Addlestone Report

African American Read In @ Addlestone Today

2008-02-04T07:52:00.000-05:00

The Addlestone Library will host the African American Read In today from noon until 2pm. Many faculty members from the College of Charleston will read for 10 minutes from one of their favorite authors.

The Addlestone will have a display of African American fiction and non-fiction available for browsing and check-out. These titles are representative of the 22 page recommended bibliography that will also be available at this event.

The Addlestone has three databases that are particularly related to this event and African American literature.

Oxford African American Studies Center (Full Text)
Includes the complete texts of Africana: The Encyclopedia of the African and African American Experience, The Encyclopedia of African American History, Black Women in America, African American National Biography, and The Concise Oxford Companion to African American Literature, plus selected articles from many other reference works published by Oxford University Press. The database also includes over 6,000 biographies and over 1,000 images, as well as maps, charts, tables and primary sources with additional commentaries.

The African American Experience
A collection of resources on African American life covering such topics as history, biography, literature, arts, education, civil rights, politics, folklore, etc

African American Poetry (LION) (Full Text)
The early history of African American poetry, from the first recorded poem by an African American (Lucy Terry Prince's 'Bars Fight', c.1746) to the major poets of the nineteenth century, including Paul Laurence Dunbar and Frances Ellen Watkins Harper.

CSH Database Protocols Added

2008-01-22T15:22:00.000-05:00

The library has added the CSH Protocols database.
Coverage includes cell and molecular biology, genetics, bioinformatics, protein science, and imaging. Protocols are presented step-by-step and edited in the style that has made Molecular Cloning, Antibodies, Cells and many other CSH manuals. Protocols will be continuously expanded, updated, and annotated by the originators and users of the techniques.

Source: Kristen DeVoe

More New Databases Added to Addlestone

2008-01-17T16:20:00.000-05:00

The following two databases have been added to the Addlestone databases page

Iter Italicum
A comprehensive finding list of previously uncatalogued or incompletely catalogued Renaissance humanistic manuscripts found in libraries and collections all over the world. Originally published in six volumes between 1963 and 1992.

The John Milton Bibliography (MRTS Online)
This bibliography tries to bring together all manuscripts and editions of John Milton's works and all studies and critical statements concerning his life and works, all allusions and quotations, and all significant imitations during the years 1624-1799.

Source: Kristen DeVoe

RefWorks Subscription Ending

2008-01-16T15:25:00.000-05:00

The Addlestone Library will not be renewing the subscription to RefWorks, a citation service database which expired at the end of December. The reason is because of its low use. The library is evaluating alternative services that are more user-friendly.

If you have any bibliographic information stored on RefWorks, you should remove it at your earliest convenience in order to guarantee that your research information is preserved for future use.

If you have any questions, please call one of the librarians at the Research and Information desk 953-8000.

Source: Sheila Seaman

Research says "Google Generation" is Myth

2008-01-16T15:11:00.000-05:00

Librarians Are Needed After All

"A new report commissioned by JISC and the British Library, counters the common assumption that the ‘Google Generation’ – young people born or brought up in the Internet age – is the most adept at using the web. The report by the CIBER research team at University College London claims that, although young people demonstrate an ease and familiarity with computers, they rely on the most basic search tools and do not possess the critical and analytical skills to asses the information that they find on the web.

The report ‘Information Behaviour of the Researcher of the Future’ 35 pages; PDF) also shows that research-behavior. “These findings add to our growing understanding of subjects that should concern all who work in further and higher education – the changing needs of our students and researchers and how libraries can meet their needs.”ur traits that are commonly associated with younger users – impatience in search and navigation, and zero tolerance for any delay in satisfying their information needs – are now the norm for all age-groups, from younger pupils and undergraduates through to professors.

This report shows the many roles the info professional can and needs to play in an age when many think all answers are only one-click away. Btw, Google is a name grabber but this paper is more about online and web info in general." *

* This information from the "research shelf."

Research source: JISC and the British Library

Thanks to Kristen DeVoe for this information

Three New Databases at the Addlestone

2008-01-16T12:32:00.000-05:00

The following three new databases have been added to the Addlestone Library database page at

www.cofc.edu/~library/search_collection/databases.html

GalleryWatch CRS Reports (Full Text)
Includes abstracts and the PDF full text for more than 25,000 CRS Reports and is updated daily, Content spans from 1993 to the present and covers a range of subject areas including economics, the environment, foreign affairs, immigration, medicine, civil rights, national security, terrorism, and more. Current and archived versions of each report are included, providing comprehensive coverage of edits and amendments.

