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We have A LOT of cool things happening this semester for EXAM CRAM. TWO THERAPY DOGS OLD VIDEO GAMES - (will be set up in Room 107) LEGO BUILDING (2nd floor of the lobby stairs) FREE COFFEE FREE COOKIES FREE FRUIT FORTUNES KISSES (the chocolate candy kind) TUTORS WILL BE HERE TO HELP REFERENCE LIBRARIAN WITH ANY LAST MINUTE QUESTIONS I don't think you want to miss it. We look forward to seeing you to chill a bit and study! WHEN: MONDAY, DEC. 17 - 6:00-11:00 p.m. WHERE: LOBBY OF ALBERTSON HALL Bring your classmates!

The Library is holding its last workshop this semester on American FactFinder – Wed., Dec. 12 th from 4:00-5:00 p.m. CPS 107. Please pass this information along to your students. Title: Access to Census Statistics Via American FactFinder Description: Are you looking for census statistics? Not quite sure how to get started finding the population information you need for a class?  This Library Labs Workshop will walk you through the American FactFinder data access tool. The session objectives include: How to access American FactFinder View the features Use the search and navigation Hands-on time with a guided exercise Intended Audience: Students (approved for Pro Events credit) Date & Time:  Wed., Dec. 12 th from 4:00-5:00 p.m. Location:  CPS 107 (please note location) Presenter:   Dave Dettman No registration is required. For those receiving Pro Events credit,  please be sure to sign the attendance she...

Dopesick: Dealers, Doctors, and the Drug Company that Addicted America By Beth Macy Call number: RC 568 .O45 M33 2018 Reviews from The Guardian  and the New York TImes Publisher's Description :   In this masterful work, Beth Macy takes us into the epicenter of America’s twenty-plus year struggle with opioid addiction. From distressed small communities in Central Appalachia to wealthy suburbs; from disparate cities to once-idyllic farm towns; it’s a heartbreaking trajectory that illustrates how this national crisis has persisted for so long and become so firmly entrenched. Beginning with a single dealer who lands in a small Virginia town and sets about turning high school football stars into heroin overdose statistics, Macy endeavors to answer a grieving mother’s question-why her only son died-and comes away with a harrowing story of greed and need. From the introduction of OxyContin in 1996, Macy parses how America embraced a medical culture where overtreatm...

October 2019 will be the 125 th anniversary of UW-Stevens Point. The University Library and the campus Historic Preservation Committee has items on display highlighting Pointers from the past. We hope you have a chance to visit the lobby display to see some of these wonderful artifacts. Mildred Davis  came to UWSP in 1928 as a French professor. She was a campus fixture for 56 years who sketched the photo of Old Main on diploma covers and used her calligraphy skills for the names of graduates. Davis loved art and was known for sketching dress designs. Three of these unique sketch books that she had given her mother are now housed in the UWSP University Archives. Four of her “chip carving” pieces are currently on display.   John Anderson  was director of the UW-Stevens Point News and Publications Office. He arrived in Stevens Point in 1967 and was considered UWSP’s “unofficial historian.” He published a weekly faculty & staff newsletter as well a bi-annual ...

The Fair Chase:  The Epic Story of Hunting in America By Philip Dray Call number:  SK 41 .D73 2018 New York Times Book Review Publisher's description :   An award-winning historian tells the story of hunting in America, showing how this sport has shaped our national identity. From Daniel Boone to Teddy Roosevelt, hunting is one of America's most sacred-but also most fraught-traditions. It was promoted in the 19th century as a way to reconnect "soft" urban Americans with nature and to the legacy of the country's pathfinding heroes. Fair chase, a hunting code of ethics emphasizing fairness, rugged independence, and restraint towards wildlife, emerged as a worldview and gave birth to the conservation movement. But the sport's popularity also caused class, ethnic, and racial divisions, and stirred debate about the treatment of Native Americans and the role of hunting in preparing young men for war. This sweeping and balanced book offers a definitive acc...

Open Access Week , Oct. 22-28, is celebrated globally and provides an opportunity for academic communities to learn about open access to information and its potential benefits, and to share what they know with others. What is Open Access precisely? Open access is the free and immediate online access to the results of scholarly research. Open access initiatives remove the price barriers of traditional academic publishing model. The intent is to create a model that makes scholarly works freely available by eliminating the cost associated with obtaining and using them. Other open initiatives, such as open educational resources and open publishing models, also work to reduce permission barriers, allowing users to copy, redistribute, and adapt the works. Open access has many benefits for students and researchers, as well as the public. It increases the ability of anyone to find, use, and distribute knowledge, alleviates some cost burdens, and enables innovation and cross-collaborati...

