New Stuff Tuesday – February 3, 2015

Posted on February 5, 2015 by Diana

The Value of the Humanities

The Value of the Humanities
by Helen Small
AZ103 .S63 2013
New Arrivals, 2nd Floor

Many college students majoring in one of the humanities have had to respond to the question, “What’s the point of a degree in __(Art History, English, Philosophy)__?” Helen Small answers this question while describing and analyzing the major arguments for the importance of the humanities in this important and closely-argued book. She reviews both historical and contemporary arguments for the value of fields such as literature, philosophy, and the arts. This is a great book for those looking for more depth in the public debate about what the humanities can teach us all.

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February 2015 – Book Sale

Posted on February 2, 2015 by Martha

Valentine’s Day will be here in just a couple of weeks. Whether or not you have a sweetie, this is a great time to come to the library and treat yourself at the monthly book sale. There won’t be chocolaty goodness or heart shaped candies, but rather books or magazines for just $.25 each or $1 per bag. At this special sale we will have books on a wide variety of topics. The magazines are popular ones like Glamour, National Geographic, and People.

Come, experience the discount sale and take some books and magazines home with you.

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Featured Resource: Smart Study Spaces@Andersen

Posted on January 30, 2015 by Carol

comfy chair with dog

Why do students study in Andersen Library? “The Library brings out the studious side of people,” observed one junior who often studies here.

bean bag chairs in children’s area

Students choose to study in the Library for a variety of reasons. If you don’t already study in the Library, you’ll want to come over to explore and find your fav study spot.

café area

First and third floors are for quiet study. The second (main) floor is the talking floor and is perfect for group work. An academic atmosphere permeates all three floors, making the Library conducive to any sort of scholarly pursuit. The Honors Program, Undergraduate Research, Writing Center satellite, and Veteran’s Lounge all share quarters on the main floor of the Library. Combining those assets with the Library’s own resources and services creates academic synergy that will help fuel your study time.

group study room with monitor

Having a librarian nearby to help jump-start your research is another plus for students (though Ask a Librarian chat is available 24X7). Students who choose to hunker down in the book, document, or periodical collections find that being surrounded by scholarly material lends an academic flavor to their study time.

Wireless access, desktop computers, high speed printers and scanners, and laptops to borrow (PC or Mac) will also help you work more efficiently in the Library. Whatever your reasons for studying in the Library, we think you’ve made a great choice.

first floor instruction classroom

Here are some of the Andersen Library Study spaces UWW students appreciate:

First Floor – Quiet Study

  • lots of PCs (Macs coming soon)
  • individual study carrels – quiet and private
  • two collaboratories for group work – reserveable or first-come first-served
  • comfy chairs near current periodicals and under windows in back of periodical stacks
  • First Floor Classroom (red and tan room) – computers and red tables, perfect for quiet study when not in use for instruction

second floor computers

Second (Main) Floor – Talking and Group Work

second floor area off children’s collection

  • lots of PCs and Macs
  • beanbag chairs in Children’s Collection
  • cafe tables and booths near Food for Thought Cafe
  • treadmill desk – get in a low-impact workout while studying
  • ten group study rooms – reserveable or first-come first-served
  • Instruction Lab – 32 PCs available when not in use for instruction
  • comfy chairs and tablet chairs – perfect for reading or using laptops
  • tables and comfy chairs in the sunny area off the Children’s Collection
  • don’t forget snuggle time with the dogs on Pet Therapy days before settling down to your work
  • study tables in all sizes and shapes for group or individual study – some out in the open; others tucked in book stacks
  • TV area with sofas and chairs – perfect for a study break or if you like to study with the TV droning softly in the background

Third Floor – Quiet Study

  • comfy chairs
  • lots of PCs (Macs coming soon)
  • private study carrels and tables
  • individual study rooms – some with PCs
  • Purple Room – great for private study in a sunny, inviting and totally purple atmosphere
  • one large group study room – reserveable or first-come first-served

third floor purple room

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The Girls in the Band

Posted on January 30, 2015 by Barbara

The College of Arts and Communication will show the film The Girls in the Band at 7:30pm on Tues., Feb. 3, in the Greenhill Center of the Arts, room 30. The synopsis on the film’s web site says

