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.

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

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

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

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

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.

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)

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

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.

Sept. 16, 2008
2 – 3:30 pm
Library: Neely Lobby (1 West)

Speaker: Fredda Blanchard-Fields
Professor of Psychology
Chair, GT School of Psychology

Title: Older adult expertise in emotion regulation: Gains and costs.

Abstract:
Despite research that shows cognitive decline as we grow older, changes in emotion show a positive developmental trajectory. This talk will address two questions.
– What are the skills older adults possess and use when regulating their emotions?
– Under what conditions are older adults more effective and least effective at regulating their emotions?

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

Poster

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

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The ScienceDirect problems finally have been resolved. You should no longer be asked to choose an organization and should have access to all GT-entitled journals.

Important: Please clear your browser’s cache and try again if you are still having problems.

More info.: We’re still working with Elsevier to resolve the problem. IN the meantime, you need to choose the GETSM option (the first radio button), NOT the GALILEO option, in order to get to fulltext. If you’re not able to access fulltext, you need to completely close your browser session and start over, choosing the GETSM (first) option when prompted.

Thanks for your patience while we await resolution from Elsevier.

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There appears to be a problem with Elsevier’s ScienceDirect this morning. For some reason it asks you to choose an organization when first attempting to access a journal. If you choose the first option (the GETSM option, not GALILEO) you should be able to access all GT Library subscriptions. For now, please try that while we continue to troubleshoot.

An update will be posted when we know more.

Dr. Bauerlein contends that “never have American students had it so easy, and never have they achieved less!” Come hear about the author’s uncompromisingly realistic study of the young American mind, and his compelling vision of how to address its deficiencies.

Location: Library – Neely Lobby (1 West)
Date: Thursday May 29, 2008
Time: 2 – 4 pm

Books will be available for purchase!

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For more information, contact: Lori Critz (lori.critz@library.gatech.edu; (404) 385-4392)

Drop in on one of the study sessions at the Library or in the dorms.
Full list of courses!

Don’t see your class? Feel free to arrange your own study groups using our message board.

Several events are planned for Robinson’s visit, included an interview and open Q&A at the Library.

THURSDAY, MARCH 6
11:00 am-12:00 pm: **Science Fiction Author Q&A**
Come meet international award-winning science fiction author Kim Stanley
Robinson in an intimate setting. This event is open to all Georgia Tech students
and faculty. It will begin with a brief interview for the Sci Fi Lab on WREK
radio and then open to a general discussion with Robinson.

This event is hosted by the School of Literature, Communication, and Culture
with the participation of WREK radio and the Georgia Tech Library.

Location: Library East Commons

THURSDAY, MARCH 6
4:00 pm-6:00 pm: **Open Lecture by Science Fiction Author Kim Stanley Robinson**
Come hear international award-winning science fiction author Kim Stanley
Robinson talk about representing abrupt climate change in science and science
fiction. This event, which is hosted by the School of Literature, Communication,
and Culture as part of the LCC Speakers Series, is open to all Georgia Tech
faculty and students as well as the general public. This lecture will last
approximately one hour, with a reception to follow.

Location: Clary Theater, Bill Moore Student Success Center

FRIDAY, MARCH 7
12:00 pm-1:30 pm: **Barnes and Noble Booksigning**
This event is designed for Georgia Tech faculty and students and members of the
general public.

Location: Georgia Tech Barnes and Noble

Learn more about Kim Stanley Robinson

Speaker: Brian Stone
Assoc. Professor
City and Regional Planning Program
Georgia Tech College of Architecture

Title: Are cities warming faster than the planet as a whole?
Abstract: How rapidly are large U.S. cities like Atlanta warming and what steps can be taken to manage climate change in urban areas? This talk will explore the methods employed to measure urban and global temperature trends and document the rate of temperature change within 50 of the most populous U.S. metropolitan areas between 1950 and 2000. The distinction between the urban and global mechanisms of warming will be considered as part of a more general discussion of climate change management in cities.

This presentation is free and open to all!

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For more information, contact Lori Critz (lori.critz@library.gatech.edu; (404) 385-4392)

Speaker: Jason Freeman , D.M.A. Assistant Professor – Music Department – College of Architecture

Title:
Composer, Performer, Listener
Abstract:
Even as social networking, multi-player gaming, and collaborative content creation become increasingly important in our lives, concert musical performance continues to follow a model in which the audience remains passive, with little connection to the composer, to the performers, or to each other. This Talk will explore how technology can transform the concert experience by inviting the audience to shape the music as it is performed or by engaging audiences in personalized musical experiences online.

This presentation is free and open to all!View Poster

Tuesday, November 6, 2007
2:00 – 3:30 pm
Location: Neely Lobby
Speaker: Tucker Balch; Associate Professor – Interactive and Intelligent Computing

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Abstract: “We’re trying an experiment here at Georgia Tech: We’re teaching freshmen Computer Science 101 (CS 1301 to be exact) with personal robots. Every student has her own robot to take home and work with. All the fundamentals of CS are taught in the context of programming a mobile robot with sensors, motors, a camera and a speaker. During this talk I will report on our success with this approach.”

Social insects, including ants, bees, wasps, and termites, are ‘among the greatest achievements of evolution’. They dominate terrestrial environments and make up a substantial part of the animal biomass. The tremendous success of social insects stems from their ability to effectively manage ecological problems through their complex social systems. In fact, the formation of the remarkable societies displayed by social insects represents one of the major transition points in evolutionary history. In this talk, I will provide an overview of the biology of social insects. I will focus on discussing the development and importance of social insect societies. I will then discuss the natural history of important social insects found locally, including fire ants and yellowjackets.