- Friday, October 12 8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
- Saturday, October 13 – Sunday, October 14 Closed
- Monday, October 15 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
- Tuesday, October 16 9:00 a.m. – 1:00 a.m.
