The Andersen Library Blog

Dreamland: The True Tale of America’s Opiate Epidemic

Posted on March 9, 2018 by Barbara

Sam Quinones will talk about “Dreamland: The True Tale of America’s Opiate Epidemic” at 7pm on Mon., Mar. 12, in the Young Auditorium. It’s part of the lecture series sponsored by the College of Letters and Sciences.

cover of book Dreamland Quinones, freelance journalist and former Los Angeles Times reporter, is the author of three books. Dreamland: The true tale of America’s opiate epidemic, was the 2015 National Book Critics Circle Award Winner for general nonfiction and a finalist for the L.A. Times Book Prize. Andersen Library has a copy in the 3rd-floor Main Collection at HV5840.M4 Q56 2016, and other UW campus libraries have copies as well (preview text via Google Books).

You can read his bio from his website. Quinones spent 10 years with the LA Times, received a 2008 Maria Moors Cabot award from the Columbia Journalism School, and has also published in National Geographic, the New York Times, Los Angeles Magazine, and other publications.

You can learn more with Andersen Library resources, including government documents such as Misuse and abuse of opioids in Wisconsin (online) and Congressional committee hearings The U.S. Homeland Security role in the Mexican war against drug cartels (online or in print in the 2nd-floor U.S. Documents collection, Y 4.H 75:112-14) and America’s heroin and opioid abuse epidemic (online); and articles such as “The North American opioid epidemic: Current challenges and a call for treatment as prevention” (Harm Reduction Journal, 2017, pp.141-6. doi:10.1186/s12954-017-0135-4).

Please ask a librarian (choose chat or email, phone 262-472-1032, or visit the Reference Desk) if you’d like assistance with finding materials.

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New Stuff Tuesday – March 6, 2018

Posted on March 6, 2018 by Carol

Fire on the Track: Betty Robinson and the Triumph of the Early Olympic Women

Fire on the Track: Betty Robinson and the Triumph of the Early Olympic Women
by Roseanne Montillo
GV1061.15 .R62 M66 2017
New Arrivals Island, 2nd floor

Since Sir Roger Bannister, the first man to break the four-minute barrier in the mile run, crossed the bar earlier this week, a track and field book seems in order for New Stuff Tuesday.

Although women first began competing in the Olympics in the 1900 Paris games, it wasn’t until 1928 that women began competing in athletics (track and field).

This narrative follows the earliest female icons of track and field in the United States. Although the cast includes well-known characters like Babe Didrikson, the story begins in the Chicago suburbs with a bubbly high school girl who was far more interested in school plays and socializing than in running – and her name isn’t likely to ring a bell.

If the end of the Winter Olympics has left you cold, this story will rekindle your Olympic flame. You can read all about the women track athletes at the 1928 Amsterdam Olympics and dream of Tokyo in 2020.

Not to spoil things, but after you read the book, you can watch Betty run her Olympic 100m race.

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Book-Sale-O-Rama

Posted on March 2, 2018 by Martha

This month’s selection of sale books cover the subjects of anthropology, history, political science, science, sociology, sports, and women’s studies. I’m sure there are a few oddballs in there as well, ready for the avid treasure hunter can discover with glee.

Books are $1 a piece until the 25th of the month when the price is lowered to a mere $.25 each.

March forth, buy, and read!

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T³: CrossMark

Posted on March 1, 2018 by Diana

Another CrossMark Logo
Many of the PDFs you download from Library databases have a form of the CrossMark logo on the title page of the article. This logo provides you a way to check if the article has been corrected or retracted (this information would otherwise be time-consuming to obtain). As long as you are connected to the internet, you can click on the logo within the PDF and you will automatically connect to a website letting you know whether there have been any corrections.

For a (humorous) look at how this works, try selecting the CrossMark logo on this PDF.

