Starting Sunday, March 27, Andersen Library will be open late! * Only the 2nd (main) Floor will be open between midnight and 2:00am. Access to 1st and 3rd floors will be restricted.
Sunday 1:00pm – 2:00am* Monday 7:30am – 2:00am* Tuesday 7:30am – 2:00am* Wednesday 7:30am – 2:00am* Thursday 7:30am – 2:00am* Friday 7:30am – 6:00pm Saturday 9:00am – 5:00pm
The UWW Student Art Association’s Section 708 Gallery in Andersen Library is showing off juried pieces through March 28th. Vote for your favorite piece through 4pm on March 9th! Ballots are available in the alcove in front of the Reference Desk.
The artist with the most votes will receive a prize from the Student Art Association, and the artist awarded Best in Show will be featured in the Royal Purple next week.
What’s with the name Section 708? Well, 708 is the Dewey Decimal Classification for “Galleries, museums, private collections.” This call number scheme is used in many public and school libraries, and Andersen Library uses it for the “Juvenile Non-Fiction” materials in the 2nd-floor Curriculum Collection.
UW-Madison library school student Kim Pittman and Beth Harper, Government Documents Reference Librarian @ Memorial Library, created a research guide to the “Wisconsin State Budget.”
This guide includes information about the state budget process as well the the 2011-13 biennial budget and the 2011 budget repair bill.
There also are relevant materials in Andersen Library’s collection. For example, a search of the HALCAT library catalog would find titles such as Wisconsin’s State budget outlook: The worst is yet to come (2nd-floor WI Documents, Z/LC HM 261/23/1 or online) from the Wisconsin Policy Research Institute and Enacting the state budget bill (2nd-floor WI Documents, Z/LC HM 261/23/1 or online) from the Wisconsin Legislative Reference Bureau. And you can read the state newspapers, including the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, The Capital Times (Madison), and The Janesville Gazette, in the America’s Newspapers database.
The Music Instinct:
How Music Works and Why We Can’t Do Without It
by Philip Ball
ML3800 .B2085 2010
New Book Island, 2nd floor
I often get asked why I always have my door closed by people that stop by my office [it’s definitely not because I like the sauna that it becomes by the afternoon]. The reason that I always close my door is because I absolutely MUST have music playing to keep the productivity flowing. Because of this attachment, I was immediately drawn to this week’s featured title.
Ball, a prolific author, has released his latest work on the importance of music. With chapter names that begin with musical terminology like Staccato and Legato, he takes us on a journey through the various aspects of the musical form, from its origins to the brain’s interpretation of sounds to its ability to replace speech as communication. With plenty of references to support his work, this book serves as a great place to begin looking at music in a different light [or would that be hearing it with different ears?].
How Old Is the Universe?
by David Weintraub
QB501 .W45 2011
New Book Island, 2nd floor
Ah, yes – the fun questions to sit and ponder. Why is the sky blue? What is the meaning of life? Which came first – the chicken or the egg? These sometimes seemingly inconsequential brainteasers provide a nice distraction from the everyday hustle and bustle. That’s why I chose this week’s featured title, which proves slightly more complicated than just counting the rings around it like a tree.
Weintraub, astronomy professor at Vanderbilt University, poses the innocent question of the age of the universe. While it’s pretty obviously that the universe is no spring chicken, many individuals across a variety of fields of study have their own ideas on its age. The author presents the journey by astronomers to reach the conclusion that the universe has been around for 13.7 billion years and the controversies that arise from the realms of religion and philosophy.
We’ve all been there. You’re searching in a library database, you find what appears to be the PERFECT article for your research paper–but all you see is the citation and a short little abstract. Now what do you do?
Well, if there’s no full text, what you’ll usually see instead is a purple 
button. The next step is not a trick–you just have to click Find It. A menu of options appears for finding the full text of the article either online, or in hard copy (print or microform) in the Library.
If the top header in the Find It menu is “Is it available online?,”
you can click on the name of the alternate database given, and either your article will magically appear, or you will be taken into that database and can then search for the article.
If the top header is “Is it in our library?,”
click the link for the library catalog given. If a catalog record for the periodical appears, look at the bottom of that record for the holdings information. Look for the year your article was published, and then note where and in what format that year is in. If you don’t see the year needed, the Library does not have access.
