The Main and Science Libraries will be closed on Friday, October 30th, as the University of Georgia is closed for a furlough day. The Curriculum Materials Library, Music Library, and Miller Learning Center will also be closed. Normal hours resume on Saturday, October 31st. For full details of this week’s hours, see our Hours Calendar.
This Thursday, stop by the 3rd floor central desk at the Miller Learning Center and ask a library/research question, then get some candy in return!
The Miller Learning Center will not be open Friday, October 30 and Saturday, October 31 during the fall break holiday.
The University of Georgia Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies exhibit that celebrates the donation of the Melvin Ernest Thompson personal papers will open with a reception on Nov. 2 from 3-5 p.m.
“Snapshots: Selections from the M.E. Thompson Collection” showcases materials from the collection that document important moments in the life of M.E. Thompson, Georgia’s first lieutenant governor and participant in the famed “three governors controversy” (1946-1947). Capitalizing on a collection of correspondence, speeches, photographs, memorabilia and audiovisual material, the display considers the creation of Thompson’s political career and his life following his days on the campaign trail. More than 170 photographs illustrate Thompson’s childhood, family life and gubernatorial and senatorial campaigns, with memorabilia documenting his civic achievements, career and commitment to public education. Six television campaign advertisements featuring Thompson’s views about the county unit system and education are a particular highlight of the collection.
More on Thompson’s life and the political disagreement that ushered him into the governor’s office can be found at the New Georgia Encyclopedia http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/nge/Article.jsp?id=h-591.
A student asked if it was possible to browse our collection of DVDs; she was looking for documentaries on a subject, but didn’t know of any specific titles, and a keyword search of GIL seemed to return only books.
In fact, you can limit a search of the GIL catalog by many factors, including material and location. In this case I helped the patron to limit the search to things in our Media Department, which houses all film and video for the library. Here’s how:
From the keyword search page in GIL, choose “Narrow My Search” in the lower left.
Pick one or more limiters: language, date, library collection, place of publication, and material are among your choices. Then click the “narrow my search” button to return to the keyword search page.
The keyword search page will remind you that search limits are in effect. You can remove them by clicking “clear settings” at the lower right.
The Hargrett Rare Book & Manuscript Library currently has an exhibit featuring UGA football images and artifacts from 1892-1969. 3rd floor Main Library.
The MLC is hosting 2 tech workshops this week and next…. Please join us!
Get Started with Podcasting
Wednesday, Oct. 14, 4-5pm, MLC Digital Media Lab (DML), 3rd Floor
Get an insider’s tour of audio editing for podcasts and an overview
of how to create a podcast, with Christian Lopez, oral archivist for the UGA Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies
Fix Your Photos!
Tuesday, Oct. 20, 5:30-6:30pm, MLC Room 370
Introduction to photoediting software: crop and correct your pictures using free editing tools on photosharing sites like Flickr and Picasa, and a short Photoshop demonstration, with Diane Trap,
UGA Libraries Reference Librarian/Graphic Specialist
Tags: MLC, technology, workshops
Terry Adamson, executive vice president of the National Geographic Society, is the speaker for the Mingledorff-Lorimer Lecture in Print Media.
Sponsored by the University of Georgia Libraries, the lecture will be held Oct. 21 at 4 p.m. in the Chapel.
Adamson is responsible for coordinating the international growth of the society, with overall responsibility for international publishing, especially through the publication of local language editions of National Geographic Magazine.
Join us today, October 8th, between 3:00-6:00 PM for the informal opening and reception of two new exhibits at the Russell Library: Measuring Deliberate Speed: Georgians Face School Desegregation and With All Deliberate Speed: The AP in Little Rock.
More on these exhibits… 
Measuring Deliberate Speed: Georgians Face School Desegregation is the culmination of a year of research and planning by staff at the Russell Library. The exhibit was created to showcase materials from the collections that illuminate and explain the tactics, rhetoric, and reactions of Georgians to federal school desegregation mandates. Using text panels, artifacts, and selected audio and film clips, the display examines the landmark federal and state legal decisions that led to the desegregation of public schools in Georgia between 1950 and 1961.
With All Deliberate Speed: The AP in Little Rock, created by the Associated Press Corporate Archives, serves as a companion exhibit that explores how the news agency prepared for and covered Little Rock and its reverberations throughout the South. The AP had never faced a more difficult test of its mission to serve all members equally with objective, timely reporting than it did covering desegregation in Little Rock. Using news clippings, photographs, and correspondence, this exhibit captures a moment in time and demonstrates the legacy this event created for journalists everywhere.
The opening event is free and open to all; light refreshments will be served. Exhibit curators Jill Severn and Jan Levinson will be on hand to answer questions and provide tours upon request. For additional information on these exhibits, please visit, http://www.libs.uga.edu/russell/exhibits/deliberate_speed/index.shtml. The Russell Library is located on the West side of the Main Library on the University of Georgia campus. For directions and parking information, please visit http://www.libs.uga.edu/directions.html or call 706-542-5788.
Festschrift is one of those great German “portmanteau” (or “suitcase”) words. Fest means “celebration” and schrift is a “written thing,” and a Festschrift is a publication celebrating something – most often a distinguished senior academic’s birthday (65th, 70th, or older!) or retirement. Often a Festschrift is an edited book that includes essays by the honoree’s former doctoral students and colleagues on topics that the honoree has spent her career researching. It may also, very usefully, include a full list of the honoree’s own publications – a great source for bibliography! The German plural is Festschriften, but you may also see the term Festschrifts.
Most Festchriften can be found in GIL by searching for the name of the honoree as a keyword. If they are in English, they often have a title beginning with “Essays in Honor of… .”
Cover image for The Changing Worlds of Atlantic Africa, published by the Carolina Academic Press.
This 2009 Festschrift: The Changing Worlds of Atlantic Africa: Essays in honor of Robin Law (of the University of Stirling (Scotland, UK) Department of History) was published by the Carolina Academic Press and is currently available in the Main Library on the Fourth floor at call number DT475 .C475 2009.
