Today is Day 5 of the quarter for the Tuesday/Thursday classes. I'm meeting each SCT 100 (Intro to Computers) class and sharing information about GALILEO .
Shared that you can limit your search by document type (poetry!) in Academic Search Premier!
Thursday, April 19, 2007
Wednesday, April 18, 2007
Library Limericks
Said a certain young student from North Metro:
"When in doubt, to the 'Net I will go!"
He forsook all the books, finally crying
"Gadzooks! I can't find what I need to know!"
A happy young lady named Mary
wanted all of the books she could carry.
"Books and info I'll get,and some time on the 'Net...
And it's all for free at the Library!"
Thanks to Jody Newman of LM_NET for collecting these Library Limericks!
"When in doubt, to the 'Net I will go!"
He forsook all the books, finally crying
"Gadzooks! I can't find what I need to know!"
A happy young lady named Mary
wanted all of the books she could carry.
"Books and info I'll get,and some time on the 'Net...
And it's all for free at the Library!"
Thanks to Jody Newman of LM_NET for collecting these Library Limericks!
Tuesday, April 17, 2007
And the winner is.....
From Lexis Nexis Copyright 2007 Associated Press Worldstream April 17, 2007
Emory University professor wins Pulitzer for poetry
DATELINE: ATLANTA
Emory University associate professor of English Natasha Trethewey has been awarded the 2007 Pulitzer Prize for poetry."Native Guard" draws on her personal experience and Southern heritage. In the book's title work, she imagines the life of a former slave in her hometown of Gulfport, Mississippi, during the Civil War, in a former Union prison housing Confederate prisoners. .....
Get the password to use GALILEO at home from your Georgia librarian.
Emory University professor wins Pulitzer for poetry
DATELINE: ATLANTA
Emory University associate professor of English Natasha Trethewey has been awarded the 2007 Pulitzer Prize for poetry."Native Guard" draws on her personal experience and Southern heritage. In the book's title work, she imagines the life of a former slave in her hometown of Gulfport, Mississippi, during the Civil War, in a former Union prison housing Confederate prisoners. .....
Get the password to use GALILEO at home from your Georgia librarian.
Monday, April 16, 2007
I scream
You scream
We all scream
for ice cream....
Poetry at its most basic- the schoolyard chant.
Ben and Jerry's has a treat on April 17. Go for it!
We all scream
for ice cream....
Poetry at its most basic- the schoolyard chant.
Ben and Jerry's has a treat on April 17. Go for it!
Short and sweet
Friday, April 13, 2007
Being afraid, very, very afraid
On January 14, 2006 I discussed triskaidekaphobia (seems appropriate to revisit the topic)
The literal meaning for triskaidekaphobia is 'superstition about the number thirteen', but it is also used by extension to describe 'fear of Friday the 13th'.
....definition is from Urban Legends.
You may read more about triskaidekaphobia in the Oxford English Dictionary (in GALILEO ).
Get the password for home use of GALILEO from your librarian!
The literal meaning for triskaidekaphobia is 'superstition about the number thirteen', but it is also used by extension to describe 'fear of Friday the 13th'.
....definition is from Urban Legends.
You may read more about triskaidekaphobia in the Oxford English Dictionary (in GALILEO ).
Get the password for home use of GALILEO from your librarian!
Clever prose
Looking for poetry in all the wrong places....well, looking in odd and unusual places.
Tried Hoover's Company Capsules & Profiles - interesting - I used poetry as the search term and 15 companies were pulled up. I expected publishers but several folks at Hoover's have an artistic flair for describing the companies.
The opening line describing Bard Limited caught my eye "Perhaps a sonnet would help take one's mind off being catheterized, but that's as close to poetry as Bard Limited will get. " -clever.
Check all the resources available in GALILEO- you can get the password for home use from your Georgia librarian.
Tried Hoover's Company Capsules & Profiles - interesting - I used poetry as the search term and 15 companies were pulled up. I expected publishers but several folks at Hoover's have an artistic flair for describing the companies.
The opening line describing Bard Limited caught my eye "Perhaps a sonnet would help take one's mind off being catheterized, but that's as close to poetry as Bard Limited will get. " -clever.
Check all the resources available in GALILEO- you can get the password for home use from your Georgia librarian.
A gift from AAAS
Science magazine / American Association Advancement of Science-
In conjuction with the publication of the genome sequence of the rhesus macaque in the 13 April edition of Science, we have created a special online collection. It includes an interactive poster with images, video and text, and a corresponding lesson plan for use in high school classrooms, which delves into evolutionary biology and what can be learned from the genome of the macaque -- one of biology’s most important model organisms. Access to the online extras, as well as to the genome papers themselves, is free to all visitors to www.sciencemag.org. Please share this information with anyone who might find it useful. Go to the special online collection for the macaque genome.
In conjuction with the publication of the genome sequence of the rhesus macaque in the 13 April edition of Science, we have created a special online collection. It includes an interactive poster with images, video and text, and a corresponding lesson plan for use in high school classrooms, which delves into evolutionary biology and what can be learned from the genome of the macaque -- one of biology’s most important model organisms. Access to the online extras, as well as to the genome papers themselves, is free to all visitors to www.sciencemag.org. Please share this information with anyone who might find it useful. Go to the special online collection for the macaque genome.
Thursday, April 12, 2007
Who will notice when you're gone?
RIP Kurt Vonnegut- a search in Lexis Nexis that was limited to today news and selected news sources turned up 189 links with a dozen or so unique stories.
The most interesting thing is the Lexis Nexis Beta link in the upper left corner.
Go and play - it looks very different.
The most interesting thing is the Lexis Nexis Beta link in the upper left corner.
Go and play - it looks very different.
- Easy Search (which they have trademarked) instead of Quick Search
- Power Search instead of Guided News Search
- More white space so it feels lighter and easier to use
You can access Lexis Nexis through GALILEO. Your Georgia Librarian has the current password for you to use GALILEO at home - just ask.
Blogging is TEN
When I started blogging two years ago, I heard and read how blogs were just trash, no serious information could be found on blogs, blogs were a waste of time and bandwidth…..
Here are two reflections from the Encyclopedia Britannica on blogs as blogging reaches the age of ten The Blogosphere at ten and
The Dark Side of the Citizen-Media Revolution .
What will they say in 6 years about the Social Networking sites that abound?
MySpace is less than 4 years old and variants for social networking have arisen from Facebook to one just launched in January for folks age 25-50 called Ubi Planet.
The phone company told us to reach out and touch somebody- now we have phones clipped to our ears. We’ve become addicted to staying in touch. What technology do you use to keep connected – your cell phone, your Blackberry, your PDA, your wireless laptop with e-mail?
Here are two reflections from the Encyclopedia Britannica on blogs as blogging reaches the age of ten The Blogosphere at ten and
The Dark Side of the Citizen-Media Revolution .
What will they say in 6 years about the Social Networking sites that abound?
MySpace is less than 4 years old and variants for social networking have arisen from Facebook to one just launched in January for folks age 25-50 called Ubi Planet.
The phone company told us to reach out and touch somebody- now we have phones clipped to our ears. We’ve become addicted to staying in touch. What technology do you use to keep connected – your cell phone, your Blackberry, your PDA, your wireless laptop with e-mail?
Wednesday, April 11, 2007
Poetry in theses and dissertations at UGA
You can read the papers that refer to poetry (or any topic you like) at Electronic Theses and Dissertations (University of Georgia).
GALILEO
....Jump to U
......Select University of Georgia Electronic Theses and Dissertations
........Use Precision Search (left side of screen)
........Limit your search to Publicly Available (this will pull up all the pdf files)
You will need the current password to use GALILEO at home. You may get the current password from your Georgia Librarian.
GALILEO
....Jump to U
......Select University of Georgia Electronic Theses and Dissertations
........Use Precision Search (left side of screen)
........Limit your search to Publicly Available (this will pull up all the pdf files)
You will need the current password to use GALILEO at home. You may get the current password from your Georgia Librarian.
Tuesday, April 10, 2007
Walt wrote to Ralph
Poets have feelings about their work. Walt Whitman self published the first edition of Leaves of Grass. More than a few critics panned the volume. Yet, Ralph Waldo Emerson wrote praise. This encouraged Walt Whitman to continue.
Annals of American History by Encyclopedia Britannica has this touching Letter to Ralph Waldo Emerson from Walt Whitman.
You may access Annals of American History through GALILEO. You may get the curernt password from your Georgia librarian.
Annals of American History by Encyclopedia Britannica has this touching Letter to Ralph Waldo Emerson from Walt Whitman.
You may access Annals of American History through GALILEO. You may get the curernt password from your Georgia librarian.
Monday, April 09, 2007
81726
Who would think there are that many books of poetry?
Check Book Index with Reviews in GALILEO.
Sorted by popularity - the #1 book of poetry is Beowulf : a new verse translation by Seamus Haney.
Who would have thought!
Check Book Index with Reviews in GALILEO.
Sorted by popularity - the #1 book of poetry is Beowulf : a new verse translation by Seamus Haney.
Who would have thought!
Friday, April 06, 2007
Good Friday
Western Christians refer to this day of Lent as Good Friday. The Eastern Orthodox Christians refer to the day as Holy Friday.
It remains The Day of our Saviour's Passion. [from Lyric Poems (1687)]
A durable link from LION in GALILEO
You do need to get the current password, to access GALILEO at home, from your Georgia librarian.
It remains The Day of our Saviour's Passion. [from Lyric Poems (1687)]
A durable link from LION in GALILEO
You do need to get the current password, to access GALILEO at home, from your Georgia librarian.
Thursday, April 05, 2007
Art
Arts of the United States, a database of over 4000 images of works important to the study of the history of art in the United States, has been added to the GALILEO demo system and is available for your preview.
Arts of the United States, a joint project between the Lamar Dodd Art School, University of Georgia and the University of Georgia and Yale University Libraries, contains over 4,000 images of works important to the study of the history of art in the United States.
The pieces, dating from the 17th century through the 20th, include architecture, decorative arts, painting, sculpture, graphic arts, photography, and stage and costume design as well as Native American art and artifacts.
Although the majority of artists represented in the database are American, significant works created by non-native artists while in the United States are included.
The database is derived from the Carnegie Arts of the United States photographic collection, which had its genesis four decades ago in the Carnegie Study of the Arts of the United States.
The study began in 1956 as a multi-year project directed by Lamar Dodd, chairman of the University of Georgia’s Department of Art, and was funded by grant from the (then) Carnegie Corporation.
The study’s objective was to create a collection of images that would support the teaching of American art.
Arts of the United States, a joint project between the Lamar Dodd Art School, University of Georgia and the University of Georgia and Yale University Libraries, contains over 4,000 images of works important to the study of the history of art in the United States.
The pieces, dating from the 17th century through the 20th, include architecture, decorative arts, painting, sculpture, graphic arts, photography, and stage and costume design as well as Native American art and artifacts.
