Azalea Storytelling Festival

      Storytellers Scheduled to Visit College

        

                The Azalea Storytelling Festival is bringing five dynamic storytellers to the Callaway Auditorium this weekend for performances on Friday at 7:30 p.m., Saturday at 10:00 a.m., 2:30 p.m., and 7:30 p.m.  and Sunday at 9:30 and 10:50 a.m.  Cultural Enrichment Credit will be given for attendance.

Syd Lieberman and Bil Lepp will be visiting Dr. Tures’s American Experience class and Kevin Kling will be visiting Dr. Scott’s English 1102 class on Friday to share stories and insight into writing and telling processes.  Other tellers at Callaway Auditorium for the weekend will be Andy Offutt Irwin and Barbara McBride-Smith with Carol Cain as Master of Ceremonies.

                Also, check out the library’s display on the main floor . . . there are books and cds by the weekend tellers available for checkout.

  

Library Technology Spotlight: Tegrity

Lewis Library has been using Tegrity to capture and deliver online video tutorials since fall 2011. More recently, librarian Dr. Arthur Robinson has used Tegrity to deliver online library instruction to English 1102 students this semester as an alternative to the face-to-face classroom experience. The library and the college are very excited about the opportunites for Tegrity to be used throughout campus. The library is currently inviting professors of LaGrange College who are interested in using Tegrity to try out the system. This Thursday, March 1st Rachel Evans will present for 15 minutes about Tegrity on behalf of the library at the faculty meeting, during which faculty can ask questions and get information about integrating Tegrity into their classroom experience.

So what is Tegrity?

Tegrity App for iPad

Tegrity is the name of a lecture-capture system which gives instructors the ability to record their classes live so that students can view them later. Classes may also be recorded ahead of time and used in place of a class meeting, or act as a supplement to the live class session. Tegrity includes the "Tegrity Recorder" which allows instructors to capture their full computer screen (including mouse movements, navigating web pages, powerpoints, playing movies/videos, and more). Instructors can also upload pre-recorded video or audio, and even edit video/audio recordings using Tegrity. Additionally, instructors can share the recordings with their class publicly (by embedding a video player onto a website, blog or wiki) or privately (by sharing a link, or creating individual log-in's for your students). 

Benefits for Students & Instructors:

Tegrity App for iPhone

Students have the ability to review class sessions as many times as they wish, or to access classes that they were absent from. Tegrity studies show that students improved when institutions adopted Tegrity. Tegrity allows instructors to divide their class up into "chapters", giving students easier access to specific parts of a lecture. With student log-ins, Tegrity allows students to take notes from within Tegrity, to "bookmark" specific sections, to email the instructor from within Tegrity, to download the class recordings (optional), to chat live with their instructor through Tegrity (optional), and of course to access the lecture as many times as needed 24/7. Tegrity even has an app for Android, iPad, iPhone, and iPod Touch to make class recordings more accsible to students and instructors alike.

For More General Information:

• To learn more about tegrity, watch the official Tegrity Demo Video.
• To see examples of instructors at other institutions using Tegrity, visit the Tegrity Showcase page.
• For instructor testimonials, and a list of other institutions using Tegrity, visit the Tegrity Customers page.
• Have more questions about Tegrity? Visit the Tegrity FAQ's page to find the answers.

For More Information about Tegrity@LaGrange College:

• Visit the library's online guide for Tegrity, with help pages for instructors & students: http://lagrange.campusguides.com/tegrity
• Visit the Tegrity@Lagrange College log-in page:  http://lagrange.tegrity.com/
• Find out what technology in the library works best with Tegrity HERE.
• Intersted in using Tegrity? Make an appointment to learn today!

Terry Kay Visit

Well-known author Terry Kay (LC graduate, Class of 1959) visited Lewis Library’s Suber Archives on Wednesday to sign copies of his fourteen published titles that are in the collection.  Dr. Kay, with much laughter, also signed the library’s  copy of a privately printed compilation of poetry that he and two classmates, Lee Walburn and Blanche Flanders, sold on campus during their senior year. 

