New Stuff Tuesday – March 14

Posted on March 14, 2017 by Martha

Place Names of Wisconsin book jacket

Place Names of Wisconsin
by Edward Callary
F579 .C35 2016
New Arrivals, 2nd floor

When you’ve read Callary’s fascinating book you’ll know all there is to know about Wisconsin place names. Although some or our names are so obscure that information is unreliable or unavailable, another 2,000+ are listed here.

This book provides names of places in Wisconsin and information about them. Toponyms (Greek for place name) include the names of landforms, such as mountains and rivers, and political divisions, such as cities and counties, although Callary primarily focuses on political divisions here. For example, the town of Whitewater was founded in 1840, the same year the post office was established here, and the city of Whitewater was founded in 1885. Our community was named after Whitewater Creek, which is a translation of the Menominee words wapeskiw (it is white) and nepew (water). This creek was the source of white clay used to make pottery and bricks by the local settlers. Also our home, Walworth County was established in 1838. The name was originally suggested by abolitionist Samuel F. Phoenix, the founder of Delavan, after another abolitionist, Reuben H. Walworth, a high ranking judicial official in New York.

Want to know what “Wisconsin” means? It’s introduction to this book. Search and ye shall find.

A fun and informative read that can be absorbed piecemeal and in any order, I recommend it to all of you.

Posted in new stuff tuesdays | Tagged , , | 1 Comment

Mobile Device Charging Stations Back in Service

Posted on March 9, 2017 by Barbara

mobile charging station imageThe two mobile charging stations are back in service!

One is available in the group study room area (NE section) on the Library’s main/second floor, and the other is near the “alcove” of computer stations in front of the Reference Desk.

Please remember that you are responsible for monitoring your devices while they are charging. The Library is not responsible for unattended devices at the station.

Posted in around the library | Comments Off on Mobile Device Charging Stations Back in Service

“How much Indian are you?” talk

Posted on March 7, 2017 by Barbara

Dr. Jill Doerfler, Associate Professor of American Indian Studies at the University of Minnesota Duluth, will talk about “‘How much Indian are you?’ The Problem with Blood Quantum and Racialization of Native Peoples” from 3:30-4:30 p.m. on Tues., Mar. 7 in UC 275A. It’s part of the Native Pride lecture Series.

Those Who Belong coverHer book Those who belong: Identity, family, blood, and citizenship among the White Earth Anishinaabeg is available online via Project MUSE. Other books that may be of interest include “Real” Indians and others: Mixed-blood urban Native peoples and indigenous nationhood (3rd-Floor Main Collection, E78.C2 L386 2004) and Blood politics: Race, culture, and identity in the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma (online via ebrary).

The Bureau of Indian Affairs’ web site offers guidance on tracing genealogy. Each tribe establishes requirements for enrollment, which may include blood quantum requirements (e.g., requirements of The Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin). See, for more information, “Tribal Membership Requirements and the Demography of “Old” and “New” Native Americans,” part of Changing numbers, changing needs: American Indian demography and public health.

If you’d like assistance with finding additional resources, 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!

Posted in campus connection, info.gov | Tagged , , , , , | Comments Off on “How much Indian are you?” talk

New Stuff Tuesday – March 7, 2017

Posted on March 7, 2017 by Diana

Paper: Paging through History Book Cover

Paper: Paging Through History
by Mark Kurlansky
TS1090 .K87 2016
New Arrivals Island, 2nd floor

One of my favorite kinds of historical scholarship is the history of commodities. My shelves at home are filled with titles like Cotton, Gin, Salt, and Cod. I enjoy viewing world history through the lens of a single product and learning about the different ways cultures around the world have interacted with a particular commodity.

Mark Kurlansky, author of the aforementioned Salt and Cod, has written a new commodity history that focuses on an early technology, paper, that is still relevant and important today. He describes the Chinese origins of paper over 2,000 years ago and traces the dissemination of this new technology through Asia, the Middle East, and into Europe. He analyzes many of the reasons why paper became the dominant technology for writing things down (beating out niche technology like papyrus, bark, and clay or stone tablets). Even though many pundits pronounce the “death of the book” or the arrival of the “paperless office” in the twenty-first century, Kurlansky discusses many reasons why paper has stuck around as an accessible and cheap way of transmitting information and why it will most likely remain in heavy use for the foreseeable future.

