QUOTATION OF THE WEEK

“Education is not filling a bucket, but lighting a fire.” --William Butler Yeats

Please keep food away from Reference area computers and computer lab.

In an effort to keep our computers clean and functioning properly for our students, we are no longer permitting food around the Reference area computers or in the computer lab. Drinks with lids are still permitted, and food is permitted in other areas of the library (except where previously noted). Thank you for your cooperation.

Trial: Industry Profiles with Hoover's First Research

Please take a look at First Research's In-dept Industry Profiles.  We have trial access to this database until November 15th.

First Research provides in-depth industry research for over 600 industries.  In addition to industry overviews, First Research also offers information on recent developments, business challenges, trends & opportunities, executive insight, financial information, forecasts & ratings, and much more.

If you like it, tell us what you think by posting a comment.

Trial Access Information:

URL                             http://access.firstresearch.com

ID                                learn1101@firstresearch.com

PW                              learn2008

Expires                         Saturday, November 15^th

Palgrave Dictionary of Economics -Trial

The publisher has turned on a free trial to the new edition of this dictionary, through Nov. 7. Comments?

QUOTATION OF THE WEEK

In case you missed reading the newly published 2008 edition of The Citadel, released this past week by The Citadel Foundation, there's a wonderful article written by Tara Woodside, Class of 2008, on pages 28-33.

Here's a tiny excerpt from Tara's article:

"The Citadel is now a place I can say I came from. And if I had the chance to do it all over again, I would come back to The Citadel and I would not change anything. Never will I forget those who helped me through. Never will I forget where I came from--Regimental Band, The Citadel Class of 2008."

PASCAL update: October 30

Dear Students, Faculty, and Staff,

I think you are all aware of the impact state funding cuts have made on statewide access to databases. We learned on October 30 that PASCAL's budget is slated to be cut another 3% following the recent legislative session. Although 3% of $200,000 is only $6,000, there is the fear that PASCAL Delivers might be discontinued in 2009 if funding is not restored to at least its 2007 level of $2M.

Your continued feedback is critical as PASCAL members and staff seek to restore funding for PASCAL. I know several of you have contributed to this effort already, and your missives are greatly appreciated.

Especially as the legislature looks to trim spending, it is worth pointing out that library service to higher education costs South Carolina much less when PASCAL buys database access for all state institutions of higher learning, than when even a small percentage of those state institutions purchase access on their own. Likewise, if all the institutions can share a catalog, we can spend less money on duplicate copies of books and DVDs at each school. This is the power of purchasing in groups. Perhaps more importantly, when only a few large or wealthy institutions are able to purchase access, the students and faculty at the remaining institutions suffer.

Earplugs available @ Reference Desk

Please help yourself to the earplugs in the basket at the Reference Desk!

Graduate Assistant Wanted

The 20 hour-per week position will give you an opportunity to see how a library operates. In particular, we are looking for someone to open and close the library on weekends (mostly Sundays this semester, and Saturdays and Sundays next semester). In addition, the library GA will assist with professional collection management projects such as helping to evaluate and process gift books; deselection projects; and reviewing academic press catalogs.

If you have ever been to the library on a Saturday, you can infer that you'll probably have time to do some homework. Skills needed include customer service ability, good communication skills, and ability to work independently.

Position is open until filled. Call 953-5837 or email kirstin.steele@citadel.edu

International Security & Counter Terrorism Ref Center (trial)

If you study international security or terrorism, please take a look at this Ebsco product. An advantage is that the interface (searching, printing, emailing) is similar to other databases available at the library.

We're interested to know how (or if) this compares to Jane's, Keesing's, or even web-based sources like Global Security.

ebrary electronic books

Please take a look at some of the books listed below (or others!) and let us know what you think... about the interface, title selection, and using electronic books for research or pleasure reading.

Leadership When the Heat's On

Becoming Laura Ingalls Wilder

Spectacles of Death in Ancient Rome

Long Gray Lines

"The Bloody Shirt" or Reconstruction with Stephen Budiansky

If you have always wondered what happened in South Carolina when all the battles were over and all the heroes went home, come to tonight's Library Friends program with Stephen Budiansky.  You will hear about the real South from 1865-1877.  Time is 6:30 in Bond Hall 165.  Book signing follows.

