For April’s book sale we’ve crammed the books on the carts’ shelves to bring you more wordy goodness than ever before! We’ve books on a number of fascinating topics this time around (don’t we always?) including art, archaeology, history, classics, education, lingustics, communication, politics, music, “around the home,” and miscellaneous. For those of you who haven’t browsed the sale yet, I want you to know that those last two categories contain many unusual books, such as The Very Small Home: Japanese Ideas for Living Well in Limited Space. Whereas, the classics titles include, well, classics such as Bulfinch’s Mythology.

Hope you can make it here to check out the sale, maybe pick up something for April Fool’s Day. Come fall in love with some great books…no fooling!

Posted on March 28, 2013 by Martha | Comments Off on Book Sale Deals…No Fooling

T3 (Thursday Tech Tips): Quick and Easy YouTube Clips

Posted on March 28, 2013 by Diana

Have you ever needed to show only a short segment of a YouTube video in a class or a presentation? TubeChop, a free website requiring no registration, makes quick work of selecting a portion of a video and creating a new link to your segment that now has its own dedicated webpage (with a link back to the original video). All you need to get started is the URL of the YouTube video. You can watch the original video on TubeChop and select your starting and ending points on the fly or you can enter in the time stamp of the clip if you already know it. Once you create the clip you can view it at the new URL, embed it on another page, or share it through email, Facebook, and Twitter.

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New Stuff Tuesday – March 26

Posted on March 26, 2013 by kyle

Gilligan's Island

Gilligan’s Island:
The Complete First Season
Browsing DVD Gil 1
New Arrivals, 2nd floor

Congratulations! You’ve all made it to Spring Break! I know that it seemed like it would never get here. If you’re not off celebrating in some tropical location, don’t you worry! Why not take a little bit of a breather from all of the course work and reading and bring the beach to you. We’ve got hundreds of titles like Gilligan’s Island that will provide your mind a little break from the stresses of college life. Of course, if you’re still looking for a mental challenge, we’ve got plenty of academic titles as well. Either way, we’ve got you covered.

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American Diabetes Association Alert Day

Posted on March 26, 2013 by Barbara

Tuesday, March 26, 2013, is the American Diabetes Association® Alert Day®, which is meant to draw everyone’s attention to diabetes and their risk for the disease.

On the web site you can take the free Diabetes Risk Test, which asks you “to answer simple questions about weight, age, family history and other potential risk factors for prediabetes or type 2 diabetes. Preventative tips are provided for everyone who takes the test, including encouraging those at high risk to talk with their health care provider.” Apparently, if you take the test between March 26 and April 9, 2013, the Association will get a donation too.

cover of Diabetes A to ZThere is a great deal of information about diabetes on the Association’s web pages, as well as at reputable sites such as the Mayo Clinic’s web pages on diabetes. Andersen Library also has resources to learn more, including online federal government information such as the booklet 4 steps to control your diabetes for life (National Diabetes Education Program) and the video A Change for life: The National Diabetes Prevention Program (Centers for Disease Control; watch the video or alternatively, read the script of the video). A search of HALCat will find these federal government resources as well as books such as Dr. Bernstein’s diabetes solution: The complete guide to achieving normal blood sugars (3rd-Floor Main Collection, RC660.4 .B464 2003), American Diabetes Association complete guide to diabetes: The ultimate home diabetes reference (3rd-floor Main Collection, RC660.4 .A485 1999), and Diabetes A to Z: What you need to know about diabetes, simply put (3rd-floor Main Collection, RC660.4 .D526 2000).

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

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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Friday Fun: Book cakes

Posted on March 22, 2013 by Barbara

Screen shot of the Flavorwire 30 cakes blog postI’ve posted about books and food before (Books & Bites), but this time we’re going way past just combining recommendations for books and food! Take a gander at 30 Gorgeous & Delicious Literary Cakes at Flavorwire.com.

The folks at Flavorwire scoured the Internet for these after seeing the post “Check this out: Book cakes for the hungry reader” on EW’s Shelf Life blog. Yum! But I could never make any of these!

And with Spring Break starting, you may want to check out the titles that inspired the cakes! Search the HALCat for the titles to see if we have them.

