Congratulations to the following Nipissing University Faculty who have had books published in the last year and were celebrated at the 2010 Faculty Book Launch on Saturday!
Bavington, Dean. Managed annihilation: An unnatural history of the Newfoundland cod collapse. Vancouver: UBC Press, 2010.
Booth, David and Larry Swartz.
Learning to read with graphic power. Toronto, ON: Oxford University Press, 2010.
Peterson, Shelley,
David Booth and Carol Jupiter.
Books, media and the Internet. Winnipeg, Manitoba: Portage and Main Press, 2009.
Booth, David.
Whatever happened to Language Arts? Markham, ON: Pembroke Publishers, 2009.
Erikson, Bruce and Catriona Mortimer-Sandilands (eds).
Queer ecologies: sex, nature, politics, desire. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 2010.
Geden, Dennis.
Dennis Geden narratives 17 May to 5 June 2010: A catalogue.
London: Redfern Gallery, 2010.
Graff, Ann-Barbara.
Eugene Aram by Edward Bulwer Lytton. Kansas City: Valancourt Books, 2010.
Hackett, David (with Miller, G. Tyler).
Living in the environment, second Canadian edition. Toronto: Nelson Education, 2010.
Maynes, Nancy and
Jennifer Straub.
Social Studies: innovative approaches for teachers. Toronto: Pearson Prentice Hall, 2011. [forthcoming - January]
Ricci, Carlo and Jerry Mintz (eds).
Turning points: 27 educational visionaries in education tell their own stories. New York N.Y: AERO, 2010.
Ricci, Carlo and Jerry Mintz (eds).
Turning points: 35 educational visionaries in education tell their own stories. New York N.Y.: AERO, 2010.
Richardson, Carole and
Warnie Richardson (eds).
The international experiences of first year teachers. Youngstown, New York: Teneo Press, 2009.
Stange, Ken.
Travellers in Europa. North Bay: Two Cultures Press, 2009.
Stange, Ken. More than ample. North Bay: Two Cultures Press, 2009.
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tange, Ken. The sad science of love. North Bay: Two Cultures Press, 2010.
We spent a lot of time in the month of July welcoming new students! It is always great to meet them and hear their excitement about starting on this new chapter of their lives. We try to put out displays that show them the wide variety of material that we have in the Library and to encourage the students to come visit us at the Info Desk if they have any questions.
We had a little problem with our skeleton - his wheels broke. So here is lying behind the Circ Desk waiting to be fixed. Sammy (Sammy Styx is his full name) gave a little start to the staff in the morning when they came and found a body lying on the floor! The staff in the Library all work hard to make sure that the resources in the Library are in good condition for everyone to use. This sometimes requires some creativity on our part.
Michelle was not able to find replacement casters for his existing base so she made a whole new base and then screwed the old base to it. Now Sammy has a nice new stand. It is much sturdier than the old stand and is easier to roll. 
Here he is - ready to be used again! Michelle also tightened his screws which helped to improve his posture a bit. Thanks Michelle! I guess that just leaves me to go through and assess all the triage books that are in my office:(
2) Google has new search options available. After doing a search in Google, there is link that says show options - I have circled it below.
It allows you to do things like limit to recent results, or for the results to be displayed in what they are calling a "Wonder wheel" which I have put a screen shot of below. Just an interesting new feature that I came across.
As always, comments and questions are welcome!
