12/16 - A Virus Attacked the Library's Homepage

This morning a new virus attacked parts of the WSU network. This virus was only added to the Microsoft anti-virus software profile today. The library’s main page crashed and there has been difficulty in restoring it. In the meantime, a text-only version of the library's homepage has been uploaded so that our patrons can continue to access the library's resources.

Thank you for your patience. We hope the library's homepage will be restored soon.

Update: A virus did not attack the library's homepage. There was a problem with the virus definitions in the virus software, which defined the library's homepage as a virus. The problem has been corrected. Thank you for your patience.

12/13 - InterLibrary Loan Service During Winter Break

Please be advised that the Krueger Library expects interlibrary loan service to be slower than normal during this Winter break. The University of Minnesota system, including all its libraries, will be closed for one week (Dec. 24, 2010 - Jan.2,2011) and all University of Minnesota personnel will be on furlough. In addition, nationwide an increasing number of libraries will be closed entirely or will be offering only limited interlibrary loan services during Winter break.

For questions please contact our Interlibrary loan unit.

Thank you for your understanding and patience.

12/10 - Congratulations Graduates & Commencement Viewing Options

Winona State University Fall 2010 Commencement will take place at 10:30 a.m. Friday, Dec. 10, in McCown Gymnasium, on the Winona campus. Around 500 graduates are scheduled to participate.

Doors open at 9:30 a.m.

The Commencement ceremony can be viewed via live video streaming on the web at: http://www.winona.edu/itv/stream/fall/.

The ceremony also will be aired live at 10:30 a.m. on Hiawatha Broadband Communications (HBC) television channel 20 in the Winona area. The program will be replayed at 2 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, Dec. 11-12, on HBC channel 25 in Winona.

For more information, visit: http://www.winona.edu/registrar/commencementhome.asp.

12/10 - Library Hours for Winter Break

The Krueger Library is open over winter break. For the Library hours please visit the Library Hours web page.

December 2010
10	Friday	7:30am-5:00pm
11-12	Saturday-Sunday	Closed
13-17	Monday-Friday	7:30am-5:00pm
18-19	Saturday-Sunday	Closed
20-22	Monday-Wednesday	7:30am-5:00pm
23-26	Thursday-Sunday	Closed
27-30	Monday-Thursday	7:30am-5:00pm
31	Friday	Closed
January 2011
1-2	Saturday-Sunday	Closed
3-7	Monday-Friday	7:30am-5:00pm
8	Saturday	Closed
9	Sunday	1:00pm-9:00pm

12/6 - FOOD! Student Study Break on Monday Afternoon

On Monday afternoon there will be beverages and nourishment for students. We hope that you'll take a break and enjoy something at the student study break.

Good luck on your finals! And travel safely over the winter break.

12/3 - Interlibrary Loan Service During the Winter Break

Please be advised that the Krueger Library expects interlibrary loan service to be slower than normal during this Winter break. The University of Minnesota system, including all its libraries, will be closed for one week (Dec. 24, 2010 - Jan.2,2011) and all University of Minnesota personnel will be on furlough. In addition, nationwide an increasing number of libraries will be closed entirely or will be offering only limited interlibrary loan services during Winter break. Thank you for your understanding and patience.

12/3 Library Hours for Finals

The Library is open extended hours on Friday and Saturday for fall finals 2010. For more information on the Library's hours please visit our Library Hours web page at:

http://www.winona.edu/library/about/hours.html

December 3	Friday	7:30am-10:00pm
December 4	Saturday	10:00am-10:00pm
December 5	Sunday	11:00am-2:00am
December 6-8	Monday-Wednesday	7:30am-2:00am
December 9	Thursday	7:30am-7:00pm
December 10	Friday (Commencement)	7:30am-5:00pm

11/21 - Submit a Library Athenaeum Proposal

We are now accepting proposals for Library Athenaeum events for Spring semester, 2011. If you are interested in presenting, please complete the linked Athenaeum Proposal Form , and either email it to me (http://www.blogger.com/aquam@winona.edu) or send it to office -Library Room 132. If you have a question about the nature of Athenaeum events, please review the current and past schedules.

Additionally, please contact any of the ad-hoc committee members with any questions you might have.