Although the majority of artists represented in the database are American, significant works created by non-native artists while in the United States are included.
The database is derived from the Carnegie Arts of the United States photographic collection, which had its genesis four decades ago in the Carnegie Study of the Arts of the United States.
The study began in 1956 as a multi-year project directed by Lamar Dodd, chairman of the University of Georgia’s Department of Art, and was funded by grant from the (then) Carnegie Corporation.
The study’s objective was to create a collection of images that would support the teaching of American art.
And the difference is?
Yesterday in my search for "poets" - Literature Online had 9073 hits and Literature Online Reference Edition had 20182 hits - what's the difference?
Literature Online Reference Edition is a fully searchable, ever-growing collection of literature resources, ranging from author biographies, student guides and dictionaries of literary terms to specialist research materials such as current full-text journals and bibliographic citations.
Literature Online, a fully searchable library of more than 350,000 works of English and American poetry, drama and prose, 196 full-text literature journals, and other key criticism and reference resources.
Ah-
If I'm looking for the poem then I should use LION.
If I'm looking for information about the poet then I should start with Literature Online Reference Edition.
The links take you directly to LION and Literature Online Reference Edition - going right through GALILEO - you'll still need the current password from your Georgia librarian to access these resources.
Literature Online Reference Edition is a fully searchable, ever-growing collection of literature resources, ranging from author biographies, student guides and dictionaries of literary terms to specialist research materials such as current full-text journals and bibliographic citations.
Literature Online, a fully searchable library of more than 350,000 works of English and American poetry, drama and prose, 196 full-text literature journals, and other key criticism and reference resources.
Ah-
If I'm looking for the poem then I should use LION.
If I'm looking for information about the poet then I should start with Literature Online Reference Edition.
The links take you directly to LION and Literature Online Reference Edition - going right through GALILEO - you'll still need the current password from your Georgia librarian to access these resources.
Wednesday, April 04, 2007
The birds are a twitter
The early morning Spring sounds with the birds twittering away create a sense of peacfullness.
Will the new tech-y tool (less than 1 year old) create the same sense of peace?
Read about Twitter in Business Week Online, Twitter: All Trivia, All The Time and in Newsweek, Twitter: Is Brevity The Next Big Thing?
Will the new tech-y tool (less than 1 year old) create the same sense of peace?
Read about Twitter in Business Week Online, Twitter: All Trivia, All The Time and in Newsweek, Twitter: Is Brevity The Next Big Thing?
I'm a poet and
my feet show it....
they're Longfellows
Yes, it's an old joke but I couldn't resist when the topic is poets.
I used the term poets and did a Quick Search in GALILEO limiting my search to the Arts and Humanities -
Hits.......... Database
1............... Oxford English Dictionary, Second Edition
14903.......Academic Search Premier
1282..........Religion & Philosophy Collection
10995.......MasterFILE Premier
500 ..........Grove Art Online
25............ New Georgia Encyclopedia
1 ..............NoveList
9073 .....LION
42791......Research Library
20182....Literature Online Reference Edition
I expected the numbers in LION and the Literature Online Reference Edition but look at the Religion & Philosophy collection. Interesting assortment of results.
they're Longfellows
Yes, it's an old joke but I couldn't resist when the topic is poets.
I used the term poets and did a Quick Search in GALILEO limiting my search to the Arts and Humanities -
Hits.......... Database
1............... Oxford English Dictionary, Second Edition
14903.......Academic Search Premier
1282..........Religion & Philosophy Collection
10995.......MasterFILE Premier
500 ..........Grove Art Online
25............ New Georgia Encyclopedia
1 ..............NoveList
9073 .....LION
42791......Research Library
20182....Literature Online Reference Edition
I expected the numbers in LION and the Literature Online Reference Edition but look at the Religion & Philosophy collection. Interesting assortment of results.
Tuesday, April 03, 2007
Thoughts on Cleaning
Clean by Susan Hahn, in
Atlantic Monthly (1072-7825); Apr 2007, Vol. 299 Issue 3, p68-68, 1/3p
Poetry is scattered throughout the databases. Search for poetry (full text) in Academic Search Premier, an Ebsco database in GALILEO.
You get the current password to use GALILEO at home from your Georgia librarian.
Atlantic Monthly (1072-7825); Apr 2007, Vol. 299 Issue 3, p68-68, 1/3p
Poetry is scattered throughout the databases. Search for poetry (full text) in Academic Search Premier, an Ebsco database in GALILEO.
You get the current password to use GALILEO at home from your Georgia librarian.
Little cat feet
Monday, April 02, 2007
Spring cleaning
The rain cleared a bit of the pollen from the air. That washing reminded me of Spring Cleaning.
Do you have stacks of paperbacks that you've read but don't want to keep? We have a rack for paperback swapping just inside the library door.
If you're interested in a wider audience for trading..... read Something for Nothing.
Title Trader and Paperback Swap.com are mentioned for paperback trades via online posting and the US mail..
Clean out your shelves, new books are being published daily!
Do you have stacks of paperbacks that you've read but don't want to keep? We have a rack for paperback swapping just inside the library door.
If you're interested in a wider audience for trading..... read Something for Nothing.
Title Trader and Paperback Swap.com are mentioned for paperback trades via online posting and the US mail..
Clean out your shelves, new books are being published daily!
Hooray for Hort
The PLANET team from North Metro Technical College participated in the 31st Annual PLANET Student Career Days at Michigan State University over the last few days. The team finished 6th among 55 colleges and universities. Once again ranking as the number one two year school!
The team also won the “cheering competition” at the opening ceremonies and won $1000 from the Ariens Company.
The 24 events are listed with student participation. Note for a two year school that where emphasis is on hands on skills how well they did in events such as Sales, Personnel Management, Business Management and Leadership. Overall we placed students in the top ten 14 times in the 24 events. Also remember there are as many as 85-90 people in many of these events.
Annual and Perennial ID
Heather Housholder-Jones 15th
Vickie Bagby 22nd
Business Management
Joel Corn 4th
Vickie Bagby 40th
Compact Utility Loader
Matthew Early 7th
Construction Cost Estimating
Ray Bishop 30th
Alejandro Simmonds 35th
Exterior Landscape Design
Annual and Perennial ID
Heather Housholder-Jones 15th
Vickie Bagby 22nd
Business Management
Joel Corn 4th
Vickie Bagby 40th
Compact Utility Loader
Matthew Early 7th
Construction Cost Estimating
Ray Bishop 30th
Alejandro Simmonds 35th
Exterior Landscape Design
Heather Housholder-Jones 39th
Interior Landscape Design
Theresa Sendrowski 23th
Interior Plant Identification
Rose Sanders 8th
Emily Schmidt 28th
Irrigation Assembly
Matthew Early 2nd
Keith Mercer 2nd
Irrigation Design
Matthew Early 17th
Irrigation Troubleshooting
Matthew Early 4th
Landscape Maintenance Operations
Chris Early 4th
Matthew Early 4th
Leadership
Joel Corn 2nd
Judy-Lynn Hoppe 10th
Maintenance Cost Estimating
Paul French 30th
Stephen Hudson 31st
Paver Installation
Josh Markham 23rd
Alejandro Simmonds 23rd
Personnel Management
Judy-Lynn Hoppe 4th
Heather Housholder-Jones 4th
Pest Management
Vickie Bagby 4th
Hunter Martin 13th
Safety Management
Judy-Lynn Hoppe 34th
Sheri Newell 56th
Sales
Judy-Lynn Hoppe 2nd
Skid Steer Operation
Chris Early 45th
Truck and Trailer Operation
Tyler Brown 3rd
Josh Markham 3rd
Turf and Turf Pest Identification
Vickie Bagby 7th
Hunter Martin 17th
Wood Construction
Jessica Logan
Keith Mercer 23rd
Woody Plant Identification
Jessica Logan 4th
Sheri Newell 13th
Thanks to all the students on representing North Metro Technical College extremely well. They all did a great job.
Interior Landscape Design
Theresa Sendrowski 23th
Interior Plant Identification
Rose Sanders 8th
Emily Schmidt 28th
Irrigation Assembly
Matthew Early 2nd
Keith Mercer 2nd
Irrigation Design
Matthew Early 17th
Irrigation Troubleshooting
Matthew Early 4th
Landscape Maintenance Operations
Chris Early 4th
Matthew Early 4th
Leadership
Joel Corn 2nd
Judy-Lynn Hoppe 10th
Maintenance Cost Estimating
Paul French 30th
Stephen Hudson 31st
Paver Installation
Josh Markham 23rd
Alejandro Simmonds 23rd
Personnel Management
Judy-Lynn Hoppe 4th
Heather Housholder-Jones 4th
Pest Management
Vickie Bagby 4th
Hunter Martin 13th
Safety Management
Judy-Lynn Hoppe 34th
Sheri Newell 56th
Sales
Judy-Lynn Hoppe 2nd
Skid Steer Operation
Chris Early 45th
Truck and Trailer Operation
Tyler Brown 3rd
Josh Markham 3rd
Turf and Turf Pest Identification
Vickie Bagby 7th
Hunter Martin 17th
Wood Construction
Jessica Logan
Keith Mercer 23rd
Woody Plant Identification
Jessica Logan 4th
Sheri Newell 13th
Thanks to all the students on representing North Metro Technical College extremely well. They all did a great job.
Team rankings are as follows:
1. Brigham Young University-Idaho
2. BYU-Provo
3. Colorado State University
4. Kansas State University
5. Penn State University
6. North Metro Technical College
7. Cal Poly Pomona
8. Michigan State University
9. Clemson University
10. Columbus State Community College
22. University of Georgia
Next year PLANET will meet and compete at NMTC!
Friday, March 30, 2007
Planning for the Quarter
Do you teach? Sunday School and Scouts count as teaching. We have an online resource in our e-book collection (available to you 24/7) that might help you with group management.
Tools for teaching[computer file] / Barbara Gross Davis.
San Francisco, Calif. : Jossey-Bass Publishers, 1993.xxv, 429 p. ; 23 cm.
You may access our e-books through the card catalog or through NetLibrary or through GALILEO and NetLibrary (you get the current password to use GALILEO at home from your Librarian).
If you need a reminder on how to create a free account in NetLibrary, we have an informational video on-line.
Tools for teaching[computer file] / Barbara Gross Davis.
San Francisco, Calif. : Jossey-Bass Publishers, 1993.xxv, 429 p. ; 23 cm.
You may access our e-books through the card catalog or through NetLibrary or through GALILEO and NetLibrary (you get the current password to use GALILEO at home from your Librarian).
If you need a reminder on how to create a free account in NetLibrary, we have an informational video on-line.
Thursday, March 29, 2007
Where are you going?
Today is registration day for NMTC Spring Quarter (which begins next Tuesday). Orientation is offered twice during the day (8:30 AM and 4 PM).
