Listen Up! #8

The eighth edition of Listen Up!, our monthly news and information program, is now available.

Listen Up! #8 (mp3)

The show is listenable directly from the blog by clicking on the above link or by subscribing to either the Decatur Campus Library or Listen Up! podcast feeds.

This edition is around 20 minutes long and includes information on Banned Books Week along with music selections.

See the Listen Up! blog for detailed program information.

New Books: September 26 - October 2

Author: Unwerth, Matthew von, 1970-
Title: Freud's requiem : mourning, memory, and the invisible history of a summer walk
Call Number: BF109.F74 U59 2005

Author: Kasulis, Thomas P., 1948-
Title: Shinto : the way home
Call Number: BL2220 .K38 2004

Author: Crowley, Roger, 1951-
Title: 1453 : the holy war for Constantinople and the clash of Islam and the West
Call Number: DR730 .C76 2005

Author: Schoch, Robert M.
Title: Pyramid quest : secrets of the Great Pyramid and the dawn of civilization
Call Number: DT63 .S34 2005

Author: Nash, Gary B.
Title: Unknown American Revolution : the unruly birth of democracy and the struggle to create America
Call Number: E208 .N33 2005

Author: Thaler, John.
Title: Elements of small business : a lay person's guide to the financial terms, marketing concepts and legal forms that every entrepreneur needs
Call Number: HD62.7 .T478 2005

Author: Bloom, Mia, 1968-
Title: Dying to kill : the allure of suicide terror
Call Number: HV6431 .B576 2005

Author: Holbert, Steve.
Title: Color of guilt & innocence : racial profiling and police practices in America
Call Number: HV7936.R3 H65 2004

Author: Shapiro, Peter, 1969-
Title: Turn the beat around : the secret history of disco
Call Number: ML3526 .S5 2005

Author: Montz, Fredrick J.
Title: Guide to survivorship for women with ovarian cancer
Call Number: RC280.O8 M66 2005

Title: Assessment made incredibly easy.
Call Number: RT48 .A876 2005

See New Titles in GIL for more new arrivals.

Open Monday - Tuesday!

Georgia Perimeter College and the Decatur Campus Library will be OPEN regular hours on Monday, September 26 and Tuesday, September 27. The governor's announcement about school closings is for public K-12 schools only. Classes will be held at their regular times and we will be here to help you in the library.

Have a good weekend!

Decatur Campus Literature Series

The Decatur Campus SGA Lyceum Committee will be holding a literature series over the course of the school year. The focus for the series is literature of the Harlem Renaissance of the 1920s and 1930s.

The first book in the series is Passing by Nella Larsen. There are a limited number of copies of the book available for sale in the Student Life office for $3 each. Copies of the book are also available through your GPC libraries or GIL Express.

The discussion of Passing will take place on Friday, October 14 at 12 noon in the Soapstone Room.

New Books: September 19 - 25

We recieved a large number of new items in the past week. Here's a little selection...

Title: Eastern religions : origins, beliefs, practices, holy texts, sacred places Call Number: BL1055 .E25 2005

Author: Walker, Stephen, 1961-
Title: Shockwave : countdown to Hiroshima
Call Number: D767.25.H6 W357 2005

Author: Deng, Benson.
Title: They poured fire on us from the sky : the true story of three lost boys from Sudan
Call Number: DT157.63 .D46 2005

Author: Bryant, Howard, 1968-
Title: Juicing the game : drugs, power, and the fight for the soul of Major League Baseball
Call Number: GV863.A1 B795 2005

Author: Green, Ben, 1951-
Title: Spinning the globe : the rise, fall, and return to greatness of the Harlem Globetrotters
Call Number: GV885.52.N38 G73 2005

Author: McKeever, Mike P.
Title: How to write a business plan
Call Number: HD30.28 .M3839 2005

Author: Siegel, Marc.
Title: False alarm : the truth about the epidemic of fear
Call Number: HM1033 .S525 2005

Author: Sentilles, Sarah.
Title: Taught by America : a story of struggle and hope in Compton
Call Number: LC4093 .S46 2005

Author: Clarke, Cheryl, 1947-
Title: "After Mecca" : women poets and the Black Arts Movement
Call Number: PS310.N4 C48 2005

Author: Wyke-Smith, Charles.
Title: Stylin' with CSS : a designer's guide
Call Number: QA76.76.H94 W785 2005

