Read All About It! The Newsletter of the Melvil Dewey Library  

Connie Holberg, Library Director: 786-2224

John Thomas, Reference Librarian and Media Center Coordinator: 786-2314

Carleen Huxley, Reference Librarian and Instruction Coordinator : 786-2402

Kenyon Wells, Technical Services: 786-2226

Rose Hare, Interlibrary Loan: 786-2410

Renee Elliott, Circulation Coordinator: 786-2225

Cyndie Sloan, Media Center Clerk: 786-6575

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Friday:

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Holidays: M - F  8:00 am - 5:00 pm

Summer: M - F  8:00 am - 5:00 pm

Note the new 7:30am opening time!

Come in early and often!

Scannx machine now available

The library has some nifty new technology that was added this spring semester. We now have a Scannx machine  - a  scanner that will scan and print a document, save it to a flash drive or Google document, or attach it to an email - and send the email. Scannx can also create a QR code and send the scanned doc ument to a smart phone! It can save documents in a pdf, searchable pdf or even a Microsoft Word format. The Scannx has an easy-to-use touch screen. Students are learning how handy the Scannx is for their research, copying and scanning needs. The Scannx was purchased with help from Title III funding.

 

Siobahn Fallon, You Know When the Men Are Gone

Siobhan Fallon, author of You Know When the Men Are Gone, will be visiting campus on April 23^rd  as part of a North Country visit that includes JCC, SUNY Canton and Fort Drum. Her book You Know When the Men Are Gone is a collection of short stories that deal with Army base life at Fort Hood. She shares a side of Army life not often heard

about – the personal relationships of husband and wife, and the experiences of families and wives who stay behind when their soldier goes to war. Siobhan will be reading from her work in a public event during free hour at JCC and visiting some English classes to discuss the craft of writing. Because her work has so much relevance to the military community, we have arranged for Siobhan to visit the Fort Drum library for a reading at 4 pm, before she heads on to SUNY Canton. Siobhan Fallon’s visit has been made possible with support from SUNY Canton, the JCC Liberal Arts Division and English Department. The Melvil Dewey library has her book. Come on in and check it out.

 

Muslim Journeys Bookshelf   

Mark your calendar for the week of November 11^th. The Melvil Dewey Library and the Social Sciences Department are teaming up to bring programming rel ted to the collection of books and DVDs awarded the library from a National Endowment for the Humanities grant. There will be film showings, discussions and a panel presentation. Look for the Muslim Journeys display in the library and take out some the books. You can read more about the themes for the programming in the Muslim Journeys Bookshelf Guide. Think about including these books and themes in your classes to make the programming meaningful to students. An English course, Introduction to Non-Western Literature, is planning on including some of the titles in the course readings for Fall.  The grant for the Muslim Journeys Bookshelf was written by JoAnne Rhubart, Rebecca Riehm and Connie Holberg.

Interlibrary loan (ILL) is the option our patrons have when they can’t find what they are looking for today, needed it yesterday and want it now! Rose isn’t a miracle worker but she’s pretty close. Whether a patron generates an ILL request via an ILLiad account or brings a scrap of paper with a title and a plea for help to Rose’s office, a favorite ploy of many an absent minded professor, the requests receive the same prompt attention.  Results can sometimes happen in a flash, sometimes a little longer. Lately Rose has managed to track down rare materials for an enthusiastic community patron who was thrilled with the results of Rose’s expertise and the speed of delivery. A faculty member expecting to find only videocassettes available of video productions they were seeking was pleasantly surprised to receive DVDs of the materials she was after.

The MDL continues to play a key role in the success of the Information Delivery Services (IDS) consortium. Rose does a brisk business loaning member libraries materials from our collection.  SUNY Geneseo is our most popular lending partner these days. 

If the old saying, "What you see, is what you get!", has any truth to it, when a patron walks through the doors of the MDL, they get a lot! That begins at the Circulation Desk, the first thing they see, where Renee and her staff of student workers eagerly answer questions and cheerfully direct patrons toward the MDL experience they require. Remember, circulation doesn't just mean printed books anymore. From the Circulation Desk at the MDL a patron can also check out a laptop commputer, headphones, DVDs, videocassettes,

audio books, pick up an interlibrary loan that has arrived for them, and buy a cup of coffee! 

