Marygrove Library Blog

Last alert: We've moved from Blogger to Wordpress

2011-12-21T11:43:00.000-05:00

The Library news blog has moved to http://librarynews.marygrove.edu/.

What does this mean for you?

Well, those of you who read new blog posts by visiting the library homepage (http://research.marygrove.edu) won’t have to do a thing. Continue to click on news stories that pique your interest and read to your heart’s content!

Those of you who have new blog posts brought to you – via email or an RSS reader, for example – will need to change your settings so that you continue to receive library news. This is our NEW blog address: http://librarynews.marygrove.edu/. Visit this site to grab the new RSS feed or to set up email notifications. If you need help with this, please don’t hesitate to visit or call us (313.927.1378).

Thanks to the Communications & Marketing team at Marygrove (especially Shane Sevo!) for help transitioning our blog to WordPress. At his invitation, we spoke about what this transition was like during a web meet-up on December 16th: http://marketing.marygrove.edu/2011/12/09/december-9th-training-agenda/.

Holiday hours: Dec 19 - Jan 9

2011-12-21T11:42:00.002-05:00

Please make note of these changes to our hours during the next few weeks

December 19th – 23rd: the Marygrove College Library will be open by appointment only from 9 am - 5 pm. If you are a Marygrove student, staff, faculty member, or alum, you can make an appointment by calling 313.927.1346.

December 24th – January 1st: the library as well as the College will be closed.

January 2nd - 8th: the library will be open by appointment only from 9 am - 5 pm. If you are a Marygrove student, staff, faculty member, or alum, you can make an appointment by calling 313.927.1346.

Beginning January 9th the library will resume normal hours:

Monday - Thursday: 9:30 am - 9 pm
Friday: 9:30 am - 6 pm
Saturday: 8 am - 4 pm
Sunday: 1 - 5 pm:

Happy holidays! We wish you a warm and joyful holiday, surrounded by the people you love.

New "Faculty Selects" exhibition in the Beyond Words gallery

2011-12-16T14:57:00.001-05:00

[Today we welcome guest blogger Erin McDonald, administrative assistant for the Visual and Performing Arts Division & The Institute for Arts Infused Education. Visit the VPA Division on Facebook.]

The Faculty Selects exhibition showcases student artwork from the Fall 2011 semester in the Beyond Words Gallery in the Library and in the 4th floor gallery of the Liberal Arts building. The exhibition highlights a variety of mediums including drawings, paintings, prints, ceramics, sculptures, and graphics from Marygrove students.

In the Beyond Words Gallery, a cluster of small, white, foam core sculptures represents a class project by Professor Mary Lou Greene's 3-D Design course. Using one sheet of foam core, students created sculptures that explored ideas of positive and negative space in a three-dimensional form. Student Doreen Jenkins stated, "I thought this was a unique project. It was interesting to create sculptures out of simple materials (foam core and straight pins) to explore these complex concepts."

If you look closely at Robert Abrams and Faith Lancaster's foam core sculptures in the Beyond Words Gallery, you can see casted shadows against the walls and pedestals. The shadows give depth to the three-dimensional sculpture and become an important component of the artwork. The show includes works from:

Dinah Aremo
James Meek
Nelson Adams
Janella Dockery
Carl Ellis
Gabrielle Gorges
Ginette Balbin-Cuesta
Shinese Lavergne
Elizabeth Lerczak
Virginia Montagne
Danielle Regier
James Riggins
And more!!

Want to see more? The show runs from December 2nd until December 16th in the Beyond Words Gallery and in the 4th floor gallery of the Liberal Arts building.

Library services for Marygrove MAT students that'll make you go WOW!

2011-12-14T10:00:00.000-05:00

Calling all MAT students! Did you know that you can get personalized research help and thousands of scholarly resources via the Marygrove College Library website?

