The Curriculum Materials Center in Cook Library and the Curriculum Lab at the Gulf Coast Library are home to a wide array of children’s and young adult literature, textbooks, educational board games and kits, media, and more. For more information, contact Anna Brannin, CMC Specialist, at 601.266.4561 or anna.brannin@usm.edu, or Allisa Beck, Gulf Coast Librarian, at allisa.beck@usm.edu or 228.214.3468

If you have any questions please feel free to contact Kay Behm at 601.266.4251 or by email at kaylene.behm@usm.edu.

Current users will be sent an e-mail message containing instructions for exporting citations from RefWorks. Users are advised to export their references before June 30, 2009, to avoid any loss of data. University Libraries will continue to offer technical assistance to users through the remainder of the subscription period. Technical assistance is also available directly from RefWorks.

Please direct questions or comments concerning the cancellation of this service to Tisha Zelner, Head of Information Services, at tisha.zelner@usm.edu or 601.266.6170.

The exhibit will be available until August 28, 2009 from 8:00-5:00 Monday through Friday on the 3rd floor of McCain Library & Archives.

For more information, contact Diane Ross at Diane.Ross@usm.edu or 601.266.5592.

The book talks, scheduled from noon - 1 p.m., will feature Ronda Hatch, Terry I. Miles and Betty O’Brian. Hatch, a Long Beach native who has lived on the Gulf Coast for more than 50 years, has documented her life’s miracles in the book “By His Grace: Miracles Unfolding.”

Miles, an accomplished actress for coast community theater, is the author of nine books in the Cozy Little Murder Mysteries series. Herbalist O’Brian offers assistance to anyone interested in using safe and natural therapies to bring their body into balance.

The book signings, scheduled from 1 - 2 p.m., will feature Kandi Anderson, Dr. Robert Pauly, Hatch, Miles and O’Brian. Anderson, who works with local American family radio station WAOY, writes and shares spiritual moments with others. Pauly, director of the international development doctoral program at Southern Miss, has authored and co-authored four books, including “U.S. Foreign Policy and the Persian Gulf” and “Islam in Europe: Integration or Marginalization?”

The free creative writing workshop will be presented by Dr. Elaine White from 2-3 p.m. White, an associate professor of English and director of the Live Oak Writing Project at Southern Miss Gulf Coast, is co-author of the book “Making Your First Year a Success: A Secondary Teacher’s Survival Guide.”

For more information on National Library Week at the Southern Miss Gulf Coast Library, call the library at 228.214.3450.

Borden ‘s focus will be on how she discovered the Reys’ story and their escape from Nazi occupation via bicycle from Paris to Portugal in 1940. The Reys carried the illustrations and manuscript for Curious George on their backs. Borden will discuss her retracing of the route the Reys made in escaping, and she will tell of her own journeys to Hattiesburg to the de Grummond Children’s Literature Collection, where she discovered the Rey literary estate, and how she used the amazing archive in writing her book.

This University Honors Forum is a collaborative event between the University Libraries’ de Grummond Children’s Literature Collection, the University Honors College, the Hattiesburg Arts Council, and the Temple B’Nai Israel Sisterhood. The Forum will begin at 6:30 p.m. in Bennett Auditorium on the campus of the University of Southern Mississippi. A reception and book signing will follow in the rotunda of the Aubrey K. Lucas Administration Building. There will be reserved parking, so we hope you will plan to join us on March 31, 2009.

For more information, call 601.266.4349.

In celebration of Women’s History Month, on March 5th, the University Libraries, Women’s Studies, and The University Committee on Services and Resources for Women (CSRW) will sponsor a viewing of “Running in High Heels.” A documentary about women and politics, it was written and directed by Maryann Breschard. The film follows the campaign of a 29-year-old woman running for a State Senate seat in New York. Interviews and commentary by notable women from the right and left of the political spectrum are intercut into the narrative. The documentary explores the power of stereotypes in society and asks the question: if women represent a majority of the population why don't more of them hold political office?

Refreshments will be provided by the University's Committee on Services and Resources for Women (CSRW). The event will be held March 5th in Cook Library room 123 6:00-7:30 p.m. For more information contact Tracy Englert in Information Services at 601.266.6396 or tracy.englert@usm.edu.

To schedule an appointment and to find out more about the Speaking Center visit www.usm.edu/speakingcenter or call 601.266.4965.

We feel that this exhibit is a testament to the courage of African-Americans during those difficult times, said Rick Taylor, executive director of VISITHATTIESBURG. We hope everyone will visit the exhibit to learn the history behind these photographs and experience a sense of pride in the role Hattiesburg played during this important period of American History.

In the spring of 1964, Herbert Randall Jr., a talented, young African and Native American photographer, had been awarded a fellowship for creative photography. He would go on to spend a summer in Hattiesburg photographing the Civil Rights Movement. His photographs were used by the Associated Press, United Press International, Black Star and various television outlets.

The photographs paint a vivid portrait of the Civil Rights Movement in Hattiesburg, and they include images of voter registration canvassing, the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party, Freedom Schools, the Free Southern Theatre, and a picnic at the home of Vernon Dahmer.

For his work, Randall was awarded the Creative Artist's Public Service Grant for Photography and has had his photographs appear in exhibitions at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, The Brooklyn Museum, The Art Institute of Pittsburgh, and other notable museums. His photographs are permanently represented in the collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Museum of Modern Art, the New York Public Library, and the Library of Congress. A large collection of them are held at The University of Southern Mississippi Libraries in Hattiesburg.

The Hattiesburg Remembers the Freedom Summer of 1964 exhibit is free to the public and will be open Wednesday - Saturday, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., and Sunday, 1 p.m.-4p.m.

If you are interested in more information about the exhibit, contact 601-268-3220.

The University Libraries apologizes for an inconveniences this might cause.

All first year students are invited to attend the Cook Library First Year Study Group, Monday, February 9, 2009 in Cook Library room 123, 6:30-7:30 p.m. Take advantage of this opportunity to meet other first year students and pick up some research tips to help you succeed in your first year at Southern Miss. This week, learn how to improve your note taking abilities, develop study strategies and discover some anxiety management techniques. For more information contact Tracy Englert in Information Services at 601.266.6396 or tracy.englert@usm.edu.

Collecting vintage Scholastic Book Club paperbacks has become a favorite pastime of nostalgic baby boomers. During the month of January, a selection of books from the Scholastic series will be on display in the Gulf Coast Library on the Long Beach campus. You are invited to drop in and see if the titles displayed bring back any memories!

The Kiosk will provide assistance with navigating the university, schedule questions, answering general questions about Southern Miss, and an overview of library services.