If you aren't sure where you're going in life - come and see what NMTC has to offer.
If you aren't sure where you're going in life - come and see what NMTC has to offer.
Just show me
Attending workshops opens my eyes to the benefits that are obvious to others. I need to be shown.
Encyclopedia Britannica has videos (which you already knew if you've scrolled down the left hand column of Research Tools). The Academic version (which NMTC has) will be getting longer videos April 16.
If you have access to the Student edition through your Public Library or school (ask that librarian for the GALILEO Password) - you'll see different videos both short and long explaining a variety of subjects.
The math videos are helpful at illustrating concepts that are hard to grasp when someone just tells you.
The password for home use of GALILEO is available to the citizens of Georgia from your librarian. Some resources noted in this BLOG are only available to NMTC patrons.
Encyclopedia Britannica has videos (which you already knew if you've scrolled down the left hand column of Research Tools). The Academic version (which NMTC has) will be getting longer videos April 16.
If you have access to the Student edition through your Public Library or school (ask that librarian for the GALILEO Password) - you'll see different videos both short and long explaining a variety of subjects.
The math videos are helpful at illustrating concepts that are hard to grasp when someone just tells you.
The password for home use of GALILEO is available to the citizens of Georgia from your librarian. Some resources noted in this BLOG are only available to NMTC patrons.
Wednesday, March 28, 2007
Express links
GALILEO offers users a way to create express links to databases. You know that express takes you to the head of the line, gets you in quick, is speedy! You can create an express link for yourself by clicking on the icon at the end of the Database information. The icon looks like a push pin.
Try this link to get right into Encyclopedia Britannica.
You'll need to enter the GALILEO password off campus (you get that from your Georgia Librarian).
I went to a workshop on EB today. I'm excited about the resources available to you in EB - Ebsco and ProQuest articles, web sites, and videos (yes, videos). Worksheets to save your research.
....Go exploring
.........You'll be amazed
and create your own Express links.
Try this link to get right into Encyclopedia Britannica.
You'll need to enter the GALILEO password off campus (you get that from your Georgia Librarian).
I went to a workshop on EB today. I'm excited about the resources available to you in EB - Ebsco and ProQuest articles, web sites, and videos (yes, videos). Worksheets to save your research.
....Go exploring
.........You'll be amazed
and create your own Express links.
Tuesday, March 27, 2007
Pictures are worth 1000 words
The 12 How do I find... videos are helping people remember how to access the information in GALILEO. Videos will be added regularly.
The password for home use of GALILEO is available to the citizens of Georgia from your librarian. Some resources noted in this BLOG are only available to NMTC patrons.
The password for home use of GALILEO is available to the citizens of Georgia from your librarian. Some resources noted in this BLOG are only available to NMTC patrons.
What is the point?
Many Americans see little point to the web
A little under one-third of U.S. households have no Internet access and do not plan to get it, with most of the holdouts seeing little use for it in their lives, according to a survey released on Friday......
Do you have internet access at home? What do you use it for?
A little under one-third of U.S. households have no Internet access and do not plan to get it, with most of the holdouts seeing little use for it in their lives, according to a survey released on Friday......
Do you have internet access at home? What do you use it for?
Monday, March 26, 2007
More awards
tis the season to be receiving acclaim.
Georgia Mining Association has announced that Patrick Benham, Terrence Carter, Nikki Masters, and Celeste Patrick are recipients of The Georgia Mining Foundation’s 2007 Technical College Scholarship Program.
Georgia Mining Association has announced that Patrick Benham, Terrence Carter, Nikki Masters, and Celeste Patrick are recipients of The Georgia Mining Foundation’s 2007 Technical College Scholarship Program.
Spring flowers
Looking at the gorgeous display of daffodils, tulips, phlox, dogwood trees, cherry trees....the list goes on.
Would you like to know when to plant and how to get the amazing colors - perhaps year round?
We have an Ebsco database - Garden Literature Index that isn't just an index. It has full text articles about gardening. The articles are taken from professional horticulture magazines and periodicals.
There is a YouTube video with directions for finding articles in Garden Literature Index.
GALILEO
....Databases A-Z
......Jump to G
.........Garden Literature Index
The password for home use of GALILEO is available to the citizens of Georgia from your librarian. Some resources noted in this BLOG are only available to NMTC patrons.
Would you like to know when to plant and how to get the amazing colors - perhaps year round?
We have an Ebsco database - Garden Literature Index that isn't just an index. It has full text articles about gardening. The articles are taken from professional horticulture magazines and periodicals.
There is a YouTube video with directions for finding articles in Garden Literature Index.
GALILEO
....Databases A-Z
......Jump to G
.........Garden Literature Index
The password for home use of GALILEO is available to the citizens of Georgia from your librarian. Some resources noted in this BLOG are only available to NMTC patrons.
Saturday, March 24, 2007
Awards given
It's Spring and time for awards and honors.
Hooray for Scott Anderson one of the EMT instructors at NMTC. Captain Anderson was named Instructor of the Year by the Department of Human Resources northwest Georgia region.
Hooray for Scott Anderson one of the EMT instructors at NMTC. Captain Anderson was named Instructor of the Year by the Department of Human Resources northwest Georgia region.
Friday, March 23, 2007
Pigs in Heaven
Spring break is a wonderful time to select a fiction work and just read for fun. Try Barbara Kingsolver's book Pigs in Heaven (PS 3561 .I496 P54 2003).
Novelist (an Ebsco database available through GALILEO) notes four reviews, they provide a link to the authors web page and they have the first chapter of the book!
GALILEO
....Databases A-Z
.......Jump to N
..........Select Novelist
..........Search by title
We do a have a little fiction in our collection - though we are heavy on program materials - of course, that's why we exist - to support the programs. Stroll through our PS's - you'll be surprised at what you'll find.
Novelist (an Ebsco database available through GALILEO) notes four reviews, they provide a link to the authors web page and they have the first chapter of the book!
GALILEO
....Databases A-Z
.......Jump to N
..........Select Novelist
..........Search by title
We do a have a little fiction in our collection - though we are heavy on program materials - of course, that's why we exist - to support the programs. Stroll through our PS's - you'll be surprised at what you'll find.
Thursday, March 22, 2007
Wednesday, March 21, 2007
Spring arrives!
In LION ( Literature Online found in GALILEO) are poems to daffodils - this one struck my fancy Daffodils Hokku [from Homespun of Oatmeal Gray (1970), Random House] by Paul Goodman.
Tuesday, March 20, 2007
Spring break hours
The Library remains open during the NMTC Spring break.
We will have shorter hours on Wednesday, March 21 and Thursday March 22 (8-5).
We will be "closed" on Friday March 24 (though we'll be in here working on library stuff)!
Our "normal" hours resume on Monday, March 26. We share the library with Georgia Highlands. Their Spring break will be over.
We will have shorter hours on Wednesday, March 21 and Thursday March 22 (8-5).
We will be "closed" on Friday March 24 (though we'll be in here working on library stuff)!
Our "normal" hours resume on Monday, March 26. We share the library with Georgia Highlands. Their Spring break will be over.
Editing tricks and tips
The NMTC Library Policies and Procedures wiki has been fine tuned. We've cleaned up the Front Page and added a Table of Contents page!
Monday, March 19, 2007
A first for DTAE
Read all about it -
Get up and Go Attitude
Congratulations to our Marketing instructor, Patrick Blessinger.
Get up and Go Attitude
Congratulations to our Marketing instructor, Patrick Blessinger.
Exams
Last two days of the Winter quarter - exams are being given and taken - Spring break for NMTC starts on Wednesday.
Spring Quarter begins on April 4.
We do offer a paperback trade if you're looking for a "new-to-you" beach book.
Spring Quarter begins on April 4.
We do offer a paperback trade if you're looking for a "new-to-you" beach book.
Friday, March 16, 2007
Pandora
Pandora: Yearbook of the University of Georgia from the Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library is now available in the GALILEO demo system.
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Wouldn't you like to know how the all male school selected Pandora (In Greek mythology, Pandora was the first woman on earth. Zeus ordered Hephaestus, the god of craftsmanship, to create her and he did, using water and earth. The gods endowed her with many talents; Aphrodite gave her beauty, Apollo music, Hermes persuasion, and so forth. Hence her name: Pandora, "all-gifted" ) as the name of their yearbook?
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Since 1886, the Pandora has been the yearbook of the University of Georgia. Starting as a publication of the fraternities, the Pandora combined facts, photography, cartooning and humor (of varying quality) to provide an annual record of University activities. Its serious and satirical articles both provide interesting historical details about student life on campus and in Athens.
This initial offering provides scans of the first few years published, 1886-1899, volumes 1-12. Volumes were not published for 1889 and 1891.
Later volumes will be added over time.
The Pandora site is a partnership between the Digital Library of Georgia and the Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library.
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Wouldn't you like to know how the all male school selected Pandora (In Greek mythology, Pandora was the first woman on earth. Zeus ordered Hephaestus, the god of craftsmanship, to create her and he did, using water and earth. The gods endowed her with many talents; Aphrodite gave her beauty, Apollo music, Hermes persuasion, and so forth. Hence her name: Pandora, "all-gifted" ) as the name of their yearbook?
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Since 1886, the Pandora has been the yearbook of the University of Georgia. Starting as a publication of the fraternities, the Pandora combined facts, photography, cartooning and humor (of varying quality) to provide an annual record of University activities. Its serious and satirical articles both provide interesting historical details about student life on campus and in Athens.
This initial offering provides scans of the first few years published, 1886-1899, volumes 1-12. Volumes were not published for 1889 and 1891.
Later volumes will be added over time.
The Pandora site is a partnership between the Digital Library of Georgia and the Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library.
Thursday, March 15, 2007
A tip of the hat
Savannah will be having their annual St. Patrick's Day parade this weekend. The core city hasn't changed much in its lifetime.
You can compare pictures from today (Google search images) with historic photos by George N. Barnard.
Barnard's Photographic Views of the Sherman Campaign, 1866 contains images of the 61 albumen prints found in early American photographer and member of the Matthew Brady studio, George N. Barnard's 1866 Photographic Views of Sherman's Campaign. Barnard was the official photographer for the United States Army, Chief Engineer's Office, Division of the Mississippi and accompanied Sherman's Army during the "March to the Sea" in November and December, 1864. Early in 1865 Barnard photographed Savannah, Georgia, and Columbia and Charleston, South Carolina. In 1866 he returned to the South to continue documenting the war and its effects. Subjects of the photographs include Sherman and his generals, Nashville, Chattanooga Valley, Atlanta, and Savannah. The images were digitized from an 1866 Wynkoop & Hallenbeck edition owned by the Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, University of Georgia.
The password for home use of GALILEO is available to the citizens of Georgia from your librarian. Some resources noted in this BLOG are only available to NMTC patrons.
You can compare pictures from today (Google search images) with historic photos by George N. Barnard.