It's true! Librarian Christine Malmsten (313.927.1378) frequently helps Master in the Art of Teaching students via the phone or email, especially when it comes time for them to complete their Action Research Project. Here's what they have to say about their library help:

(Jackie, Sept 14, 2011)

WOW!!! Thank you so much! I am excited to try and search some more when I get home from work today. I will for sure let you know how it goes! THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!!!

(Jana, Sept 28, 2010)

You are a life saver! Most of these look VERY helpful! I will definitely try and search the way you said to find more. I have never done a research project before, other than trying to find specific things on Google, etc. LOL! Though doing this so far has been more frustration than enjoyment, I can see that if I am ABLE to find what I need, it can become more interesting. If you come up with any other ideas for search parameters, please let me know! You are brilliant!

(Diane, May 12, 2009)

You are a saint. Thank you.

To learn more about how MAT students can receive research guidance (brainstorming search words, finding books, articles, and websites, narrowing or broadening a topic, and creating citations) visit this library webpage: http://research.marygrove.edu/research-help-a-guides/mat-students

Signposts to librarian-esque excellence

2011-12-13T12:39:00.003-05:00

The Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL)* is a professional association for academic librarians. Recently its Board of Directors approved several new and revised standards and guidelines, including:

Your Marygrove librarians use standards like these to deliver consistently excellent service. We also rely on you - students, staff, faculty, alumni, and the Detroit community - to learn how to best serve your needs. As always, we welcome hearing from you: 313.927.1346 or marygrovelibrary [at] gmail.com.

* The ACRL is a division of the American Library Association. It's a professional association of academic librarians and other interested individuals, dedicated to enhancing the ability of academic library and information professionals to serve the information needs of the higher education community and to improve learning, teaching, and research. (From http://www.ala.org/acrl/aboutacrl.)

Second alert: library blog is moving from Blogger to Wordpress

2011-12-12T12:30:00.001-05:00

This is our second public service announcement for this blog's new readers and loyal followers that we're moving from Blogger.com to Wordpress.com. Those of you who read new blog posts by visiting the library homepage won't have to do a thing. Continue to click on news stories that pique your interest and read to your heart's content!

Those of you who have new blog posts brought to you - via email or an RSS reader, for example - will need to change your settings so that you continue to receive library news.

This is our NEW blog address: http://librarynews.marygrove.edu/
And here's the OLD blog address: http://marygrovelibrary.blogspot.com/

If you need help with this, please don't hesitate to visit or call us (313.927.1378). We will give you one more alert in the next few days so you can take care of this.

Thanks to the Communications & Marketing team at Marygrove (especially Shane Sevo!) for his help transitioning our blog to Wordpress. At his invitation, we'll be talking about what this transition was like during a web meet-up this Friday: http://marketing.marygrove.edu/2011/12/09/december-9th-training-agenda/.

Screaming sharks, shattered glass, & neon love: Just another day in the library

2011-12-10T09:36:00.001-05:00

This past Thursday, December 8th, students from Art History 101 held their contemporary art poster presentations from 1:30 - 2:30 pm in the Library's beautiful Fisher Room. They did a fantastic job of describing their chosen artists and presenting eye-catching displays. Such enthusiasm and professionalism! Kudos to professor Mary Lou Greene for leading such a great group! (Bonus points if you can spot Marygrove President Dr. David Fike in one of these pictures.)

Bruce Nauman: Google Images

Arman: Google Images

John Baldessari: Google Images

Willie Birch: Google Images

"The Interesting Book" - Ilya Kabakov (Google images)

Tony Cragg: Google Images

Eva Hesse: Google Images

Damien Hirst: Google Images

Anish Kapoor: Google Images

Open Access as a Healthcare Investment

2011-12-09T11:06:00.001-05:00

Here’s part of a new post from Tin Knežević at The Right to Research Coalition:

Perhaps you are lucky, and the university you studied at had full access to research journals and up-to-date research data. And you were probably not aware of any related costs. In which case – wow!