Get ready to vote

Don't forget to register to vote!  Check each state for deadlines. You can go online to request an application for voter registration and absentee ballot.  Even if you're registered to vote, you still need to request an absentee ballot.

Library Friends Events

The Daniel Library Friends, which is celebrating its 10th Anniversary, invites you to take part in our important speaker series which highlights the hotspots of American Foreign policy in the 20th Century.  All programs are in Bond Hall 165 at 6:30pm, unless noted differently.  Come learn more from the experts about Iran, Korea, Iraq, and Vietnam.  Sidelights include a "special" on South Carolina during Reconstruction, and a lighthearted trip to some of the glorious gardens of France.

Press release.

QUOTATION FOR INCOMING CADETS

"What ought one to say then as each hardship comes? I was practicing for this, I was training for this."
--Epictetus (circa 55-circa 135)

Welcome to The Citadel! The Daniel Library is here to help you succeed.

QUOTATION OF THE WEEK

“You can’t do anything about the length of your life, but you can do something about its width and depth.”

Evan Esar (1899-1995)

GOOD news about PASCAL services!

PASCAL Delivers will continue to operate in 2008-09, albeit 3 days per week instead of 5.

PASCAL databases such as Academic Search Premier, Business Source Premier, and Literature Resource Center will remain accessible during 2008-09.

THANK YOU for all of your comments and concerns about this issue. PASCAL's Board will continue campaigning for funding reinstatement in 2009-10. If you want to follow along, here is a link to PASCAL's news.

Journals Continue Electronic Migration

Library faculty are continuing the process of moving as many of The Citadel's journal and magazine subscriptions as possible to an electronic format. Whenever possible we choose a subscription option with PDF documents in addition to or rather than html text.

Easy Research - Credo Reference

Try out a nifty collection of electronic reference books during our trial of Credo Reference. Available through June 27th, you can find encyclopedia entries, full-color images, animations, video clips and so much more.

Credo Reference

Some sample searches:

Oil production (barrels per day) from CIA World Factbook

Global warming - greenhouse effect animation

Images from the Bridgeman Art Library

Browse topics, search by keyword or view concept maps. Give it a try! Let us know what you think.

trial database: Foreign Broadcast Information Service (FBIS)

Access will be available through July 5. Comments welcome! Click here to access.

QUOTATION OF THE WEEK

“A university is just a group of buildings gathered around a library.”
Shelby Foote (1916-2005)

What does the Daniel Library mean to you? What should it look like? Is it more of a concept than a place?

PASCAL news from the State House Report

Students and Faculty--

Thank you for your comments and concerns about the future of PASCAL Delivers and the statewide electronic databases. Library faculty and staff here at The Citadel are working hard to pare database and periodical subscriptions while minimizing harm to the undergraduate and graduate curricula, in order to prepare to renew core databases like Academic Search Premier, Psychology & Behavioral Sciences Collection, and Literature Resource Center. This situation underscores the importance of sharing syllabuses or assignments with your School's liaison in the library.

You can continue to comment to PASCAL HERE.

You might also be interested in the June 13 article from the State House Report.

QUOTATION OF THE WEEK

“There is a new profession of trail blazers, those who find delight in the task of establishing useful trails through the enormous mass of the common record.”

Vannevar Bush, “As We May Think,” Atlantic Monthly 176, no. 1 (July 1945): 101-8.

Read more about Vannevar Bush in Biography Resource Center, or read the text of his landmark article.

QUOTATION OF THE WEEK

“If past history was all there was to the game, the richest people would be
librarians.” --Warren Buffett

Learn more about this amazing business leader through the Daniel Library's subscription to Biography Resource Center.

Library blog now open to comments: Tell us what you think!

Last week the Daniel Library blog, the Bibliodawg, unlocked the comment feature to allow for you, our patrons, to share your thoughts and views on the information we post.