SPORTDiscus with Full Text (Full Text)
Provides full text for more than 415 journals indexed in SPORTDiscus. Of those, nearly 250 have cover-to-cover indexing in SPORTDiscus. Contains more than 700,000 full-text articles dating back to 1985.

Tests in Print
Tests in Print (TIP) serves as a comprehensive bibliography to all known commercially available tests that are currently in print in the English language. TIP provides vital information to users including test purpose, test publisher, in-print status, price, test acronym, intended test population, administration times, publication date(s), and test author(s).

New Datases at the Addlestone

2008-01-14T12:31:00.000-05:00

The Library has added the following three new databases

American Reference Books Annual (ARBA Online)
Reviews of electronic products and serving as a source of information on professional products for librarians and information specialists.

CINAHL Plus with Full Text
Comprehensive nursing & allied health research database, providing full text for more than 620 journals indexed in CINAHL. The database also provides full text for 218 books/monographs. Full text coverage dates back to 1937.

Dissertations & Theses: Full Text
The ProQuest Dissertations & Theses database includes over 2 million master's theses and dissertations, with over 60,000 titles added every year. It's a great resource for researchers in a wide variety of fields.

You can access the databases from the library database page here:

www.cofc.edu/~library/search_collection/databases.html

Addlestone Sessions This Semester

2007-09-13T10:49:00.000-04:00

This semester the Addlestone Sessions are starting off by offering sessions in basic PowerPoint and Web editing. Also, two sessions in October will be dedicated to the citation software Refworks.

Basic PowerPoint: (Instructor: Jared Seay)
Always wanted to do PowerPoint, but digital confusion and fear stilled your hand? No worries anymore. Come learn how to create a PowerPoint presentation and include graphics, animations, sound, and hyperlinks.

September 13 Room 120 12 – 1:30pm Basic PowerPoint
September 14: Room 120 3 – 4:30pm Basic PowerPoint

Painless Web Page Editing with Composer:

(Instructor: Jared Seay)
Learn how to painlessly create web pages from scratch with this free downloadable software. No prior experience with web editing necessary.

September 21: Room 120 3 – 4:30pm Painless Web Page Creation

September 27: Room 120 3-4:30pm REFWORKS
September 28: Room 120 3-4:30pm REFWORKS

Media Collections Hours for the Summer

2007-05-07T16:08:00.000-04:00

The Media Collections Room at the Addlestone Library will be open for business during the following hours this summer:

Until May 14th:

Mon - Fri: 10am - 4pm

May 15th till August 10

Mon - Fri: 10am - 5pm
Sunday: 2pm - 7pm

Media Collections Phone: 953-8040
Email: MediaLibrary@cofc.edu
Information Link at: www.cofc.edu/~library/search_collection/media.html

NEW DATABASE: United Nations Common Database

2007-05-04T10:28:00.000-04:00

The Library has added the United Nations Common Database. The UNCDB provides selected series from numerous specialized international data sources for all available countries and areas.

Link to the Database Here: United Nations Common Database

Diplomacy Game @ The Addlestone

2007-04-20T16:03:00.000-04:00

WHEN: Tuesday April 24 at High Noon

WHERE: The beautiful River's Green back of the Addlestone Library

WHY? Sign up to be on an Addlestone Diplomacy team and negotiate your country's way to total victory - or at least local hegemony.

Come play a board game with us on April 24th at High Noon! It’s the game of Diplomacy outside in the library garden!

Take a brief break before exams begin with a friendly game of diplomatic intrigue and skullduggery under a big tent in the garden! Link here for information about the game and the event:

http://www.cofc.edu/~seay/gaming/AddlestoneDiplomacy.html

Golfing on Rivers Green - Thursday

2007-04-16T09:37:00.000-04:00

On Thursday April 19th the Friends of the Library are hosting the first of several golf events. Members of the CofC Men’s Golf Team will be outside the library on the Rivers Green to give golf tips to students, faculty and staff, and other campus visitors. There will be a practice putting green for those who want to put their game to the test. Attendees who join the Friends of the Library will be entered into a raffle for several great prizes, including two week-long passes for the Senior PGA Championship, tournament apparel, a CofC golf bag and other prizes. The Senior PGA championship trophy will also displayed for viewing.