                 The library has copies of all Terry Kay’s books in the circulating collection for check-out and a copy of one of his titles, Taking Lottie Home, as an audiobook and another, To Dance With the White Dog, on DVD. 

Jacque Hornsby, Archives Assistant, and Terry Kay

23rd National African American Read-In

LaGrange College’s participation in the 23^rd National African American Read-In was a success! The read-in was held Monday, January 20, 2012 in the Dickson Assembly room. Students received cultural enrichment credit for attending. Due to the POWER of men’s basketball (Go, Panthers!), whose entire team was present for the read-in, the college tied our own record for the number of individual readers who participated: 33 persons, 21 of whom are students. The college, and event sponsor and organizer Dr. Laine Scott, would like to "Thank you all for your role in celebrating Black History Month at LaGrange College. You guys made cultural enrichment fun!" In case you’d like to explore some of the many works that were shared, below is a list of the African American writers whose talent was acknowledged at the read-in:

Aaron Power	“Won’t You Celebrate with Me?”	Lucille Clifton
Blake Craft	“The Treehouse”	James A. Emanuel
Blake Craft	“Coal”	Audre Lorde
Blake Craft	“Geometry”	Rita Dove
Britt Gaylor	[quotations]	Martin Luther King, Jr.
Catrell Maclin	“Incident”	Countee Cullen
Charlene Baxter	“My Mother’s Generation”	Alice Walker
Coach Kendal Wallace	[various quotations]	Ali, Hendrix, Malcolm X
Coach Kendal Wallace	“Impossible Is Nothing”	Muhammad Ali
Coach Kendal Wallace	“Run’s House”	Run DMC
Coach Kendal Wallace	[quotation]	Malcolm X
Coach Kendal Wallace	“Light”	Malcolm X
Daron Lewis	“I, Too”	Langston Hughes
Daron Lewis	“I Continue to Dream”	Langston Hughes
Denzel Robinson	“Life Is Fine”	Langston Hughes
Denzel Robinson	“Michael Jackson”	James A. Emanuel
Dr. Arthur Robinson	“Outcast”	Claude McKay
Dr. Christiane Price	“Tableau” and “Reconnaissance”	Arna Bontemps
Dr. Christiane Price	“We Wear the Mask”	Paul Laurence Dunbar
Dr. Christiane Price	“Democracy”	Langston Hughes
Dr. David Garrison	“Leadbelly Gives an Autograph”	Amiri Baraka
Dr. John Tures	“As I Grew Older”	Langston Hughes
Dr. John Williams	excerpt from Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom	August Wilson
Dr. Laine Scott	“Vive Noir!”	Mari Evans
Dr. Laine Scott	“One Thing I Dont Need”	Ntozake Shange
Dustin Baxter	“Walkers with the Dawn”	Langston Hughes
Dustin Baxter	[various quotations]	Michael Jordan
Dustin Baxter	[various quotations]	Muhammad Ali
Grant Evans	“For Poets”	Al Young
Hafner Buchanan	“Gwendolyn Brooks”	Haki Madhubuti
Hafner Buchanan	“Possibilities: Remembering Malcolm X”	Haki Madhubuti
Hafner Buchanan	“The Things in Black Men’s Closets”	E. Ethelbert Miller
Jerod Howard	“Mother to Son”	Langston Hughes
Jerod Howard	“We Real Cool”	Gwendolyn Brooks
Jerod Howard	“Acceptance”	Langston Hughes
Jerod Howard	“Diary”	Wale
Joey Anderkavich	“Dreams”	Langston Hughes
Kenrick Hutson	“Life Every Voice and Sing”	James W. Johnson
Kyron Anderson	“A Song in the Front Yard”	Gwendolyn Brooks
Kyron Anderson	“Beautiful Black Men”	Nikki Giovanni
Marcia Brown	“Heart to Heart”	Rita Dove
Marcia Brown	“Flirtation”	Rita Dove
Marcus Vaughn	“On Being Brought from Africa to America”	Phillis Wheatley
Marcus Vaughn	“Balances”	Nikki Giovanni
Marcus Vaughn	“Ruff Riders Anthem”	DMX
Mark Torre	“No Images”	William Cuney
Mark Torre	“Black Boys Play the Classics”	Toi Derricotte
Megan McDonald	excerpt from Their Eyes Were Watching God	Zora Neale Hurston
Megan McDonald	“Bitter Fruit of the Tree”	Sterling Brown
Megan McDonald	“I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings”	Maya Angelou
Michael Thomas	“Mother to Son”	Langston Hughes
Nicholas Mitchell	“A Dream Deferred”	Langston Hughes
Nicholas Mitchell	“Dualism”	Ralph Ellison
Rachel Evans	“Before You Know You Owned It”	Alice Walker
Robin Dillon	“Georgia Dusk”	Langston Hughes
Rodarius Houston	“A Choice”	Paul Laurence Dunbar
Ross O’Hara	“Theology”	Paul Laurence Dunbar
Sanders Dorough	“I Dream a World”	Langston Hughes
Sanders Dorough	“Alameda Street”	Douglas Kearney
Shanise Fisher	“When Black People Are”	A. B. Spellman
Shanise Fisher	“Madam and Her Madam”	Langston Hughes

