PlanetUSF

We invite you to our open door, hands-on seminars, in LTB 2153:

Database Searching
Wednesday, September 30, 12:00-1:00PM
or
Thursday, October 1, 5:00-6:00PM
Learn to select and access the best databases for your subject, search their content and find full-text articles.

RefWorks
Wednesday, September 30, 5:00-6:00PM
or
Thursday, October 1, 12:00-1:00PM
Learn how to use this citation management system that makes building bibliographies a flash.

These seminars are open to all; no registration required. The seminars are cancelled if no one is present 10 minutes after the hour.

Mid-October, the same seminars will be offered via Elluminate.

Join us on the LTB patio to listen to passages from banned and challenged books, as part of the USFP Library celebration of Banned Books Week.

Readings will be from 11:15AM to 1PM and 4:15PM to 6PM (yes, we sneaked in a couple more readers). Among the banned/challenged authors this year: Mark Twain, Toni Morrison, Judy Blume, Stephenie Meyer, D.H. Lawrence, Harper Lee and Polk County’s own Craig McKee.

This week is the 28th edition of National Banned Books Week. The USF Polytechnic Library is celebrating in many ways:

• a display of challenged or banned books from our collections
• quotes on freedom of expression, censorship and the freedom to read
• our Read Out event, Tuesday September 29th, from 11:15AM to 1PM and 4:15PM to 6PM. Members of the campus community will be reading from banned or challenged books in 15-minutes increments on the patio outside the Library (LTB 1115)
• drawing of two prizes during the Read Out event

Here are some interesting sites about Banned Books Week or the issues behind it:

• the official site of Banned Books Week with a telling map and a Manifesto, by banned bestseller author Ellen Hopkins
• the Office of Intellectual Freedom of the American Library Association
• the ACRL Intellectual Freedom Committee’s blog
• the Libraries and the First Amendment online exhibit from the McCormick Freedom Museum
• the Center for Campus Free Speech

Come and celebrate your freedom to read with us!

If your Elluminate session was created via Blackboard, you can access the recording using the same path via Blackboard that you used to join the session.

1. First, log in to Blackboard at USF (http://my.usf.edu) using your USF netID and password.
2. Click the Courses tab.
3. Click your course’s link.
4. Click the Communication link in the main navigation bar in your course.
5. Scroll down on the Communication page and click the Elluminate Live link.
6. On the Elluminate Live! Sessions page click the drop down menu and select Recorded Sessions.
7. Click the Go button.
8. Use the Calendar on the right to select the day of the recording (click the day the recording was made).
9. Click the recording link for the appropriate session after it appears.

The session will open using Java Web Start (the software used by Elluminate - visit http://www.elluminate.com/support if you do not have this free software).

Please note that session recordings will not appear soon after a live session ends. It takes between 2 (minimum) and 24 hours (maximum) for an Elluminate Session recording to show up in Blackboard.

On September 23 we sent out a round of email stating that courses created in 2004 and earlier would be removed from the system in 30 days. The message read as follows:

Professor @@lname,

We apologize for the blast of emails today. We are cleaning out 4 semesters of old courses,
and our tool only lets us do it one semester at a time.

In order to allocate myUSF storage resources more effectively, course
sites created in @@semester will be permanently removed from
the system. This procedure is necessary to allow for the increased
use of Blackboard within our institution.

If you wish to retain a copy of the content of the course sites
identified below, please create your own export package(s) before
@@archivedate:
@@courselist

There are a number of options available for preservation of your course content:
- Export just the Gradebook in a Comma Separated format.
- Export the entire course.

Documentation on Importing & Exporting Courses:
http://wiki.it.usf.edu/index.php/Importing_%26_Exporting_Courses

Documentation on Exporting the Gradebook:
http://wiki.it.usf.edu/index.php/Export_Gradebook

We appreciate your cooperation with this effort.