But if you are reading this, you have probably come across articles you cannot open, data you cannot reach, and information you cannot access. Most probably it was both new as well as interesting. Most probably, it would have helped you with your research and made your results more relevant. And most probably you were surprised by the fact that you did not have access to it and wished it was open to the public… (Continue reading)

Mr. Knežević echoes much of what I heard at the Berlin9 Open Access conference last month: as data and research are opened for anybody to read, use, and modify, tough problems – such as disease or lack of safe water or writing a new national constitution (see Iceland) – are broken down and tackled much more quickly.

The Right to Research Coalition “was “founded by students in the summer of 2009 to promote an open scholarly publishing system based on the belief that no student should be denied access to the articles they need because their institution cannot afford the often high cost of access.”

Head's up: we're moving from Blogger to Wordpress

2011-12-08T13:58:00.001-05:00

This is a public service announcement for this blog's new readers and loyal followers that we'll soon be moving from Blogger.com to Wordpress.com.

Those of you who read new blog posts by visiting the library homepage won't have to do a thing. Continue to click on news stories that pique your interest and read to your heart's content!

Those of you who have new blog posts brought to you - via email or an RSS reader, for example - will need to change your settings so that you continue to receive library news. If you need help with this, please don't hesitate to call or visit us.

We want to give you plenty of warning, so expect at least one more announcement before we make the switch.

Fall 2011 issue of the Marygrove Monitor

2011-12-06T13:43:00.001-05:00

Did you know that the Educational Technology Services department publishes a regular newsletter for the Marygrove Community? The ETS department runs the STICC in the lower level of the library, among other things. Here's a taste of what's inside the latest issue:

Description of the new collaborative technology in the STICC ("The media:scape...allows a team of three to six students to attach their laptops to pucks. When the puck is pressed, control goes to the user of the laptop it is attached to.")
List of workshops and tutorials on Microsoft Word 2010, Blackboard, Email, PowerPoint, and others.
Instructions on scanning a document and sending it to your email.
An invitation to work for the Educational Technology Services department.

You can read the Fall 2011 issue here: http://www.marygrove.edu/images/docs/etsnews/fall2011.pdf. Or read past issues here: http://www.marygrove.edu/current-students/resources/educational/educational-technology-services/ets-news.html. Enjoy!

Decking the halls and letting it snow

2011-12-06T13:10:00.001-05:00

The elegant and warm Festival of Trees took place on Friday, December 2, 2011, in the Denk Chapman room of the Madame Cadillac building. The Staff Advisory Council did a phenomenal job organizing and hosting the event, and they chose a lovely theme in "Lighting the Way: A Symbol of Peace, Hope, and Thanksgiving."

And oh, was it beautiful. Ken Malecke, Vice President of Institutional Advancement, was responsible for securing the 25+ donated trees. Different departments and offices around campus volunteered to decorate them. Here's a before and after shot of the Library's tree:

Before...

...and after!

Antoinette Cartwright, student president of The Association of Dramatic Artists (TADA!) welcomed the large crowd. Jane Hammang-Buhl, Vice President of Academic Affairs, and Leslie Love, President of Staff Advisory Council, made the opening remarks. Students Jeriel Woods and Dejon Parmer were accompanied by Tara Sievers of the Music department on piano. Student Jennifer Colvin performed a liturgical dance solo, and then TADA! and the Theater Department showed a short film of Marygrove students, staff and faculty describing what they're thankful for this holiday season. The Office of Student Engagement and Leadership provided donuts and hot cocoa - so delicious!

What are we thankful for this holiday season? Among other things, magical mornings like this:

Visit the National Jukebox, an interactive website of historical music

2011-12-01T10:23:00.001-05:00

From the June 2011 Library of Congress Information Bulletin (http://www.loc.gov/loc/lcib/1106/jukebox.html):

"The Library of Congress on May 10 launched the "National Jukebox," an interactive website that allows users to play thousands of historic sound recordings—many of them unavailable to the public for more than a century.