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Young Adults Read — One of Us Is Lying

Posted on February 28, 2018 by Casey Foster

We are injected into the lives of four students who are unjustly called to detention in One of Us is Lying by Karen McManus. These four students could not be more different: A “know it all”, a “bad boy”, the jock and the homecoming queen come together in detention for having a cell phone on them during their infamous biology class lead by the notoriously cranky Mr. Avery. Told from all four perspectives, it is clear that each of these students have been framed, but by who and for what reason?

Simon is also in detention, which makes 5 total students and 1 teacher. He is the schools main source of news and gossip. Simon knows everything that is happening to everyone at at all times in Bayview High. His gossip app is popular and everyday the students of Bayview find out deep, personal secrets about their classmates.
The five students and Mr. Avery begin their detention session, all five students trying to figure out why they are there when a car crash happens right outside the window and Simon drops to the floor. Bronwyn the smart girl, Nate the bad boy, Cooper the jock and Addy the pretty one, are blindsided by what happens next as all four students are interrogated for the death of Simon Kelleher.

This young adult novel takes jumps in time as it switches in from one main character to the next, however, it is an easy read as McManus flawlessly separates each character’s point-of-view. As the “who done it” continues the reader explores social norm issues and the weight of society on students.

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Blind Date with a Book: The Affection for Reading

Posted on February 27, 2018 by Nancy Bennett

Love was in the air and new relationships were on the cusp with “Blind Date with a Book” here at the Andersen Library earlier this month. Caught up in an abundance of emotions following the conclusion of another Valentine’s Day, library-goers were encouraged to actively participate in the Andersen Library’s own blind dating event, but unlike standard blind-date procedures, there was a twist; the dates were books. Wrapped tightly in brown paper, the books sat patiently, waiting to be chosen. Members of the UW-W Order of the Soaring Warhawks warmly emboldened individuals to step up and welcome their destiny. The packages were examined carefully, before a decision was made. The lucky book was picked; the brown paper torn off quickly, anticipation setting in, and then initial judgement could be made. Was this book the one? Could this be the match that they didn’t know they were missing?

For those that experienced love at first sight, the pair was able to remain together, following standard check out procedures of course. Others, recognizing that there was only the chance of a short-term relationship, were able to determine whether they decided to give it a chance or leave it behind. In an attempt to spread the love beyond the Andersen Library, regardless of the final verdict of the book, all reviews and responses were entered into a drawing to win a pair of meal deal tickets to the Cinemas of Whitewater. Although there were some that couldn’t foresee a relationship and inevitably decided to leave their dates behind, there is always the promise of new stories that could be the one.

The love that can be found in a good book lives here in the Andersen Library. You never know, the book you pick up on a whim could end up being the one. Blind Date with A Book proved that!

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A Photographer’s Life: Edward S. Curtis and the North American Indian

Posted on February 26, 2018 by Barbara

Michael Flanagan, Director of Crossman Gallery, will talk about “A Photographer’s Life: Edward S. Curtis and the North American Indian” at 3 p.m. on Mon., Feb. 26, as part of the Spring 2018 Fairhaven lecture series, which has the theme Native America: People and Places, Past and Present. These free, public lectures are held in Fellowship Hall of Fairhaven Senior Services (435 W Starin Road, Whitewater). Guest/street parking is adjacent to the building, but it’s also within walking distance of campus.

America’s indigenous peoples have rich and diverse traditions and cultures. What are the impacts of historical treaties and contemporary policies on native people past and present? How are native communities responding to issues of social injustice? Join us this spring as we explore historic and contemporary stories, issues and customs from the country’s indigenous peoples. –from the lecture series web page

book cover You can learn more with resources available via Andersen Library!. For example, Andersen Library’s resources include books such as Edward S. Curtis: One hundred masterworks (3rd-floor OVERSIZE Main Collection, E77.5 .C75 2015; summary at Google Books), the video Coming to light: Edward S. Curtis and the North American Indians (2nd-floor Academic DVDs, TR140.C87 C651 2000; information about the film from Bullfrog Films website), and articles such as ““Yet in a primitive condition”: Edward S. Curtis’s “North American Indian” (American Art, 20(3), 58-83).