Author: Croke, Vicki.
Title: Lady and the panda : the true adventures of the first American explorer to bring back China's most exotic animal
Call Number: QL737.C214 C76 2005

Author: Montz, Fredrick J.
Title: Guide to survivorship for women with ovarian cancer
Call Number: RC280.O8 M66 2005

Author: Abraham, Thomas, 1956-
Title: Twenty-first century plague : the story of SARS
Call Number: RC776.S27 A27 2005

Author: Taylor, Carol, CSFN.
Title: Fundamentals of nursing : the art and science of nursing care
Call Number: RT41 .T396 2005

Author: McFarlane, Nigel.
Title: Firefox hacks : tips & tools for next-generation web browsing
Call Number: TK5105.882 .M34 2005

See New Titles in GIL for more new arrivals.

Listen Up! #7

The seventh edition of Listen Up!, our monthly news and information program, is now available.

Listen Up! #7 (mp3)

The show is listenable directly from the blog by clicking on the above link or by subscribing to either the Decatur Campus Library or Listen Up! podcast feeds.

This edition is around 26 minutes long and includes library news and information on Constitution Day along with music selections.

See the Listen Up! blog for detailed program information.

Constitution Day

How much do you know about the U.S. Constitution? Want to learn more? Join the Decatur Campus on September 16th as we celebrate Constitution Day.

The celebration begins on Thursday, September 15th with a Constitution Quiz Bowl at 12:30pm in the Student Center. Prizes will be awarded!

The main Constitution Day event will be held from 10am until 12 noon on the 16th in room SB-1190. The program begins with a reading of excerpts from the Constitution followed by a panel discussion on Constitutional law issues featuring representatives from the Atlanta Bar Association. A reception will follow in the Student Center.

Contact David Free or Ted Wadley if you would like to participate in the Constitution Read-In.

Here are some Internet resources where you can learn more about the Constitution and Constitution Day:

National Archives Experience Charters of Freedom - Images of the original Constitution along with information on Constitutional history.
Constitution of the United States (U.S. Senate) - Full text of the Constitution with amendments along with an explanation of each section.
Failed Amendments - U.S. Constitution Online - Information on proposed amendments not ratified by the states.
CQ Press Current Events in Context: Constitution Day - Information on Constitutional history, current issues and Constitution Day.

Join us on the 16th as we celebrate our Constitution!

9/14 Update:
The following attorneys are participating in the panel discussion.

Dan Ashburn: The First Amendment: the balance between the free exercise of religion clause and the prohibition of establishment of religion.

Larry Myers: The First Amendment especially as it pertains to commercial and political speech, and judicial nominations, appointments and confirmations.

Jason Coffman

RSS Lunch N Learn

Wish you could see news and information from several web sources in one place? RSS can help!

Jennifer Link of the Clarkston Campus library and myself, David Free of here, will be presenting a session on RSS Basics for OIT Training in the Decatur Library Instruction Room on Monday, September 12. The session will start around noon and last for an hour. Unfortunately, there is no food or drink allowed in the instruction so there won't really be lunching. But definitely learning.

Visit the OIT Training webpage to register for the session. We will also be doing the program on other campuses during September, so check the schedule if you are unable to attend here at Decatur.

Happy Birthday To Blog!

Yesterday marked the one year anniversary of providing our library news in blog format! We look forward to the next year of our blog.

As always, if you have any questions, comments or suggestions of things you'd like to see in our news blog, please leave us a comment on one of the posts. Thanks for reading.

New Popular Books

Speaking of popular books, we received five new titles today:

Boss Lady by Omar Tyree (PS3570 .Y59 B67 2005)
Genevieve by Eric Jerome Dickey (PS3554 .I319 G46 2005)
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J.K. Rowling (PR6068 .O93 H3686 2005)
The Interruption of Everything by Terry McMillan (PS3563 .C3868 I58 2005)
Zorro by Isabel Allende (PQ8098.8 .L54 Z4613 2005)

All of these titles are located in the Popular section and circulate for 14 days.

No News Books: September 5-11

There are no new items to report this week but we are expecting to receive more in the next week or so. Keep checking back!

In the meantime, there are lots of interesting books available to your reading pleasure in our popular book section. The popular books are located near the photocopiers and circulate for 14 days at a time.

Or search to GIL catalog to locate items of interest.