Thanks to iCONN's arrangement with Cengage Gale for the addition of e-reference book titles based on statewide sales of other e-reference titles, I am pleased to announce that iCONN has added the following e-reference titles to its collection at no additional charge:
American Civil War Reference Library
Colonial America Reference Library
Environmental Issues
Essential Primary Sources Family in Society
Essential Primary Sources Gender Issues and Sexuality
Essential Primary Sources Great Depression and the New Deal Reference Library Immigration and Multiculturalism
Essential Primary Sources Reconstruction Era Reference Library
All of the above appear in the list of e-reference books that you see after clicking on our E-Reference Books link.
Monday, March 28, 2011
Japan's Killer Quake
NOVA: Japan’s Killer Quake - Wednesday, 3/30 at 9pm
Don’t miss an eyewitness account of the human drama behind the quake, tsunami and nuclear crisis in Japan in this special NOVA.
Why You Should Watch:
Exclusive and chilling new footage and a scientific investigation that wonders: Will science and technology ever be able to stop the power of nature?
Source: NOVA
Don’t miss an eyewitness account of the human drama behind the quake, tsunami and nuclear crisis in Japan in this special NOVA.
Why You Should Watch:
Exclusive and chilling new footage and a scientific investigation that wonders: Will science and technology ever be able to stop the power of nature?
Source: NOVA
Thursday, March 17, 2011
New Books in Today
1.Black Business Secrets: 500 Tips,Strategies, and Resources for the African American Entrepreneur by Dante Lee
2.The Choir Director, a novel by Carl Weber
3.Of Thee I Sing: A Letter to My Daughters from Barack Obama
4.Savion Sequence by D.Jackson
5.True You: A Journey to Finding and Loving Yourself by Janet Jackson
6.Reality is Broken: How Games Make us Better and How They can Change the World by Jane McGonigal
7.Hidden Harmonies: The Lives and Times of the Pythagorean Theorem by the Kaplans
8. A Professor, A President,and a Meteor: The Birthplace of American Science by Cathryn Prince (It happened in Connecticut!)
9. Modern Critical Interpretations: Zora Neale Hurston's Their Eyes Were Watching God edited with an introduction by Harold Bloom
2.The Choir Director, a novel by Carl Weber
3.Of Thee I Sing: A Letter to My Daughters from Barack Obama
4.Savion Sequence by D.Jackson
5.True You: A Journey to Finding and Loving Yourself by Janet Jackson
6.Reality is Broken: How Games Make us Better and How They can Change the World by Jane McGonigal
7.Hidden Harmonies: The Lives and Times of the Pythagorean Theorem by the Kaplans
8. A Professor, A President,and a Meteor: The Birthplace of American Science by Cathryn Prince (It happened in Connecticut!)
9. Modern Critical Interpretations: Zora Neale Hurston's Their Eyes Were Watching God edited with an introduction by Harold Bloom
Happy Green St. Patrick's Day
Happy St. Patrick's Day! On this very green-oriented holiday, there are many ways that you can make your holidays truly green and environmentally friendly as well.
Fifteen things to never buy again: Styrofoam cups, paper towels, bleached coffee filters, overpackaged food and products, teak and mahogany,chemical pesticides and herbicides, conventional housecleaners, higher octane gas than you need, toys made with PVC plastic, plastic forks and spoons, farm raised salmon, rayon, beauty and bdy care prducts made with Phthalates and Parabens, plastic wrap, high VOC paints and finishes.
Have a very green St. Patrick's Day and ffor the rest of the year.
Source: Green America Come Together
Fifteen things to never buy again: Styrofoam cups, paper towels, bleached coffee filters, overpackaged food and products, teak and mahogany,chemical pesticides and herbicides, conventional housecleaners, higher octane gas than you need, toys made with PVC plastic, plastic forks and spoons, farm raised salmon, rayon, beauty and bdy care prducts made with Phthalates and Parabens, plastic wrap, high VOC paints and finishes.
Have a very green St. Patrick's Day and ffor the rest of the year.
Source: Green America Come Together
Thursday, March 10, 2011
LIBRARY CLOSING EARLY FRIDAY
BECAUSE OF STAFF ILLNESS, THE LIBRARY IS CLOSING AT 5 P.M. FRIDAY,MARCH 11.
Wednesday, March 09, 2011
Library Rights are at Stake
Does Congress have the right to restore copyright protection to foreign works that have fallen into the public domain?
That issue is at the heart of a major copyright case that the Supreme Court agreed to hear Monday. Its resolution could have implications for libraries’ ability to share works online, advocates say.