Posted in new stuff tuesdays | Tagged , , , , , | Comments Off on New Stuff Tuesday – March 7, 2017

Diversity in the Workplace

Posted on March 6, 2017 by Barbara

Deesha Dyer will talk about “Diversity in the workplace: Creating intentional opportunities for people of color,” the keynote address for International Women’s Day on March 8, 2017 at 5:30 p.m. in the Irvin L. Young Auditorium’s Fern Young Terrace. The talk will be preceded by the annual Women in Leadership ceremony and reception at 4 p.m.

Dyer served as social secretary for the Obama Administration from 2015-2017, and also had served as deputy to her predecessor. Prior to working for the White House she was a freelancer writing about music. You can learn more about her from the Washington Post’s article “Deesha Dyer: How a hip-hop lover from Philly became social secretary.”

You can learn more about related topics using Andersen Library resources! Search for books such as The lost leaders: How corporate America loses women leaders (3rd-floor Main Collection, HD6054.4.U6 H47 2013), Women and public service: Barriers, challenges, and opportunities (online via Taylor & Francis eBooks), and Gender, race, and ethnicity in the workplace: Emerging issues and enduring challenges (Available for UWW students and staff via free UW Request from other UW campus libraries).

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

Posted in around the world, campus connection | Tagged , , , , , , | Comments Off on Diversity in the Workplace

Simmons OneView

Posted on February 28, 2017 by Naomi Schemm

Simmons is a very cool database recently acquired by Andersen Library. Simmons is a standard market research tool used by marketers, media planners, entrepreneurs, and others.

So what kinds of data can you get out of Simmons? Tons:

  • Individual and household demographics, including all the obvious ones and the not-so-obvious too (military service, club memberships, recent job change, do you recycle?)
  • Internet, cable, radio, cell phone, print media use habits
  • Purchasing habits and ownership for everything from mascara to bratwursts to car insurance to leaf blowers
  • Leisure, hobbies, travel habits
    And much more! You can really get lost in the piles of data (not that I would know about such a thing, ahem…)

    The real power of Simmons is, you can create a cross-tabulation to compare virtually any of their criteria.

    A couple of caveats about our subscription: since it’s quite expensive, we only have purchased the dataset that is 3 years out of date, and it has a user limit of 10 users at a time — try back in a few minutes if you can’t get in.

    Simmons is a bit non-intuitive to use at first. Try these two video tutorials to get you started: How to create a crosstab (select your data for comparison) and Understanding your results. If you have more questions, feel free to contact me or any of the librarians at the Reference Desk.

    • Posted in around the library, featured resource | Comments Off on Simmons OneView

    New Stuff Tuesday – February 28, 2017

    Posted on February 28, 2017 by Ellen Latorraca

    Ada Lovelace, Poet of Science: The First Computer Programmer bookcover

    Ada Lovelace, Poet of Science: The First Computer Programmer
    by Diane Stanley; Illustrated by Jessie Hartland
    E Sta
    Curriculum Collection, Easy Books, 2nd floor

    Starting with the title, this biography of Ada Lovelace in picture book format focuses on the genius that emerges when artistic creativity and scientific precision work in tandem. She was born to poet Lord Byron, whom she never knew, and a mother who had a love of math and science and little patience for fantasy. With little interest in pursuits expected of a young woman of her time and social standing, she found herself drawn by the company of the likes of Dickens, Darwin, and Charles Babbage, often referred to as the father of computing. Babbage wrote an article about how to build a machine that would calculate mathematics, but not how to make it work. Given her understanding machines, Ada Lovelace translated the work from French to English, adding footnotes which explained how such a machine could be programmed for practical uses even beyond that of mathematical calculation. The picture book story is appended with discussion of some controversy concerning her contributions, as well as a timeline and bibliography.