The National Jukebox provides access to more than 10,000 out-of-print recordings of opera, popular music, comedy, religious music and political speeches produced by the Victor Talking Machine Co. in the first decades of the 20th century."

Intrigued? Visit the website to learn more and begin listening: http://www.loc.gov/jukebox/

Gobble gobble! (says the...?)

2011-11-23T13:57:00.001-05:00

Happy Thanksgiving, everyone! We wish you a warm and wonderful weekend filled with delicious food and quality time with the people you love.

We are thankful to Jesse Cox, Director of Campus Ministry, for spearheading the effort to collect 40+ Thanksgiving baskets from the Marygrove community. These baskets were collected yesterday and delivered to St. Leo's Parish and the Destiny Worship Center, both in Detroit.

One of these baskets came from library faculty and staff. Together we bought or "borrowed" from our own pantries enough food for a delicious holiday dinner, including mac & cheese, green beans, sweet potatoes, mashed potatoes, gravy, cranberry sauce, corn, cornbread stuffing, dinner rolls, chicken stock, yellow cake mix and frosting, fresh fruit, fruit juice, and a $20 Kroger gift card for the turkey and fresh produce. (Whew - we're getting hungry just thinking about it.)

The library will be closed for the weekend beginning Thursday, November 24. We'll reopen with normal hours on Monday, November 28th. Happy holiday!

Nov 9-10: Follow your librarian at the Berlin 9 conference

2011-11-09T13:01:00.001-05:00

From Nov 9-10, one of your Marygrove librarians is at a conference called Berlin 9 in Bethesda, MD, to explore the impact of open access in scholarly publishing. If you'd like to follow along, check out the library's twitter stream or the hashtag #berlin9.

Marygrove Library's twitter stream: http://twitter.com/MarygroveLib
Hashtag #berlin9: http://twitter.com/search/#berlin9

If you have questions or comments, you can also contact her directly via Twitter, by phone at 313.927.1378, or via email at cmalmsten@marygrove.edu.

Students: be part of positive change on campus

2011-10-28T09:38:00.000-05:00

From an email sent this morning:

To: All Faculty, Staff and Students
From: Brittany Mack, Student Government Association President
Subject: State of the Student Body Address

The Student Government Association is having a "State of the Student Body Address." We would like to hear student concerns and ways the student government can make a difference in their college experience. We encourage all students to attend and become apart of the movement of change that student government is trying to bring to the College. Please pass along this message to the students in your classes.

What: State of the Student Body
When: Monday, October 31, 2011. at 12:30-1:15 pm and 5 - 6:00 pm
Where: Green & Gold Lounge in the Student Center

REFRESHMENTS WILL BE SERVED!

If you have questions, contact bmack4313@marygrove.edu

Did you know?? You can convert journal articles to audio files

2011-10-20T10:26:00.001-05:00

Did you know that you can convert journal articles to audio files from the Marygrove Library website?

The library's Academic OneFile and OmniFile databases let you download articles as mp3 audio files so that you can listen to them at your leisure. Originally this feature was intended as an assistive technology for those people who are blind or have low-vision; however, it also comes in handy if you do a lot of driving and love to multitask!

Want to give this a try? Let's download the audio for an article in OmniFile.

Step 1: Open the OmniFile database, available here: http://research.marygrove.edu/articles-a-databases/search-for-articles.

Step 2: Search for an article on a topic that interests you. Or, copy and paste this article title into the OmniFile search box: "Four Popular Stereotypes About Children in Self-Care: Implications for Family Life Educators."

Step 3: When the article appears in your search results, notice the little speaker icon next to the words "Full Text HTML." Important note: some journal articles give you two full-text options: HTML or PDF. You can only download the mp3 audio file for articles with HTML full-text.

Click the image below to enlarge it - see the little speaker icon?

If you click the article's title to begin reading the full-text, you'll see the speaker icon there as well.

Step 4: Click the speaker icon. A new window pops up which displays the full text of the article and shows you a blue link called "Click to hear audio file."