If you have not submitted your proposal by Wednesday, November 17, 2010, please contact Allison Quam to let her know you are preparing one (and your time frame for submitting it). Review of proposals begins after this date. Please submit proposals as soon as possible.

11/20 - Library Hours - Thanksgiving week

The Krueger Library's hours for Thanksgiving week are:

November 2010
23	Tuesday	7:30am-10:00pm
24	Wednesday	7:30am-5:00pm
25-27	Thursday-Saturday	Closed
28	Sunday	Regular Hours: 1:00pm-2:00am

Tuesday November 23 7:30am-10:00pm
Wednesday November 24 7:30am-5:00pm
Thursday-Saturday (November 25-27) CLOSED
Sunday November 28 1:00pm-2:00am - Regular hours

For more information please visit our Library Hours web page.

11/17 - Athenaeum at 1pm - Jobs in the XXI Century: The importance of being earnest about cultural competency by Juan Fernández Iglesias

Please join us on Wednesday, November 17, at 1:00pm for "Jobs in the XXI Century: The importance of being earnest about cultural competency” presented by Juan Fernández Iglesias.

In an increasingly interconnected world, the importance of a global perspective in a students’ curriculum has become an integral part of a Liberal Arts education. This global awareness is, in many cases, already reflected in the mission and vision of public universities, since many employers, from the fields of Criminal Justice to Nursing, Engineering and Business, to name a few, demand and place a premium in the ability of their prospective employees to navigate cultural differences. However, increasing budget constraints, demands on bigger class sizes and the elimination of electives, together with a general lack of awareness of the importance of world cultures for future job prospects, mean that less than 5% of students include world languages and cultures as part of their curriculum. Professor Fernández Iglesias will describe these competing realities and offer some solutions on how to solve this dilemma, so that the study of world cultures can become a powerful tool to enhance students' majors, and, therefore, their job prospect in a global world.

The Library Athenaeum is located on the second floor, bluff side of the Darrell W. Krueger Library. For more information about the Library Athenaeum, please visit the following: http://www.winona.edu/library/athenaeum/

11/11 - Library Closed on Veterans Day

The Darrell W. Krueger Library will be closed on Thursday, November 11, in observance of Veterans Day. The Library will reopen Friday, November 12, at 7:30am.

11/4 - ScienceDirect Downtime on November 7 & 13

ScienceDirect (WSU database) will be down for maintenance on:

• Sunday, November 7, from 1 a.m. till 5 a.m.
• Saturday, November 13, from 7 a.m. till 1 p.m.

11/2- Voting/Election Information for Tuesday November 2nd

The Secretary of State site for Minnesota provides information about where, when, and how to register and vote in Minnesota on Tuesday November 2, 2010.

http://www.sos.state.mn.us/

11/3 - Athenaeum at 1pm - A Treatment of Sky Color by Joyati Debnath

Please join us on Wednesday, November 3, at 1:00pm for "A Treatment of Sky Color” presented by Joyati Debnath.

In this presentation Professor Debnath will use Einstein’s “thought experiments” to broaden human knowledge about sky color. She will discuss several questions such as: when and why the sky is blue and not blue; how does the nature of light effect on what we see; how does the formation of clouds change the sky.

The Library Athenaeum is located on the second floor, bluff side of the Darrell W. Krueger Library. For the complete Fall 2010 Library Athenaeum schedule, please visit the following: http://www.winona.edu/library/athenaeum/

10/27-Athenaeum-Using GigaPan High-Resolution Photography to Bring Virtual Field Experiences to the Classroom Lee Beatty & Candace Kairies Beatty

On October 27th Lee Beatty and Candace Kairies Beatty will present on "Using GigaPan High-Resolution Photography to Bring Virtual Field Experiences to the Classroom."

Lee Beatty, Assistant professor, Geoscience Department
Candace Kairies Beatty, Assistant professor, Geoscience Department

Field experiences are an important part of undergraduate education in the geosciences, but students’ field experiences are often limited by their geographic location, funding availability, etc. Using a GigaPan robotic camera mount to capture high-resolution panoramic images, we can provide a virtual field experience similar to actual fieldwork and give students opportunities to hone techniques, such as rock identification and mapping, that are usually associated with work in the field. This approach differs from the concept of a virtual field trip in that students are actively collecting and analyzing data rather than simply sightseeing online. During this presentation there will be a demonstration of the GigaPan robot, a discussion of how high-resolution panoramic images can be used in the classroom as well as a discussion of how the applications of the GigaPan technology are used in other areas.

