The Hub for the Veteran Community

Posted on December 6, 2019 by Shannan Lojeski

On November 11th, UW-W celebrated Veterans Day. Here at Andersen Library, we wanted to express our honor for the veterans on campus and share some information about how we like to support vets in the library.

On both the UW-Whitewater and UW-Whitewater at Rock County campuses, there are 425 Veterans, Military Service and Family Members. In order to serve these veterans, Andersen Library welcomes veterans as students to utilize the UW-W Veterans and Service Members Lounge, commonly referred to as the Veterans Lounge, located on the second floor of the library, room 2208A.  

“The Veterans Lounge in Andersen Library is a really great place for veterans to hang out and meet other vets, do homework, or just relax,” said Veterans Benefits Coordinator/Office Manager, Amy Moore.

Committed to ensuring Veterans are successful here at UW-Whitewater and UW-Whitewater at Rock County, Coordinator of Student Veterans & Military Services, Richard Harris agrees on the importance of the Veterans Lounge in Andersen Library.

“The veterans use the lounge to develop relationships that will provide support as they pursue their educational goals,” said Harris.

Used on a daily basis, the Veteran’s Lounge provides a safe space on campus for veterans to connect and decompress in-between classes. This lounge includes two computers, study space, television, mini-fridge, microwave, and separate meeting rooms for veterans to use.

As Chapter President of the Student Veterans Organization, a chapter of Student Veterans of America, Curtis Lemke values the social environment that the Veterans Lounge provides.

“We swap stories from our time in the military and complain about the workload and deadlines from professors. We discuss problems we are facing and get advice about how to overcome them from other student veterans who have faced similar situations,” said Lemke. “The Veterans Lounge is where we foster friendships. It is the campus hub for the veteran’s community.”

Here at Andersen Library, it is an honor to provide this space for veterans to be themselves and connect with other Warhawks.

 For more information, questions, or concerns about the Veterans Lounge please visit https://www.uww.edu/registrar/veterans-services.

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New Batch of Books & Media for Sale

Posted on December 3, 2019 by Martha

The Andersen Library’s newly refreshed book sale for December 2019-January 2020 includes not only books, but media too.

The books cover such subject areas as biographies, sciences, education, and teaching, plus a smattering of titles in other areas. They are for sale at the low low price of $1 each.

The media are primarily DVDs, but there is one VHS tape, one album, and about 20 CDs. The DVDs are mostly popular movies from the last 100 years or so, as well as a few documentaries. There are comedies, dramas, musicals, romances, science fiction, westerns, and more. The CDs cover a variety of musical genres, All these media items are quite a steal at $1 each. Please note: A single DVD will be $1 and a set of three DVDs will be $3.

The $1 price runs for most of December, but December 25-January 16, 2019 the price goes down to $.25 each.

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New Stuff Tuesday – December 3, 2019

Posted on December 3, 2019 by Carol
Semicolon Book Cover

Semicolon: The Past, Present, and Future of a Misunderstood Mark
by Cecelia Watson
New Arrivals Island, 2nd Floor
PE1450 .W38 2019

The semicolon?! Perhaps you are thinking it was a slow day at the New Arrivals Island. That the selections ranged from dry as dust to impossibly insipid, causing me to pause at the spot of brightness on the cover of this book. But no, the unassuming semi;colon was actually wedged in between some promising fare: The Lady from the Black Lagoon: Hollywood Monsters and the Lost Legacy of Milicent Patrick and Sitcommentary: Television Comedies that Changed America.

But I figured these flashy titles would actually get some facetime with readers, while a biography of the lowly semi;colon might have a harder time attracting an audience. So here it is – in all its glory: the semi;colon.

On page 2 I learned that the semi;colon was invented by the Italians in the fifteenth century. Since they invented spaghetti and gelato, too, I think we’re onto something. Novelist Kurt Vonnegut, on the other hand, disparaged the semi;colon and its users in most frank language that I dare not repeat (that’s on pp. 1-2 if you want to read the juicy part).

But this amusing little book is really about bigger issues of how grammar and punctuation help us communicate. And as I browsed through it, I found a number of pencil marks on what I thought would be its pristine pages. So it has already shared its life with a reader; my choice is vindicated!

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Thanksgiving Hours (Library, Café)

Posted on November 22, 2019 by Barbara

clip art of horn of plentyPlan ahead! Hours of the Andersen Library and Food for Thought Café are affected by the Thanksgiving holiday.

The Food for Thought Café will be close at 4pm on Tues., Nov. 26, and then it will be closed Wed. through Sun., Nov. 27-Dec. 1 (back to regular hours on Mon, Dec, 2).

