“Go green!” is the motto for today’s society. In keeping with the trend to keep our environment clean and healthy, parents and educators can teach kids at a young age how to recycle. Keepin’ It in the Loop: a Recycling Activity and Learning Guide For Educators and Students (call number NAT 6/2:R 42/17/2007 and NAT 6/2:R 42/17/2007) recently won the prestigious Wisconsin Distinguished Documents award given out each year to a Wisconsin government document that “contributes significantly to the expansion of knowledge; provides inspiration and pleasure to an identifiable readership; contributes to public understanding of government agencies; and is distinguished by the clarity of its presentation, its typography and design, and its overall appeal.”
The Department of Natural Resources made these documents to teach young kids the importance of recycling and created fun and clever activities to make them think about the impact they have on their environment.
On June 6, 2008, Government Information Day in Madison, those who compiled these documents proudly received their awards from the Government Information Roundtable section of the Wisconsin Library Association for designing and creating these documents. Check out these winners located in the Wisconsin Documents collection, as well as the honorable mentioned documents listed below:
Governor’s Task Force on Campus Safety (GO SAF 2.1: )
Wisconsin Great Lakes Chronicle (COA 1/2:G 766/)
Turning Points (online)
For more information on the yearly winner’s of the Wisconsin Distinguished Documents Award, visit the Wisconsin Library Association Government Information Roundtable website.
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!
July Fourth is Independence Day. See information related to this national holiday online from the Census Bureau, usa.gov, history.com, and the Library of Congress.
Why do we celebrate? It’s our national birthday! On July 4, 1776 the 13 colonies took a big step toward becoming a sovereign nation when the Second Continental Congress approved the Declaration of Independence.
How do we celebrate? parades, fireworks, barbecues, concerts, etc. Whitewater’s parade on Friday, July 4th, starts at 10 a.m. See the entire festival schedule (July 3-6) online.
The University Library is closed on Friday-Saturday, but open on Sunday July 6th (4-8 p.m.). Whitewater’s public library (Irvin L. Young Memorial Library) is closed on Friday but open on Saturday July 5th.
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!
Gusher of Lies:
The Dangerous Delusions of “Energy Independence”
by Robert Bryce
TJ163.25 .U6 B79 2008
New Book Island, 2nd floor
With oil prices nearing $143 a barrel, one has to wonder about this energy independence that has been buzzing around Washington and the rest of the world. This week’s new book has some beef with this notion of a self-sustaining United States.
“All of them are full of methane,” states the book description, in reference to Bush, Obama, Greenpeace and everyone that supports weaning the country off of foreign oil. Bryce, fellow at the Institute for Energy Research and managing editor of the Energy Tribune, takes issue with the idea of energy independence, saying that it’s neither possible nor advantageous. Furthermore, he holds nothing back against its proponents, which are not limited to just the crazy liberals or the staunch conservatives. He examines both the past, current and future alternative energy sources and their viability (or lack thereof). The book includes references and a bibliography for further reading.
The Library also has another book by Bryce, Pipe Dreams: Greed, Ego, and the Death of Enron, available in the Main Collection (HD9502.U54 E573 2002).
