Hello library users,
We just ordered some fantastic new CDs and DVDs for our circulating collection yesterday. They should arrive by the end of this week or early next, and we should have most of them processed by the end of next week. Email or call us if you see a title you simply gotta have first, and we'll be happy to set it aside for you once we've processed it. Bear in mind that a few of these titles have not been released yet. Here's the list:
DVDs
ATL
The Adventures of Indiana Jones (Trilogy Collection)
America Psycho (Uncut Version)
The Big White
Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation...
Dead Man
Finding Nemo (Collector's)
First Descent
The Great Escape (Special)
An Inconvenient Truth
Jesus Camp
Kinky Boots
Led Zeppelin
Little Miss Sunshine
The Outlaw Josey Wales
The Prestige
A River Runs Through It
Rockers (Anniversary)
Run Ronnie Run
Running Scared
Secret
Shaolin Ulysses: Kungfu Monks in America
Star Wars Trilogy
Sublime Tribute: Look at All the Love We Found Live
Talking Heads: Stop Making Sense
Thank You for Smoking
This Is Spinal Tap (Special)
V for Vendetta (Widescreen)
Weekend at Bernie's
White Squall
CDs
Animal Years/Josh Ritter
Astral Weeks/Van Morrison
Dreamt for Light Years in the Belly of a Mountain/Sparklehorse
Everything All the Time/Band of Horses
Everything Under the Sun/Sublime
Eyes Open/Snow Patrol
Fly Between Falls/Animal Liberation Orchestra
Food & Liquor/Lupe Fiasco
Fort Recovery/Centro-Matic
Greatest Hits/2pac
Gypsum Strings/Oakley Hall
Harpooner/Paul Brill
Heavyweight Dub-Killer Dub/Inner Circle
Hell Hath No Fury/Clipse
I Am Not Afraid of You & I Will Beat Your Ass/Yo La Tengo
It's Never Been Like That/Phoenix
Live from Mars/Ben Harper
More Fire/Capleton
Panic in Babylon/Lee "Scratch" Perry
Pink/Boris
Reggae Anthology: Anything Test Dead/Ninja Man
Reign of Fire/Capleton
Return to Cookie Mountain/TV on the Radio
Roots & Crowns/Califone
Set Yourself on Fire/Stars
Six Demon Bag/Man Man
Waterloo to Anywhere/Dirty Pretty Things
Wee Hours Revue/Roman Candle
Words Are Dead/Horse Feathers
Yankee Hotel Foxtrot/Wilco
1.30.2007
1.24.2007
Knitting Resources in the Library
The Alpine Campus knitting group will begin meeting again starting Monday, January 29th from noon ‘til 2:00 in the Schaffrick Lounge on the second floor of Willett Hall. The informal group is open to needle working students, faculty, staff and community members, so bring your projects and join in the fun!
The Alpine Campus Bookstore, conveniently located right next to the Schaffrick Lounge, is offering a 20% discount on all knitting materials, including scarf kits and ribbon yarn and mohair yarn!
Some knitting books available for checkout at the Alpine Campus Library include:
The knitter's handy book of patterns : basic designs in multiple sizes and gauges / Ann Budd.
Hip knit hats : 40 fabulous designs / Cathy Carron.
Country knits : with over 30 glorious designs / Debbie Bliss and Fiona McTague.
The complete book of traditional knitting / Rae Compton.
The complete book of traditional Fair Isle knitting / Shiela McGregor.
Knitting with dog hair / Kendall Crolius and Ann Montgomery. (Before you get all excited about this one, know that knitting with dog hair requires that you card and spin dog hair into yarn before you can knit with it).
Knitters who are also fans of Harry Potter (and really, who isn’t?) will appreciate this Internet blog entry, brought to our attention by former CMC administrative aide, Karen Wallace:
http://alison.knitsmiths.us/pattern_weasley.html
The knitting pattern is for the sweater Mrs. Weasley knits every Christmas for each of her many children, including surrogate child Harry Potter. Molly Weasley is a worthy role model for any hyperactive knitter, and though her children have been known to pass her Christmas sweaters on to the house elves at Hogwarts, she deserves our respect and admiration.
If you have any questions about the knitting group or anything Harry Potter related, call or email Kristin in the library: 970-870-4449 or kweber@coloradomtn.edu
See you on Mondays at noon and BYON (Bring your own needles).
The Alpine Campus Bookstore, conveniently located right next to the Schaffrick Lounge, is offering a 20% discount on all knitting materials, including scarf kits and ribbon yarn and mohair yarn!
Some knitting books available for checkout at the Alpine Campus Library include:
The knitter's handy book of patterns : basic designs in multiple sizes and gauges / Ann Budd.
Hip knit hats : 40 fabulous designs / Cathy Carron.
Country knits : with over 30 glorious designs / Debbie Bliss and Fiona McTague.
