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The Fall 2008 issue of Off the Shelf in online at:

http://www.uwec.edu/Library/aboutus/offTheShelf/upload/fall08.pdf

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• new books & databases
  
• staff changes
  
• chat reference
  
• censorship
  
• elections
  
• more news that you can use

"It's a Mystery" won by Scott Ritter

Congratulations to Scott Ritter, who won the "It's a Mystery" basket.

McIntyre Library's United Way Raffle Basket featured great mystery-related items, including a vintage Clue game, the DVD "The Illusionist" and even some delicious chocolate.

Thanks to everyone who contributed items for the basket and those who bought tickets.

Election Day is Nov. 4! Make an informed decision

The library has put together a guide to reliable, objective resources to use in preparing yourself to make informed decisions in the upcoming election. In addition to learning about the issues, you can find out how candidates have voted on issues, how to register, where your polling place is, whether or not the claims made in ads and debates are accurate and more. Make an informed decision.

Go directly to Wisconsin candidate profiles at: http://www.wisconsinvote.org/candidates.cfm

Special Collection Receives Attention During National Archive's Week!

The UWEC Special Collections & Archives will be featured on the Celebrating Wisconsin’s Archives blog on October 13. The blog address is: http://www.archivesmonth.blogspot.com/

Celebrate Banned Books Week by Checking Out the Censorship Exhibit in the IMC

McIntyre Library at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire will display "Censorship in Schools and Libraries," a new exhibit opening Sept. 29.

The exhibit will be displayed in the Instructional Media Center on the lower level of McIntyre Library in observance of the American Library Association's Banned Books Week: Celebrating the Freedom to Read.

Banned Books Week (Sept. 27-Oct. 4) is observed during the last week of September each year. Observed since 1982, this annual event reminds Americans not to take democratic freedom for granted.

The exhibit, which will be on display through Dec. 19, was developed by the Long Island Coalition Against Censorship. Through narratives and illustrations, it chronicles incidents of censorship dating back to the 19th century, as well as frequently challenged books and creative works. Included are descriptions of the censorship of "Adventures of Huckleberry Finn," "In the Night Kitchen," "The Catcher in the Rye," "The Color Purple," the novels of Judy Blume and Chris Crutcher, and most recently, the 2007 Newbery Prize winning novel "The Higher Power of Lucky" by Susan Patron.

Information on U.S. Supreme Court and lower court decisions is an integral part of the exhibit, including efforts to censor the popular Harry Potter children's books (Harry Potter books were burned in Alamagordo, N.M.) and the 2003 decision by the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the Children's Internet Protection Act.

For more information, contact Kati Tvaruzka, education reference librarian, at 715-836-4522 or tvaruzke@uwec.edu.

UW-Milwaukee Public Historian to Discuss Photos from Japanese Internment Camps

Jasmine Alinder, assistant professor of history at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, will present a lecture titled "Concentrating Smiles: Confronting the Photographic Archives of the Japanese American Incarceration."

Alinder's presentation will begin at 5:15 p.m. Oct. 10 in Phillips Recital Hall of the Haas Fine Arts Center at UW-Eau Claire. The event is free and open to the public.

Alinder will speak about her research on photographic images of Japanese American internment camps during World War II. She will address problems that museum curators and historians face when incorporating these photographs in exhibitions and other public history venues. Exploring the tension between photographs depicting smiling Japanese Americans and contemporary historians' understanding of the incarceration, she will address the implications of keeping these problematic images confined to the archives and out of the public eye.

Co-coordinator of UW-Milwaukee's public history specialization, Alinder focuses her research on the history of photography. Her first book, "Moving Images: Photography and Japanese American Incarceration," will be published in February 2009 by the University of Illinois Press. Currently she is undertaking a new research project on photography and the law. Last year she organized a community conference on Milwaukee civil rights and is working on launching an educational Web site on the topic.