     

 

 

 For the past two months, the Melvil Dewey Library has been fortunate to have an intern working with our staff.  Brooke Hartle is currently completing her final year at Clarion University in the Library Science Undergraduate program.  One of the requirements for completing the degree includes gaining hands on experience interning at a library of her choice.  We feel very fortunate that she chose us and have thoroughly enjoyed having her on our team.  During her internship , Brooke has worked along side our library clerk staff at the circulation desk and assisted our librarians with answering reference questions.  She has also completed several projects including the publication of two online research guides, assessing and organizing material from our local history collection, and putting together a wonderful book display inspired by the popularity of Redbox rentals.

 

 

Media Center continues to replace VHS tapes with DVDs:

Bird

Tesla: Master of Lightning

Famous Composers Series: Mozart, Wagner, Haydn, Schubert, Puccini, Verdi, Bach, Brahms, Beethoven, and Strauss

China: Century of Revolution

Titanic: The Complete Story

The American President Series

The Shape of the World

The Mayflower Pilgrims    

Mind of a Serial Killer

The 10 Greatest American Cars

Understanding the Juvenile Justice System                     

Romero

Retail Cut ID of Beef

 

Faculty requests:                                                                                  

Thelma and Louise                                                                                            

My Cousin Vinny                                                                                              

Shattered Glass

How to Die in Oregon

Uncorked: Wine Made Simple Boxed set

Soylent Green

Glengarry Glen Ross

Bonnie and Clyde

Tuesdays with Morrie

The Beatles: Help

The Beatles: A Hard Days Night

Because They’re Young

Backpacking Made Easy

Millennium Series: A Poor Man Shames us All/ Inventing Reality

Millennium Series: The Shock of the Other/ Strange Relations

 

Also from the Cultural Grant:

Islamic Art: Mirror of the Invisible World

Koran by Heart 

 

The MDL staff has been busy adding to the stacks this semester in a number of ways. Besides purchasing books and materials as part of our collection plan to better serve students and faculty in support of various curriculum and program needs, we like to provide titles for pleasure reading and for exploring areas of interest outside the boundaries of academia. Of course, our OPAC is the gateway to the materials occupying the MDL shelves but the OPAC can also connect our patrons with our electronic stacks where thousands of electronic books are just a click away! Browse the list of new arrivals below and come to the MDL to check it out. We have new audio books, too!

General Interest:

Against Security: how we go wrong at airports, subways, and other sites of ambiguous danger by Harvey Molotch

Bachelors and Bunnies: the sexual politics of Playboy by Carrie Pitzulo

Best American Essays of 2012 edited by David Brooks

Consider the Fork: a history of how we cook and eat by Bee Wilson

Doonesbury.com's The Sandbox: dispatches from troops in Iraq and Afghanistan introduction by G.B. Trudeau ; edited by David Stanford

Essays in Biography by Joseph Epstein

Getting Wasted: why college students drink too much and part so hard by Thomas Vander Ven

Going Clear: scientology, Hollywood and the prison of belief by Lawrence Wright                                                      

Gun Fight: the battle over the right to bear arms in America by Adam Winkler

How Eskimos Keep Their Babies Warm: and other adventures in parenting (from Argentina to Tanzania and everywhere in between) 

                                                           by Mei-Ling Hopgood

The Ice Balloon: S.A. Andrée and the heroic age of Arctic exploration by Alec Wilkinson 

iDisorder: understanding our obession with technology and overcoming its hold on us by Larry P. Rosen, Phd.

