In the latest issue of NextSpace, a publication sent out by OCLC, there are a number of mind boggling statistics concerning the use of several social networking sites.

Check these out--something to think about

10 hours of video uploaded to YouTube every minute
http://www.youtube.com/t/fact_sheet

278 photo uploads per second to Facebook
http://www.facebook.com/press/info.php?statistics

1,000,000 instant messages sent per second
www.ted.com/index.php/talks/kevin_kelly_on_the_next_5_000_days_of_the_web.htm

2,000,000 e-mails sent per second
www.ted.com/index.php/talks/kevin_kelly_on_the_next_5_000_days_of_the_web.html

100,000,000,000 clicks per day on the Web
www.ted.com/index.php/talks/kevin_kelly_on_the_next_5_000_days_of_the_web.html

55,000,000,000,000 links between all Web pages

ACQUISITIONS LIST
Chadwick Library
Iowa Wesleyan College
November 2008
*---Gifts
#---Free Gov’t Doc.

REFERENCE, INDEX, ETC.

APA. Graduate study in psychology, 2009. American Psychological Association, 2009. (Ref BF77 .G73 2009)

Knapp, Mark L. (ed.). Handbook of interpersonal communication. Sage Publications, 2002. (Ref BF637.C45 H287 2002)

Sider, Sandra. Handbook to life in Renaissance Europe. Oxford University Press, 2007. (Ref CB361 .S498 2007)

Downing, John D.H. (ed.). The SAGE handbook of media studies. Sage Publications, 2004. (Ref P90 .S18 2004)

Gudykunst, William B. (ed.). Handbook of international and intercultural communication. Sage Publications, 2002. (Ref P94.6 .H36 2002)

Dow, Bonnie J. (ed.). The SAGE handbook of gender and communication. Sage Publications, 2006. (Ref P96.S48 S34 2006)

GENERAL INTEREST

*Simpson, William. The prince: the secret story of the world’s most intriguing royal, prince Bandar Bin Sultan. Regan/Harper Collins, 2006. (DS244.526.B55 S56 2006)

*Friedricks, William B. Investing in Iowa: the life and times of F. M. Hubbell. Iowan Books, 2007. (HC102.5.H877 F75 2007)



HIGHER EDUCATION

*Inclusive scholarship: developing Black studies in the United States: a 25th anniversary retrospective of Ford Foundation grant making, 1982-2007. Ford Foundation, 2007. (E184.7 .I53 2007)

SOCIOLOGY & ANTHROPOLOGY

Light, Steven Andrew. Indian gaming & tribal sovereignty: the casino compromise. University Press of Kansas, 2005. (E98.G18 L54 2005)

COMMUNICATION

*DeVito, Joseph A. Brainstorms: how to think more creatively about communication. Harper Collins College Publishers, 1996. (BF441 .D49 1996)

*Scileppi, Patricia A. Values for interpersonal communication: how then shall we live? Star Publishing Company, 2005. (BF637.C45 S32 2005)

*Zelezny, John D. Communications law: liberties, restraints, and the modern media. Wadsworth Publishing Company, 1993. (KF2750 .Z45 1993)

*Pearson, Judy C. Human communication. McGraw-Hill, 2003. (P90 .H745 2003)

*Scott, Michael D. Dimensions of communication: an introduction. Mayfield Publishing Company, 1997. (P90 .S3886 1997)

Cottle, Simon (ed.). Media organization and production. Sage Publications, 2003. (P96.E25 M426 2003)

*Beebe, Steven A. Public speaking: an audience-centered approach. Allyn & Bacon, 2003. (PN4121 .B385 2003)

*DeVito, Joseph A. The public speaking guide. Harper Collins Publishers, 1994. (PN4121 .D3893 1994)

*Lucas, Stephen E. The art of public speaking. McGraw-Hill, 1995. (PN4121 .L72 1995)

*Mandel, Steve. Effective presentation skills. Crisp Productions Inc, 1987. (PN4121 .M3194 1987)

*Daly, John A. Presentations in everyday life: strategies for effective speaking. Houghton Mifflin Company, 2001. (PN4129.15 .D35 2001)

