In support of

the right to

choose books

freely for our-

selves, ALA

and Conn Li-

brary spon-

sored Banned

Books Week

(September 29

- October 4,

2008), an an-

nual celebra-

tion of our right

to access

books without

censorship. It

commemorates

the most basic

freedom in a democratic

society—the freedom to read

freely—and encourages us

not to take this freedom for

granted.

Celebrate with us all year

long! Check out a banned or

challenged book !

As children start a new

school year, teachers send

out their reading lists and

parents begin to gather

books. In some cases, clas-

sics like "The Adventures of

Huckleberry Finn" and "To

Kill a Mocking Bird" may not

be included in curriculum or

available in the school li-

brary due to chal-

lenges made by

parents or admin-

istrators.

In 2007, the

American Library

Association's

(ALA) Office for

Intellectual Free-

dom (OIF) re-

corded 420 book

challenges re-

questing a book

be removed from

library shelves or

school curricu-

lum. It is thanks to

the commitment of librarians,

teachers, parents, and stu-

dents that most challenges

are unsuccessful and books

like "I Know Why the Caged

Bird Sings," "Slaughterhouse

Five," the Harry Potter series

and Richardson and Parnell’s

“And Tango Makes Three,”

which topped OIF's most

challenged list in

2007, remain

available.

Challenges are not

simply an expres-

sion of a point of

view; they restrict

the access of others.

Even of a challenge

is well intentioned,

the outcome is det-

rimental. Censor-

ship denies our

freedom as indi-

viduals to choose

and think for our-

selves.

Celebrating the Freedom to Read

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Quick Research

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National Breast

Cancer Aware-

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New Books &

DVDs at Conn 2

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Spotlight 3

Pura Belpré

Medal 4

Kid’s Foreign

Language 4

Curriculum

Collection 5

BIOSIS Trial 5

NETCHE

Video Library 6

Did You Know? 6

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New Books & DVDs at Conn

October: National Breast Cancer Awareness Month 100 Questions & Answers about

Breast Cancer

Zora K Brown

WSC Stacks 616.99449 B815

“Whether you're a newly

diagnosed breast cancer pa-

tient, a survivor, or a friend

or relative of either, this book

offers help.… This best-selling

book gives you up-to-date,

authoritative, practical an-

swers to your questions

about breast cancer.”

- BOOKS IN PRINT

The Breast Cancer Book: What

You Need to Know to Make

Informed Decisions

Ruth H Grobstein

WSC Stacks 618.19 G891 &

WSC eBook

“From a caring physician who

has treated thousands of

breast cancer patients, a clear

and reassuring guide to the

disease, its prevention, and its

treatment.”

- BOOKS IN PRINT.

Understanding Breast Cancer

Genetics

Barbara T Zimmerman

WSC ebook

“This book would be a valu-

able and quick read for any

health care professional who

is new to the field of clinical

oncology... offering complex

information in simple terms

but also by including historical

information that keeps the

reader captivated”

- DOODY’S REVIEWS

Readings on Michael Crichton

Technology & Applied Science

Electric Motors and Drives:

Fundamentals, Types, and

Applications

The Paint Effects Bible: 100

Recipes for Faux Finishes

The Zero-Carbon Car: Building the

Car the Auto Industry Can’t Get

Right

POPULAR READING General Fiction

America America: A Novel

Armageddon in Retrospect, and

Other New and Unpublished

Writings on War and Peace

The God of War

City of Thieves: A Novel

Non-Fiction

Crash Proof: How to Profit from

the Coming Economic Collapse

Chain of Blame: How Wall Street

Caused the Mortgage and Credit

Crisis

Romance

Carry the

Light

Jacob’s List

Torrent Falls

Willow Springs

DVDs

The Assassination

of Jesse James by

the Coward

Robert Ford

Barrio Cuba

Bevel Up Drugs, Users & Outreach

Nursing

Do You Like Hitchcock?

Edgar Allan Poe’s The House of Usher

Let’s Go with Pancho Villa!

Love in the Time of Hysteria

The Pink Panther Strikes Again

Sicko

The Treasure of

the Sierra

Madre

Waitress

Business & Economics

Confessions of a Subprime Lender:

An Insider’s Tale of Greed, Fraud,

and Ignorance

Six-Week Start-up: A Step-

by-Step Program for Start-

ing Your Business, Making

Money, and Achieving Your

Goals

History & Auxiliary Sci-

ences

The Bay of Pigs

Ghost Plane: The True

Story of the CIA Torture

Program

Puerto Rico in the American

Century: A History Since 1898

HHPS

Advanced Sports Nutrition

Nebraska’s Cowboy Trail:

A User’s Guide

Language, Linguistics &

Literature

American Earth: Environ-

mental Writing since Tho-

reau

Shakespeare’s Wife

Readings on John Grisham

Medical Therapy of Breast

Cancer

Zenon Rayter et al.

