In the News

Banned Books Week (September 30-October 6)

Week of October 1, 2012

In the News: BANNED BOOKS WEEK

The 30th anniversary of Banned Books Week begins on September 30 and runs through October 6. In 1982, the American Library Association’s Office for Intellectual Freedom (OIF) began publicizing the challenges to library materials that were made by patrons and other user groups. Based on reports from libraries, schools, and the media, here is just a sample of those challenged books (1982-present) as compiled by the OIF. See http://www.ala.org/advocacy/banned/frequentlychallenged for more information. Also, stop by the Wimberly Library lobby to view some of the books that have been banned or challenged in libraries across the U.S.

Link to books about banned and suppressed literature

 

 

 

1984 (published 1949)
By George Orwell
Call Number: PR6029 .R8 N5 1953

The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian (2007)
By Sherman Alexie
Call Number: PZ7 .A382 Ab 2007

The Alice Series (1985-  )
By Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
Call Number: PZ7 .N24 Ag 1985 (Children’s Literature Collection)

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☮ & Tiffany

Week of September 17, 2012

In the News: INTERNATIONAL DAY OF PEACE / 175 YEARS OF TIFFANY

September 21st is the United Nation’s International Day of Peace which has been observed since 1982. The theme for this year is “Sustainable Peace for a Sustainable Future.”

Also In the News: Tiffany and Co., the provider of sought-after diamonds, china, silver, and crystal, all packaged in the ever-popular Tiffany Blue Box, celebrates its 175th anniversary.

Another Side of Peace (DVD)
Directed by Ellen Frick and Gretchen Burger. New Day Films, 2005
Call Number: DS119.76 .A56 2005 (Boca Raton Media Center)

Back Channel Negotiation: Secrecy in the Middle East Peace Process
By Anthony Wanis-St. John. Syracuse University Press, 2011
Call Number: DS119.7 .W339 2011

Books, Not Bombs: Teaching Peace Since the Dawn of the Republic
By Charles F. Howlett and Ian M. Harris. Information Age Pub., 2010
Call Number: JZ5584 .U6 H6893 2010 Continue reading

In Two Months…

Week of September 10, 2012

In the News: VOTING & ELECTIONS

On November 6, voters will head to the polls for the general election of 2012. Until then, why not see what the library has to offer on elections and the voting process? Most have been published since the 2008 presidential election.

The 2008 Elections in Florida: Change! But Only at the Top of the Ticket
By Robert E. Crew, Jr. and Slater Bayliss. UP of America, 2011
Call Number: JK4416 .C74 2011

A Behavioral Theory of Elections
By Jonathan Bender et al. Princeton University Press, 2011
Call Number: JF1001 .B414 2011

The Change Election: Money, Mobilization, and Persuasion in the 2008 Federal Elections
Edited by David B. Magleby. Temple University Press, 2011
Call Number: JK1991 .C43 2011 Continue reading

First Tampa, Now Charlotte

Week of September 4, 2012

In the News: REPUBLICAN AND DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTIONS

The 40th Republican National Convention held last week in Tampa is now history, but the Democrats will soon convene in Charlotte. To mark these events, we offer a list of books related to past national party conventions as well as some of the Libraries’ recently acquired books on the Republican and Democratic parties.

 

Bifurcated Politics: Evolution and Reform in the National Party Convention
By Byron E. Shafer. Harvard UP, 1988
Call Number: JK2255 .S49 1988 (At Jupiter)

The Center Cannot Hold: The 1960 Presidential Election and the Rise of Modern Conservatism
By Laura Jane Gifford. Northern Illinois Press, 2009
Call Number: JK2356 .G53 2009

A Citizen’s Guide to American Ideology: Conservatism and Liberalism in Contemporary Politics
By Morgan Marietta. Routledge, 2012
Call Number: JC573.2 .U6 M349 2011 Continue reading

1994

Week of August 20, 2012 (Part 2)