*Lee, Charlotte I. Oral interpretation. Houghton Mifflin, 2001. (PN4145 .L35 2001)

Kern, Jonathan. Sound reporting: the NPR guide to audio journalism and production. University of Chicago Press, 2008. (PN4784.R2 K47 2008)

HISTORY & POLITICAL SCIENCE

Dallas, Gregor. 1945: the war that never ended. Yale University Press, 2005. (D755.7 .D36 2005)

Browning, Christopher R. The origins of the final solution: the evolution of Nazi Jewish policy, September 1939-March 1942. University of Nebraska Press, 2004. (D804.3 .B773 2004)

Orlow, Dietrich. The Nazi party 1919-1945: a complete history. Enigma Books, 2008. (DD253.25 .O75 2008)

Brucia, Margaret A. To be a Roman: topics in Roman culture. Bolchazy-Carducci Publishers, 2007. (DG78 .B78 2007)

Goldsworthy, Adrian. Caesar: life of a colossus. Yale University Press, 2006. (DG261 .G584 2006)

*Larson, Chuck (ed.). Heroes among us: firsthand accounts of combat from America’s most decorated warriors in Iraq and Afghanistan. NAL Caliber, 2008. (DS79.76 .H46445 2008)

MacFarquhar, Roderick. Mao’s last revolution. Belknap Press, 2008. (DS778.7 .M33 2008)

Mayer, Henry. All on fire: William Lloyd Garrison and the abolition of slavery. W. W. Norton, 2008. (E449.G25 M39 2008)

Beatty, Jack. Age of betrayal: the triumph of money in America, 1865-1900. Vintage/Random House, 2008. (E661 .B37 2008)

Shlaes, Amity. The forgotten man: a new history of the Great Depression. Harper Perennial, 2008. (E806 .S52 2008)

*DeFrank, Thomas M. Write it when I’m gone: remarkable off-the-record conversations with Gerald R. Ford. G.P. Putnam’s Sons, 2007. (E866 .D43 2007)

Tooze, Adam. The wages of destruction: the making and breaking of the Nazi economy. Penguin, 2008. (HC286.4 .T66 2008)

Meyerson, Michael I. Liberty’s blueprint: how Madison and Hamilton wrote the Federalist papers, defined the Constitution, and made democracy safe for the world. Basic Books/Perseus, 2008. (KF4520 .M49 2008)

MUSIC

*Weiss, Piero. Music in the Western world: a history in documents. Schirmer Books/Macmillan, 1984. (ML160 .M865 1984)

*Vigeland, Carl A. In concert: onstage and offstage with the Boston Symphony Orchestra. University of Massachusetts Press, 1991. (ML1211.8.B72 B78 1991)

*Wilson-Dickson, Andrew. The story of Christian music: from Gregorian chant to Black gospel: an authoritative illustrated guide to all the major traditions of music for worship. Fortress Press, 1996. (ML3000 .W54 1996)

Sacks, Oliver. Musicophilia: tales of music and the brain. Vintage/Random House, 2008. (ML3830 .S13 2008)

PHYSICAL EDUCATION

*Guest, Ann Hutchinson. Your move. Routledge/Taylor & Francis, 2008. (GV452 .G83 2008)

RELIGION & PHILOSOPHY

*Brinkley, Douglas. Parish priest: Father Michael McGivney and American Catholicism. William Morrow/Harper Collins, 2006. (BX4705.M194 B75 2006)

Geanakoplos, Deno John. Byzantium: church, society, and civilization seen through contemporary eyes. University of Chicago Press, 1986. (DF503 .B983 1986)

SCIENCE—BIOLOGY

Roberts, Paul. The end of food. Houghton Mifflin, 2008. (HD9000.5 .R578 2008)


CONSUMER HEALTH

Schneider, Jennifer P. Living with chronic pain: the complete health guide to the causes and treatment of chronic pain. Healthy Living Books, 2004. (RB127 .S365 2004)

AUDIO-VISUAL

*Guest, Ann Hutchinson. Your move. Routledge/Taylor & Francis, 2008. (A-V CD GV452 .G83 2008)