WSC eBook

“Discusses the sig-

nificant advances in

the study, investiga-

tion and treatment

of breast cancer and

surveys how scientific ad-

vances have influenced, im-

proved, and extended mod-

ern therapeutic options.”

- BOOKS IN PRINT

For a larger listing, click on

New Arrivals on the library

homepage, or just visit the

New Books Shelf in the library. B O O K E N D S

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Database Spotlight: Oregon PDF in Health & Performance

What is it?

OregonPDF in Health & Performance, a non-profit founda-

tion, cooperates with colleges and universities throughout

the world to make available graduate dissertations and

theses in areas related to health and performance.

The intellectual focus of the collection is physical activity.

Academic areas of interest include biochemistry, biome-

chanics, dance, exercise physiology, history or philosophy

of physical education, kinesiology, motor control, obesity,

recreation, sports marketing, sports medicine, sports

pedagogy, sports psychology, and tests and measure-

ments.

The collection has developed continuously since 1948.

There are over 10,000 dissertations and theses, with over

200 added each year.

What does it have to do with the P.E.

Microfiche?

Previously, the graduate dissertations and theses in areas

related to health and performance were available only in

microfiche. OregonPDF in Health & Performance provides

these same materials and all future materials in an online

format.

You can request that any document not currently in full-

text be converted to PDF form. Just click on the link pro-

vided and fill out the contact information. Once the con-

version is complete, you will be emailed. You will then be

able to re-search for the document and view it in PDF

form. OregonPDF in Health & Performance indicates that

they plan to have a 24 hour turn-around for such conver-

sions.

Where can I find it?

Go to the homepage of the WSC Library and select See full data-

base list under Find Journal Articles. Then look for the direct link.

How can I learn more

about it?

To view a tutorial, click on the question mark

icon after the database name on the database

page.

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“presented to a Latino/

Latina writer and

illustrator whose work

best portrays, affirms,

and celebrates the

Latino cultural

experience in an

outstanding work of

literature for children

and youth”

Pura Belpré Medal

Kid’s Foreign Language: Easy to Find

Pura Belpré Medal Award Books Conn Library’s collec-

tions now hold Pura

Belpré Medal award

winning books.

The Pura Belpré Award,

established in 1996, is

presented to a Latino/

Latina writer and illus-

trator whose work best

portrays, affirms, and

celebrates the Latino

cultural experience in an

outstanding work of

literature for children

and youth. It is co-sponsored

by the Association for Library

Service to Children (ALSC), a

division of the American Li-

brary Association (ALA), and

the National Association to

Promote Library and Informa-

tion Services to Latinos and

the Spanish-Speaking

(REFORMA), an ALA affiliate.

The award is named after Pura

Belpré, the first Latina librar-

ian at the New York Public

Library. As a children's librar-

ian, storyteller, and author, she

enriched the lives of Puerto

Rican children in the U.S.A.

through her pioneering work

of preserving and disseminating

Puerto Rican folklore.

It has been given every other

year since 1996. Beginning with

the 2009 award, it will be given

annually. — ALSC WEBSITE

Award Winners

For narrative:

2008 - Margarita Engle. The

Poet Slave of Cuba: A Biography

of Juan Francisco Manzano

2006 - Viola Canales. The Te-

quila Worm

2004 - Julia Alvarez. Before We

Were Free

2002 - Pam Munoz Ryan.

Esperanza Rising

2000 - Alma Flor Ada. Under

the Royal Palms: A Childhood in

Cuba

1998 - Martinez, Victor. Parrot

in the Oven: mi vida

1996 - Cofer, Judith Ortiz. An

Island Like You: Stories of the

Barrio

For illustration:

2008 - Yuyi Morales. Los Gatos

Black on Halloween. Written by

Marisa Montes.

2006 - Raul Colón. Doña Flor: A

Tall Tale About a Giant Woman

with a Great Big Heart. Writ-

ten by Pat Mora.

2004 - Yuyi Morales. Just a

Minute: A Trickster Tale and

Counting Book

2002 - Susan Guevara, Illustra-

tor. Written by Gary Soto.

Chato and the Party Animals

2000 - Carmen Lomas Garza.

Magic Windows

1998 - Snapshots from the Wed-

ding, illustrated by Stephanie

Garcia. Text: Gary Soto

1996 - Guevara, Susan. Chato's

Kitchen written by Gary Soto

To get a list of shelving loca-

tions, enter “Pura Belpre” into

the library

catalog as a

subject

search.. Those

not currently

in the collec-

tion have been

ordered and

will be on the

shelves

shortly.

At one time it was difficult to find a children’s book

in a foreign language because those books were

shelved within the general children’s collection.

