Celebrate Earth Week @ UWW

Posted on April 18, 2011 by Barbara

UWW is celebrating Earth Week April 19-21 with a variety of events, although the “week” is truncated this year because of the state-mandated campus-wide furlough on Friday, April 22 (which is actually Earth Day).

UWW Earth Week 2011 graphicThe 2011 campus theme is “The Water-Energy Nexus.” Events are listed online, and include a tree planting, films, speakers, and a show of “some of the latest technologies in electric and alternative fuel vehicles.”

Waterlife DVD caseSustainable Transportation coverResources on relevant topics are plentiful in Andersen Library! Search HALCAT (Harold Andersen Library’s catalog) to find books such as Sustainable transportation: Problems and solutions (3rd-floor Main Collection, HE147.65 .B57 2010) and Bottled and sold: The story behind our obsession with bottled water (3rd-floor Main Collection, TP659 .G54 2010), government documents such as Opportunities and challenges presented in increasing the number of electric vehicles in the light duty automotive sector: Hearing before a subcommittee of the Committee on Appropriations, United States Senate (online), and videos such as Waterlife (2nd-floor Browsing DVDs, Academic, QH104.5.G7 W38 2010). Search article databases to find articles such as “Recent developments in environmental laws” (Tulane Environmental Law Journal, June 2010, vol.23:no.2, pp.561-592).

Please ask a librarian for assistance with finding materials.

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Still time to write a Library Haiku!

Posted on April 18, 2011 by Rebecca

During the week of April 10-16, 2011, the Andersen Library celebrated National Library Week with displays including writing your own “Library Haiku” and do-it-yourself “Velcro Poetry”.

Stop in this week for your last opportunity to enter the Haiku contest! Top two entries will win a great prize!

Check out A Poet’s Guide to Poetry or Poetry as Spiritual Practice: Reading, Writing and Using Poetry in your Daily Rituals, Aspirations, and Intentions for more information about writing poetry!

The UW-W Andersen Library’s National Library Week celebrations will conclude with Ann Garvin’s talk, April 20, 2011, at 3:30pm in the Andersen Library.

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Come meet the author! Wed. 4/20

Posted on April 18, 2011 by Ronna

Ever wondered what it takes to go from a rough draft to a published book? Here’s your chance to find out!

On Wednesday, April 20, Professor Ann Wertz Garvin will give guests a sampling of her book, On Maggie’s Watch, and will share her personal journey from first draft to published novel.

On Maggie's Watch

On Maggie’s Watch
by Professor Ann Garvin
Wednesday, April 20, 2011 at 3:30pm
Andersen Library TV Area on Library main floor

Synopsis: When a very pregnant Maggie Finley returns to her Wisconsin hometown from the big city, the safe haven she and her husband are seeking proves elusive as they learn their neighbors might have dark secrets. On Maggie’s Watch is a novel that examines how priorities shift after the loss of a child.

Garvin is a professor of Health, Physical Education, Recreation, and Coaching at UW-Whitewater. She teaches courses on Research Methods, Nutrition and other health topics. To learn more, please visit www.annwertzgarvin.com

If you have a disability and desire accommodations, please advise us as early as possible. Requests are confidential. Contact Rebecca Schaller at schaLLerrL22@uww.edu for further information.

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Apollo 13 anniversary Apr 17

Posted on April 17, 2011 by Barbara

April 17, 1970 was the day Apollo 13 landed in the Pacific Ocean. It’s a happy ending to remember, because it reminds us of the importance of problem-solving skills and critical thinking, abilities UWW students need and employers want. It also reminds us (or it should) that success is not always an option, and some failures are successes in a way. Apollo 13 has been dubbed a “successful failure” because the astronauts came home alive and well, even though they were unable to land on the moon as planned.