10/17-Reception for Mo & Dorothy Weber - Max Weber paintings!

On Sunday October 17 at 2:30pm there will be a reception on the second floor of the Library (Performing Arts Center side). The Webers have donated three Max Weber paintings over the last few years. This reception is to celebrate the recent installation of these paintings and thank Mo and Dorothy.

10/20-Athenaeum at 1pm - How the Connected Community Paves the Road to Sustainability? An Earth Way Perspective by James Reidy

Join us on Wednesday October 20th at 1pm for a presentation by James Reidy titled "How the Connected Community Paves the Road to Sustainability? An Earth Way Perspective."

James Reidy is an Associate Professor of Recreation, Tourism and Therapeutic Recreation (RTTR). He will speak about: the best path to sustainability is through our understanding and practice of a connected community. If, as a community, we examine the historical and economic conflict between the people of the First Nation and the European nation, we will be better equipped to pave a solid path to enhanced sustainability and secure a future for our children. During this presentation Professor Reidy will weave the audience through a tapestry of teachings, quotes, and songs from several tribes, which could be incorporated into a daily discipline in order to sustain the biotic and abiotic community.

The Athenaeum is located on the second floor of the WSU Krueger Library, bluff side.

10/13 - Athenaeum at 1pm - The Cycle of Love in Edna St. Vincent Millay’s Fatal Interview by Gabe Dybing

Please join us on Wednesday, October 13, at 1:00pm for " The Cycle of Love in Edna St. Vincent Millay’s Fatal Interview” presented by Gabe Dybing.

In the midst of the Modernist literary movement, Edna St. Vincent Millay (1892-1950) resisted poetic trends by continuing to work with outmoded “fixed forms,” most prominently with the sonnet. In one of her most famous sequences, Fatal Interview (1931), Millay subverts what had once been considered a “masculine” form, thereby redefining what it means to love, lust, and lose in the early twentieth century. Dybing will lecture and share poems particularly demonstrative of Millay’s restructuring methods.

10/06 - Athenaeum at 1pm - Siblings and Autism: Stories Spanning Generations and Cultures by Debra Cumberland

Please join us on Wednesday, October 6, at 1:00pm for "Siblings and Autism: Stories Spanning Generations and Cultures” presented by Debra Cumberland.

In recent decades, we have seen an extraordinary number of parent books, a mother or father driven to encompass the reality of autism in words: Clara Claiborne Parks’s Exiting Nirvana, Richard Grinker’s Unstrange Minds, Susan Senator’s Making Peace with Autism, and many, many more. From autobiographical “how-to” perspectives meant to teach interventions and thus “recover” a child to revelations into the hard realities and unique features of a different way of knowing, these books and others discern the landscape of autism as seen through the intimate lens of a parent. In all the various renderings of the life of autism, however, one voice is consistently missing or spoken from the margins: the sibling point of view. Professor Cumberland will talk about her experiences publishing an anthology that gave voice to the sibling experience, and what she learned in the process.

The Library Athenaeum is located on the second floor, bluff side of the Darrell W. Krueger Library. For the complete Fall 2010 Library Athenaeum schedule, please visit the following: http://www.winona.edu/library/athenaeum/

9/29 - Athenaeum at 1pm - Civic Media by James A. Bowey

Please join us on Wednesday, September 29, at 1:00pm for “Civic Media” presented by James A. Bowey.

One of the important questions concerning media scholars and practitioners is whether the Internet is leading to a more polarized and insular society. This lecture will examine this issue and explore models and ideas for using Internet technologies to enhance civic engagement, and look at the role of journalism and higher education in developing a civic media. The lecture will also present findings and experiences from the Winona360 civic media project to illustrate these issues and ideas.