GOLF EXHIBIT OPENS TODAY

2007-04-16T09:32:00.000-04:00

Special Collections has produced an extensive golf exhibit on the second and third floors of the library. They've created a terrific display of photographs, antique golf clubs and golf balls, trophies, and paintings about the history of sport in the region. It's a impressive exhibit about golf, about the lowcountry and about fashion. (you should see the buttons!)

Poetry Writing Workshop

2007-04-03T12:48:00.000-04:00

Sunday, April 15, 6:00 p.m.

Addlestone Library, Room 227 (second floor)

Poetry Reading: A poetry writing workshop hosted by poet Tino Villanueva of Boston University.

This event will be co-sponsored by the Marlene and Nathan Addlestone Library, Hispanic Studies, the School of Languages, Cultures and World Affairs, and Latin American ad Caribbean Studies.

April Eco Topics at the Addlestone

2007-04-03T12:43:00.000-04:00

April 5, Thursday, 6:00-8:00 p.m.

Documentary Film: “THIRST” (2004)

Maybank Hall, Room 100

Co-Presenters: PROF. TIM CALLAHAN, Geology and Environmental Geosciences, and BRAD REED, President and CEO of Water Missions International (WMI). WMI is a local activist organization that provides clean water technologies for people in developing countries and disaster areas.

Every individual’s life and health is dependent upon having an adequate supply of clean water. Yet 2.6 billion people lack access to this basic resource, according to a 2006 U.N. report. While water shortage is reaching an epidemic global crisis, multi-national corporations are increasingly treating water as a commodity to be bought and sold. Is water a basic human right? Following the film, Prof. Tim Callahan will discuss the international politics and policies of water resources. The WMI representative will talk about the work of this Charleston-based organization in providing water treatment technology for developing regions around the world.

Thursday, April 12 6:00 p.m.

Presentation with Q & A

Admissions Auditorium, Robert Scott Small Building

Presenter: TERRY TAMMINEN, activist and author of Lives Per Gallon and Executive Director of Environment Now, will speak about environmental issues. Books will be available for signing. Sponsored by the College of Charleston Bookstore, Island Press and Addlestone Library.

Wednesday, April 18 3:00-4:00 p.m.

Podcast: "CHILL OUT: Campus Solutions to Global Warming" (podcast from National Wildlife Federation)

Addlestone Library, Room 227

Eco-Topics Series Highlight: Ecological Repercussions on the I-526 extension to John's Island

2007-03-26T20:32:00.000-04:00

March 27, Tuesday, 6:00-8:00 p.m.

Presentation with Q & A: "ECOLOGICAL REPERCUSSIONS OF JOHN'S ISLAND I-526 EXTENSION"

Admissions Auditorium, Robert Scott Small Building

Presenter: Professor Philip Dustan, Biology Department.

This is a free event, open to the public. Please note that it is sponsored by the Addlestone Library but held at the old library -- the Robert Scott Small Building.

Learn Excel

2007-03-26T14:20:00.000-04:00

You know you have always wanted to excel with Excel, but you still feel somewhat clueless when it comes to making this thing work and sticking all those numbers in cells. Well, it’s really not hard when you know what buttons to mash (and in what order). Michael Phillips is very gentle with Excel newbies and can show you the very basics of how to create a spreadsheet from scratch using Microsoft’s Excel. No prior experience necessary. If you can operate a mouse, you can do this. Faculty, staff, and students welcome. Free seats for the first 28 registrants.

Thursday, March 29, 2007 @ 3:00pm – 4:30pm

Addlestone Library, Room 120

Participants must pre-register by contacting Jared Seay by email at seayj@cofc.edu

New Central Search in Library Catalog

2007-02-21T16:48:00.000-05:00

A new Central Search tool now allows one to search multiple resources in a subject area simultaneously. This tool is available from the Library Online catalog on many of the subject guides: http://www.cofc.edu/~library/browse/index.html.

This new Central Search tool appears at the top of the subject guide for a particular area. In the History subject guide for example, this tool allows one to search the following seven databases simultaneously.

Resulting hits are sorted by the relevance of the search terms without regard to the databases from which the hit occurs. The articles can be linked directly from the search list. Related subject terms appear along the side which can be clicked to further narrow a search from the results.