*Image courtesy of Kville Library Blog.

Blog post authored by Rachel Evans.

Recent Event: Generations in the Workplace

Tuesday, February 7, 2012 former LaGrange College counselor and LPC Kenneth Hoats visited the library. Mr. Hoats spoke to students in the Lewis Library Auditorium from 4 to 5 pm. Students who attended recieved cultural enrichment credit for the event, which consisted of an hour-long presentation called "Managing the Generations at Work", or Generations in the Workplace. The presentation gave an overview of the four generations in the workplace today, including (1) Veterans/Traditionalists, (2) Baby-Boomers, (3) Generation X, and (4) Generation Y/The Millenials.

Speaker Kenneth Hoats presenting "Generations in the Workplace"

Mr. Hoats did an excellent job of presenting this material, opening up the floor for discussion and keeping a lively spirit while speaking. His energetic presence made for an interesting take on the material covered, and the accompanying slides helped to deliver a wealth of information despite the brief 1-hour time frame. Hoats, who regularly presents this particular presentation to companies and businesses with employees representing all four generations, gave some good advice and practical tips to the students on how to work with and deal with peers, fellow employees and future employers of varying generations. The presentation, although presented to students, was applicable to all generations, and gave all in attendance (both young and old) a new perspective on working with people of all ages.

If you would like to contact Mr. Hoats about similar presentations or his professional work as a counselor, please email him, or call him: 706-881-0401. If you missed out on this event, you can still review the presentation material, thanks to the presentation slides (provided with permission from Hoats) below:

Enter to Win a Free Nook at the Library!

The library will be giving away a free Nook on April 18!
To enter for a chance to win, visit Lewis Library today.

The "Nook Drawing" is open to currently enrolled LaGrange College students. Students who would like to enter the drawing must complete an entry ticket (available at the circulation desk).

Students can submit an entry ticket for EACH book they check out... that means the more books you check out, the greater your chances of winning a free Nook!

The Scroll: A Digital Archive

Lewis Library's Suber Archives and Special Collections is pleased to offer a newly created online page, exhibiting photographic examples of selected cover art for The Scroll as well as a brief history of the publication. Additionally, the library's Archives has made available the inventory listings of The Scroll from 1922 to 2010. To explore the new page for The Scroll, and other digital exhibitions, visit the Suber Archives & Special Collections site, over at Lewis Library's Research Guides. For more information about The Scroll, continue reading below. 