Insider's Guide to Egg Donation: a compassionate and comprehensive guide for all parents-to-be by Wendie Wilson-Miller

Football/Soccer: history and tactics by Jaime Orejan; foreword by Robyn L. Jone

Lake Effect: tales of large lakes, Arctic winds, and recurrent snows by Mark Monmonier

Learning from the Octopus: how secrets from nature can help us fight terrorist attacks, natural disasters, and disease by Rafe Sagarin

Man of War: my adventures in the world of historical reenactment by Charlie Schroeder

Marvel Comics: the untold story by Sean Howe

Milk Money: cash, cows, and the death of the American dairy farm by Kirk Kardashian; foreword by Senator Bernie Sander

Missing Links: in search of human origins by John Reader

My Beloved World by Sonia Sotomayor

Oddly Normal: one family's struggle to help their teenage son come to terms with his sexuality by John Schwartz

On the Map: a mind expanding exploration of how the world looks by Simon Garfield

One for the Road: drunk driving since 1900 by Barron H. Lerner                                                                                         

The Outpost: an untold story of American valor by Jake Tapper

The Patriarch: the remarkable life and turbulent times of Joseph P. Kennedy by David Nasaw

Reclaiming Our Food: how the grassroots food movement is changing the way we eat by Tanya Denckla Cobb ; foreword by Gary Paul Nabhan; photo essays by Jason Houston

Royal Cities of the Ancient Maya by Michael D. Coe; photographs by Barry Brukoff

The Signal and the Noise: why so many predictions fail -- but some don't by Nate Silver

Super Black: American pop culture and black superheroes by Adilifu Nama

This Machine Kills Secrets: how Wikileakers, cypherpunks, and hacktivists aim to free the world's information by Andy Greenberg

Westies: inside the Hell's Kitchen Irish mob by T.J. English

The World Until Yesterday: what can we learn from traditional societies? by Jared Diamond

 

 

 

 

Fiction/Literature/Philosophy:  

Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire Saenz (juvenile fiction)

The Aviator's Wife by Melanie Benjamin

       Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk by Ben Fountain                                                                                              

Black Dahlia & White Rose by Joyce Carol Oates

Building Stories by Chris Ware (graphic novel)

       Dear Life: stories by Alice Munro

Diaries by George Orwell; edited by Peter Davison; introduction by Christopher Hitchens

The Dude and the Zen Master by Jeff Bridges and Bernie Glassman

Fire and Forget: short stories edited by Roy Scranton and Matt Gallagher ; foreword by Colum McCann

Gone Girl: a novel by Gillian Flynn

Good Prose: the art of nonfiction by Tracy Kidder

Infinite Jest: a novel by David Foster Wallace; forward by Dave Eggers                                      

A History of the Modern British Ghost Story by Simon Hay

Hologram for the King: a novel by Dave Eggers                                                                                                     

Life Among Giants: a novel by Bill Roorbach

The Lost Second Book of Aristotle's Poetics by Walter Watson

Mrs. Queen Takes the Train: a novel by William Kuhn

The Oxford Handbook of Aristotle by Christopher Shields

River Swimmer: novells by Jim Harrison

 

 

 

Art, Film, Music & Photography:  

Banksy: the man behind the wall by Will Ellsworth-Jones                                                                    

The Big Screen: the story of the movies by David Thomson

Facing Beauty: painted women & cosmetic art by Aileen Ribeiro                                                                    

I'll Be Gere in the Morning: the songwriting legacy of Townes Van Zandt by Brian T. Atkinson

Pop Song Piracy: disobedient music distribution since 1929 by Barry Kernfeld

Post-9/11 Cinema: through a lens darkly by John Markert

Therapeutic Uses of Rap and Hip Hop edited by Susan Hadley and George Yancy

 

 

Business & Economics/Hospitality & Tourism:

The 30 Day MBA in Marketing by Colin Barrow                                                                                              

Bitter Brew: the rise and fall of Anheiser-Busch and America's kings of beer by William Knoedelseder

Global Business Etiquette: a guide to international communication and customs by Jeanette S. Martin (new edition)

Kiss, Bow, or Shake Hands, Sales and Marketing: the essential cultural guide--from presentations and promotions to communicating and closing by Terri Morrison (new edition)

Pioneers of Digital: success stories from leaders in advertising, marketing, search, and social media by Paul Springer, Mel Carson 

Summer in a Glass: the coming of age of winemaking in the Finger Lakes by Evan Dawson

Walmart in China  edited by Anita Chan

 

 

 

History, Political Science, Military: 