Read more about this case here.
Source: Chronicle of Higher Education March 8
That issue is at the heart of a major copyright case that the Supreme Court agreed to hear Monday. Its resolution could have implications for libraries’ ability to share works online, advocates say.
Read more about this case here.
Source: Chronicle of Higher Education March 8
Tuesday, March 08, 2011
Fast Facts: Foreign Language Enrollment
Undergraduate enrollments in foreign language courses at American colleges and universities rose 6.6 percent between 2006 and 2009. Spanish, French, German, and American Sign Language are the four most popular languages. Arabic is now the eighth most popular.
Source: C&RL News February
Source: C&RL News February
Featured Library Magazine This Week: Granta
Granta, the magazine of new writing, has published many of the world’s finest writers tackling some of the world’s most important subjects, from intimate human experiences to the large public and political events that have shaped our lives. Every issue since 1979 is still in print. In the pages of Granta, readers met for the first time the narrative prose of writers such as Bill Bryson, Romesh Gunesekera, Blake Morrison, Arundhati Roy and Zadie Smith; and have encountered events and topics as diverse as the fall of Saigon, the mythology of the Titanic, adultery, psychotherapy and Chinese cricket fighting. The latest issue, Aliens, explores the idea of what it is to be an outsider. Writing in this issue are Roberto Bolano, Robert Macfarlane, Juan Felipe Herrera, Ann Patchett, and Paul Theroux. The issue also includes "Here is What You Do", the first published story by Chris Dennis. Beacon writers, take notice!
Source: Granta Magazine
Celebrate International Women's Day
So make a difference, think globally and act locally !! Make everyday International Women's Day. Do your bit to ensure that the future for girls is bright, equal, safe and rewarding.
Wednesday, March 02, 2011
Literacy Funding in Jeopardy
Congress appears on track to deal a heavy blow to federal aid for literacy.
The Republican-led House yesterday delivered a bipartisan vote of 335-91 on a stopgap spending measure that would abolish federal funding for several literacy programs at the U.S. Department of Education, part of a planned government-wide reduction of $4 billion.
The proposed cuts include funding for the $250 million Striving Readers program, the $66 million Even Start family-literacy program, the $25 million Reading Is Fundamental program, and the $26 million National Writing Project.
The Democratic-controlled Senate is widely expected to go along with the package, which is intended to keep the government running for two more weeks while lawmakers and the White House continue to negotiate a budget plan. A vote is scheduled there today.
Source: Education Week March 2
The Republican-led House yesterday delivered a bipartisan vote of 335-91 on a stopgap spending measure that would abolish federal funding for several literacy programs at the U.S. Department of Education, part of a planned government-wide reduction of $4 billion.
The proposed cuts include funding for the $250 million Striving Readers program, the $66 million Even Start family-literacy program, the $25 million Reading Is Fundamental program, and the $26 million National Writing Project.
The Democratic-controlled Senate is widely expected to go along with the package, which is intended to keep the government running for two more weeks while lawmakers and the White House continue to negotiate a budget plan. A vote is scheduled there today.
Source: Education Week March 2
Smart Phones Make Book Citations a Snap
A new smartphone application helps you cite books in scholarly papers.
Quick Cite, which costs 99 cents and is available for both iPhones and Android-based phones, uses the camera on a smartphone to scan the bar code on the back of a book. It then e-mails you a bibliography-ready citation in one of four popular styles—APA, MLA, Chicago, or IEEE.
Point the phone at the bar code on the book and Quick Cite will send you the citations in APA style or in MLA style.
Source: Wired Campus February 14
March is National Women's History Month
The theme for National History Month this year is "Our HISTORY is Our Strength."
The stories of women’s achievements are integral to the fabric of our history. Learning about women’s tenacity, courage, and creativity throughout the centuries is a tremendous source of strength. Until relatively recently, this sphere of women’s history was overlooked and undervalued. Women’s achievements were often distorted, disdained, and denied. But, knowing women’s stories provides essential role models for everyone. And role models are genuinely needed to face the extraordinary changes and unrelenting challenges of the 21st century.
Source: National Women's History Project
The stories of women’s achievements are integral to the fabric of our history. Learning about women’s tenacity, courage, and creativity throughout the centuries is a tremendous source of strength. Until relatively recently, this sphere of women’s history was overlooked and undervalued. Women’s achievements were often distorted, disdained, and denied. But, knowing women’s stories provides essential role models for everyone. And role models are genuinely needed to face the extraordinary changes and unrelenting challenges of the 21st century.
Source: National Women's History Project
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