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Banned Books Week – Wednesday’s Quiz

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In honor of Banned Books Week (9/29-10/2), the Library will be offering a quiz each day Monday through Thursday. The quiz questions are about books that have been challenged or banned in the United States, and each day’s winner will receive a fabulous prize. A big “thank you” to the SweetSpot Coffee Shoppe, Toppers Pizza, and University Health & Counseling Center (UHCS) for their donation of prizes for the contest.

Monday – Harold Andersen Library t-shirt
Tuesday – SweetSpot gift certificate for $10
Wednesday – coupon for a Toppers large pizza and Topperstix
Thursday – 25-minute massage from UHCS

Entry forms are available in the Library near the Circulation and Reference Desks. You can’t win if you don’t enter, so stop by the library and complete the questions! A winner will be drawn at random from the correctly completed forms. And while you’re in the library, don’t forget to check out the Banned Books display near the Food for Thought Cafe!

Here are the three questions for Wednesday, September 30th.

1. Who is the main character in the novel, The Call of the Wild, by Jack London?

a. A young man named Bryan who travels to Alaska during the gold rush.
b. A woman who leaves her family to study wolves in the wild.
c. A dog named Buck who is stolen to become a sled dog in the Klondike region of Canada.

2. The majority of A Separate Peace by John Knowles takes place . . .

a. at a New Hampshire prep school named Devon
b. in a concentration camp in Germany
c. at a cottage in the Catskill Mountains

3. The book, Women in Love, by D.H. Lawrence, is a sequel to which of his other novels?

a. Lady Chatterley’s Lover
b. Sons and Lovers
c. The Rainbow

(Tuesday’s Quiz Answers: moves to Long Island to learn about the bond business, Dublin, Apocalypse Now)

Banned Books readings, 9/30, 3:00 p.m.

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As part of the Library’s commemoration of Banned Books week, we invite you to join us at 3:00 p.m., Wednesday, Sept. 30, on the Library’s Main Floor to listen to readings from banned or challenged books.

A “banned” book is one that has been removed from a library collection or a school based on the successful objection of a person or group. A “challenge,” on the other hand, is “an attempt to remove or restrict materials, based upon the objections of a person or group.” It is important to note that while some books, such as The Catcher in the Rye, continue to sustain many challenges, others may appear on a frequently-challenged title list for several years, and then fall off the list as social and community mores change. For a list of frequently banned or challenged books of the 21st century, see the American Library Association’s web site. (None of these books have been banned at UW-Whitewater, and in fact, many are available for checkout in the Library!)

Join us as campus and community leaders, faculty, and students read excerpts from banned books, such as The Golden Compass, The Color Purple, and Ulysses. The first reader is … Chancellor Richard Telfer!

This event is free and open to the public.

Banned Books Week – Tuesday’s Quiz

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In honor of Banned Books Week (9/29-10/2), the Library will be offering a quiz each day Monday through Thursday. The quiz questions are about books that have been challenged or banned in the United States, and each day’s winner will receive a fabulous prize. A big “thank you” to the SweetSpot Coffee Shoppe, Toppers Pizza, and University Health & Counseling Center (UHCS) for their donation of prizes for the contest.

Monday – Harold Andersen Library t-shirt
Tuesday – SweetSpot gift certificate for $10
Wednesday – coupon for a Toppers large pizza and Topperstix
Thursday – 25-minute massage from UHCS

Entry forms are available in the Library near the Circulation and Reference Desks. You can’t win if you don’t enter, so stop by the library and complete the questions! A winner will be drawn at random from the correctly completed forms. And while you’re in the library, don’t forget to check out the Banned Books display near the Food for Thought Cafe!

Here are the three questions for Tuesday, September 29th.

1. In the novel, The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald, Nick Carraway . . .

a. commits a murder and must flee to Mexico
b. moves to Long Island to learn about the bond business
c. struggles to become a successful doctor in Argentina

2. The novel, Ulysses, by James Joyce is about Leopold Bloom as he spends an ordinary day in which city?

a. Paris
b. London
c. Dublin

3. Which of the following movies is based on the novella, Heart of Darkness, by Joseph Conrad?

a. Platoon
b. Apocalypse Now
c. Saving Private Ryan

(Monday’s Quiz Answers: Oceania, Yoknapatawpha County, Holden Caulfield)

“Right to Read” lecture, 9/29, 7 p.m.

