Rock your dorm room!

Posted on September 5, 2017 by Naomi Schemm

The best part of settling into your new campus (or off-campus) digs? Personalizing it and making it your own, of course!

The public library in Whitewater, Irvin Young Memorial Library, is hosting a DIY Dorm Room Decor event this week, Thursday, Sept. 7, from 2-5:00pm.

The library has a fabulous Makerspace with all sorts of equipment — sewing machine, Cricut paper cutting machine, ribbon, paper, markers, hot glue, stamping supplies, and all sorts of other things. All supplies are free and the staff will help you use any unfamiliar machines.

The public library is just a few blocks off campus, at the corner of Church and Center streets — 431 W. Center Street.

Come and craft to your heart’s content!

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Featured Resource: Reference Librarians

Posted on September 5, 2017 by Carol

Librarian Wanted

What are an organization’s most valuable assets? Its people, of course! So this month, we’re featuring Andersen Library’s seven Reference & Instruction Librarians and highlighting ways they can help you boost your academic performance.

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How Reference Librarians Can Help You

    Library Research Assistance

    • Explore the best Library resources for your information needs
    • Develop more effective search strategies
    • Discover quality sources more quickly and efficiently (spend less time searching and more time finding)
    • Learn to evaluate the credibility and reliability of sources
    • Get assistance with your citations, including the use of citation managers
    • Understand the world of scholarly publishing better
    • Meet with a Librarian at the Reference Desk, your office, by phone, email or chat

    Reference Desk Services

    • The Reference Desk is open seven days a week
    • Staffed by Reference Librarians and Reference Assistants
    • Librarians may be reached in person, by phone 262.472.1032, or email refdesk@uww.edu
    • Reference Desk Hours

    24×7 Chat Reference Service

    Individual Appointments

    • Do you have a big research project looming?
    • Would you like to meet with a Librarian who has expertise in your subject area?
    • Schedule an appointment with your liaison librarian – see list below and call or email today!

    Learn more about Andersen Library’s Reference Services

    Librarian Liaisons to Departments

    Name Departments Phone E-mail Address
    Bren, Barbara Communication; Music; Political Science 262-472-5521 brenb@uww.edu
    Castrillo, James History; Philosophy & Religious Studies; Sociology, Criminology, & Anthropology; Theatre & Dance; Women’s & Gender Studies 262-472-5522 castrilj@uww.edu
    Elsen, Carol Art & Design; Chemistry; Geography, Geology, & Environmental Science 262-472-5751 elsenc@uww.edu
    Latorraca, Ellen College of Education & Professional Studies 262-472-5525 latorrae@uww.edu
    Schemm, Naomi College of Business & Economics 262-472-5519 schemmn@uww.edu
    Shull, Diana Psychology; Social Work 262-472-5011 shulld@uww.edu
    Stephenson, Martha Biological Sciences; Languages & Literatures; Mathematics; Computer Science; Physics 262-472-4366 stephenm@uww.edu
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New Stuff Tuesday – Sept. 5, 2017

Posted on September 5, 2017 by Martha

Reading America book cover

Reading America:
Citizenship, Democracy, and Cold War Literature
By Kristin L. Matthews
PS3613.A8488 R43 2016
New Arrivals Island, 2nd floor

If you’re interested in the effects of literature on America and on individual readers, this book’s for you. Growing out of the national movement that was based on The Wonderful World of Books project from the 1950s, Reading America expands beyond the former’s premise that literacy has the power to form citizens, spread democracy, and fortify America to the idea that the relationship between reading and citizenship is such that different groups of people use particular texts to reach towards their own idealized versions of America. Reading America presents a select collection of influential texts, showing how they were valued, interpreted, and used by Americans from across the political spectrum during the cold war era (1945-1991). Matthews draws from the fields of book history, Cold War Studies, library studies, and literary studies in her analysis. Instead of an us-them approach, Matthews incorporates inter- and intragroup approaches prevalent during the era. She also looks beyond simply audience interpretation by investigating what the authors’ envisioned. The main literary works discussed include The Catcher in the Rye, Invisible Man, The Crying of Lot 49, Lost in the Fun House, and The Woman Warrior.

