Langsdale Library News

Good Intentions (or how I broke the new catalog for a day)

2009-06-25T11:06:00.001-04:00

I had this great idea. Well, I still think it is a great idea and I hope most UB students and faculty will think so as well. The University System of Maryland Libraries just purchased a shiny new interface for our online catalog called WorldCat Local (WCL). The old catalog is still there, but WCL local has several features and a much better display that makes it much easier to use and we are planning to have most of the links to the Langsdale Catalog point to WCL by the time the Fall semester starts. All well and good so far.

My great idea, and the problem, comes from this thing called the "WCL configuration module." It turns out that each library has the ability to go into its configuration module and change settings. Some of these are pretty basic, like we want to use a UB logo and have a link back to Langsdale's home page. One option in particular got me thinking. We have the option of changing of what constitutes the "local". Right now "local" means Langsdale Library, so items owned by Langsdale Library will display first and you can tell whether an item is on the shelf or checked out. However we can change the definition of "local" to include both Langsdale and the Law Library. There are plenty of topics I can think of (civil rights, criminal justice, etc.) where students would be able to find materials in both libraries on campus, but right now there is no easy way to search just the two UB libraries. I think WCL will be more useful to everyone on campus if they can find items on their topic in either library. So I went ahead and changed the setting in WCL so that items in either Langsdale or the Law Library, along with call numbers and checked out statuses, would display first.

This completely hosed our copy of WCL. Instead of displaying UB stuff first, it was no longer able to tell whether Langsdale had an item or not, much less the Law Library. Apparently there was a notice posted a few weeks ago saying "if changes are made to the Level 2 or Level 3
Relevancy configurations it could cause your WorldCat Local to break." It is still not clear to me exactly what they mean by Level 2 or Level 3 Relevancy, but I am pretty sure I found one example.

So my great idea for WCL is on hold at the moment. Our version has been restored, so it shows Langsdale's holdings again (although the search USM option doesn't work). There is supposed to be a patch installed in July to allow these changes to work, and I shall try again.

A New Look for the Catalog

2009-06-10T10:48:00.003-04:00

Langsdale Library has a brand new interface for its online catalog called WordCat Local (http://langsdale.ubalt.edu/ubworldcat.html). WorldCat Local has more content than our current catalog - it includes books owned by other libraries as well as a limited number of articles - and several features that we think make it easier to use. Some of the features include an easier to read display, a less confusing way to find a book's call number, and suggestions of ways you can refine a search. In addition, there are opportunities for you to add tags and share your own reviews of books if you create a free WorldCat account.

We are planning to direct most of the links on our website that point people to the 'Library Catalog" to the new WorldCat local page. Before we do this, we would love to get your feedback on WorldCat Local and whether you think it is an improvement or not.

You can leave your input by commenting on this blog entry, or by sending a comment to mshochet@ubalt.edu.

Free Datasets: Data.gov

2009-05-26T14:07:00.002-04:00

Last week, the Federal Government launched Data.gov, a searchable catalog of free datasets available from federal agencies. You can browse by category (education, health, law enforcement, etc.) or by agency (Bureau of Economic Analysis, U.S. Census Bureau, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, etc.) . The advanced search adds a file format option.

Data can be retrieved using pre-existing tools (e.g., widgets that you can insert into your website, like these from the CDC), or it can be downloaded "raw"in a variety of machine-readable, platform-independent formats:

XML (for the Web)
CSV/Text (MS Excel, Open Office Calc, iWork Numbers, etc.)
KML/KMZ (Google Earth)
ESRI (ArcGIS software)

The datasets are free, but be sure to read the Data Policy first; it contains information on what datasets can or cannot contain, as well as information on how to cite any data you use.

Got a cool project that uses government datasets? Let us know about it in the comments.

Staff member Aiden Faust wins UMCP award

2009-05-22T13:30:00.003-04:00

Langsdale's Project Archivist Aiden Faust has received the Laurence B. Heilprin Award for student research at the University of Maryland's College of Information Studies. Aiden will accept the award at tonight's commencement ceremony in College Park.

Aiden's Archives Trouble: The Case of the Baltimore City Archives won for his research on the turbulent history of the Baltimore City Archives and commentary on the state of municipal records today.

