LMU Library News

Google Docs & Google Forms Workshop

   

Learn how these easy-to-use Google tools can save you time and help you collaborate with your coworkers!

• Use Google Docs to store and share your documents online

• Use Google Forms to create online surveys

 

 When: Tuesday, May 22nd, 10:00 - 11:30am 

            Thursday, July 12th, 10:00 - 11:30am
 

Where: WHH 118 (The computer classroom on level 1)
 

To learn more or to RSVP, please visit our Google Tools LibGuide

Although Google Docs & Google Forms is part of the Library Workshops for Staff & Faculty Series, students are welcome too.

For more information, contact Elisa Slater Acosta.

 

Congratulations to our 2012 Undergraduate Library Research Award Winners!

We are delighted to announce the winners of the 7th Annual Undergraduate Library Research Award!

 

Winner ($1000 prize)

Owens Valley on Tap – Early Los Angeles and the Quest to Quench Her Thirst, by Steven A. Solari (pictured above, right)

Nominated by Professor Cara Anzilotti (History)

 

Honorable Mention ($450) 

The Lost Text: A Critical Edtion of the Rych Cheyne, by Michael Madrinkian (pictured above, left)

Nominated by Professor Stephen Shepherd (English)

 

Honorable Mention ($450)

Effect of Training Mode on Post-Exercise Heart Rate Recovery of Trained Cyclists, by Kelia G. McDonald (pictured above, center)

Nominated by Professor Silvie Grote (Health and Human Sciences)

 

The winners' work will soon be available for viewing and download in the library's Digital Commons (along with winners from years past.) We thank the awards committee for their work: Alexander Justice (Chair, Library), Tom Klein (Animation), Jennifer Masunaga (Library), and Jennifer Ramos (Political Science), and all of the students and faculty who submitted their best work this year. We hope that you'll all consider applying for next year's award!  

All are invited to celebrate these students and their accomplishments at the awards reception on Tuesday April 24 at 5 p.m. in the library's Von der Ahe suite.

 

Undergraduate Library Research Award- Deadline Extended to 4/9

Students: have you caught the research bug, and completed a research project that demonstrates exceptional use of our library's diverse collections? Do you have a project that integrates advanced research skills with excellent writing and synthesis of ideas?

Faculty: have any of your students created work that fits the above criteria? If so, read on!

The librarians of the William H. Hannon Library are in the final stages of collecting submissions for our 6th annual Undergraduate Library Research Award. The purpose of this award is to recognize and reward LMU undergraduate students whose research makes sophisticated and creative use of the services, resources, and collections of the William H. Hannon Library to produce a scholarly or creative work. A prize of $1,000 will be awarded to one undergraduate student, plus two honorable mentions of $450 each. A Faculty member must nominate each student and write a letter of support. Student nominees must write a brief essay describing their use of library resources in completing their project.

Submissions will be evaluated by a panel of faculty and librarians.

Any paper or project completed for an LMU course between January 2011 and April 2012 will be eligible for this year's award. (Work turned in after the deadline will be eligible for next year's award.) Applications are due on April 9, 2012 at 9 a.m. For more information about the prizes, including eligibility, evaluation criteria, detailed application procedures, and winning research projects from previous years, please visit the official Undergraduate Library Research Award website.

We look forward to seeing your best work!

Wikipedia Workshop

 

Wikipedia Workshop

We know you use it!

About the workshop:

A recent study revealed that over 80% of college students use Wikipedia for their classes. If you are one of them then the Wikipedia workshop is for you! This workshop will explain how Wikipedia works, how to evaluate individual Wikipedia articles, when Wikipedia is a good place to find information, and more!

 

Dates and Times:

Monday 2/20, 10:00-11:00 am, WHH 118

Tuesday 2/21, 12:15-  1:15 pm, WHH 117

Tuesday 3/6, 12:15-1:15 pm, WHH 118

Monday 3/26, 10:00-11:00 am, WHH 118

 

RSVP today at http://library.lmu.edu/about/RSVP/

Click here for event flyer.

Are you a research or teaching assistant this semester?

If so, you're probably pretty savvy with tracking down materials for your professors. But are you interested in taking these skills to the next level? Consider attending one of next week's free library workshops!

Research Skills for RAs and TAs

Thurs Jan 19, convo hour

12:15 - 1:15pm

in WHH 118

In this workshop, librarians will demonstrate advanced tips and tricks for finding articles & books, navigating inter-library loan, and other skills that will help make you more efficient and intuitive researchers. (We recommend asking your supervisor if you can get a paid hour to hone your skills!)

Although drop-ins are welcome, the courtesy of an RSVP is appreciated:

http://libguides.lmu.edu/workshops

Hope to see you there!

Do you have a research project worth $1000? 2012 Undergraduate Library Research Award

As you're shifting gears from final papers and research projects to final exams, here's something for you to think about:

Students: have you caught the research bug, and completed a research project that demonstrates exceptional use of our library's diverse collections? Do you have a project that integrates advanced research skills with excellent writing and synthesis of ideas?

Faculty: have any of your students created work that fits the above criteria? If so, read on!

