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Welcome Week Info Fair
Central Library Offers Freebies and Food: Quest for Library Gold
As part of Welcome Week, UT Arlington Library invites students to learn
more about library resources and services on Tuesday, August 29, 2006,
between 11am and 1pm.
The library’s Information Fair showcases
services like the Digital Media Studio, Sam’s Click Café
and Geographic Information Systems. Also highlighted are the
libraries’ noteworthy holdings, including the extensive electronic
resources, popular reading collection, and Texas history collection.
Librarians and staff of the libraries will be available to answer
students’ questions and demonstrate the services available throughout
Central Library and the various branches.
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Note: This edition of
News You Can Use is part two of two
newsletters describing events in the Library
this fall semester. Be sure to visit the
August 13, 2006
html edition for the rest of the story.
This links
to the PDF of that issue. |
Students will want to keep their
eyes open for the "Amnesty Card" handout--it’s a
one-of-a-kind treasure this year. It grants the bearer
of the card one-time forgiveness of up to $5.00 in
library overdue fines. The CATCH is that the item must
be presented with the card. They are valid until
December 1, 2006.
There will be a variety of activities as well as opportunities to
enter drawings for prizes. After discovering the answers to six basic
questions at the Central Library, students are eligible for free food
in the library’s basement.
For more information, contact Mary Jo Lyons, Program Coordinator for
Information Literacy, at mjhandke@uta.edu or 817-272-7520.
Jazz on the Porch
Tuesday, August 29, from 11am to
1pm
Live jazz by one of the UT Arlington jazz ensembles in
front of Central Library. Free and open to all. For more
information, contact Tommie Wingfield at wingfield@uta.edu
or 817-272-2658.
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Graduate
Research Seminars
Are you a new or returning graduate student eager to
learn about library resources and services that will
help with your graduate research needs?
Graduate
Research Seminars are offered for a variety of
subject disciplines at the first of each semester.
If you need subject specific research assistance at other times of the
semester, contact your
Subject Librarian for a consultation. The fall
seminars run from September 5 through 10.
All interested graduate students are invited to
attend one of our Seminars listed below. To be sure
we have a research packet for you, we encourage you
to sign up in advance.
For a printed list of the seminars,
go to the PDF
version of this newsletter.
Graduate Research Seminars offer:
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Database Demonstrations - Research Tips
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Some sessions offer "Hands-on" learning
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Optional 15 minute library tour after the
seminar
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UT Arlington Conversations is designed
to extend the benefits of the freshman common reading
program to the entire UTA community. A theme or issue drawn
from each year’s
OneBook selection will provide the focus for various
“conversations”: events and activities (for example, panel
discussions, lectures, art exhibits, film series),
discussion groups and book clubs, and informal discussions
with students and colleagues. These conversations, cutting
across the boundaries of departments and colleges, faculty,
students, and staff, will serve to unite the University and
enrich the intellectual life of its members.
For more information about this program,
please visit the
Conversations Calendar.
OneBook Conversations
Wednesday, September 13, 2006
12pm to 12:50pm Central Library sixth floor parlor
"An Afghan-American Reads The Kite Runner: Historical,
Political, and Cultural Contexts."
Local expert, Dr. Hamed Madani, Professor and Chair of
Political Science Dept. at Tarrant County College, Southeast
Campus, talks about the culture, politics, and history of
the area from the perspective of an Afghan-American.
Follow this
link to the UAC/Student
Success Calendar. If you use MS
Outlook you can copy this event directly from the UAC
calendar onto your desktop calendar.
Brown Bag Conversations
Friday, September 15, 2006
12pm to 12:50pm, Central Library sixth floor parlor.
"Gender and Power" led by Dana Dunn, Provost, UT Arlington.
If you use MS
Outlook you can
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September 27, 2006
Noon to 1:30pm, E. H. Hereford University Center,
Bluebonnet Ballroom
 UT
Arlington President James Spaniolo will offer the first talk
in the 2006-2007 Focus on Faculty lecture series. This talk
will be held in the University Center Bluebonnet Ballroom
from noon to 1:30pm. President Spaniolo's topic will be "The
Power of Ideas".