*Kabul transit. Bullfrog Films, 2007. (A-V DVD DS375.K2 K33 2006 c.2-3)

Why ads work: the power of self-deception. Learningseed, 1996. (A-V DVD HF5822 .W49 1996)

Why you buy: 21st century advertising. Learningseed, 2002. (A-V DVD HF5822 .W5)
*Ben-Hur. MGM/UA, 1988. (A-V VHS PN1997 .B45 1988 pt.1-2)

*Do the right thing. Universal, 1998. (A-V DVD PN1997 .D52 1998)

*Leap of faith. Paramount Pictures, 2003. (A-V DVD PN1997 .L437 2003)

*Terms of endearment. Paramount Pictures, 2000. (A-V DVD PN1997.T47 T47 2000)

*Wall street. Twentieth-Century Fox, 2000. (A-V DVD PN1997 .W234 2000)

LIBRARY SCIENCE

Kroski, Ellyssa. Web 2.0 for librarians and information professionals. Neal Schuman Publishers, 2008. (Z674.75.W67 K76 2008)

September Acquisitions

ACQUISITIONS LIST

Chadwick Library

Iowa Wesleyan College

October 2008

*---Gifts

#---Free Gov’t Doc.

REFERENCE, INDEX, ETC.

Mandel, David. Who’s who in the Jewish Bible. Jewish Publication Society of America, 2007. (Ref BS570.M36 2007)

GENERAL INTEREST

Mann, Michael E. Dire predictions : understanding global warming. DK Adult, 2008. (QC981.8.G56 M35 2008)

Stein, Richard Joseph (ed.). Water Supply. H.W. Wilson, 2008. (TD355 .W385 2008)

McCaffrey, Paul (ed.). U.S. national debate topic 2008-2009 : alternative energy. H.W. Wilson, 2008. (TJ808 .U82 2008)

HIGHER EDUCATION

Hunter, Mary Stuart. Academic advising : new insights for teaching and learning in the first year. National Resource Center, 2007. (LB2343 .A294 2007)

*Everston, Carolyn M. Classroom management for elementary teachers. Pearson, 2009. (LB3013 .C5288 2009 C.1-2)

*Emmer, Edmund T. Classroom management for middle and high school teachers. Pearson, 2009. (LB3013 .C533 2009 C.1-2

ART

Turner, Mark (ed.). The artful mind : cognitive science and the riddle of human creativity. Oxford University Press, 2006. (N71 .A762 2006)

COMMUNICATION

Schlesinger, Robert. White House ghosts : presidents and their speechwriters. Simon & Schuster, 2008. (E176.1 .S345 2008)

Keen, Andrew. The cult of the amateur : how blogs, MySpace, YouTube, and the rest of today’s user-generated media are destroying our economy, our culture, and our values. Doubleday Business, 2007. (HM851 .K43 2007)

Gitelman, Lisa. Always already new : media, history, and the data of culture. MIT Press, 2006. (P90 .G4776 2006)

Brummett, Barry S. (ed.). Uncovering hidden rhetorics : social issues in disguise. Sage Publications, 2008. (P301.5.S63 U96 2008)

ENGLISH & LITERATURE

McCloud, Scott. Understanding comics : the invisible art. Harper Perennial, 1994. (PN6710 .M335 1994)

*Landolfi, Tommaso. Words in commotion and other stories. Viking, 1986. (PQ4827.A57 A24 1986)

*Kinnell, Galway. Selected poems. Houghton Mifflin, 1982. (PS3521.I582 A6 1982)

*Gurganus, Allan. White people. Alfred A. Knopf, 1991. (PS3557.U814 A6 1991)

*Harrison, Jim. Returning to earth. Grove Press, 2007. (PS3558.A67 R4 2007)

*Haruf, Kent. Plainsong. Alfred A. Knopf, 1999. (PS3558.A716 P58 1999)

*Haruf, Kent. The tie that binds : a novel. Vintage Books, 2000. (PS3558.A716 T5 2000)

