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Veteran's Day is November 11

Veteran's Day for 2009 is Wednesday, November 11th. Started in November 1919 by President Woodrow Wilson, the first Veteran's Day (then called Armistice Day) was created to commemorate those that had served and died in World War I. Since then, a grateful nation takes time to salute each American that has served as a member of our armed forces on Veteran's Day.

To read a history of the holiday, take a look at information from the Veteran's Administration, the Department of the Army and History.com. Through their American Folklife Center, the Library of Congress has assembled their historical resources together in the Veteran's History Project. This year they are highlighting forgotten branches of the service, the Merchant Marines and the Coast Guard with a special page.

For statistics about Veteran's Day, the Census Bureau has a Factfinder page with demographic and labor statistical data. And to see what events happening in Kentucky for Veteran's Day, the Department of Veteran's Affairs has a list.

[Graphic above is official poster for 2009, VA has an archive of posters dating back to 1978 that are available for viewing and downloading.]

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Global Road Warrior

The library has recently subscribed to the Global Road Warrior database, a world-class econtent database offering country-by-country information on 175 nations and territories.

The database features more than 8 million words of editorial content, over 6,500 color photos and 1,575 maps, all presented in a consistent 92-category framework for each country. Topics include society and culture, travel essentials, business culture, communications and more. Created by an international team of researchers, cartographers and writers, the database is continually updated.

Talk to a librarian for information on how to connect or if you need help using the database.

Nobel Prize Trivia

By now you have probably heard that President Barack Obama received the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize, “for his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples.”

Did you know that, in addition to President Obama, three other U.S. presidents have won this prestigious award?

President Theodore Roosevelt won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1906 for his efforts in mediating the peace between Russia and Japan. Roosevelt is the only Republican president to have received this honor.

President Woodrow Wilson won the award in 1919 for his work with the League of Nations, a precursor to the United Nations.

President Jimmy Carter received the Nobel Peace Prize in 2002, for his diplomatic work during and after his presidency.

Other interesting facts about the U.S. presidents, the Nobel Prize, and a variety of other subjects can be found in The World Almanac and Book of Facts 2009, R 317.3 W927 2009, which is located here in the Sullivan University Library and Learning Resource Center. The Nobel Prize also has an informative website where you can find out more about the history of the award and past recipients.

Banned Books list

Now that we’ve told you about what banned books are and what the top 10 banned books were in 2008, we’d like to share with you a list of the banned and challenged books that we have at the Sullivan Lexington Library. Please ask at the reference desk if you want to check out one of these books, and someone will be glad to assist you.

• 1984 by George Orwell; 824.912 O79n
• And Tango Makes Three by Justin Richardson and Peter Parnell; JF R
• Beloved by Toni Morrison; DVD 791.43 B452
• Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger; 813.54 S165c
• Fat Kid Rules the World by K.L. Going; JF G
• Harry Potter Series by J.K. Rowling; JF R
• Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov; 813.54 N117l
• Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil; DVD 791.43 M6296
• Olive’s Ocean by Kevin Henkes; JF H
• Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry by Mildred Taylor; JF T
• Song of Soloman by Toni Morrison; 813.54 M882s
• The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain; DVD 813.4 T969a
• The Color Purple by Alice Walker; 813.54 W759c and DVD 791.43 C719
• The Earth, My Butt and Other Big Round Things by Carolyn Mackler; JF M
• The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck; 813.52 S819g
• The Jungle by Upton Sinclair; 813.52 S616j
• The Lord of the Rings Trilogy by J.R.R. Tolkien; 823.912 T649l
• The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway; 813.52 H488s
• To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee; 813 L478 and DVD 813.54 T627

Top 10 Most Frequently Challenged Books of 2008

There were 513 challenges reported to the American Library Association's Office of Intellectual Freedom in 2008. Listed below are the books with the most challenges and why:

• And Tango Makes Three, by Justin Richardson and Peter Parnell. Reasons: anti-ethnic, anti-family, homosexuality, religious viewpoint, and unsuited to age group


• Dark Materials Trilogy, by Philip Pullman. Reasons: political viewpoint, religious viewpoint, and violence


• TTYL; TTFN; L8R, G8R (series), by Lauren Myracle. Reasons: offensive language, sexually explicit, and unsuited to age group


• Scary Stories (series), by Alvin Schwartz. Reasons: occult/satanism, religious viewpoint, and violence


• Bless Me, Ultima, by Rudolfo Anaya. Reasons: occult/satanism, offensive language, religious viewpoint, sexually explicit, and violence


• The Perks of Being a Wallflower, by Stephen Chbosky. Reasons: drugs, homosexuality, nudity, offensive language, sexually explicit, suicide, and unsuited to age group


• Gossip Girl (series), by Cecily von Ziegesar. Reasons: offensive language, sexually explicit, and unsuited to age group


• Uncle Bobby's Wedding, by Sarah S. Brannen. Reasons: homosexuality and unsuited to age group


• The Kite Runner, by Khaled Hosseini. Reasons: offensive language, sexually explicit, and unsuited to age group


• Flashcards of My Life, by Charise Mericle Harper. Reasons: sexually explicit and unsuited to age group

Banned Books Week, September 27-October 3

What is a banned book? Do people really still try to stop information these days? You'd be surprised.