In the News: 1994

Many of FAU’s incoming Freshmen were born in 1994, the year when…

 

NAFTA was established

The Making of NAFTA: How the Deal Was Done
By Maxwell A. Cameron and Brian W. Tomlin. Cornell University Press, 2000
Call Number: HF1746 .C33 2000

Is NAFTA Constitutional?
By Bruce Ackerman and David Golove. Harvard University Press, 1995
Call Number: KDZ944 .A41992 A74 1995

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Back to School

Week of August 20, 2012 (Part 1)

In the News: BACK TO SCHOOL

It’s back-to-school time at FAU. A big welcome back to our returning students, and a hearty welcome to incoming Freshmen and transfer students.

 

The Art of Fielding: A Novel
By Chad Harbach. Little, Brown and Co., 2011
Call Number: PS3608 .A72513 .A87 2011

Best Practices in Student & Faculty Assessment: 2012 Edition
Primary Research Group, 2011
Call Number: LB2822.75 .B46 2011

Breaking Away
By Kristin Lattany. Ballantine Books, 2003
Call Number: Available online via Black Women Writers: African, African American, and Diaspora Continue reading

London

Week of July 30, 2012

In the News: LONDON

All eyes are on London as it hosts the 2012 Summer Olympics. (See our post from ‘08 when the Games were held in Beijing.)

 

All Is Song
By Samantha Harvey. Jonathan Cape, 2012
Call Number: PR6108 .A7875 A45 2012 (At Jupiter)

Bleak House
By Charles Dickens. Macmillan, 1954
Call Number: PR4556 .A1 1954

The Cambridge Companion to the Literature of London
Edited by Lawrence Manley. Cambridge University Press, 2011
Call Number: PR8471 .C36 2011 Continue reading

Singin’ in the Rain

Week of July 23, 2012

In the News: SINGIN’ IN THE RAIN TURNS 60

How can we get us through the rainy days of summer in Southeast Florida? Watch Gene Kelly kick up his heels in a 60-year-old Hollywood musical, of course. Singin’ in the Rain reminds us of the problems many Hollywood studios and silent film actors faced during the advent of sound films, or “talkies,” in the late 1920s. Want to learn more about this period in film history?Check out one of these titles.

 

The American Musical and the Performance of Personal Identity
By Raymond Knapp. Princeton University Press, 2006
Call Number: ML2054 .K6 2006

Cinema’s Conversion to Sound: Technology and Film -Style in France and the U.S.
By Charles O’ Brien. Indiana University Press, 2005
Call Number: PN1995.7 .O27 2005 (Also available online via EBSCOhost)

Destabilizing the Hollywood Musical: Music, Masculinity and Mayhem
By Kelly Kessler. Palgrave Macmillan, 2010
Call Number: PN1995.9 .M86 K48 2010 Continue reading

Wimbledon

Week of July 16, 2012

In the News: WIMBLEDON

Roger Federer won his seventh Men’s Singles Wimbledon Championship while Serena Williams finished with her fifth title. Williams also won the Women’s Doubles Championship with her sister, Venus. This was Wimbledon win number five for the sisters.

 

30 for 30, Volume 2, DVD 9 (DVD)
Features: Unmatched – No individual sports rivalry can boast the intensity and impact of the one between Chris Evert and Martina Navratilova. Fierce competitors, the two lifted each other to heights that each couldn’t have reached without the other. On the court, their battles were fought hard. But even more remarkable is what happened off the court, as they formed a strong and lasting friendship, bonding them to this day.
ESPN Films, 2011
Call Number: GV576 .A1534 2011 (Boca Raton Media Center)

Arthur Ashe on Tennis: Strokes, Strategy, Traditions, Players, Psychology, and Wisdom
By Arthur Ashe with Alexander McNab. Knopf, 1995
Call Number: GV995 .A75 1995

Blacks at the Net: Black Achievement in the History of Tennis
By Sundiata Djata. Syracuse University Press, 2006
Call Number: GV992 .D53 2006 Continue reading