The complete book of traditional knitting / Rae Compton.
The complete book of traditional Fair Isle knitting / Shiela McGregor.
Knitting with dog hair / Kendall Crolius and Ann Montgomery. (Before you get all excited about this one, know that knitting with dog hair requires that you card and spin dog hair into yarn before you can knit with it).
Knitters who are also fans of Harry Potter (and really, who isn’t?) will appreciate this Internet blog entry, brought to our attention by former CMC administrative aide, Karen Wallace:
http://alison.knitsmiths.us/pattern_weasley.html
The knitting pattern is for the sweater Mrs. Weasley knits every Christmas for each of her many children, including surrogate child Harry Potter. Molly Weasley is a worthy role model for any hyperactive knitter, and though her children have been known to pass her Christmas sweaters on to the house elves at Hogwarts, she deserves our respect and admiration.
If you have any questions about the knitting group or anything Harry Potter related, call or email Kristin in the library: 970-870-4449 or kweber@coloradomtn.edu
See you on Mondays at noon and BYON (Bring your own needles).
1.19.2007
something cool about item record pages
so you use our online catalog regularly. it helps you find books, dvd's, cd's, and everything else in the library.
but once you get to the item record page in our online catalog (like this one), did you know that you can link to book reviews off of that page? we subscribe to a service called content cafe, and if you click the more about this item button in the upper right hand corner of the screen, it will take you to a corresponding page that has a summary, reviews, contents, cover image, and book details.
pretty cool, don't you think?
faculty: while you may be good and tired of seeing wikipedia as a resource in your student's papers, wikipedia is not the only wiki out there, nor is it the only useful application of the wiki environment. wikis - collaborative web pages where members of that community can add and change information instantly via web-based interfaces - are growing in popularity; and they're being used effectively in educational settings.
here's a good introductory article from the seattle times.
here's a quick little rundown on wikis and educational usage.
blackboard isn't the only game in town anymore, folks. consider wikis and blogs as alternative online environments for your classes. and if you need any help setting these free resources up, that's what we're here for.
if you're interested in starting a wiki, try pbwiki. and if you're interested in starting a blog, try blogger.
but once you get to the item record page in our online catalog (like this one), did you know that you can link to book reviews off of that page? we subscribe to a service called content cafe, and if you click the more about this item button in the upper right hand corner of the screen, it will take you to a corresponding page that has a summary, reviews, contents, cover image, and book details.
pretty cool, don't you think?
faculty: while you may be good and tired of seeing wikipedia as a resource in your student's papers, wikipedia is not the only wiki out there, nor is it the only useful application of the wiki environment. wikis - collaborative web pages where members of that community can add and change information instantly via web-based interfaces - are growing in popularity; and they're being used effectively in educational settings.
here's a good introductory article from the seattle times.
here's a quick little rundown on wikis and educational usage.
blackboard isn't the only game in town anymore, folks. consider wikis and blogs as alternative online environments for your classes. and if you need any help setting these free resources up, that's what we're here for.
if you're interested in starting a wiki, try pbwiki. and if you're interested in starting a blog, try blogger.
1.15.2007
And so the Spring semester begins...
Welcome to a new semester, ladies and gentlemen! As always, the library is eager to help faculty any number of ways:
also, if you've never heard of flickr, check it out also. it's an enormous, free, member-supported database of images, some professional and some not so much. even more fun than flickr? retrievr - the "search by sketch" interface that allows you to use flickr in a really cool way.
- If it's library instruction you need for your classes, we have it! We can show your students how to use our OPAC (online public access catalog), our subscription databases, and many other resources on our website.
- If it's more general research skills you're after, we can talk with students about evaluating information, using internet search engines more effectively, proper citation techniques for papers, and anything else you can think of. Call 870.4445, email, or drop by to set up a session.
- Would you like to provide your students with a subject bibliography for a class or assignment? We can do the legwork for you and compile a list of print, database, and online resources available in the library and/or through our website.
- Interested in having a library display based on subject material in your class? Let us know. We currently have one on HIV up for Kathy Wolf.
also, if you've never heard of flickr, check it out also. it's an enormous, free, member-supported database of images, some professional and some not so much. even more fun than flickr? retrievr - the "search by sketch" interface that allows you to use flickr in a really cool way.
1.09.2007
Copyright Guidelines
Hi all!
For the past few semesters we have given a brief orientation to new adjunct faculty on fair use of copyrighted materials in education. The accompanying handout is reproduced below, and hopefully it will be useful for you when thinking about the materials you use, and how you use them.
Fair Use of Copyrighted Materials for Educational Purposes
Fair use explicitly allows use of copyrighted materials for educational purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research. Rather than listing exact limits of fair use, copyright law provides four standards for determination of the fair use exemption:
1. Purpose of use: Copying and using selected parts of copyrighted works for specific educational purposes qualifies as fair use, especially if the copies are made spontaneously, are used temporarily, and are not part of an anthology.