Lost Moon coverThere is a wealth of material on this mission, if you’d like to learn more. Search the HALCAT Harold Andersen Library catalog to find the feature film Apollo 13 (directed by Ron Howard, featuring Tom Hanks, Kevin Bacon, Bill Paxton, Gary Sinise, Ed Harris, Kathleen Quinlan, and available in Andersen Library’s 2nd-floor feature film DVDs at “call number” Apo), government documents including The Apollo 13 accident: Hearings before the Committee on Science and Astronautics, U.S. House of Representatives, Ninety-first Congress, second session, June 16, 1970 (online or in the 2nd-floor U.S. Documents collection, Y 4.Sci 2:91-2/19) and Report of Apollo 13 Review Board (online), and books such as Failure is not an option: Mission control from Mercury to Apollo 13 and beyond (3rd-floor Main Collection, TL873 .K73 2000) and Lost moon: The perilous voyage of Apollo 13–written by the Apollo 13 commander–(3rd-floor Main Collection, TL789.8.U6 A5488 1994).

Please ask a librarian for assistance with finding materials.

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Genealogical Research Day May 1

Posted on April 13, 2011 by goldsmid

Researching Jefferson, Rock or Walworth Counties?

Can’t get to Whitewater during the week? We are having a Sunday Research Day!
UW-Whitewater Special Collections, Area Research Center and Archives
cordially invites you to

Genealogical Research Day

Sunday–May 1st, 2011

2:00pm – 6:00pm

Andersen Library Room 1230

There will be brief demonstrations of databases (including Heritage Quest and WorldCat) useful for genealogists.  

Send Questions via our Research Request Form
or call 262.472.5520 during normal business hours Monday-Friday 9am to 4:30pm

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Nature photographer @UWW Apr 15

Posted on April 13, 2011 by Barbara

Freelance nature photographer Tom Ulrich will share his work from all over the world on Friday, April 15, at 7 pm in the University Center Ballroom (cost:$10). This opportunity is sponsored by the Whitewater Arts Alliance and the UW-W College of Arts and Communication. If you haven’t gotten your ticket before Friday, you can still get one at the UC Information Desk, but it’s only open until 5 p.m. on Friday!

Mr. Ulrich also will host a Digital Photography Workshop on Saturday, April 16, from 9 am to 1 pm at the UW-W University Center Room 259. The $30 fee for this workshop also includes a ticket to the Friday presentation, but only 40 spots are available for the workshop. Experienced and beginning photographers are welcome.

You can find out more about Mr. Ulrich at his tomulrichphotos.com web site.

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New Stuff Tuesday – April 12

Posted on April 12, 2011 by kyle

What I Didn't Learn in Business School

What I Didn’t Learn in Business School:
How Strategy Works in the Real World
by Jay Barney & Trish Gorman Clifford
HD30.28 .B36835 2010
New Book Island, 2nd floor

The purpose of going to school and getting an education is to prepare you for your chosen career. You learn all of the theories and potential applications of them in class. You’ll also hopefully get a taste of what it’s like by doing an internship. So then what happens when you’re not sure how to tackle the project from your boss on the first day on the job? As this week’s featured title demonstrates, sometimes all the studying in the world can’t prepare you for what’s in store in the workplace.

Barney and Gorman Clifford, a business professor and consultant/instructor, respectively, utilize the ‘business novel’ approach in order to illustrate how business strategy plays out in the real world. The authors created a fictional, yet realistic, new MBA graduate as the main character to navigate the inner-workings of a global firm. The protagonist finds out that while B-school certainly tries to cover all the bases, there were situations that couldn’t be foreseen. The authors walk through each of the situations that arise, such as the first assignment, meetings and colleagues, as well as ask questions at the end of each chapter to cause the reader to critically evaluate the process and outcomes. If you’re thinking about business school or curious to get a glimpse of life in a large global corporation, then this book’s for you.

