Odum Library Blog

What are your plans for Fall Break? If you don’t have any yet, why not spend some time in Odum Library? The building will be open normal operational hours, so stop by to check out our new art exhibits or work on improving your midterm grades.

Odum Library:

Friday, October 21: 7:45AM to 9:00PM

Saturday, October 22: 9:00AM to 9:00PM

Sunday, October 23: 12:00PM to 2:00AM

Monday, October 24: 7:45AM to 2:00AM

Tuesday, October 25: 7:45AM to 2:00AM

Even though the building will be open all weekend, the reference librarians won’t be on hand to answer your research questions. (You can still send them an email through the Live Chat link and someone will get back to you with assistance as soon as they can.) Staff will be available at the circulation desks to help you check out a book, get items on reserve, send faxes, and all of the other wonderful things they do for you.

Reference Desk (including Live Chat):

Friday, October 21: 8:00AM to 5:00PM

Saturday, October 22: closed

Sunday, October 23: closed

Monday, October 24: 8:00AM to 6:00PM

The hours will be back to normal starting Tuesday morning, October 25.

One of our e-book suppliers, eBrary, is giving students a chance to win an iPad! See the full details below:

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September 17th is Constitution Day, the anniversary of the signing of the United States Constitution in 1787.

The Constitution, mural by Barry Faulkner, 1936, Rotunda for the Charters of Freedom, National Archives, Washington, DC

Odum Library marks Constitution Day with an online exhibit of resources about the creation of the U.S. Constitution and Georgia in the days of the Constitutional Convention.

Be sure to visit the Government Documents display for Constitution Day 2011, located in the Odum Library 2nd floor Reference area, to see copies of the Constitution, Congressional hearings, and other documents related to the U.S. Constitution and citizens’ constitutional rights, including these government documents from our collection:

The Constitution of the United States and the Declaration of Independence

The 2004 Presidential Election: Provisions of the Constitution and United States Code

Hearings before the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties of the Committee of the Judiciary:

• Civil Rights Under Fire: Recent Supreme Court Decisions, 111th Congress, 1st session, October 8, 2009
• USA PATRIOT Act, 111th Congress, 1st session, September 22, 2009
• Achieving the Promises of the Americans with Disabilities Act in the Digital Age: Current Issues, Challenges, and Opportunities, 111th Congress, 2nd session, April 22, 2010

Just click the above links to our GIL-Find Catalog to find these documents in our collection.

Valdosta State University will feature more observations of Constitution Day, including a roundtable discussion “Free Speech and Order on University Campuses in the United States,” open to the public, location, time, and date TBA.

About the Collection

Jeannette and Charles Kessler have given the VSU Archives and Special Collections over fifty items from their extensive travels in East Asia. Items include 3000-year-old Ban Chiang Pottery from Thailand, Indonesia, Laos, Cambodia, and other countries, and a collection of Tibetan photographs. Jeannette was a teacher and Charles was an accountant who worked and then traveled in East Asia in the 1980s-2000s. Their valuable and large collection represents an exciting gift for the VSU Archives. As part of a Welcome to School gallery exhibit, we are showing a few pieces of the Kessler Collection. On display are two antique weavings, one from Sumatra and one from Thailand. We also present two photographs from an exhibit created by Charles Kessler from pictures he took in Tibet in 1999 and 2000: “Robed Man” and “In Her Sunday Best.” More of the collection will be on display in Spring of 2012.

We’re always adding feature films, documentaries, and educational films for you to check out.

You can see our most recent DVDs at:

valdosta.edu/library/about/NewDVDsatOdumLibrary.shtml

You can search for DVDs yourself, in GIL-Find, by adding the words DVD videorecording to any keyword search.

The following is a message that JSTOR sent to libraries across the nation. Soon, we will have more early JSTOR content to add to our current holdings, and it will also be available to the public!

To get to VSU’s JSTOR subscription, go to the Library Homepage, and click “Select Database” under General Databases.

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Until now, the Art in Odum Library blog posts have focused on collections. Today’s post focuses on a single work that has a great deal of meaning for everyone in our library. This piece was commissioned in honor of William H. Mobley IV, a longtime friend of our library. Please continue reading this post to find out more about Mr. Mobley and the work by Ms. Amaki that was commissioned in his honor.

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Do you need to create a presentation that incorporates images, narration and your own creative music. Then look no further, Windows Photo Story is a simple tool that will allow you do all of the above. If you wish to learn more about Photo Story then check the ” How To” page on the media center’s website. We have place several Photo Story tutorials available for your viewing.

Windows Photo Story

Our series of blog posts about art in Odum Library continues this week with a look at the Ross Rosenberg collection, which is currently on display on the second floor. This collection features works by the artist Ross Rosenberg in a number of mediums, from sketches in pencil, to sculpture. If you would like to know more about the artist and his work, please continue reading for a short biographical sketch of Rosenberg and a discussion of his work.

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