Yes, that's right. While many of you are lying on the beach sipping fruity beverages, we will be here preserving the life of the mind. For a few hours, anyway. Here they are: Library Hours.
Friday, March 6, 2009
Wednesday, March 4, 2009
What do YOU want?
What do you think the library should have?
To suggest any books for the library collection, please contact:
We are purchasing books on RENEWABLE ENERGY, and we would like your help!!!
To suggest any books for the library collection, please contact:
Suzanne Mangrum
615-904-8517
or
Submit an online book order request on the library website. Click on Library Forms link at the top of the page.
Tuesday, March 3, 2009
Special Collections Exhibit: A 19th Century Tennessee Library
Snapshot of a Collection: A Tennessee Library in the 19th Century
People today take libraries for granted, but they were rare in 19th century Tennessee. Some readers had access to books through subscription libraries and most academic institutions maintained a library but public and school libraries are a 20th century phenomena. Most libraries that did exist in the 19th century are long gone, their collections dispersed or re-configured. One important record of an old library that still exists is the 1871 catalog listing the books held by the Tennessee State Library.
Special Collections at Walker Library holds copies of numerous titles recorded in this catalog, and these make up the core of this exhibit, re-creating in miniature a 19th century Tennessee library. By looking at a cross-section of titles represented in the State Library’s collection, we can glimpse some of the social, political and intellectual ideas circulating in mid-19th century Tennessee.
The exhibit can be viewed in Walker Library’s Special Collections area from February through April, 2009.
Hours are 8:30 to 4:30 Monday through Friday.
People today take libraries for granted, but they were rare in 19th century Tennessee. Some readers had access to books through subscription libraries and most academic institutions maintained a library but public and school libraries are a 20th century phenomena. Most libraries that did exist in the 19th century are long gone, their collections dispersed or re-configured. One important record of an old library that still exists is the 1871 catalog listing the books held by the Tennessee State Library.
Special Collections at Walker Library holds copies of numerous titles recorded in this catalog, and these make up the core of this exhibit, re-creating in miniature a 19th century Tennessee library. By looking at a cross-section of titles represented in the State Library’s collection, we can glimpse some of the social, political and intellectual ideas circulating in mid-19th century Tennessee.
The exhibit can be viewed in Walker Library’s Special Collections area from February through April, 2009.
Hours are 8:30 to 4:30 Monday through Friday.
Monday, March 2, 2009
MTSU Librarian wins Women's Studies award
We at the library are very proud of our own Ken Middleton, a librarian in the User Services Department, for being the 2009 recipient of the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) Women's Studies Section (WSS) Award for Significant Achievement. The award honors a major contribution to women's studies librarianship. The award will be presented in July at the 2009 ALA Annual Conference in Chicago. For more information on this distinguished achievement, see the ALA website.
Ken's latest work brings together an accessible database of 405 digital collections of primary sources in women's history. Discovering American Women's History Online is available on the Library's homepage.
Hooray, Ken!
Ken's latest work brings together an accessible database of 405 digital collections of primary sources in women's history. Discovering American Women's History Online is available on the Library's homepage.
Hooray, Ken!
Friday, February 13, 2009
Name our News…
You may have seen the flyers in the restroom letting you know what is going on here in the Library, telling you about our services, Library hours, etc. We need your help to come up with a name of this paper. Give us a suggestion by clicking on Post a Comment below.
Some names that have been suggested are:
The Potty News
The Other Paper
Stall News
Beyond the Stacks
Some names that have been suggested are:
The Potty News
The Other Paper
Stall News
Beyond the Stacks
Need a Research Coach?
You may stop by the Reference Desk on the 1st floor of the library any time for help from a librarian. But sometimes you need a little more.
Research Coach gives students an opportunity to seek in-depth help at all steps in the research process. Coach-Librarians will provide guidance in brainstorming for topics, selecting and citing resources, creating bibliographies, and obtaining a deeper understanding of the information seeking process.
Students will meet with a Research Coach in room 114D of the Walker Library Reference Area for 30-minute sessions.
Spring 2009 hours:
February 16-20, 23-27
March 16-20
April 13-17
Sessions may be scheduled from 10:00 A.M. to 6:00 P.M. Monday-Thursday and 10:00 A.M. to 4:00 P.M. on Fridays.
Call Gwen at 904-8530 or send an e-mail at gwilliam@mtsu.edu to schedule your appointment. Remember to bring your assignment.
Research Coach gives students an opportunity to seek in-depth help at all steps in the research process. Coach-Librarians will provide guidance in brainstorming for topics, selecting and citing resources, creating bibliographies, and obtaining a deeper understanding of the information seeking process.
Students will meet with a Research Coach in room 114D of the Walker Library Reference Area for 30-minute sessions.
Spring 2009 hours:
February 16-20, 23-27
March 16-20
April 13-17
Sessions may be scheduled from 10:00 A.M. to 6:00 P.M. Monday-Thursday and 10:00 A.M. to 4:00 P.M. on Fridays.
Call Gwen at 904-8530 or send an e-mail at gwilliam@mtsu.edu to schedule your appointment. Remember to bring your assignment.
Monday, February 2, 2009
Black History Month
Check out books from our display in the lobby!
February is Black History Month. It celebrates the many contributions of African-Americans.