Librarians continue to have groups and individuals attempt to prevent access to certain books. Over the years, books in the library have been both banned and challenged. What's the difference?

A challenge is an attempt to remove or restrict material, based upon the objections of a person or group. A banning is the removal of those materials. Challenges do not simply involve a person expressing a point of view; rather, they are an attempt to remove material from the curriculum or library, thereby restricting the access of others. Due to the commitment of librarians, teachers, parents, students and other concerned citizens, most challenges are unsuccessful and most materials are retained in the school curriculum or library collection. American Library Association

Fall Break Hours

Labor Day 2009

The Library will be closed in celebration of Labor Day, September 7th. Regular hours will resume Tuesday morning, September 8th.

New Personal Chef Diploma Program

Sullivan's new Personal Chef Diploma program is making news in the blogosphere -- the AOL Slashfood blog recently posted an article discussing the new program.

While browsing the web we found the new program is getting good press a few other places as well:

Taste Magazine Cincinnati's Things We Get

my foodservice news

Check it OUT!

College of Pharmacy Drug Information Center Opening

Mama, a Baby Hippo, and a Turtle

What do the book Mama, an orphaned hippo, and an elderly tortoise have in common?

Mama: A True Story in Which a Baby Hippo Loses His Mama During a Tsunami, But Finds a New Home and a New Mama, written by Jeanette Winter, tells the story of an orphaned hippo whose mother died in the tsunami of 2004. After being rescued and taken to a wildife reserve, the hippo befriended a tortoise named Mzee. Using only one word, mama, Ms. Winter conveys the heartbreak of the hippo and the security it finds in its friendship with the tortoise. Mama is one of the new titles available in the Sullivan Library & Learning Resource Center, and the library staff invites you to come check it out along with our other new arrivals.

To see the real hippo and tortoise, named Owen & Mzee respectively, check out their blog for pictures and updated information about them. The blog also has reports about the other activities and animals that live on the wild game reserve.

Owen & Mzee's Blog

4th of July Holiday

The Library will be closed July 3rd and 4th. Regular hours will resume Monday, July 6th.

Library hours - June Break

Inna Minute Reviews

New on the library's homepage -- Inna Minute Reviews -- book reviews of new library materials in less about a minute. Current available for viewing, reviews of:

Naked Mole Rat Gets Dressed, new book for the children's collection by Mo Willems.

How We Work, David Maccaulay 's book about the workings of the human body.

Reata : Legendary Texas Cuisine, recipes and more about a landmark Texas restaurant.

Keep watching for more!

Library Survey Thanks

The Library would like to thank all the students that took the time to respond to the library survey this year. We got 278 responses, meeting and going over our goal of 250 for the Lexington campus.

If you'd like to see the responses, ask at the reference desk for a copy.

We appreciate your support!

5th Annual Student Satisfaction Survey is Going on Now!

Please take a few moments to take the Survey between now (May 4th) and May 16th. You can complete the Survey online by clicking here. Or, you can come by the library and get a paper copy if you prefer.

This year the survey will also ask about your experience with Tutoring Services and Career Services.

Celebrate! Celebremos! Children-Ninos-Books-Libros

Celebrate! Celebremos!

This Thursday, April 30/30 de abril, is Children's Day/Book Day or El dia de los ninos/El dia de los libros. The holiday Children's Day/Book Day honors children, childhood, and the importance of books in the world. Take the opportunity this week to read to your children, grandchildren, nieces or nephews, or any other children in your life. Of course, just reading something for your own benefit is a great way to celebrate too.

The library staff will be happy to help you find books to read with children or for your own enjoyment. We even have a book about Children's Day/Book Day at the library.

Here are some websites to visit for more information about Children's Day/Book Day, children's books, and literature for Latinos.

National Center for Dia

Pat Mora, founder of Dia and a children's author

The Pura Belpre Award

Reforma, organization that promotes literacy and services to Latinos

The Tomas Rivera Mexican American Children's Book Award

Library now on Facebook

Did you know the Library now has a Facebook page? It's full of library facts and information, hours and announcements.