The Language of Kindness: A Nurse's Story By Christie Watson Call number:  RT 37 .W38 A3 2018 Review from The New York Times: "Christie Watson is a lovely writer - and, judging from this book, a gifted nurse." Publisher's Description :   Christie Watson spent twenty years as a nurse, and in this intimate, poignant, and remarkably powerful book, she opens the doors of the hospital and shares its secrets. She takes us by her side down hospital corridors to visit the wards and meet her unforgettable patients.  In the neonatal unit, premature babies fight for their lives, hovering at the very edge of survival, like tiny Emmanuel, wrapped up in a sandwich bag. On the cancer wards, the nurses administer chemotherapy and, long after the medicine stops working, something more important--which Watson learns to recognize when her own father is dying of cancer. In the pediatric intensive care unit, the nurses wash the hair of a little girl to remove the smell of smo...

Speaking out for banned and challenged books is vital in the fight against censorship. This Banned Books Week (Sept. 23-29), readers are encouraged to raise their voices in support of the freedom to read by participating in engaging activities. Please stop by the Library and check out our great Banned Books Display created by Zoe and Sunshine who work at our Circulation Desk. This week, the Library will be distributing little info sheets about Banned Books in any book you check out. Also, each day this week, we will feature a new FB post on Banned Books. And stop by the Reference Desk and take a look at the 2017 Banned Books brochure published by the American Library Association. Here are some ideas you can engage in for Banned Books Week: Dear Banned Author The Dear Banned Author letter-writing campaign encourages readers to write to, tweet, or email banned or challenged authors, sharing how their stories have impacted lives. Dear Banned Author not only raises awarenes...

Albertson Hall, 900 Reserve St., will participate in UWSP Family Day from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 29. Please join us on Saturday!  This event will feature library tours, 3-D printing demonstrations, Museum of Natural History booth, study tips, University Archives display, Academic & Career Advising Center booth, and research tips.  Free refreshments will be served!  For information about Family Day, visit www.uwsp.edu/family

Something Wonderful:  Rodgers and Hammerstein's Broadway Revolution By Todd S. Purdum Call Number:   ML410.R6315 P87 2018   (Currently on the new book shelf) Reviews from the New York Times and the  Washington Post Publisher's description :   A revelatory portrait of the creative partnership that transformed musical theater and provided the soundtrack to the American Century. They stand at the apex of the great age of songwriting, the creators of the classic Broadway musicals  Oklahoma! ,  Carousel ,  South Pacific ,  The King and I , and  The Sound of Music , whose songs have never lost their popularity or emotional power. Even before they joined forces, Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II had written dozens of Broadway shows, but together they pioneered a new art form: the serious musical play. Their songs and dance numbers served to advance the drama and reveal character, a sharp break from the past and t...

Welcome to the 2018-19 school year! It is always busy at the start of a new semester for everyone, so here is a brief overview of some of the services the Library can help you with: For Students: Research Support  - Stop by the Reference Desk on the 1st floor of the Library where reference librarians are there to help with any assignments or papers. You can also chat, email, or call us.   We also offer one-on-one consultations with students.  Subject & Course Guides : research help tailored towards a particular course or subject Study Spaces -   We offer a lot of study spaces, including quiet study areas, and reservable group study rooms.  Checking out materials  - you may check out materials from our library at the Circulation Desk on the first floor. You may also borrow materials from other UW libraries.  Information Literacy Skills - We do offer a one-credit course on information literacy skills for college researc...

Read this book or another of the 150,000 titles from our new E-book collection, Ebook Central Academic Complete !   Leaders of the Pack: Women and the Future of Veterinary Medicine By Julie Kumble and Donald F. Smith Online Access via Search@UW Publisher's Description :   Veterinary medicine has undergone sweeping changes in the last few decades. Women now account for 55 percent of the active veterinarians in the field, and nearly 80 percent of veterinary students are women. However, average salaries have dropped as this shift has occurred, and even with women in the vast majority, only 25 percent of leadership roles are held by women. These trends point to gender-based inequality that veterinary medicine, a profession that tilts so heavily toward women, is struggling to address. How will the profession respond? What will this mean for our students and schools? What will it mean for our pets entrusted to veterinarian care? Who has succeeded in these situa...

