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May 16, 2012

Kony Unveiled: A Social Screening of Peace vs. Justice

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[From the ITVS Beyond the Box Blog, posted 14 May 2012 03:11 PM PDT]

ITVS presents an online social screening of Klaartje Quirijns’s Peace vs. Justice on Wednesday, May 16 at 5PM PT / 8PM ET. The event will take place here.

What do you really know about Joseph Kony? On Wednesday we will be hosting a live online screening and discussion of the documentary Peace vs. Justice, going beyond the slick marketing of KONY 2012 and taking an in-depth look at the rebel leaders responsible for the most egregious of human-rights abuses – kidnapping children and forcing them to fight.

Peace vs. Justice examines the International Criminal Court’s investigation of the LRA and takes a critical look at the problems of applying Western ideas of justice and reconciliation to other countries and continents.

Join us for a social screening of Peace vs. Justice with filmmaker Klaartje Quirijns, who will be taking part in the screening to talk about the film and take your questions live.

Participants can join for free by signing in with Facebook or directly on the site, interacting with other viewers and panelists in real-time, while watching the film. Viewers can comment, ask questions, take polls, and even express their feelings about what they’re watching through a variety of tools on the site. This is an entirely new way of experiencing documentary films and it is inherently social.

Peace vs. Justice: May 16, 2012 at 5PM PT/ 8PM ET

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April 27, 2012

Extended Library hours: Fri. May 4th & Sat. May 5th

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The Zach S. Henderson Library will be open until midnight on Friday, May 4th and Saturday, May 5th to facilitate students’ studying for final exams.

Sunday May 6 Library will open at noon and will stay open continuously until Friday May 11 when it will close at 6 p.m.
Happy Studying!

Database trial and evaluation: CQ Press Political Reference Suite

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Henderson Library is sponsoring a trial and evaluation of the CQ Press Political Reference Suite through May 23rd.
The CQ Press Political Reference Suite integrates many of CQ Press’s acclaimed reference titles on government and politics into a user-friendly, electronic format that offers a number of Web-enabled features that makes navigating this wealth of content intuitive and easy.

You can access the CQ Press Political Reference Suite via GALILEO or directly with this link.

Please let us know what you think of this resource by e-mailing jminihan@georgiasouthern.edu or posting a comment here on Zach’s News.  You can also leave feedback by responding to this survey.  Thanks!

April 26, 2012

The Pursuit of Knowledge: It’s a bird, it’s a plane, it’s … sharks chasing a school of fish?

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If you look overhead in the atrium this week (April 23 – 27), you will see several sharks chasing a large school of fish in an installation by four of Marc Moulton’s art students.

As the students wrote in their prospectus, “As students, we are encouraged to actively pursue knowledge or to go “hungry” to learn; this is what the shark represents. Sharks are relentless and methodical in their quest to satisfy hunger, as we should be as students in our quest to learn or satisfy our “hunger” for knowledge. The fish represent that knowledge.”

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April 19, 2012

Hot Docs and other Sources for Cybersecurity Week

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Cybersecurity Week begins Monday, April 23 and Henderson Library can help you find more information on this topic to be aware of what you can do to protect yourself, as well as information on the prevalence and types of cyber crime, and current proposed legislation regarding cyber security. Check out (literally!*) the visual display in the Learning Commons, and this virtual display in the library’s EagleSource guides for excellent information: http://library.georgiasouthern.edu/eaglesource/Govt%20DocsJusticeStatisticsandCyber%20Crime . 
Prizes will be awarded to the first 5 people to e-mail the Government Documents Librarian at lgwinett@georgiasouthern.edu indicating how they used information from the virtual or visual display in a task or project.

If you need more information, contact:
Lori Gwinett, MLIS
Government Documents Librarian
Georgia Southern University
lgwinett@georgiasouthern.edu
912-478-5032 Office
912-478-5645 Information Desk
Ask a Librarian http://library.georgiasouthern.edu/libref/imref.html 

*Library materials on exhibit may be checked out by request at the Circulation Desk.

April 13, 2012

Environmental Historians met in MILD, MELLOW(sort of) Madison, Wisconsin.

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JoEllen Broome, Info Services Librarian, recently attended the American Society for Environmental History (ASEH) Conference in downtown Madison, Wisconsin from March 28-31.  She has written a narrative of her experiences at the conference to share with us.  Her report is available below.

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Hot Doc: 1940 Census: What’s the big Deal?

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Librarians, historians, and genealogists everywhere are excited about the release of the 1940 Census data. Find out why here!
http://govbooktalk.gpo.gov/2012/04/11/1940-census-goes-digital/

Shared with you by:
Lori Gwinett, MLIS

Government Documents Librarian
Georgia Southern University
lgwinett@georgiasouthern.edu
912-478-5032 Office
912-478-5645 Information Desk
Ask a Librarian http://library.georgiasouthern.edu/libref/imref.html

April 11, 2012

Hot Doc: Pink Slime and the FDLP

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Check out these Congressional Research Reports that may not have made headline news with quite the same infamy as Pink Slime, but are definitely worthy of note! This is your Congress at work!

http://www.fas.org/blog/secrecy/2012/04/pink_slime.html

Pink slime, anyone? Don’t forget to check out the report on the Federal Depository Library Program, too!

Shared with you by:
Lori Gwinett, MLIS

Government Documents Librarian
Georgia Southern University
lgwinett@georgiasouthern.edu
912-478-5032 Office
912-478-5645 Information Desk
Ask a Librarian http://library.georgiasouthern.edu/libref/imref.html

April 9, 2012

Hot Doc: Your 2011 Federal Taxpayer Receipt

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In his 2011 State of the Union Address, President Obama promised that, for the first time ever, American taxpayers would be able to go online and see exactly how their federal tax dollars are spent. The receipt launched that year and, now, we’ve updated the tool to reflect current spending. Just enter a few pieces of information about your taxes, and the taxpayer receipt will give you a breakdown of how your tax dollars are spent on priorities like education, veterans benefits, or health care.
As the last Americans finish their tax returns this week to meet the April 17, 2012 deadline for filing income taxes, you can plug in your own brief tax information and see what you paid for national defense, education, space programs and more!
http://www.whitehouse.gov/2011-taxreceipt

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Lori Gwinett, MLIS

Government Documents Librarian
Georgia Southern University
lgwinett@georgiasouthern.edu
912-478-5032 Office
912-478-5645 Information Desk

Ask a Librarian http://library.georgiasouthern.edu/libref/imref.html

March 28, 2012

New Database: S&P NetAdvantage

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We are pleased to announce that S&P NetAdvantage is now available via GALILEO. Funded by COBA, this full-text, online database is the premier, independent source for investment research and market commentary.

You can access S&P NetAdvantage via GALILEO or directly with this link.

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