JSTOR REGISTER & READ

Register & Read is an experimental program to offer free, read-online access to individual scholars and researchers who register for a MyJSTOR account. Launched in March 2012, Register & Read follows the release of the Early Journal Content as the next step in efforts to find sustainable ways to extend access to JSTOR, specifically to those not affiliated with participating institutions. How does it work? When you find an article that’s part of Register & Read, click on the “Read Online Free” option. Register for a free MyJSTOR account, or log into your account if you already have one. Add the content to your shelf to read the full-text online. After 14 days, you may remove it and add new items to your shelf. PDF versions of some articles will also be available for purchase and download. If you purchase articles from your shelf, the PDF versions may be stored and accessed in your MyJSTOR account at any time. JPASS, a new subscription service for individuals, aims to get more of JSTOR’s archives into the hands of people who might otherwise be cut off from them. For a smallish monthly or yearly fee, researchers can buy the right to read an unlimited number of articles from about 1,500 journals in JSTOR’s archival collection, and they can download up to 10 articles a month or 120 annually. Source: JSTOR

SCRIBLE AND EASYBIB INTEGRATION

EasyBib has partnered with a FREE online annotation tool--scrible! With scrible, you’re able to annotate and highlight webpages and articles right from your browser and save them to your scrible Library. you never have to worry about losing your work AGAIN. Now, our EasyBib users can export citations of articles in their scrible Library to EasyBib. All you have to do is select the articles in your scrible Library and click the “Export to EasyBib” button at the top of the scrible Library menu. A new browser tab opens up and you’ll see the corresponding citations in an EasyBib bibliography. Source: information paraphrased from scrible blog September 26, 2013

GHANIAN POET KILLED IN NAIROBI

The Ghanaian poet and statesman Kofi Awoonor was killed Saturday by terrorists in the Westgate Mall in Nairobi, Kenya. One of Ghana's best-known literary figures, Awoonor had formerly been a United Nations envoy and an ambassador to Brazil and Cuba. The 78-year-old writer was reportedly in Kenya for the Storymoja Hay literary festival, which has been suspended following the attacks. Ghana's president, John Dramani Mahama, said in a statement, "I am shocked to hear the death of professor Kofi Awoonor in the Nairobi mall terrorist attack. Such a sad twist of fate." The library has purchased "Until the Morning After Collected Poems 1963-1985" by Mr. Awoonor. SOURCE: National Public Radio, September 23, 2013

Banned Book: The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian

The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie Challenged as required reading in at least three freshmen English classes at Westfield, NJ High School (2012) because of "some very sensitive material in the book includng excerpts on masturbation among other explicit sexual references, encouraging pornography, racism, religious irreverence, and strong language." Challenged at the West Valley School District in Yakima, WA (2013) because some parents found the sexual references and profanity in the novel inappropriate for high school students. Source: Newsletter on Intellectual Freedom May 2012 pp. 105-106; Marh 2013 pp. 51-52

BANNED BOOKS WEEK 2013

Act now to protect your right to read. 1. Stay informed The best way to fight censorship is to be aware that it's happening. The American Library Association publishes the Newsletter on Intellectual Fredom and provides regular news updates. 2. Challenge censorship The Hoffman Family Library this week will call your attention to a number of well-known books that have been challenged or taken off the shelves of libaries. We have a display across from the elevators on the first floor. In the library we will display some of the books from our library that have been challenged or banned. We will frequently be in the lobby with information about the freedom to read that is firmly rooted in the First Amendment. 3. Support your libraries Volunteer to talk about a favorite book of yours that has been challenged. Please come to the library to get and wear a Banned Book button! We have a list in the library of books challenged, restricted, removed, or banned in 2012 and 2013 as reported in the Newsletter on Intellectual Freedom from May 2012 to May 2013. Banned Books Week is sponsored by the American Booksellers Association; American Booksellers Foundation for Free Expression; the American Library Association; American Society of Journalists and Authors; Association of American Publishers; Comic Book Legal Defense Fund; the Freedom to Read Foundation; National Coalition Against Censorship; National Council of Teachers of English; National Association of College Stores; PEN American Center and and Project Censored. It is endorsed by the Center for the Book in the Library of Congress.

MAN BOOKER SHORT LIST

Man Booker Shortlist 2013 10 September 2013 We Need New Names by NoViolet Bulawayo (Chatto & Windus) The Luminaries by Eleanor Catton (Granta) The Harvest by Jim Crace (Picador) The Lowland by Jhumpa Lahiri (Bloomsbury) A Tale for the Time Being by Ruth Ozeki (Canongate) The Testament of Mary by Colm Tóibín (Penguin)

APA STYLE BLOG

I found this wonderful resource! It is the APA Official Style Blog. It is really offical and has so much wonderful information for using the APA format. The APA Style Blog is the official companion to the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, Sixth Edition. It's run by a group of experts who work with APA Style every day. They publish weekly posts to talk about what they love—writing, publishing, and APA Style. Who knew? They explore what APA Style is and how it works in a variety of areas, including reference citations of every sort, grammar and usage, the publication process, and social media. Occasionally they feature guest bloggers who write about more technical issues. Wait, wait--there's more. Best of the APA Style Blog: 2013 Edition Each fall the APA Style Blog Team puts together a “best of” feature, and this year they they did it again continuing the tradition with an updated set of posts from the APA Style Blog and the parent site, apastyle.org. I hope this will be helpful as new and returning students--not to mention librarians and faculty-- set upon the task of learning and implementing APA Style. Find it HERE.

BEST EMVIRONMENTAL COVERAGE

 

 The Utne *winner for Best Environmental Coverage for 2013 is High Country News

Utne  explains explains best why they chose HCN: “If it weren’t for High Country News, we might never have heard about the effects of Twilight-inspired tourism on the Quileute tribe, about abandoned subdivision developments at the foot of the Grand Tetons, or the struggles of a California ski town facing warming temperatures and unpredictable snow falls. With riveting reports from people tapped in to the shouts of the wild, HCN sheds light on what’s happening in America beyond the edges of the daily, urban-focused news cycle.”

The Hoffman Family Library subscribes to HCN published bi-weekly 22 times a year.

The runners-up in this category were Grist, OnEarth, and Resurgent/Ecologist.

*Note. Utne Reader and Utne.com are digests of independent ideas and alternative culture--not right, not left, but forward thinking. For 20 years, they have created “a conversation about everything from environment to the economy, politics to pop culture.” The quotes are from Utne’s webpage.” Read more: http://www.utne.com.