Memorial Day Book Display

2009-05-05T11:28:00.004-04:00

When I first started working at the Langsdale Library, in 1998, I was searching for books in our stacks and stumbled across an old set of volumes with the title Maryland in World War II: register of service personnel. I thought, "hmmm, my father was in World War II, maybe he is listed in this book" and so I pulled down the first of five volumes, and flipped to the "C" pages, and found my father's name, John D. Chetelat, T/4 USA 33067907. Name, rank and serial number. Luckily, he was never a prisoner of war and was one of the few survivors from his regiment to come home and live a long life following the American Dream. Near the end of his life, around 2002/03, my father wrote down the memories he had of growing up during the depression, being a student at St. Charles Seminary in Catonsville, and his days in Northern Ireland, North Africa and Italy, during World War II.

When I was asked to be responsible for the display case for the month of May I thought, "May means Memorial day", a day that should mean more than just the day the pool opens, or your aunt's big family picnic. When the bugler played taps at my father's funeral and the honor guard presented us with the flag from his coffin, all in attendance realized that they were witness to a moment of appreciation for his service to this country during the second "war to end all wars". And my father was only one of thousands, men and women who have lived and died for the country we call ours.

I pulled out my father's journal and typed up his story from World War II, and along the way I learned a lot. I read and looked up words like "Nissan Hut", "Goums", "strafing", "bomblet" and "musette" bag. I learned of places my father had been like Fintona, Tlemcen, Fondouk Gap, San Angelo D'Alife. These words and place names may have driven my spell check crazy, but every time I checked the names online, I'd find my father was correct and with every internet search engine I discovered more and more stories about the events that took place in those villages during the 2nd world war. Below I've included some links to pages I discovered while researching my father's story.

For the rest of the month of May, books and DVDs from our collection will be on display along with some souvenirs my father sent home to his mother during the war and his actual dog tag. As well, you can pick up a free copy of my father's story of his days in World War II. My parents courted through letters written back and forth during the war, and my mother kept all of the letters she received. My brothers and I would sneak in and read those letters. All of them with the return address that included the words "Somewhere in", Northern Ireland, North Africa or maybe Italy, and so I entitled this portion of my father's story, "Somewhere in World War II".

Please stop by the library to see the display and pick up a copy of this fascinating story.

Brian Chetelat, Reserve Technician, Langsdale Library.

World War II oral and written histories links:

The Story of the 34th Infantry Division:
http://www.34infdiv.org/history/34narrhist.html

A Partial History of the 135th Infantry Division:
http://www.34infdiv.org/history/135inf/4102.0103.txt

The Italian Campaign of World War 2:
http://www.custermen.com/ItalyWW2/History.htm

Second World War in Northern Ireland:
http://www.secondworldwarni.org/

Radio Foyle (BBC) People's War:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/northernireland/radiofoyle/peoples_war/context.shtml

Free Coffee and Snacks at Langsdale

2009-05-01T16:56:00.000-04:00

Langsdale Library will offer free coffee and snacks.

Monday-Thursday, May 5th-8th
10am-6pm

1st Floor of Langsdale Library, 1420 Maryland Avenue

Grab and go before your last classes of the semester, or stay and study!

Free Coffee and Snacks at Langsdale

2009-05-01T16:40:00.002-04:00

Need a break from studying? Or looking for a quiet place to study?

Come to Langsdale Library for free coffee and snacks.

Monday-Thursday, May 4-7th

10am-6pm

1st Floor of Langsdale Library, 1420 Maryland Avenue.

Free Coffee and Snacks at Langsdale

2009-05-01T13:56:00.003-04:00

Need a break from studying?

Come to Langsdale Library for free coffee and snacks.

Monday-Thursday, May 4-7th

10am-6pm

1st Floor of Langsdale Library, 1420 Maryland Avenue

Interesting article on essay mills

2009-04-30T08:43:00.003-04:00

It appears that plagiarism is still alive and well, perhaps booming, in this economic downturn. The Chronicle of Higher Education has a fascinating article on the story of one international paper mill.

Langsdale and Baltimore '68 honored by National Council of Public Historians

2009-04-15T13:53:00.003-04:00

The National Council of Public Historians awarded the Baltimore '68 Riots and Rebirth Conference with the 2009 NCPH Outstanding Project Award for excellence in work that contributes to a broader public reflection and appreciation of the past and that serves as a model of professional public history practice.