Barnard's Photographic Views of the Sherman Campaign, 1866 contains images of the 61 albumen prints found in early American photographer and member of the Matthew Brady studio, George N. Barnard's 1866 Photographic Views of Sherman's Campaign. Barnard was the official photographer for the United States Army, Chief Engineer's Office, Division of the Mississippi and accompanied Sherman's Army during the "March to the Sea" in November and December, 1864. Early in 1865 Barnard photographed Savannah, Georgia, and Columbia and Charleston, South Carolina. In 1866 he returned to the South to continue documenting the war and its effects. Subjects of the photographs include Sherman and his generals, Nashville, Chattanooga Valley, Atlanta, and Savannah. The images were digitized from an 1866 Wynkoop & Hallenbeck edition owned by the Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, University of Georgia.
The password for home use of GALILEO is available to the citizens of Georgia from your librarian. Some resources noted in this BLOG are only available to NMTC patrons.
Kind words
The NMTC librarian has been noticed by the "big dogs" in the library world- thank you.
netLibrary Tutorial on YouTube
Kudos to the North Metro Technical College Library in Acworth, Georgia which has posted a 2:32 video on creating a free account for netLibrary. That's the one that caught the attention of people at OCLC this morning, but NMTC Library has eight DIY videos posted to YouTube. They are all about two and a half minutes long and follow the same pattern..."How do I find....?" and cover tools to create citations to how to find print materials.
This isn't the only innovative thing the library is doing...they have a wiki for policies and procedures, and a blog since May 2005......
netLibrary Tutorial on YouTube
Kudos to the North Metro Technical College Library in Acworth, Georgia which has posted a 2:32 video on creating a free account for netLibrary. That's the one that caught the attention of people at OCLC this morning, but NMTC Library has eight DIY videos posted to YouTube. They are all about two and a half minutes long and follow the same pattern..."How do I find....?" and cover tools to create citations to how to find print materials.
This isn't the only innovative thing the library is doing...they have a wiki for policies and procedures, and a blog since May 2005......
Monday, March 12, 2007
Numbers tell the story
Eugenia Price wrote Historical Fiction (The Savannah Quartet) that brought two real families who lived in Savannah and Bartow County in the 19th century to life. These reports fill out the stories with facts and figures detailing that time in Savannah.
Annual Reports of the Mayor of Savannah, Georgia, 1855-1917
....(Majority of the reports are from 1881-1917)
"The annual reports of the Mayor of the city of Savannah Georgia for the years 1855-1917 include information on city activities and finances, commercial statistics, health, death, and illness statistics, and information on trade, public schools, weather, charitable institutions and city ordinances.
The documents also include reports of the City Attorney, the Police Department (including crime statistics), the City Engineer, the Fire Department (including statistics on fires and property losses), and the Board of Trade, among others."
The annual reports are from the collections of the University of Georgia Libraries and were microfilmed in 1995 as part of the SOLINET/ASERL Cooperative Microfilming Project (NEH PS-20317). The images presented here were scanned from microfilm. This site currently contains only the holdings available on microfilm, but additional dates may be added in the future.
Database provider: GALILEO and The Digital Library of Georgia
Annual Reports of the Mayor of Savannah, Georgia, 1855-1917
....(Majority of the reports are from 1881-1917)
"The annual reports of the Mayor of the city of Savannah Georgia for the years 1855-1917 include information on city activities and finances, commercial statistics, health, death, and illness statistics, and information on trade, public schools, weather, charitable institutions and city ordinances.
The documents also include reports of the City Attorney, the Police Department (including crime statistics), the City Engineer, the Fire Department (including statistics on fires and property losses), and the Board of Trade, among others."
The annual reports are from the collections of the University of Georgia Libraries and were microfilmed in 1995 as part of the SOLINET/ASERL Cooperative Microfilming Project (NEH PS-20317). The images presented here were scanned from microfilm. This site currently contains only the holdings available on microfilm, but additional dates may be added in the future.
Database provider: GALILEO and The Digital Library of Georgia
Friday, March 09, 2007
Spring forward
Your computer may not be ready to Spring Forward on Sunday morning. There are patches that can be downloaded to "fix" the program.
Get ready!
Get ready!
Thursday, March 08, 2007
What do they think about that?
Have you wondered what someone else thinks about a book?
Library Journal and The New York Times Book Review offer you a place to read anothers opinion. But you're wondering about the book you have in your hand, not one on the best sellers list....you can go to...
Book Index with Reviews™ (BIR) - a comprehensive database that provides information on over 3.8 million book titles in a wide range of formats, including large print and books on tape.
Fiction and non-fiction titles are included in the database, in all genres.
The product contains over 800,000 full-text searchable reviews, including reviews from Library Journal, School Library Journal, Publishers Weekly, CHOICE, and others.
You'll find Book Index with Reviews in
of GALILEO
.....Databases A-Z
........Jump to B (or scroll down a bit)
..........Book Index with Reviews
The password for home use of GALILEO is available to the citizens of Georgia from your librarian. Some resources noted in this BLOG are only available to NMTC patrons.
Library Journal and The New York Times Book Review offer you a place to read anothers opinion. But you're wondering about the book you have in your hand, not one on the best sellers list....you can go to...
Book Index with Reviews™ (BIR) - a comprehensive database that provides information on over 3.8 million book titles in a wide range of formats, including large print and books on tape.
Fiction and non-fiction titles are included in the database, in all genres.
The product contains over 800,000 full-text searchable reviews, including reviews from Library Journal, School Library Journal, Publishers Weekly, CHOICE, and others.
You'll find Book Index with Reviews in
of GALILEO
.....Databases A-Z
........Jump to B (or scroll down a bit)
..........Book Index with Reviews
The password for home use of GALILEO is available to the citizens of Georgia from your librarian. Some resources noted in this BLOG are only available to NMTC patrons.
Wednesday, March 07, 2007
What is black, white and read?
The answer is - the newspaper! It's an auditory joke that brings a smile to the listener.
The Georgia Historic Newspaper Database is an outgrowth of the Georgia Newspaper Project managed by the University of Georgia Libraries.
Since the early 1950s the UGA Libraries have made a systematic effort to identify and obtain copies of every newspaper ever published in Georgia and to preserve these valuable historical resources on microfilm.
To date over 15 million pages of newsprint have been microfilmed, including at least one newspaper from every county in Georgia that published a newspaper. The Georgia Newspaper Project is part of the U.S. Newspaper Project and has received support from the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Microfilm remains the best format for preservation, and microfilming of Georgia newspapers will continue for the foreseeable future.
Digital technology, however, offers many advantages for access. In a digital environment newspapers can be viewed from remote locations by multiple users, and the newspaper texts can be searchable.
The goal of the Georgia Historic Newspaper Database is to convert every Georgia newspaper to digital format and to make this resource available free of charge as a searchable text database in GALILEO.
For further information on the Georgia Newspaper project and information on purchasing newspapers on microfilm, visit their web site at www.libs.uga.edu/darchive/aboutgnp.html (use your browser's BACK button to return to this screen).
The Georgia Historic Newspaper Database is an outgrowth of the Georgia Newspaper Project managed by the University of Georgia Libraries.
Since the early 1950s the UGA Libraries have made a systematic effort to identify and obtain copies of every newspaper ever published in Georgia and to preserve these valuable historical resources on microfilm.
To date over 15 million pages of newsprint have been microfilmed, including at least one newspaper from every county in Georgia that published a newspaper. The Georgia Newspaper Project is part of the U.S. Newspaper Project and has received support from the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Microfilm remains the best format for preservation, and microfilming of Georgia newspapers will continue for the foreseeable future.
Digital technology, however, offers many advantages for access. In a digital environment newspapers can be viewed from remote locations by multiple users, and the newspaper texts can be searchable.
The goal of the Georgia Historic Newspaper Database is to convert every Georgia newspaper to digital format and to make this resource available free of charge as a searchable text database in GALILEO.
For further information on the Georgia Newspaper project and information on purchasing newspapers on microfilm, visit their web site at www.libs.uga.edu/darchive/aboutgnp.html (use your browser's BACK button to return to this screen).
Tuesday, March 06, 2007
Nothing new under the sun
Just before graduation, students are surveyed about their experiece at the institution of higher learning. Students speak the truth- sometimes in love, sometimes not so kindly.
At the turn of the twentieth century graduating seniors published the discussions - Don't look for honey in the pages of the Bumble Bee. In five issues, appearing from 1889 to 1902, graduating students at the University of Georgia departed with a few last stings of vicious satire aimed at UGA faculty and administration. Whether its pages are filled with base libel or grains of truth, it certainly lives up to the wordplay of its slogan, "We sting where we light. We light often."
You can find the newspapers in the Digital Library of Georgia - search for Bumble Bee.
Or go to GALILEO
......Databases A-Z
...........Jump to U
...............Select The University Bumble Bee
The password for home use of GALILEO is available to the citizens of Georgia from your librarian. Some resources noted in this BLOG are only available to NMTC patrons.
At the turn of the twentieth century graduating seniors published the discussions - Don't look for honey in the pages of the Bumble Bee. In five issues, appearing from 1889 to 1902, graduating students at the University of Georgia departed with a few last stings of vicious satire aimed at UGA faculty and administration. Whether its pages are filled with base libel or grains of truth, it certainly lives up to the wordplay of its slogan, "We sting where we light. We light often."
You can find the newspapers in the Digital Library of Georgia - search for Bumble Bee.
Or go to GALILEO
......Databases A-Z
...........Jump to U
...............Select The University Bumble Bee
The password for home use of GALILEO is available to the citizens of Georgia from your librarian. Some resources noted in this BLOG are only available to NMTC patrons.
Monday, March 05, 2007
Is it raining there?
The Weather Channel is unveiling interactive maps today that allow a user to pinpoint the exact street address and "see" the weather in that neighborhood.
Handy for folks going visiting but especially handy for landscape businesses!
Handy for folks going visiting but especially handy for landscape businesses!
Friday, March 02, 2007
He read what?
Mr. Dougherty, President of NMTC, reads aloud to students at elementary schools near the school. He reads with enthusiasm and expression!
Mr. D was one of the faculty and staff who went to read at McCall Elementary in Acworth on Thursday. Mr. D. read Sherman Crunchley (PZ 7 .N964 SH 2003) by Laura Numeroff.
Check it out from the NMTC Library - reading is fun!
Mr. D was one of the faculty and staff who went to read at McCall Elementary in Acworth on Thursday. Mr. D. read Sherman Crunchley (PZ 7 .N964 SH 2003) by Laura Numeroff.
Check it out from the NMTC Library - reading is fun!
Red and White Stripes, red bow tie
His fashion sense leaves a little to be desired but by the time one is fifty ....
Fifty Years of 'The Cat in the Hat'
Fifty Years of 'The Cat in the Hat'
And the wind blew
Must be getting close to Spring - lines of storms and tornadoes popping down here and there.