Eco-Topics at the Addlestone

2007-01-29T13:10:00.000-05:00

From Academia to Activism

SPONSORED BY THE ADDLESTONE LIBRARY, College of Charleston, 205 Calhoun Street

“The earth is a communion of subjects, not a collection of objects.”

-- Dr. Thomas Berry, Eco-Theologian

Please Note: SOME OF THE LOCATIONS HAVE BEEN CHANGED.

In response to our current ecological challenges, these events are designed as a series of teach-ins for the public as well as to supplement classroom courses. All events include ample opportunity for audience Q /A and discussion. Convenient public parking is available at the college garage at 81 St. Philip Street (next to the Bell Building) and at the Francis Marion Garage on King Street.

FEB. 1, Thursday, 3:30-5:00 p.m. - Location changed to Maybank Hall, Room 100

Documentary Film: “KILOWATT OURS” (2004)

Presenter: TIM WILLARD, Executive Board Member, Sustainable Campus Initiative (SCI); Environmental Studies (Graduate Student). Did you know that American schools spend more on energy bills than they do on computers and text books combined? Did you know that the average home in the Southeast uses 30% more electricity per month than the national average? Please see the film, and then join Tim Willard afterwards as he shares creative ideas about how each of us can reduce our usage of non-renewable energy resources.

FEB. 8, Thursday, 6:15-8:15 p.m. - Location changed to Admissions Auditorium, Robert Scott Small Bldg. (Old Library)

Also - The time is now 15 minutes later - no longer at 6:00 p.m.

Panel Discussion with Q & A: “ALTERNATIVE ENERGY IN SOUTH CAROLINA”

Moderator: F. SCOT FITZGERALD, Geology Department (Senior Student).

Panelists: ARY FUN, Southeast Biodiesel, will discuss the innovative use of recycled vegetable oil and other alternatives to conventional automotive fuel use; JONATHAN BROWN, Clean Cities International, will inform us about his organization’s work in Charleston to create a government-industry partnership designed to reduce consumer petroleum consumption; BRENDT RUEGER, New Generation Craftsmen, will talk about the trend in green building; and LIZ KRESS, Santee Cooper, will present information about new developments in Green Power by utility companies in South Carolina.

FEB. 13, Tuesday, 4:00-6:00 p.m. - Location changed to Admissions Auditorium, Robert Scott Small Bldg. (Old Library)

Documentary Film: “WHO KILLED THE ELECTRIC CAR?” (2006)

Presenter: PROF. SETH PRITCHARD, Biology Dept., will lead a discussion and answer questions after the film. This entertaining documentary provides a post-mortem exploration of GM’s electric car, the EV1. Massive numbers of this model were intentionally destroyed even as it was gaining in popularity. Director Chris Paine playfully searches for the various “culprits” involved in its demise as though this were a murder mystery with a host of suspects. His goal in making the film is to spread awareness to consumers about alternative modes of transportation.

FEB. 20, Tuesday, 6:00-8:00 p.m. - Currently scheduled for Addlestone Library, Room 227, but pay attention to library website.

Documentary Film: “SAVING SANDY ISLAND” (2006)

Presenters: TRENHOLM WALKER, lawyer, and DANA BEACH, Director of the Coastal Conservation League. The CCL and the Sandy Island Community Action Club collaborated over the course of 3 years to turn away development from the island and to provide permanent protection. Trenholm Walker provided legal representation for the residents pro bono during that period and served as the liaison between the community and the Coastal Conservation League. Q & A to follow.

FEB. 22, Thursday, 6:00-8:00 p.m. - currently scheduled for Addlestone Library, Room 227, but pay attention to library website.

Presentation with Q & A: “JOHNS ISLAND: THEN AND NOW”

Presenter: BILL SAUNDERS, Director and CEO of the Committee on Better Racial Assurance (COBRA).

What was the African American culture of Johns Island like fifty or more years ago, and how was it impacted by the development of Kiawah Island? More importantly, what kind of impact will currently planned urban development have on Johns Island? Bill Saunders will talk about the history and culture of this rural sea island – the second largest island on the East Coast – and the potentially devastating consequences that urban development will have on long-standing communities and Gullah culture.