2. Nature of the work: Factual works, published works and scientific articles that are factual in nature are more likely to be considered available for fair use than are creative, imaginative, artistic, or unpublished works. Additionally certain "consumable" works, e.g. workbooks and standardized tests are not likely to be considered available for fair use.
3. Proportion/extent of the material used: Duplicating excerpts that are short in relation to the entire copyrighted work or segments that do not reflect the "essence" of the work is usually considered fair use.
4. The effect on marketability: If there will be no reduction in sales because of copying or distribution, the fair use exemption is likely to apply. This is the most important of the four tests for fair use.
This is all certainly a little vague. Consider the following statements in determining whether an educational use is “fair use.” The more statements that are true for your situation, the better case you have for a fair use claim.
· The use of copyright material must be presented by instructors or pupils enrolled in the specific course.
· A media performance (audio or visual) must occur in class, must be directly related to the curriculum being taught, and cannot be presented as a reward.
· Only individuals enrolled in the course can be present for a performance.
· Copyright material used must be a legally acquired copy of the work (this means items must have either been paid for by the instructor, the department, the library, or the college).
· Access to copyright materials will be terminated at the end of the class term.
· Copyright materials will only be used once, even if the lesson stays the same through multiple terms; different copyright materials will be utilized in teaching the same lesson over multiple terms.
For the past few semesters we have given a brief orientation to new adjunct faculty on fair use of copyrighted materials in education. The accompanying handout is reproduced below, and hopefully it will be useful for you when thinking about the materials you use, and how you use them.
Fair Use of Copyrighted Materials for Educational Purposes
Fair use explicitly allows use of copyrighted materials for educational purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research. Rather than listing exact limits of fair use, copyright law provides four standards for determination of the fair use exemption:
1. Purpose of use: Copying and using selected parts of copyrighted works for specific educational purposes qualifies as fair use, especially if the copies are made spontaneously, are used temporarily, and are not part of an anthology.
2. Nature of the work: Factual works, published works and scientific articles that are factual in nature are more likely to be considered available for fair use than are creative, imaginative, artistic, or unpublished works. Additionally certain "consumable" works, e.g. workbooks and standardized tests are not likely to be considered available for fair use.
3. Proportion/extent of the material used: Duplicating excerpts that are short in relation to the entire copyrighted work or segments that do not reflect the "essence" of the work is usually considered fair use.
4. The effect on marketability: If there will be no reduction in sales because of copying or distribution, the fair use exemption is likely to apply. This is the most important of the four tests for fair use.
This is all certainly a little vague. Consider the following statements in determining whether an educational use is “fair use.” The more statements that are true for your situation, the better case you have for a fair use claim.
· The use of copyright material must be presented by instructors or pupils enrolled in the specific course.
· A media performance (audio or visual) must occur in class, must be directly related to the curriculum being taught, and cannot be presented as a reward.
· Only individuals enrolled in the course can be present for a performance.
· Copyright material used must be a legally acquired copy of the work (this means items must have either been paid for by the instructor, the department, the library, or the college).
· Access to copyright materials will be terminated at the end of the class term.
· Copyright materials will only be used once, even if the lesson stays the same through multiple terms; different copyright materials will be utilized in teaching the same lesson over multiple terms.
1.08.2007
New Book Reviews
In this inaugural post for the CMC Alpine Library blog, we're going to link to some book reviews. Since it would take a whole heckuva lot of time to provide you with reviews for the more than 200 new books we've received, we are instead going to link to reviews for some of the titles that we think are pretty neat.
Please bookmark the blog or put it in your bloglines list, and check in with us as often as you can. Thanks, and welcome to the Alpine Campus Library blog!
Reviews
Bad Astronomy: Misconceptions and Misuses Revealed, from Astrology to the Moon Landing "Hoax"
by Philip C. Plait
John Wiley and Sons, 2002
Plait, a science writer who works in the physics and astronomy department at Sonoma State University, is appalled that millions of Americans don't believe the moon landing really took place...
The Cosmic Landscape: String Theory and the Illusion of Intelligent Design
by Leonard Susskind
Little Brown and Company, 2005
As modern physics has developed a better understanding of how the universe operates at its most fundamental levels, one thing has become increasingly clear: we're damned lucky to be here at all...
The End of Oil: On the Edge of a Perilous New World
by Paul Roberts
Houghton Mifflin, 2004
All economic activity is rooted in the energy economy, which means a substantial portion of the current world economy is linked to the production and distribution of oil. But what will happen, Roberts asks, when the well starts to run dry?...