The Library has three new databases available. They are provided (or supplied) by Badgerlink, Wisconsin's online library for state residents.  Descriptions of the databases are below.  To access these, go to the "Find Databases" link on the Library's homepage.   Computers & Applied Sciences Complete  This link opens in a new window   New This opens a pop-up window to share the URL for this database A full text database that includes journals and other professional publications in the fields of computing, technology, engineering and other applied sciences. Provided by Badgerlink. Poetry & Short Story Reference Center (Full text)  This link opens in a new window   New This opens a pop-up window to share the URL for this database A collection of hundreds of thousands of classic and contemporary poems, as well as short stories, biographies and authoritative essays on such topics as poetic forms, movements and tech...

The University Library is very happy to welcome Carrie Kline to our staff as the new Circulation Coordinator. Carrie started working in the Library on July 9, 2018. Prior to joining UWSP, Carrie worked at the Brown County Public Library in Green Bay, WI. She holds a B.A. in English from St. Norbert College in De Pere, WI.  Here are a few more fun things about Carrie: Hometown : Casco, WI What is your favorite movie (or one of them, or something recent): I have a soft spot for westerns. One of my favorites is My Darling Clementine . What is your favorite book : The Once and Future King. What is on your bucket list : Listing “Surly Hermit” as an occupation on my tax forms. Do you have any hobbies : Time permitting, I inhale as many comic books as possible and try my hand at cooking and baking.   What are your first impressions of working here, and what might you look forward to while working here : My first impression is that I’ve joined a team...

That's What She Said:  What Men Need to Know and Women Need to Tell Them) About Working Together By Joanne Lipman Call Number:  HD 6060.6 .L57 2018 Review from the New York Times Publisher's Description :  First things first: There will be no man shaming in  That’s What She Said . A recent Harvard study found that corporate “diversity training” has actually made the gender gap worse—in part because it makes men feel demonized. Women, meanwhile, have been told closing the gender gap is up to them: they need to speak up, to be more confident, to demand to be paid what they’re worth. They discuss these issues amongst themselves all the time.  What they don’t do is talk to men about it.  It’s time to end that disconnect. More people in leadership roles are genuinely trying to transform the way we work together, because there's abundant evidence that companies with more women in senior leadership perform better by ...

The University Library is very happy to welcome Kyle Neill to our staff as the new Instruction and Digital Archivist. Kyle started working in the Library on July 2, 2018. Prior to joining UWSP, Kyle worked at the UW-Madison Special Collections Library, and also the Wisconsin Historical Society. He recently completed his M.A. in Library and Information Studies with an Archival focus from UW-Madison, and he holds a B.A. in History from UWSP (he's a Pointer!). Here are a few more fun things about Kyle: Where are you from:  Originally from Minnesota, but in my most recent 14 years I have lived mainly in Wausau. What is your favorite movie?  Braveheart, Gladiator, The Patriot… Really any historically inspired (albeit inaccurate) action movie. What is your favorite book?  I’m actually not much of a reader (Hey, archivists don’t have to be!). What is on your bucket list?  Enjoy a Guinness in Dublin, start up a family homestead with my brother. Do you have a...

New from the University of Wisconsin Press,  Home of the Braves:  the Battle for Baseball in Milwaukee By Patrick W. Steele Call Number:   GV 875.M5 S74 2018 Review from Publisher's Weekly Publisher's Description :   When the struggling Boston Braves relocated to Milwaukee in March 1953, the city went wild for its new baseball team. Soon, the Braves were winning games, drawing bigger crowds than any team but the Brooklyn Dodgers, and turning Hank Aaron, Eddie Mathews, and Warren Spahn into Hall of Famers. Within five years the team would win a World Series and two pennants. It seemed the dawn of a new dynasty. Impassioned fans wore their hearts on their sleeves. Yet in October 1964 team owners made a shocking announcement: the Braves were moving to Atlanta. In the decades since, many have tried to understand why the Braves left Milwaukee. Fans blamed greedy owners and the lure of Coca Cola cash. Team management claimed they weren't getting en...