FEB. 27, Tuesday, 6:00-8:00 p.m. - currently scheduled for Addlestone Library, Room 227, but pay attention to library website

PowerPoint Presentation with Q & A: “PARADISE LOST? The Story of Longleaf Pine”

Presenter: DR. JEAN EVERETT, Botanist, Dept of Biology

Longleaf pine ecosystems once covered 90 million acres of the Southeastern Coastal Plain with magnificent forests and astonishing biodiversity. The story of longleaf – exploited by old growth timbering and turpentining, industrial forests and urban development – is the history of the economy and culture of our region. Today, the longleaf ecosystem is 97% gone, and with it many rare plants and animals. Come and learn what you can do to help preserve and restore the Francis Marion and other bejeweled Southeastern forests.

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MAR. 15, Thursday, 3:15-5:00 p.m. - location will probably change

Doc. Film: “BANKING ON DISASTER: The Grave Consequences of Building a Road through the Heart of Amazonia (1987)

Presenter: DR. MARCELA RABI, Hispanic Studies, will highlight the Amazon Rainforest as a case study analysis of the ways in which human activities cause environmental degradation, focusing on the micro- and macro-politics of development. She will show the connection between local sustainability, governmental policies, foreign interests and other stakeholders in the spectrum of rainforest deforestation.

MAR. 22, Thursday, 6:00-8:00 p.m. - pay attention to library website

Presentation with Q & A: “AN ANTHROPOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE ON THE GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL CRISIS”

Presenter: PROF. JOHN RASHFORD, Anthropologist, Ethnobotanist, Department of Sociology/Anthropology. Prof. Rashford takes a look at the root of the world environmental crisis as it relates to culture-based human reproduction success and our need for an ever-increasing mode of intensive adaptation. He discusses humanity’s species-specific capacity for innovation, but contends that ecological crises can be resolved only with a deep comprehension of the paradigm from which these problems developed.

MAR. 24, Saturday, 1:00-3:00 p.m. - Participants will meet at Cistern in front of Randolph Hall

Workshop: “ON THE WAY HOME: Ecosteries and Natural Systems Thinking Process”

Presenter: DAN SHELTON, Graduate Student in Integrated Ecology and Applied Eco-psychology, Institute of Global Education. How can we best learn about humanity’s connection with the rest of nature? Thinking, when trained in abstract ways, can easily become alienated from nature’s rhythms. Such thinking, when applied to nature management policies, can create disruptive ecological effects. Spend some time with Dan Shelton in this relaxing outdoor workshop where he will teach participants ways to reconnect with our natural sensory perceptions.

APR. 5, Thursday, 6:00-8:00 p.m. - location will probably change

Documentary Film: “THIRST” (2004)

Co-Presenters: PROF. TIM CALLAHAN, Geology and Environmental Geosciences, and a Representative from Water Missions International. Every individual’s life and health is dependent upon having an adequate supply of clean water. Yet 2.6 billion people lack access to this basic resource, according to a 2006 U.N. report. While water shortage is reaching an epidemic global crisis, multi-national corporations are increasingly treating water as a commodity to be bought and sold. Is water a basic human right? Following the film, Prof. Tim Callahan will discuss the international politics and policies of water resources. The WMI representative will talk about the work of this Charleston-based organization in providing water treatment technology for developing regions around the world.

Media Collections Welcomes New Semester

2007-01-11T12:40:00.000-05:00

Addlestone Media Collections Welcomes Faculty to the new semester. We are here to support your teaching with films on video. Media Collections is located in Addlestone 350. We have video titles (VHS and DVD) and viewing stations. Come by and browse our collection in person or use the library online catalog. Check out a title to show in your class or put a title on reserve for your students to view in the library.

Faculty may check out up to three videos for three days. Students may view videos in-library only in Media Collections. Faculty members may put video titles on reserve to guarantee that specific titles are accessible to their students. Such videos will be held at the library Circulation Desk and will be available for in-library use during Circulation Desk hours.

You may order videos to be used for the educational support of your teaching from your departmental book budgets. Requests may be sent through your departmental liaison. Departmental liaisons are listed here: http://www.cofc.edu/~library/cd/liaisons.html.

Other requests for new or replacement video titles may be sent directly to Jared Seay (843-953-1428 or seayj@cofc.edu).