History in the Making: An Absorbing Look at How American History Has Changed in the Telling Over the Last 300 Years
by Kyle Ward
New Press, 2006
For this fascinating history of history, author and professor Ward (History Lessons) examined scores of textbooks published between 1794 and 1999 to see how the same American historical periods, events or figures have been portrayed at different times throughout the nation's past, uncovering startling discrepancies in writers' versions of everything from slavery to Vietnam...
The Informant: The FBI, the Ku Klux Klan, and the Murder of Viola Liuzzo
by Gary May
Yale University Press, 2005
Suspenseful and vigorously reported. The caution May sounds in The Informant is worth heeding, now more than ever...
Let Them Eat Prozac: The Unhealthy Relationship Between the Pharmaceutical Industry and Depression
by David Healy
New York University Press, 2006
An alarming book, the most disturbing part of the story Healy tells is not merely about the risks of SSRIs but about the efforts of the pharmaceutical industry to make sure those risks were not uncovered...
Powder Burn: Arson, Money, and Mystery on Vail Mountain
by Daniel Glick
PublicAffairs, 2003
On the face of it, this is the story of unsolved arson at a high-glamour resort, a mystery packed with suspects that range from crusty ski bums to radical tree huggers to the resort's own corporate honchos. But underlying this entertaining true-life plot is a greater theme that is playing out across America...
Roots Too: White Ethnic Revival in Post-Civil Rights America
by Matthew Frye Jacobson
Harvard University Press, 2006
As critically important as it is engaging, Roots Too impressively shows how thoroughly "Ellis Island" whiteness has remade nationalism in the U.S. in the last half century. Our views are both complicated and deepened by this brilliant work of retrieval and analysis...
Stonewall: The Riots That Sparked the Gay Revolution
by David Carter
St. Martin's Press, 2004
Considering all that went before, the ongoing repression and corruption, and the scent of social and political liberation in the air, Carter's eloquent account makes it clear that something was bound to catch fire...
Please bookmark the blog or put it in your bloglines list, and check in with us as often as you can. Thanks, and welcome to the Alpine Campus Library blog!
Reviews
Bad Astronomy: Misconceptions and Misuses Revealed, from Astrology to the Moon Landing "Hoax"
by Philip C. Plait
John Wiley and Sons, 2002
Plait, a science writer who works in the physics and astronomy department at Sonoma State University, is appalled that millions of Americans don't believe the moon landing really took place...
The Cosmic Landscape: String Theory and the Illusion of Intelligent Design
by Leonard Susskind
Little Brown and Company, 2005
As modern physics has developed a better understanding of how the universe operates at its most fundamental levels, one thing has become increasingly clear: we're damned lucky to be here at all...
The End of Oil: On the Edge of a Perilous New World
by Paul Roberts
Houghton Mifflin, 2004
All economic activity is rooted in the energy economy, which means a substantial portion of the current world economy is linked to the production and distribution of oil. But what will happen, Roberts asks, when the well starts to run dry?...
History in the Making: An Absorbing Look at How American History Has Changed in the Telling Over the Last 300 Years
by Kyle Ward
New Press, 2006
For this fascinating history of history, author and professor Ward (History Lessons) examined scores of textbooks published between 1794 and 1999 to see how the same American historical periods, events or figures have been portrayed at different times throughout the nation's past, uncovering startling discrepancies in writers' versions of everything from slavery to Vietnam...
The Informant: The FBI, the Ku Klux Klan, and the Murder of Viola Liuzzo
by Gary May
Yale University Press, 2005
Suspenseful and vigorously reported. The caution May sounds in The Informant is worth heeding, now more than ever...
Let Them Eat Prozac: The Unhealthy Relationship Between the Pharmaceutical Industry and Depression
by David Healy
New York University Press, 2006
An alarming book, the most disturbing part of the story Healy tells is not merely about the risks of SSRIs but about the efforts of the pharmaceutical industry to make sure those risks were not uncovered...
Powder Burn: Arson, Money, and Mystery on Vail Mountain
by Daniel Glick
PublicAffairs, 2003
On the face of it, this is the story of unsolved arson at a high-glamour resort, a mystery packed with suspects that range from crusty ski bums to radical tree huggers to the resort's own corporate honchos. But underlying this entertaining true-life plot is a greater theme that is playing out across America...
Roots Too: White Ethnic Revival in Post-Civil Rights America
by Matthew Frye Jacobson
Harvard University Press, 2006
As critically important as it is engaging, Roots Too impressively shows how thoroughly "Ellis Island" whiteness has remade nationalism in the U.S. in the last half century. Our views are both complicated and deepened by this brilliant work of retrieval and analysis...
Stonewall: The Riots That Sparked the Gay Revolution
by David Carter
St. Martin's Press, 2004
Considering all that went before, the ongoing repression and corruption, and the scent of social and political liberation in the air, Carter's eloquent account makes it clear that something was bound to catch fire...
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