Step 5: Click this blue link. An option appears to "download audio." At the same time, a computerized voice begins reading the article to you.

Step 6: Click "download audio" to save the mp3 audio file to a convenient location.

Voila! You can now transfer that audio file to your mp3 player or smartphone, and listen to it whenever you choose.

We've just downloaded the audio file for an article in OmniFile. If you've found an article in Academic OneFile instead, look for a link on the right side of the page in the "Tools" section called "Listen." This will give you the option of downloading the mp3 audio file.

Enjoy this new feature, and as always, don't hesitate to call your librarians at 313.927.1346 if you have questions. We're happy to help!

Now yours to enjoy: CINAHL Plus with Full-Text

2011-10-18T20:02:00.000-05:00

The Marygrove Library has just added a new research database to its website: CINAHL Plus with Full-Text. Until this week, we offered the basic version of CINAHL, which meant very little full-text. With the addition of CINAHL Plus, you can now search for and read articles in their entirety. Who doesn't love full-text?!

Here's a little more information about this resource:

CINAHL Plus with Full-Text is "the world's most comprehensive nursing & allied health research database, providing full text for more than 770 journals"
It covers the fields of nursing, biomedicine, health sciences librarianship, alternative and complementary medicine, consumer health and 17 allied health disciplines.
In addition, this database offers access to health care books, nursing dissertations, selected conference proceedings, standards of practice, educational software, audiovisuals and book chapters.

If you'd like a demonstration of how this database works, or if you have any questions, please don't hesitate to call your Marygrove librarians at 313.927.1346.

October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month

2011-10-17T13:48:00.000-05:00

October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month. To bring attention to this issue, there are several happenings at Marygrove College. Read on!

- A segment of the Marygrove College clothesline project has been placed in the library in the display case across from the circulation desk. The t-shirts were designed by Marygrove students in recognition of violence against women.

- A domestic violence dinner table display has been placed next to the Main Dining Room in the Madame Cadillac building on the first floor. Stop by and reflect on how domestic violence affects everyone. Take a purple ribbon and wear it for the rest of the month, learn the statistics and read the poems placed on the table by Marygrove students.

In addition, the following event is sponsored by the Social Work Department, the Student Affairs Office, and the Women's Center:

- A domestic violence candlelight vigil will be held in the Main Dining Room on October 26, 2011, from 6 - 8 pm. The program will feature local survivors and poets, domestic violence agencies, community-based organizations and professionals in the field.

- After the candlelight vigil, Marygrove students are invited to join a panel of experts in the dorms for a discussion on relationship safety from 8:30 - 9:30 pm. This is a coordinated activity for the purpose of engaging our students and community and supporting those who may be currently in a violent relationship or recovering from one.

Questions? Contact assistant professor Kalimah Johnson, Social Work Department at 313-927-1484.

Wednesday, Sept 28: Banned Book Read-in

2011-09-28T08:46:00.002-05:00

You're invited to join us in celebrating Banned Book Week on Wednesday, September 28, from 3 - 5:30 pm in the Library's Beyond Words Art Gallery. Five members of the Marygrove community will read from and lead a discussion about one of their favorite banned or challenged books. Come join in the conversation, or come just to listen - we'd love your company. And bonus: we'll be offering refreshments!

Our marvelous MeL databases

2011-08-31T09:19:00.004-05:00

Chances are, you've become very familiar with some of the library's databases during your time at Marygrove. Part of the library's budget is spent on renewing these databases every year. But did you realize that several of these databases are free, and neither the library nor you has to pay for them?

These databases are part of the Michigan eLibrary, or MeL, which is a project made possible by grant funds from the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services administered by the State of Michigan through the Library of Michigan.

