UGA Libraries News & Events

The First Floor Reading Room will be closed for an Arch Foundation Trustees meeting beginning Thursday morning, May 8, and will re-open after the meeting is over, late in the afternoon of Friday, May 9.

The EITS computer lab will also be closed. The door to the EITS Lab will be locked and the entrance to that area where the leisure collection is located will also be blocked off.

As always, thanks for your cooperation and we apologize for any inconvenience.

These days, many college students aren’t even familiar with the Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young song, “Ohio,” much less the tragic events that inspired it. As the anniversary of the Kent State shootings approaches (May 4, 1970), we would all do well to take a moment to reflect on the causes and the aftermath of this tragedy.

From the Kent State University Library and Media Services site:

Kent State University was placed in an international spotlight after a tragic end to a student demonstration against the Vietnam War and the National Guard on May 4, 1970. Shortly after noon on that Monday, 13 seconds of rifle fire by a contingent of 28 Ohio National Guardsmen left four students dead, one permanently paralyzed, and eight others wounded.

In the spirit of remembrance, the Curriculum Materials Library will be displaying a mini-exhibit about the Kent State shootings at the circulation desk through May 16th.

 Exhibit designed by Ashley Rape, Photography by Jon Bird

As part of the Better World Books/Books for Africa drive currently taking place on campus, there is a bright green book donation box in the lobby of the Main Library.

According to the Red and Black:

Better World Books has given more than 864,600 books directly to Books for Africa, as well as the National Center for Family Literacy, which helps here in the United States.

They’ve also raised $900,000 of unrestricted funding for Books for Africa, www.booksforafrica.org, since May of 2002.

Read more about this great program in this Red and Black op-ed piece.

Charles Brockman and the Amazing Disappearing Desk of Governor Joseph E. Brown

Sunday May 4, 2008 at 3:30 p.m.
Hargrett Rare Book & Manuscript Collection
UGA Main Library, 3rd Floor

Among the treasures found in the estate of the late Charles J. Brockman, Jr., were a missing letter book of Georgia’s Civil War governor Joe Brown, diaries of the governor’s wife Elizabeth Grisham Brown, which shed important light on the governor’s character and career, and the journals kept by the governor’s daughter Sallie during her grand tours with Mrs. Brown through Europe and South America.

Join us as Mary Ellen Brooks, director of the Hargrett Library, presents these treasures and discusses with noted historians Emory Thomas, Nash Boney, and Ken Thomas the role of the amateur collector, the significance of these additions to the Hargrett’s collection, and the importance of one of Georgia’s leading governors and his family.

NOTE: Only handicap parking is available near the library. Please park in the North Campus Parking Deck on Jackson Street.

The UGA Libraries have recently debuted an exciting new resource, the Children’s Literature Comprehensive Database.

CLCD is the most comprehensive source for PreK-12 and young adult reading materials, with over 300,000 reviews, all of which are keyword searchable.There are over 1.4 million records in the database and they are searchable by awards, prizes, best book and reading list entries. Links are included to over 100,000 authors and illustrators, with links to lesson plans. Most reading measurement programs are included. A free newsletter is alsoavailable to anyone interested.

CLCD is listed under Education K-16, American Literature, English Literature and Comparative Literature.

Coverage: Titles: 1960s; Reviews: 1996+. Reviews for various journals are being added retrospectively

Updated: Monthly

Database provider: Children’s Literature Comprehensive Database

The original Confederate Constitution will be displayed on Friday, April 25, 2008 from 8 a.m. until 5 p.m. in the Turner Gallery of the Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library (on the 3rd floor of the Main Library).

Information about the Constitution may be found here, and a transcript on this page.  This one-day exhibition happens annually.

Our subscription to the Global Market Information Database has been activated for access on and off campus.

This is a major marketing database. It contains over 4,000,000 statistics on industries, countries, and consumers. Most countries of the world are represented, eighty of them in depth. Although data generally begin in 1998, some data extend back to the late 1970’s. There are also over 15,000 reports on consumer markets and industries.

I wanted to let everyone know about our access to the following streaming audio resources. There is a great amount of world music available as well as classical.

Music Online: Listening
Alexander Street’s Music Online: Listening brings you more than 110,000 tracks of music today (and it’s growing all the time). Access requires the GALILEO password.

• Classical Music Library

• Smithsonian Global Sound for Libraries

• African American Song

• American Song

• Contemporary World Music

I would really appreciate it if you would try these products out and provide me with your feedback. Thanks for your time, and let me know what you think.

William F. Coscarelli
Head of Music Collections
UGA Libraries
wfcmusic@uga.edu

The PAWS wireless network at the Main Library is now working again.

The PAWS wireless network at the Main Library is currently down, due to problems encountered with new hardware installation. EITS is currently working on the problem, but we do not have an estimate of when it will be fixed. We apologize for any inconvenience.