November Book Sale

Posted on November 7, 2013 by Martha

This month the deals are divine! Not only are small books, such as those with under 100 pages, and maps on sale for ten cents, but there are freebies too. The free books are primarily review copies of textbooks that were donated to library booksale, but that we are not allowed to sell. These are clearly printed as free on the cover. The rest of the books are on sale for $1 each, as per usual.

The buck books are mostly on psychology, sociology, computers, rhetoric, and literary studies topics. A few more random things are thrown in just for fun. Perhaps the following titles will draw you over to Andersen Library’s November sale:

  • How to Talk to Your Cat by Patricia Moyes
  • MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers by the Modern Language Association of America (5th and 6th editions)
  • NBC Handbook of Pronunciation revised by Thomas Lee Crowell, Jr. (3rd edition)

I hope you come to the library and find some great deals. If you don’t find something you want to buy now, be sure to save your pennies, as next month we’ll feature fiction and nonfiction books you might want to give as gifts during the holiday season.

You will find the book sale carts in the area between the DVDs, cafe, and circulation desk.

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New Stuff Tuesday – November 5, 2013

Posted on November 7, 2013 by Martha

:George Catlin: American Indian Portraits

George Catlin:
American Indian Portraits
by George Catlin; curated by Stephanie Pratt & Joan Carpenter Troccoli
ND237.C35 A4 2013
New Arrivals, 2nd floor

November is American Indian Heritage Month so it seemed fitting to choose a book that tied in with that theme for the first week of the month. I was just hoping it would be a fitting tribute to American Indians of the past, and perhaps present and future, and not a bad hangover from Halloween.

From the first it appeared this book would provide multiple perspectives, as the foreword noted that although Catlin captures the character and personality of some great indigenous leaders and other people of the mid-nineteenth century American West in his portraits, he was also exoticizing them and glossing over their plight during his exhibition of those works of art. He had good intentions, even going so far as to note the particular name and tribe of his subjects, but as a chronicler of Native American people and their cultures, he often fell short of giving the complete picture. But was this purely his problem, or was it a sign of the times he lived in? This book investigates questions like these, while providing a balanced presentation of his life, times, and works.

It is importnat to note that this particular book is geared towards a European audience and aims to reintroduce them to the body of the works in Catlin’s “Indian Gallery,” so references are often made to European places and events.

Most portraits are accompanied by historical details and other contextual information. It was a joy to see that Wisconsin’s tribes are represented by several portraits in the book, although the people in question may have been from non-Wisconsin bands. The Menominee are represented by Ko-man-i-kin-o-haw, Little Whale. The Ojibwa/Chippewa by Ka-Bes-Hunk, He Who Travels Everywhere, by Ju-Ah-Kis-Gaw, by Ud-Je-Jock, and by Say-Say-Gon, Hail Storm.The Sac and Fox are represented by Muk-A-Tah-Mish-O-Kah-Kaik, Black Hawk, by Kee-O-Kuk, The Watchful Fox, and by Wee-Sheet, Sturgeon’s Head.

If you are interested in reading more about Wisconsin’s native residents, check out books such as these from Andersen Library’s collections:

  • Native People of Wisconsin by Patty Loew
    Curriculum Collection, Juvenile Non-Fiction under call number 977.5 Loe
  • Native Wisconsin: Official Guide to Native American Communities in Wisconsin
    Wisconsin Documents under call number Z/LC E 78:W 8/2003
  • Wisconsin Indians by Nancy Oestreich Lurie
    Main Collection under call number E78.W8 L87 2002

The library has a couple other exhibition books about Catlin and his works:

  • North American Indian Paintings by George Catlin
    Federal (US) Documents Stacks under call number SI 8.2:N 81
  • South American Indian Paintings by George Catlin
    Federal (US) Documents Stacks under call number SI 8.2:So 8

As well as books by Catlin and/or containing reproductions of his works:

  • Episodes from Life among the Indians, and Last Rambles by George Catlin
    Main Collection under call number E58 .C3535
  • Letters and Notes on the Manners, Customs, and Condition of the North American Indians by George Catlin (two volumes)
    Main Collection under call number E77 .C38 1965
  • And some in the Early Encounters in North America: Peoples, Cultures and the Environment database

And remember, you can always use UW Request to borrow more print materials from other UW system libraries!

