Faculty/Staff Scholarship & Creative Achievements

Posted on November 16, 2007 by Barbara

Scholarly Achievement and Creative Achievements graphic

UW-Whitewater faculty and staff scholarship and creative achievements during the period July 1, 2006-June 30, 2007 will be celebrated on November 20-21 in the Crossman Gallery (Greenhill Center for the Arts). The display of books, artwork, articles, and more will be available on both days (gallery hours on Tuesday: 10am-5pm). A reception will take place on Wednesday, November 21, from 10:30 a.m. – noon. Light refreshments will be served.

This will be the 20th annual recognition of achievements from across the university. The display and accompanying bibliography include submissions from 22 academic departments (from all 4 colleges), four administrative offices, and the University Library.

The event is co-sponsored by the University Library, Crossman Gallery, Office of Research and Sponsored Programs, and Photo/Graphics.

More information, and previous years’ bibliographies, are online at http://library.uww.edu/scholarship.html

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Children’s Book Week: Coloring Books!

Posted on November 15, 2007 by Barbara

In honor of Children’s Book Week, November 12-16, 2007, here’s news about your tax dollars at work I’ll bet you didn’t know. The Federal Government produces coloring books! Actually, state governments get into the coloring book game too.

There’s a list of several, with links to them online, at http://govdocs.evergreen.edu/coloringbooks.html, thanks to the government documents staff at Evergreen State College’s library. What kid doesn’t want to color Smokey’s Coloring Book or Woodsy Owl’s?

Coloring book cover

If you do a keyword search of the University Library’s catalog for “coloring books” you will get a list, most of which will be U.S. and Wisconsin government publications. Several of the newer entries will have links to them online, but there are several in print in the Library also (they can be checked out, but please photocopy pages to actually color them!). Here are some examples:

  • Traditional Chippewa life : crafts and customs for you to color (Wisconsin Documents NAT 6/2:C 43/1993)
  • For kids’ sake– : think toy safety coloring book (U.S. Documents Y 3.C 76/3:2 K 54/9/SPAN.)
  • Save our species : endangered species : coloring book (U.S. Documents EP 5.2:Sp 3)
  • Discover aeronautics and space : a coloring book for elementary students (U.S. Documents NAS 1.84:118)

Government Printing Office logo

The University Library is a federal depository with many federal, state, local, and international documents on a variety of current and relevant issues available to you in print, microfiche, CD-ROM, and electronically. Come check out your government at the University Library!

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Wall Street Journal for Free

Posted on November 14, 2007 by kyle

More and more newspapers are shifting their online business models to compensate their declining print circulation numbers. The Wall Street Journal is no exception. The New York Times reported yesterday that Rupert Murdoch, chairman of News Corporation, anticipates dropping the online subscription price for WSJ.com after the completion of News Corp’s acquisition of Dow Jones & Company, publisher of WSJ. This is all well and good, but expect more ads on the website – increased advertising revenues will make up for the loss of the subscription rates.

You can always read the print edition of the Wall Street Journal here at the Library on the first floor in Periodicals or online via Proquest, free and without the ads.

full article: Murdoch Intends to Drop WSJ.com Fee – New York Times

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Elusive Advertising Rates

Posted on November 14, 2007 by kyle

If you’re working on an advertising or marketing project and you need radio and TV ad rates, you’ve probably figured out that they’re not easy to find. Rates for print are easier to find, as you can use SRDS Media Solutions to find the rates right there. Unfortunately, it’s not as clear cut for the broadcast media.

On the other hand, using a combination of library and free internet resources can provide a good estimation of the elusive advertising rates for radio and television. How do you do it? I’ve created a guide (based heavily on Carol’s fabulous print guide that we had at the Reference Desk) that explains what you need to find information that you need to calculate ad rates. If you have any questions, make sure to ask me!

From the Library’s home page, hover over Guides then click on By Subject. The guide (will be) linked under 5) Media: Ad Rates, Audience & Circulation. Or just go straight there – Media: Estimating Radio & TV Ad Rates.