If you'd like to check current conditions, there are several weather sites posted at the NMTC_Librarian/horticulture del.icio.us site.
The sites are gathered specifically for Horticulture (they do need to know about the weather). Yet, weather impacts everyone.
If you'd like to check current conditions, there are several weather sites posted at the NMTC_Librarian/horticulture del.icio.us site.
The sites are gathered specifically for Horticulture (they do need to know about the weather). Yet, weather impacts everyone.
Thursday, March 01, 2007
How far away is the book?
The Librarian added the World Cat link to the side bar of the Blog. You can find which library has the item you're looking for (and see how far away that library is).
The NMTC Library Catalog link is also in the sidebar.
The NMTC Library Catalog link is also in the sidebar.
GOAL
The GOAL nominees for NMTC were presented on Wednesday.
Student, Program (nominating instructor)
Coleman Burrell, Marketing (Patrick Blessinger)
Jenny Cox, Early Childhood (Maria Abercrombie)
Michelle Duke, LPN (Alexander Giles)
Stephanie Houston, Marketing (Patrick Blessinger)
Melody Mulkey, Accounting (David Payne)
Sheri Newell, Horticulture (Shane Evans)
Femi Obanor, LPN (Helen Medlin)
Karen Stemper, BOT( Mindy Glander)
Billie Stewart, Managment (Larry Guichard)
Deborah Wyatt, Horticulture (John HJatfield)
Bonita Yeshurun, LPN (Kathy Wishon)
Jenny, Michell, Melody and Femi will go on to the next level of the competition!
Student, Program (nominating instructor)
Coleman Burrell, Marketing (Patrick Blessinger)
Jenny Cox, Early Childhood (Maria Abercrombie)
Michelle Duke, LPN (Alexander Giles)
Stephanie Houston, Marketing (Patrick Blessinger)
Melody Mulkey, Accounting (David Payne)
Sheri Newell, Horticulture (Shane Evans)
Femi Obanor, LPN (Helen Medlin)
Karen Stemper, BOT( Mindy Glander)
Billie Stewart, Managment (Larry Guichard)
Deborah Wyatt, Horticulture (John HJatfield)
Bonita Yeshurun, LPN (Kathy Wishon)
Jenny, Michell, Melody and Femi will go on to the next level of the competition!
Did you notice?
The Librarian learned how to edit the code to clean up the top of the blog page.....Looks empty up there.
Reading Across America
Faculty and staff are reading aloud today to students at McCall Primary school in Acworth!
Wednesday, February 28, 2007
Singing and Dancing
The Blues, Black Vaudeville, and the Silver Screen,(part of the Digital Library of Georgia available through GALILEO ) 1912-1930s consists of selected correspondence, financial records, contracts, and advertising materials from the theater's records found in the Charles Henry Douglass, Jr. business records at the Middle Georgia Archives, which document the amusements available to Macon's African American population, and the business dealings of this African American entrepreneur from 1912 to the 1930s.
The bulk of these selected records feature the period between 1920 and 1929, and describe the sporting events, vaudeville, and films brought to the theater, as well as the efforts to ensure its financial success.
Handbills and booking correspondence document Georgia-based fighters such as Tiger Flowers and Texas Tanner who sought to fight at the venue in 1927.
Douglass and Ben Stein, a white businessman who assumed ownership of the theater between 1927 and 1929, were affiliated with the Theatre Owners Booking Association (T.O.B.A.), a vaudeville circuit. This gave them access to bring prominent acts to Macon's African American community, such as well-known blues musicians Ma Rainey and Bessie Smith, comedians Butterbeans and Susie, as well as musicals, revues, and sacred theater.
When not hosting live acts, the Douglass also exhibited a wide variety of sound and silent motion pictures. Selected records feature race films (movies made specifically for African American audiences) of producers such as the Norman Film Manufacturing Company and Oscar Micheaux.
The selections highlight other Southern African American theaters, such as the Palace Theatre in Valdosta, Georgia, Liberty Theatre in Columbus, Georgia, and the Liberty Theatre in Chattanooga, Tennessee.
The password for home use of GALILEO is available to the citizens of Georgia from your librarian. Some resources noted in this BLOG are only available to NMTC patrons.
The bulk of these selected records feature the period between 1920 and 1929, and describe the sporting events, vaudeville, and films brought to the theater, as well as the efforts to ensure its financial success.
Handbills and booking correspondence document Georgia-based fighters such as Tiger Flowers and Texas Tanner who sought to fight at the venue in 1927.
Douglass and Ben Stein, a white businessman who assumed ownership of the theater between 1927 and 1929, were affiliated with the Theatre Owners Booking Association (T.O.B.A.), a vaudeville circuit. This gave them access to bring prominent acts to Macon's African American community, such as well-known blues musicians Ma Rainey and Bessie Smith, comedians Butterbeans and Susie, as well as musicals, revues, and sacred theater.
When not hosting live acts, the Douglass also exhibited a wide variety of sound and silent motion pictures. Selected records feature race films (movies made specifically for African American audiences) of producers such as the Norman Film Manufacturing Company and Oscar Micheaux.
The selections highlight other Southern African American theaters, such as the Palace Theatre in Valdosta, Georgia, Liberty Theatre in Columbus, Georgia, and the Liberty Theatre in Chattanooga, Tennessee.
The password for home use of GALILEO is available to the citizens of Georgia from your librarian. Some resources noted in this BLOG are only available to NMTC patrons.
Tuesday, February 27, 2007
Fine Art by African Americans
Grove Art Online available through GALILEO
search for African American [Afro-American; Black American] art.
"Term used to describe art made by Americans of African descent. While the crafts of African Americans in the 18th and 19th centuries continued largely to reflect African artistic traditions (see Africa, §VIII ), the earliest fine art made by professional African American artists was in an academic western style (see fig.)."
There are pictures of the art objects and information about the artists!
GALILEO
...Databases A-Z
......Jump to G
..........Grove Art on line
The password for home use of GALILEO is available to the citizens of Georgia from your librarian. Some resources noted in this BLOG are only available to NMTC patrons.
search for African American [Afro-American; Black American] art.
"Term used to describe art made by Americans of African descent. While the crafts of African Americans in the 18th and 19th centuries continued largely to reflect African artistic traditions (see Africa, §VIII ), the earliest fine art made by professional African American artists was in an academic western style (see fig.)."
There are pictures of the art objects and information about the artists!
GALILEO
...Databases A-Z
......Jump to G
..........Grove Art on line
The password for home use of GALILEO is available to the citizens of Georgia from your librarian. Some resources noted in this BLOG are only available to NMTC patrons.
Monday, February 26, 2007
The sun did not shine.
It was too wet to play.
So begins the Dr. Seuss classic. Celebrate 50 years of The Cat in the Hat (PZ 8.3 .G276 CAT 1957)
"Your mother will not mind at all.........."
So begins the Dr. Seuss classic. Celebrate 50 years of The Cat in the Hat (PZ 8.3 .G276 CAT 1957)
"Your mother will not mind at all.........."
Registration for Spring Quarter begins!
Early registration for Spring Quarter begins for current NMTC students today!
You can access Banner from home with your login and pin.
New students begin to register tomorrow (Tuesday Feb 27)
You can access Banner from home with your login and pin.
New students begin to register tomorrow (Tuesday Feb 27)
Friday, February 23, 2007
Gold!
"The Georgia miners were a very diverse lot, coming from across the nation as well as from European countries. Not all miners came voluntarily, as some of the mines were worked by slaves (e.g., the mine owned by John C. Calhoun of South Carolina), however, there were also free African American miners (e.g., the "Free Jim" Boisclair mine). "
......"Thar's Gold in Them Thar Hills" - Georgia Gold History
Joseph J. Singleton comes to Dahlonega in the 1830s. He helps a free African American named James Boisclair to buy a mine lot, which Boisclair works successfully. The mine becomes known as the "Free Jim Mine." With the proceeds, Boisclair establishes the largest general merchandise store in town and a bar room.
....."Thar's Gold in Them Thar Hills" - Players and Places
The Digital Library of Georgia "Thar's Gold in Them Thar Hills": Gold and Gold Mining in Georgia, 1830s-1940s consists of selected legal, financial, and promotional documents as well as photographs and picture postcards that represent episodes of renewed interest in gold mining in Lumpkin County during Reconstruction, at the turn of the century, and during the Depression.
The password for home use of GALILEO is available to the citizens of Georgia from your librarian. Some resources noted in this BLOG are only available to NMTC patrons.
......"Thar's Gold in Them Thar Hills" - Georgia Gold History
Joseph J. Singleton comes to Dahlonega in the 1830s. He helps a free African American named James Boisclair to buy a mine lot, which Boisclair works successfully. The mine becomes known as the "Free Jim Mine." With the proceeds, Boisclair establishes the largest general merchandise store in town and a bar room.
....."Thar's Gold in Them Thar Hills" - Players and Places
The Digital Library of Georgia "Thar's Gold in Them Thar Hills": Gold and Gold Mining in Georgia, 1830s-1940s consists of selected legal, financial, and promotional documents as well as photographs and picture postcards that represent episodes of renewed interest in gold mining in Lumpkin County during Reconstruction, at the turn of the century, and during the Depression.
The password for home use of GALILEO is available to the citizens of Georgia from your librarian. Some resources noted in this BLOG are only available to NMTC patrons.
Well, did you?
Did you get advised?
Monday begins early registration for current NMTC students for Spring quarter.
Tuesday is early registration for new students to NMTC.
Monday begins early registration for current NMTC students for Spring quarter.
Tuesday is early registration for new students to NMTC.
Thursday, February 22, 2007
The LION roars
Literature Online is a fully searchable library of more than 350,000 works of English and American poetry, drama and prose, 194 full-text literature journals, and other key criticism and reference resources.
LION is available through GALILEO. One might think an English and American literary database would consist of one ethnicity but LION has a solid grasp of African American literature.
Callaloo: a journal of African-American and African arts and letters (Univ. of Virginia, Charlottesville) (Baltimore, MD) is used extensively.
The password for home use of GALILEO is available to the citizens of Georgia from your librarian. Some resources noted in this BLOG are only available to NMTC patrons.
LION is available through GALILEO. One might think an English and American literary database would consist of one ethnicity but LION has a solid grasp of African American literature.
Callaloo: a journal of African-American and African arts and letters (Univ. of Virginia, Charlottesville) (Baltimore, MD) is used extensively.
The password for home use of GALILEO is available to the citizens of Georgia from your librarian. Some resources noted in this BLOG are only available to NMTC patrons.
Wednesday, February 21, 2007
The results are in!
Every year GALILEO invites users to participate in an online survey that includes questions about the content and functionality of the GALILEO site and asks for suggestions for improvement.
The 2006 survey was conducted November 7-13 and was completed by 1332 respondents.