Further details of Media Collection policies including group viewing, putting videos on reserve, campus delivery of videos, finding videos in the library catalog etc. can be found at: http://www.cofc.edu/~library/media/media.html

Media Collections Hours
Monday – Thursday: 10:00 a.m. - 7:00 p.m
Friday, 10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m
Sunday: 2:00 p.m – 7:00 p.m

Phone: 843-953-8040

Contacts:

Jared Seay
Head, Media Collections
seayj@cofc.edu
953-1428

Cathy Evans
Media Collections Programming
evansc@cofc.edu
953-8040

ECO-TOPICS AT THE ADDLESTONE

2007-01-04T15:16:00.000-05:00

From Academia to Activism

SPONSORED BY THE ADDLESTONE LIBRARY, College of Charleston, 205 Calhoun Street. All events except one** (March 24th) will be in ADDLESTONE, ROOM 227

“The earth is a communion of subjects, not a collection of objects.”
Dr. Thomas Berry, Eco-Theologian

In response to our current ecological challenges, these events are designed as a series of teach-ins for the public as well as to supplement classroom courses. All events include ample opportunity for audience Q /A and discussion. Convenient public parking is available at the college garage at 81 St. Philip Street (next to the Bell Building) and at the Francis Marion Garage on King Street.

For additional information, please contact Cathy Evans, evansc@cofc.edu; 953-8040.

JAN. 18, Thursday, 6:00-8:30 p.m.
Documentary Film: “AN INCONVENIENT TRUTH” (2006)

Presenter: PROF. MITCHELL COLGAN, Chair, Geology and Environmental Geosciences and Director of NASA’s South Carolina Space Grant Consortium. Popular debates aside, scientific evidence strongly indicates human activities are increasingly altering the Earth’s climate. Come see Al Gore’s recent blockbuster documentary about our inconvenient planetary crisis. Then stay and discuss the documentary with a scientist who studies global climate change.

JAN. 25, Thursday, 6:00-8:15 p.m.
Documentary Film: “ARITHMETIC, POPULATION, AND ENERGY: Forgotten Fundamentals of the Energy Crisis” (2004)

Presenter: PROF. REID WISEMAN, Biology Dept., uses basic arithmetic to explain the inevitable consequences of exponential human population growth and unlimited use of the earth’s finite resources. He poses the following questions for discussion: “Can Zero Population Growth (ZPG) be reached only if it is integrated with Zero Economic Growth (ZEG)?” “Can both goals be reached in a capitalistic global society?” “Are the ‘End-Timers’ delusional?” “Can scientific humanism rescue us?”

FEB. 1, Thursday, 3:30-5:00 p.m.
Documentary Film: “KILOWATT OURS” (2004)

Presenter: TIM WILLARD, Executive Board Member, Sustainable Campus Initiative (SCI); Environmental Studies (Graduate Student). Did you know that American schools spend more on energy bills than they do on computers and text books combined? Did you know that the average home in the Southeast uses 30% more electricity per month than the national average? Please see the film, and then join Tim Willard afterwards as he shares creative ideas about how each of us can reduce our usage of non-renewable energy resources.

FEB. 8, Thursday, 6:00-8:00 p.m.
Panel Discussion with Q & A: “ALTERNATIVE ENERGY IN SOUTH CAROLINA”

Moderator: F. SCOT FITZGERALD, Geology Department (Senior Student).

Panelists: ARY FUN, Southeast Biodiesel, will discuss the innovative use of recycled vegetable oil and other alternatives to conventional automotive fuel use; JONATHAN BROWN, Clean Cities International, will inform us about his organization’s work in Charleston to create a government-industry partnership designed to reduce consumer petroleum consumption; BRENDT RUEGER, New Generation Craftsmen, will talk about the trend in green building; and LIZ KRESS, Santee Cooper, will present information about new developments in Green Power by utility companies in South Carolina.

FEB. 13, Tuesday, 4:00-6:00 p.m.
Documentary Film: “WHO KILLED THE ELECTRIC CAR?” (2006)

Presenter: PROF. SETH PRITCHARD, Biology Dept., will lead a discussion and answer questions after the film. This entertaining documentary provides a post-mortem exploration of GM’s electric car, the EV1. Massive numbers of this model were intentionally destroyed even as it was gaining in popularity. Director Chris Paine playfully searches for the various “culprits” involved in its demise as though this were a murder mystery with a host of suspects. His goal in making the film is to spread awareness to consumers about alternative modes of transportation.

