You are invited to the Library’s new Special Collections, Area Research Center and Archives GRAND OPENING on Thursday, April 15, 2010 from 2-5pm. The ribbon-cutting ceremony will be at 2:45pm and will feature remarks by Chancellor Richard Telfer and Peter Gottlieb, State Archivist. Stop by the reception to enjoy refreshments and take a tour!
Andersen Library Room L1230
Have questions or need special accommodations? Contact Karen Weston at archives@uww.edu or 262.472.5520
Animating Difference:
Race, Gender and Sexuality in
Contemporary Films for Children
by C. Richard King, Carmen Lugo-Lugo &
Mary Bloodsworth-Lugo
HM1091 .K56 2010
New Book Island, 2nd floor
Growing up as youngsters, everyone has their favorite movies. In many cases, those films don’t contain real people, but drawn characters that tell a story. These animated features set out to not only entertain the audience, but also impart some sort of message, like doing the right thing and making smart choices. But how do these films handle differences among individuals, such as race or gender? This week’s New Stuff Tuesday focuses on the cartoons and their representation of sociocultural diversity.
King, Lugo-Lugo and Bloodsworth-Lugo, all faculty members at Washington State University, present their research on animated films targeted for children and the underlying themes from these films. They examined movies released by four major companies — Disney, Pixar, Dreamworks and Twentieth Century Fox — over the past twenty years for their analysis. They contend that the movies “in the their role as agents of socialization, provide children with the necessary tools to reinforce expectations about normalized racial and sexual dynamics” (p. 11). The authors closely critique the intersections of race, gender and sexuality and the messages communicated to young audiences that go beyond entertainment value. I guarantee that you will not view these types of films in the same light after this book.
Ah, spring! When a college student’s fancy turns to thoughts of…group projects! Group papers! Group presentations!
For your studying needs, the Andersen Library has group study rooms available! All can be reserved in advance by contacting the Circulation Desk at 262-472-5511. Groups of 2 or more students may reserve a group study room, for up to 3 hours at a time. Same day reservations must be made more than 4 hours in advance. Groups can even make recurring reservations for up to 4 consecutive weeks!
On the first floor (aka, “the basement”) of the Library are two collaboratories students can use to practice presentations. The rooms are equipped with an LCD projector, wireless Internet, and a computer. One of the collabs also has a Smartboard. More information on the Library’s collaboratories, including equipment, reservation requirements, and rules for use, are available on the Collaboratories web page.
The main floor of the Library has several group study rooms available. The main floor is also the Library’s “talking floor,” so groups of students wanting to work together will find lots of large tables for this purpose. In addition, the Library has several movable dividers that can be positioned around a table for more privacy.
The third floor of the Library has one group study room. The remainder of the study rooms on the third floor are for individual study only.
Any group study room that has not been reserved is available first come, first serve.
Get your game on at the 2010 Play Expo on Sat., Apr 3, 1-4 pm (in the Hamilton Center, James R. Connor University Center). It’s the 3rd annual play expo!
There will be speakers from the gaming industry:
And, of course, the game submissions from all over the Midwest will be competing for cash prizes in a variety of categories.
Interested in learning more about game design? Andersen Library has materials. Search the HALCat online catalog to find titles such as The art of game design: A book of lenses (3rd-floor Main Collection QA76.76.C672 S34 2008) and Game development essentials: Game simulation development (3rd-floor Main Collection QA76.76.C672 M83 2008).
Please ask a librarian for assistance with finding materials.
Andersen Library will be selling nonfiction children’s books that have been withdrawn from the Curriculum Collection. Come check out the sale beginning the afternoon of April 1st. All books are $1, and the sale runs through April. Look for the book sale carts located near the library entrance.
Jim Winship will present “This Year in Havana” at 7pm on Wed., Mar. 31, at the Irvin L. Young Memorial Library (431 W. Center St.) Free and open to the public!
Dr. Winship, a Professor of Social Work at UWW, recently visited Cuba and will describe in words and photographs his experiences in a country that is both a closed socialist society and an exotic tourist destination.
If you’d like to read more about Cuba, Andersen Library has materials. Searching HALCat, the online catalog, will find titles such as Encyclopedia of Cuba: People, history, culture (2nd-floor Reference Collection F1754 .E53 2003) and Cuba: A global studies handbook (3rd-floor Main Collection F1788 .H38 2008).
Please ask a librarian for assistance with finding materials.
Say Everything:
How Blogging Began, What It’s Becoming and Why It Matters
by Scott Rosenberg
HM851 .R674 2009
New Book Island, 2nd floor
It’s hard to believe – it feels just like yesterday that we started the Andersen Library Blog. In reality, we’re about to begin our fourth year of writing about library happenings and other crazy things. This week’s featured title explains where the phenomenon of ‘getting your thoughts out there’ all began.
Rosenberg, co-founder and longtime managing editor of Salon.com, profiles one of the major innovations that have given people the power to let their voice be heard — blogging. He describes how the blogosphere began and subsequently skyrocketed in popularity, interviewing important people like the Blogger creator, Evan Williams, and other bloggers that were ahead of the curve. Blogs have developed into forces to be reckoned with, and the author demonstrates that the medium is here to stay.
There are special Library hours April 1-4, 2010:
Normal spring semester hours resume on Monday, April 5th.
Remember that even when the Library is closed or you are traveling:
Award-winning journalist Trudy Lieberman will talk about “Health Reform—Reality or Myth” on Wed., Mar. 31st, @7pm in Timmerman Auditorium (Hyland Hall). This presentation, sponsored by the UW-Whitewater Pre-Health Associates of Today club with help from the College of Letters and Sciences and the Biological Sciences Dept., is free and open to the public.
Ms. Lieberman contributes to magazines like The Nation and Columbia Journalism Review. You can use Library article databases to find some of her articles, e.g., search the Academic Search Complete database for JN “Nation” and au lieberman trudy to find “Can Obama reform healthcare?” (Oct. 27, 2008, pp. 20-21) and other Nation articles. Search the Communication & Mass Media Complete database to find articles such as “An Rx for reporting” (Columbia Journalism Review, Mar/Apr 2010, pp. 15-16), which discusses “press coverage of the health care reform debate in the United States.”
Ms. Lieberman also has written books such as Slanting the story: The forces that shape the news, and she contributed “Trustworthy information: The role of the media” to the 2007 book The trust crisis in healthcare: Causes, consequences, and cures. UWW students and staff may request these titles from other UW libraries by using the free Universal Borrowing service. Requested titles arrive in 2-4 weekdays.
Andersen Library has additional materials on health care reform. Searching the HALCat library catalog for the phrase “health care reform” will result in a list of more than 300 books, videos and government documents, including the documentary film “Sicko” directed by Michael Moore (2nd-floor Browsing DVDs, Academic, RA395.A3 S53 2007).
Please ask a librarian for assistance with finding & obtaining materials.
The Andersen Library is hosting the “Get Fit for Spring-Bike!” event March 29th-31st. This is sure to get you into the mood for some biking, so click on the links below for more biking information and trail maps.
From TravelWisconsin. com
From the Wisconsin Department of Transportation
From Backyard Bikes and Ski in La Grange
From the Wisconsin DNR