The survey report is now available in the Assessment section of About GALILEO.
Keep an eye out for the 2007 survey. They really do want to know what you think of GALILEO
The 2006 survey was conducted November 7-13 and was completed by 1332 respondents.
The survey report is now available in the Assessment section of About GALILEO.
Keep an eye out for the 2007 survey. They really do want to know what you think of GALILEO
Augusta frozen in time
Robert E. Williams Photographic Collection: African-Americans in the Augusta, Ga. Vicinity (Richmond Co.) consists of 86 Glass plate negatives and positive prints of African-Americans in the Augusta, Richmond County, Georgia area.
Robert E. Williams, an African-American photographer, operated a studio, R. Williams and Son, in Augusta, Georgia, from 1888 until around 1908.
The photographs depict dwellings and domestic chores, rituals of baptism, harvesting and transporting cotton, vehicles and transportation, and children and family life.
84 of the images are presented online, as two of the negatives are copies.
The password for home use of GALILEO is available to the citizens of Georgia from your librarian. Some resources noted in this BLOG are only available to NMTC patrons.
Robert E. Williams, an African-American photographer, operated a studio, R. Williams and Son, in Augusta, Georgia, from 1888 until around 1908.
The photographs depict dwellings and domestic chores, rituals of baptism, harvesting and transporting cotton, vehicles and transportation, and children and family life.
84 of the images are presented online, as two of the negatives are copies.
The password for home use of GALILEO is available to the citizens of Georgia from your librarian. Some resources noted in this BLOG are only available to NMTC patrons.
Tuesday, February 20, 2007
Over 9000
There are over 9000 references to African American in the NMTC netLibrary collection of over 40,000 titles.
You can get to the NMTC netLibrary electronic books three ways -
1. use the NMTC library catalog
2. GALILEO
....Databases A-Z
......Jump to N
,,,,,,,select netLibrary
3. directly go to netLibrary
You will need to create a free account (directions on how to create a free account) on campus or through NMTC GALILEO.
You can get to the NMTC netLibrary electronic books three ways -
1. use the NMTC library catalog
2. GALILEO
....Databases A-Z
......Jump to N
,,,,,,,select netLibrary
3. directly go to netLibrary
You will need to create a free account (directions on how to create a free account) on campus or through NMTC GALILEO.
Monday, February 19, 2007
Hail to the Chief
The Presidential Timeline provides a single point of access to an ever-growing selection of digitized assets from the collections of the twelve Presidential Libraries of the National Archives. Among these assets you’ll find documents, photographs, audio recordings, and video relating to the events of the presidents’ lives. The goal of the project is to make these resources readily and freely available to students, educators, and adult learners throughout the world.
Listen, watch, and read.
Listen, watch, and read.
Advisement week
In preparation for early registration on Tuesday, February 27, this week is designated for advisement
Talk to your program advisor to see what you need to do next to be successful in your program.
Talk to your program advisor to see what you need to do next to be successful in your program.
Thursday, February 15, 2007
Not just for Native Americans
This database of primary sources is not just about the Native Americans.Do a search on African American. Letters to and from and about are included!
Southeastern Native American Documents, 1730-1842, contains approximately 2,000 documents and images relating to the Native American population of the Southeastern United States from the collections of the University of Georgia Libraries, the University of Tennessee at Knoxville Library, the Frank H. McClung Museum, the Tennessee State Library and Archives, the Tennessee State Museum, the Museum of the Cherokee Indian, and the LaFayette-Walker County Library. The documents are comprised of letters, legal proceedings, military orders, financial papers, and archaeological images relating to Native Americans in the Southeast.
GALILEO
...Databases A-Z
......Jump to S
.........Southeastern Native American Documents
The password for home use of GALILEO is available to the citizens of Georgia from your librarian. Some resources noted in this BLOG are only available to NMTC patrons.
Southeastern Native American Documents, 1730-1842, contains approximately 2,000 documents and images relating to the Native American population of the Southeastern United States from the collections of the University of Georgia Libraries, the University of Tennessee at Knoxville Library, the Frank H. McClung Museum, the Tennessee State Library and Archives, the Tennessee State Museum, the Museum of the Cherokee Indian, and the LaFayette-Walker County Library. The documents are comprised of letters, legal proceedings, military orders, financial papers, and archaeological images relating to Native Americans in the Southeast.
GALILEO
...Databases A-Z
......Jump to S
.........Southeastern Native American Documents
The password for home use of GALILEO is available to the citizens of Georgia from your librarian. Some resources noted in this BLOG are only available to NMTC patrons.
Wednesday, February 14, 2007
Free at last
From Slave to Statesman: The Legacy of Joshua Houston, Servant to Sam Houston (F 391 H79 P 73 1993) by Patricia Smith Prather and Jane Clements Monday tells the story of a black man who never forgot his roots in slavery as he helped bring up the black community.
Joshua Houston was taught to read by his owner.
Joshua Houston was trusted to make business decisions while his owner was away.
Joshua Houston was allowed to keep the money he earned.
Joshua Houston was freed by his master in 1862- the year Abraham Lincoln announced the Emancipation Proclamation.
Joshua Houston valued his education and the trade he had been taught (blacksmithing).
Read about this remarkable man and the contributions he and his family made to the South. They valued education above all. An education and a trade would truly free a person from manual labor.
Joshua Houston was taught to read by his owner.
Joshua Houston was trusted to make business decisions while his owner was away.
Joshua Houston was allowed to keep the money he earned.
Joshua Houston was freed by his master in 1862- the year Abraham Lincoln announced the Emancipation Proclamation.
Joshua Houston valued his education and the trade he had been taught (blacksmithing).
Read about this remarkable man and the contributions he and his family made to the South. They valued education above all. An education and a trade would truly free a person from manual labor.
Hearts, flowers and true love
Sort of depressing to do a Quick Search in GALILEO using the term Valentines Day and the first results in LexisNexis are on infidelity:
Infidelity Experts 4th Annual Valentines Day Infidelity Awareness Campaign Yearbook of Experts (R) News Release Wire 2007-01-17 Description: Wednesday, 1086 words
Hope your true love is faithful.
GALILEO
...search in Quick Search
The password for home use of GALILEO is available to the citizens of Georgia from your librarian. Some resources noted in this BLOG are only available to NMTC patrons.
Infidelity Experts 4th Annual Valentines Day Infidelity Awareness Campaign Yearbook of Experts (R) News Release Wire 2007-01-17 Description: Wednesday, 1086 words
Hope your true love is faithful.
GALILEO
...search in Quick Search
The password for home use of GALILEO is available to the citizens of Georgia from your librarian. Some resources noted in this BLOG are only available to NMTC patrons.
Tuesday, February 13, 2007
Beginning the third millennia
Black History Month Spotlight
"Britannica's Guide to Black History presents a vast array of articles, hundreds of images, and a wide assortment of multimedia clips.
This guide traces two millennia of black history, and the browse features enable you to pinpoint the central people, places, topics, and events covered in Black History.
During February the Featured Spotlight: Guide to Black History Month
can be found in the lower right hand corner of the Encyclopedia Britannica Home Page
Access this Spotlight and others
by clicking on the Spotlight Archive
at the bottom right side of the Home Page
GALILEO
...Databases A-Z
.....Encyclopedia Britannica
The password for home use of GALILEO is available to the citizens of Georgia from your librarian. Some resources noted in this BLOG are only available to NMTC patrons.
"Britannica's Guide to Black History presents a vast array of articles, hundreds of images, and a wide assortment of multimedia clips.
This guide traces two millennia of black history, and the browse features enable you to pinpoint the central people, places, topics, and events covered in Black History.
During February the Featured Spotlight: Guide to Black History Month
can be found in the lower right hand corner of the Encyclopedia Britannica Home Page
Access this Spotlight and others
by clicking on the Spotlight Archive
at the bottom right side of the Home Page
GALILEO
...Databases A-Z
.....Encyclopedia Britannica
The password for home use of GALILEO is available to the citizens of Georgia from your librarian. Some resources noted in this BLOG are only available to NMTC patrons.
Monday, February 12, 2007
How do I find.....
Short (under 3 minutes) instructional videos are being created to help you find information. Check out the How Do I Find offerings!
Happy Birthday, Georgia!
Georgia Day celebrates the founding of the colony of Georgia in Savannah, 1733!
Friday, February 09, 2007
Where did they go?
Vanishing Georgia (found in GALILEO and TheDigital Library of Georgia) comprises nearly 18,000 photographs. Ranging from daguerreotypes to Kodachrome prints, the images span over 100 years of Georgia history.
The broad subject matter of these photographs, shot by both amateurs and professionals, includes, but is not limited to, family and business life, street scenes and architecture, agriculture, school and civic activities, important individuals and events in Georgia history, and landscapes.
The wide variety of the collected visual images results from efforts by archivists from the Georgia Division of Archives and History who sought, between 1975 and 1996, to preserve Georgia's endangered historical photographs.
Designed primarily for preservation, the project located, selected, and copied historically significant photographs held by individuals who wanted to share their pieces of the past with future generations.
The Georgia Archives joins with the Digital Library of Georgia to present the Vanishing Georgia images as a digital resource. Support for the project is provided by a Library Services and Technology Act grant administered through Georgia HomePLACE
Do a search using the term African-American. 97 pictures are retrieved.
The broad subject matter of these photographs, shot by both amateurs and professionals, includes, but is not limited to, family and business life, street scenes and architecture, agriculture, school and civic activities, important individuals and events in Georgia history, and landscapes.
The wide variety of the collected visual images results from efforts by archivists from the Georgia Division of Archives and History who sought, between 1975 and 1996, to preserve Georgia's endangered historical photographs.
Designed primarily for preservation, the project located, selected, and copied historically significant photographs held by individuals who wanted to share their pieces of the past with future generations.
The Georgia Archives joins with the Digital Library of Georgia to present the Vanishing Georgia images as a digital resource. Support for the project is provided by a Library Services and Technology Act grant administered through Georgia HomePLACE
Do a search using the term African-American. 97 pictures are retrieved.
Thursday, February 08, 2007
Some truths
too painful or too likely to provoke,
can be spoken only when the listener has been disarmed by laughter.
In GALILEO check the "Baldy Editorial Cartoons, 1946-1982, 1997: The Clifford H. Baldowski Collection at the Richard B. Russell Library contains 6,740 pen and ink drawings and 2,460 velox. The digital database opens with approximately 2,500 cartoons from the collection. Clifford H. Baldowski, known by the pen-name "Baldy," depicted the local, national, and international news of his day in the editorial pages of the Augusta Chronicle, Miami Herald, and Atlanta Constitution. His work is a rich source for those studying political reorganization in Georgia and the growth of Atlanta as well as the Civil Rights Movement, the Cold War, the Vietnam conflict, Middle East tensions, and Watergate."
Doing a search using the terms black or civil rights will bring up cartoons that made folks think when they were first published. These cartoons will still make the reader think.