Living in a time that’s unlike any other - and is still
changing rapidly - the power of ideas, higher-order
thinking, and open-minded tolerance have never been more
important. James. D. Spaniolo, president of The University
of Texas at Arlington, will discuss the power that’s
inherent in understanding ideas that are different from, and
perhaps contrary to, your own. When one looks at the world
through a different set of lenses, what new frameworks will
guide his or her understanding? How can higher education
serve as the great equalizer and help us see beyond our own
personal values and experiences?
Focus on Faculty is a speakers’ series, sponsored by the UT
Arlington Library to highlight the work of UT Arlington
faculty. It began in 2002-2003 as a way to provide a forum
for outstanding faculty to share their research and
achievements with students, faculty and staff on this campus
and with the citizens of Arlington. The speakers who are
invited have received major awards for research, teaching or
service. These events are free and open to the public.
Refreshments will be served. Soft drinks provided by Coca
Cola. For more information, contact Tommie Wingfield at
wingfield@uta.edu or 817-272-2658.
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GIS Workshops
All of these workshops are
offered in Central Library room B-20 (basement)
More information
here.
Friday Night Hangout
Thursday, September 21, 3pm - 5pm
Use suitability analysis to identify the best places to
hang out this Friday night. Add to
Outlook.
Create Your Own Google Map Mashup
Thursday, October 12, 3pm - 5pm
Learn how to use GIS to easily create your own Google
Map mashup.
Add to
Outlook.
Low Income Housing and GIS
Thursday, October 26, 3pm - 5pm
Use GIS to explore the relationships between the
availability of low income housing and various
socio-economic indicators.
Add to
Outlook.
Mapping the Afghan Population in the U.S.
Thursday, November 9, 2pm - 4pm
Find out where in the U.S. there are large centers of
Afghan population. In the D/FW Metroplex, perhaps? This
workshop is designed to support the
UT Arlington One Book Program. This year's book is
Kite Runner, by Khaled Hosseini.
Add to
Outlook.
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Featured Databases
New Library
Circulation Policy
Announced
UT Arlington Library is putting in place a new circulation
policy for books, starting in Fall 2006. The faculty and
teaching staff lending period has increased to one academic
year. The graduate student loan period is now one full
semester. The loan period for undergraduates and staff has
increased to four weeks. Patron initiated holds and recalls
have been activated for ease of patron use. For more
information contact Heather Scalf, Assistant Coordinator for
Access Services, at scalf@uta.edu or 817-272-7436.
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Each month the librarians at Central
library are setting up a small display to highlight
interesting and sometimes unusual databases. These can be
found on the second floor of the Central Library. The
September displays are:
Literature Resource Center
This all-inclusive database contains information on both
classical and contemporary authors and their works. Obtain
biographies of authors, bibliographies of all they have
written, critical essays and contextual information. Search
by the author's name, the title of the work, or by the title
of the periodical or journal that is part of the database.
Naxos Music Library
Naxos Music Library is the most comprehensive collection of
classical music available online. It includes the complete
Naxos and Marco Polo catalogues of over 150,000 tracks,
including Classical music, Jazz, World, Folk and Chinese
music. Whilst listening, you can read notes on the works
being played as well as biographical information on
composers or artists in Naxos's extensive database.
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Graphing Calculators
Two graphing calculators (TI-84 and
TI-89) have been set up to be checked out in the Science and
Engineering Library.
Manuals for each calculator are also available, and students
may check out either one or both items.
UTA Writing Center
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Note: This edition
of News You Can Use is part two
of two newsletters describing events in
the Library this fall semester. Be sure
to visit the
August 13, 2006 html edition for the
rest of the story.
This
links to the PDF of that issue. |
Writing Center (Central Library fourth floor)
The UTA Writing Center, located in Central Library 411, is a service of the English Department that helps UTA students become better writers. Tutors provide help to undergraduate students on any essay, project, or report you are writing for an undergraduate class; application essays for scholarships or graduate programs; job application letters and resumes; and creative or personal writing. Tutors offer limited assistance to graduate students with writing tasks.
The spring semester hours for the
Writing Center are Monday through Thursday, 9-7 and Friday, 9-4,
closed weekends.
The center will open on Wednesday Feb. 1.
Library locations and
hours:
Visit
http://library.uta.edu/about/locations.jsp for directions and all hours for the 2005-2006 academic year.
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News You Can Use is issued periodically with news of new databases, services, and presentations. This newsletter is distributed to students, faculty, and staff. Reach editor Maggie Dwyer at 817-272-5366 or
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