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

8/24 Where is my class? WSU Building Abbreviations

WSU Campus Map
http://www.winona.edu/parking/2843.htm

WSU Building Abbreviations:
GI: Gildemeister Hall
LO: Lourdes (West Campus)
MA: Maxwel Hall
ME: Memorial Hall
MI: Minne Hall
MR: Maria (West Campus)
NL: Darrell W. Krueger Library (New Library)
PA: Pasteur Hall
PC: Performing Arts Center (PAC)
PH: Phelps Hall
SL: Science Lab Building
SO: Somsen Hall
ST: Stark Hall
WA: Watkins Hall
WR: Wabasha Recreational Center

HO: Howell Hall (no longer exists; razed in the summer of 2009)

8/17 WSU Orientation Week: Information Here

From the WSU homepage you can find a link to WSU Orientation schedules for new and transfer students and for faculty/staff.

Student WSU orientation information: http://www.winona.edu/advising/orientation.asp

Faculty/staff WSU orientation information:
http://www.winona.edu/academics/index.asp

4/29 - 3rd Annual Library Root Beer Floats!

Starting at 1:00pm on Wednesday, April 29th, the Darrell W. Krueger Library will serve Root Beer Floats in the Library's Atrium. Floats will be served until the 1919 root beer is gone.

4/8 Athenaeum at 1pm - The Art of Winona's Drinking Water Fountains: Celebrating Our Water Commons by Joan Francioni and Vicki Englich

Join us for this week's Library Athenaeum on Wednesday April 8, 2009 for The Art of Winona's Drinking Water Fountains: Celebrating Our Water Commons, a presentation by Joan Francioni and Vicki Englich. , The Athenaeum is located on the second floor of the Darrell W. Krueger Library.

The presenters will discuss the inspiration for and process of creating “Clean Water Brings Life,” the bronze sculpture of otters playing.Power’s fountain will be placed at the Lake Park by the Band Shell and will serve as an emblematic symbol of a community committed to the honor, protection and celebration of clean water as central to the health and wealth of the city.

Computer Science professor Joan Francioni will also speak on the drinking water project in general. It was collaborative effort by city, county and university groups to inspire stewardship of our public local water and to promote a broader understanding of regional, national and international water issues.More than 800 people in the Winona community participated in the online voting to choose the artist with the favored drinking fountain design.

Please note: the drinking fountain project winner, Lynette Power, will not be able to attend.

The event is free and open to the public.For more information and event descriptions, visit: www.winona.edu/library/athenaeum.

Frozen River Film Festival: Starts on Thursday!

Celebrate film by attending the Frozen River Film Festival. The opening for the festival is on Thursday January 22, 2009. Check out the 2009 schedule here:
http://www.frff.org/

Library Hours: Winter Break

Check out the Library's hours for the winter break 2008-2009.

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

Library Hours: Thanksgiving week

Check out our library hours and plan for your studies and research now.
Check the special hours at: Library hours

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

10/29 Athenaeum at 1pm - Taking the Devil Into Your Mouth - April Herndon

Wednesday, October 29, 2008 at 1:00 pm
"Taking the Devil Into Your Mouth: The Christian Weight Loss Movement Meets Mainstream American Weight Loss Narratives"by April Herndon

This talk examines narratives of the U.S. Christian weight loss movement alongside secular U.S. weight loss narratives and explores how these two movements express similar themes. In particular, the talk investigates shared themes of sin, the impurity of the body, the body as a temple for the self—a temple that can be defiled—salvation, and the need to prove that one is saved or at least trying to be saved. By examining stories from individuals who have lost weight, this paper explores how a “spiritual hunger” (essentially unrelated to physiology but that suggests personal pathology and responsibility) is central to mainstream stories of weight loss.

The fall 2008 schedule can be found at: http://www.winona.edu/library/athenaeum/The Library Athenaeum is located on the second floor of the WSU Library.

10/1 Athenaeum at 1pm - The Inclusive Excellence Initiative at WSU by Hines and Ripley

Join us Wednesday, October 1, 2008 at 1:00 pm for the Athenaeum titled "The Inclusive Excellence Initiative at WSU" by Alex Hines and Chuck Ripley.

Mr. Hines and Professor Ripley will explain the WSU Inclusive Excellence Initiative and the scholarly research behind it.

For the full Athenaeum schedule please go to: http://www.winona.edu/library/athenaeum/ The Athenaeum is located on the second floor of the WSU Krueger Library (the bluff side).

9/24 Athenaeum at 1pm - Degooglization by Allison Quam

Join us on Wednesday (9/24) at 1pm for Allison Quam's presentation on "De-Googlization: Where to Begin?"

Allison Quam will explore how Google has influenced our assumptions about research, its influence on the dissemination of information, and its monopoly on the web. Also, explore whether citizens should trust a billionaire dollar company that includes in its philosophy, “You can make money without doing evil.”