Andersen Library’s hours for the holiday week are:

  • Mon.-Tues., Nov. 25-26: normal hours (7:30am-2am)
  • Wed., Nov. 27th: 7:30am-6pm
  • Thurs., Nov. 28th: CLOSED
  • Fri., Nov. 29th: 8am-4:30pm
  • Sat., Nov. 30th: CLOSED
  • Sun., Dec. 1st: 3pm-2am

Please remember that even when the physical Library is closed, you can:

    • Search the article databases (login when prompted with your campus Net-ID, same as for your campus email or Canvas) or Research@UWW (sign in to access all possible full text),
    • Search the Library holdings of Books, Media and more and use links to online titles
    • Renew checked-out books, government documents, etc. through My Account (unless you’ve already used up your allowed renewals),
    • Consult online guides for help, including citation guides for APA, MLA, and Turabian format, and class assignment guides, and
    • Ask a librarian for help using email or chat (UWW librarians respond to the emails when the Library is open, but chat is covered 24/7 by non-UWW staff).

Happy Thanksgiving! Please be safe: Travel safely (tips from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration), cook that turkey safely (tips from the U.S. Dept. of Health & Human Services’ “FoodSafety.gov”), and see ReadyWisconsin’s “Are You Ready for Thanksgiving?” for more safety tips.

FDLP logo Andersen Library is a federal and Wisconsin depository library with federal and state government documents on a variety of 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 – November 19th

Posted on November 20, 2019 by Jennifer Motszko
Alpha Club Scrapbook
Junto Club Yearbooks

Whitewater Federation of Women’s Clubs Records
Archives & Area Research Center, 1st floor

The Whitewater Federation of Women’s Clubs began in January 1899 as a way to bring together local organizations, including the Alpha, Emerson, Junto, Minneiska, and Home Culture clubs.   The purpose of this collaboration was to increase communication and have ‘mutual helpfulness’ to create a ‘betterment of our city.’ The Federation focuses on charitable initiatives that support the community.

Recent additions to the collection include yearbooks and scrapbooks that document the history of the various clubs under the umbrella of the Whitewater Federation of Women’s Clubs. Stop by the Archives to these unique items and to learn more about the history of the Federation.

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New Stuff Tuesday – November 12, 2019

Posted on November 12, 2019 by Martha
Death by the Bay Book Cover

Death by the Bay: A Dave Cubiak Door County Mystery
by Patricia Skalka
New Arrivals Island, 2nd Floor
PS3619.K34 D38 2019

Death by the Bay is the fifth book in mystery writer Patricia Skalka’s Dave Cubiak series, which began in 2014. She spends much of her time in Door County so is able to lend authentic local flavor to her fiction. She also lives in Chicago. Fiction is Skalka’s most recent life path, which follows a career in nonfiction in which she was a Staff Writer for Reader’s Digest, freelancer, ghost writer, writing instructor.

This novel was inspired by real events in Skalka’s family’s past. In this novel, sheriff Dave Cubiak investigates a series of suspicious deaths in Door County, starting with the death of Dr. Melk, founder of the mysterious Institute for Progressive Medicine, just a few yards from where Cubiak is waiting on retired coroner Bathard to arrive for lunch. Filled with a bevvy of unique characters with a penchant for prevarication, this mystery is sure to please.

Should you prefer to start with the first book and read them all, you will be delighted to learn that we have the full series here at UW-Whitewater’s Andersen Library. They are currently on the New Arrivals Island, but will be in the Main Collection in a few weeks.

  1. Death Stalks Door County (2014) – PS3619.K34 D43 2014
  2. Death at Gills Rock (2015) – PS3619.K34 D37 2015  
  3. Death in Cold Water (2016) – PS3619.K34 D39 2016
  4. Death Rides the Ferry (2018) – PS3619.K34 D426 2018  
  5. Death by the Bay (2019) – PS3619.K34 D38 2019


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Game On!

Posted on November 7, 2019 by Shannan Lojeski

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If you stopped in to Andersen Library anytime this past week, you might have been wondering why there was a bunch of life-sized games in the main entrance of the library. No, no – you didn’t fall down a rabbit hole and shrink down in size like Alice did before she entered Wonderland.

This entire last week, Andersen Library celebrated International Games Week (IGW)!