We owe the celebration of Black History Month to Dr. Carter G. Woodson. Born to parents of former slaves he went on to earn a Ph.D. from Harvard. He was disturbed to find that history books largely ignored the black American population.
He established the Association for the Study of Negro Life and History in 1915. In 1926, he launched Negro History Week as an initiative to bring national attention to the contributions of black people throughout American history.
Woodson chose the second week of February for Negro History Week because it marks the birthdays of two men who greatly influenced the black American population, Frederick Douglass and Abraham Lincoln.
The 2009 Black History Month Theme is The Quest for Black Citizenship in the Americas. It celebrates the centennial of the NAACP. A century ago, an interracial group of Americans joined together and formed the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). The NAACP drew a national following and inspired others to form organizations for racial change. The centennial of the NAACP is an occasion to highlight the problem of race and citizenship in American history, from the experiences of free Blacks in a land of slavery to the political aspirations of African Americans today.
Some other significant events in Black History are:
1619 - The first African slaves are brought to Virginia
1808 - The US bans the import of slaves
1857 - Dred Scott Supreme Court decision - slaves do not have the right to bring a case to court and cannot be citizens
1861 - Abraham Lincoln becomes President of the US; Civil War starts
1863 - Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation
1865 - Civil War ends; Lincoln is assassinated; 13th amendment to Constitution abolishes slavery
1868 - 14th amendment to Constitution grants citizenship to former slaves
1870 - 15th amendment to Constitution prohibits states from denying the right to vote because of race
1936 - Jesse Owens wins 4 gold medals at the Olympics in Berlin, Germany
1947 - Jackie Robinson is the first black man to play major league baseball
1955 - Rosa Parks refuses to give her seat up on a bus in Alabama; Supreme Court orders schools to desegregate with "deliberate speed"
1963 - Dr. Martin Luther King gives "I Have a Dream" speech at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C.
1964 - The Civil Rights Acts prohibits discrimination based on race, color, religion, or gender; Dr. King is awarded the Nobel Peace Prize
1967 - Thurgood Marshall appointed to the Supreme Court
1968 - Dr. King is assassinated in Memphis, Tennessee
1969 - The Supreme Court orders schools to desegregrate
1986 - Martin Luther King Jr. Day is declared a national holiday in the U.S.
1992 - Carol Moseley Braun became the first African American woman to be elected to the United States Senate. Mae Carol Jemison became the first African American woman to travel in space when she went into orbit aboard the Space Shuttle Endeavour
1995 - October 16 - Million Man March in Washington, D.C
2001 - January 20 - Colin Powell becomes Secretary of State
2009 - Barack Obama becomes 44th President of the United States
Source: http://www.asalh.org
February is Black History Month. It celebrates the many contributions of African-Americans.
We owe the celebration of Black History Month to Dr. Carter G. Woodson. Born to parents of former slaves he went on to earn a Ph.D. from Harvard. He was disturbed to find that history books largely ignored the black American population.
He established the Association for the Study of Negro Life and History in 1915. In 1926, he launched Negro History Week as an initiative to bring national attention to the contributions of black people throughout American history.
Woodson chose the second week of February for Negro History Week because it marks the birthdays of two men who greatly influenced the black American population, Frederick Douglass and Abraham Lincoln.
The 2009 Black History Month Theme is The Quest for Black Citizenship in the Americas. It celebrates the centennial of the NAACP. A century ago, an interracial group of Americans joined together and formed the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). The NAACP drew a national following and inspired others to form organizations for racial change. The centennial of the NAACP is an occasion to highlight the problem of race and citizenship in American history, from the experiences of free Blacks in a land of slavery to the political aspirations of African Americans today.
Some other significant events in Black History are:
1619 - The first African slaves are brought to Virginia
1808 - The US bans the import of slaves
1857 - Dred Scott Supreme Court decision - slaves do not have the right to bring a case to court and cannot be citizens
1861 - Abraham Lincoln becomes President of the US; Civil War starts
1863 - Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation
1865 - Civil War ends; Lincoln is assassinated; 13th amendment to Constitution abolishes slavery
1868 - 14th amendment to Constitution grants citizenship to former slaves
1870 - 15th amendment to Constitution prohibits states from denying the right to vote because of race
1936 - Jesse Owens wins 4 gold medals at the Olympics in Berlin, Germany
1947 - Jackie Robinson is the first black man to play major league baseball
1955 - Rosa Parks refuses to give her seat up on a bus in Alabama; Supreme Court orders schools to desegregate with "deliberate speed"
1963 - Dr. Martin Luther King gives "I Have a Dream" speech at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C.
1964 - The Civil Rights Acts prohibits discrimination based on race, color, religion, or gender; Dr. King is awarded the Nobel Peace Prize
1967 - Thurgood Marshall appointed to the Supreme Court
1968 - Dr. King is assassinated in Memphis, Tennessee
1969 - The Supreme Court orders schools to desegregrate
1986 - Martin Luther King Jr. Day is declared a national holiday in the U.S.
1992 - Carol Moseley Braun became the first African American woman to be elected to the United States Senate. Mae Carol Jemison became the first African American woman to travel in space when she went into orbit aboard the Space Shuttle Endeavour
1995 - October 16 - Million Man March in Washington, D.C
2001 - January 20 - Colin Powell becomes Secretary of State
2009 - Barack Obama becomes 44th President of the United States
Source: http://www.asalh.org
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