*Jones, Thom. The pugilist at rest : stories. Little, Brown and Company, 1993. (PS3560.O546 1993)

*Mason, Bobbie Ann. Clear Springs : a memoir. Random House, 1999. (PS3563.A7877 Z77 1999)

Stover, Lois Thomas. Teaching the selected works of Katherine Paterson. Heinemann, 2007. (PS3566.A779 Z86 2007)

Crowe, Chris. Teaching the selected works of Mildred D. Taylor. Heinemann, 2007. (PS3570.A9463 Z65 2007)

HISTORY & POLITICAL SCIENCE

Spiegelman, Art. Maus : a survivor’s tale. Pantheon, 1997. (DS135.P63 S68 1997)

*Hoffman, Eva. Lost in translation : a life in a new language. Penguin Books, 1990. (E184.J5 H63 1990)

*Wiencek, Henry. An imperfect god : George Washington, his slaves, and the creation of America. Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2003. (E312.17 .W6 2003)

Mari, Christopher (ed.). The American presidency. H.W, Wilson, 2008. (JK516 .A86 2008)

*Habegger, Alfred. My wars are laid away in books : the life of Emily Dickinson. Random House, 2001. (PS1541.Z5 H32 2001)

MATHEMATICS & COMPUTER SCIENCE

Harold, Elliotte Rusty. Java network programming. O’Reilly Media, 2005. (QA76.625 .H367 2005)

Gamma Erich. Design patterns : elements of reusable object-oriented software. Addison-Wesley Professional, 1995. (QA76.64 .D47 1995)

Bloch, Joshua. Effective Java™ programming language guide. Prentice Hall, 2001. (QA76.73.J38 B57 2001 C.2)

Vieira, Robert. Beginning SQL server 2005 programming. Wiley, 2006. (QA76.9.C55 V54 2006)

RELIGION & PHILOSOPHY

Taleb, Nassim Nicholas. The black swan : the impact of the highly improbable. Random House, 2007. (Q375 .T35 2007)

Scott, Jacqueline (ed.). Critical affinities : Nietzsche and African American thought. State University of New York Press, 2006. (B3317 .C685 2006)

Grob, Leonard (ed.). Women’s and men’s liberation : testimonies of spirit. Greenwood Press, 1991. (BL625.7 .W65 1991)

*Robinson, Marilynne. The death of Adam : essays on modern thought. Houghton Mifflin, 1998. (E169.12 .R583 1998)

Lott, Tommy L. African-American philosophy : selected readings. Prentice Hall, 2002. (E184.6 .A335 2002)

Barboza, Steven (ed.). The African American book of values : classic moral stories. Doubleday, 1998. (E185.86 .B35 1998)

Pearsall, Marilyn (ed.). Women and values : readings in recent feminist philosophy. Wadsworth, 1993. (HQ1190 .W68 1993)

Souaiaia, Ahmed E. Contesting justice : women, Islam, law, and society. State University of New York Press, 2008. (KBP50 .S68 2008)

SOCIOLOGY

Weinberger, David. Everything is miscellaneous : the power of the new digital disorder. Holt Paperbacks, 2008. (HD30.2 .W4516 2008)

AUDIO-VISUAL

*Luther. MGM, 2004. (A-V DVD BR327 .L77 2004b)

*Paper Clips. Hart Sharp Video, 2006. (A-V DVD D804.33 .P37 2006)

*Amistad. DreamWorks, 2004. (A-V DVD E447 .A6 2004)

*Bowling for Columbine. MGM Home Entertainment, 2003. (A-V DVD HV7436 .B69 2003)

*Thank you for smoking. Twentieth Century Fox, 2006. (A-V DVD PN1995.9.C55 T4365 2006)

*Manderlay. IFC Films, 2005. (A-V DVD PN1995.9.M45 M36 2005)

*Nine lives. Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, 2006. (A-V DVD PN1995.9.W6 N564 2006)

*Invincible. New Line Home Entertainment, 2003. (A-V DVD PN1997.2 .I68 2003)

*TransAmerica. Weinstein Company, 2006. (A-V DVD PN1997.2 .T73 2006b)

*Grizzly man. Lions Gate Entertainment, 2005. (A-V DVD QL737.C27 G7588 2005)

All this just in the first month of school

It's been awhile since I posted anything and part of that has to do with the intense schedule the library has been experiencing, coupled with learning various new software of both the major and minor variety (more about that later) and, oh yes, a vacation.

