Mardigian Library News

No, we don't mean the bad driving you might be seeing as you commute. We're talking about our new CD audio books collection that includes authors such as James Patterson, John Sandford, Sara Paretsky, J. K. Rowling, and more. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, V.I. Warshawski, and Harry Bosch are just a few of the popular series available for your listening pleasure. Audio titles can be found in our Browsing Collection located near the Circulation Desk or in the audio collection located on the first floor.


       

Need to make a video for a class project and don’t have the equipment? The library has a solution for you. Kodak Playtouch digicams are available for checkout at the library’s Circulation Desk.

The Playtouch is the size and shape of a smartphone and will take HD videos in 1080p resolution. One-touch uploading provides easy sharing through e-mail, YouTube, Facebook, Flickr, and other sites. You may also connect the Playtouch to your computer and transfer the files. If you want to edit the video, the library’s Campus Media Services has a multimedia editing room for student and faculty use. The editing room is equipped with the best audio and video editing software, including Avid, Final Cut Pro, and the suite of Adobe and Microsoft applications.

Digicams have a three-day checkout period and each comes in a carry bag with an extra battery, an external microphone, connecting and charging wires, and the manual. Ask for one at the library’s Circulation Desk!

This Friday and Tuesday, April 16, there will be Public Observing Sessions at the SLRC Observatory. The first session will be about Jupiter and the Constellation Taurus. The second session will be about the moon and Jupiter.

If you are interested in learning more, the Mardigian Library has a few books and e-books about Jupiter, constellations, and the moon. However, many more are available through MeLCat — dozens of books and some videos are available.

Haven't used MeLCat? It's easy. Just go to MeLCat. You can order books or audiovisual materials from another library in Michigan and have them delivered right to the Mardigian Library for pick-up. For more about MeLCat, see How to use MeLCat.

Note: All of the e-books pictured below are available in the SpringerLink database.

       

Several new journals have been launched recently in the ScienceDirect database:

• European Journal of Control
• Food Bioscience
• International Journal of Chemical and Analytical Science
• JCC Open
• Journal of CO₂ Utilization
• Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering
• Journal of Global Antimicrobial Resistance
• Journal of Magnesium and Alloys
• Journal of Orthopaedics
• Journal of Pediatric Surgery Case Reports
• Revista da Associação Médica Brasileira
• Water Resources and Economics

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The list of new books and other materials added to the library’s collection in February has been posted. Click on “…more New Arrivals” on the library’s home page. Or, go directly to http://library.umd.umich.edu/newbooks/.

Examples from the February list include:

       

No, this doesn't have anything to do with the Tigers' opening day. UM-Dearborn is hosting a Pitch Day on April 2 that includes Business Idea Pitch and Personal Pitch competitions. Cash prizes will be awarded. Registration ends on Friday, March 22.

The library has a multitude of books on business presentations and pitches that can help you prepare. Some examples of online books are shown below.

       

Professor Wendi Heinzelman will be the speaker at the March 22 CIS-ECE-IMSE Distinguished Lecture Series. Professor Heinzelman, from the University of Rochester, will talk about "Sleeping Techniques for Lifetime Extension in WSNs."

Can't make it to the presentation Friday? Want to view Professor Heinzelman's work beforehand?

Dr. Heinzelman has been a prolific author with more than 85 articles listed in IEEE Xplore Digital Library. The library also has an e-book co-authored by Professor Heinzelman in our collection: Mobile Ad Hoc Networks: Energy-Efficient Real-Time Data Communications. Take a look!

   

Contractors will be working on the first floor Wednesday, March 13 to Friday, March 15.

Karger publishes medical journals and books. Our access is to books published from 1997 to 2012 and to nearly 100 journals published since 1998.

There will be a panel discussion tomorrow about "The Papal Election and the Future of the Catholic Church." The library has a few books about papal conclaves for you to check out or view online.

More information about the event can be found on the campus calendar and on facebook.

Did you miss the presentation “Why Should You Know Six Sigma” presentation on Friday? The presentation, co-sponsored by the ECE and IMSE departments and hosted by The Association of Muslim Scientists and Engineers, featured Dr. Basem El-Haik as speaker. Dr.El-Haik is an expert in the field of Six Sigma and has written several books regarding the application of Six Sigma. Several of these books are in the library’s collection. Check them out!

       

ProQuest databases will be undergoing maintenance and are expected to be unavailable:

Saturday, March 9 at 10:00 p.m. until
Sunday, March 10 at 4:00 a.m.

The March library display case exhibit is Let's hear it for the girls! Women in Michigan history. The exhibit features books by and about women with Michigan connections. Included are some well-known people, such as Jennifer Granholm and The Supremes, as well as some that are not so well known, such as Grace Lee Boggs and Emily Peterson.

The display case is near the first-floor elevators.

       

This Friday (March 8), Dr. Louis Lefebvre from McGill University will speak at the Animval Behavior speaker series. Dr. Lefebvre’s presentation will be “Feeding innovations in birds and their implications for ecology, evolution and neuroscience.”

Dr. Lefebvre has worked with many species of birds and much of his work can be found in the ScienceDirect database.

April 2013 R.E.A.D. (Read, Eat, and Discuss) Meeting

Book: “That Used to Be Us: How America Fell Behind in the World It Invented and How We Can Come Back” by Thomas Friedman and Michael Mandelbaum.
Date: Wednesday, April 3, 2013
Time: 12:00 noon to 1:00 p.m.
Location: Room 1210 Mardigian Library

Ask for R.E.A.D. titles at the Circulation Desk; both the Kindles and print books are kept there, and the print copies are on reserve for us.

Light refreshments are provided. Please join us!