FEB. 20, Tuesday, 6:00-8:00 p.m.
Documentary Film: “SAVING SANDY ISLAND” (2006)

Presenters: TRENHOLM WALKER, lawyer, and DANA BEACH, Director of the Coastal Conservation League. The CCL and the Sandy Island Community Action Club collaborated over the course of 3 years to turn away development from the island and to provide permanent protection. Trenholm Walker provided legal representation for the residents pro bono during that period and served as the liaison between the community and the Coastal Conservation League. Q & A to follow.

FEB. 22, Thursday, 6:00-8:00 p.m.
Presentation with Q & A: “JOHNS ISLAND: THEN AND NOW”

Presenter: BILL SAUNDERS, Director and CEO of the Committee on Better Racial Assurance (COBRA).

What was the African American culture of Johns Island like fifty or more years ago, and how was it impacted by the development of Kiawah Island? More importantly, what kind of impact will currently planned urban development have on Johns Island? Bill Saunders will talk about the history and culture of this rural sea island – the second largest island on the East Coast – and the potentially devastating consequences that urban development will have on long-standing communities and Gullah culture.

FEB. 27, Tuesday, 6:00-8:00 p.m.
PowerPoint Presentation with Q & A: “PARADISE LOST? The Story of Longleaf Pine”
Presenter: DR. JEAN EVERETT, Botanist, Dept of Biology

Longleaf pine ecosystems once covered 90 million acres of the Southeastern Coastal Plain with magnificent forests and astonishing biodiversity. The story of longleaf – exploited by old growth timbering and turpentining, industrial forests and urban development – is the history of the economy and culture of our region. Today, the longleaf ecosystem is 97% gone, and with it many rare plants and animals. Come and learn what you can do to help preserve and restore the Francis Marion and other bejeweled Southeastern forests.

MAR. 15, Thursday, 3:15-5:00 p.m.
Doc. Film: “BANKING ON DISASTER: The Grave Consequences of Building a Road through the Heart of Amazonia (1987)

Presenter: DR. MARCELA RABI, Hispanic Studies, will highlight the Amazon Rainforest as a case study analysis of the ways in which human activities cause environmental degradation, focusing on the micro- and macro-politics of development. She will show the connection between local sustainability, governmental policies, foreign interests and other stakeholders in the spectrum of rainforest deforestation.

MAR. 22, Thursday, 6:00-8:00 p.m.
Presentation with Q & A: “AN ANTHROPOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE ON THE GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL CRISIS”

Presenter: PROF. JOHN RASHFORD, Anthropologist, Ethnobotanist, Department of Sociology/Anthropology. Prof. Rashford takes a look at the root of the world environmental crisis as it relates to culture-based human reproduction success and our need for an ever-increasing mode of intensive adaptation. He discusses humanity’s species-specific capacity for innovation, but contends that ecological crises can be resolved only with a deep comprehension of the paradigm from which these problems developed.

MAR. 24, Saturday, 1:00-3:00 p.m.** (**Participants will meet at the Cistern in front of Randolph Hall. )
Workshop: “ON THE WAY HOME: Ecosteries and Natural Systems Thinking Process”

Presenter: DAN SHELTON, Graduate Student in Integrated Ecology and Applied Eco-psychology, Institute of Global Education. How can we best learn about humanity’s connection with the rest of nature? Thinking, when trained in abstract ways, can easily become alienated from nature’s rhythms. Such thinking, when applied to nature management policies, can create disruptive ecological effects. Spend some time with Dan Shelton in this relaxing outdoor workshop where he will teach participants ways to reconnect with our natural sensory perceptions.

APR. 5, Thursday, 6:00-8:00 p.m.
Documentary Film: “THIRST” (2004)

Co-Presenters: PROF. TIM CALLAHAN, Geology and Environmental Geosciences, and a Representative from Water Missions International. Every individual’s life and health is dependent upon having an adequate supply of clean water. Yet 2.6 billion people lack access to this basic resource, according to a 2006 U.N. report. While water shortage is reaching an epidemic global crisis, multi-national corporations are increasingly treating water as a commodity to be bought and sold. Is water a basic human right? Following the film, Prof. Tim Callahan will discuss the international politics and policies of water resources. The WMI representative will talk about the work of this Charleston-based organization in providing water treatment technology for developing regions around the world.