Winona 360 website

The Library Athenaeum is located on the second floor, bluff side of the Darrell W. Krueger Library. For the complete Fall 2010 Library Athenaeum schedule, please visit the following: http://www.winona.edu/library/athenaeum/

9/22 - Athenaeum at 1pm - A Novel Perspective on Southeastern Minnesota by Toby Dogwiler

Please join us on Wednesday, September 22, at 1:00pm for "A Novel Perspective on Southeastern Minnesota: How New Remote Sensing Technologies are Changing the Way We Manage Our Natural Resources” presented by Toby Dogwiler.

Over the past few years several new remotely sensed data sets have become available for southeastern Minnesota. These include very high-resolution color aerial photos, Pictometry, which allows all portions of the landscape to be viewed from at least four oblique angles and high-resolution digital elevation models that allow the landscape to be visualized in three dimensions. During this presentation Professor Dogwiler will introduce the audience these technology as well as LiDar and other high-resolution digital elevation models, show examples from the southeastern Minnesota data, and discuss how these data sets are helping to address natural resources issues from the local farm all the way to the Gulf of Mexico dead zone.

The Library Athenaeum is located on the second floor, bluff side of the Darrell W. Krueger Library. For the complete Fall 2010 Library Athenaeum schedule, please visit the following: http://www.winona.edu/library/athenaeum/

9/15 - Athenaeum at 1pm - Music and the Writing of Thomas Hardy by Ann-Marie Dunbar and Paul Vance

Please join us on Wednesday, September 15, at 1:00pm for "Music and the Writing of Thomas Hardy” presented by Ann-Marie Dunbar and Paul Vance.

This presentation will examine the musicality of Hardy’s prose and musical settings of Hardy’s poetry by Gerald Finzi, Benjamin Britten and others.

The Library Athenaeum is located on the second floor, bluff side of the Darrell W. Krueger Library. For the complete Fall 2010 Library Athenaeum schedule, please visit the following: http://www.winona.edu/library/athenaeum/

9/8 - Athenaeum - Promoting Early Intervention for a Safer/Healthier Campus Behavioral Assessment & Intervention Team (B.A.I.T.):

This Wednesday at 1:00pm the Library hosts the first Athenaeum event for fall 2010 titled “Promoting Early Intervention for a Safer/Healthier Campus”. The WSU Behavioral Assessment & Intervention Team (B.A.I.T.) will discuss its primary mission to provide a network of support as “Students of Concern” surface in classrooms, residence halls, student activities, performances, and the greater Winona community. B.A.I.T. members work as a resource to provide guidance for faculty, staff, and administrators who may become aware or involved with a variety of behaviors that are problematic to the university’s educational mission. B.A.I.T. will discuss their role on campus and the importance of early detection, reporting and intervention.

The WSU Behavioral Assessment & Intervention Team (B.A.I.T.) composed of:
Karen Johnson, Dean of Students
Pat Ferden, Director of WSU Counseling Center
Don Walski, Director of Security
Connie Kamara, Director of Health Services
Paula Scheevel, Director of House and Residence Life
John Ferden, Senior Advisor for Student Life and Development/Director of Student Conduct and Citizenship

Please join us this Wednesday September 8, 2010 at 1:00pm on the second floor of the Krueger Library.

For the full Library Athenaeum schedule please see: http://www.winona.edu/library/athenaeum/

9/2 Library Labor Day Weekend Hours

Library Labor Day Weekend Hours

WSU Library Labor Day Weekend hours are as follows:

Saturday - Sept. 4 10:00am-6:00pm (regular hours)
Sunday - Sept. 5 1:00pm-9:00pm
Monday - Sept. 6 CLOSED (Labor Day)

Regular academic hours resume Tuesday, September 7. Please check the Library's hours web page for more information.

9/1 - A Month of Birds: A Library Exhibit of Audubon's Reproduction Prints

During the month of September, as a precursor to the 2010 CLASP lecture series, The Big Sky, the Darrell W. Krueger Library will display reproduction prints of John James Audubon's The Birds of North America. Audubon’s The Birds of North America is considered the most important ornithological publication in the United States. It was published between 1827 and 1838 as 435 hand-colored double elephant folio sheets (39 inches by 26 inches). WSU is fortunate to own a complete full-sized reproduction, which was published in Amsterdam in 1971. Of the 250 reproduction editions, only 119 sets of the original exist. The Darrell W. Krueger Library owns the copy numbered 165. This public display is the first of WSU’s prints. Each day the library will select either a resident bird of Minnesota or a bird that includes Minnesota in their migratory path.