THE GIRLS IN THE BAND tells the poignant, untold stories of female jazz and big band instrumentalists and their fascinating, groundbreaking journeys from the late 30s to the present day. These incredibly talented women endured sexism, racism and diminished opportunities for decades, yet continued to persevere, inspire and elevate their talents in a field that seldom welcomed them.

cover of Swing ShiftAndersen Library has resources to learn more. If you can’t attend the screening, the DVD is available (currently on Reserve at the Circulation Desk for in-library viewing, ML3508 .G56 2014). There are books such as American women in jazz: 1900 to the present: Their words, lives, and music (3rd-floor Main Collection, ML3508 .P58 1982), Stormy weather: The music and lives of a century of jazzwomen (3rd-floor Main Collection, ML82 .D3 1984), Swing shift: “all-girl” bands of the 1940s (3rd-floor Main Collection, ML82 .T83 2000), and more. Articles that can be found include “Telling performances: Jazz history remembered and remade by the women in the band” (Oral History Review: Journal of the Oral History Association, 1999, vol.26:no.1, pp.67-84), “Nobody’s Sweethearts: Gender, race, jazz and the Darlings of Rhythm” (American Music, 1998, vol.16:no.3, pp.255-288), and “From the past: Viola Smith – high heels and hi-hats” (Modern Drummer, 2003, vol.27:no.4, pp.104-106).

Please ask a librarian for assistance in finding additional information.

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Jobs, Freedom and the Forgotten History of Civil Rights

Posted on January 30, 2015 by Barbara

Dr. William Jones, Professor of History at UW-Madison, will talk about Jobs, Freedom and the Forgotten History of Civil Rights on Tues., Feb. 3, 2015, from 3:30-4:30pm in UC 275A. It’s part of the African American Heritage Lecture Series and the UWW Conversation on Race.

Dr. Jones is the author of books: The March on Washington: Jobs, freedom and the forgotten history of civil rights and The tribe of black Ulysses: African American lumber workers in the Jim Crow south, which UWW students and staff may borrow from other UW campus libraries by using the free Universal Borrowing service. Requested materials arrive in 2-5 weekdays. Articles written by Dr. Jones are available as well, including “The unknown origins of the March on Washington: Civil rights politics and the black working class” (Labor: Studies in Working-Class History of the Americas, 2010, vol.7:no.3, pp.33-52).

cover of Brotherhoods of ColorAndersen Library has resources for learning more.

Please ask a librarian for assistance with finding additional information.

FDLP logo 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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T3: Microsoft Outlook Mobile App

Posted on January 29, 2015 by Diana

MS Outlook

Microsoft announced the release of the free apps Outlook for iOS (full version) and Outlook for Android (preview version) today. Now you can access their popular email program, Outlook, in a native app on your phone or tablet. The apps include email, calendars, and to-do lists, just like the desktop versions.

Get them here:

iOS: Outlook in iTunes
Android: Outlook in the Google Play Store

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New Stuff Tuesday – January 27, 2015

Posted on January 27, 2015 by Amanda Howell

Understanding Multinationals from Emerging Markets

Understanding Multinationals from Emerging Markets
edited by Alvaro Cuervo-Cazurra and Ravi Ramamurti
HD62.4 .U5298 2014b
New Arrivals, 2nd Floor

For those interested in international business, Understanding Multinationals from Emerging Markets is a must read. Written by renowned faculty members from universities around the world, the book discusses multinational corporations that are rising out of emerging market countries, such as Brazil, Indonesia, Poland and Thailand. These multinationals are successfully competing with companies from advanced economies, such as the U.S., something that was not thought possible due to a lack of technology and infrastructure in emerging market countries. Check out this book from Andersen Library to learn how these companies are attaining global success.

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The Voting Rights Act (MLK, Jr. Commemorative Event) – Jan. 28

Posted on January 23, 2015 by Barbara

Deuel Ross, Fried Frank Fellow for the NAACP Legal Defense & Education Fund, will talk about the 1965 Voting Rights Act on Wed., Jan. 28, at 3:30 p.m. in the UC Hamilton Room. This is UWW’s 29th annual Martin Luther King Commemorative Event, and it’s also part of the campus Conversation on Race.