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T3: Back to School Tech Tips

Posted on September 1, 2017 by Diana

wireless-printingWelcome to a new school year and new set of Thursday Tech Tips! Watch this space on Thursdays for helpful tricks and tips for using technology to enhance your life.

A few things have changed over the summer so make sure you get your devices all set up for the semester.

Wireless Access

  1. Personal Devices
  2. Mobile Devices

Wireless Printing
There are two ways to print from your laptop computers and personal devices to any General Access lab printer on campus. This only works for files 25 MB or less in size.

  1. Email the file as an attachment to print@uww.edu
    • Use your uww.edu email address!
    • Use this method from your mobile devices
    • Go to the nearest print-release station, log in using your NetID and password, and release your job
  2. Upload the file(s) to papercut.uww.edu/user
    • Make sure your computer is connected to the campus wifi
    • Navigate to papercut.uww.edu/user
    • Log in to PaperCut with your NetID and password
    • Click on Web Print
    • Select Submit a Job and follow the steps to upload the file
    • Go to the nearest print-release station, log in using your NetID and password, and release your job
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New Stuff Tuesday — August 29, 2017

Posted on August 29, 2017 by Diana

Twitter and Tear Gas book cover image

Twitter and Tear Gas: The Power and Fragility of Networked Protest
By Zeynep Tufekci
HM742 .T84 2017
New Arrivals, 2nd floor

Zeynep Tufekci, a information scientist and sociologist at UNC-Chapel Hill, writes about 21st-century protests and social media technology in ways that complicate labeling of social-media-fueled protests as mere “slactavism.” Her unique perspective on this topic, she has participated in many left-leaning and anti-authoritarian protests around the world since the late 1990s, allows her to combine academic analysis with vignettes that demonstrate how social media functioned as a tool for protests. Tufekci argues that even as social media and the internet allow protests to quickly gain numbers and power, the ease of organizing mass protests in this networked age can limit the potential for participants to build the kinds of organizational infrastructure that helped older protest movements, such as the Civil Rights Movement in the United States, pivot to meet new challenges.

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New Stuff Tuesday — Aug. 22, 2017

Posted on August 22, 2017 by Naomi Schemm

Economics Rules cover image

Economics Rules: the rights and wrongs of the dismal science
By Dani Rodrik
HB75 .R5785 2015
New Arrivals Island, 2nd floor

A work on economics hardly seems like one’s first choice for summer reading, but browsing through this little book highlights very readable writing and compelling examples drawn from recent economics history. Rodrik’s central thesis is that econ, with its plethora of mathematical models to explain every possible fluctuation, goes wrong when people – economists, politicians, or your average WSJ-reader – assume that a favored model of the moment is THE model that should be applied in all situations.

For specifics, he points out why some very popular thought-models of economists – including that rent caps generally reduce the quantity and quality of housing, that import tariffs generally are a bad thing, and that the U.S. should not forbid employers from outsourcing jobs – can be true in some circumstances, and false in others.

The talk of mathematical models gone wrong reminds me of another recent read from our collection, Jordan Ellenberg’s How not to be wrong. Among other chapters, he highlights how, when considering a vexing question such as whether the U.S.’s social net should try to be more or less like Sweden’s, politicians can draw very different conclusions depending on what mathematical model one applies to the situation. Preview his entertaining charts in Google Books here.

If you’re of an economics or mathematical mind, either of these might provide a fun read to keep your mind engaged in the break before school starts!

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Andersen Library @ Welcome (Back) events!

Posted on August 21, 2017 by Barbara

Welcome (back) to UWW! Find us at various Orientation Week events:

Andersen Library entrance photo

Tuesday, August 22

  • 9am-11:30am & 1:30-3pm: RA Resource Fair

Thursday, August 24

  • 1:30-2:30pm: Involvement Opportunity Fair (UC Hamilton Room)

Monday, August 28

  • 2-3pm: Library Services & Online Resources (Andersen Library L2211)

Wednesday, August 30

  • 5-7pm: Graduate School & Nontraditional Student Orientation (UC Hamilton Center)

Tuesday, September 5

  • 12:15-2:30pm: HawkFest for first year students (parking lot 11)

Don’t see an event for you? Can’t make it?