    To locate additional inspiration for the young creative scientist, more titles featuring Ada Lovelace can be found in the Curriculum Collection.

    For a more in depth reading, check out Ada’s Legacy by Robin Hammerman and Andrew L. Russell, from Andersen Library’s Main Collection.

    Posted in new stuff tuesdays | Comments Off on New Stuff Tuesday – February 28, 2017

    Warhawk Book Talks – Feb.

    Posted on February 27, 2017 by Rebecca Jones

    Ever wonder what your faculty or colleagues are reading? Here’s your chance to find out! Warhawk Book Talks is a series where professors, staff, and students at UW-W talk about their favorite books!

    Ozalle Toms, Freedom Writers Diary

    Steve Anderson, Linus Pauling in His Own Words

    Feb 20th: Joanna Stradusky, Caves of Steel; Dragonriders of Pern

    Linda Nortier, People of the Masks

    Posted in around the library, around the world, around wisconsin, campus connection, whatcha reading? | Tagged , , , | Comments Off on Warhawk Book Talks – Feb.

    Using social media for social good

    Posted on February 27, 2017 by Barbara

    Luvvie Ajayi will talk about “Using social media for social good” at 7pm on Mon., Feb. 27, in the Young Auditorium. It’s part of the Contemporary Issues Lecture Series!

    Ajayi is a writer, speaker and digital strategist, which, according to her bio at the site of her popular culture blog Awesonely Luvvie, is someone who helps “figure out how to use the web strategically (not just to loiter and take selfies).” On the site of her tech blog, Awesomely Techie, she says she “believes in using the power of technology for social change.”

    Ajayi is a co-founder of The Red Pump Project®, a “nonprofit organization raising awareness about the impact of HIV/AIDS on women and girls” that uses the red pump shoe to symbolize “empowerment representing the strength and courage of women affected by HIV/AIDS”. Every March it runs a Rock the Red Pump® (#RocktheRedPump) Campaign, asking “bloggers and other digital influencers” to promote awareness and facilitate conversation about the issue.

    Luvvie is a columnist for the digital news platform theGrio.com* and also has contributed her writing to XOJane, EBONY, Clutch Magazine and Uptown Magazine, and she has been featured by the Chicago Sun-Times, Africa.com, Essence.com, AOL.com, Black Enterprise, The Root and more. She received the 2012 Women’s Media Center Social Media Award and was among Jet magazine’s first “Forty under 40” honorees in 2013.

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

    *Read more about theGrio.com in “Byron Allen’s Entertainment Studios acquires digital news community platform: TheGrio” (PR Newswire, 2016:Jun.14).

    Posted in around the world, campus connection | Tagged , , , , , , | Comments Off on Using social media for social good

    Employment Discrimination and Asian American Communities

    Posted on February 22, 2017 by Barbara

    Maria Flores, U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), will speak about “Civil Rights Focus: Employment Discrimination Issues Faced by Asian American Communities” on Thurs., Feb. 23, from 3:30pm-4:30pm in UC 275A. It’s part of the Southeast Asian Heritage Lecture Series!

    You can learn more, and Andersen Library can help! The EEOC has a web page on Asian-Americans in the American Workforce. Search Library databases to find articles such as “Culture matters: Cultural differences in the reporting of employment discrimination claims” (William and Mary Bill of Rights Journal, 2011, vol.20, pp.405-1373), “Spatial assimilation and its discontents: Asian ethnic neighborhood change in California (Urban Geography, 2016 published online, pp.1-26), and “Korean entrepreneurs in Kansas City metropolitan area” (Journal of Enterprising Communities, 2014, vol.8:no.4, pp.287-299), and books such as The contemporary Asian American experience: Beyond the model minority (available from other UW libraries via free UW Request service, by which requested items typically take 2-5 weekdays to arrive) and Asian American women and men: Labor, laws, and love (3rd-Floor Main Collection, E184.A75 E85 2008).

    If you’d like assistance with finding additional resources, 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!

    Posted in campus connection | Tagged , , , , , , , , | Comments Off on Employment Discrimination and Asian American Communities