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World War II Survivor, Kristallnacht

Posted on November 7, 2013 by Barbara

Joseph Koek, survivor of World War II, will share his experiences on Thurs., Nov. 7th, at 5:30pm in Heide 100. At this time attendees will also join the Jewish Student Organization in commemorating the 75th anniversary of Kristallnacht (Night of Broken Glass, which refers to the many windows broken in synagogues and Jewish-owned homes and businesses during pogroms that took place on November 9-10, 1938).

Andersen Library has resources for learning more. Search HALCat for book or videos including Kristallnacht: The Nazi night of terror (3rd-floor Main Collection, DS135 .G33 F56 1989), Night of pogroms: “Kristallnacht,” November 9-10, 1938 (2nd-floor Federal Documents, Y 3.H 74:2 P 75), and Coming of age in the Holocaust: The last survivors remember (3rd-floor Main Collection, D804.3 .G353 2002).

For assistance with finding materials, please ask a librarian.

FDLP logo Andersen Library is a federal and Wisconsin depository library with federal and state government documents on a variety of current and relevant issues available to you in various formats (print, DVD/CD-ROM, online). Check out your government at Andersen Library!

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Research in Native American Studies

Posted on November 6, 2013 by Trisha

November is Native American Heritage Month and the Andersen Library has a variety of resources to help you learn more about the history and culture of Native Americans.

The Andersen Library has many books, DVDs, and other resources that are available for check out.  These can be located by searching the library catalog.  Only want to find certain items, such as videos?  By selecting one of the “Focus Your Results” options on the right side of the screen, you can limit your search to include specific collections such as DVD or VHS, Curriculum Collection, or items published after 2007.

The Reference Collection on the second floor of the library also has a number of Native American dictionaries, encyclopedias, and other reference material to get you started in your research. Remember that these items can only be checked out overnight.

Andersen Library subscribes to a large number of databases. Articles about Native American history and people can be located in general databases, but here are a few that focus specifically on Native American culture:

  • Early Encounters in North America: People, Cultures, and the Environment -This collection of documents explore the relationships between people and the environment in North America and covers a time spam of 1534 to 1850.  The collection focuses on personal accounts and provides unique perspectives from traders, slaves, explorers, and native peoples.  The collection can be searched by groups of peoples.  By looking under “North American Peoples,” documents can be retrieved under each Native tribe name and are then organized by year.
  • Ethnic NewsWatch – This database is a collection of full-text newspapers, journal, and magazine articles from ethnic and native publications.  A search for “Native American*” produces over 100,000 articles that can be narrowed down by subject and other categories.
  • University of Wisconsin Digital Collections – The University of Wisconsin Digital Collections aims is to provide quality digital resources to support education and research.  Digital resources include items such as books, manuscripts, images, maps, and videos.  The collections are organized alphabetically and there is a search box provided to locate information on specific topics.   A subject search of “Native American” produces over 40 items.  There is also a specific collection featuring documents related to Indian Affairs.

There are a variety of websites available to support Native American research.  A great website on Native American Heritage Month 2013 has been put together by the Library of Congress, National Archives and Records Administration, National Endowment for the Humanities, National Gallery of Art, National Park Service, Smithsonian Institution, and United States Holocaust Memorial Museum.  It includes background information on Native American Heritage Month as well as additional resources such as images, exhibits and collections, and educational resources.  The homepage also highlights projects such as the Bdote Memory Map (a collection of oral histories) and provides a link to the YouTube channel from the National Museum of the American Indian.

Andersen Library is a federal and Wisconsin depository library with federal and state government documents on a variety of current and relevant issues available to you in various formats (print, DVD/CD-ROM, online). Check out your government at Andersen Library!

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Will Life on Earth Survive Deneb’s Supernova?

Posted on November 1, 2013 by Barbara

Dr. Robert Benjamin, UWW Dept. of Physics, will talk about “Will Life on Earth Survive Deneb’s Supernova?” on Fri, Nov 1, at 8pm (Upham 140). It’s the third lecture in the 2013-2014 Whitewater Observatory Lecture Series! A viewing session at the Whitewater Observatory will follow the lecture at 9:15pm, weather permitting. Both the lecture and the viewing session are free and open to all.

LECTURE ABSTRACT

“To look at the sky, you would think that stars are timeless, distant points of light. But when viewed more closely, they are churning, roiling balls of plasma that evolve over time. And when some of these stars run out of fuel, they will explode. Should we be worried that one of the Sun’s neighbors will explode? Will the Sun explode? In this lecture, I will cover what types of stars explode, why they do it, and how close would they need to be to the Earth to affect us.”