Information Technology
help@usf.edu

Since the deployment of Blackboard, IT has maintained that we would try to maintain 5 years of course sites on Blackboard as long as it was technically feasible.

2009 was a busy year for IT, and we were lax in keeping up with the course cleanups. Thus we had courses as far back as Fall 2003 on the system, 4 full semesters of courses that needed removal. We had two options for cleaning courses, (1) Stager the emails and stretch the course removal over several months, or (2) Send a bunch of emails and do all the cleanup at once. We decided option 2 was the least disruptive to faculty, hence the blast of email yesterday.

As stated in the email, there are two options for maintaining a personal archive of your old course content.
1) Export just the grades [How do I do this?]
2) Export the entire course and all it’s contents. [How do I do this?]

As a side note, we are working on two projects.

The first is a utility that will allow faculty to request development course sites. These courses would have a very long expiration date, so that faculty can build up their courses in these development sites, and copy from the development site into their actual course at the start of each semester.

In the past we had not allowed for such courses precisely because they didn’t expire, and were outside out direct control. However 10 years of running Blackboard has shown that this restriction has side effects we didn’t predict, such as the impact of that volume of course data on Blackboard.

The second project: IT is working with the Courseware Steering Committee, CTIR, and faculty groups around campus to redefine the course retention policy to shorten it from 5 years online to something much more reasonable like 1-2 years online. 98% of courses are not accessed by instructors after the first year, and 99.44% are not accessed after the second year. Additionally, the single biggest reason to access the old course sites is to make changes and copy them into the new course sites at the start of each semester.

Removing courses more frequently would make the Blackboard system more responsive for users, easier to backup, and faster to upgrade. Faster, safer, more reliable. What’s not to love?

The availability of development course sites removes the single biggest reason to keep courses for more than a year. With a handful of development sites, we can reduce the number of long term, development oriented sites from 80000 down to about 6000. That’s an order of magnitude reduction.

With luck we’ll have all of this implemented in time for our upgrade to Blackboard 9 in December. We’ll be ready to start the new decade leaner, meaner, and ready to learn.

The Blackboard system experienced an operating system kernel error on one server which cascaded and was not handled properly by the cluster, resulting in Blackboard being unavailable for about 45 minutes, Tuesday, September 22, from approximately 9:30-10:15pm. No data was lost as a result of this outage.

We apologize for any inconvenience this has caused.

This morning, in The Ledger newspaper, an article was published on the Library’s Read Out event on September 29th. During the event, we will be reading passages from banned or challenged books out loud.

We invite everyone on campus to participate in listening or reading (still good spots available). Please contact the librarian, Catherine Lavallée-Welch, if you’re interested in reading (863-667-7737; clw@poly.usf.edu).

AdViews is a digital archive of thousands of vintage television commercials dating from the 1950s to the 1980s. The collection is made accessible online by the Duke University Special Collections Library.

These commercials were created or collected by the ad agency Benton & Bowles or its successor, D’Arcy Masius Benton & Bowles (DMB&B). Founded in 1929, Benton & Bowles was a New York advertising agency that merged with D’Arcy Masius McManus in 1985 to form DMB&B. Major clients included are Procter & Gamble, Kraft, Schick, Vicks, and Post, among others. They are available on iTunes U or via the Library’s AdViews website.

Recently we have seen several Elluminate users at USF complain about an error they receive in Internet Explorer 8 (and sometimes in version 7) when they try to access an Elluminate session or recording. This is actually an Internet Explorer security issue and can be easily resolved.

