10/27 - Books & DVDs to give you a chill

Halloween and winter are fast approaching. If you happen to be in the Krueger Library you may want to stop by the Halloween book display near the Information Gallery computer area.
There are DVDs which will definitely give you a jolt.  Also books such as The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson -considered to be one of the best literary ghost stories published during the 20th century and a finalist for the National Book Award. Edgar Allan Poe (of course), H.P. Lovecraft, Stephen King, Ghosts on college campusus (and in Winona!), and film and literary criticism.

And lastly share with us who or what you are going as for Halloween. 

10/23 - Athenaeum at 1pm - Industry-Driven Research Projects for Students by Beckry Abdel-Magid

Join us this Wednesday, October 23, 2013 at 1:00pm for our last Athenaeum of the fall semester.  We hope you will join us in learning about  Industry-Driven Research Projects for Students presented by Beckry Abdel-Magid, Professor, Composite Materials Engineering.

This presentation will discuss a number of research projects which were initiated through direct interaction with local and regional companies. The projects focused on research that will benefit an entire industry in the region rather than specific companies. A number of students in the engineering department were involved in these projects, and they shared their results with scientists and engineers from various companies in the region. The projects were funded by WSU Next Chapter Grant. The experience of developing such projects that allow students to work on practical problems, and put them in direct contact with professional in the field will be shared with faculty, staff and students.

Please encourage your students and come out to support a colleague!  The Library Athenaeum is located on the second floor of the Library, south side.

For more information please visit:  http://www.winona.edu/library/athenaeum/

10/16 - 3:45pm - Full text "Find it!" linking is back up and working.

Thank you for your patience.

10/16 -3:00pm - Library's Find it! linker to full-text articles and journals is down

As of 3:00pm today the WSU Library's article/ournal finder service  (i.e. Periodical titles list and Find it! linking is down) - we hope service will soon be restored. Please check with our Research help desk if you need help finding an article.

Thank you for your patience.

10/16 - Athenaeum at 1pm - Navajo Oral History Project by Tom Grier

Navajo Oral History Project

Join us this Wednesday October 16 at 1:00pm for our Athenaeum on the Navajo Oral History Project, presented by Tom Grier, Associate Professor, Mass Communication.

Summer 2013 marks the fifth year of the Navajo Oral History project; a collaboration between Winona State University and Diné College of the Navajo Nation. WSU and DC students in teams do a service project for a Navajo elder, then research, interview, photograph, write and edit documentaries about the elder. The documentaries are archived at the Navajo Nation Museum and Library, in the Diné College and Winona State University libraries and the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of the American Indian. Students gain experience while creating respectful historically accurate documentaries.

This presentation highlights goals and processes, and will show student videos.

10/09 - Athenaeum - The English Language Center: Contributing to the Diversity and Scholarship of WSU by Holly Shi

Join us on Wednesday, October 9th at 1:00pm for our Athenaeum by Holly Shi, titled The English Language Center: Contributing to the Diversity and Scholarship of WSU

The English Language Center (ELC) performs a vital role at WSU, bringing students to WSU from many different countries. While the primary goal of our students is improving their academic English skills, they also engage in academic and cultural activities while here. The ELC promotes diversity and cultural sharing and would like to raise awareness about the opportunities that its program provides. This presentation serves to educate the WSU community about the international students that we serve, outline our connections to university programs, and describe our academic commitment to WSU and Winona.

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

For more information please visit: http://www.winona.edu/library/athenaeum/ 

10/01 - How Will the Federal Government Shutdown Affect Your Research? Learn More Here.

ERIC

"Due to a lapse of appropriations and the partial shutdown of the Federal Government, the systems that host www.eric.ed.gov have been shut down. Services will be restored as soon as a continuing resolution to provide funding has been enacted."

Access to the EBSCOHost and Proquest ERIC interfaces is still available: http://libguides.winona.edu/content.php?pid=498930&sid=4103690

PUBMED

"Pubmed will be maintained with minimal staffing. Information will be updated to the extent possible, and the agency will attempt to respond to urgent operational inquiries."

GOVERNMENT AGENCY WEBSITES

Many government agency websites will either not be available or will not be actively maintained.

WHAT'S AFFECTED BY A GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN? 
For a list of services and operations that are affected by the shutdown, please visit:

http://www.usa.gov/shutdown.shtml

CONTACT YOUR LEGISLATORS

Call or email your U.S. Senator or U.S. House of Representative to let them know how this shutdown has affected you. 

Find your U.S. Senator: http://www.senate.gov/

Find your U.S. House of Representative: http://www.house.gov/

10/02 - Athenaeum at 1pm -Super Bodies and Secret Skins by Scott Daniel Boras

Please join us this Wednesday, October 2 at 1:00pm for an Athenaeum titled Super Bodies and Secret Skins presented by Scott Daniel Boras, Communication Studies.

This presentation will examine the influential relationships between depictions of popular culture superheroes and the substantive, malleable, and real possibilities of human body transformation. Cultural discourses condition and constrain the ways in which bodies/identity are formed and expressed. This includes popular culture texts that, through their evocative narratives, provide guidance or solutions for dealing with real world problems. The presentation involves examining ways people project and perform fantastic future versions of humanity, but also examines how such projections are borne out of (and get expressed through) our everyday, less than super experiences. Is it possible that we are becoming superheroes?

We hope you will encourage your students and colleagues to attend this Wednesday.  The Athenaeum is located on the south end of the Library's second floor.

For the fall 2013 Athenaeum schedule, please visit: http://www.winona.edu/library/athenaeum/