For National Library Week 2009 we asked students to complete the question: In 2019 libraries will be . . . .

See a photo album of some of the responses on our new Facebook page. Log on today and become a fan!

New Books - week 4

These are just some of the new books processed this week in the Library. These are just a few items, if you'd like to see more new items OR need a particular title, stop by the Reference Desk and the staff will be happy to help you!

• Age of the unthinkable : why the new global order constantly surprises us and what to do about it, by Joshua Cooper Ramo. 973.931 R175a


• Caught in the net : how to recognize the signs of Internet addiction--and a winning strategy for recovery, by Kimberly S. Young. 616.86 Y72c


• Facebook marketing : leverage social media to grow your business, by Steven Holzner. 658.872 H762f


• House of cards : a tale of hubris and wretched excess on Wall Street, by William D. Cohan. 332.66 C678h


• I love it when you talk retro : hoochie coochie, double whammy, drop a dime and the forgotten origins of American speech, by Ralph Keyes. R 422 K44i


• Organizing higher education for collaboration : a guide for campus leaders, by Adrianna J. Kezar, Jaime Lester. 378.101 K44o


• Riches among the ruins : adventures in the dark corners of the global economy / Robert P. Smith with Peter Zheutlin. 332.67 S658r


• Twitter revolution : how social media and mobile marketing is changing the way we do business & market online, by Deborah Micek & Warren Whitlock 658.872 M619t


• 'wichcraft : craft a sandwich into a meal--and a meal into a sandwich, by Tom Colicchio with Sisha Ortuzar. 641.84 C696


• Yellowstone treasures : the traveler's companion to the national park, by Janet Chapple; with geological text and advice by Bruno J. Giletti. 917.8752 C467y

More information on each title can be found in the catalog.

National Library Week - Library Links

It's National Library Week -- learn more about libraries around the world with the following unusual websites :

• European Library Web Exhibition - featuring pictures highlighting the architecture of the great libraries of Europe
• Libraries' Surprising Special Collections - list of esoteric collections found in U.S. libraries, such as the nation's largest collection of nurse romance novels housed at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.
• Map of Library Cats - annotated world map with libraries that have a library cat in residence.
• Galaxy of Images - did you know there are 20 libraries that support the research functions of the Smithsonian Institution? A gallery of images taken from the the 1.5 million books and manuscripts in the Smithsonian Library collection.
• History of Mobile Libraries - before the automobile, a pictorial history of library materials delivery via wagon, donkey and even by railroad car.
• George Kelly Paperback and Pulp Fiction Collection - the Kelly Collection contains over 25,000 pulp fiction books and magazines. Includes gallery of cover art and detailed summaries of selected books.
• Librarians in the Movies - catalogs and annotates over 500 films that has either had a librarian character or library as scenery.

National Library Week

The Library will be celebrating National Library Week April 12-18 with libraries all over the world. This year we're looking forward to the future of libraries, how will libraries look in the year 2019?

Stop by the library and give us your thoughts and opinions:

What's Your Vision?

April Fool's Day

Tomorrow is April Fool's Day, one day of the year dedicated to celebrating the practical joke. While the actual origins of April Fool's Day are unknown, each spring both individuals and businesses enjoy trying to trick their friends and co-workers.

In a recent article, Fast Company magazine ranked the April Fool's pranks that were also successful marketing campaigns:

• In 1996, Taco Bell's announcement they would be buying the Liberty Bell and renaming it the Taco Liberty Bell.
• Burger King's introduction of the "Left-Handed Whopper," promising better eating for left-handed Americans as the condiments would only leak out of the right side.
• the infamous YouTube prank which sent clicks on any featured video to the Rick Astley classic "Never Gonna Give you Up."

Google has become infamous for its annual April Fool's Day pranks - my favorite is one for 2007 which promised free printing with the new Gmail Paper feature.

Origins of April Fool's Day:

Snopes.com

Wikipedia

National Geographic Magazine

Huffington Post

Top pranks ranked and rated:

Museum of Hoaxes

Wired Magazine

Google hoaxes

About.com

Library Hours - Spring Break

The library hours for March 2009 Spring Break are:

Women's History Month

Please join the Sullivan Library and Learning Resource Center in celebrating Women’s History Month during the month of March. In addition to a book display and a bibliography that you can see in the library, here are some websites that tell about the achievements of women.

Alice Ramsey (first woman to drive across the United States)

Amelia Earhart Papers

American Women in the Arts

Encyclopedia of Jewish Women

Global Library of Women’s Medicine

National Women’s History Project

Notable Americans-Women (click on the subject area to see information on notable women)

Voices of Women Oral History Project

Women in the Workforce from the American Revolution through the Industrial Revolution

Women’s History Guide-Library of Congress

Women’s History Month-Library of Congress

Happy Valentines Day!