The Scroll, 1923

According to Lewis Library's Archives, the LaGrange College Scroll was first published in January of 1922.  Produced as a newspaper, the publication declared, “This paper is designed to be a medium through which the best thought of the student body may find expression, and to serve as a bond of union between the College and former students and alumnae.”  In the fall of 1933 The Scroll became a literary magazine.  The 1933-1934 annual catalogue offered this statement:   “The purpose of the Scroll is to foster interest in literary activity among the students and to provide a medium for the expression of this interest.”  Early on student artwork began to be included as well.

Currently, The Scroll is changing format.  By year’s end The Scroll will be launched as an online publication.   Dr. Anthony Wilson, associate professor of English and faculty advisor for The Scroll, noted  that “the staff and I are very excited about the expanded possibilities of the new format in terms of presentation, flexibility, and accessibility to a broader audience, and we look forward to exploring what it has to offer in the coming years.”  Submissions of prose fiction and nonfiction, poetry, and artwork  will be accepted year-round.  Hopefully the online format will allow The Scroll to include multimedia contributions in the future as well.

The Scroll, 1999

 

The Scroll, 2002

  

The Scroll, 2010



*This blog post authored by Jacque Hornsby & Rachel Evans.

Mysteries and Detective Novels

If you enjoy the detective stories of Agatha Christie and Dorothy L. Sayers, we have many of their novels.  Look in the PR6005 .H66 range on the lower level for Christie, and PR6037 .A95 for Sayers.

We also have detective novels by several of their contemporaries who are less well known today.  Here are a few of my personal favorites, and representative novels by each:


 

Nicholas Blake (C. Day Lewis)

The Beast Must Die (PR6007 .A955 B38)

"I am going to kill a man.  I don't know his name, I don't know where he lives, I have no idea what he looks like.  But I am going to find him and kill him."  So begins The Beast Must Die, with the diary of Frank Cairnes,  whose son has been killed by a hit-and-run driver.  The police have been unable to trace the driver, so Cairnes tracks down the person responsible, and plans to take the law into his own hands.  But matters take an unexpected twist.  

Carter Dickson (John Dickson Carr)

The Judas Window (PS3505 .A763 J8 1938)

James Answell's first meeting with his prospective father-in-law, Avory Hume, doesn't go quite as planned.  Hume proposes a toast, Answell passes out after drinking-and wakes to find Hume dead, with a crossbow arrow in his heart.  The door is locked on the inside, and apparently nobody else could have entered or left the room.  Answell is arrested, and the man he chooses to defend him is Sir Henry Merrivale-a brilliant detective, but not the most polished of lawyers (in his last case, he addressed the jury as "Well, my fatheads").  Carter Dickson, who also wrote as John Dickson Carr, is the master of the "impossible" crime.

Anthony Berkeley

The Poisoned Chocolates Case (PR6005 .O855 P82 1929)

Joan Bendix dies from an overdose of chocolates laced with poison.  Scotland Yard is unable to solve the case, so they offer it to the Crimes Circle, a club of six amateur criminologists eager to try their hands at detecting.  All six claim to have solved the case-but their solutions are all different.  The Poisoned Chocolates Case is widely considered one of the best detective novels ever written, but it's also a brilliant spoof of the genre.

Edmund Crispin

The Long Divorce (PR6025 .O46 L6)

Cotten Abbas is a peaceful English village where nothing ever happen, except for a series of particularly vile anonymous letters. and an apparent suicide. and the murder of a young man who claimed to be on the track of the poison pen writer.  Inspector Casby finds that the clues all point to one suspect:  Dr. Helen Downing, his fiancée.

*This blog post authored by Reference and ILL Librarian Dr. Arthur Robinson.

New Research Guides for Spring 2012

Many of you may already be aware of Lewis Library's Research Guides, which the library began creating and utilizing at the start of fall semester 2011. Over the course of fall semester, the guides gained a total of over 5, 000 visits, and during the month January alone accumulated more than 800 visits! Now the guides are approaching their second semester of use, and the librarians at Lewis Library have been fast at work creating new research guides to support subjects and courses for spring semester 2012.