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As part of the Library’s Banned Books Week events, Carin Bringelson will speak on “40+ Years of the Right to Read” at 7:00 p.m., Tuesday, Sept. 29, on the Library’s Main Floor. Ms. Bringelson works for TeachingBooks.net and is the Director of Friends of the Cooperative Children’s Book Center (CCBC) at UW-Madison.

The lecture is free and open to the public.

For more about the Library’s Banned Books Week events, see our previous post.

Banned Books Week – Monday’s Quiz

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In honor of Banned Books Week (9/29-10/2), the Library will be offering a quiz each day Monday through Thursday. The quiz questions are about books that have been challenged or banned in the United States, and each day’s winner will receive a fabulous prize. A big “thank you” to the SweetSpot Coffee Shoppe, Toppers Pizza, and University Health & Counseling Center (UHCS) for their donation of prizes for the contest.

Monday – Harold Andersen Library t-shirt
Tuesday – SweetSpot gift certificate for $10
Wednesday – coupon for a Toppers large pizza and Topperstix
Thursday – 25-minute massage from UHCS

Entry forms are available in the Library near the Circulation and Reference Desks. You can’t win if you don’t enter, so stop by the library and complete the questions! A winner will be drawn at random from the correctly completed forms. And while you’re in the library, don’t forget to check out the Banned Books display near the Food for Thought Cafe!

Here are the three questions for Monday, September 28th.

1. In the novel 1984 by George Orwell, Winston Smith is a resident of…

A. Eastasia
B. Oceania
C. Eurasia

2. The novel, As I Lay Dying, by William Faulkner, takes place in which fictional place?

A. Yoknapatawpha County
B. The City of Mokandez
C. Applegate Shores

3. The main character in the Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger is:

A. John Yokens
B. Holden Caulfield
C. Eric Zimpleman

Banned Books Week events at the Library!

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The 28th annual Banned Books Week is September 28-October 2, 2009. Sponsored by the American Library Association, Banned Books Week celebrates America’s freedom to read. It also serves as a reminder not to take this freedom for granted.

To commemorate Banned Books Week, the Library staff has created a large display highlighting various banned books. Titles owned by the Library are available next to the display for check out. The display is located near the library cafe.

The Library and the Friends of Andersen Library are also sponsoring several Banned Books Week events:

  • 7:00 p.m., Tuesday, Sept. 29, Library’s Main Floor: Carin Bringelson will speak on “40+ Years of the Right to Read.” Carin works for TeachingBooks.net and is the Director of Friends of the Cooperative Children’s Book Center (CCBC) at UW-Madison.
  • 3:00 p.m., Wednesday, Sept. 30, Library’s Main Floor: Campus and community leaders, faculty, and students will read excerpts from banned books. The first reader is … Chancellor Richard Telfer!
  • Monday-Thursday, Sept. 28-Oct. 1: Test your knowledge of banned books by answering our daily quiz questions! Correct answers earn you an entry into the drawing to win one of our daily prizes. Prizes include a T-shirt, a coupon for Toppers Pizza, a gift certificate for the Sweet Spot coffee shop, and a 25-minute massage from the University Health and Counseling Center! Read the Library blog to get each day’s questions, and return your answers to the Circulation Desk or Reference Desk on the main floor of the Library.

Read more about the Library’s events here.

CELEBRATE YOUR FREEDOM TO READ!!

John F. Kennedy & Warren Commission

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On Sept. 24, 1964, the President’s Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy (aka the Warren Commission) delivered its report on John F. Kennedy’s assassination to President Lyndon B. Johnson. President Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas, TX, on November 22, 1963. You may be aware that there was a lot of controversy about this assassination. Who dunnit? Was it really just “lone gunman” Lee Harvey Oswald, as the Warren Commission concluded? There have been other theories over time, some pointing to conflicting details within the Commission’s own report.

