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Additions to our collection of online research databases in December includes:

Bibliography of English Women Writers, 1500-1640
This is a comprehensive record of scholarship on 738 women writers and their texts, canonical and non-canonical. Included are already familiar figures (e.g., Elizabeth Tudor and Mary Stuart) as well as lesser-known and hitherto unknown English women writers--refugees such as women recusants, women in the colonies, Marrano women (Anusot), and women translators as well as English women writers in French, Greek, Latin, Spanish, Gaelic, and Welsh.

CrimeSolutions.gov
On CrimeSolutions.gov you will find:
• Research on program effectiveness reviewed and rated by CrimeSolutions.gov researchers and reviewers
• Easily understandable ratings based on the evidence that indicates whether a program achieves its goals
• Key program information and research findings

Milton: A Bibliography (1624-1799)
This is an extensive revision and continuation of Milton: A Bibliography for the Years 1624-1700 (1984). The bibliography includes manuscripts and editions of John Milton's works, studies, and critical statements concerning Milton's life and works, allusions and quotations, and significant imitations, during the years 1624-1799.

For more information about new research databases, see the New databases page.

The Voice/Vision Holocaust Survivor Oral History Archive is co-sponsoring three performances of the Carolyn Dorfman Dance Company’s “Legacy Project” at the Berman Center for the Performing Arts in West Bloomfield. The “Legacy Project,” narrated by Dorfman, is presented in three parts and is set to music by Ilse Weber, composed while she was imprisoned in a ghetto. Dorfman is the company’s director and a child of Holocaust survivors. She choreographed the dances that bring together her family’s stories, Jewish history, and the universal struggle for identity among immigrants.

The three performances are scheduled for the following dates and times:
Thursday, January 26 – 7:30 p.m.
Friday, January 27 – 10:00 a.m. (Family matinee)
Saturday, January 28 – 8:00 p.m.

For ticket information, please contact the Berman Center for the Performing Arts:
6600 W. Maple Rd., West Bloomfield, MI 48322
(248) 661-1000

For more information on the Carolyn Dorfman Dance Company, including an artist’s statement, please visit http://cddc.info/

The Holocaust Memorial Center and the Jewish Community Center of Metropolitan Detroit are also co-sponsoring these performances.

Dr. Patch Adams will be on campus to give presentations on Thursday, January 19 and Friday, January 20. If you missed the showing of the 1998 movie Patch Adams in Kochoff Hall last week, you can order a VHS copy of the movie through MeLCat.
See some articles by Dr. Adams through the Scopus database. To read articles, click on "View at publisher" or "Article Linker.” Full text of all papers may not be available.

Notes:
• MeLCat searches hundreds of libraries throughout Michigan and delivers materials to the library you choose – like the Mardigian Library or your local public library. See more about using MeLCat.
• If you don’t have a VHS player, the library has VHS players on the first floor for viewing a video in the library.

Hello, my name is Elaine Logan. It is my privilege to serve as director of the Mardigian Library. I returned to the University of Michigan-Dearborn in early October after an absence of twenty years. UM-Dearborn is the same vibrant, welcoming community that I fondly remembered. I am enjoying getting to know library staff, campus leaders, faculty, and students – and hearing their ideas about the library. Continuing the tradition of retired director, Tim Richards, this is my first installment of Director’s Update. I plan to use my updates to share my perspective and thoughts three or four times a year on library issues. I also hope that you will communicate your thoughts, questions, ideas, and suggestions to me in response to these updates.

It is no secret that technology is changing the way we all find, use, and create knowledge and information. One of the library’s key functions is to help you be successful in locating the information you need. We do this by providing discovery tools like Summon and by providing resources to make your searching successful. The library cannot own every resource in the world, but our participation in the “One University” initiative, with the Ann Arbor and Flint campus libraries, has vastly increased the depth and breadth of information resources immediately available to everyone on this campus. Did you know that through “One University” we’ve been able to increase access to over 240 online databases, over 20,000 electronic journals, and over 100,000 e-books to supplement the print materials in the Mardigian Library collections?

Of equal importance to supplying a wealth of information resources is our work with students to teach them how to critically evaluate and ethically use information. In the past, finding information was hard. Now with improved discovery tools, the finding is easy. What is hard is knowing how to filter and evaluate content so that its reliability and trustworthiness can be determined. We take great pride in our instructional role in the classroom, in small groups, and one-on-one sessions.

Academic libraries are changing in fundamental ways, but our underlying goals remain the same. We strive to provide the necessary tools, services, collections, expertise, and learning environments to ensure that your experience in the Mardigian Library is productive and academically enriching. We use our expertise and resources to inform, connect, and transform the lives of the people in our community. It is an exciting time to be at the Mardigian Library. I am proud to be leading the effort of continuing to maintain the library’s vital presence and purpose within the University of Michigan-Dearborn. In the next few months, we will be providing the entire campus community with a variety of opportunities to let us know your aspirations for our future.

Elaine Logan

Director, Mardigian Library

Roland S. Martin, columnist and host of the TV One Cable Network show Washington Watch with Roland Martin, will be a guest speaker at the Conversation on Race event on Wednesday, January 18. Mr. Martin’s presentation will be “Race/Racism and the Continual Challenge for Blacks and Whites to Acknowledge and Accept its Impact on Our Lives”.

Read books in the library's collection by Roland S. Martin.

UM-Dearborn’s 19th Annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Day of Service & Celebration Week will be January 15 – 23. Learn more about Dr. King by reading some of the library’s collection of King’s works or books about the celebrated Civil Rights leader.

Winter semester 2012 has arrived. This semester, the library has initiated a print quota system. See the blog post for more information.

The library’s normal winter semester hours are:

Monday - Thursday: 8:00 a.m. – 11:45 p.m.
Friday: 8:00 a.m. – 8:00 p.m.
Saturday: 10:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m.
Sunday: 12:00 noon – 11:45 p.m.