Andersen Library can provide additional materials if you’d like to learn more. Search HALCat for books, government documents, and videos. Search article databases for articles in journals, magazines, or newspapers, such as “What makes stars explode” (Astronomy, 2007, vol.35:no:3, pp.38-43) and “Evidence of nearby supernovae affecting life on Earth” (Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 2012, vol.423:no.2, pp.1234-1253). Ask a librarian for assistance with finding materials.

Plan ahead to attend other lectures in this series, which will address damage to or the destruction of the Earth!

  • Nov. 8: future loss of Earth’s magnetic field, and
  • Nov. 15: unpredicted meteor that exploded over Russia last February.
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Online storage maintenence Nov 1-3

Posted on October 31, 2013 by Barbara

For your information, this notice was sentout by iCIT. Please plan accordingly.

“Starting Friday, Nov. 1, at 7 p.m. until Sunday, Nov. 3, at 5 p.m. ICIT will be conducting necessary maintenance to storage for instruction sites (stori.uww.edu), facstaff websites (facstaff.uww.edu), student websites (students.uww.edu) and class storage folders (accessed via webbe.uww.edu & stustorage.uww.edu). This will include stori search and screen folders. During this time sites accessed from these pages will be “read-only” and you will be unable to save or edit any documents. There also may be intermittent service outages where pages will be unavailable.

Planned system outages are announced via email, and at uww.edu/icit in the blog and the System Status bars. If you have questions, please contact the Technology Support Center (TSC) Helpdesk at 262-472-HELP (4357), or helpdesk@uww.edu.”

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Fac/Staff Library Research Fellowships deadline Nov 11

Posted on October 31, 2013 by Barbara

UWW Faculty/Staff: Are you working on research, but need to use databases that Madison has, and Whitewater does not? Well, here’s help!

The University of Wisconsin-Whitewater, in collaboration with the University of Wisconsin-Madison, supports limited Library Research Fellows for Winter/Spring 2014. Through the program, faculty/staff will be granted access to UW-Madison Library licensed electronic library resources.

Guidelines and forms are online at http://uwworsp.org/LRF.

DEADLINE TO ORSP: November 11, 2013, for Winter/Spring 2014 Fellows

Questions about UW-Madison Library resources/collections should be directed to Barbara Bren, Head of Reference, Andersen Library, by phone (262-472-5521) or email (brenb@uww.edu).

Questions about the application and/or requests for additional information should be directed to Denise Ehlen, Director of Research and Sponsored Programs, by phone (262-472-5212) or email (ehlend@uww.edu).

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Global Café 10/30: England, Jordan, France

Posted on October 30, 2013 by Barbara

The Fall 2013 Global Café series continues on Wed., Oct. 30th, at 5:30pm with a focus on England, Jordan, and France (location: Andersen Library’s big-screen TV area, near the Food for Thought café). In this series, co-sponsored by the Center for Global Education and and International Student Association, international, study abroad, and travel study students talk about their home countries or international experiences.

graphic from Center for Global Education web page

Check it out! Andersen Library has resources on cross-cultural communication and travel.

cover of Culture and Customs of JordanSearch HALCat, the online catalog, for books or videos, such as A traveller’s history of England (3rd-floor Main Collection, DA30 .D34 2006), Londoners: The days and nights of London now — as told by those who love it, hate it, live it, left it, and long for it (3rd-floor Main Collection, DA688 .T39 2012),
Culture and Customs of Jordan (3rd-floor Main Collection, GN635.J6 S56 2007), France: A quick guide to customs and etiquette, Rick Steves’ France 2004 (3rd-floor Main Collection, DC16 .S84 2004), and Rick Steves’ Europe through the back door 2013 (2nd-floor New Arrivals Island, D909 .S84 2012).

Or, check out the information on these and other countries in Library resources such as the Global Road Warrior! The Ultimate Guide to the World and Europa World Plus database. There also are authoritative free sources online, such as the State Dept.’s Country Background Notes or Fact Sheets and the CIA’s World Factbook.

Please ask a librarian for assistance with finding materials.

FDLP logo Andersen Library is a federal and Wisconsin depository library with many federal and state government documents on a variety of current and relevant issues available to you in many formats, including online. Check out your government at Andersen Library!

