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.
Friday, March 02, 2007
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.
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