First things first--the librarians, Paula, Paula and Sherril have conducted nearly 40 information literacy sessions in just the month of September. Whew! Program areas that we have been collaborating with include: WES 100, Nursing, Philosophy, Business Administration, Psychology, History, and Religion and Forum. We have done a variety of presentations from tours to powerpoints to specifically targeted resources and stand-alone guides. If you have any assignments on the near horizon that we could assist your students with, please let us know!

Secondly, we have been "playing" with and learning our new databases from the Proquest family in the areas of Psychology, Nursing, and Religion. I recently gave four InfoLit sessions that demonstrated these databases and how to use them to our students. I'm happy to report that they have been well received and constituted over 20% of our total database use for the month of September. Not a bad first showing for our newbies!

Finally, some of you may be hearing inklings about new library software. Some of you may have already gotten a first hand look at this software. We're very excited about our new LibGuide software. Two guides have already been written and I invite you to take a look at them. You can find them here. Can't miss them--they're marked by the big purple boxes. Several more are forthcoming as is more information in a later blog.

Enjoy your fall break!

Quotable Facts about Academic Libraries

From the American Library Association...here's some interesting statistics about academic and public libraries. Statistics in purple give you an idea of where Chadwick Library fits in with the rest of the country.

Academic Libraries

• Academic librarians answer 72.8 million reference questions each year--almost twice the attendance at college football games.

Chadwick Librarians responded to 4800 reference questions last year. This is a 22% increase from the previous year.

• College libraries receive less than two cents of every dollar spent on higher education.

Chadwick Library 1.96% (2006-2007 figure) of IWC college educational and general fund. We spent approximately $310 per student (2006-2007 budget figure).

• If the cost of People magazine had risen as fast as academic library periodicals since 1990, its subscription would cost about $150 per year.

The average cost of our academic paper subscriptions has risen approximately 10% each year.

• The number of librarians per 1000 students enrolled in 2 and 4 year colleges and universities in the U.S. dropped from 2.4 in 2000 to less than .5 in 2004.

The number of Chadwick staff having direct interaction with students is .5 per 100 students. The number of librarians per student is .35 per 100 students.

Public Libraries

• 63% of adults in the U.S. have public library cards.

A total of 711 people (students and faculty/staff) are registered Chadwick Library patrons. Over 80% of our campus constituency is a registered patron at Chadwick Library.

• Americans go to school, public, and academic libraries more often than they go to the movies.

Attendance at Chadwick Library has set two consecutive all time attendance records. During the 2007-2008 academic year, 81,171 people visited the library. Seven months saw record breaking attendance and October 2007 saw 10,898 people visit the library which is the all-time record attendance for one month.

• There are more public libraries than McDonald's in the U.S.--a total of 16,549, including branches

• Americans check out an average of more than seven books a year.

At Chadwick Library, 98.7% of our registered patrons check out materials during the 2007-2008 academic year.

• Americans spend nearly ten times as much money on home video games (9.9 billion) as they do on school library materials for their children (1 billion).

Excluding salaries and wages, Chadwick Library spends over 85% of the library budget on materials that directly focus on student academic needs.

Library Annual Report

One of my major summer projects is to write the annual report for the library. Over the next few weeks, I will be posting sections of the library annual report. Here's the first section which is the Executive Summary.

Click on the image to read the text in larger print.

Frame of Reference for our incoming First-Year Students

Along with the scholastic profile of our incoming first-year students, here’s a cultural profile: the Beloit College Mindset List for the Class of 2012:

http://www.beloit.edu/mindset/

Beloit’s list, published for the past 11 years by two professors, attempts to provide "observations that help to identify the experiences that have shaped the lives–and formed the mindset—of students starting their post-secondary education this fall."