The lecture, which will be held in conjunction with Wisconsin Archives Month, is sponsored by the UW-Eau Claire McIntyre Library, the department of history, and the Office of Research and Sponsored Programs.

http://www.uwec.edu/Library/archives/uploads/Archivist%20Month%20Poster%2010-08.pdf

Leader-Telegram online archive trial through Oct. 12

Search back issues of the Leader-Telegram now through Oct. 12, during which time McIntyre Library is engaged in a free trial of the newspapers online archive service. To access the Leader Telegram archive, go to (http://www.leadertelegram.com/) and click on Archive and Online Edition, on the left side of the screen. This trial will only work if you are on campus. Please note that there is a limited number of users who can access this service at one time, so if it's busy, try again later. Please let us know what you think about this service.

Laptop and Equipment Sale--Wed. 9/17/2008

The McIntyre Library will be teaming up with LTS and selling hundreds of computers, monitors, and other surplus equipment. Included will be the Library's yearly rotation of 3-year old laptops and cameras.

The sale is held in the Council Fire room in Davies Center. The sale will run from 9:00AM to 2:30PM Wednesday, September 17.

Library Grounds Brews Coffee

Library Grounds, the new Sodexho coffee cart has opened in the library. Stop by for Green Mountain coffee, salads, and fresh bakery items.

Hours
Monday-Thursday
7 a.m. - 1 p.m.
7 p.m. - 10 p.m.

Friday
7.a.m. - 1 p.m.

Sunday
4 p.m. - 10 p.m.

Library Tours for Students

Fall 2008 McIntyre Library Student Tours



No registration necessary! Times are varied to meet student schedules.
Tours start in the Grand Corridor outside the library entrance.
Tours will be conducted during the four weeks listed below.

Tour Times from September 15 through October 9:
Mondays at 5:30 pm
Tuesdays at 3 pm
Wednesdays at 10 am
Thursdays at noon

NO tours on Fridays

These students never did find their way around the library.

Bill Miller CDs

Bill Miller is a member of Earth Tones, a group which will appear at the State Theatre on September 12. See http://www.eauclairearts.com/calendar.phtml

Check out and enjoy the CDs we own by this Native American flute player:

Cedar Dream Songs

Ghostdance

Loon, Mountain and Moon

Native Suite

Raven in the Snow

Library Location: Compact Discs (1st Floor)
Call Number: M1669.M48

Welcome, Joy

Welcome to Joy Hopkins, our new reference assistant.

Library hours during August

The library will be open 7:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. during the month of August. For more information please see http://www.uwec.edu/library/aboutUs/hours.htm.

Universal Borrowing Unavailable 7/29-8/14

Univeral Borrowing will be unavailable Tuesday, July 29^th - Monday, August 14^th while Voyager is upgraded. Please use interlibrary loan.

Bryan, Systems Librarian

We are happy to welcome Bryan Vogh, new head of library systems. Email Bryan at voghbs, call 836-4962, or find him in his office, L-5013.

Ask Eric

Have a reference question? Ask Eric Jennings, our newest reference librarian. Eric can be reached by calling 836-4076, email jenninge, or stop in to welcome him in L1001E.

Welcome, Bob!

Bob Butterfield is the new library services assistant in the collection development department. He can be found on the 3rd floor of the library, in L3040. Call 836-5947 or email butterfr@uwec.edu.

Say Hello to Hans

We are pleased to welcome Hans Kishel, our newest reference/instruction librarian. Visit Hans in his office at L-1001A, or say hello by calling 836-2959 or emailing kishelhf.

Leslie & Betsy Retire

Best wishes for a great retirement to Leslie Foster, government publications librarian, and Betsy Richmond, reference librarian.

EBSCOHost Academic Search, now bigger and better!

McIntyre Library has upgraded from EBSCO's Academic Search Elite database to the more robust Academic Search Premier database. The Premier database offers access to about 5000 more peer-reviewed journals and provides more full-text than the Elite database. Because the Academic Search databases cover a broad range of disciplines and publication types (including scholarly and popular journals and newspapers), they are often a good starting point for research. If you have questions about the new enhanced EBSCOHost database, please contact the reference desk at 836-3858.