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Undergraduate Research Day Apr 12

Posted on April 12, 2011 by Barbara

UGR flyer 2011April 12, 2011 is UWW’s 16th annual Undergraduate Research Day! Visit the UC today to sample the wide array of projects students have been working on with their faculty mentors, and you’ll likely be amazed. Abstracts are available online. You also can peruse a sampling of previous years’ (since 2007) undergraduate research projects as part of the UW System institutional repository MINDS@UW.

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First shots fired: April 12, 1861

Posted on April 12, 2011 by Ronna

Quick! What happened 150 years ago today? At 4:30 a.m., to be precise? If you’ve looked at the display in the Andersen Library lobby, or if you know your history, you answered: the first shots of the American Civil War were fired on Fort Sumter.

That’s right, 150 years ago today the bloodiest war in United States history began. Before it ended in 1865, approximately 665,850 U.S. soldiers had lost their lives. That’s more than the number of U.S. soldiers who died in World War I, World War II, and the Vietnam War combined (Atlas of the Civil War, p. 337, Reference Collection E468 .W754 2004).

The Andersen Library has many books and videos on the American Civil War. Some of these are highlighted in a display in the Andersen Library lobby. Others can be found in the online catalog by doing a Subject Browse search on: United States history Civil War.

You can also read original newspaper accounts of the war in several Library databases, including ProQuest Historical Newspapers: The New York Times (1851-2007); ProQuest Historical Newspapers: Chicago Tribune (1849-1987); and America’s Historical Newspapers. You can limit your search by date in each database.

Also be sure to check out the display on “Whitewater During the Civil War” in the Special Collections area on the first floor of the Library. Special Collections is open 9:00 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday.

For assistance in finding information about the American Civil War, ask a reference librarian.

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Wisconsin Politics lecture W Apr 13

Posted on April 11, 2011 by Barbara

Former state assemblyperson and state senator and current UW-Milwaukee professor of governmental affairs Mordecai Lee will present “Trying to Understand Wisconsin Politics, circa spring 2011” as the UWW Political Science Dept.’s 26th annual Kyle Lecture on Wed., Apr. 13th, at 7pm (location: UC Summers Auditorium).

Mordecai Lee is a native of Milwaukee who graduated from UW-Madison and then received degrees of MPA and Ph.D. in public administration from Syracuse University. In 1975 he was a Guest Scholar at the Brookings Institution and then legislative assistant to a Congressman from Milwaukee (Henry Reuss, WI-5). He returned home to be a lecturer in political science at UW-W for spring semester 1976. In the fall of 1976 he was elected to the first of three terms in the State Assembly. In 1982 he was first elected to two terms in the State Senate, from a district comprising Milwaukee’s northwest side. Milwaukee Magazine named him one of Wisconsin’s “Ten Best” legislators in 1986. After voluntarily leaving politics, he was the executive director of a faith-based nonprofit, the Milwaukee Jewish Council from 1990 to 1997. There he engaged in advocacy for social justice. Currently, Lee is a professor of governmental affairs at the UW-Milwaukee School of Continuing Education. He specializes in public administration and nonprofit management, writing mostly about historical topics and about public relations as a management tool.

Dr. Lee’s books include The first Presidential communications agency: FDR’s Office of Government Reports; Bureaus of efficiency: Reforming local government in the Progressive Era; and Nixon’s super-secretaries: The last grant Presidential reorganization effort. In August, the University of Oklahoma Press will publish Congress vs. the bureaucracy: Muzzling agency public relations. Except for the forthcoming title, these books may be borrowed from other UW libraries by UWW students and staff via the free Universal Borrowing service.

You also can search the article databases to find Dr. Lee’s articles, such as “Panning for gold: Finding a few nuggets of positive images of government in American pop culture” (Public Voices, 2010, vol.11:no.1, pp.1-7) and “Reporters and bureaucrats: Public relations counter-strategies by public administrators in an era of media disinterest in government” (Public Relations Review, 1999, vol.25:no.4, pp.451-463).

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

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