Well, c’mon in, or give us a call or an email! We’ll be happy to set up a time to meet with you! Call the Reference Desk at (262) 472-1032 or email refdesk@uww.edu.

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Library Hours Aug. 19-Sept. 7

Posted on August 18, 2017 by Barbara

Photo of Andersen Library building in the background and coneflowers in the foregroundSummer Session ends on Saturday, August 19!

Andersen Library’s Summer Break (August 19-September 4) hours will be:

  • Mon.-Fri.: 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m.
  • Sat.-Sun.: Closed
  • EXCEPTIONS:
    • Mon. Sept. 4 (Labor Day): Closed

image of blackboard with Welcome Back to School in white letters

Andersen Library’s hours for the first three days of Fall semester classes have earlier closing times than usual:

  • Tues., Sept. 5: 7:30 a.m.-6 p.m.
  • Wed.-Thurs., Sept. 6-7: 7:30 a.m.-10 p.m.

Regular Fall Semester Andersen Library hours begin on Friday, September 8:

  • Mon.-Thurs.: 7:30 a.m.-2 a.m.
  • Fri.: 7:30 a.m.-6 p.m.
  • Sat.: 10 a.m.-6 p.m.
  • Sun.: 11 a.m.-2 a.m.

Of course, even when the Library is closed, online access to databases including online full-text articles, library holdings listed in Books, media and more (UW Whitewater) including ebooks, and Ask a Librarian online assistance via chat will be available.

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T3: Windows10 Logout

Posted on August 18, 2017 by Diana

Welcome to a new school year! We have many new computers in our spaces this year and updated operating systems on the PCs and Macs. Public PCs on campus have been updated to a new version of Windows10 and the process to logout has changed a bit.

To logout:

  1. Click on the Windows icon Windows 10 Windows icon in the lower left corner of the screen.
  2. Click on the Windows10 Account Icon icon.
  3. Select Sign Out.

 
Image of desktop with icons circled

Have a great year!

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Eclipse! Where will you be on Aug 21? Will you be ready?

Posted on August 16, 2017 by Barbara

Get ready to experience the Great American Eclipse! Free local events:

Make your own eclipse viewer on Thurs, Aug 17, from 3:30-4:30pm at the Irvin L Young Memorial Library (431 W Center St, Whitewater) using materials supplied by the library (while supplies last).

Hear UWW Physics Professor Bob Benjamin talk about what occurs during a total solar eclipse, the frequency of eclipses, and their applications in science at 7pm on Fri, Aug. 18, in Upham Hall 140.

Attend a viewing, hosted by Lecturer Juliana Constantinescu and the UWW Physics Dept, of the partial solar eclipse on Mon, Aug 21, between 11:52am and 2:39pm, at the campus Observatory (on the hill behind Hyer Hall). The partial solar eclipse will reach its maximum at 1:17pm with 84.97% of the sun covered by the moon. Eclipse glasses will be available to share. In order to see the total eclipse, you must travel to a location along the path of totality. (No part of Wisconsin is on the path. Bummer.)

Wherever you are during the eclipse, please remember: Do not look directly at the sun.

cover of book TotalityYou can learn more about this from NASA’s Eclipse 2017 web page. Andersen Library also has resources for learning more, including books such as Eclipse!: The what, where, when, why, and how guide to watching solar and lunar eclipses (3rd-floor Main Collection, QB541 .H35 1997), Mask of the sun: The science, history, and forgotten lore of eclipses (3rd-floor Main Collection, QB541 .D846 2017), and Totality: Eclipses of the sun (online via ProQuest Ebook Central, aka ebrary).

If you’d like assistance with finding additional information, please ask a librarian (choose chat or email, phone 262-472-1032, or visit the Reference Desk).

Andersen Library is a federal and Wisconsin depository library with federal and state government documents on a variety of current and relevant issues available to you in various formats (print, DVD/CD-ROM, online). Check out your government at Andersen Library!

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