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Introducing T3 (Thursday Tech Tips): Viewing Flash-based Media on Apple iOS devices

Posted on March 21, 2013 by Diana

Apple mobile devices don’t play Adobe Flash-based videos and games, right? While it is true that the Apple iOS running on iPhones, iPads, and the iPod Touch do not natively work with Flash, you CAN view Flash-based video, play Flash-based games, and view Flash-based websites on your iOS device if you download one of the following apps. These apps are all essentially web browsers that stream flash content found on websites to your mobile device. A drawback to all of them, however, is that the streaming video can be slow at times.  For example, Rover, a browser built primarily for use in K-12 classrooms, suffers from its popularity and is often slow or too busy during the hours of a typical school day.

iSwifter ($7.99 after free, 2-week trial, iPad only)

Photon ($3.99, iPhone/iPod Touch)
Photon ($4.99, iPad)

Puffin (Free, 2-week free trial of Flash support, iPhone/iPad/iPod Touch)
Puffin ($2.99, iPhone/iPad/iPod Touch)

Rover (Free, iPad only)

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Spring Break! Andersen Library Hours

Posted on March 20, 2013 by Barbara

SPRING BREAK!
clip art of palm treeAndersen Library’s hours will be:

Sat-Sun Mar 23-24: CLOSED
Mon-Fri Mar 25-29: 8am-4:30pm
Sat Mar 30: CLOSED
Sun Mar 31: 3pm-2am (only 2nd floor is open midnight-2am)

Remember that even when the Library is closed or you are traveling, you can:

  • Search article databases …just login when prompted with your campus Net-ID (same as for your campus email or D2L),
  • Search the HALCat Library Catalog and use links to the titles that are online, including ereserves for classes,
  • Renew your checked-out books, DVDs, etc., online (once) through your Personal Record,
  • Consult online guides for assistance, including citation guides for APA, MLA, and Turabian format, and class assignment guides, and
  • Ask a librarian for help using email or chat, or phone us at the Reference Desk (262-472-1032) during Reference Desk hours (Mon-Fri 9am-4:30pm, Sunday March 31st 3-5 & 6-10pm).

Regular Spring Semester hours resume on Monday, April 1st (no foolin’).

FYT – The Food for Thought cafe is closed for Break week, so plan to bring in your snacks or lunch, or go out to eat. There are vending machines outside the Library, on the lower level.

Enjoy the break safely, everybody. And don’t forget: You can get audio books or popular novels or feature films from Andersen Library to help enjoy your week off from classes!

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New Stuff Tuesday – March 19

Posted on March 19, 2013 by kyle

It's Enough to Make You Sick

It’s Enough to Make You Sick:
The Failure of American Health Care and a Prescription for the Cure
by Jeffrey Lobosky
RA410.53 .L63 2012
New Arrivals, 2nd floor

There has been plenty of attention giving to the country’s health care over the past several years, from the political arena to the media outlets to the water cooler. The passage of the Affordable Care Act appears to be only the beginning to the road to reform. This week’s featured title takes a look at what’s wrong and how to fix it.

Lobosky, clinical professor at UC-San Francisco and co-director of a hospital trauma ICU unit, shares his insights and observations on the tragic state with the American health care system. Rather than go after the insurance companies or the pharmaceutical companies, Dr. Lobosky sets his sights on the hospitals themselves. Their shift in focus from community-based health organizations to for-profit-driven corporations has caused providers to worry about the bottom line rather than the patients. The patients in turn don’t seem to be concerned with taking preventative measures for their own health. The author holds everyone accountable in what could be a long road to recovery.

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Friday Fur Day!

Posted on March 14, 2013 by Kate

Daisy, the Golden Retriever pet therapy dog will be back for another visit at the Andersen Library on Friday, March 15, 2013, from 12 noon to 2pm! Stop in at the Library and have all of your stress that has been building all week long melt away when you pet and play with Daisy.

Daisy will be making periodic stops in the Library on Fridays, so either watch the fliers posted throughout the Library or check in with the Library staff for dates and times for upcoming pet therapy events.

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New Stuff Tuesday – March 12

Posted on March 12, 2013 by kyle

Global Weirdness

Global Weirdness:
Severe Storms, Deadly Heatwaves, Relentless Drought, Rising Seas, and the Weather of the Future
by Climate Central
QC903 .G58 2012
New Arrivals, 2nd floor

Regardless of the side of the global climate change debate you are on, you have to admit that it does seem like we’ve had some pretty crazy weather lately. I mean, thundersnow?! Who knew that such a thing existed? This week’s featured title gives the forecast for the future, and it’s not all that calm.

Climate Central describes themselves a “independent organization of leading scientists and journalists researching and reporting the facts about our changing climate and its impact on the American public.” In this book, the group puts together sixty articles about what’s going on with the weather. Looking at the science, as well as present and projected situations, the book provides the complex climate research being done for anyone to understand. In addition, the authors also examine the steps that could be taken to avoid the future dangers of climate change.

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