Tom Hollowak, Associate Director for Special Collections (far left in photo) received the award on April 3 at the Council's annual conference with conference coordinators Jessica Elfenbein, Elizabeth Nix, Kimberley Lynne and Christina Ralls.

Tom also participated in a panel discussion, Community Perspectives: Commemorating Riots & Rebirth in Baltimore & Newark with his UB colleagues and staff from the Newark Historical Society on April 2.

National Library Week Events April 13 and 15

2009-04-09T09:45:00.003-04:00

In celebration of National Library Week, Langsdale Library will be hosting 2 events in the Langsdale Auditorium. Admission is free and open to the public.

On Monday, April 13th at 5:30pm, Langsdale Library will host a showing and discussion of God Sleeps in Rwanda. Nominated for an Academy Award in 1995, God Sleeps in Rwanda explores the lives of 5 women who survived the 1994 Rwanda Genocide. The discussion will be facilitated by Dr. Nijole Benokraitis, Professor Emerita at UB.

On Wednesday, April 15th at 12:30pm, Langsdale Library will host "In the Middle of it All: UB and Central Baltimore". The presentation will focus on UB's work in central Baltimore. Presented by: Jessica Elfenbein, Associate Provost for University Engagement , Christina Ralls, Community Artist, and Johnny Gamber, VISTA Member.

Langsdale's Special Collections are being put to good use

2009-04-01T16:04:00.003-04:00

Citizen Schaefera Maryland Public Television documentary on UB Alumnus and former Mayor and Governor William Donald Schaefer aired last Monday and will air again Wednesday, April 8 at 9 PM on MPT. (see: www.mpt.org/schedule/series.cfm?series_id=17520#201592 ) This documentary makes excellent use of the TV News archives of WJZ and WMAR in Langsdale’s Special Collections (see: http://archives.ubalt.edu/wmar/table.htm).

Langsdale’s TV News archives have contributed to two other MPT documentaries within the last year: Moving Maryland Forward: a century of modern highways, produced for the centennial of Maryland State Highways (see: www.mdhighwaycentennial.com ) and Global Harbors: a waterfront renaissance, about the renewal of Baltimore’s inner harbor and its worldwide impact (see: www.globalharbors.org ).

Langsdale Library hosts Art 4 Hope charity art exhibition

2009-03-31T08:15:00.006-04:00

Langsdale will be the first host of the traveling charity art exhibition, "Art for Hope." The mission of the exhibition is to raise awareness of children suffering for illness.

The exhibition will be on display on the first and second floors of the library from April 4 - 10; it will then move to Johns Hopkins and MICA for subsequent displays. For more information, please see the exhibition press release or contact Art 4 Hope.

New student space in library: We want to hear from you!

2009-03-27T13:49:00.004-04:00

Our basement will soon be open again and we hope to use it for student lounge and study space. We have lots of ideas, but we really want to hear from students! If you could design the space (two large rooms), what would you want?

Please post your ideas here, or email lholman@ubalt.edu.

Also, if you're interested in participating in a design workshop where students can draw the design of their dreams, please let us know!

Library Director studies student research habits

2009-03-19T10:50:00.007-04:00

Lucy Holman, director of Langsdale Library, has been conducting research into how students conduct research, looking at everything from search strategies to whether or not they use library databases. This past week she presented preliminary results of her research at a poster session during the Academic College and Research Libraries' (ACRL) biennial conference held in Seattle.

Photo taken by Ahniwa Ferrari on Flickr and used under a Creative Commoms license.

Want a free lunch? Or maybe a free dinner?

2009-03-18T17:25:00.003-04:00

Langsdale Library is recruiting students and faculty to participate in focus groups. The focus group will explore student and faculty perceptions of Langsdale Library. We will use feedback to improve library services.

Best of all--We're offering a FREE MEAL to participants!

Interested? Questions? Please contact April Duncan at aduncan@ubalt.edu, or 410-837-4269.