The librarians of the William H. Hannon Library are pleased to announce that we are now accepting submissions for our 6th annual Undergraduate Library Research Award. The purpose of this award is to recognize and reward LMU undergraduate students whose research makes sophisticated and creative use of the services, resources, and collections of the William H. Hannon Library to produce a scholarly or creative work. A prize of $1,000 will be awarded to one undergraduate student, plus two honorable mentions of $450 each. A Faculty member must nominate each student and write a letter of support. Student nominees must write a brief essay describing their use of library resources in completing their project. Submissions will be evaluated by a panel of faculty and librarians.

Any paper or project completed for an LMU course between January 2011 and April 2012 will be eligible for this year's award. (Work turned in after the deadline will be eligible for next year's award.) Applications are due on April 6, 2012. For more information about the prizes, including eligibility, evaluation criteria, detailed application procedures, and winning research projects from previous years, please visit the official Undergraduate Library Research Award website.

We look forward to seeing your best work!

12/7 Faculty Pub Night: Nadia Kim, Imperial Citizens: Koreans and Race from Seoul to L.A.

Please join us for the last Faculty Pub Night of the semester, where we will be welcoming Nadia Kim, Associate Professor of Sociology, as she speaks about her work, Imperial Citizens: Koreans and Race from Seoul to L.A. (Stanford, 2008).

Wednesday December 7

5:30 - 6:30 p.m.

Von der Ahe Family Suite

Asians and Latinos comprise the vast majority of contemporary immigrants to the United States, and their growing presence has complicated America's prevailing White-Black race hierarchy. Imperial Citizens uses a global framework to investigate how Asians from U.S.-dominated homelands learn and understand their place along U.S. color lines. With interviews and ethnographic observations of Koreans, the book does what others rarely do: venture to the immigrants' home country and analyze racism there in relation to racial hierarchies in the United States.

Attentive to history, Kim's book considers the origins, nature, and extent of racial ideas about Koreans/Asians in relation to White and Black Americans, investigating how immigrants engage these ideas before they depart for the United States, as well as after they arrive. Dr. Kim shows that contemporary globalization involves not just the flow of capital, but also culture. Ideas about American color lines and citizenship lines have crossed oceans alongside U.S. commodities.

Imperial Citizens won two American Sociological Association awards in 2009: Book of the Year Award from the Asia and Asian America section and the Oliver Cromwell Cox Book Award from the Racial and Ethnic Minorities section.

This event is free and open to the public.

Light snacks and refreshments will be served.

 

11/9 Faculty Pub Night: John T. Wholihan and the history of the College of Business Administration

Did you know that the LMU College of Business Administration (CBA) was founded in 1926? Business school has changed a lot in 80+ years, and CBA faculty emeritus John T. Wholihan was at the forefront of many of those changes during his 23-year tenure as Dean.

All are invited to hear Dr. Wholihan share stories from his self-published history of the LMU College of Business Administration; Heritage, Achievements, Vision, at next week's Faculty Pub Night.

Wednesday, November 9

5:30 – 6:30 p.m.

Von der Ahe Family Suite (Library Level 3)

Refreshments and light snacks will be served.

 

 

October is National Information Literacy Awareness Month

In 2009, President Obama issued a presidential proclamation declaring October, National Information Literacy Awareness Month, calling upon all Americans to recognize that “the ability to seek, find, and decipher information can be applied to countless life decisions, whether financial, medical, educational, or technical…An informed and educated citizenry is essential to the functioning of our modern democratic society.”

What is Information Literacy?

Information literacy is a set of abilities requiring individuals to recognize when information is needed and have the ability to locate, evaluate, and use effectively the needed information.

Information literacy forms the basis for lifelong learning. It is common to all disciplines, to all learning environments, and to all levels of education. It enables learners to master content and extend their investigations, become more self-directed, and assume greater control over their own learning.

An information literate individual is able to:

• Determine the extent of information needed
• Access the needed information effectively and efficiently
• Evaluate information and its sources critically
• Incorporate selected information into one’s knowledge base
• Use information effectively to accomplish a specific purpose
• Understand the economic, legal, and social issues surrounding the use of information, and access and use information ethically and legally

--  from the Information Literacy Competency Standards for Higher Education, Association of Colleges & Research Libraries (ACRL)

--  image from Beloit College Library

How does the library support information literacy?

• Library Instruction - teaching search strategy, how to evaluate sources
• LibGuides - research guides on most subjects and courses
• Get Help - research consultation appointments, chat or text-a-librarian, in-person or phone help
• Archives & Special Collections - finding and working with primary sources

 

 --  cartoon from bLaugh

 

October 12th: Game Night @ the Library!

If you didn't make it for the fun back in September, never fear! Next Wednesday, October 12th, Game Night returns to the William H. Hannon Library!  Open to LMU students, faculty, staff, and their guests, Game Nights are a chance to unwind, play games, and meet new people.  We'll provide a Wii and an assortment of games (both electronic and board games), snacks, and drinks. 

Games on offer from the library include:

• Mario Kart
• Rock Band 2
• Beatles Rock Band
• Wii Play & Wii Sports
• Lego Star Wars
• Scrabble
• Apples to Apples
• Once Upon a Time
• Guillotine
• and more!

Bring a friend, come and play our games, or bring your own!  

For more information, contact Christine Megowan at (310)338-3048 or cmegowan@lmu.edu