1812: a nation emerges by Sidney Hart, et al

Alice Paul: equality for women by Christine Lunardini

Alonzo's War: letters from a young Civil War soldier edited by Mary Searing O'Shaughnessy

American Antislavery Writings: colonial beginnings to Emancipation edited by James G. Basker                                  

Anne Frank Unbound: media, imagination, memory edited by Barbara Kirshenblatt-Gimblett and Jeffrey Shandler 

Capital Punishment: historical guides to controversial issues in America by Joseph A. Melusky and Keith Alan Pesto

Civil War Journal of Private Heyward Emmell, Ambulance and Infantry Corps: a very disagreeable war edited by Jim Malcolm

Diary of a Civil War Marine, Private Josiah Gregg edited by Wesley Moody and Adrienne Sachse

Double Cross: the true story of the D-day spies by Ben Macintyre

Fear Itself: the New Deal and the origins of our time by Ira Katznelson

Freedom National: the destruction of slavery in the United States, 1861-1865 by James Oakes

Generals: American military command from World War II to today by Thomas E. Ricks                                                           

Hacks, Sycophants, Adventurers, and Heroes: Madison's commanders in the War of 1812 by Col. David Fitz-Enz, USA Ret.

The Insurgents: David Petraeus and the plot to change the American way of war by Fred Kaplan

Invisible Armies:  an epic history of guerrilla warfare from ancient times to the present by Max Boot

Libya: the rise and fall of Qaddafi by Allison Pargeter                                                                                                                                   

My Share of the Task: a memory by Stanley McChrystal

Nazis After Hitler: how perpetrators of the Holocaust cheated justice and truth by Donald M. McKale

On Saudi Arabia: its people, past, religion, fault lines and --future by Karen Elliott House

Party On!: political parties from Hamilton and Jefferson to today's networked age by John Kenneth White, Matthew R. Kerbel

Perilous Glory: the rise of western military power by John France

Umbrella by Will Self

The U.S. Pictorial History of the War of 1812 by Don Philpott

U.S. - Chinese Relations: perilous past, pragmatic present by Robert G. Sutter                                    

 

 

 

Science & Technology:  

Chemistry of the Environment by Thomas G. Spiro, Kathleen Purvis-Roberts, William M. Stigliani

Concrete Planet: the strange and fascinating story of the world's most common man-made material by Robert Courland

Evolving: the human effect and why it matters by Daniel J. Fairbanks

Feynman by Jim Ottaviani; art by Leland Myrick; coloring by Hillary Sycamore (graphic novel biography)                                      

Four Fish:  the future of the last wild food by Paul Greenberg

Global Weirdness: severe storms, deadly heat, relentless drought, rising seas, and the weather of the future by Climate Central     

Mating Males: an evolutionary perspective on mammalian reproduction by Timothy Glover

Reactions: the private life of atoms by Peter Atkins

Spillover: animal infections and the next human pandemic by David Quammen

Unlocking Energy Innovation: how America can build a low-cost, low-carbon energy system by Richard K. Lester and David M. Hart

 

 

 

Education & Teaching: 

Embedded Librarian: innovative stategies for taking knowledge where it's needed by David Shumaker 

Research Strategies: finding your way through the information fog by William B. Badke

Transforming Information Literacy Programs: intersecting of self, library culture, and campus community by Carroll Wilkinson              

Transforming Information Literacy Instruction Using Learner-Centered Teaching by Joan R. Kaplowitz

 

 

 

 

Nursing & Healthcare: 

 

Community Organizing and Community Building for Health and Welfare by Meredith Minkler

      Downs: the history of a disability by David Wright

     

Handbook of Child and Adolescent Drug and Substance Abuse: pharmacological, developmental, and clinical considerations by Louis A. Pagliaro, Ann Marie Pagliaro

Health Care Reform and Disparities: history, hype, and hope by Toni P. Miles

A History of Organ Transplantation: ancient legends to modern practice by David Hamilton; with a foreword by Clyde F. Barker and Thomas E. Starzl

Killer Fat: media, medicine, and morals in the American "obesity epidemic" by Natalie Boero