New Guide: Federal Stimulus Bill (2009)

2009-03-07T15:18:00.005-05:00

On Tuesday, February 17, 2009, President Barack Obama signed the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. This bill appropriates additional federal funds for job creation and preservation, aid for those most affected by the recession, infrastructure projects (transportation, environmental, etc.), and aid to state and local governments to reduce or eliminate service cuts and/or tax increases. This guide provides links to information about the stimulus bill, including ways to track how the money will be spent; you can find the permanent page at: http://langsdale.ubalt.edu/howto/FederalStimulus_guide.htm

For help locating resources, please contact Tamara Smith, Government Documents Coordinator, at 410-837-5072 or tsmith@ubalt.edu.

Websites

American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (111st Cong., H.R. 1). http://fdsys.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/BILLS-111hr1ENR/pdf/BILLS-111hr1ENR.pdf
Read the text of the final (enrolled) version of the bill.

A New Era of Responsibility: Renewing America's Promise. http://www.gpoaccess.gov/usbudget/fy10/pdf/fy10-newera.pdf
An overview of the FY 2010 Budget of the U. S. Government due to be released in spring 2009.

Recovery.gov. http://www.recovery.gov
Created by the White House to explain the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act and to track stimulus spending.

Stimulus Watch. http://www.stimuluswatch.org
An unaffiliated, volunteer-built site that lists shovel-ready projects in cities nationwide and allows visitors to leave comments or vote on the importance of a project. The site uses data taken from the U.S. Conference of Mayors' MainStreet Economic Recovery Report, and the site's dataset is available as an Excel download.

U.S. Department of the Treasury. FinancialStability.gov. http://www.financialstability.gov/
Still a work-in-progress, this site provides links to information about the stimulus package.

U.S. Department of the Treasury. Internal Revenue Service. IRS Information Related to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. http://www.irs.gov/newsroom/article/0,,id=204335,00.html
A short article highlighting some of the tax-related provisions that are being implemented.

Find Documents

Catalog USMAI [help]
Books, journals, government documents and other materials in the University System of Maryland, including UB. You may search up to six individual locations or the entire system.

Catalog of U.S. Government Publications [help]
Coverage: July 1976 - present. Search more than 500,000 records for electronic and print publications from the legislative, executive, and judicial branches of the U.S. government. Includes links to full text where available.

FDSys [help]
Coverage: 1993 – present. Search for federal documents back to the 103rd Congress. Collections include: Federal Register; Congressional Record; Congressional bills, hearings and documents; Public and Private Laws, and the Compilation of Presidential Documents (now updated daily).

Google U.S. Government Search
Search for U.S. federal, state and local government information. Very helpful for locating specific documents.

USA.gov
The U.S. Government's Official Web Portal. Search for a particular document, or browse the topics.

Subject Databases

ABI Inform [on-campus] [help]
Coverage: 1970 - present. Indexes more than 1,300 journals on business, management, with 75% full-tex

BNA [on-campus]
Coverage varies. Variety of titles covering a broad spectrum of practice areas, including intellectual property, environmental law, federal securities, labor and employment, tax, and public contracts. Among the titles are U.S. Law Week, U.S. Patents Quarterly, and the BNA Tax Management Portfolios. Its daily publications, including Daily Tax Report, Daily Labor Report, and Daily Environment Report, are indispensable to the legal professional. NOTE TO OFF-CAMPUS USERS: In order to search for BNA journals in Research Port, you will need the exact title. You can find a complete list of titles at http://law.ubalt.edu/template.cfm?page=474

Business Source Premier [on-campus] [help]
Coverage: Varies - present. Business Source Premier provides full text for nearly 8,350 scholarly business journals and other sources, including full text for more than 1,100 scholarly business publications. Coverage includes virtually all subject areas related to business. This database provides full text (PDF) for more than 350 of the top scholarly journals dating as far back as 1922. Funded by the Maryland Digital Library (MDL). Includes company profiles, many of which contain SWOT analyses.

HEIN ONLINE: [On-campus]
Coverage: varies. A retrospective collection of over 90 law reviews, with over 200,000 articles. Full-text is available, in graphical image format.

Military & Government Collection [on-campus]
Coverage: various dates. Designed to offer current news pertaining to all branches of the military and government, this database offers a thorough collection of periodicals, academic journals, and other content pertinent to the increasing needs of those sites. The Military & Government Collection provides cover-to-cover full text for nearly 350 journals and periodicals and indexing and abstracts for nearly 450 titles.