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Kenneth Hammer & Custer materials

Posted on October 29, 2013 by Barbara

Kenneth M. Hammer, 95, passed away on Oct. 18, 2013. Hammer was a professor of economics at UW-Whitewater from 1966-1983, but it may surprise you to know that he also gave to Andersen Library a special collection of materials related to the Battle of Little Bighorn, the Native Americans who fought there, George Armstrong Custer, and the Seventh Cavalry. And the Library has been acquiring additional materials since.

From the web page describing the collection:

Born in South Dakota in 1918, Dr. Hammer grew up listening to stories about the settlement of the Dakotas and Montana. His particular interest in Custer grew from a visit to Fort Abraham Lincoln as a child with his father. Over the years, he collected many materials related to the Custer fight and wrote several volumes about it. In 1977, Dr. Hammer was nominated for the Pulitzer Prize in History for his book, Custer in ’76: Walter Camp’s notes on the Custer Fight. His most recent work is Men with Custer: Biographies of the 7th Cavalry, June 25, 1876, Custer Battlefield Historical and Museum Association, 1995.

Men with Custer coverAndersen Library’s Special Collections (1st floor, open 9am-4:30pm Mondays-Fridays) has the collection for anyone who is intrigued, including the Custer in ’76 book that Hammer edited, his book Men with Custer: Biographies of the 7th Calvary, artwork, and more. There is a bibliography online, and seven items have been digitized.

You also can find materials that are not in Special Collections–circulating books and journal articles–by searching HALCat and article databases (such as America: History and Life and ProQuest Historical Newspapers. Chicago Tribune). There also are web sites, such as the National Park Service’s web page for the Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument (MT).

Please ask a librarian if you would appreciate assistance with finding materials.

FDLP logo Andersen Library is a federal and Wisconsin depository library with federal and state government documents on a variety of current and relevant issues available to you in various formats (print, DVD/CD-ROM, online). Check out your government at Andersen Library!

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New Stuff Tuesday – 29 October

Posted on October 29, 2013 by Diana

Cornbread Nation 2: The United States of Barbecue

Cornbread Nation 2:
The United States of Barbecue
edited by Lolis Eric Elie
TX840.B3 C67 2004
New Arrivals, 2nd floor

I love barbecue so this book naturally caught my eye as I reviewed our New Arrivals shelves to pick a book for this week. I often get a hankerin’ for a plate of corse-chopped barbecue (just a little outside meat for some smokey tang), red slaw, hush puppies, and fried okra. Oh, and some sweet tea. (And maybe some peach cobbler.)

Living here far away from my home state of North Carolina, I fear that I may have to explain my terms to those of you not well-versed in barbecue theory and practice. First of all, barbecue is most definitely a NOUN and not a verb. Barbecue is the result of cooking meat low and slow over a (wood) fire for hours and hours until the meat becomes juicy, tender, and smoke-infused. Secondly, the meat should be pork shoulder.* Thirdly, the sauce (and there should be sauce, Texans!) should be the Western North Carolina-style mixture of vinegar, cayenne pepper, and a touch of ketchup (also called Piedmont style). No thick, sticky-sweet Kansas City-style sauce, thin, runny, vinegar sauce (I’m looking at you, Eastern North Carolina), blasphemous mustard-style (no thanks, South Carolina!), or truly bizzare mayonnaise-based sauce of Alabama (mayo?!?).

The essays in Cornbread Nation are like wafts of sweet, hickory-smoke-filled air that whet your appetite for Southern barbecue and related foods. The force behind the book, the Southern Foodways Alliance, is a non-profit organization that helps revive and promote Southern-style cooking, food traditions, and farming throughout the country. The writers in this book range from nineteenth-century journalists recording their impressions of a Georgia barbecue and political rally to the foremost essayist on North Carolina barbecue today, John Shelton Reed.** Check out this book is you want opinionated, funny, enlightening, and fortifying thoughts on Southern food and culture—but don’t drip sauce on the book while you are eating!

*Although, as Ellen so graciously modeled the sense of open-mindedness that all librarians should aspire to last week in her post on dogs, I will admit that there are many barbecue traditions throughout the South that use meat other than pork. Beef, chicken, and mutton (Really, Kentucky? Mutton?) are the most popular. I will say however, that these other meats do not come anywhere close to being as good as pork.

**To get an idea of how seriously some folks take their barbecue, check out this exchange between John Shelton Reed (an aficionado of Western-style NC barbecue) and the new barbecue editor of Texas Monthly, Daniel Vaughn.

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