Andersen Library’s hours Between Fall Semester and Winterim (December 23, 2017-January 1, 2018):
M*-F 8am-4:30pm
Sat-Sun CLOSED
*CLOSED on Mon Dec 25 and Mon Jan 1
Andersen Library’s Winterim (January 2-21, 2018) hours:
M*-TH 7:30am-6pm
F 7:30am-4:30pm
Sat CLOSED
Sun* 1-5pm (no Reference Desk; use Ask a Librarian)
*ClOSED Sun-M, Jan 14-15
*noon-8pm on Sun Jan 21
Wordplay: a Toon Book
Written & Illustrated by Ivan Brunetti
Curriculum Collection, E Bru
Easy Books, 2nd floor
When the weather outside over winter break is too wintry – or not wintry enough – to hit the sledding hill with the kids in the family, then it might be the right time to snuggle up and play with a few books. Wordplay is just one of three new titles for the Easy Books section in the Curriculum Collection, each of which invites interaction between adult and child reader and encourages read-aloud play. Wordplay’s protagonist, Annemarie, is given homework – to collect compound words. Everything she sees that is a compound word becomes its two parts: a housefly becomes a house with wings, a softball becomes too mushy to hit with a bat, and chickpea is a chick hatched from a peapod. Brunetti’s colorful, two-dimensional illustrations are word puzzles themselves, to be solved by the readers. Make it a guessing game!
Did You Take the B from My -ook? by Beck and Matt Stanton begins with an unfortunately timed sneeze which blows the b’s from every page. Read aloud, this book becomes a listening game. But not to worry! There’s no need to turn to the back of the book for the answers. Each facing page is illustrated with a simple line drawing of the b-less object which helps the puzzled listener solve the riddle.
For older readers and listeners (5-8 yrs), Lexie the Word Wrangler by Rebecca Van Slyke and illustrated by Jessie Hartland takes the word play up a notch. Lexie doesn’t just wrangle cantankerous cattle, she ropes and ties simple words together into compounds, herds words into sentences, and hitches sentences together so they can get some real work done. When Russell the word rustler comes to town, turning deserts into desserts (not so bad, really) and generally stirring things up, Lexie aims to bring justice, which she does.
These picture books will be fine fodder for wordplay games in your house or classroom.
It’s the week of final exams, and the stress is real! For some, this marks the week where the two 6-page papers and 30-minute group presentation tops the agenda, alongside actual exams. Well, don’t worry, because Relaxathon is on at the Andersen Library!
Relaxathon—a three-week-long stress-relieving outlet made available to students before and during finals week—has begun and continues until Dec. 21. There are events and interactive stations made available to students to utilize as forms of escapism. Spoken word, artistic expression and self-reflection characterize many of the outlets made available.
Here’s the list of activities for Relaxathon:
-Pet Therapy (Dec. 4-7 & 11-14)
-Stress Navigation Station
-Make a Stress Ball
-Grab N’ Game Area
-Illustration Station-Relax Snax (on behalf of University Health & Counseling Services)
-Word Search Relay
-Prime-time Poetry
-Zen Rock Painting
-Make Your Own Tea (on behalf of Wellhawks)
-Virtual Reality (offered by Club EdIT)
Here’s some images from Relaxathon this year:
UW-Whitewater photo
UW-Whitewater photo
UW-Whitewater photo
UW-Whitewater photo
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For scheduling or general information, refer to the library’s ‘News & Events’ page.
Popcorn, Coffee & Tea Made Available Too!
Popcorn, coffee and tea are made available throughout extended hours. Coffee and tea will be made available at 6 PM throughout extended hours. Popcorn will be served at 9 PM on days we’re open until 2 AM (see ‘Hours’ page on library website).
If you need help remaining on task while doing research projects or other work (and who doesn’t every once in a while?), you can use technology to help. StayFocusd is a Google Chrome extension that limits the amount of time you can spend on distracting websites. Once you have set it up, you can prevent yourself from accessing Twitter, Reddit, or any other site for more than the allotted time.
If you need similar extensions for other browsers or for mobile devices, Lifehacker has a nice roundup of free and paid extensions and apps.
We Can’t Help It – We’re Men
directed by Rick Green
Browsing DVD We
New Arrivals Island, 2nd floor
It’s been a busy semester to say the least. So let’s try something light for “New Stuff Tuesday.”
Twenty years ago I was in a hotel room in Missoula and turned on the TV to see a dopey-looking guy with gray whiskers, wearing a plaid shirt and suspenders. Before I could change channels, I was hooked. He was hilarious. We were New Englanders at the time and assumed the rubes on the Red Green Show were local Montanans. Well, close enough: they’re Canadians (my apologies to both northern neighbors).
It’s a little hard to describe the Red Green Show – but perhaps something like a cross between a home repair show, sitcom, and spoof. The all-male cast of caricatures are members of Possum Lodge, a fraternity of locals who trade insults and jokes and try to fix things with the “handyman’s secret weapon” (duct tape).
In this hour long film, Red and his buddies attempt to explain the differences between men and women. You probably won’t find any of their ideas in textbooks, but they’re generally spot-on. As Red Green says on the DVD’s cover, “Remember, we’re all in the same boat, and women are on the shore, laughing.”
