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This Changes Everything:  Capitalism vs. the Climate By Naomi Klein Call Number:  HC 79 .E5 K56 2014 Review from the New York Times Publisher's Description :  The most important book yet from the author of the international bestseller The Shock Doctrine , a brilliant explanation of why the climate crisis challenges us to abandon the core “free market” ideology of our time, restructure the global economy, and remake our political systems.In short, either we embrace radical change ourselves or radical changes will be visited upon our physical world. The status quo is no longer an option. In This Changes Everything Naomi Klein argues that climate change isn’t just another issue to be neatly filed between taxes and health care. It’s an alarm that calls us to fix an economic system that is already failing us in many ways. Klein meticulously builds the case for how massively reducing our greenhouse emissions is our best chance to simultaneously reduce gaping inequalities, re-

What have the Library interns been up to this semester? We are excited to feature our LRES 380 interns over the course of the next few weeks. Today we feature Lindsay Liljenberg   who worked on some interesting projects this semester. Interested in academic librarianship? Check out our   LRES 380 Internship course . Name: Lindsay Liljenberg Hometown: Osceola, WI Major:   Psychology, minor in Communications LRES 380 project: Genealogy Relocation, Deleting Multiple Copies, "Center for the Small City" updates for Alma, and Now I'm currently weeding out unused books from Shelflister. Your interest in librarianship: I love the helping professions and what better place to help people than a library. I also like the backstage stuff that not a lot of people really know about, which is why I am interning the Cataloging and Acquisitions department because not many people outside of the library really know what goes on there. Which talent would you

What have the Library interns been up to this semester? We are excited to feature our LRES 380 interns over the course of the next few weeks. This week we feature  Brianna Mason  who worked on some interesting projects this semester. Interested in academic librarianship? Check out our   LRES 380 Internship course . Name: Riana Mefferd    Hometown: Clintonville, WI Major: Communication LRES 380 project: Comparing owned journal titles in JSTOR to print titles in the library to determine overlap. Overall, determining which journal titles the library can withdraw. The main goal is to get all of the print journal titles onto one floor of the library. Your interest in librarianship: I will be attending grad school for library science after graduating here. My dream job would be a library director of a public library. I'm obsessed with books; I'm one of those people that really like to smell old books. Which talent would you most like to have? I w

It's that time of year again.... Need help with citations? A statistic? Help with a paper or final exam?  The Library and Tutoring Learning Center will be here on Monday, May 12 from 8:00 pm - midnight to help you! We will also have free coffee, cookies, fruit, ear plug giveaways, and other surprises! MON DEC 15 - Library Lobby & IMC (3rd flr) 6 - 11 PM FREE COFFEE & COOKIES! Good luck with studying from all of us at the Learning Resource Center!

What have the Library interns been up to this semester? We are excited to feature our LRES 380 interns over the course of the next few weeks. This week we feature Brianna Mason  who worked on some interesting projects this semester. Interested in academic librarianship? Check out our LRES 380 Internship course . Name: Brianna Mason Hometown: Green Bay, WI Major: English What project did you work on this semester? I created a movie showing how Stevie Pointer has evolved throughout the history of UW-SP. I also shadowed at the Reference Desk. What is your interest in the profession? Libraries are amazing places that offer access to so much different knowledge. I really enjoy being able to help people find whatever information they are looking for and occasionally showing them sources they didn't know existed. I’m interested in specializing in archives because I have a special fondness for old things and original sources.  Which talent would you most like to have?  I

The Heart of Things: a Midwestern Almanac By John Hildebrand Published by Wisconsin Historical Society Press Call Number:  F 581.6 .H55 2014 Publisher's Description :  "I've never believed that living in one place means being one thing all the time, condemned like Minnie Pearl to wear the same hat for every performance. Life is more complicated than that." In this remarkable book of days, John Hildebrand charts the overlapping rings--home, town, countryside--of life in the Midwest. Like E. B. White, Hildebrand locates the humor and drama in ordinary life: church suppers, Friday night football, outdoor weddings, garden compost, family reunions, roadside memorials, camouflage clothing. In these wry, sharply observed essays, the Midwest isn't The Land Time Forgot but a more complicated (and vastly more interesting) place where the good life awaits once we figure exactly out what it means. From his home range in northwestern Wisconsin, Hildebra

Please join us for a free workshop!  Three different sessions offered for your scheduling convenience  Curious about 3D printing? Come explore the software and equipment surrounding this new technology. 3D Printing! Learn 3D Printing Basics Learn: 3D printing basics How to download and prepare a 3D file for printing How to operate a 3D printer How to receive certification to use the printer to print an object When & Where: Mon  Dec 8  6:00 pm (Room 107) Tue   Dec 9  6:00 pm (Room 107) Wed  Dec 10 4:00 pm (Room 107) Instructor: Matt Sonnenberg - IMC Assistant  This is an SBE approved event

Please join us for our next Library Labs Series Workshop - Discovering Images with ARTstor Workshop Description: “Looking for high-quality images? ARTstor is a digital library of millions of images in the arts, architecture, humanities, social sciences and more. Learn how these images can be downloaded and used in teaching, presentations, papers, and other academic applications. Instructors can also manage and share images within an institution and upload and store images in a personal collection folder.” Intended Audience:  Faculty, Staff, Students Dates & Times:  Wednesday , Dec 3, noon-1:00 p.m. Location:  LRC 316 Presenters:  Tom Reich, Collection Development Librarian; Lise Hawkos, Visual Resource Curator (CoFAC); Jen Hoyer, Library Relations Associate/ARTstor The workshop is free, but we would like you to   register here.   Cookies and refreshments will be served!

