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The University Library is pleased to announce our two new librarians, Scott Piepenburg, and Laura Schmidli. Scott is our new Cataloging Coordinator/Metadata Librarian, and you can read more about him in the recent Wisconsin Library Services newsletter http://www.wils.wisc.edu/email/yourwils/october11.html#level1 . Laura is our new Web Services Librarian. Laura grew up in Indianapolis. She received her B.S. in Spanish Language and Literature, and her M.A. in Library and Information Studies from UW Madison. She is currently working on a second Master's degree in Web Development. Prior to coming to UWSP, she has worked as a librarian at the Wisconsin State Law Library, Madison Area Technical College Downtown Library, as well as UW Madison's Memorial Library’s Ibero-American Studies Collection, Steenbock Library for Agriculture and Life Sciences, and College Library. Luckily, she's one of those cold weather people and enjoys cross county skiing. She also like biking and among ...

Blue Revolution:  Unmaking America's Water Crisis By Cynthia Barnett Call Number:  TD 223 .B37 2011 Publisher's Description:  In Blue Revolution , award-winning journalist Cynthia Barnett reports on the many ways one of the most water-rich nations on the planet has squandered its way to scarcity, and argues the best solution is also the simplest and least expensive: a water ethic for America. From backyard waterfalls and grottoes in California to sinkholes swallowing chunks of Florida, Blue Revolution exposes how the nation’s green craze largely missed water – the No. 1 environmental concern of most Americans. But the book is big on inspiration, too. Blue Revolution combines investigative reporting with solutions from around the nation and the globe. From San Antonio to Singapore, Barnett shows how local communities and entire nations have come together in a shared ethic to dramatically reduce consumption and live within their water means. The first book to call...

New in the Reference Area Call Number:  Ref HM 821 .C76 2011 Check out the corresponding website from the University of California: http://ucatlas.ucsc.edu/ The Atlas of Global Inequalities By Ben Crow and Sudesh K. Lodha Publisher's Descrption :  Drawing on research from around the world, this atlas gives shape and meaning to statistics, making it an indispensable resource for understanding global inequalities and an inspiration for social and political action. Inequality underlies many of the challenges facing the world today, and The Atlas of Global Inequalities considers the issue in all its dimensions. Organized in thematic parts, it maps not only the global distribution of income and wealth, but also inequalities in social and political rights and freedoms. It describes how inadequate health services, unsafe water, and barriers to education hinder people's ability to live their lives to the full; assesses poor transport, energy, and digital communication infr...

Whether we teach in-person or distance classes, more and more of our instruction is moving beyond the classroom. We interact with students via email, post course materials and grades online, and even create games and tutorials to reach out to students beyond the classroom. Even for instructors who are familiar with technology, planning for online instruction can be challenging. Luckily, the library has some resources that may help spark ideas for reaching your students, plan how to work online resources into your existing curriculum or plan curriculum for your online course from scratch. The following list highlights just a few of these resources. You may find others that are also useful by searching our catalog at http://library.uwsp.edu . The online learning idea book : 95 proven ways to enhance technology-based and blended learning (2007) Don't let the publication date fool you! This resource is still relevant by providing tips for both online-only and partly-online courses....

America Walks into a Bar By Christine Sismondo Call Number: GT 3803 .S57 2011 Review in the Wall Street Journal Publisher's Description : When George Washington bade farewell to his officers, he did so in New York's Fraunces Tavern. When Andrew Jackson planned his defense of New Orleans against the British in 1815, he met Jean Lafitte in a grog shop. And when John Wilkes Booth plotted with his accomplices to carry out a certain assassination, they gathered in Surratt Tavern. In America Walks into a Bar , Christine Sismondo recounts the rich and fascinating history of an institution often reviled, yet always central to American life. She traces the tavern from England to New England, showing how even the Puritans valued "a good Beere." With fast-paced narration and lively characters, she carries the story through the twentieth century and beyond, from repeated struggles over licensing and Sunday liquor sales, from the Whiskey Rebellion to the temperance moveme...

The University Library now offers JSTOR Arts & Sciences III Collection. This Collection provides archival access to jounals in languages and literature and essential titles in the fields of music, film studies, folklore, performing arts, religion and the history and study of art and architecture. Additional interdisciplinary titles broaden the scope of coverage to include feminist and women's studies and more. You can find a link to JSTOR via " find article databases " on the homepage. For further assistance, please contact the Reference Desk at 715-346-2836.

Creating Dairyland:  How caring for cows saved our soil, created our landscape, brought prosperity to our state, and still shapes our way of life in Wisconsin By Edward Janus Call Number:  SF 232 .W6 J3 2011 Wisconsin Historical Society Website -including interviews with the author, reviews and upcoming events in Wisconsin, such as the Wisconsin Book Festival, which will feature a presentation by the author. Publisher (Wisconsin Historical Society) description :  The story of dairying in Wisconsin is the story of how our very landscape and way of life were created. By making cows the center of our farm life and learning how to care for them, our ancestors launched a revolution that changed much more than the way farmers earned their living - it changed us. In Creating Dairyland , journalist, oral historian, and former dairyman Ed Janus opens the pages of the fascinating story of Wisconsin dairy farming. He explores the profound idea that led to the remarkable "b...

Top Secret America:  The rise of the new American security state By Dana Priest and William M. Arkin Call Number: HV 6432 .P73 2011  Washington Post Top Secret America website Publisher's Description :  The top-secret world that the government created in response to the 9/11 terrorist attacks has become so enormous, so unwieldy, and so secretive that no one knows how much money it costs, how many people it employs or exactly how many agencies duplicate work being done elsewhere. The result is that the system put in place to keep the United States safe may be putting us in greater danger. In Top Secret America , award-winning Washington Post reporters Dana Priest and William Arkin  uncover the enormous size, shape, mission, and consequences of this invisible universe of over 1,300 government facilities in every state in America; nearly 2,000 outside companies used as contractors; and more than 850,000 people granted "Top Secret" security clearanc...