So keep your stick on the ice — and enjoy vintage Red Green.
If you’d like to learn more about the guys at Possum Lodge, try the Red Green web site or YouTube.
Andersen Library is extending its hours for exam study:
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! Information will be forthcoming about the Relaxathon events, but you can plan ahead for the pet therapy dogs! They will be visiting from noon-2pm on Mon.-Thurs., Dec. 4-7 and Mon.-Thurs., Dec. 11-14.
Study hard and good luck, everybody!
Now is the season to apply for scholarships! You may need to print off various documents from WINS–here are some instructions. In addition, you can visit the Registrar’s Office website for further instructions.
Unofficial Transcript:
Academic Advising Report (AAR):
Mrs. Mai Yer Yang, UWW alumna and Assistant Director of the Inclusive Excellence Center at University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, will talk about “Life of a Refugee: Results of the Secret War in Laos” on Thurs., Dec. 7, 2017, from 3:30-4:30pm in UC 275A. It’s part of the Southeast Asian Heritage Lecture Series.
If you’d like to learn more, Andersen Library may be able to help with resources such as the books From Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia: A refugee experience in the United States (3rd-Floor Main Collection, HV640.5.I5 H44 1995), Even the birds don’t sound the same here: The Laotian refugees search for heart in American culture (3rd-Floor Main Collection, E184.L25 P76 1990), Diversity in diaspora: Hmong Americans in the twenty-first century (online via Project MUSE ebooks), and Afterland: Poems (3rd-Floor Main Collection, PS3622.A64 A6 2017). Also available are articles such as “America’s secret war in Laos” (The Economist, 2017, Jan. 17 or in print as “They just kept coming,” 2017, vol.422:no.9024, p.75).
If you’d like assistance with finding additional information on these and any other related topics, please ask a librarian (choose chat or email, phone 262-472-1032, or visit the Reference Desk).
Members of Mourning Dayze, a local band formed in the sixties, will talk about their garage band experience and launch their book “Mourning Dayze: A Wisconsin Garage Band” at the Irvin L Young Memorial Library (Whitewater’s public library at 431 W Center St, Whitewater) on Wed., Dec. 6, 2017, at 6pm. Copies of the book will be available for sale, and refreshments will be provided. The event is free and open to everyone.
If you’d like a sneak peak at the book, Andersen Library has a noncircuating copy in 1st-floor Special Collections, at call number ML3534.3 .P6 2016. Special Collections is open Mon.-Fri., 9am-4:30pm.
If you’re interested in learning more about garage bands, Andersen Library may be able to help, with articles such as “25 Important Garage Bands” (Goldmine 2004, vol.30:no.8, pp.20,47) and “The sound of the suburbs: A case study of three garage bands in San Jose, California during the 1960s” (Popular Music and Society, 2005, vol.28:no.3, pp.391-405). Books available include Milwaukee garage bands: Generations of grassroots rock, Garage rock and its roots: Musical rebels and the drive for individuality, and Sixties rock: Garage, psychedelic, and other satisfactions. UWW students and staff may request these books from other UW campus libraries by using the free UW Request service. Requested items arrive in 2-5 weekdays.
You also can get a taste of Mourning Dayze by listening to Fly My Paper Airplane on YouTube.
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If you’d like assistance with finding additional information on these and any other related topics, please ask a librarian (choose chat or email, phone 262-472-1032, or visit the Reference Desk).
Last week Thanksgiving heralded the beginning of the holiday season and today we’ve put out gift worthy books on a variety of topics, which are $2 each, as well as $1 materials for the Andersen Library’s monthly sale. The latter include books (literature and history), media (albums, CDs, DVDs), and children’s games.
Come on over and peruse the shelves. Perhaps something will strike your fancy and you’ll put money in the payment box in exchange for it. We hope all these items find new forever homes.
This month the prices will drop to $.25/each on the last day of the semester (Dec. 22), so be sure to swing on by before you head home for winter break. New materials will be put out before spring semester begins on January 22.
Here is a selection of December holidays this year:
Friday, December 1 Mawlid Un Nabi (Muslim)
Sunday, December 3 Full Moon (Lunar)
Tuesday, December 5 Krampusnacht (Germany and Eastern Europe)
Wednesday, December 6 St. Nicholas Day (Christian)
Friday, December 8 Immaculate Conception (Christian)
Tuesday, December 12 Hanukkah begins (Jewish)
Monday, December 18 New Moon (Lunar)
Thursday, December 21 Winter Solstice (Solar)
Thursday, December 21 Yule (Germanic, Wiccan, General)
Saturday, December 23 Festivus (General)
Sunday, December 24 Christmas Eve (Christian)
Monday, December 25 Christmas (Christian)
Tuesday, December 26 Boxing Day (Canada)
Tuesday, December 26 Kwanzaa begins (General)
Tuesday, December 26 Second Christmas (Christian)
Tuesday, December 26 Synaxis of the Mother of God (Greece)
Sunday, December 31 New Year’s Eve (General)
Happy holidays!