The UW System libraries will be moving to a new shared library management system. As a result, our current library catalog is officially going away on February 16, 2015 (the system that runs our catalog is no longer being developed by the vendor).  Our discovery tool, Search@UW, will continue as the interface for searching our library holdings and also functions as the UW System Libraries shared catalog. Below are some important dates we would like you to be aware of that may impact services. We will also send reminders closer to these dates as well: January 8 – Universal Borrowing and other resource sharing will be handled via the Interlibrary loan system until the new system is live on February 16 th . It may take a bit more time to get materials from other libraries during this period. January 15 – Deadline for Spring Semester Reserve requests – for physical items only (books, DVDs, etc.). January 20 -  New items will not be ordered, purchased, cataloged, p

A Deadly Wandering:  A Tale of Tragedy and Redemption in the Age of Attention By Matt Richtel Call number:  HE 5614.3 .U7 R53 2014 Review from the New York Times   Publisher's Description:  From Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist Matt Richtel, a brilliant, narrative-driven exploration of technology’s vast influence on the human mind and society, dramatically-told through the lens of a tragic “texting-while-driving” car crash that claimed the lives of two rocket scientists in 2006. In this ambitious, compelling, and beautifully written book, Matt Richtel, a Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter for the New York Times , examines the impact of technology on our lives through the story of Utah college student Reggie Shaw, who killed two scientists while texting and driving. Richtel follows Reggie through the tragedy, the police investigation, his prosecution, and ultimately, his redemption. In the wake of his experience, Reggie has become a leading advocate against “distracted

New in the IMC - on the Library's 3rd floor Eyes Wide Open:  Going Behind the Environmental Headlines By Paul Fleischman Call Number:  IMC TD 170.15 F54 2014 Review from Kirkus Reviews Publisher's Description :  Paul Fleischman offers teens an environmental wake-up call and a tool kit for decoding the barrage of conflicting information confronting them. We're living in an Ah-Ha moment. Take 250 years of human ingenuity. Add abundant fossil fuels. The result: a population and lifestyle never before seen. The downsides weren't visible for centuries, but now they are. Suddenly everything needs rethinking – suburbs, cars, fast food, cheap prices. It's a changed world. This book explains it. Not with isolated facts, but the principles driving attitudes and events, from vested interests to denial to big-country syndrome. Because money is as important as molecules in the environment, science is joined with politics, history, and psychology to provide th

Please join us for a free workshop!  Three different sessions offered for your scheduling convenience  Wow the Crowd! Successful Prezi Presentations Learn how to: Create, edit and share a Prezi When & Where: Mon  Nov 10  6:00pm (Room 316) Tue   Nov 11 4:00pm (Room 316) Wed  Noc 12  6:00pm (Room 316) Instructor: Laura Wood  (UW-Madison, School of Library and Information Studies Graduate Student  & University Library intern) This is an SBE approved event Check here for upcoming workshops

Curious about 3D printing? Come explore the software and equipment surrounding this new technology and turn your ideas into reality. We will also discuss how 3D printing can be used to meet educational outcomes.  Workshop is  FREE  but does require  registration. Coffee & refreshments will be served!! Intended Audience:  General Audience Dates & Times:  Tuesday, November 4, 3:30-4:30 p.m. Location:  LRC 107 Instructor:  Mindy King, Emerging Technology Librarian Register Here

Women in Game of Thrones:  Power, Conformity and Resistance By Valerie Estelle Frankel Call number:  PN 1992.77 .G35 F73 2014 Review from Library Journal Publisher's Description :  Game of Thrones , one of the hottest series on television, leaves hundreds of critics divided on how "feminist" the show really is. Certainly the female characters, strong and weak, embody a spectrum of archetypes--widow queens, warrior women, damsels in distress, career women, priestesses, crones, mothers and maidens. However, the problematic area is that most of them play a single role without nuance--even the "strong women" have little to do besides strut about as one-note characters.    This book analyzes the women and their portrayals one by one, along with their historical inspirations. Accompanying issues in television studies also appear, from the male gaze to depiction of race. How these characters are treated in the series and how they treat themselves becomes cen