We welcome and encourage your thoughts and ideas. Please review our guidelines below before submitting a comment:

• While we respect your first amendment right to free speech, the purpose of the Bibliodawg is for Daniel Library faculty and staff to easily share information with you, our patrons. All comments will be moderated before appearing live on the site.

• We will not approve any comments that contain profane or inflammatory language. This includes racial or ethnic slurs, disparaging remarks about any person (living or dead), and threats or harassment of any kind.

We welcome your comment, but please keep them civil and appropriate. Other than that, the sky's the limit, so comment away!

fax machine for public use

According to the campus Telecommunications website, the gift shop in Mark Clark Hall has a fax machine for public use.

There is also a fax machine in the Cadet Activities office in Mark Clark Hall.

Fax Machines for Student and Public Use

According to the campus Telecommunications website, the gift shop in Mark Clark Hall has a fax machine for public use.

There is also a fax machine in the Cadet Activities office in Mark Clark Hall.

What the BIG DAWGS Are Reading

This week’s winners are Tuan Anh Vo of Mike Company and Christopher Castagno of Papa.

Cadet Vo read Stephen Ambrose's Citizen Soldiers: The U. S. Army from the Normandy Beaches to the Bulge to the Surrender of German.

Cadet Castagno read Gerald F. Linderman's Embattled Courage: The Experience of Combat in the American Civil War.

Each winner receives a $5 gift certificate to Java City Cafe for filling out a Big Dawgs Reading Contest form (available at the front desk).

Previous winners from Spring 2008:

-David Murray of Kilo Company - Miguel Leon Padilla’s The Broken Spears.
--M.T. Dispenza of Lima Company - Nathaniel Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter.
-Alex Mars of Palmetto Battery - Paget’s I Wonder: Essays for the Young People.
–Bryant Marcell of Papa Company - On Strategy: A Critical Analysis of the Vietnam War, by Harry G. Summers.
–Gerald Ratchford of Hotel Company - Frank Luntz’s Words That Work: It’s Not What You Say, It’s What People Hear.
–Adam Paschal of Papa Company - Virgil’s The Aeneid.
–Gerald Ratchford of Hotel Company - Michael Shaara’s The Killer Angels.

Previous winners from Fall 2007 include:

–Tom Mitchell of Band Company - Stephen Wise’s Gate of Hell.
–H. C. Westall of Papa Company - Robert Heinlein’s Starship Troopers.
–C. A. Long of Band Company - Slaughterhouse Five by Kurt Vonnegut.
–Stephen Kinn of Band Company - Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six.
–Wes Howell of Papa Company - Shakespeare’s Hamlet.
–Wes Howell of Papa Company - Armageddon’s Children by Terry Brooks.
–Michael Dispenza of Lima Company - Michael Shaara’s The Killer Angels.
–Charles Long of Band Company - Kurt Vonnegut’s Mother Night.
–David Murray of Kilo Company - Narayan’s The Ramayana.

Tell us what you’re reading by filling out a form at the front desk of the Daniel Library.

Thanks for reading and winning!

James O. Rigney, Jr. Exhibit

You are invited to a special event at the Library honoring the late James Oliver Rigney, Jr., Citadel class of 1974, Honorary Doctor of Literature 1999.  Mr. Rigney is better known to many as Robert Jordan, author of the Conan books and the Wheel of Time series.   The dedication of a permanent exhibition of photographs, artifacts, and mementos of his life and career will take place on Tuesday, April 8, 2008, at 6:30PM in the Daniel Library

The event will also feature a panel presentation on Rigney’s work as a fiction and fantasy writer.  Panelists will be:

David Drake, author of the Hammer's Slammers series of military science fiction and Lord of the Isle fantasy series.

Michael Livingston, Assistant Professor of Medieval Literature at The Citadel, and a recent winner of the Writers of the Future Contest.

Brandon Sanderson, author of several books of fantasy in his own right, including Elantris and the Mist Born series, and who is currently completing the final book in Jordan's Wheel of Time series.

There will be a reception after the panel discussion.

Dedication Program

 

 

Long-haired Cadets?!