For the full Athenaeum schedule please go to: http://www.winona.edu/library/athenaeum/ The Athenaeum is located on the second floor of the WSU Krueger Library (the bluff side).

9/17 Athenaeum at 1pm - From Winona to Argentina by Vanessa Fernandez-Greene

Join us for Vanessa Fernandez-Greene's presentation "From Winona to Argentina at the Turn of the Century: Women Who Changed Education in the Americas."

Professor Fernandez-Greene will talk about several female graduates from the Normal School who traveled to Argentina between the late 19th century and the beginning of the 20th to teach in the “wilds” of Argentina. Some actually founded Normal Schools in Argentina and had a profound impact on the educational there that continues to this day.

For the full Athenaeum schedule please go to: http://www.winona.edu/library/athenaeum/
The Athenaeum is located on the second floor of the WSU Krueger Library (the bluff side).

9/10 Athenaeum at 1pm - Emilio DeGrazia and Intellectual Honesty

Wednesday, September 10, 2008 at 1:00 pm
The fall 2008 first Library Athenaeum presentation is titled "Intellectual Honesty"by Emilio DeGrazia, Emeritus Professor DeGrazia (English). He will discuss intellectual honesty as a core value in the university. Intellectual honesty is assummed to be operative in the university, but what is it? How is it discussed? How is it taught? Is it under threat? And what forms does "intellectual dishonesty" take?

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

For the full Library Athenaeum Schedule please visit: http://www.winona.edu/library/athenaeum/

8/21 Where is my class? WSU Building Abbreviations

WSU Campus Map
http://www.winona.edu/parking/2843.htm

WSU Building Abbreviations:
GI: Gildemeister Hall
HO: Howell Hall
LO: Lourdes (West Campus)
MA: Maxwel Hall
ME: Memorial Hall
MI: Minne Hall
MR: Maria (West Campus)
NL: Darrell W. Krueger Library (New Library)
PA: Pasteur Hall
PC: Performing Arts Center (PAC)
PH: Phelps Hall
SL: Science Lab Building
SO: Somsen Hall
ST: Stark Hall
WA: Watkins Hall

8/14 Library Athenaeum Series - Fall 2008 Schedule

The fall 2008 schedule for the Athenaeum lecture and event series is now available online. Check out the great events we have and plan on joining us for a few or all events, which are on Wednesdays at 1:00pm. The Athenaeum is located on the second floor of the Library, with the amazing view of the bluffs.

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

8/12 Information for New Faculty - Web Page

Information for New Faculty - A Customized Web Page

This web page highlights information about library services for new faculty.
http://www.winona.edu/library/guides/informationfornewfaculty.html
We hope that this page will get you up to speed on some of the basic services and resources you will need in the first few months of the semester.

For more extensive information, the Library also provides a web page for returning faculty and staff information. http://www.winona.edu/library/guides/informationforfaculty.html

This link is located on the left hand side of the Library's homepage at:
http://www.winona.edu/library/

8/5 Welcome! New Dean of the Library -- Thomas Bremer

Thomas Bremer joined the WSU Library as its new Dean in July 2008. Please help us in welcoming Dean Bremer to the WSU community.

Contact information for Tom Bremer:
http://www.winona.edu/library/about/personnel.html#thomas

4/28 at 2pm Free Rootbeer Floats for all!

Stop into the Library rotunda area at 2pm Monday (4/28) for free rootbeer floats. Special appearances by ice cream scoopers Allison Quam, Brian Ohm and Russ Dennison. They'll scoop and serve floats till the rootbeers gone.

4/9 Athenaeum at 1pm - The Compositional Process -- Libby Larsen

Join us in the PAC Recital Hall this Wednesday, April 9, 2008 at 1:00pm for an Athenaeum presentation about The Compositional Process by Libby Larsen. NOTE: Location is the Recital Hall, PAC.

Libby Larsen is "one of America's most performed living composers. She is a created a catalogue of over 220 works spanning virtually every genre from intimate vocal and chamber music to massive orchestral and choral scores." Her work is Grammy award winning and widely recorded, including over 50 CDs. Ms. Larsen will describe the compositional process especially as it applies to the piece she is writing for the Winona Symphony Orchestra for performance on April 18, 2008.

Website for Libby Larson

This event is co-sponsored and organized by the WSU Music Department.

4/2 Athenaeum at 1pm - Winona State University Scrapbook 1858-2008: Celebrating 150 years

Wednesday, April 2, 2008 at 1:00pm

Winona State University Scrapbook 1858-2008: Celebrating 150 years
Presentation by: Nancy Peterson, Rill Reuter, and Beth Halleck

Winona State University Scrapbook 1858-2008: Celebrating 150 Years was published in early 2008 as part of the sesquicentennial. In this forum Peterson and Reuter will discuss how pictures were chosen for inclusion in the book and how those selections dictated what text was included. Sesquicentennial Coordinator Beth Halleck will explain the book’s scrapbook concept and discuss working with the publisher. Examples of representative and interesting pictures will be shown.