For more information, please contact Russ Dennison, rdennison@winona.edu, or Allison Quam, aquam@winona.edu

8/28 - ScienceDirect Maintenance on Saturday, 6:30a-3:30p

ScienceDirect has announced that the database will be down for maintenance this Saturday, August 28, from 6:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Thank you for your patience.

8/20 - Printing with a Mac

Before printing from a MAC laptop while on campus:
1. Go to the WSU_Additions in Applications
2. Use PrintingAdditions to remove ALL printers
3. Use SoftwareAdditions to install the HP Printer drive
4. Return to PrintingAdditions to re-install printers
5. When you print on campus for the first time, you will have to login using your WSU username and password.

If you have questions about printing, please contact the WSU Technical Support Center: http://www.winona.edu/it/tsc.asp

Fall 2010 - Library Hours

Check out the WSU Krueger Library regular semester hours at our web site:
http://www.winona.edu/library/about/hours.html

08/16 - New Student Orientation Week Information

Check out the WSU Advising site for information for the new student orientation schedule of activities.
http://www.winona.edu/advising/index.asp

08/10 - MN Primary: Need to find your polling place?

Tuesday, August 10th, is the Primary Election in Minnesota. If you need to find your poll, please visit http://pollfinder.sos.state.mn.us/

The Wisconsin Primary is September 14th. To find your polling place in Wisconsin: https://vpa.wi.gov/

07/13 - Technology Alert! Campus card system and Purple Pass will not be available Wednesday, July 14

On Wednesday, July 14 a major software upgrade will occur with the Winona campus identification card system-CBORD. The ID card system will not be functional for the day. This software controls all aspects of the Winona campus ID card system including Purple Pass. The following systems will be affected:

• Copy machines will not be available (The copiers in the library with coin ops will continue to accept coin)
• WSU Copy Center located in the print shop (Somsen 112) will be available to meet all department needs on Wednesday for a lesser charge for your copies. The Copy Center is trialing a new online copy order submission form. If you need copies on Wednesday try the new system or submit your requests in your traditional way. Here’s the link to the new online copy request form https://mywsu.winona.edu/forms/creativesvcs/Lists/Digital%20Copy%20Request/NewForm.aspx
  
• The food service cash registers will run in offline mode. They will accept cash & credit, but no Purple Pass.
• The Purple Pass tender will be unavailable in the bookstore. (all other bookstore functions will remain unchanged)
• The Purple Pass system will not be available to add funds
• Campus card office will not be able to print or issue new ID cards or replacement cards
• Snack & Soda vending will not be available to use Purple Pass (Coin and Bill Collectors will continue to operate)
• Laundry vending will not be available to use with Purple Pass (Coin and Bill Collectors will continue to operate as will Laundry View)

The upgrade is scheduled for the entire day, but it is possible that this upgrade will be completed in less time. We will notify the campus when the ID Card system is functional.


Technical Support Center
Somsen 207
Techsupport@winona.edu
507 457-5240

6/28 - Fourth of July Holiday - Library Closed July 3-5

Observance of the 4th of July - WSU Library Holiday Hours

The Darrell W. Krueger Library will be closed Saturday-Monday (July 3-5) in observance of the Independence Day Holiday. Regular summer session hours resume Tuesday (July 6).

For a current listing of hours consult the Libraries' web page (http://www.winona.edu/library/about/hours.html) or call the information line at 457-5140.

6/22 - Refworks 2.0 New Interface Available for Beta Testing

Refworks is a bibliographic management software available to all WSU students and personnel. It is a personal database you can use to store your citations (for articles, books and websites). And importantly it helps you to create bibliographies for your research papers/projects in a variety of citation styles such as MLA, APA and Chicago styles to name a few.

Refworks 2.0 is in beta testing mode. If you would like to try it, you can login and select the 2.0 interface by clicking on the icon in the upper right hand corner of the Refworks interface. Please be aware that some features are not yet available in the new 2.0 interface. For example the customized "output style editor" used by the WSU History department is not yet available. If you select the 2.0 interface, the next time you login your instance of Refworks will login to the 2.0 side. Here are services/features that are and aren't available in the new interface.