In addition to course-specific and general subject guides, online guides have also been developed to support library instruction for Cornerstone and English 1102, as well as a generic library instruction guide. These guides are filled with tips for how to search the library catalog, databases and other resources, as well as how-to video tutorials, and more. Other resources include handouts, and direct links to databases from Galileo and E-Books from the library catalog. Additionally, most guides contain contact boxes with information on how to contact your librarian liaison, as well as online forms for making technology instruction appointments, research appointments, and for "asking" a librarian. If you still haven't discovered and explored the research guides available to you, we encourage you to check them out! You can access the Guides main search page from the Library Website by clicking the link "Research Guides".

To start off the spring semester right, the librarians have shared below direct links to some of the guides which support courses that are starting up now, including:

• Art & Design

This general guide to Art resources was created by Arthur Robinson and Rachel Evans. Arthur Robinson is the liaison librarian for Art and Design. In addition to basic pages for Art Reference, and Art Books, Dr. Robinson has recently added a new "Art History Survey Assignment" page which specifically addresses the assignments for Dr. Joiner's current Art History Survey course.

• Psychology 

This general research guide for Psychology was created by Charlene Baxter. Mrs. Baxter is the liaison librarian for Psychology. The guide contains an IRB page, a Reference page, an APA Style Guide, and pages for finding books and articles related to psychology. The pages link directly to recommended databases, the library catalog, and even specific books and e-books!

•  Education Guides

There are three different guides for Education students, all created by the liaison librarian for Education, Mrs. Charlene Baxter. The guides include a Guide for Undergraduates, as well two guides for graduate education students. Both the Guide for Undergraduates and the MAT Education Guide feature pages with selected resources, including recommended a Children's Books page.

• History Guides

There are currently 7 different guides for various History courses, all created by liaison librarian for History, Mr. Loren Pinkerman. Both the History of Russia 1856 to Present guide and the History of the Middle Ages guide support courses that are being taught this spring 2012. The history guides include features like recommended reference books, books, dvds, databases, and more.

•  English Guides

There are currently two guides for English, both created by Dr. Arthur Robinson, Reference Librarian. The English Research Guide is more of a general guide for students enrolled in a variety of English courses, and includes a Reference page, and Authors page. The English 1102 Library Instruction Guide is a separate guide specifically for students taking English 1102 during spring 2012. 

• Music Guide

The music research guide is a general guide created to support the variety of music courses taught at LaGrange College. Developed by liaison librarian Loren Pinkerman, and graduate assistant Rachel Evans, this guide includes recommended music databases, reference books, music books, e-books and dvds, and recommended music journals and databases.

•  Nursing Guide

The Nursing Research Guide is a general guide with tips for locating nursing-specific resources, and links to recommended databases, e-books and more. Created by liaison librarian for Nursing, Mary Lou Dabbs, the guide also features an IRB page, and a brand new page for Complementary Care. The pages also feature contact info for Mrs. Dabbs as well as "Ask-a-Librarian" forms for questions.

 

•  Theatre Arts Guide

The Theatre Arts Guide was developed by Arthur Robinson, liaison librarian to the theatre department. This general guide includes pages for Plays, Playwrights, Costume Design, and Musical Theatre. Additionally, it contains pages which specifically support the current or upcoming productions of the theatre department. The newest page supporting a specific production is The Philadelphia Story Guide. 

• Library Instruction Guide

The Library Instruction Guide is a general guide to all things related to library instruction and technology. This page includes various online orientations for students and faculty in the form of Prezi's, "how-to" video tutorials for searching the library online catalog, various video tutorials for searching particular databases (such as Academic Search Complete, JSTOR, and ERIC), as well as a library technology page where you can make technology instruction appointments, and an Information Literacy presentation which outlines the goals of the library's instructional classes and sessions.