News/Current Events Databases

Baltimore Sun [on-campus] [help]
Coverage: Sept 16, 1990 - present. Full text of Baltimore Sun.

National Newspapers (NA5) with Washington Post [on-campus]
Coverage: Varies with each title back to 1984. Full text of 5 newspapers:
Baltimore Sun, Christian Science Monitor, New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Eastern edition and the Washington Post.

General Databases

Academic Search Premier [on-campus] [help] Coverage: 1990 - present. Provides full-text for over 3,400 scholarly journals covering the social sciences, humanities, education, sciences, and more. Funded by the Maryland Digital Library (MDL).

ArticleFirst [on -campus] [help]
Coverage: 1990 - present. Indexes journals in science, technology, medicine, social science, business, the humanities, and popular culture. Citations only. No abstracts or full-text. Now includes ContentsFirst.

Lexis-Nexis Academic [on-campus] [help]
Coverage: 1970 - present. Features full text of many newspapers and periodicals. Also offers business news, legal materials such as federal & state codes, case law and legal journals.

Masterfile Premier [on-campus] [help]
Coverage: 1990 - present. Indexes more than 3,100 magazines covering general subjects. Includes full-text for over 1,000 journals.

Women's History Month 2009

2009-03-06T15:06:00.012-05:00

In celebration of Women's History Month, Langsdale Library is highlighting works that touch on this year's theme: "Women Taking the Lead to Save our Planet." We have also highlighted some other works by or about women that may be of interest. The permanent location for this guide is: http://langsdale.ubalt.edu/whm/whm2009.htm; for more resources, please see our Women's Studies Guide.

For help locating these titles, or to locate additional resources, please stop by or contact the Reference Desk.

Books

Africa in My Blood: An Autobiography in Letters - The Early Years
Jane Goodall
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2000
QL31.G58 A3 2000

An Atomic Romance: A Novel
Bobbie Ann Mason
New York: Random House, 2005
PS3563.A7877 A88 2005

A Companion to Feminist Geography
Lise Nelson & Joni Seager
Malden, MA: Blackwell Pub., 2005
Net Library E-Book (Access to this electronic book is available to students, faculty, staff, and on-site users at USMAI institutions)

Courage for the Earth: Writers, Scientists, and Activists Celebrate the Life and Writing of Rachel Carson
Peter Matthiessen
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2007
QH545.P4 C684 2007

Ecological Politics: Ecofeminists and the Greens
Greta Gaard
Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 1998
GE197 .G33 1998

The Gentle Subversive: Rachel Carson, Silent Spring, and the Rise of the Environmental Movement
Mark Hamilton Lytle
New York: Oxford University Press, 2007
QH31.C33 L98 2007

Reason for Hope: A Spiritual Journey
Jane Goodall
New York: Warner Books, 1999
QL31.G58 R45 1999

Saving the World: A Novel
Julia Alvarez
Chapel Hill, NC: Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 2006
PS3551.L845 S28 2006

Silent Spring (40th Anniversary Ed.)
Rachel Carson
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2002
QH545.P4 C38 2002

The Tree-Sitter: A Novel
Suzanne Matson
New York: Norton, 2006
PS3563.A8378 T74 2006

Women Pioneers for the Environment
Mary Joy Breton
Boston: Northeastern University Press, 1998
GE55 .B74 1998

Films & Documentaries (films written and/or directed by women)

Kissing Jessica Stein (2002)
Writers: Heather Juergensen and Jennifer Westfeldt
PN1997.2 .K577 2002

Marie Antoinette (2007)
Director: Sofia Coppola
PN1995.9.H5 M3754 2007

Sherrybaby (2006)
Writer and Director: Laurie Collyer
PN1995.9.M45 S547 2006

Thelma & Louise, Special Edition (1991)
Writer: Callie Khouri
PN1997 .T485 2003

Vanity Fair (2005)
Director: Mira Nair
PN1997.2 .V36 2005

Waitress (2006)
Writer and Director: Adrienne Shelley
PN1997.2 .W258 2007

Women Behind the Camera (2007)
Director: Alexis Krasilovsky
TR849.A1 W66 2007

Websites

American Women: A Gateway to Library of Congress Resources for the Study of Women's History & Culture in the United States
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/awhhtml/index.html

National Women's History Museum Cyber Exhibits
http://www.nwhm.org/exhibits/index.html
While this museum awaits a permanent home in Washington, DC, the NWHM has created more than a dozen online exhibits celebrating women's contributions to American history.

