Georgia Tech Library News

There will be a Memorial celebration of the life of our beloved GT Library Security Guard, Darrell McClure (Mr. “D”), on Wednesday, September 30 from 2:30 – 3:30 pm in the Neely Lobby (1st Floor West in the Library).

Darrell meant so much to all of us. This will be an opportunity to join together and share the memories & stories that bring us joy when we remember our time with him.

This will be an informal event, meant for joyful remembrances. Students, faculty, and staff, who loved Darrell as much as we did, are invited to join us in this celebration.

September 17th is Constitution Day and the library will host Professor Ty Herrington’s lecture entitled “The Constitution’s Intellectual Property Clause, Democracy’s Lifeblood.” The lecture will be in the Library East Commons’ Performance Space from 11am to noon.

The Georgia Tech Library’s annual “Welcome Back Event” will take place on Wednesday, August 26 and Thursday August 27 from 11 am – 2 pm. Library staff will be at tables in the Library rotunda, offering information on the Library’s services — including upcoming classes and the Subject Librarians, and a variety of tasty treats! Please stop by and see what the Library has to offer!

Journal Review Project (2010)

Due to the increasing costs of journal subscriptions and budget reductions, the Library is carefully reviewing the journal collection in preparation for potential journal subscription cancellations in the 2010 calendar year. To do this with the best interests of the Institute in mind, we need your help.

We have prepared a list of journal titles that may have to be cancelled. We excluded titles from publishers such as Elsevier, Springer, and Wiley with whom we have contracts that prohibit cancellations. The list includes titles with high cost per use and titles for which we have insufficient use data. We included and marked many titles which could be cancelled, but to which you would still have access electronically via full-text databases.

We are asking you to tell us in the comment boxes which titles on the list are crucial for your research and teaching. For example, if you find a title on the list that contains articles required for a course, tell us. If you use a specific journal in your research or publishing activities, tell us. If you are an editor or reviewer of a journal, tell us.

Your feedback is vital to our decision-making about which information resources are critical to the teaching and research programs at Georgia Tech. If you have questions, please contact your college/school subject librarian or Nancy Simons, Head of Collection Development. We greatly appreciate your assistance with this review and your continuing support.

Catherine Murray-Rust
Dean of Libraries

Research for all of us! The Georgia Tech Library sponsors a lecture series featuring research by Georgia Tech faculty “presented for the rest of us.” Lecturers discuss their research in laymen’s terms. The aim of the series is to make research understandable to all of us in the Georgia Tech community.

April 7, 2009
2 – 3:30 pm
Neely Lobby (1 West) – Library and Information Center

Speaker: Bruce Walker; Associate Professor
School of Psychology & School of Interactive Computing

Poster

Title: The GT Accessible Aquarium Project

Abstract:
The goal of the GT Accessible Aquarium Project is to make dynamic exhibits such as those at museums, science centers, zoos and aquaria more engaging and accessible for visitors with vision impairments by providing real-time interpretations of the exhibits using innovative tracking, music, narrations, and adaptive sonification. It is an interdisciplinary collaboration between GT researchers, bringing together the fields of Psychology, Computing, Music, and Assistive Technology.

This presentation is free and open to all! No pre-registration is needed.

Questions? Contact: Lori Critz, Information Services Department
Lori.critz@library.gatech.edu 404-385-4392

Research for all of us! The Georgia Tech Library sponsors a lecture series featuring research by Georgia Tech faculty presented for the rest of us.

Lecturers will discuss their research in laymen’s terms. The aim of the series is to make research understandable to all of us in the Georgia Tech community.

March 3, 2009
Neely Lobby (GT Library – 1st Floor)
2 – 3:30 pm

Speakers: Henry S. Valk; Professor Emeritus – School of Physics & Bill Hunt; Professor – School of Electrical and Computer Engineering

Title: Music, Science, and Technology

Music and its performance have been part of our inheritance since primitive times. But what is music? How do we produce it and hear it? How are popular instruments that we use to perform it such as the guitar and piano evolving? These and related questions will be discussed from the standpoint of current science and technology.

This presentation is free and open to all! No pre-registration is needed.

Poster

Questions?
Contact: Lori Critz, Information Services Department
Lori.critz@library.gatech.edu
404-385-4392

Research for all of us! The Georgia Tech Library sponsors a lecture series featuring research by Georgia Tech faculty presented for the rest of us.

Lecturers will discuss their research in laymen’s terms. The aim of the series is to make research understandable to all of us in the Georgia Tech community.

February 3, 2009
Wilby Room (GT Library – Ground Floor)
12 – 1:30 pm

Speaker: Asst. Professor Melissa Kemp – Dept. of Biomedical Engineering

Title: Cellular Oxidation and its Role in Disease

Many foods and supplements are advertised as having antioxidant properties, under the presumption that this is beneficial to your health. But what does that mean? Are they good for you? Dietary antioxidants have been investigated for the treatment of a number of diseases – such as rheumatoid arthritis, lupus, cardiovascular disease, and cancer prevention – with very mixed results. I’ll discuss why, at a cellular level, the story on antioxidants is so complicated and how engineering approaches to studying cellular oxidation may ultimately shed light on how to better treat diseases with antioxidants.

This presentation is free and open to all! No pre-registration is needed.

Poster

Questions? Contact: Lori Critz, Information Services Department
Lori.critz@library.gatech.edu
404-385-4392

Undergraduate research Kaleidoscope? Wondering what this means?

We’re showcasing undergraduate research with with a time-limited, entertaining presentation style popularized in Tokyo and spreading throughout the world – ideally suited for a diverse audience and treatment of broader topics. Each presenter is allowed up to 20 images, each shown on screen for 20 seconds each – giving 6 minutes 40 seconds of fame before the next presenter is up. This keeps presentations concise, the interest level up, and gives more people the chance to show.

Join us for a series of unique presentations on Undergraduate Research. For additional information contact the LEC’s Charlie Bennett at cb129@mail.gatech.edu.

Flying High During Dead Week!

December 4, 2008
7:30pm – building planes…

8pm – contest

Location: 2 West Bridge/GT Library

We supply the paper; you supply the aeronautical talent!

Supplies will be provided and there will be a 30 minute design period (7:30 pm) prior to the contest

Prizes will be awarded for distance , design , and best flight pattern!

Got more questions? contact Lori Critz (404-385-4392; lori.critz@library.gatech.edu)

Research for all of us! The Georgia Tech Library sponsors a lecture series featuring research by Georgia Tech faculty presented for the rest of us.

Lecturers will discuss their research in laymen’s terms. The aim of the series is to make research understandable to all of us in the Georgia Tech community.

October 7, 2008
Neely Lobby (GT Library – 1 West)
2 – 3:30 pm

Speakers: Hugh Crawford and Ron Broglio
School of Literature, Communication & Culture
Poster

Title: Dwelling Studies

Abstract: Hugh Crawford and Ron Broglio will discuss dwelling studies as a set of disciplinary and pedagogical practices around growing cultural issues such as home and food. Dwelling studies examines how we engage with the earth so as to fashion a world and worldview. As a methodology, dwelling studies uses phenomenology to examine a variety of ecologies and economies of human comportment in order to further living well. The presentation will introduce the audience to this field of study and provide examples of scholarship and student work at Georgia Tech.

This presentation is free and open to all! No pre-registration is needed.

Questions? Contact: Lori Critz, Information Services Department
lori.critz@library.gatech.edu
404-385-4392