The Mediterranean Diet: health and science by Richard Hoffman and Mariette Gerber

Military Mental Health Care: a guide for service members, veterans, families, and community by Sharon Lawhorne-Scott and Don Philpott

 

Psychology, Sociology & Behavior:

Far from the Tree: parents, children and the search for identity by Andrew Solomon 

Key Concepts in Sport Psychology by John Kremer

Sport and Society in the Global Age by Timothy Marjoribanks and Karen Farquharson

 

 

Juvenile/Young Adult 

August Moon by Diana Thung

Between Shades of Grey by Ruta Sepetys                                                                                                                                          

Bomb: the race to build and steal the world's most dangerous weapon by Steve Sheinkin National Book Award Finalist

Burning Blue by Paul Griffin

Camp by Elaine Wolf

Creepy Carrots! words by Aaron Reynolds; pictures by Peter Brown Caldecott Honor Book

Dodger by Terry Pratchett                                                                                                           

Extra Yarn by Mac Barnett; illustrated by Jon Klassen

The Girl With Borrowed Wings by Rinsai Rossetti

Hysteria by Megan Miranda

If I Stay by Gayle Forman

The Miseducation of Cameron Post by Emily M. Danforth

Never Fall Down: a novel by Patricia McCormick

One Cool Friend by Toni Buzzeo; pictures by David Small

One for the Murphys by Lynda Mullaly Hunt

Quarantine: the loners by Lex Thomas

The Reluctant Journal of Henry K. Larsen by Susin Nielsen Canada Council of Arts Governor General's Literary Award Winner

Shine by Lauren Myracle

Sleep Like a Tiger by Mary Logue; illustrated by Pamela Zagarenski       

Splendors and Glooms by Laura Amy Schlitz Newberry Honor Book

Splintered: a novel by A.G. Howard

Such Wicked Intent by Kenneth Oppel

This Dark Endeavor: the apprenticeship of Victor Frankenstein  by Kenneth Oppel

This Is Not My Hat by Jon Klassen

The One and Only Ivan by Katherine Applegate; illustrations by Patricia Castelao Newberry Medal Winner for distiguished contribution to American literature for children

 Three Times Lucky by Sheila Turnage

Warm Bodies: a novel by Isaac Marion

Where She Went by Gayle Forman

 

                         

                            

                              Books awarded as part of the Bridging Cultures Bookshelf: Muslim Journeys 

              Presented by National Endowment for the Humanities in cooperation with American Library Association and

                                                       Ali Vural Ak Center for Global Islamic Studies, George Mason Univeristy

 

Acts of Faith: the story of an American Muslim, the struggle for the soul of a generation by Eboo Patel

The Arabian Nights translated by Husain Haddawy ; based on the text of the fourteenth-century Syrian manuscript edited by Muhsin Mahdi

The art of Hajj by Venetia Porter

Broken Verses by Kamila Shamsie

The Butterfly Mosque by G. Willow Wilson

The Columbia sourcebook of Muslims in the United States edited by Edward E. Curtis IV

The Conference of the Birds by Farid ud-Din Attar ; translated with an introduction by Afkham Darbandi and Dick Davis     

Dreams of Trespass: tales of a harem girlhood by Fatima Mernissi ; photographs by Ruth V. Ward

House of Stone:   a memoir of home, family, and a lost Middle East by Anthony Shadid 

The House of Wisdom: how Arabic science saved ancient knowledge and gave us the Renaissance by Jim Al-Khalili

In An Antique Land by Amitav Ghosh

In the Country of Men by Hisham Matar

Islamic Arts by Jonathan Bloom and Sheila Blair

Leo Africanus by Amin Maalouf ; translated by Peter Sluglett

Minaret by Leila Aboulela

Muhammad:  a very short introduction by Jonathan A. C. Brown

The Ornament of the World: how Muslims, Jews, and Christians created a culture of tolerance in medieval Spain by María Rosa Menocal

Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi

A Quiet Revolution: the veil's resurgence, from the Middle East to America by Leila Ahmed

Rumi: poet and mystic : selections from his writings translated from the Persian with introduction and notes by Reynold A. Nicholson     