The Voting Rights Act was enacted fifty years ago, signed by President Lyndon Baines Johnson on August 6, 1965. Learn more about the history of this legislation at the web site of the Civil Rights Division of the U.S. Dept. of Justice. Read the legislation (Public Law 89-110) online, courtesy of the House Library (U.S. Congress. House of Representatives). You also can read online President Johnson’s speech at a televised joint session of the Congress on March 15, 1965 called “The American Promise,” delivered in the week following the violent “Bloody Sunday” attack on civil rights marchers that also had been televised to the American public. Included in the speech are these lines:

There is no constitutional issue here. The command of the Constitution is plain.

There is no moral issue. It is wrong–deadly wrong–to deny any of your fellow Americans the right to vote in this country.

There is no issue of States rights or national rights. There is only the struggle for human rights.

You can watch President Johnson giving the speech on YouTube:
[youtube]http://youtu.be/5NvPhiuGZ6I[/youtube]

cover of The Politics of DisenfranchisementAndersen Library also has resources for digging deeper, such as the books The politics of disenfranchisement: Why is it so hard to vote in America? (3rd-floor Main Collection, JK1976 .S355 2010), Quiet revolution in the South: The impact of the Voting Rights Act, 1965-1990 (3rd-floor Main Collection, JK1929.A2 Q54 1994), and Protest at Selma: Martin Luther King, Jr., and the Voting Rights Act of 1965 (3rd-floor Main Collection, JK1929 .A2 G37). There also are articles such as “Formulating Voting Rights Act Remedies to Address Current Conditions” (American Politics Research, 2014, vol.42:no.3, pp.376-408).

Please ask a librarian for assistance in finding information.

FDLP logo 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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January 20, 2015 – Book Sale

Posted on January 20, 2015 by Martha

This spring semester our first set of sale books include mainly ones on the topics of art, history, literature, health, and hobbies. For hobbies, there is an especially wide variety from antiquing to gardening, and much, much, more. Here are a smattering of hobby titles:

  • Jack Nicklaus’ Playing Lessons (1986) – this golf book has so many illustrations it almost seems like a graphic novel
  • Kovel’s Antiques & Collectibles Price List (2003) – pretty much what the title implies
  • Wyman’s Gardening Encyclopedia (1971) – neatly organized with both common and scientific names

And one particularly unusual history title:

  • Wisconsin Death Trip (1973) – primarily a collection of short newspaper articles and photographs documenting Black River Falls in 1893

Come on over and take a look at the rest. Perhaps you’ll find something that tickles your fancy.

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New Stuff Tuesday – January 20, 2015

Posted on January 20, 2015 by Ellen Latorraca

Bugs in the Kitchen

Bugs in the Kitchen
by Peter-Paul Joopen
GV1469.B85 B8 2013
Teaching Tools, Curriculum Collection, 2nd Floor

The Not So Serious Side of Board Games

Whether considering board games from the collection as tools for teaching numerical, social, or any number of skills, this Tuesday’s feature highlights the primary goal of game design – player entertainment and engagement. Thanks to the sponsors of ALA’s International Games Day @ Your Library which Andersen Library celebrated in November, a number of smart board games have been added to the Teaching Tools collection. Bugs in the Kitchen is a clever application of technology using K’Nex Hexbug nano for players six and up – and judging from our tester responses here in Andersen Library, “and up” easily includes adults with or without child supervision.

Other newly added games include:

The Somewhat More Serious Side of Board Games

If you are interested in the more serious side of board games, click here for a research starting point in databases such as PsycInfo and Education Research Complete where you will find articles such as “Teaching Teamwork Skills through Alignment of Features within a Commercial Board Game,” and “Learning from Number Board Games: You Learn What You Encode” which points out that the “principles that predict when and explain how games produce learning” is a worthy goal of future research (Laski & Siegler, 2014).

Laski, E. V., & Siegler, R. S. (2014). Learning from number board games: You learn what you encode. Developmental Psychology, 50(3), 853-864. doi:10.1037/a0034321
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