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What's new in music, sociology, anthropology, and women's & gender studies…from your librarianArchive for September, 2008
Return of Michael Braz’s carillon mini-concerts
A word from our dean:
We are pleased to announce the resumption of the carillon mini-concerts by Dr. Michael Braz, professor of Music. To listen, simply step outside of your building at 10:45 on Tuesdays and Thursdays. The carillon speakers are mounted on top of Henderson Library.
Bede Mitchell, Dean of the Library
Mid-morning Music: Carillon Mini-concerts by Dr. Michael Braz
Tuesday/Thursday from 10:45 – 11 a.m.
Welcome back to the new season and to the Henderson Library renovation!
PLAY LISTS:
Tuesday, September 30:
Promenade (Pictures at an Exhibition) M. Moussorgsky
Simple Gifts Shaker Melody
Andante C. W. von Gluck
Minuet in G Major J. S. Bach
Georgia Southern University Alma Mater D. Mathew/C. Brown
Thursday, October 2:
Le Petit-Rien F. Couperin
Siciliene G. Faure
Minuet and Trio (First Viennese Sonatina) W. A. Mozart
The Swan C. Saint-Saens
Georgia Southern University Alma Mater D. Mathew/C. Brown
Researchers fear Pentagon will infiltrate anthropology
“Anthropologists fear that increasing involvement by the US military in funding research is tainting the independence of their discipline.
The concerns centre on the Minerva Research Initiative, to which the Pentagon supplies millions of dollars in funding for research by anthropologists and other social scientists on issues of US ‘national security.’
The latest edition of journal Anthropology Today warns that the level of funding available through Minerva may soon outstrip ‘civilian’ funding in the field.
‘This will undoubtedly influence our research agenda and restrict the public sphere in which we work.’”
Read the full article in the Times of London here. The editorial in Anthropology Today is here, brought to you by Henderson Library.
The Sixties
The following announcement is being circulated. Notice that the first issue is online for free!
New from Routledge – The Sixties: A Journal of History, Politics and
Culture
Please see the first issue of The Sixties for FREE online at
http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/title~content=g793750847~db=all
Across the globe, no era in the 20th century has been as celebrated,
contested, and scrutinized as the 1960s. And as we are frequently
reminded – in a parade of books, articles, films, television programs
and exhibitions – the Sixties continue to illuminate our present era.
Now, forty years after the many of the main events of 1960s, Routledge
is delighted to announce the publication of a new, peer-reviewed journal
devoted to grappling with the era’s complicated legacy.
Featuring cross-disciplinary and cutting-edge scholarship from academics
and public intellectuals, The Sixties is the only academic journal
devoted to this extraordinary era. In addition to research essays and
book reviews, The Sixties publishes exhibition reviews, conversations,
interviews and graphics.
The inaugural issue includes:
. an editorial statement
. research essays on the Black Panthers in Israel; the Chicano land grant
movement; and Barnett Newman, abstract art and 1968.
. reviews of “Across the Universe” and the Whitney Museum exhibit on
psychedelia
. a review essay of writings on Mexico in the Sixties
. reviews of books on SNCC, May 68 in France, the Esalen Institute, SDS,
the Welfare Rights movement, Henry Kissinger, Latin American literature
and the Sixties, and more
. an interview with Daniel Berrigan and Frida Berrigan
The upcoming second issue will feature:
. research essays on Nixon’s Family Assistance Plan; the historical
origins of the idea of the “liberal media”; Red Cross “Donut Dollies” in
Vietnam; and the National Teacher’s Corps.
. a Sixties memoir by Estelle Freedman
. a review essay on the German 1960s by Martin Klimke
. a report on 1968 conferences in the UK and Brazil
. reviews of museum exhibitions on Cuban art and Mexico 1968
. reviews of books on women journalists in Vietnam; Nixonland; Love
Canal; the Whole Earth Catalogue; the Sixties Unplugged;
. David Farber on the Chicago 10 film and Marian Mollin on the Camden 28
film
. a meditation on Albert Hofmann and LSD by Peter Coyote
Subscription information is available on the web site at
www.informaworld.com/thesixties.
The Sixties is Accepting Submissions for Upcoming Issues
The journal takes “the long sixties” (roughly 1954-1975) as its broad
focus, and includes transnational and comparative analyses. To date, the
journal has received disproportionate numbers of submissions from US
scholars on US topics; submissions on non-US topics and from scholars in
South America, Asia, Australia, Europe and Africa are, therefore,
especially welcome. Editors seek submissions in the following areas:
. Social movements and political protest
. Foreign and domestic policy
. Institutions and international relations
. Decolonization and North-South conflicts
. Women’s history, gender history and the history of sexuality
. The experiences of subaltern and sub-national groups
. Intellectual history
. Print culture and electronic media
. Music, literature, film, theater, architecture and the visual arts
. Industry, business and advertising
. Science, technology and ecology
. Crime and punishment
Articles should be no more than 10,000 words (excluding notes) and free
of specialized jargon, with Chicago Humanities referencing and limited
endnotes. Please send submissions electronically to each of the
following addresses: Jeremy@sixtiesjournal.com,
Michael@sixtiesjournal.com, and
John@sixtiesjournal.com.
