Well, at least the future of librarianship is hot. Don’t believe me? Just ask US News & World Report. They listed Librarian as one of the top careers for 2007. As they point out, “it’s an underrated career… help researchers plumb the oceans of information available in books and digital records… go on shopping sprees… put on performances…” Read the full report on their website.
Still don’t believe me? I’ve got more. Parade Magazine listed Corporate Librarian as one of the hottest careers for college graduates. As a side note, I was just at the Special Libraries Association conference in Denver with a bunch of corporate librarians, and let me tell you - they know how to have fun.
As if you still needed more evidence, Kiplinger.com, which publishes Kiplinger’s Personal Finance, included Librarian on their list of seven great careers for 2007. With keen observation, the author notes that “today’s librarian is a high-tech information sleuth, a master of mining cool databases (well beyond Google) to unearth the desired nuggets.”
Source: SLA Connections newsletter, May 2007
The University now has a campus-wide subscription to the online version of the Chronicle of Higher Education!
To access the subscription while on campus, you can go directly to the Chronicle’s web site at http://chronicle.com. If off campus, connect via the library EZProxy using the following link.
Access is free and open to all UWW faculty, staff and students.
You are encouraged to subscribe to Academe Today, The Chronicle’s Daily Report. Anyone can sign up to receive this free e-newsletter once they have created a Chronicle account. Visit their website for more information and to start the sign-up process. You will also find a listing of all available e-mail newsletters and how to receive the Chronicle headline service via RSS feeds.
Highlights of coverage in addition to what you are familiar with in the paper version include:
- Daily Web updates on the latest news in higher education.
- Searchable archives of back issues. Unlimited access to every news article and essay published by The Chronicle since 1989.
- Online access to The Almanac of Higher Education, an annual report from The Chronicle since 1995. View data, demographics, enrollment, staff salaries, tuition fees, test scores, and more state by state.
- Regular updates on current grant opportunities.
- Several thousand of the best job opportunities in the academic world, updated daily.
- Career advice and counseling, for beginners and experienced academics alike.
- Employer profiles providing in-depth information for job candidates.
- Essays and opinion articles from all issues of The Chronicle Review.
- Participation in online discussions about issues and controversies featured in The Chronicle.
- Licensing revenues and patent activity at universities from fiscal 1994 to present.
- Listings of forthcoming events in higher education.
The subscription is made possible through funding support from Interim Chancellor Telfer.
Chasing the American Dream:
New Perspectives on Affordable Homeownership
Edited by William M. Rohe & Harry L. Watson
HD7287.96 .U6 C43 2007
New Book Island, 2nd floor
Should you rent or should you buy? The topic is definitely at the forefront of today’s headlines, with the US housing bubble deflating and the subprime lending market tanking. This book seeks to tackle the age-old question from a variety of perspectives, economic, architectural, social to name a few. Contributors from the nation’s leading institutions outline the history and origins of the ‘American Dream’ and recommendations to improve the situation for all actors in the mix, focusing mainly on low-income homebuyers. In short, this book presents a well-rounded view of this current debate.
Won’t You Be My Neighbor:
Race, Class & Residence in Los Angeles
Camille Zubrinsky Charles
HD7288.76 .U5 C43 2006
New Book Island, 2nd floor
The author, associate professor of sociology at the University of Pennsylvania, explores how race affects residential decision-making in urban areas, using Los Angeles for her study. She argues that where you live determines so much for individuals, such as access to jobs, social networks and education. Pulling data from an in-depth survey, she draws some interesting conclusions. For instance, she finds that caucasians are the most desirable neighbors, whereas African-Americans are the least desirable, even to minority groups with little exposure to American race relations. This book provides a thought-provoking read for those interested in the current state of race relations in the United States. By the way, Won’t You Be My Neighbor? really is a reference to Mister Rogers, not just a coincidence.
People elected to the U.S. Congress aren’t experts on everything! OK, you probably knew that already. So who can they turn to for factual briefings on unfamiliar topics?
The Congressional Research Service (CRS) is a big help to them, producing research and analysis on political, legal, and policy topics to help our elected Senators and Representatives make informed decisions. These reports can help you be better informed, too, and your taxes have already paid for them!
You can request a specific CRS report through your Senator or Representative, but some very helpful folks are sharing online the reports they’ve already obtained. Several online collections are listed at http://library.uww.edu/subject/govpubs.htm#colls. You can even add a report you’ve obtained to one of these collections, such as Open CRS.
Here are examples of recent report titles that you might choose to use:
- Foreign Students in the United States: Policies and Legislation (May 11, 2007)
- Immigration Fraud: Policies, Investigations, and Issues (May 17, 2007)
- North Korean Provocative Actions, 1950-2007 (April 20, 2007)
- U.S. Food and Agricultural Imports: Safeguards and Selected Issues (May 21, 2007)
- Freedom of Speech and Press: Exceptions to the First Amendment (April 26, 2007)
- Foreign Direct Investment: Effects of a “Cheap” Dollar (May 11, 2007)
- Stem Cell Research: Federal Research Funding and Oversight (April 18, 2007)
Put your tax dollars to work for you! Take advantage of the research done for Congress to jumpstart your own research.
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!
As yet another way to keep you connected with the Library, I am pleased to announce our flickr account! Flickr allows users to upload photos and share them with friends, family, or the whole world, depending on which level of security you choose.
While we haven’t figured out flickr’s full potential for the library, it’s still pretty nifty. Check it out and actually see what we have to offer.
The Good Husband of Zebra Drive
by Alexander McCall Smith
MCN McC
McNaughton Collection, 2nd floor
The latest installment of the international best-selling No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency series is sure to keep fans coming back for more. Mr. J.L.B. Matekoni is a master mechanic, who loves his job as the proprietor of Tlokweng Road Speedy Motors. But feeling the need for a new kind of challenge, he takes on a case at his wife’s detective agency. Meanwhile Mma Makutsi is also feeling restless and threatens to resign as assistant detective at the agency. Things go even more awry as Charlie, the older apprentice gets big ideas about his future. Meanwhile, trouble is brewing at a local hospital where patients are dying in the same bed at the same time on Fridays. As always Mma Ramotswe, the only private lady detective in Botswana, must use all her female intuition and good judgment to keep her little corner of the world from unraveling.
You won’t need to read the previous seven books to appreciate The Good Husband, though. This book will give you a glimpse into life in a modern African city whose heart is still shaped by the broad savannahs and wide open skies of Botswana.
Time for your weekly dose of library-related Youtube videos. This one demonstrates that computers and all of our modern “conveniences” isn’t the first time that humans struggled with technology. Thanks to Dianne for the video submission!
