New Stuff Tuesday – Christmas Day 2018

Posted on December 25, 2018 by Carol

Jewelry for Gentlemen

Jewelry for Gentlemen
by James Sherwood; special photographs by Andy Barnham
NK7305 .S54 2018
New Arrivals Island, 2nd Floor

It’s Christmas Day. Perhaps Santa left something shiny for you under the tree. But most likely any gift will pale in comparison to the bling worn by the Maharaja of Patiala back in the 1920s. He commissioned Cartier to craft his famous necklace from bucketloads of his gemstones, including the spectacular 235 carat yellow diamond pendant. Cartier created a reproduction of the necklace after the original disappeared. The Introduction to this book features the story of this famous necklace along with stories of other famous pieces.

Who knew gents’ jewelry could be so bold, so dashing — and yet so tasteful? Hundreds of color photographs offer a sumptuous visual repast of traditional fare like rings, cufflinks and lapel pins. But the buffet offers savory dishes of brooches, stick pins, bracelets, pendants, chains and studs as well. The verso of the title page features my favorite piece: a Cartier platinum and white-gold panther brooch. The panther’s body is studded with diamonds and sapphires as he glares imperiously from yellow-diamond eyes atop his perch on an enormous Kashmir sapphire. This book is a visual feast — fit for a maharaja — and folks like us.

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Library’s Winter Break & Winterim Hours

Posted on December 20, 2018 by Nancy Bennett

Andersen Library’s hours Between Fall Semester and Winterim (December 22, 2018-January 1, 2019):

Sat-Sun CLOSED
M*-F 8am-4:30pm
*CLOSED: M-TU Dec 24-25 & M-TU Dec 31-Jan 1

Andersen Library’s Winterim (January 2-18, 2019) hours:

M-TH 7:30am-6pm
F 7:30am-4:30pm
Sat CLOSED
Sun 1-5pm (no Reference Desk; use Ask a Librarian)

Reference assistance is available Monday-Friday, but on call. Please ask at the Circulation Desk to have a reference librarian paged.

Andersen Library’s hours Between Winterim and Spring Semester:

Andersen Library is closed for the Martin Luther King, Jr., holiday: Sat-M, Jan 19-21. Regular spring semester hours start on Tuesday, January 22nd.

 

Happy New Year, everyone!

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New Stuff Tuesday – December 18, 2018

Posted on December 17, 2018 by James Castrillo

W.E.B. Du Bois's Data Portraits Visualizing Black America book cover


W.E.B. Du Bois’s data portraits : visualizing Black America :
the color line at the turn of the twentieth century
by Whitney Battle-Baptiste and Britt Rusert, editors
E185.86 .D846 2018
New Arrivals Island, 2nd floor

This book is a reprint featuring various charts and graphs of data that were featured at World’s Fair in Paris in 1900. The data was collected by a sociological research team headed by W.E.B. Du Bois. And the data was notable for being the most prominent of its time to show the large gap that existed between black and white people in American society, now 35 years from the abolishment of slavery. While the research is important and paints a picture Black American life at the turn of the 20th century, this book focuses on the presentation and visualization of the data which is both colorful and creative. Du Bois would use the foundations of this research to help propel his career 3 years later with his most famous work Souls of Black Folk (available at Andersen Library)

For a more in depth look of this work, listen to the editor of this edition discuss the book on the PolicyViz podcast.

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New Stuff Tuesday – December 11, 2018

Posted on December 11, 2018 by Martha

Ada Lovelace: The Making of a Computer Scientist book cover

Ada Lovelace:
The Making of a Computer Scientist
by Christopher Hollings, Ursula Martin, and Adrian Rice
QA29.L72 H65 2018
New Arrivals Island, 2nd floor