However, with the new children’s foreign language

section in the Instructional Technology Center

(ITC), those worries are over. These books, who

proudly bear their new yellow banding, are now

shelved by language (ie Spanish, French, German),

making it easy to find the material you need.

B O O K E N D S

Curriculum Collection Revamped

P A G E 5

Over one hundred new titles

have been added to the curricu-

lum collection to provide cur-

rent and future teachers with

materials for planning lessons

and classroom activities. Of

special note is the Junior High

section. It was expanded to

include more subjects and to

appeal to the needs of the mid-

dle school teacher. In addition,

a new rotation plan has been

created to maintain the collec-

tion so that new materials will

continue to be added to meet

the future needs of educators.

Housed in the Instructional

Technology Center (ITC), the

Curriculum Collection is sepa-

rated into four major categories:

Elementary, Junior High (ie Mid-

dle School), High School, and K-

12. You’ll find everything from

art and music to science, math,

and history. The collection even

includes materials on driver’s

education, career education,

and family & consumer sciences.

Check-out some of these new

titles recently added:

• Career ideas for kids who like art

• Casherific Moneymaking Activi-

ties

• The drama teacher's survival

guide

topics from botany to genetic engi-

neering. Coverage includes life

sciences and biomedical research

covering pre-clinical and experi-

mental research, methods and in-

strumentation, animal studies, and

more.

• Access content from journals,

meetings, patents, and books

• Search precisely with BIOSIS

indexing, enhanced MeSH

terms, and CAS registry num-

bers

• Backfiles available to 1926

To access the free trial, go to the

full database listing from the li-

brary homepage (Research > Arti-

cle Databases). Then look for the

direct link.

Conn Library has opted for a trial

of BIOSIS Previews from October 1

- October 31, 2008. BIOSIS Pre-

views serves your every need for

finding life sciences references. No

matter where life sciences informa-

tion is published, BIOSIS Previews

gives you the most efficient, reliable

way to find it. Researchers, librari-

ans, and students worldwide use

BIOSIS Previews to stay current on

Biology and Natural Sciences Database Trial

V O L U M E I , I S S U E 3

• English vocabulary for beginning

ESL learners

• Open for Business: A Simulation

for Student-run Enterprises

• Practical teaching skills for driv-

ing instructors

• Readers theatre for middle

school boys

• Spanish : Elementary

• Tantalizing tidbits for teens :

quick booktalks for the busy

high school library media spe-

cialist

• Woodshop for kids

There is new life in the WSC

Curriculum Collection!

P A G E 6

Interested in showing an

instructional video in your

classroom?

Check out the NETCHE

video library to access over

1400 programs, including

both NETCHE-produced and

acquired programs.

As a member of NETCHE,

WSC Library provides you

access to these materials at

no charge.

How do I search for videos to

borrow?

You can access the NETCHE

website through the Library

Website. (Select Research>

Other Libraries > NETCHE

Video Catalog.) For a listing

videos you can borrow, just

select the type of search

you want (keyword, sub-

ject, etc.) Then choose a

title to view its description

and to place an order for it.

Please leave at least one

week for the title to be

mailed to WSC.

What titles are in the digital

media library?

NETCHE also has a grow-

ing digital library. For a

current list of titles, click

on the Digital Media Library

link on the left and follow

the link provided. You will

need to register to access

the collection for the first

formats, that chronicle the

activities of the college’s ad-

ministration, faculty, staff,

and students.

The archives will also ap-

praise, maintain, and pre-

serve the records of alumni

and friends of the col-

lege received as gifts

should the subject mat-

ter of the records re-

late to the mission or

history of the college.

The archives will make

records available, ac-

cording to an access

policy that safeguards

documents and privacy,

to all those seeking to

Conn Library has

a growing collec-

tion of archive

images is now

available for the

WSC community

to view. Just se-

lect “Archives”

from the Services

menu on the li-

brary website.

The mission of the Wayne State

College Archives is to serve as

the institutional memory of the

college through the identifica-

tion, acquisition, maintenance,

and preservation of records of

enduring historical, legal, fiscal,

and/or administrative value, in all

learn about Wayne State

College and the college

community.

For more information about

the WSC Archives, contact

Marcus Schlichter at

maschli1@wsc or 375-7266.

Interesting Dates in October:

• 6th: Yom Kippur

• 6th: American Library Association

Founded -1876

• 13th: Columbus Day -Observed

• 16th: National Boss Day

• 16th: World Food Day

• 23rd: National Day of Concern About Young

People and Gun Violence

• 26th: Daylight Savings Time Ends - "Fall Back!"

• 31st: Halloween

• 31st: National UNICEF Day

Did You Know?

Instruction Corner: NETCHE Video Library

time. Then once you have

logged in, you can search

the digital catalog as you

would the regular video

catalog. Digital media is

available 1 to 24 hours

after its request.

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Nebraska Normal

College. 1905-1915

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