The password for home use of GALILEO is available to the citizens of Georgia from your librarian. Some resources noted in this BLOG are only available to NMTC patrons.
can be spoken only when the listener has been disarmed by laughter.
In GALILEO check the "Baldy Editorial Cartoons, 1946-1982, 1997: The Clifford H. Baldowski Collection at the Richard B. Russell Library contains 6,740 pen and ink drawings and 2,460 velox. The digital database opens with approximately 2,500 cartoons from the collection. Clifford H. Baldowski, known by the pen-name "Baldy," depicted the local, national, and international news of his day in the editorial pages of the Augusta Chronicle, Miami Herald, and Atlanta Constitution. His work is a rich source for those studying political reorganization in Georgia and the growth of Atlanta as well as the Civil Rights Movement, the Cold War, the Vietnam conflict, Middle East tensions, and Watergate."
Doing a search using the terms black or civil rights will bring up cartoons that made folks think when they were first published. These cartoons will still make the reader think.
The password for home use of GALILEO is available to the citizens of Georgia from your librarian. Some resources noted in this BLOG are only available to NMTC patrons.
Wednesday, February 07, 2007
Alonzo Herndon
Carole Merritt wrote the first biography of the Herndon family, The Herndons: An Atlanta Family (F294 .A853 H476 2002). Who were they? Why should a biography have been written about them?
Are you familiar with Atlanta Life Insurance? This company was founded by Alonzo Herndon in 1905, just 40 years after his emancipation from slavery. Obviously the company has prospered in the 102 years of its existence.
Be inspired by the Herndons, an Atlanta family.
Are you familiar with Atlanta Life Insurance? This company was founded by Alonzo Herndon in 1905, just 40 years after his emancipation from slavery. Obviously the company has prospered in the 102 years of its existence.
Be inspired by the Herndons, an Atlanta family.
Connecticut pictures?
This has nothing to do with Georgia but does tie nicely with yesterdays post about what to do with your pictures:
KILLINGLY [Connecticut]— The Killingly Historical and Genealogical Society, Inc. will publish a second pictorial history of the Town of Killingly. The book will cover the mills, schools, churches, cemeteries, buildings, businesses, and people at work and play.
The society needs photographs to use in the publication and would like to borrow your pictures. The pictures will be returned after copies are made for the book. The group will accept photos through Saturday, March 10.
The Killingly Historical Center at 196 Main St. in Danielson will open from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. on Feb. 13 to drop off photos:
The historical center will also be open during regular hours from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Wednesdays and Saturdays.
Contact Marilyn Labbe at 564-3657, Lynn LaBerge at 774-5364, or the Killingly Historical Center 779-7250 for more information.
From the February 6, 2007 edition of the Norwich Bulletin.
There are museums, libraries and genealogy societies who are searching for just the snapshot you have stashed away. It's almost time for Spring cleaning-
KILLINGLY [Connecticut]— The Killingly Historical and Genealogical Society, Inc. will publish a second pictorial history of the Town of Killingly. The book will cover the mills, schools, churches, cemeteries, buildings, businesses, and people at work and play.
The society needs photographs to use in the publication and would like to borrow your pictures. The pictures will be returned after copies are made for the book. The group will accept photos through Saturday, March 10.
The Killingly Historical Center at 196 Main St. in Danielson will open from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. on Feb. 13 to drop off photos:
The historical center will also be open during regular hours from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Wednesdays and Saturdays.
Contact Marilyn Labbe at 564-3657, Lynn LaBerge at 774-5364, or the Killingly Historical Center 779-7250 for more information.
From the February 6, 2007 edition of the Norwich Bulletin.
There are museums, libraries and genealogy societies who are searching for just the snapshot you have stashed away. It's almost time for Spring cleaning-
Tuesday, February 06, 2007
Mid-century life and times
Black History Society Photograph Collection Information
"The collection of photographs documents African American life in Gainesville and Hall County Georgia during the 20th century, with a focus on the 1940s and 1950s. The photographs depict community leaders, businesses, educational institutions, churches, and civic organizations that played a significant role in the Gainesville and Hall County African American community."
This collection of pictures can be found several ways -
1. in the Digital Library of Georgia
2. Hall County, Georgia Photograph and Genealogy Collections
3. GALILEO, Digital Library of Georgia
What story do your pictures tell? Do you have mid-century photos that reflect your culture and heritage? There might be a library or museum doing a collection of the time and place captured by your images.
The password for home use of GALILEO is available to the citizens of Georgia from your librarian. Some resources noted in this BLOG are only available to NMTC patrons.
Monday, February 05, 2007
Over 100
An Advanced Search for African American and electronic books in our library catalog turned up over 100 items.
Limiting the search to African American and speech and electronic books found 6 items.
The one that intrigued me was Lift every voice[computer file] : African American oratory, 1787-1900 / edited by Philip S. Foner and Robert James Branham. The speeches begin in 1787.
We have over 40,000 titles in NetLibrary.
There are three ways to get to netLibrary:
1. Through the NMTC catalog, limiting the advanced search to EBK
2. Through GALILEO , use the find a database box, typing in NetLibrary
3. Going to NetLibrary online
You must create a free account to use NetLibrary off campus. There are two ways to access the create a free account link-
1. On campus use the catalog, select an EBK, click on the URL to get to the book in NetLibrary- upper right hand corner (in teeny tiny print) select Create a Free Account.
2. Off campus go through GALILEO
The password for home use of GALILEO is available to the citizens of Georgia from your librarian. Some resources noted in this BLOG are only available to NMTC patrons.
Limiting the search to African American and speech and electronic books found 6 items.
The one that intrigued me was Lift every voice[computer file] : African American oratory, 1787-1900 / edited by Philip S. Foner and Robert James Branham. The speeches begin in 1787.
We have over 40,000 titles in NetLibrary.
There are three ways to get to netLibrary:
1. Through the NMTC catalog, limiting the advanced search to EBK
2. Through GALILEO , use the find a database box, typing in NetLibrary
3. Going to NetLibrary online
You must create a free account to use NetLibrary off campus. There are two ways to access the create a free account link-
1. On campus use the catalog, select an EBK, click on the URL to get to the book in NetLibrary- upper right hand corner (in teeny tiny print) select Create a Free Account.
2. Off campus go through GALILEO
The password for home use of GALILEO is available to the citizens of Georgia from your librarian. Some resources noted in this BLOG are only available to NMTC patrons.
Thursday, February 01, 2007
Who's afraid of a shadow?
Will winter last another six weeks?
Will spring arrive early?
Check with your favorite prognosticator - at Groundhog Central
Will spring arrive early?
Check with your favorite prognosticator - at Groundhog Central
Sweet Auburn
In GALILEO you'll find the Auburn Avenue Research Library Finding Aids database which consists of guides to archival and manuscript collections held by the Auburn Avenue Research Library on African-American Culture and History, a special library of the Atlanta-Fulton Public Library System.
The library's primary source materials document the experiences of African-Americans in Atlanta, the Southeastern region, and throughout the nation.
The library's primary source materials document the experiences of African-Americans in Atlanta, the Southeastern region, and throughout the nation.
Wednesday, January 31, 2007
Tuesday, January 30, 2007
Title IX
The Section 504/ADA Coordinator and the Title IX Coordinator is Ms. Cheri Mattox, Room 200-A, 770-975-4099
Did you ever wonder what Title IX was? Check out The U.S. Department of Labor: Title IX, Education Amendments of 1972 for the whole story.
Did you ever wonder what Title IX was? Check out The U.S. Department of Labor: Title IX, Education Amendments of 1972 for the whole story.
Monday, January 29, 2007
Paperback swap
It's chilly outside. It's going to stay cold. It's a great time to wrap up in a blanket, snuggle on the sofa and read fun fiction! We don't purchase fun fiction for the library.
We do provide a swap cart- you bring your paperback and swap for someone elses paperback. This meets the need for fun fiction for our patrons. Stop by and swap out your fiction.
Get ready for a snow day.
We do provide a swap cart- you bring your paperback and swap for someone elses paperback. This meets the need for fun fiction for our patrons. Stop by and swap out your fiction.
Get ready for a snow day.
Friday, January 26, 2007
Who's got the link?
Social bookmarking is a relatively new phenomenon.
The "social" part is we get to see how many others have marked that web link. In a del.icio.us account, if you click on the "saved by others" you can see who else saved the site. You click on their link to see what else they have saved. If I like A and you like A, maybe I'll like your Z!
It's a way to share information. Two technical colleges in Georgia have del.icio.us accounts. Check out North Metro Tech and Savannah Tech. We're collecting web links that will help our students succeed.
The "social" part is we get to see how many others have marked that web link. In a del.icio.us account, if you click on the "saved by others" you can see who else saved the site. You click on their link to see what else they have saved. If I like A and you like A, maybe I'll like your Z!
It's a way to share information. Two technical colleges in Georgia have del.icio.us accounts. Check out North Metro Tech and Savannah Tech. We're collecting web links that will help our students succeed.
Thursday, January 25, 2007
Number crunching
Reports, projects, and presentations all look "better" with graphs and charts.
World Data Analyst includes current and historical statistics on 217 countries of the world. Highlights of the database include the following:
----Country Snapshots--maps and statistics
----Country Comparisons--create tables and graphs comparing countries using recent and historical statistics
----Ranked Statistics--compare economic or population measures or significant geographic features
Users can use tools in the database to create tables and charts and export the information to a spreadsheet for data crunching and deeper analysis.
World Data Analyst includes current and historical statistics on 217 countries of the world. Highlights of the database include the following:
----Country Snapshots--maps and statistics
----Country Comparisons--create tables and graphs comparing countries using recent and historical statistics
----Ranked Statistics--compare economic or population measures or significant geographic features
Users can use tools in the database to create tables and charts and export the information to a spreadsheet for data crunching and deeper analysis.
World Data Analyst is an Encyclopedia Britannica product available through GALILEO.
The password for home use of GALILEO is available to the citizens of Georgia from your librarian. Some resources noted in this BLOG are only available to NMTC patrons.
Wednesday, January 24, 2007
What do I want to be?
Students just beginning their program are encouraged to visit the
Georgia Careeer Information Center and take the interest survey and the skill survey. These free assessments tell the student where their interests and skills might best be used!
(GCIC needs to accept cookies. These are the steps to allow cookies.)
Internet Explorer
…Tools
…..Internet Options
…….Privacy
……..Move slider to “low”
There is a GCIC user ID and password that you can get from either the NMTC Counselor, Kim Duff , or the Librarian!
Can access the site through the NMTC Web site collection (Guidance, Careers)
and through GALILEO (need the GALILEO password for home use) (Databases A-Z, Jump to G)
I took the surveys last spring and was told I should be a librarian. It made me smile!
Georgia Careeer Information Center and take the interest survey and the skill survey. These free assessments tell the student where their interests and skills might best be used!
