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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.

“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 events at the Library!

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on September 27, 2009
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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!!

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.

Orientation Week Events

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The Library is involved in several events during Orientation Week and we’d like you to know about them!

Google for Scholarly Research
Presented by Martha Stephenson, Reference & Instruction Librarian
27 August 2009 (Thursday) — 9-10 AM — UC 261
Google is ubiquitous, yet constantly evolving. Advances and improvements in Google products offer opportunities to more effectively and efficiently find information on the internet. This Googleology workshop features Google Scholar, Books, and Reader, which offer vital contributions to scholarship. By participating in this workshop, you’ll learn to:

  • Personalize Google Scholar to hybridize Andersen Library resources and the free internet:
    → Search with Google simplicity and find quality articles and books available through the Andersen Library
    → Interlibrary Loan materials not available in our library system
  • Use Google Books to find relevant books, book chapters and quotes.
  • Use Google Reader to aggregate pertinent RSS feeds.

Library Services & Online Resources
27 August 2009 (Thursday) — 2:30-3:30 PM — Andersen Library 2211 (BI Lab)
We’ll provide an introduction and overview of library services & online resources for new faculty and instructional academic staff (if you need a refresher, that’s OK too!). You’ll also get a chance to meet the library director and your librarian liaison. There will be refreshments served and the first fifteen attendees will receive a FREE t-shirt!

Big Read: To Kill a Mockingbird

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UWW & surrounding communities are taking part in “The Big Read” featuring the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel To Kill a Mockingbird. Events are scheduled throughout April at sites such as local libraries and museums, and in the UWW’s Young Auditorium. See the blog http://youngauditorium.wordpress.com/

To Kill a Mockingbird DVD coverAndersen Library has the Oscar and Golden Globe-winning movie (2nd-floor Browsing DVD, Feature Film Collection) and will show it on the 2nd floor on April 1st. The novel is available in Andersen Library’s 3rd-floor Main Collection (PS3562 .E353 T6).
Free copies of a reader’s guide, bookmarks, and an audio guide CD will be distributed starting April 1st. Andersen Library also is raffling off 5 free t-shirts — drop off your name and contact info at the Circulation Desk for the drawing.

Image of portion of NYT articleMore information about author Harper Lee, along with an analysis of her novel, is available via the MagillOnLiterature database, and there are many other relevant resources in the Library, such as an early review in the New York Times (July 13, 1960, p.33) available from the ProQuest Historical Newspapers database. Please ask a librarian for assistance in finding additional information.

Getting the Most from the Library

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The Library is taking the show on the road to talk about getting the most out of your college experience by utilizing the library and its resources and services. We’re teaming up with the Adult Resource Center to offer three workshops about becoming familiar with doing research beyond Google and Wikipedia. The sessions provide you with the opportunity to ask all those questions you’ve always wanted to ask but never got the chance.

Getting the Most from the Library
March 2 (Monday) from 2-3 PM and 5-6 PM
March 3 (Tuesday) from 11 AM – 12 PM
Adult Resource Center, Warhawk Involvement Center, University Center

Individuals in need of accommodations should contact Bill Bowen at arc@uww.edu or 262.472.5786 as soon as possible.

Library Land Trivia – WINNER!

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After going through hundreds of answered questions (392 correct ones) and over forty blog comments, we’ve come up with a winner to the trivia challenge.

Drumroll, please…

Joseph Carroll

Joseph maximized his chances of winning by getting all five questions correct and posting a comment to the blog. He will be taking home the Back to School prize made possible by our awesome sponsors – UHCS, the UWW Bookstore, Sweet Spot and Toppers!

Thanks again for all of you that entered the contest! And just in case you’re curious about the answers…

1) What’s a periodical?
A) bathroom reading
B) a species that only survived for a short time (e.g. dinosaurs)
C) a publication issued with regular frequency (daily, weekly, monthly, etc.)
D) a nasty form of tooth decay

Although a periodical generally does qualify as bathroom reading, a regularly-published item is the better answer.

2) If you check out one of our laptops in the library, which floor do you have to be on to use the wireless?
A) the main floor
B) the first, second or third floors
C) all four floors
D) the library doesn’t have wireless, silly.

TRICK QUESTION – a lot of people were thrown off by the all four floors, but we really only have three (I bet that you could get the wireless on the roof though).

3) You notice that we have movies like the Departed and Batman Begins and you’d like to check them out. How long do you get them?
A) two weeks
B) two days, just like Blockbuster new releases
C) seven hours, thirty-eight minutes and sixteen seconds
D) forever and a day

Sorry kids, we’re better than Blockbuster in that you can have the movies for two weeks. With that much time, who cares about late fees?

4) What’s the name of the library’s café?
A) The Coffee Shhh-oppe
B) The Cage in the Corner
C) Starbooks
D) Food For Thought

Yes, our coffee shop does brew Starbucks coffee, but its name isn’t Starbooks.

BONUS QUESTION
Why does the University Library Blog have a place for comments?
A) We want to hear from you, and the blog presents the perfect medium in which to get that feedback.
B) It’s just a front – we don’t care what you think.
C) The comments section looks pretty.
D) Wait… there’s a place for comments?

All in all – the contestants averaged four correct answers. Not too shabby.

Library Land Trivia – Get to it!

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Alright, it’s the moment you’ve all waited for…

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Here’s the deal: you’ve got four questions, a bonus question and a super bonus question. Choose the best answer for each of the questions. You have until Friday (September 12) – 8 AM. Now get to it!

1) What’s a periodical?
A) bathroom reading
B) a species that only survived for a short time (e.g. dinosaurs)
C) a publication issued with regular frequency (daily, weekly, monthly, etc.)
D) a nasty form of tooth decay

2) If you check out one of our laptops in the library, which floor do you have to be on to use the wireless?
A) the main floor
B) the first, second or third floors
C) all four floors
D) the library doesn’t have wireless, silly.

3) You notice that we have movies like the Departed and Batman Begins and you’d like to check them out. How long do you get them?
A) two weeks
B) two days, just like Blockbuster new releases
C) seven hours, thirty-eight minutes and sixteen seconds
D) forever and a day

4) What’s the name of the library’s café?
A) The Coffee Shhh-oppe
B) The Cage in the Corner
C) Starbooks
D) Food For Thought

BONUS QUESTION
Why does the University Library Blog have a place for comments?
A) We want to hear from you, and the blog presents the perfect medium in which to get that feedback.
B) It’s just a front – we don’t care what you think.
C) The comments section looks pretty.
D) Wait… there’s a place for comments?

SUPER BONUS QUESTION
It’s not so much of a question as it is a dare.

We dare you to post a comment to the University Library Blog – make sure to include your name and e-mail address in order to get credit. Just don’t post the answers.

To ENTER: Either A) come into the library and fill out an answer form at one of the library’s friendly desks or B) send an e-mail to Kyle Naff (naffk@uww.edu – subject line trivia contest) with your responses.

The winner will be notified on Friday, September 12.

The Trivia Contest is Back!

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The Library is sponsoring a trivia contest in which students have a chance to win great weekly prizes or an even better grand prize. All you have to do is come into the library or visit the Library’s website and answer some questions. How hard is that?

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On Monday, September 8, the trivia contest questions will be posted on the University Library Blog (where you are right now) and on the contest home page. You have until 8 AM on Friday, September 12 to answer as many of the questions as you can. Each correct answer will count towards one chance at winning our Back to School prize. Answer all five questions correctly and you’ll be entered in the drawing five times!

For more information, check out the contest home page or e-mail Kyle at naffk@uww.edu.