Features currently available in new interface that continue to appear in the ‘classic’ presentation include:

· RefShare – both the shared institutional page and the RefShare site itself

· Write-N-Cite

· RefGrab-It

Features not currently available with new interface include:

· Multiple Languages – available in English only

· Authentication through Athens and Shibboleth is not implemented

Features not currently available in the new interface but available in the classic interface include:

· Output Style Editor

6/21-25 - New student registration activities in the Krueger Library,

Welcome all new WSU students!

Registration activities in the Krueger Library, June 21-25, 2010

The Registrars Office and Advising Services will be using the west side of the second floor for registration and advising activities from 7:00 am – 3:00 pm.
The study rooms on the west side (201- 206) will not be available for student use.
Placement testing will occur ...in room 102 and the Info Gallery from 5:30 – 9:00 pm (Mon-Thurs.)

For more information please see: https://mywsu.winona.edu/campusnews/Pages/WSU-2010-New-Student-Registration-Bulletin.aspx

And the new student registration schedule can be viewed here: http://www.winona.edu/Media/2010_June_Reg_Schedule.pdf

6/1 - Summer Session Library Hours June 1-August 13, 2010

The Darrell W. Krueger Library hours for summer 2010 can be found at:
http://www.winona.edu/library/about/hours.html

June 1 - August 13, 2010

Monday - Thursday 7:30am-9:00pm
Friday 7:30am-5:00pm
Saturday Closed
Sunday 1:00pm-9:00pm

5/10 - Library Hours for May 2010 & Summer 2010

The Darrell W. Krueger Library hours for May and summer 2010 can be found at:
http://www.winona.edu/library/about/hours.html#may

5/8 - Congratulations Graduates -WSU Commencement Information

Congratulations to all the graduates at Winona State University.

Commencement/Graduation information is available here: http://www.winona.edu/registrar/commencementinfo.asp

5/4 - Library Hours Finals Week

The Krueger Library has regular semester hours through Wednesday(5/5) evening. The library hours change on Thursday (5/6), and Friday (5/7). The library is closed Saturday (5/8) and Sunday (5/9). Check out our library hours page for May and Summer 2010 hours.

Check out finals hours here: http://www.winona.edu/library/about/hours.html#finals

May 3-5 Monday-Wednesday 7:30am-2:00am

May 6 Thursday 7:30am-7:00pm

May 7 Friday 7:30am-5:00pm - Commencement

May 8 Saturday CLOSED

May 9 Sunday CLOSED

5/3 - Study breaks (food/beverages) in the Library today

The WSU Alumni and WSU Library are sponsoring student study breaks all afternoon Monday (5/3). Stop by the first floor of the Library and enjoy cookies, veggies, and beverages.

Good luck with finals! And have a great summer.

4/23 - Extended Weekend Hours

The library will have extended hours the last two weekends before finals: http://www.winona.edu/library/about/hours.html#finals

April 23, Friday: 7:30am-10:00pm
April 24, Saturday: 10:00am-10:00pm
April 30, Friday: 7:30am-10:00pm
May 1, Saturday: 10:00am-10:00pm
May 2 Sunday: 11:00am-2:00am

4/20 - Windows 7 is available in the Information Gallery computers

Check out the second to the last row of Information Gallery computers. The new Windows 7 operating system had been installed for your using pleasure on six computers. Have fun!

4/14 - Athenaeum - Beyond the Confines of This World: A Brief Journey to Antarctica by Drake Hokanson and Carol Kratz

On Wednesday, April 14, 2010, at 1pm, Drake Hokanson and Carol Kratz will present, "Beyond the Confines of This World: A Brief Journey to Antarctica."

Join travelers and authors Drake Hokanson and Carol Kratz on an eco-tour to the tip of the seventh continent­-visit penguin colonies for sure, but also volcanoes, a Brazilian research base, an abandoned whaling station, and witness some really bad weather. What don't the nature documentaries show you? How is tourism affecting this place? What's it actually like to be there? How can you go?

This event is free and open to the public. The Athenaeum is located on the second floor of the Krueger Library, bluff side.