Ideas for book reviews should be sent to John McMillian
(John@sixtiesjournal.com).
The Sixties is edited by Jeremy Varon (Drew University), Michael S.
Foley (City University of New York) and John McMillian (Harvard
University).
Editorial Board: Beth Bailey, Winifred Breines, Marianne DeKoven, David
Farber, Peniel Joseph, Andrew Huebner, Daniel Kane, Martin Klimke,
Felicia Kornbluh, Ian Lekus, Fredrik Logevall, Lorena Oropeza, Jermi
Suri, Rhonda Williams, Patricia Zimmerman.
The Sixties will be published twice a year in print and online (Print
ISSN: 1754-1328; Online ISSN: 1754-1336). Subsequent issue are available
by subscription.
Michael S. Foley
Editor, The Sixties: A Journal of History, Politics, and Culture
www.sixtiesjournal.com
Associate Professor of History,
The College of Staten Island and
The Graduate Center,
The City University of New York
Renovated portion of Henderson Library opens to public
And now a word from our dean…
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As of noon today, we have opened the renovated portion of Henderson Library to the public. Over the next several weeks we will continue to move books, equipment and furniture to their new locations. You will find some changes, such as the rooms on the bottom floor will be used for library instruction instead of computer labs. There is wireless connectivity and there are public computers throughout the library, especially in the second floor Learning Commons. We have more than doubled our seating capacity.
We hope you enjoy the new Henderson Library.
W. Bede Mitchell, Ed.D.
Dean and University Librarian
Zach S. Henderson Library
Georgia Southern University
P.O. Box 8074
Statesboro, GA 30460-8074
912/478-5115 (voice)
912/478-0093 (fax)
wbmitch@georgiasouthern.edu
Medical Anthropologist Addresses Crisis in Haiti
Here’s the scoop from Paul Farmer of Harvard Medical School. This should be of particular interest to those of us who have studied Rara and other aspects of Haitian life.
Museum of Anthropology Online Artifact Database
Check out this new database, free online from Wake Forest University. A handy guide is here. More details in the announcement from AAA here.
Budget Cuts Hit GIL Express And GALILEO: Announcement of service suspension
Dear Georgia Southern University faculty, staff and students: Today we received the following announcement from Merryll Penson, Executive Director of Library Services at the University System of Georgia’s Office of Information and Instructional Technology, regarding how state budget cuts are leading to the October 1 suspension of the GIL Express Courier service and the cancellation of Cambridge Scientific Abstracts from the suite of GALILEO databases. Ms. Penson’s message follows.
Bede Mitchell, Dean of Henderson Library
>>> Merryll Penson <merryll.penson@USG.EDU> 9/18/2008 9:54 PM >>>
GIL Express Announcement
The recent decline in state tax revenue collections has forced the
University System of Georgia to plan for budget cuts for the current
fiscal year. Given the level of these cuts, there is insufficient
funding available to continue GIL Express operations, at least where
on-line requesting and delivery of books is concerned. The costs were
also increasing due to high fuel costs. Over 85,000 books were shared
among USG libraries during FY08. On-line requesting and delivery of GIL
Express books, therefore, will be suspended beginning October 1, 2008.
This suspension will allow continuation of most GALILEO electronic
resources for the current fiscal year.
Only on-line requesting that requires books to be shipped to another
library is being suspended. Patrons can still check out books from any
University System of Georgia library with a current and valid
institution issued-picture ID. A current and valid government issued
picture ID such as a driver’s license or a Georgia ID card, a US
passport or a US military ID are also acceptable. An example of a
walk-up request: A Georgia Tech student can walk into Georgia State’s
library and check out books from their collection as a walk-up (also
called on-site) transaction.
The CSA Illumina set of GALILEO databases/indexes will also be
cancelled effective November 1, 2008.
We hope this will be the end of any changes in the GALILEO/GIL
services for the remainder of the fiscal year. In the meantime, be
assured that our staff and the staff of other University System
libraries will continue to work with you to help you meet your
information needs.
Merryll S. Penson
Executive Director, Library Services
Office of Information and Instructional Technology
Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia
2500 Daniells Bridge Road
Building 300
Athens, GA 30606
706-583-2007 (voice)
706-583-2294 (fax)
Merryll.penson@usg.edu
http://www.galileo.usg.edu
http://gil.usg.edu
Please note: new address and new phone number