Cards and flowers, candy and gifts. Walk in any store and ideas to celebrate Valentine's Day are everywhere. Ever wondered why we observe this holiday in the middle of the shortest month of the year?

The History Channel has videos and more about not only the history of Valentine's Day but also games, romantic quotes and a ranking of the top romance movies of all time.

Wikipedia also has an extensive page discussing the history of Valentine's Day and facts about how Valentine's is celebrated throughout the world.

U.S. Census Bureau Press Release has facts and figures analyzing Valentine's Day- for example, how many single men are there in the U.S. who are in their 20s for every 100 single women of the same age.

CARDS & MORE-

Collection of Vintage Valentines, from West Virginia University Libraries. Images can be send as greeting via e-mail.

Mount Holyoke College Special Collections is presenting an online exhibit of valentine cards from 1899-1935.

National Public Radio has pulled together an assortment of news stories and features discussing Valentine's Day and the people that either love it or hate it.

And e-cards are everywhere - Hallmark, American Greetings, Yahoo, even the CDC has a way to send greetings for Valentine's Day.

Happy Valentine's Day!

Black History Month

The Sullivan Library and Learning Resource Center commemorates Black History Month with a book display featuring items from our collection, with posters of African-Americans from Kentucky. Please ask one of the librarians if you want to check out one of the books in the display, if you need more information about Black History Month, or if you want to find some other books about African-Americans that are in our collection. We will be happy to assist you.

Also, the February issue of Ebony magazine has an article featuring descendants of famous African-Americans. The article is titled, “Descended from Greatness.” The January issue of Young Children has an article about African-Americans in children’s literature, “From Thunder Rose to When Marian Sang. . . Behold the Power of African-American Female Characters,” and the library has some of the titles featured in the article. Both of these magazines can be found in the periodicals section of the library.

In addition to the display, the library wants to share with you some useful websites related to Black History Month.

A&E Biography

African-American Mosaic

CNN’s Black History Website

Coretta Scott King Awards for African-American authors and illustrators of children's books

Historic Civil Rights National Park Sites

Kentucky Department of Libraries and Archives

Library of Congress

Martin Luther King, Jr.

Yale Library’s Tribute to Langston Hughes

Research Guides & Bibliographies

It's week 3 and faculty have begun assigning research projects. Don't panic - the library is here to Help!

If you need help finding library materials on a specific topic for a paper or speech, the library has topical research guides and bibliographies that can help you find books, databases, journal and other library resources.

The Research Guides are done at faculty request for a specific class and are listed by subject and department.

The Subject Bibliographies are book lists for the Lexington campus collection and cover the following topics:

• Accounting
• Business Leaders - biographies on individuals of note and accomplishment in the business world.
• Career Preparation - books on how to do resumes, cover letters and prepare for interviews.
• Children's Literature - picture book award winning titles and curriculum books for ECE students.
• Farmer's Market
• Food & Politics
• Food and Travel
• Globalization
• Good Eats DVDs
• Lawyers in Film
• Management Styles
• Mentoring
• Office 2007
• Organizational Behavior
• Organizational Change
• Organizational Learning
• Travel & Tourism
• Small Business Management
• Wine & Spirits

First NEW books of 2009

These are just some of the new books processed this week in the Library. These are just a few items, if you'd like to see more new items OR need a particular title, stop by the Reference Desk and the staff will be happy to help you!

• Action learning : images and pathways, by Robert L. Dilworth and Verna J. Willis. 374.221 D579a 2003


• Everything I know about business I learned at McDonald's : the 7 results-driven leadership principles for success, by Paul Facella. 658.4092 F138e


• Fat : an appreciation of a misunderstood ingredient, with recipes, by Jennifer McLagan. 641.5638 M161f


• Great depression of debt : survival techniques for every portfolio, by Warren Brussee. 332.024 B912g


• Mindful economics : how the U.S. economy works, why it matters, and how it could be different, by Joel Magnuson. 330.973 M199m


• New manager's tool kit : 21 things you need to know to hit the ground running, by Don & Sheryl Grimme. 658 G864n


• Obamanomics : how bottom-up economic prosperity will replace trickle-down economics, by John R. Talbott. 330.973 T142o


• Putting patients first : best practices in patient-centered care, edited by Susan B. Frampton & Patrick A. Charmel. 610.696 P993


• Tales of Beedle the Bard, by J. K. Rowling. JF R


• Taste : a life in wine / Anthony Terlato.

More information on each title can be found in the catalog.