Augusta Ada King, Countess of Lovelace (1815-1852), daughter of Lord Byron and his wife Anne Isabella, was tutored at home instead of receiving a formal education at institutions that were mostly closed to women. Demonstrating her intelligence at a young age, her mother made sure she was taught a wide variety of subjects to feed her brain. She grew to become a gifted mathematician and one of London’s social and scientific elite in the Victorian era. Lovelace has been called the first computer programmer. But how was that possible in an age when there weren’t any computers? There was the idea of computers, that’s how. Not counting devices such as the abacus and slide rule, the first modern computer was the “Analytical Engine.” Although never built, it was created by British mathematician Charles Babbage between 1833 and 1871. Lovelace worked with him. She published her first computer program, essentially a table with mathematical entries, in 1843. This book includes that table along with many other illustrations of formulas, diagrams, paintings, drawings, and correspondence. Each of the many illustrations appear carefully chosen to elucidate Lovelace’s development from childhood onward and help us understand the mystery that is Lovelace. This book is a quick read, filled with many illustrations to delight as well as unique information gleaned from previously unpublished archival materials used by the authors. It is a delight to read.

If you’re interested in a another blog post about Lovelace, but about a picture book, please look here: Ada Lovelace, Poet of Science: The First Computer Programmer.

The Andersen Library has a few more adult Ada Lovelace titles if you’d like to read more:

You can also borrow books from other UW System libraries through Research@UWW by using UW Request.

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Singalong! Fa la la la laaaaaaa

Posted on December 11, 2018 by Barbara

Do you need a study break? Do you like to sing?

Go to “Carol-OKE” on Wed., Dec. 12, starting at 4 p.m. at the Irvin L Young Memorial Library (Whitewater’s public library at 431 W Center St). Sing favorite winter songs with friends, family, and neighbors, and enjoy a “fabulous Hot Chocolate Bar!” Free and open to all. No registration.

Andersen Library can help, with CDs such as Mariah Carey’s Merry Christmas (2nd-floor Browsing CDs, HOL Car Mer) and Merry Christmas II You (2nd-floor Browsing CDs, HOL Car Merr), Bach’s Christmas Oratorio (2nd-floor Browsing CDs, HOL Bac Wei), Let’s celebrate Kwanzaa sing-along (2nd-floor Curriculum Collection CDs, CHIH Let), and A Christmas festival with Arthur Fiedler and the Boston Pops (2nd-floor Browsing CDs, Fie Chr). Or, find music to play or sing, including Béla Bartók’s Rumanian Christmas carols: Piano solo (3rd-floor Main Collection, M25 .B27 R8x), Twelve traditional carols from Herefordshire: For voice and piano (3rd-floor OVERSIZE Main Collection, M2114.5.V38 T7 1996), and The complete Jewish songbook for children!: 201 Jewish songs for holidays, everyday or just for fun! (3rd-floor Main Collection, M2194.3 .C667 2002).

Don’t forget to check out the streaming music databases: DRAM, Music Online: Jazz Music Library, and Naxos Music Library For an example of what you can find, click on the Verve Remixed Christmas album from Jazz Music Library!

Enjoy!

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Holiday Book Sale

Posted on December 7, 2018 by Carol

The holiday season is upon us. This month’s book sale features $1 and $2 giftworthy books! This month’s subjects include children’s books, history (especially Latin American history), philosophy, and computer science – and, of course, there are a smattering of other subjects on the shelves. We hope all these items find new forever homes. Stop by soon for the best selection!

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Andersen Library exam hours

Posted on December 5, 2018 by Barbara

Andersen Library is extending its hours for exam study:

Fri., Dec. 7: 7:30am – 10pm
Sat., Dec. 8: 9am – 10pm
Sun., Dec. 9: 9am – 2am
Mon.-Thurs., Dec. 10-13: 7:30am – 2am
Fri., Dec. 14: 7:30am – 10pm
Sat., Dec. 15: 9am – 10pm
Sun., Dec. 16: 9am – 2am
Mon.-Thurs., Dec. 17-20: 7:30am – 2am
Fri., Dec. 21: 7:30am – 6pm

The first and third floors of the Library close at 1am; only 2nd/main floor is open until 2am. All three floors are open until closing on nights when then Library closes earlier than 2am. Doors are locked 15 minutes before closing.

Free coffee on weekends and late nights, and popcorn on evenings the Library is open until 2am! Check out the stress-relieving Relaxathon events, and plan ahead plan ahead for the pet therapy dogs that will be visiting from noon-2pm on Mon.-Thurs., Dec. 10-13, and Mon.-Thurs., Dec. 17-20.

collage of images of students studyingStudy hard and good luck, everybody!

