| SAVE THESE DATES |
 1-hour RefWorks
workshops: January 27 & 28 and February 2&3. Open to all! Create an account and
practice downloading citations to build your bibliography. More...
 February 9, 7 p.m. lecture launches
the newest digital collection: "Carl Van Vechten's African American Photographs and the Karl
Priebe Legacy" and commemorates the centennial of the NAACP's founding. More...
Spring Colloquium: February 26th, 3 p.m., communication professors Dr. Sarah Bonewits
Feldner and Dr. Scott D'Urso: "Facebook Just Got Creepy: An Exploration in Privacy Management
in Socially Networked Communication."
 Dittman Research Paper Competition:
Opens January 26, accepting submissions through March 6. More...
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| EXHIBITS |
"My History is Milwaukee's History"
February 1-May 15, 2009
This traveling exhibit, on loan from the Milwaukee County Historical Society, based on Dr.
James Marten's (History) "Children in Urban America" project, demonstrates the many ways
children experienced city life during the last century and a half. Raynor 3rd floor.
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| SPECIAL COLLECTIONS &
ARCHIVES |
The Department of Special Collections and University Archives has launched "In
the Spotlight," an online series featuring unique archival collections. Each monthly
spotlight exhibits materials that are relevant to current events, historical anniversaries, or
central to Marquette's rich heritage. December's featured
Exploration & Discovery with a
bonus video describing Raynor Library's painting,
"Father Marquette and the Indians." January features pictorial
Catholic catechismal "ladders." Watch for
upcoming spotlights on Abraham Lincoln artifacts (February) and Marquette's first undergraduate
to study abroad (March). More...
 Special
Collections has released several new digital collections: Holy Rosary Mission-Red Cloud Indian
School digital collection's initial launch of 525 images from the Jesuits' Pine Ridge
Reservation in South Dakota. The photographs portray mainly people, places, and events involving Oglala Indians, teachers, and Jesuits. More...
"Postcards from Manhattan; The Portrait Photography of Carl Van Vechten"
launches February 9th to coincide with the centennial of the NAACP. The new collection's launch features
Van Vechten's 700+ images of 100 prominent African Americans--authors, actors, musicians, and
cultural leaders, including many members of the Harlem Renaissance. More...
 The Women in Blue & Gold digital collection was recently
completed and now includes over 1,900 images of women's intercollegiate athletics at Marquette
since the passage of Title IX. More...
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| Letter from Dean Welburn |
 Each new year brings an opportunity to reflect on
events of the past year, re-evaluate our priorities, and renew our goals and objectives. In
my last letter I asked the question "How do we serve?" and discussed the many ways in
which the library, its faculty and staff, can be of service to the community and the university as
a whole. The question I find myself asking now, one year into our strategic plan, "Envisioning
the Future: the Next Seven Years 2007-2013," is "How far have we come?" More...
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| STAFF NEWS |
 Scott B.
Mandernack was appointed head of Research and Instructional Services effective November
2008.
Librarians presenting, serving, and More staff
news...
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| COLLECTION NEWS |
New databases: A dozen new electronic subscriptions, plus many other enhancements
since last August. More...
 New Quick Search:
The Libraries have installed an exciting new search tool that can search multiple databases at
once--either general full- text article databases or a user-designed subject group. Begin a basic
search in the "Find Articles" tab on the libraries' home page or bookmark the Advanced
Search page. Researchers will note the new tabbed search feature on the home page: in
addition to Quick Search, tabs provide easy access to MARQCAT, the A-Z database list, a new
listing of e-journals, and Google Scholar. More...
Research Guides: Subject librarians are busy converting former "research
starting points" into Research Guides, using an attractive new platform. Guides cover
specific disciplines, such as Health Sciences, Philosophy, and Communication; or non-disciplinary
topics, such as Book Reviews, RefWorks, and Writing & Citing. Browse all new guides and More...
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| ATTENTION FACULTY |
Cabell's Directory of Publishing Opportunities: The Libraries
have established a subscription to a new online directory of journals with phone, e-mail, and Web
site addresses, as well as publication guidelines and review information. Journals coverage
include the following disciplines: accounting, economics and finance, management, marketing,
education, psychology and psychiatry. See also the new research guides for "Getting
Published" and "Writing and
Citing." More...
An institutional repository, e-Publications @ Marquette, was launched late last fall and
is now receiving faculty publications, making the work of Marquette researchers openly accessible.
The Libraries' Scholarly
Communication Working Group has posted a Web site with background information and the Dean's letter
(above) puts the repository in context with other library initiatives. Faculty members are
encouraged to consider joining the open access movement. Contact Ann Hanlon, digital projects librarian, with questions
or to submit your research. FAQs and More...
A Mission Week Resource Guide is now online, to support classroom discussion of Mission
Week topics: Shirin Ebadi and the human rights of women and children; background on Iran and
Islam; and tools for decision-making and personal discernment. More...
Turnitin, a plagiarism detection service, is available to all faculty. Those interested
in implementing Turnitin should create accounts now and follow established guidelines about student
notification and academic dishonesty. Information on creating an account, submitting papers,
contacts, and More...
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| CREDITS |
Managing Editor Susan Hopwood
Co-Editors William Gagliani & Leslie Quade
Outreach Intern Stephanie Lewin
Webmaster Keven Riggle
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