Here are the forthcoming lectures in this series:

March

5 – Native American Spirituality and Practice / by Michael Gueno, Assistant Professor, Philosophy and Religious Studies
12 – Aztalan: Mysteries of an Ancient Native American Town in Southern Wisconsin / by Robert Birmingham, Archaeologist and Author, Wisconsin Historical Society Press
19 – Tribal Social Entrepreneurship: Self Determination or Assimilation? / by Amy Klemm Verbos, Assistant Professor, Finance and Business Law
Tribal Citizen, Pokagon Band of Potawatomi

April

2 – Interpreting American Indian Treaties in the 21st Century / by Anthony Gulig, Associate Professor and Chair, History
9 – Seeking Justice for a Legacy of Violence Against Women in Indian Country [This lecture is presented as part of the NEA Big Read, a program of the National Endowment for the Arts in partnership with Arts Midwest] / by Amy Casselman Hontalas, Author and Lecturer, San Francisco State University
16 – Chippewa Spearfishing Conflict and Treaty Rights / by Larry Nesper, Professor, Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies, UW-Madison

Please ask a librarian (choose chat or email, phone 262-472-1032, or visit the Reference Desk) if you’d like assistance with finding materials.

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Andersen Library (Building) at 65

Posted on February 23, 2018 by Barbara

photo of books being moved into Andersen Library On February 26, 1953, campus and community members helped carry books from UW-Whitewater’s Old Main library into the new Andersen Library building. 65 years, two additions, and myriad changes later, Andersen Library still strives to provide students with resources and services to help them succeed in their academic work.

Did you know? The only part of the Library currently residing in the original 1953 Andersen Library building is the University Archives collection! The original section also houses iCIT, the Center for Students with Disabilities, and the Andersen General Access Computer Lab. The rest of Andersen Library is in the two additions added in 1965 and 1970, along with some Communication Dept. faculty offices, classrooms, the campus TV and radio stations, a motion capture lab, the Distance Education classroom, and the Office of Research and Sponsored Programs.

You can read about Harold G. Andersen (Class of 1917), after whom the Library is named, in Campus Cornerstones.

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New Stuff Tuesday – February 20, 2017

Posted on February 20, 2018 by Martha

Animal's People book cover

Animal’s People
by Indra Sinha
PR9499.4.S56 A55 2009
New Arrivals Island, 2nd floor

This is the fifth and most recent book by Indra Sinha, a British author of both Indian and English descent. In addition to this novel, he previously wrote a nonfiction memoir and translated two classical works of Indian nonfiction. Animal’s People (2005) won the Commonwealth Writers’ Prize for Europe and South Asia, and was nominated for both the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Awards Best Novel and The Man Booker Prize Best Novel.

The context of this well-researched novel is a refashioning of the 1984 Union Carbide pesticide plant disaster in the city of Bhopal, India, which was one of the worst industrial disasters in recorded history. Around 15,000 people people were killed and another 500,000 were injured by the highly toxic gas that was released. There continue to be medical and environmental repercussions to this day. This engrossing novel’s setting is the fictional city of Khaufpur, some years after a horrible chemical disaster. The narrator is a badly disfigured nineteen-year-old man, who has told his story into a tape recorder for a journalist who agrees to publish it verbatim, aside from translating it into English. The writing is in Animal’s vernacular, which does not spare the profanity, and is interspersed with non-English words, which takes a bit of getting used to, but is well worth the effort. There is also a helpful glossary of Kaufpuri meanings for Hindi terms that are frequently used in the novel. The book is serious and funny in turns. Tape one begins with “I used to be human once” and rushes on from there, telling not only about the disaster and its repercussions, but about the friends and special people in Animal’s life, such as the nun who raised him from a small child, his love interest Nisha, and an American doctor. I’d tell you how it ends, but what’s the fun in that? You’ll just have to read it for yourself.

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