When were cadets allowed to let their hair grow long? Really long? Look at Knob Knowledge to find out.

Gray Nasties?

Test your knowledge of cadet uniforms by looking at Gray Nasties in Knob Knowledge.

Old Pictures--used to be a penny

Some neat picture postcards, organized by state, at this site: http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/special/ppcs/ppcs.html

Dude factory?

Which South Carolina governor referred to The Citadel as a dude factory? Find out this tidbit and more from Knob Knowledge.

IEEE unavailable Saturday

On March 15, approx. 10:00-14:00, the IEEE journal site will be down for maintenance. Please plan your research needs accordingly.

Knob Knowledge - Fact of the Week

Several Citadel alums have become bestselling authors but the most prolific writer of all was James Rigney. Learn more about his amazing life in Knob Knowledge.

Free Audio Book downloads

Some are human, some are text-to-speech. Let us know if you try it!

Waste Not, Want Not

Knob Knowledge - Fact of the Week

Did you know that in 1929, cadets went on a hunger strike, and it was covered in the New York Times?

Take a look at the newly revamped Knob Knowledge entry on this hunger strike.

Knob Knowledge - Fact of the Week

See
VIDEO--CITADEL in Knob Knowledge for video clips about The Citadel, including General Rosa's YouTube appearance.

Opening Office '07 Files

If you're one of the many who has not been able to upgrade to Microsoft Office '07, but find yourself surrounded by people who have, there is a solution. Microsoft provides, free of charge, a compatibility pack which allows Office '03 users to open and edit Office '07 files. Check out this info. provided by Campus IT.

Knob Knowledge - Fact of the Week

Did you know that the crosses on the exterior of the Daniel Library building are actually stylized swords? There are fourteen in front, three on the patio side, and four on the Museum side. Learn more about The Citadel through the revamped Knob Knowledge, which was recently migrated to a wiki format.

BIG DAWGS WINNERS!

This week's winner is Cadet Alex Mars of Palmetto Battery who told us about reading Paget's I Wonder: Essays for the Young People.

Each winner receives a $5 gift certificate to Java City Cafe for filling out a Big Dawgs Reading Contest form (available at the front desk).

Previous winners from Spring 2008:

--Bryant Marcell of Papa Company, On Strategy: A Critical Analysis of the Vietnam War, by Harry G. Summers
--Gerald Ratchford of Hotel Company, Frank Luntz’s Words That Work: It’s Not What You Say, It’s What People Hear
--Adam Paschal of Papa Company, Virgil’s The Aeneid
--Gerald Ratchford of Hotel Company, Michael Shaara's The Killer Angels

Previous winners from Fall 2007 include:

--Tom Mitchell of Band Company - Stephen Wise’s Gate of Hell
--H. C. Westall of Papa Company - Robert Heinlein’s Starship Troopers
--C. A. Long of Band Company - Slaughterhouse Five by Kurt Vonnegut
--Stephen Kinn of Band Company - Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six
–-Wes Howell of Papa Company - Shakespeare’s Hamlet
–-Wes Howell of Papa Company - Armageddon’s Children by Terry Brooks
–-Michael Dispenza of Lima Company - Michael Shaara’s The Killer Angels
–-Charles Long of Band Company - Kurt Vonnegut’s Mother Night
–-David Murray of Kilo Company - Narayan’s The Ramayana

Tell us what you’re reading by filling out a form at the front desk of the Daniel Library.

Thanks for reading and winning!

Possible source of "Free" books

http://bookmooch.com/

Intended primarily for individuals to share books (and audio-visual materials), but I have inquired about making Daniel Library a "charity" for collection development purposes. Unfortunately, as a state agency, The Citadel's library is unable to accumulate points on its own by sharing withdrawn materials or unneeded donations.

Unexpected Journal Titles

Review of Economics of the Household

Russian Journal of Coordination Chemistry

Calcified Tissue International

Show You The Money

13 journals accessible online begin with the word "economics."

It's criminal

Did you know that there are 19 journals accessible online at the library with the words "criminal law" in the title?