In the News: Asian Pacific Americans

Week of May 18, 2009

News Item: Since 1992, May has been designated as Asian-Pacific American Heritage Month. Initially, President Jimmy Carter had signed a Joint-Resolution in 1978 proclaiming the first ten days of May as Asian Pacific Heritage Week. It eventually became a month-long celebration under George H. W. Bush. This year’s theme is” Lighting the Past, Present and Future,” and honors the “contributions and accomplishments of our nation’s Asian and Pacific Islander citizens, past, present and future.” Visit http://asianpacificheritage.gov for online audio, video, and image collections, and other resources from the Library of Congress, the National Archives, and the National Gallery of Art.

Florida Atlantic University celebrates Asian Pacific American Culture Day on Wednesday, May 20, 2009.

American Karma: Race, Culture, and Identity in the Indian Diaspora
By Sunil Bhatia. New York University Press, 2007
Call Number: E184. E2 B497 2007 (At Jupiter) – Also available online via NetLibrary

American Tropics: Articulating Filipino America
By Allan Punzalan Isaac. University of Minnesota Press, 2006
Call Number: E184 .F4 I73 2006

Asian American Art: A History, 1850-1970
Edited by Gordon H. Chang. Stanford University Press, 2008
Call Number: N6538 .A83 A835 2008

In the News: US–Cuba Relations in 2009

Week of May 11, 2009

News Item: The Obama administration recently announced that it is revising its policies on family travel to Cuba, remittances to family members, and regulations on gift parcels. According to a White House fact sheet, these changes are being made in order to “help bridge the gap among divided Cuban families and promote the freer flow of information and humanitarian items to the Cuban people.”

Adrift: The Cuban Raft People
By Alfredo Fernández. Arte Publico Press, 2000
Call Number: E184 .C97 F46 2000

Castro: Man and Myth (DVD)
Directed by Stephan Lamby and Volker Skierka. Distributed by The Cinema Guild, 2005
Call Number: F1788.22 .C3 C35 2005 (Media Center)

Cuba After Communism
By Eliana Cardoso and Ann Helwege. MIT Press, 1992
Call Number: F1788 .C2575 1992

Counseling and Psychotherapy Transcripts – May Database of the Month

Counseling and Psychotherapy Transcripts, Client Narratives, and Reference Works is a searchable collection containing real transcripts of therapy and counseling sessions and first-person narratives illuminating the experience of mental illness and its treatment, as well as reference works to contextualize the primary material. New material is added on a biweekly basis and, when complete, the database will contain more than 2,000 session transcripts, 40,000 pages of client narratives, and 25,000 pages of secondary reference material. The database currently includes approximately 53,200 pages of material, including more than 13,000 pages of session transcripts, more than 21,000 pages of client narratives, and more than 18,000 pages of secondary reference material. Learn more >

Click here for on-campus access to Counseling and Psychotherapy Transcripts
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Click here to see the Database of the Month archives

Remembering Poetry the Rest of the Year

At the close of National Poetry Month, April 2009, we would like to leave you with some audio thoughts that may encourage further exploration. Some may feel that poetry is inaccessible, but finding the right poem, or the right way a poet describes a poem, can open you up to reinterpreting the mundane. Below are some DVD’s about poetry, and the tortured and not so tortured poetic soul.

Arrows of desire: Poets on poems
A four-part series exploring English poetry providing insight into the poetic craft by looking at classic examples in a number of forms, such as love poems, elegies, nature poems, and comic verse.
Call Number: PS323.A7723 2003 (Boca Media Center) -DVD

Before night falls
The story of Cuban poet and novelist Reinaldo Arenas.
Call Number: PN1997 .B44126 2001 (Boca Raton Media Center) – VHS

The collected poetry of Nikki Giovanni
Poet Nikki Giovanni talks about her book, The Collected Poetry of Nikki Giovanni, 1968-1998.
Call Number: PS3557.I55Z474 2003 (Boca Media Center) – DVD

In the News: Reproductive Technology

Week of April 27, 2009

News Item: A few months have passed since a Southern California woman gave birth to eight babies, all of whom were conceived through in vitro fertilization (IVF). What are the social, cultural, political, medical, ethical, and economic ramifications of IVF and other reproductive technologies? Some starting points…

Babies in Bottles: Twentieth-Century Visions of Reproductive Technology
By Susan Merrill Squier. Rutgers UP, 1994
Call Number: RG133.5 .S98 1994 (At Jupiter)

Beyond Second Opinions: Making Choices about Fertility Treatment
By Judith Steinberg Turiel. U of California Press, 1998
Call Number: RC889 .T87 1998

Bodies of Technology: Women’s Involvement with Reproductive Medicine
Edited by Ann Rudinow Saetnan et al. Ohio State UP, 2000
Call Number: RG133.5 .B625 2000

In the News: Earth Day

Week of April 20, 2009

News Item: April 22nd is Earth Day…Green Living • Sustainability • Recycling • No Pesticides • Ecofeminism • Environmentally Friendly • Hybrid Vehicles • Paper or Plastic? Neither–Bring Your Own Bags! • No PEG Compounds • Community Supported Agriculture • Stainless Steel Water Bottles • Carbon Footprint Reduction • Public Transportation • Fair Trade • Renewable Energy…

Green Plans: Blueprint for a Sustainable Earth

Beyond Earth Day: Fulfilling the Promise
By Gaylord Nelson. U of Wisconsin P, 2002
Call Number: GE195 .N45 2002

Bringing Society Back in: Grassroots Ecosystem Management, Accountability, and Sustainability Communities
By Edward P. Weber. MIT Press, 2003
Call Number: Available online via NetLibrary

Building with Awareness: The Construction of a Hybrid Home (DVD)
Directed by Ted Owens. Syncronos Design, 2005
Call Number: TH4818 .S77 B85 2005 (Media Center)
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National Library Week

Checking-out, shelving, answering, searching, finding, collecting, researching, interlibrary loaning, cataloging, reserving, instructing, a little shushing (not too much), and a lot of help

Join us in wishing our hard working colleagues at the FAU Libraries a Happy National Library Workers Day, and remember to show appreciation for your public and school librarians—all, unsung heroes of the information madness.

NATIONAL LIBRARY WEEK APRIL 12-18 2009

From Astrochemistry to Zoology

The FAU Libraries now has Von Nostrand’s Scientific Encylopedia available online. Since 1938 this reference has been an important and comprehensive scientific resource for scientists, consultants, teachers, and students. Over 10,000 up-to-date entries include topics ranging across disciplines, including animal science, anatomy, astronomy, atmospheric science, chemistry, chemical engineering, civil engineering, computer science, earth science, energy sources, information science, life science, materials, mathematics, mechanical engineering, medicine, mining, physics, physiology, planetary science, plant science, power technology, space science, and structural engineering.
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Digital Collections@FAU Libraries Celebrates Earth Day

The Digital Library celebrates Earth Day by highlighting the Department of History’s Oral History Collection. Noted scholar, author, environmentalist, FAU faculty member, Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs 1987-1993, Dr. Leonard Berry reveals a career that emphasized teaching from a global perspective to foster an awareness of environmental issues. The 2002 interview highlights Dr. Berry’s experiences working in Africa and with various international development agencies. Berry’s research has included the following areas: dry soil research, land management, and water scarcity. In 1994, Dr. Berry became the Director of the Florida Center for Environmental Studies.

To listen or read Dr. Berry’s interview click here.