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New Stuff Tuesday – November 13

Posted on November 13, 2007 by kyle

movie collage with V for Vendetta, Big Lebowski, Anchorman, and Blood Diamond

In case you haven’t heard, we have movies that you’d actually want to watch outside of the classroom, not just in school. We just received a second batch of popular titles, such as V for Vendetta, The Big Lebowski, Anchorman and Blood Diamond, all ready to go home with you. They’re available for checkout for two weeks.

You can find these movies two ways:

  • Browse the New Book Island on the second floor and the Center Media Collection on the first floor in the call number sections PN 1997 and PN 1997.2.
  • Search in the catalog for “feature films” AND DVD – and use the ‘Videorecording’ quick limit.
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YouTube in a Research Paper?

Posted on November 12, 2007 by kyle

If you’re writing a paper about viral marketing (what’s that?), you’re probably going to talk about YouTube and its fantastic ability to share video with people all over the world. The problem is citing any videos that you would like to include in your paper. It doesn’t fit the nice, predefined examples put forth by MLA or APA.

Fortunately, you no longer have to make up your own style for this citation if you’re using APA style. According to the association, citations for YouTube videos (and other internet videos) combine the website and video format. So for instance, if you really like the library workout video and would like to incorporate it into a paper on workplace athletics, you would cite it as the following:

Betty Glover Library Workout Tape Ad [Video]. (1987). Retrieved November 12, 2007, from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_k8BKX2eQ0Q.

And just in case you missed it the first two times, third time’s a charm:

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_k8BKX2eQ0Q[/youtube]

Thanks Ronna for sharing this information!

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We Know How To Party

Posted on November 9, 2007 by kyle

So I should probably not put this out there because it’s kind of embarrassing for me, but I don’t care. The Library held its Fall Office Party yesterday, and Patty graciously put together a slideshow to recap the highlights.

It’s not nearly as incriminating as some of the keg stand pictures I’ve seen on Facebook.

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Work Us Into Your Schedule

Posted on November 8, 2007 by kyle

Time is money, right? So why waste it by spending hours researching and getting nowhere? That’s where the librarian comes into the picture. Hopefully you know that you can always come to the Reference Desk and ask for assistance, considering we drill that into your heads from the very beginning in New Student Seminar and English 102.

But did you know that you could also make an appointment with a librarian to get one-on-one attention specifically focusing on what YOU need? It’s getting to that time of year when you have research papers and group projects to work on and you might not have the slightest clue where to look. That’s the perfect opportunity to set up a time with the librarian in your subject area to get personalized help. Not sure who to talk to? Just contact the Reference Desk (either in person, by phone at 262.472.1032, or e-mail) and we can figure that out for you. Don’t be shy – librarians are good people.

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Is Google Going Down?

Posted on November 7, 2007 by kyle

Imagine your life without Google.

  • You would have to search the interwebs using some other search engine.
  • You wouldn’t have the discrete advertising to the right of your search results.
  • You might actually have to come into the library for help finding articles and scholarly information.

OMG! NOT THAT! Just kidding.

An article in this week’s Newsweek highlights the efforts of the search engine industry and their plots to steal market share from the Goog-liath of them all. Can these start-ups chip away at the behemoth’s stronghold on the search market? Google has the financial resources to squash any threatening competition, but does that matter? Do third-generation search engines like Quintura or Hakia even stand a chance? You might want to talk to Altavista about that one.

What do you think? Does anyone use Clusty or Squidoo? Where’s the best place to search?

Searching for the Best Engine from Newsweek (thanks to Ronna for the article)

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Gain the Edge to Get the Job

Posted on November 6, 2007 by kyle

Anything you read about careers, interviewing and landing that first job (or any job for that matter) says that you need to prepare, prepare, prepare. Well, what do you have to do to prepare?

If you answered ‘I don’t know’ to that question, then you might consider coming to the Career Services presentation entitled Researching Employers this evening at 5 PM in L2002 (Career Services). Laura Morrow, Internship Coordinator, and Kyle Naff, Business Librarian (hey, that’s me!), will be talking about the reasons why you should research employers, not only to find the job, but to land the job, as well as how to go about doing the research yourself.

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