4/7 -Athenaeum- Engaging Students to be Public Servants: Working as Election Judges during the 2008 Election by Ruth Charles

Join us on April 7, 2010 at 1pm for a presentation by Ruth Charles of the Social Work Department, titled Engaging Students to be Public Servants: Working as Election Judges during the 2008 Election.

Ruth Charles and students who participated will discuss what it was like to be an election judge and what we learned about our country and democracy through the process.

4/2 - Spring Break Day- Library open regular semester hours

The Krueger Library is open regular semester hours this Friday (April 2) and through the weekend (April 3-4).

3/31 - Athenaeum at 1pm- Seeing in Pictures by James Bowey

Please join us on Wednesday March 31, 2010 at 1pm for a presentation titled "Seeing in Pictures" by James Bowey, Assistant Professor, Mass Communication Department

Professor Bowey will explore the fascinating ways that photography and the visual arts affect the way we see and think. Drawing on his experience as a photojournalist, editor and teacher, Professor Bowey will explain the compelling power of images and image-making to give meaning to our lives and the world around us.

The Library Athenaeum is located on the second floor of the Darrell W. Krueger Library, bluff side.

3/24 -Athenaeum at 1pm- Isn’t it Romantic: An Introduction to Piano Music of the 19th Century by Deanne Mohr

On Wednesday March 24 at 1:00pm join us for a lecture performance by Deanne Mohr, Associate Professor-Music, titled Isn’t it Romantic: An Introduction to Piano Music of the 19th Century.

It's a lecture performance presenting an introduction to music of the Romantic period, highlighting piano works of Chopin in celebration of the 200th anniversary of his birth.

This event free and open to the public. The Athenaeum is located on the second floor of the Krueger Library, bluff side.

3/21 - Tax Forms are available online and in the library

Tax forms are located on the first floor of the Krueger Library, on the shelving directly behind the public computer area. Links to federal and state tax forms can be found here:
http://www.winona.edu/library/gov/govtaxes.html

3/17 - Athenaeum at 1pm - The Papers of John Kennedy Toole by Vernon Leighton

Join us on March 17, 2010 at 1pm for a presentation by Vernon Leighton titled "The Papers of John Kennedy Toole."

In the Summer of 2009, Vernon Leighton visited Tulane University and studied the papers of John Kennedy Toole, the author of A Confederacy of Dunces. While he is working on an academic paper on this topic, Professor Leighton would like to present some of the findings. The papers, about which no scholar has published a description, prove incorrect at least two claims made in the scholarly literature on Toole.

This event free and open to the public. The Athenaeum is located on the second floor of the Krueger Library, bluff side.

3/6 Library Hours: Spring Break 2010

The Library hours for the week of spring break are:

March 2010
6-7	Saturday-Sunday	Closed
8-12	Monday-Friday	7:30am-5:00pm
13	Saturday	Closed
14	Sunday	Regular Hours: 1:00pm-2:00am

Please see the Library Hours web page for more information:
http://www.winona.edu/library/about/hours.html

3/3 - Athenaeum at 1pm- Russell T. Davies’s Doctor Who: Myth for the Twenty-First Century by Gabe Dybing

Join us on March 3, 2010 at 1pm for a presentation by Gabe Dybing titled Russell T. Davies’s Doctor Who: Myth for the Twenty-first Century

Through his reinvention of the popular science fiction serial for the BBC, Doctor Who, writer and producer Russell T. Davies has proposed one of the new “myths” for the twenty-first century. This “grand narrative,” based on reason and focused on the now-fractured British Empire, assimilates and paradoxically validates belief systems that are more mythic or intuitive in nature. While working in many genres at once, Doctor Who repackages and re-presents content from spiritualist perspectives with “rational” explanations for those invested in dominant worldviews.

The Athenaeum is located on the second floor of the Krueger Library, bluff side.

2/ 24 Athenaeum at 1pm - Micro Fiction Gets Big: Why “1,000 words or less” is all the rage - by Nicholas Ozment

Join us on Wednesday February 24 at 1pm for a presentation by Nicholas Ozment of the WSU English Department.

Nicholas Ozment will give a brief history/overview of micro fiction and define the various types —“flash,” “sudden,” “hint” etc. His presentation will conclude with possible explanations for why the form has become so popular in the last decade. The “performance” part of the presentation will be the actual reading of examples (for instance, Hemingway’s story that was six words long).