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New Stuff Tuesday — Dec. 4, 2018

Posted on December 4, 2018 by Diana

Book cover for Heavy

Heavy: An American Memoir
by Kiese Laymon
E185.97.L394 A3 2018
New Arrivals Island, 2nd Floor

Kiese Laymon, one of the best writers currently chronicling his experience of growing up and living as a black man in the South, has published a new memoir. He writes about his family, schooling, and professional life and how they have been shaped by violence, trauma, and addiction. He links this trauma to the experience of growing up as a black man in the United States and how that has affected generations of black men and black families. This is a moving book by a wonderful writer.

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Andersen Library Presents: Relaxathon (Fall 18′)

Posted on December 3, 2018 by Nancy Bennett

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There’s no denying it, the weeks that follow Thanksgiving, leading up to the promise of Winter Break, are a stress filled journey of papers, projects, and tests.  Juggling these due dates can quickly get overwhelming, so it’s important that you stop and take a break.  The Andersen Library is here to help you do just that!  From December 3 until December 20, there will be daily activities, offering several opportunities to take a quick break from the stress of finals, and rejuvenate your motivation.

Collaborating with several organizations across campus, the Andersen Library is excited to offer Relax Snax, with University Heath and Counseling Services (UHCS), Paint and Sip, with the Student Art Association (SAA), and an NBA 2K19 Tournament, partnered with and hosted at Warhawk Alley.  As always, Pet Therapy will continue, increasing in frequency as we approach finals week.

Likewise, through several hands-on activities, there are many opportunities to allow your mind a much-needed break, whenever you need it.  Make sure to visit our Stress Navigation Station to reevaluate your own, personal stress-coping mechanisms, and take a moment to color a picture, or complete a word search.

Navigating stress can be difficult, especially when schedules are stretched to the max and taking a break seems like an unproductive waste of time.  But by allowing your mind a little time to relax, even just for a few moments, motivation and productivity will return, making finals week just a little bit easier.

Check out these visuals (Relaxathon, Paint and Sip, NBA 2K Tournament) to learn more. Also, visit us online for Relaxathon’s  full line-up with dates and times:  library.uww.edu/about-us/news-events

We look forward to seeing you here, at the Andersen Library. Best of luck with finals!

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2K Tournament (Dec. 5th)

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Paint N’ Sip (Dec. 6th)

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Life-Sized Games (Dec. 7th- 11th)

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UHCS Relax Snax (Dec. 11th)

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Zen Rock Painting (Dec. 12th)

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New Stuff Tuesday — Nov. 27, 2018

Posted on November 27, 2018 by Naomi Schemm

Book cover for DIY Circus Lab for kids

DIY circus lab for kids: A family-friendly guide for juggling, balancing, clowning and show-making

by Jackie Leigh Davis

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New Arrivals Island, 2nd Floor

This book makes me want to be a 10-year-old again with lots of spare time, creativity, willing neighbor kids, and a big backyard, so I could try out some of these fun creations!

The expected tricks – juggling, tightrope walking – make their appearances, but so too do the unexpected – the poi, the diabolo, the rola bola. Each section begins with step-by-step directions for how to make your own item in question, with adult help as may be needed. Then in the ABCs of…, the author starts practitioners with the most basic moves, working up to more complicated. Safety is demonstrated throughout, with clear directions for how and when to use a spotter or otherwise practice with less chance of injury.

Full-color photographs and helpful supply lists throughout make the Make Your Own tasks feel do-able to most kids with access to a hardware store and a helpful parent or friend. As for the circus activities, I am quite sure I would be a flop at anything more challenging than hula hooping, but it’d sure be fun to try! If you’re thinking it’d be hard to learn some of these skills just from seeing pictures, the author and her Circus Lab kids have also created excellent tutorials that mirror the book at https://www.diycircuslab.com/tutorials

The author also has several helpful resource lists at the end, including curriculum connections and how circus can be incorporated into all sorts of positive social empowerment movements.

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