Every few years, the subscription period for these databases ends and a new one is negotiated between the State of Michigan and the database vendors. Our new subscription period begins October 1, 2011. After this date, you'll notice the following changes on the Marygrove Library website:

These new resources will be added (links lead to short introductory videos):

CINAHL (abstracts-only) will be upgraded to CINAHL (full-text)

These resources will be removed:

Educator's Reference Complete
NoveList

Read more about the MeL databases, and why librarian Holly Hibner calls them "the great equalizer among libraries in Michigan."

Think eating healthy is too expensive? Use the Bridge Card to double your money

2011-08-15T13:37:00.000-05:00

The Double Up Food Bucks Initiative runs now through October, and is designed to give low-income families access to better food choices.

"For every dollar you spend from your Bridge Card at the farmers' market, you get a dollar’s worth of Double Up Food Buck tokens, up to $20 per market day. Those Double Up Food Buck tokens can be spent on any Michigan-grown fruits or vegetables." (Source: http://detroit.cbslocal.com/2011/07/10/bridge-card-bonus-at-farmers-markets-this-summer/)

Participating Detroit-area farmers' markets:

Detroit Eastern Market
Eastside Farmers Market
Farmer’s & Artisan Market Dearborn
Lincoln Park Farmers Market
Wayne State University Farmers Market
The Northwest Detroit Farmers’ Market
Sowing Seeds Growing Futures Farmers Market
Peaches & Greens Store and Mobile Food Truck

Eligibility for a Bridge Card is based on family income. To find out if you qualify, visit the MI Bridges website (https://www.mibridges.michigan.gov/access/) or visit your local Department of Human Services branch office (find the nearest office by calling 517.373.2035.

Notice anything different about the catalog?

2011-08-03T13:24:00.004-05:00

Our catalog was just upgraded, so as you search for books and videos you'll notice some interesting new features. Do some exploring, and if you run into any snags or want some extra help, just give us a call! 313.927.1346.

Explore Michigana, a digital archive that documents Michigan history

2011-07-30T10:45:00.003-05:00

We invite you to explore Michigana, a digital archive that documents Michigan history. Here's one of the fascinating documents you'll find inside:

Life and adventures of William Filley: who was stolen from his home in Jackson, Mich., by the Indians, August 3d, 1837, and his safe return from captivity, October 19, 1866, after an absence of 29 years.

Read a little more about what this resource has to offer:

"This archive provides access to texts that range from poetry and mining prospectuses to fire-and-brimstone sermons and war reports. They document the life course of this “beautiful peninsula” through the eyes of the long-dead frontier men and women who lived there. Thus, this archive is a treasure-trove of information. Of particular value is the ability to word search these electronic archival texts. This makes it possible to find specific facts quickly and easily, so that they can be used in research and writing. Indeed, this archive is the perfect tool for anyone from a high school student to a college professor who wants to gain knowledge on the rich and expansive history of Michigan."

Have fun exploring!

Faculty: how much would you pay per month for scholarly database access?

2011-07-27T12:23:00.001-05:00

Photo credit: epSos.de

"How much would you pay per month for scholarly database access?"

That's the question posed in yesterday's ProfHacker column in The Chronicle of Higher Education. The question is especially relevant given that the cost of library database subscriptions has reached unsustainable heights. Your Marygrove librarians are curious - do we subscribe to databases that you've never used? Do you wish you could add a database to our offerings? If you had to take a stab at how much of the library budget goes toward database subscriptions, what would you say?

Read the whole article here: http://chronicle.com/blogs/profhacker/reader-input-how-much-per-month-for-scholarly-database-access/34949

Preview the new interface of MLA International Bibliography

2011-07-25T19:18:00.000-05:00

Within the next few months, many of the library's ProQuest databases will switch to a new interface. This means that the look of these resources will change although their content remains the same. Since February, you've been able to preview the new look while searching databases such as the ProQuest Military Collection or ProQuest Biology Journals. Now you can preview the new look while searching MLA International Bibliography.

Jump in and do some exploring. If you run into any snags, don't hesitate to call us at 313.927.1346. We'll be sure to post here in this blog just before the new interface permanently replaces the old.