(GCIC needs to accept cookies. These are the steps to allow cookies.)
Internet Explorer
…Tools
…..Internet Options
…….Privacy
……..Move slider to “low”
There is a GCIC user ID and password that you can get from either the NMTC Counselor, Kim Duff , or the Librarian!
Can access the site through the NMTC Web site collection (Guidance, Careers)
and through GALILEO (need the GALILEO password for home use) (Databases A-Z, Jump to G)
I took the surveys last spring and was told I should be a librarian. It made me smile!
Tuesday, January 23, 2007
Monday, January 22, 2007
Moving Pictures
Last week I wrote about pictures being worth a thousand words.
The NMTC marketing department uploaded these NMTC videos to YouTube… check us out!
TV Commercial
Recruiting Video
The NMTC marketing department uploaded these NMTC videos to YouTube… check us out!
TV Commercial
Recruiting Video
Friday, January 19, 2007
Beauty in Stone
Talked earlier about how a picture is worth a thousand words and how you can find videos in the NMTC catalog. Two movies in GALILEO (The Digital Library of Georgia) tell volumes about Georgia workers and the marble industry. Watching the short films is a lesson in the changes that have been made in video presentations!
"The online collection consists of two short industrial films made by the Georgia Marble Company in the 1950s-1960s that document the company's history, operations, skilled laborers and craftspeople, and the widespread use of their marble, limestone and serpentine products.
Georgia Marble Company's use of the industrial film medium served to promote its products by capturing in live action the skill and industry required to create "beauty in stone."
The first film, New Face on Capitol Hill, depicts Georgia Marble Company's role in the reconstruction of the east façade of the U.S. Capitol building prior to John F. Kennedy's inauguration, and includes footage of president John F. Kennedy at his 1961 inauguration, the former vice president Richard M. Nixon, and Architect of the Capitol J. George Stewart.
The second film, Producing America's Buried Treasures, focuses more closely on the company's overall history, its quarrying and finishing facilities in Georgia, Tennessee and Vermont, the breadth of applications for Georgia marble products and related limestone and serpentine industries in Alabama and Virginia. Unique to this film are its highlights of uses for processed marble in products that include roofing material, and turf marking for athletic fields.
Both Producing America's Buried Treasure and the New Face on Capitol Hill feature the company's marble quarrying and finishing operations in Pickens County, Georgia; both include pictorial examples of marble-quarrying and marble-shaping machinery, of stone cutters working in the quarry, and of craftsmen sculpting the marble.
Many beautiful high-quality products were produced by the Georgia Marble Company, and a number of well-known structures comprised of Georgia marble are interspersed throughout both films. Most notable are the statue Abraham Lincoln in the Lincoln Memorial, and the façade of the U.S. Capitol Building, the centerpiece of New Face on Capitol Hill. "
GALILEO
...Databases A-Z
.....Jump to B
......Beauty in Stone
The password for home use of GALILEO is available to the citizens of Georgia from your librarian. Some resources noted in this BLOG are only available to NMTC patrons.
Thursday, January 18, 2007
Calling cards
In the "olden days" ladies and gentlemen left calling cards to document that they had visited a home.
Today we pass out business cards to help others remember us after a networking opportunity. One can purchase kits at office supply stores to create a business card using the computer and printer.
What do you put on your business card? How do you make it positively memorable? We have several Best of Business Card Design (NE 965.2...) books to give you examples of the best!
Leave a positive impression for positive results- start with your business card.
Today we pass out business cards to help others remember us after a networking opportunity. One can purchase kits at office supply stores to create a business card using the computer and printer.
What do you put on your business card? How do you make it positively memorable? We have several Best of Business Card Design (NE 965.2...) books to give you examples of the best!
Leave a positive impression for positive results- start with your business card.
Wednesday, January 17, 2007
What is a picture worth?
The saying goes - "a picture is worth a thousand words". Have you ever tried to describe an emotion or an action? You keep talking but if you could show a picture or better yet a video- you would have no trouble saying - "that's it!"
We have hundreds of videos to illustrate our programs.
You can find the videos we own by using the catalog .
1. Go to Advanced search (left hand side of the screen under Search)
2. Select Keywords
3. Type in the topic you're looking for
4. Scroll down to Material type
5. Select VHS or DVD from the drop down menu (we have more VHS)
Most videos are checked out to the program areas. We'll help you locate the video for use in the library or check out for home use if the instructor agrees.
See what they mean by watching the action.
We have hundreds of videos to illustrate our programs.
You can find the videos we own by using the catalog .
1. Go to Advanced search (left hand side of the screen under Search)
2. Select Keywords
3. Type in the topic you're looking for
4. Scroll down to Material type
5. Select VHS or DVD from the drop down menu (we have more VHS)
Most videos are checked out to the program areas. We'll help you locate the video for use in the library or check out for home use if the instructor agrees.
See what they mean by watching the action.
Tuesday, January 16, 2007
Safe conversation
One can always discuss the weather. If you'd like to see what is happening across the country - look at the NOAA site National Weather Service Enhanced Radar Image Loop . Facinating to see the whole country.
Notice how the cursor turns to a hand over a state and the info box tells you the local radar location. Click and you see that area!
This site has been added to the web sites collected for NMTC programs for Horticulture. EHO students need to know the weather for their program. Check out the other weather site for EHO. Soil temperature!
Each program has their list of favorites.
Notice how the cursor turns to a hand over a state and the info box tells you the local radar location. Click and you see that area!
This site has been added to the web sites collected for NMTC programs for Horticulture. EHO students need to know the weather for their program. Check out the other weather site for EHO. Soil temperature!
Each program has their list of favorites.
Friday, January 12, 2007
Have to keep it
We've only had this database for a year. It isn't getting widespread use. I thought we might cancel it but I want to give it another year.
There is a monthly report sent with statistics on use of Garden Literature Index. The index is noted on the student survey at the end of each class (for every program not just horticulture). Folks are using the database - just not enough folks.
There are tons of articles in Garden Literature Index. They are helpful for every type of gardener not just the pros!
There is a monthly report sent with statistics on use of Garden Literature Index. The index is noted on the student survey at the end of each class (for every program not just horticulture). Folks are using the database - just not enough folks.
There are tons of articles in Garden Literature Index. They are helpful for every type of gardener not just the pros!
- It does have full text articles. You can limit your search by clicking on full text.
- It does not have a link to see what publications are used. You can figure that out by doing a search and scrolling through the articles pulled up.
GALILEO
....Databases A-Z
......Jump to G
........Garden Literature Index
Thursday, January 11, 2007
The real thing
Researchers thrive on primary resources - the original document and not some interpretation or synopsis or.....but the real thing! Most of us can't get to the primary sources. GALILEO offers us a chance to read the original document.
Annals of American History Online includes the full text of over 2000 primary documents in American history, including historical accounts, speeches, memoirs, poems, editorials, landmark court decisions, and cultural criticism. The resource also has multimedia files, including more than 500 pictures and hundreds of video and audio clips of famous speeches. This chronicle may be explored year by year using a timeline dating from 1493 to 2002, browsed by author or topic, or searched by keyword.
I will admit to some frustration with this database. I'm trying to find primary sources for Martin Luther King - for the celebration on Monday.
Annals of American History Online includes the full text of over 2000 primary documents in American history, including historical accounts, speeches, memoirs, poems, editorials, landmark court decisions, and cultural criticism. The resource also has multimedia files, including more than 500 pictures and hundreds of video and audio clips of famous speeches. This chronicle may be explored year by year using a timeline dating from 1493 to 2002, browsed by author or topic, or searched by keyword.
I will admit to some frustration with this database. I'm trying to find primary sources for Martin Luther King - for the celebration on Monday.
- He's not listed by author.
- I didn't find him under Civil Rights leaders.
- I searched under the time period 1961-1968: The Burdens of World power- limited to multimedia and scrolling way down the list found a video clip Civil Rights Leaders: Martin Luther King
Wednesday, January 10, 2007
Habla Espanol
There are resources available in GALILEO for those who read in Spanish or would like to practice their Spanish.
One resource is "Enciclopedia Universal en Español database includes more than 47,000 articles and 8,300 photographs and images. The resource also includes a Spanish-language dictionary with more than 65,000 entries. Most articles are brief or of moderate length and discuss people, places, institutions, things, or concepts. Longer articles are divided into separate sections for easier access and more accurate searching. Special features include an atlas that focuses on world countries, maps, and statistics; major world cities; and distribution of languages & religions and also a timelines that outline general history plus art and cultural history. "
When you type spanish in the Find a Database box - 6 specific sources will show up.
The password for home use of GALILEO is available to the citizens of Georgia from your librarian. Some resources noted in this BLOG are only available to NMTC patrons.
One resource is "Enciclopedia Universal en Español database includes more than 47,000 articles and 8,300 photographs and images. The resource also includes a Spanish-language dictionary with more than 65,000 entries. Most articles are brief or of moderate length and discuss people, places, institutions, things, or concepts. Longer articles are divided into separate sections for easier access and more accurate searching. Special features include an atlas that focuses on world countries, maps, and statistics; major world cities; and distribution of languages & religions and also a timelines that outline general history plus art and cultural history. "
When you type spanish in the Find a Database box - 6 specific sources will show up.
The password for home use of GALILEO is available to the citizens of Georgia from your librarian. Some resources noted in this BLOG are only available to NMTC patrons.
Tuesday, January 09, 2007
Narrowing the field
GALILEO offers so much information. It seems hard to narrow down what you're looking for to a manageable level.
In ProQuest, there is a subset database "Career & Technical Education (a ProQuest database) which contains over 400 titles, all in full text and many in full image, which contain the charts, diagrams, graphs, tables, photos, and other graphics originally published with the text. Subjects include automobile, electronic, and computer technology; the building trades; graphic arts; medicine, nursing, and pharmacy; child care; food service and hotel management; office skills; veterinary technology; retail work; public safety; and other practical studies. "
In bold are program areas offered at NMTC.
GALILEO
...Find a Database box on the front page
....type in Career & Technical Education
In ProQuest, there is a subset database "Career & Technical Education (a ProQuest database) which contains over 400 titles, all in full text and many in full image, which contain the charts, diagrams, graphs, tables, photos, and other graphics originally published with the text. Subjects include automobile, electronic, and computer technology; the building trades; graphic arts; medicine, nursing, and pharmacy; child care; food service and hotel management; office skills; veterinary technology; retail work; public safety; and other practical studies. "
In bold are program areas offered at NMTC.
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...Find a Database box on the front page
....type in Career & Technical Education
Monday, January 08, 2007
What site?
- Faculty recommend a web site that will be helpful for a program.
- Faculty hand out lists of web sites that will be helpful.
You can find web sites for some NMTC programs by going to http://del.icio.us/NMTC_Librarian
The web sites are arranged by program area.
It's a growing resource for the programs at NMTC.
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