The Library Athenaeum is located on the second floor of the Krueger Library, bluff side.

2/17 - Athenaeum at 1pm - WSU's New Approach to Web Communications

On Wednesday, February 17, 2010 at 1pm on the second floor of the WSU Library, Cristeen Custer and Robin Honken will present, “WSU's New Approach to Web Communications."

Custer and Honken will discuss the complex process involved in redesigning the WSU website. This process included a needs analysis, intensive research and testing, a design and development process which resulted in the launch of a new WSU website.

Custer and Honken believe that this major undertaking has presented a new collaborative model for the University, which involved a realignment of resources and responsibilities. This collaborative model will continue now to further develop and maintain our new site.

The University has reconfigured its approach to web communications, and in the future will be moving towards Web 2.0 technologies, as well as embrace social networking as a method of communication and marketing.

The Library Athenaeum is located on the second floor, bluff side of the Darrell W. Krueger Library. For the complete Spring 2010 Library Athenaeum schedule, please visit the following: http://www.winona.edu/library/athenaeum/

Please encourage your students, friends, and colleagues to attend. Thank you.

2/10 - Athenaeum at 1pm - On the Road to Carbon Neutrality: WSU Addresses Climate Change

On Wednesday, February 10, 2010 at 1pm on the second floor of the WSU Library members of the WSU Climate Commitment Committee will present a panel, On the Road to Carbon Neutrality: WSU Addresses Climate Change.

In May 2007, Winona State University's (WSU) president, Dr. Judith Ramaley, joined other college campus leaders by signing the American College and University Presidents’ Climate Commitment. This formal document provides a framework for sustainability and climate change action. The Winona State Climate Commitment Committee has a number of subcommittees working on everything from recycling to curriculum and from transportation to food concerns. Come to find out what they’ve been doing.

For more information about the American College & University Presidents’ Climate Commitment, please visit: http://www.presidentsclimatecommitment.org/

2/3 - Athenaeum at 1pm - From Basic Skills to Writing in the Disciplines: Case Studies of Student Writers

On February 3, 2010 at 1pm on the second floor of the WSU Library Professors Krase and Johnson will present From Basic Skills to Writing in the Disciplines: Case Studies of Student Writers.

Ethan Krase - Associate Professor, English Department
J Paul Johnson - Professor, English Department

Faculty, administration, and students generally agree that it is important for students to gain the ability to write effectively as part of their undergraduate education. However, while many of us can cite anecdotal evidence of the ways some students go about becoming better writers, it is often difficult to gain a comprehensive picture of the role WSU writing curricula play in students’ writing development.

This study employs a combination of qualitative and quantitative research to examine the ways that graduating seniors have transitioned from basic-skills to discipline-specific writing projects at WSU. Using results of the 2005-2006 University Studies Basic Skills: College Reading and Writing Assessment project as baseline data, in the spring of 2009 the presenters conducted case studies of twelve graduating seniors who had participated in the 2005-2006 study. The study charts those students’ writing instruction and experience as they completed their major course of study. Specific areas of inquiry include comparisons of students’ writing coursework, type and amount of feedback on writing, practices and attitudes towards writing, and assessment measures.

1/22 - Library Athenaeum Schedule Spring 2010

The Athenaeum schedule for the spring 2010 semester is now available.

http://www.winona.edu/library/athenaeum/

We hope you will join the campus community in learning and supporting our Athenaeum events!

1/21 - Library Hours Spring Semester 2010

The Library's hours can be found at the Library's homepage (under "about"). For holidays and other special hours, please check this page.
http://www.winona.edu/library/about/hours.html

1/21 - Tax Forms: Availability and more information

Tax season has arrived! Links to Federal and state tax forms are available at: http://www.winona.edu/library/gov/govtaxes.html

The WSU Library has paper Federal tax forms. Forms we do not have should be available online.

Location: First floor Krueger Library, Government documents near the Circulation area and in back of the Public Computer area.

Minnesota state forms

We have received some of the basic Minnesota tax forms, specifically, the M1 booklets for 2009 income taxes. The other forms are shorter and can be printed off the internet.