Electronic Reserves: Processing Requests for Faculty

2006-12-14T13:36:00.000-05:00

We are ready to begin processing, “hard copy and electronic reserves” materials for the spring semester. If you are not in position to bring your reserve materials at this time, please bring reserve items to be process to the Circulation desk as soon as you return from the Christmas break. This will allow us to process your request more quickly and accurately. Our objective is to try to have your material processed and available for your students the first week of classes.

Due to copyright laws, we cannot process course packets, please bring articles along with citations separated and collated. All paper documents must be scanned before they can appear on your electronic course page. We now have a document scanner with a duplexing feature which will allow us to scan double-sided copies. We are very excited about this feature along with many others. Although we are now able to scan two-sided copies, we only have one scanner with this feature. We are also encouraging faculty to use links to articles in the library’s databases. Using direct links to articles in the library databases will help you avoid copyright issues and also allow us to process your materials more quickly since there is no scanning involved. Once you have found an article you would like to use in one of our databases, the link can be emailed to reserves@cofc.edu. Please include the title, course number and instructor’s name in the email message.

Also, be sure to include the title as it appears on the course syllabus. Although, we try to process reserves as quickly as we receive them, please keep in mind there is a 72 hour processing period. It is very important that you submit the electronic reserve form before sending your reserve documents. Sending the documents before submitting the form will only delay processing.

We look forward to assisting you with your reserve materials this fall semester. If you have any questions, please feel free to email us at reserves@cofc.edu or contact us at 953-8001. As always thank you.

This information from
James Williams, Head Circulation Department

Media Collections December Hours

2006-12-06T14:27:00.000-05:00

Media Collections December Hours
Media Collections is Located in Addlestone Room 350

December 5th-7th: 10am-4pm
December 8th:10am-2pm
December 18th-21st: Closed. For Access please contact Research Desk.
December 22nd-Jan 1st: Library Closed

Media Collections Phone: 953-8040
Research Desk Phone: 953-8000

Library Gets New Databases

2006-12-05T15:52:00.000-05:00

The Addlestone Library has purchased 11 new databases for 2007.

Among the notable databases are:

The Early American Imprints, Series I: Evans, 1639-1800 contains 36,000 texts, covering a fascinating range of life in 17th- and 18th-century America. Agriculture and auctions, foreign affairs, diplomacy, literature, music, religion, the Revolutionary War, temperance, and witchcraft.
Gender Watch is a full text database of publications that focus on the impact of gender across a broad spectrum of subject areas. Gender Watch supports programs in business, education, literature and the arts, health sciences, history, political science, public policy, sociology and contemporary culture, gender and women's studies and more. Publications include academic and scholarly journals, magazines, newspapers, newsletters, regional publications, books, booklets and pamphlets, conference proceedings, and government, n-g-o and special reports.
The African American Experience is a searchable and browseable database of entries on African America life, drawn from encyclopedias and other reference books, monographs, novels and other literary works, collections of interviews, collections of primary source documents, audio clips, images, and Web sites.

The Early American Imprints database is already available on the library website. Information about as well as access to the other databases will become available in early spring 2007.

PASCAL Delivers: Statewide Library Borrowing

2006-11-08T15:16:00.000-05:00

What is "PASCAL Delivers"?

“PASCAL Delivers” is a rapid book delivery service for the patrons of all PASCAL member institutions, which includes the College of Charleston, Addlestone Library. PASCAL Delivers begins with a single, web-based, unified catalog of library holdings. Library users search the PASCAL Catalog, locate books in any member-library, submit an electronic request for delivery of a book to their home institution, and receive those books within a few days. Pascal Delivers is part of the State-wide Electronic Academic Library.

What is PASCAL?

The Partnership Among South Carolina Academic Libraries (PASCAL) is consortium of academic libraries in South Carolina. Pascal is a strategic initiative launched by South Carolina's public and private academic libraries in conjunction with their parent institutions: the Commission on Higher Education (CHE), the SC Independent Colleges & Universities (SCICU), the Office of State Chief Information Officer, the State Library, and the Department of Archives and History. Pascal was created to respond to the information-access needs of South Carolinians. Visit us on the web at: http://pascalsc.org.

Find out more about PASCAL Delivers at http://pascalsc.org/public/PD/aboutPD.html.