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Events
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»Google
Print and Libraries: A Scholarly Communications Event
at Georgetown University
Is Google the
library of tomorrow? The company mission to organize
the world’s information has led
Google to its latest project, Google
Print, that
will integrate
book content into Google search results. The Google
Print Library Project will digitize the content
of five major
library systems, including Stanford University,
and make them searchable using Google Print. Users
will
be able
to google search the content of millions of books
previously only accessible in a few academic libraries
around
the nation. But the question remains unanswered:
how will
it affect scholarship throughout academia?
Thursday, May
19, 2005 from 9:30 – 11:15, in the
Murray Room on the 5th Floor of Lauinger Library
at Georgetown University, Michael A. Keller, Stanford University
Librarian,
Publisher of HighWire Press and the Stanford University
Press, will be discussing Google Print, the Stanford
initiative, and their impact on libraries and the
academy.
This is Georgetown University Libraries' Second
Scholarly Communication Symposium and is sponsored by the
Georgetown
University Scholarly Communications Committee.
All are welcome; please RSVP by Monday, May 16th to Joan
Cheverie at cheverij@georgetown.edu or (202) 687-1870.
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The annual Teaching,
Learning, and Innovation Summer Institute (formerly Teaching, Learning, and Technology Summer Institute)
will take place during the last full week of May, from Monday,
May 23 until Friday, May 27, 2005. This week-long institute
is now in its 11th year of existence and is an opportunity
for faculty, staff, and graduate students of Georgetown University
to engage in the study of innovative pedagogical practices
and share their experience with their colleagues on a number
of topics pertinent to the practice of teaching and learning
at Georgetown.
Please
visit the TLISI website for a complete list of seminars
and workshop at TLISI, as well
as online registration.
TLISI is a collaborative effort by the Center
for New Designs in Learning and Scholarship (CNDLS) and its
partners: the
Center for Social Justice Research, Teaching & Service;
Dahlgren Memorial Library; the GU Writing Program;
the Internet Development
Group of UIS; Lauinger Library; and the Office of the
Provost.
June
1
The Travels of a T-Shirt in the Global Economy
Pietra Rivoli,
Associate Professor, McDonough School of Business
Georgetown University
More
information on this and additional Library Associates
events will be updated here.
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News
and Announcements
»Thanks
to our Students
The
Library's annual Ice Cream Social to honor our student
employees took place on April 14, during National
Library Week. The Library, which would not function
without our students, extends thanks to all
of them
for their myriad contributions
this
year.
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»New
Interface for GEORGE, the online catalog
The University Libraries will soon be launching a redesigned
interface to the GEORGE catalog. Improvements include a
powerful advanced keyword search screen and refreshed search
pages that will make searching easier. The launch is currently
scheduled to take place during the week of May 16th.
There's
still time to test the new interface in its beta version
here or
by clicking the green link at the bottom of the current
GEORGE home page. We welcome your comments and questions
about the new design; please forward them to Nina
McHale.
Please note that even though the beta version is still
in testing mode, it is a fully functional version of the
catalog. Any actions that you make, such as requesting
a book or renewing your checkouts, will be processed as
they normally are in the current version of GEORGE.
»Afghan
Book Drive
A
reminder that the
Georgetown University Lauinger Library, Dahlgren Library,
the Muslim Student Association, UNICEF,
the GU Bookstore, and George Washington University are
sponsoring a book drive for Afghanistan. Students, faculty,
and staff are encouraged to donate books to help in the
reconstruction of the American University in Kabul and
other libraries in Afghanistan. Donation boxes are in Lauinger
Library, Dahlgren Library, and the GU Bookstore. Donations
of textbooks, reference materials, literature, research,
and scholarly
publications will be accepted through Friday, May 13th.
»A
Reminder of the New Georgetown University-Library
of Congress Connection
The
Library of Congress, with 129 million items in 21 separate
reading rooms, is one of the world's great research
collections. LC welcomes public use of its general
reference facilities, but it can be bewildering because
of its size and complexity. The new Georgetown University-Library
of Congress Connection streamlines access for Georgetown
University's faculty and students to LC's collections
and services as a supplement to Georgetown University
Library's resources. Visit
the Library's new Library of Congress Connection web
page to learn how to:
- initiate
a research consultation with a curator at LC;
- schedule
an orientation for yourself or your class;
- check
availability of a conference room where a class could
make use of materials from the LC collections.
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| Exhibits |
»In the Fairchild
Gallery, Fifth Floor Lauinger. The Professionalization
of an American Woman Printmaker: The Early Career
of Grace Albee, 1915-1933.
»In the Gunlocke Room, Fifth Floor
Lauinger: The Phenomenon of Teilhard.
»In the Leon Robbin
Gallery, Fifth Floor Lauinger: Washington's
Own! John Philip Sousa.
»In the Stephen Richard Kerbs Exhibit
Area, Third Floor Lauinger: Anthony Powell:
A Centennial Exhibition.
»In the Government Documents Display
Case, First Floor Lauinger: The Sudan.
»In the Woodstock Library, Lower
Level Lauinger:
Teilhard 2005: Commemoration of the 50th Anniversary
of Teilhard de Chardin's Death in New York City,
Easter 2005.
»In the Napolitano Exhibit Space,
New Media Center, First Floor Lauinger: Self-Portraits
from Prof. Morrell's Georgetown Studio Art Painting
I Classes.
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From the John Philip Sousa display in the Leon Robbin Gallery.
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