Art in the Park

It's time for Fall Festivals. Arts and crafts in the parks. Celebrations of a successful harvest.

The Digital Library of Georgia has a snapshot of Art in the community of Atlanta that can be accessed through GALILEO

"Community Art in Atlanta, 1977-1987: Jim Alexander's Photographs of the Neighborhood Arts Center from the Auburn Avenue Research Library consists of fifty-five documentary photographs of the Neighborhood Arts Center (1975-1989) that capture significant African American-centered cultural and community events in and around the Atlanta-based organization, a brainchild of the late mayor Maynard Jackson.

This body of images documents a visit to the Center from the legendary Romare Bearden, as well as Atlanta-area outreach projects, arts festivals, and social demonstrations that took place during the late 1970s and early 1980s.

Taken by photographer, community activist, and Neighborhood Arts Center staff member Jim Alexander, these photographs demonstrate the Center's service commitment and its promotion of urban community arts."

There are links to the photos, art organizations, archives, and resources that highlight art in America.

Testing, testing, testing

The techy folks tell me that IP addresses mark a location. That IP address acts as a sign to other computers. That's how WorldCat recognizes when I'm searching from school (where WorldCat in GALILEO is accessible).

I tried to access the NetLibrary books from home through the public WorldCat and didn't succeed.

Fascinating how important that IP address is in identifying the computer and how seamless it is.

If you're at NMTC you can access the Request Items link in the public WorldCat. Off campus you'll need to use WorldCat through GALILEO to access that Interlibrary Loan request form.

Maybe?

At school I can use WorldCat to find an electronic book in the NMTC NetLibrary collection. The link goes directly to the title if the book is part of NMTC e-book collction.

I'll have to test this at home to see if it works off campus.

My guess is you'd need your NetLibrary login to access the book through WorldCat off campus. There is an instructional video for Creating a free account in NetLibrary.

WorldCat has such possibilities for making resources available through one catalog.

I'll be testing this at lunch.

How do they do that?

Yesterday, I was so excited about the public WorldCat having a Request Item link direct to NMTC from my MySpace and the blog . When I went home to admire the resource link- it wasn't there but it shows up at school.

How do they do that?

Reading History

George Eberhart notes his reading choices in the Britannica Blog article Reading Backwards Through History : The 1990's.

How would you select the event and then find a book to read? In GALILEO you can start with Encyclopedia Britannica's Timelines (there is no "history" tab though there are interesting lists for Architecture, Art, Sports, Science, etc). If you are looking for current events - try the Year in Review- those links go from 2006 to 1993

When you've found a topic, you can search through Book Index with Reviews limiting your search to non-fiction, adult.

Once you see a title that intrigues you, notice the WorldCat button. You can request the book by clicking on the link in World Cat - "Request Item" and completing the form. The title will be sent to the NMTC library for you to pick up. We'll e-mail you when we know it is coming and then send a second e-mail when the item arrives for your pick up.

What events highlight a year for you?
What book would you read to learn more about that event?

Use the tools in GALILEO to help make the choices.

You can get the current password for home use of GALILEO from your Georgia librarian.

It really is coming!

I told you it was coming...Lauren Fancher from GALILEO e-mailed:

We are pleased to announce that beginning on Monday, September 10, 2007, GALILEO Scholar will be available for preview in beta via a link from the GALILEO production homepage. [Please note that access to the production system is not expected to be affected in any way other than the addition of the link on the homepage.]

Oh boy! Wait till you see it!

Well, you can take a peek at screen shots...

"More information about the new beta interfaces as well as screen shots of the prototype homepages is available at the GALILEO Upgrade Project
website:
http://www.usg.edu/galileo/about/planning/projects/upgrade/redesign.phtml "

I am excited about this upgrade. The folks at GALILEO do listen to their users.

Where did that information come from?

Teachers are regularly telling students to "cite their sources". Those who do family research (genealogy) are also reminded to cite their sources. Where did one find that birthdate or marriage date? The Genealogy blog Family Matters reminds their readers of the wonders of World Cat and its ability to create an MLA or APA citation for you.

--- The "free" World Cat does one thing - lets you know which library has the item you're looking for.

--- The subscription World Cat (available through GALILEO) does much more.

------you may request a book through interlibrary loan

------the Databases tab lets you search through three FirstSearch databases at once

"Free" is great when you only want to find who has the book but the "subscription" version allows you to do much more.

The password for home use of GALILEO is available from your Georgia Librarian.

On a Claire Day

No, this is not a play on the song title "On a Clear Day" though the comic strip authors may have had that thought.

The comic strip in the Atlanta Journal Constitution has been focusing on libraries the past few weeks. If you missed it in the newspaper- you can read the series on line- start with the week of August 19th.

You can create an RSS feed for this comic strip. Create your own "funnies".

All work and no play

...yes, all work and no play does make someone dull.

Refocus, rejuvenate, reinvigorate on Labor Day as you remember those who made it possible for you to get paid for taking a holiday.

Read the history of Labor Day in Encyclopedia Britannica.

EB is a available through GALILEO.