Snow by Orhan Pamuk ; translated from the Turkish by Maureen Freely ; with an introduction by Margaret Atwood ; and a postscript by the author

The Story of the Qurʼan: its history and place in Muslim life by Ingrid Mattson

When Asia was the World by Stewart Gordon

 

 

New Audio Books for Your Listening Pleasure                                                   

Antifragile: things that gain from disorder byNassim Nicholas Taleb; read by Joe Ochman

The Arthur Miller Collection: ten essential plays read by various performers

The Beautiful Mystery by Louse Penny; read by Ralph Cosham 

Beautiful Ruins by Jess Walter; read by Edoardo Ballerini 

Born to Win by Zig Ziglar and Tom Ziglar; read by Andy Andrews and Tom Ziglar

Bossypants by Tina Fey; read by the author

The Casual Vacancy by J.K. Rowling; read by Tom Hollander

The Chaperone by Laura Moriarty; read by Elizabeth McGovern

City of Women: a novel by David R. Gillham; read by Suzanne Bertish

Cloud Atlas: a novel by David Mitchell; read by various performers

The Cocktail Waitress by James M. Cain; read by Amy Rubinate and the author

Code Name Verity by  Elizabeth Wein; read by Moreven Christie and Lucy Gaskell

The Courage to Be Free: discover your original fearless self by Guy Finley; read by Sean Runnette

A Dance with Dragons by George R.R. Martin; read by Roy Dotrice 

Dearie: the remarkable life of Julia Child by Bob Spitz; read by Kimberly Farr

The Dirty Life: on farming, food, and love by Kristin Kimball; read by Tavia Gilbert

A Feast for Crows by George R.R. Martin; read by Roy Dotrice

A Foreign Country: a novel by Charles Cumming; read by Jot Davies

The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgeral; read by Anthony Heald

Gone Girl: a novel by Gillian Flynn; read by Julia Whelan and Kirby Heyborne

In the Garden of Beasts by Erik Larson; read by Stephen Hoye

In the Tall Grass by Stephen King, Joe Hill; read by Stephen Lang                                                        

Killing Kennedy: the end of Camelot by Bill O'Reilly & Martin Dugard; read by Bill O'Reilly

Leonardo and the Last Supper by Ross King; narrated by Mark Meadows

Life of Pi by Yann Martel; read by Jeff Woodman with Alexander Marshall

Live by Night by Dennis Lehane; read by Jim Frangione 

The Mark of Zorro: production of Hollywood Theater of the Ear; dramatized for audio, produced, and directed by Yuri Rasovsky; performed by Val Kilmer, Ruth Livier, Elizabeth Pena, Armin Shimerman, Meshach Taylor and a full cast

A Murder of Quality by John LeCarre; read by Michael Jayston

My Korean Deli: how I risked my career and mortgaged my future for a convenience store by Ben Ryder Howe; read by  Bronson Pinchot

The Passage by Justin Cronin; read by Edward Herrmann

The Secret Keeper by Kate Morton; read by Caroline Lee

Selected Shorts: New American stories: Good living / Aleksandar Hemon -- Hell-heaven / Jhumpa Lahiri -- The thing around your neck / Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie -- Breaking and entering / Sherman Alexie; performed by Boyd Gaines, Rita Wolf, Condola Rashad, or B.D. Wong

Shatner rules: your guide to understanding the Shatnerverse and the world at large by William Shatner ; with Chris Regan; read bythe author

She Walks in Beauty: a woman's journey through poems selected and introduced by Caroline Kennedy; read by Caroline Kennedy, Jane Alexander, John Bedford Lloyd, Hope Davis, and Campbell Scott

Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson; read by Dylan Baker with an introduction by the author

A Storm of Swords by George R.R. Martin; read by Roy Dotrice

The Tipping Point: how little things can make a big difference by Malcolm Gladwell; read by the author

The Twelve: a novel by Justin Cronin; read by Scott Brick

The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry by Rachel Joyce; read by Jim Broadbent                                           

What the Dog Saw by Malcolm Gladwell; read by the author

You Know When the Men Are Gone by Siobahn Falon; read by Cassandra Campbell