National Women's History Project
http://www.nwhp.org/
Founded in 1980, this organization sets the theme for U.S. Women's History Month each year. The site also contains a list of Women's History Month honorees past and present, as well as links to other resources.

Presidential Proclamation for Women's History Month 2009
http://www.whitehouse.gov/the_press_office/Womens-History-Month-2009/
Read President Obama's proclamation, which was signed on March 3.

Smithsonian Education - Women's History Month
http://www.smithsonianeducation.org/heritage_month/whm/index.html
Find a list of resources, events, and visitor information.

Women's History Month
http://womenshistorymonth.gov/
This page links to online collections and exhibits, events, multimedia files, and information for teachers. Sponsors include the Library of Congress, National Endowment for the Humanities, Smithsonian Institution, the U.S. Holocaust Museum, and the National Park Service.

Women's History Month Free Resources Site (Gale)
http://www.gale.cengage.com/free_resources/whm/index.htm
Includes screensavers, calendars, activities, biographies, a quiz, and other materials.

Langsdale Library Photo Tours

2009-03-06T11:41:00.007-05:00

As part of a class project for IDIS 110: Introduction to Information Literacy, a group of students from the First & Second Year program were asked to create a photo tour of Langsdale Library. They were armed with cameras and set free in the library.

On the same day the students were exploring, the library was having some work done on the (now completely functional!) elevator. That work required work crews to access the top level of the library, which happens to also have roof access. Because of their curious nature, students followed some of the work crew through the door leading to the roof access. So, not only will you see all four floors of the library on this tour, you'll be treated to some rare views from the roof!

Each tour consists of between 8-12 images and was completed as part of a class contest and the winner is noted below. Feel free to take a look at tours the students created. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact cajohnson@ubalt.edu.
Tour 1 - Winner
Tour 2
Tour 3
Tour 4
Tour 5
Tour 6

Enjoy!

Irish American Heritage Month 2009

2009-03-05T12:27:00.007-05:00

The aim of Irish American Heritage Month is to bring to the attention of all Americans the contributions made throughout America's history by Irish immigrants and their descendants. Langsdale Library presents the following resources, among many, that showcase the rich customs and history of Irish American culture.

For help locating these titles, or to locate additional resources, please stop by or contact the Reference Desk.

Books

The Irish Americans: A History
Jay P. Dolan
New York: Bloomsbury Press, 2008
E 184 .I6 D59 A44 2008

Looking for Jimmy: A Search for Irish America
Peter A. Quinn
Woodstock:Overlook Press, 2007
E 184 .I6 Q56 2007

Making the Irish American: History and Heritage of the Irish in the United States
J.J. Lee and Marion Casey
New York: New York University Press, 2006
E 184 .I6 M23 2006

Special Sorrows: The Diasporic Imagination of Irish, Polish, and Jewish Immigrants in the United States
Matthew F. Jacobson
Berkeley: University of California Press, 2002
JV 6477 .J33 2002

Irish America: Coming into Clover: The Evolution of a People and a Culture
Maureen Dezell
New York: Doubleday, 2001
E 184 .I6 D49 2001

Fork in the Road: A Novel
Denis Hamill
New York: Pocket Books, 2000
PS 3558 .A4217 F67 2000

Princes of Ireland, Planters of Maryland: A Carroll Saga, 1500 - 1782
R Hoffman
Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2000
F 184 .C37 H64 2000

My Father's Gun: One Family, Three Badges, One Hundred Years in the NYPD

Brian V. McDonald
New York: Dutton, 1999
HV 7911 .A1 M33 1999

The New Irish Americans
Ray O'Hanlon
Boulder, CO: Roberts Rinehart, 1998
E 184 .I6 O47 1998

Irish in America
Michael Coffey
New York: Hyperion, 1997
E 184 .I6 I684 1997

Cabbage and Bones: An Anthology of Irish American Women's Fiction
Calendonia Kearns
New York: Henry Holt, 1997
PS 647 .I74 C33 1997

Films & Documentaries

The Irish in America: Long Journey Home (1997)
E 184 .I6 I68 1997 VHS

Out of Ireland (1995)
JV 7711 .U6 O88 1995 VC

Websites

Presidential Proclamation of Irish American Heritage Month 2009
http://www.whitehouse.gov/the_press_office/Irish-American-Heritiage-Month-2009/

Irish American Cultural Institute
http://www.iaci-usa.org/
The Irish American Cultural Institute is a not for profit organization committed to the exploration and appreciation of Irish culture whose mission is to provide leadership and resources to preserve, interpret, and promote Irish and Irish American culture.