Killing of a President coverIf you are interested in this bit of history, Andersen Library has materials that you could use! You can read the Warren Commission report and supporting volumes of evidence (2nd-floor Federal Documents Collection, PR 36.8:R 29 or 3rd-floor Main Collection, E842.9 .A55 1964a). There also are many books about the assassination and the investigation that can be identified by searching the HALCat Andersen Library Catalog, Conpsiracy title coversuch as Rush to judgment: A critique of the Warren Commission’s inquiry into the murders of President John F. Kennedy, Officer J. D. Tippitt, and Lee Harvey Oswald (3rd-floor Main Collection, E842.9 .L3), The weight of the evidence; the Warren report and its critics (3rd-floor Main Collection, E842.9 .A68), The killing of a president: the complete photographic record of the JFK Assassination, the conspiracy and the cover-up (3rd-floor Main Collection, E842.9 .G76 1993), and Conspiracy in Camelot: The complete history of the assassination of John Fitzgerald Kennedy (NetLibrary online book).

There also are many articles in journals, magazines and newspapers that could be found using the Library’s article databases. For example, searching America: History and Life would find articles including “Top ten myths of the Kennedy assassination” (American History, 2003, v.38, no.5, pp58+).

Please ask a librarian for assistance with finding materials.

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The University Library is a federal depository with many federal, state, local, and international documents on a variety of current and relevant issues available to you in print, microfiche, CD-ROM, and electronically. Come check out your government at the University Library!

New Journal Holdings List

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on September 16, 2009
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If you want to know if you have access to articles in particular journals, magazines, or newspapers, consult the Journal Holdings List. To look up a title, hover on “Find” on the gray horizontal bar on the Library home page and then click “Journal Holdings” on the list that appears. Those of you familiar with the Journal Holdings List from last year will see that it has a very different look.

Search box in Journal Holdings ListIn the Journal Holdings List you can either search for a title or browse an alphabetical list.

search results in Journal Holdings List with links to full text accessOnce you’ve found a title you’ll see links to databases providing access to full-text articles (with an indication of how far back full text is available). If no online full text is available for the date you need, click the “Find it” button, and then click the catalog link to see if there are print or microform holdings in the Library’s 1st-floor Periodicals Collection.

Questions? Please ask a librarian!

Library & Cafe Open with changes

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Harold Andersen Library (HAL) is open for fall semester hours now. The Food for Thought Cafe is open M-Th 9:30am-2pm & 4:30pm-6:30pm, and F 9:30am-2pm. Staff & students should notice quite a few changes, including:

  • 2nd floor (entrance level): a new arrangement of soft chairs, computers, and tables for laptops or group work dispersed around the room; racks of selected current magazine issues & newspapers; group study spaces & rooms; and browsing collections of DVDs, VHS, CDs, graphic novels, audio books, recent fiction & nonfiction books, and video/computer games. Coming soon: A gaming room with Wii, Xbox 360, and PlayStation consoles.
  • 3rd floor: quiet study space, individual study rooms, more computers.
  • 1st floor: quiet study space, two collaboratories (reserve through Circulation at 472-5511), more computers, and the new home of the University Archives/ Area Research Center/ Special Collections.

We’ll be adding new soft seating. YOU are asked to vote for your favorite fabric! See the samples on display beside the student message board just inside the Library entrance.

We also are trying a continuous book sale. Each month the selection for sale will feature a genre, subject, or format.

Labor Day weekend Library hours

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Andersen Library is closed over the Labor Day weekend, Sat-Mon, Sept. 5-7. We’ll be open for regular fall semester hours starting on Tuesday, Sept. 8, at 7:30 a.m.

Enjoy the holiday, everyone, and rest up for the work ahead. But if you want to get some work done, remember that even when the Library is closed:

  • The Library’s article databases are available; just login when prompted with your campus Net-ID (same as for your campus email or D2L).
  • You can search the Library Catalog and use links to the titles that are online, including ereserves for classes.
  • You can review or renew your checked-out books, DVDs, etc. online (once) through your Personal Record.
  • You can ask a librarian for help using email or chat, or phone us at the Reference Desk during open hours (262-472-1032). Chat will be answered by non-UWW librarians. If you call or email you will not receive a response until the Library is open again.