If no catalog record appears, or we do not have access to the year you need, you can always request your article via ILLiad (interlibrary loan). Articles obtained via interlibrary loan only cost $1! BUT, they take 2-3 days on average to arrive, so start your research early!
Need assistance in finding the full text of your article? Ask a reference librarian!
What: Tune in! It’s TV Week at Andersen Library
When: Monday, Feb. 28 through Friday, Mar. 4, 2011
Where: TV area, Andersen Library main floor
This week is TV Week at Andersen Library! Make plans to come now!
Tuesday, March 1 at 3:30 pm
HOME ON THE TUBE: The Family in the American Sitcom
Linda Robinson, Communication Department
From its inception, American TV not only entered the American living room but reflected it back again in programs, particularly situation comedies, about American families. The American sitcom began by presenting us images of the “ideal” family and, by implication, what TV leads us to believe the American family should or may be.
This lecture is a brief survey of how the American sitcom has constructed and presented to us the American family, from television’s early days through today.
Tuesday, March 1 from 6:30-7:00 pm
CABLE 19 NEWS: LIVE!
Cable 19, UW-Whitewater’s very own student-operated cable television station, will be filming the news live on location, in Andersen Library. Be in the audience and see first hand what it is like to produce a live television show.
Have questions? Talk to the cast and crew immediately after the production!
ALL WEEK: TV Trivia, History, and DVD Display
Throughout the week, check out our displays, TV history puzzle, wide collection of TV series DVDs and print materials, and TV Scene It? DVD game played on the Andersen Library TV between noon-5:00 pm. And each night, the channel lineup for a different network will be shown on the TV from 5:00-10:00pm.
See you in the Library!
In honor of Women’s History Month, the UW-Whitewater Women’s Issues Committee is sponsoring a film festival. All films will be shown in the Summers Auditorium of the U.C., and are FREE OF CHARGE.
Wednesday, March 2 at 7:00 pm: Straightlaced – How Gender’s Got Us All Tied Up
A powerful documentary about the lives of teens and young adults as seen through the gender lens. Approaching society’s ideas and ideals of gender through clothes, sexuality, sports, dance, safety, consumerism and emotion, the film addresses the complexities of conceptions of masculinity and femininity for Generation Z. “From girls confronting popular messages about culture and body image, to boys who are sexually active just to prove they aren’t gay, the students in Straightlaced illustrate the toll that deeply held stereotypes and rigid gender policing have on all of our lives.”
Future films:
The Wisconsin Legislative Reference Bureau issues “Tap the Power” bibliographies that list sources of information on hot topics. Recent examples are “Pharmaceuticals in Drinking Water” (Dec. 2010), “Going Green” (Sept. 2010), “Performance Pay for Teachers” (Apr. 2010), and “Texting While Driving” (Feb. 2010).
Resources listed (many with annotations) include books, articles, and online sources. For example, the “Going Green” list includes links to “The Green Guide for Everyday Living” provided online by the National Geographic Society, “Frequently Asked Questions About Plastic Shopping Bags” from Wisconsin’s Department of Natural Resources, “Bottled Water: Learning the Facts and Taking Action” from the Sierra Club, and “Wisconsin’s RIDESHARE Program … A Carpool and Bike Buddy Matching Program” from Wisconsin’s Dept. of Transportation.
Please ask a librarian for assistance with finding materials.
You can read online the “Wisconsin Legislator Briefing Book” for 2011-2012, prepared by the state Legislative Council.
This reference is full of information citizens can use to learn about the state budgeting process, the legislative process, the Open Meetings Law, open records requests, and backgrounds of selected segments of state government, including agriculture, state-tribal relations, privacy, criminal justice, and more. You can learn who must register as a sex offender, when a juvenile court may waive a juvenile into adult court, how the state has financially supported K-12 education, etc.
In addition, at the beginning of each legislative session the Legislative Fiscal Bureau prepares Informational Papers that describe various state programs. Examples include “Charter Schools,” a “University of Wisconsin System Overview,” “University of Wisconsin Tuition,” “Tribal Gaming in Wisconsin,” and “State Programs for Veterans.”