Irish American Heritage Center
http://irish-american.org/
The Irish American Heritage Center is one of the premiere Irish cultural organizations in the United States.

Irish American Heritage Month: Facts for Features
Facts for Features
Facts for Features and Special Editions consist of collections of statistics from the Census Bureau's demographic and economic subject areas intended to commemorate anniversaries or observances or to provide background information for topics in the news.

Intro to HTML Rescheduled for 3/6

2009-02-27T11:08:00.003-05:00

The Introduction to HTML workshop originally scheduled for Feb 27, has been rescheduled for Friday March 6, from 1-4 in Langsdale 401.

There is also a class scheduled on Saturday, April 18 from 10:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. That date has the added bonus of having the advanced workshop, HTML with Style, scheduled for 2:30 - 5:30, so you could do both in one day.

If you would like to sign up for any of these workshops, please contact the Reference Desk.

Baltimore Sun article features Special Collections material

2009-02-25T11:33:00.004-05:00

The Baltimore Sun's Saturday, February 21st issue featured a
story on Rosemont's community activist and archivist Mary Rosemond
who has preserved her community's history in 55 notebooks from 1952 through 2008.
This history is now a part of Langsdale Library's Special Collections Department.
It is being digitized and available on the web at: http://archives.ubalt.edu/bh/series9.htm

Last chance to win a $25 gift card to Barnes and Noble!

2009-02-23T13:48:00.002-05:00

Langsdale Library's Student and Faculty Survey is coming to a close. But you still have a few more days to complete the survey. Survey participants can enter a drawing to win a $25 gift card to Barnes and Noble.

Click here to complete the survey.

Questions? Contact April Duncan at aduncan@ubalt.edu.

Going Up! (in the elevator)

2009-02-18T16:09:00.004-05:00

The renovation of the elevator in Langsdale Library is now complete. Not only does Lansgdale let you borrow books for free, but you can now get a free ride from the 3rd to the 1st floor when you go to check them out!

New film series, Life on the Edge

2009-02-18T11:49:00.001-05:00

Langsdale Library is now offering the film series, "Life 6: Life on the Edge." This new 11-part series addresses issues of globalization and their effects on the lives of people in the developing world.

Here are the producers' (Bullfrog Films) description of the individual DVDs:

1. Edge Of Islam - Three Muslim students face a choice between their faith and their future.

2. Castro Or Quit - Two young doctors in Venezuela have to decide whether to leave the country or stay with their patients.

3. No Country For Young Girls? - A young Indian woman has to choose - stay with a husband who doesn't want female children, or make it on her own.

4. The Unforgiven - Should General Butt Naked (née Joshua Blahyi) - now a Christian pastor - be forgiven for his role in Liberia's horrific civil war?

5. Looking For My Gypsy Roots - Hungarian film director Arpad faces a dilemma - should he track down his Roma father?

6. The Dilemma Of The White Ant - Dominic Ongwen is both a victim and alleged perpetrator of LRA war crimes. Should he face an international court?

7. Three Sisters - Eritrea's women fought in the war; should they now liberate themselves from harmful traditional practices?

8. The Pied Piper Of Eyasi - The Hadza are among Africa's last hunter gatherers - should they follow charismatic Baallow into the modern world?

9. The Prince - A young Pakistani landowner chooses between trying to implement the MDGs in the village that his family owns, and a quiet life.

10. Running On Empty - Highlights the plight of two young mothers - one in South Wales and the other in Northern Ethiopia.

11. Collision Course - Reviews the positive steps being taken in India and Brazil to confront the serious public health issue presented by traffic accidents.

For more information and reviews on the Life series, go to: http://www.bullfrogfilms.com/catalog/l6.html