IGW is an initiative facilitated by volunteers all around the world to reconnect communities through their libraries centered around the recreational and educational value of a many types of games. Here at UW-W, IGW at Andersen Library provided students multiple opportunities throughout the week to play games and learn creatively. On Tuesday, November 5th from 4:45 to 6:00 p.m., students participated in a virtual reality event and tested out the Oculus Go headset. Andersen also partnered with UW-W’s Video Game Club and Warhawk Alley to host a Mario Kart tournament on Thursday, November 7th which featured the Nintendo Switch and the Mario Kart 8-Delux playing game. Students were able to play all week long through a number of life-sized games set up in the library including chess, scrabble, checkers, connect-four, carpet bowling, tic-tac-toe, and more.

Keep scrolling to see your peers getting their game on this week at Andersen Library’s 2019 IGW!

 

 

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Little Ducks Speak Spanish…In Trucks!

Posted on November 6, 2019 by Genna Robinson

With our friends over at the Children’s Center, we sat down for our monthly story time visit. The theme for story time was Spanish language…and ducks in trucks! Our focus was to slowly introduce something new, in this case the Spanish language, with something they like.

Song One: We started with a welcome song, “We clap and sing hello!” to get the jitters out before diving into the first book. This song comes with many verses to make it fun to move around.

Book One: Jumping right into Spanish could have been a little difficult for children to understand. Our first story was in English called “A Truck Full of Ducks” by Ross Burach . Knowing the little friends enjoy trucks and ducks, we started with this book.

Song Two: After our first story, we sang a little song about trucks. We called it “Five Little Dump Trucks”. The kids enjoyed it because we had a visual of the trucks pulling off the road, and we counted how many trucks there was “pulling off the road”.

book cover of Nuestros Amigos del Alfabeto and Truck Full of Ducks

Book Two: Our second book was called ” Nuestros Amigos del Alfabeto” by Diane Gonzales Bertrand. This is a story for young kids who are starting to learn spanish. Each page goes letter-by-letter, saying a new spanish word for the kids. After I would read a page, we would figure out what the word meant in spanish by matching words to pictures.

Craft: After having fun with ducks and trucks, we decided to make our own duck puppets. They either made green ducks or yellow ducks. It was a fun craft for the children to remember our day, and keep in mind that “Pato” means duck in Spanish.

duck puppet craft

Closing: Heigh-Ho, Its time for us to go!

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Story Time: Animals Move, Animals Groove!

Posted on November 6, 2019 by Ellen Latorraca

Welcome to the first Andersen Library Story Time blog post! Andersen Library hosts a monthly story time visit for the UW-Whitewater Children’s Center. Student library staff members plan and carry out story time activities with the support of the Education Librarian. One goal is to provide hands on, relevant practice for students who are considering an early childhood, elementary, or other education-related major. This story time was for the Hummingbirds and Robins (infants and toddlers). A second goal is to feature materials available in our Curriculum Collections.

With the infant and toddler groups, we focused on animal movements – creeping mice and hopping rabbits. We are also including a Spanish language connection for each story time this academic year, as we have been adding more Spanish language children’s books to the collection.

Opening Song:  If you’re ready for a story, Clap your hands / Touch your nose / Stomp your feet / Tap your toes / Sit right down

We made up a few silly verses as we went along, such as “wiggle your ears”! As we sang each verse we got quieter and quieter – a simple strategy for settling down for the first story.

Book 1: From Head to Toe by Eric Carle

Song: Head, shoulders, knees and toes

Book 2: Little Mice/Ratoncitos by Peter McCarty

This children’s book is based on the finger-play song “Cinco ratoncitos de colita gris”. This time we read the rhyme in English and added plenty of movement. Next time – Spanish!

Activity: Little mouse, little mouse, Are you in the red house?

This is often done as a flannel board rhyme. Instead, we used old periodical boxes and taped a different colored house shape on each one. Before we started, we placed a cutout mouse inside one. Despite all the animal puppets and stuffed animals we have in the Teaching Tools Collection, we don’t have a mouse! (There’s a Materials Request Form for that!) As we said the rhyme, we let the toddlers pick the color and look inside each as the color was said. They were very much engaged! Thanks to King County Library System for the idea.

Book 3:  Oh! by Kevin Henkes 

With the lapsit group, I generally expect that three stories might be one too many, but always have a third ready, just in case. The friends were still attentive, so we plunged in! It actually did snow the night before story time, and the story features animal movements on each spread, so this was a nice connection.

Closing Song: Goodbye, Friends!

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Book Sale November 2019

Posted on November 5, 2019 by Martha

This month the Andersen Library’s book sale materials focus on three main areas: electrical engineering, literature, and children’s book. The boatload of children’s books is primarily vintage picture books, fiction, and nonfiction.

Come, peruse and purchase!

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