October 20-26, 2014 is international   Open Access Week . What is Open Access?  “Open Access mean free, immediate, online access to the results of scholarly research, and the right to use and re-use those results as you need. Open Access has the power to transform the way research and scientific inquiry are conducted. It has direct and widespread implications for academia, medicine, science, industry, and for society as a whole. ” The world of open access sometimes focuses on journal articles, but some academics have been exploring options for making their monograph publications freely publicly available. Learn More here: Peter Suber's " A Very Brief Introduction to Open Access " and longer " Open Access Overview " SPARC -  http://www.arl.org/sparc/advocacy/campus and Open Access 101  video OASIS -  http://www.openoasis.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=arti... Enabling Open Scholarship (EOS)  http://www.openscholarship.org MI

The University Library is pleased to announce that Matt Sonnenberg is the new Instructional Materials Center (IMC) assistant.  Matt will coordinate the daily operations of the IMC as well as assist patrons using this area.  He will provide support for various library projects, including our new 3D printer, streaming videos, ebooks, digitization, and graphic creation. Matt hails from Nekoosa, WI, about a 45 minute drive from Point. He graduated from UWSP in 2009 with a B.A. in History and broad field Social Science. During his time at UWSP, Matt competed on the Track and Field team as a thrower. After he graduated, his first library job was at the Lester Public Library of Vesper, and that planted the seed for pursuing his MLS from UW-Milwaukee. In 2010, Matt worked in the Circulation and Reference Departments at the Portage County Public Library before starting here. Matt also coaches the throwing events for the UWSP Track & Field team. In his free time, he likes to

We now have access to a collection of African American newspapers through our Accessible Archives collection, courtesy of UW Madison Libraries.  This is a great resource that includes primary publications. This collection of African American newspapers contains a wealth of information about cultural life and history during the 1800s and is rich with first-hand reports of the major events and issues of the day, including the Mexican War, Presidential and Congressional addresses, Congressional abstracts, business and commodity markets, the humanities, world travel and religion. The collection also provides a great number of early biographies, vital statistics, essays and editorials, poetry and prose, and advertisements all of which embody the African-American experience. Some of the titles in the collection include: The Christian Recorder, The Colored American/Weekly Advocate, Frederick Douglass’ Paper, Freedom’s Journal, The National Era, The North Star, Provincial Freema

VOTER ID:  Update Oct. 9, 2014 On Oct. 9, the  U.S.  Supreme Court blocked the Wisconsin’s voter  ID  law from being enforced in the November election. A photo ID will not be required at the polls. For more information on voting in Stevens Point, please check here  . The general election will be Tuesday, November 4, 2014. To find out who will be on your ballot, go to MyVote.WI.gov

The Children Act By Ian McEwan Call Number:  PR 6063 .C4 C48 2014 Review from the New York Times Book Review Publisher's Description :  Fiona Maye is a leading High Court judge who presides over cases in the family court. She is renowned for her fierce intelligence, exactitude, and sensitivity. But her professional success belies private sorrow and domestic strife. There is the lingering regret of her childlessness, and now her marriage of thirty years is in crisis. At the same time, she is called on to try an urgent case: Adam, a beautiful seventeen-year-old boy, is refusing for religious reasons the medical treatment that could save his life, and his devout parents echo his wishes. Time is running out. Should the secular court overrule sincerely expressed faith? In the course of reaching a decision, Fiona visits Adam in the hospital—an encounter that stirs long-buried feelings in her and powerful new emotions in the boy. Her judgment has momentous consequenc

Please join us for a free workshop!  Three different sessions offered for your scheduling convenience  Learn how to: Create and share a scheduling poll with Doodle Create and share a document with Google Docs Edit a document someone else has created Create and share a survey with Google form When & Where: Mon  Oct 6  6:00pm (Room 316) Tue   Oct 7  6:00pm (Room 316) Wed  Oct 8  4:00pm (Room 316) Instructor: Laura Wood (UW-Madison, School of Library and Information Studies Graduate Student) Cookies and Refreshments will be served! Check here for upcoming workshops

We continue our Library Labs series this year with new workshops.  Google Scholar -  Learn how to find research articles, link to the University Library, and track citations during this hands-on workshop.  Workshop is  FREE  but does require   registration . Coffee & refreshments will be served!! Intended Audience:  General Audience Dates & Times:  Thursday, October 2, Noon-1 p.m. Location:  LRC 316 Instructor:  Troy Espe, Reference/Interlibrary Loan Librarian Re gister Here

In Honor of Hispanic Heritage Month! Our America:  a Hispanic History of the United States By Felipe Fernández-Armesto Call Number:  E 184.S75 F46 2014 Review from the NY Times Publisher's Description :  An eminent scholar finds a new American history in the Hispanic past of our diverse nation.  The United States is still typically conceived of as an offshoot of England, with our history unfolding east to west beginning with the first English settlers in Jamestown. This view overlooks the significance of America’s Hispanic past. With the profile of the United States increasingly Hispanic, the importance of recovering the Hispanic dimension to our national story has never been greater. This absorbing narrative begins with the explorers and conquistadores who planted Spain’s first colonies in Puerto Rico, Florida, and the Southwest. Missionaries and rancheros carry Spain’s expansive impulse into the late eighteenth century, settling California, mapping the American inte