The Problem:
When you click on an Elluminate session/recording link from within Blackboard at USF, you get the following error:

The Solution:
The appearance of the error is usually due to a choice that you actually make while browsing through Blackboard. This might even have happened when you clicked on the Elluminate link. The dialog box where you made the choice is below:

This is a new security warning box in Internet Explorer 8. Microsoft has reversed the wording from previous browsers and most (sane) error messages. Most users will click YES to the above question since you mostly agree when asked about whether you would like to see content that is not completely secure or you have to allow a program to be launched, etc. However, this warning is reversed. If you say Yes, you are agreeing to only see securely delivered content. Most of the content presented by Blackboard and other applications like Elluminate is not securely delivered, it is only authenticated using your netID (Blackboard). So when you say Yes, it cancels navigation to the page and the page does not load unless you close the browser (and all windows) and go to the session in a new browser window and go through the process of getting into the session again and CLICK NO this time. Then you should see the next page. The best solution to this issue is to NOT use Internet Explorer whenever possible and use Firefox instead.

We invite you to our open door, hands-on seminars, in LTB 2153:

Database Searching
Wednesday, September 30, 12:00-1:00PM
or
Thursday, October 1, 5:00-6:00PM
Learn to select and access the best databases for your subject, search their content and find full-text articles.

RefWorks
Wednesday, September 30, 5:00-6:00PM
or
Thursday, October 1, 12:00-1:00PM
Learn how to use this citation management system that makes building bibliographies a flash.

These seminars are open to all; no registration required. The seminars are cancelled if no one is present 10 minutes after the hour.

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The same seminars will also be offered via Elluminate:

Database Searching
Monday, October 12, 12:00-1:00PM
Learn to select and access the best databases for your subject, search their content and find full-text articles.

RefWorks
Tuesday, October 13, 12:00-1:00PM
Learn how to use this citation management system that makes building bibliographies a flash.

Again, these seminars are open to all; no registration required.

The links to enter the seminar on the date and time specified are below. Please make sure to click on the correct one for the session you desire to attend.

Databases searching
Meeting Link: http://131.247.100.61:80/join_meeting.html?meetingId=1253029103795
Add to Calendar: http://131.247.100.61:80/build_calendar.event?meetingId=1253029103795
Starts: 10/12/2009 12:00 EDT
Ends: 10/12/2009 13:00 EDT

RefWorks
Meeting Link: http://131.247.100.61:80/join_meeting.html?meetingId=1253029261725
Add to Calendar: http://131.247.100.61:80/build_calendar.event?meetingId=1253029261725
Starts: 10/13/2009 12:00 EDT
Ends: 10/13/2009 13:00 EDT

Enter your name at the login prompt.
This meeting does not require a password to join. Please leave the password field blank.

If this is the first time you will be using Elluminate, you may be prompted to download some software which may take anywhere from 2 to 20 minutes depending upon your Internet connection speed. You can pre-configure your system with the required software by going to the support page located at: http://131.247.100.61:80/support.help

Please make sure your computer has a microphone and speakers to be able to talk and hear while you are in the Elluminate meeting.

September 15 to October 15 is National Hispanic Heritage Month. National Hispanic Heritage Month is a celebration of the histories, cultures and contributions of American citizens whose ancestors came from Spain, Mexico, the Caribbean and Central and South America.

In recognition of Hispanic Heritage Month, the USF Polytechnic Library is highlighting the books, journals, and electronic databases in our collection that support research into Hispanic heritage.

For additional information, also see http://hispanicheritagemonth.gov/ and http://www.floridahispanicheritage.com.

There is a job opening at the USF Polytechnic Library for a FWS student to man the circulation desk during the weekdays. We’re looking for someone with a good service attitude!

For more details, search

• the Career Connection system for position #25796
• visit the USF Poly Career Center in LTB 1155
or search its Online Job Board
• or simply come talk to the Librarian, Catherine Lavallée-Welch (LTB 1119, 7-7737 or clw@poly.usf.edu)

The USF Polytechnic Library invites you to celebrate the freedom to read by participating in a READ OUT! event during Banned Books Week (September 26 to October 3).

• What: Read from a challenged or banned book for a 15 minutes period. There is no microphone, no sitting audience – you read from a passage of your choice from a book of your choice in a normal voice to passers-by. Anyone can read: students, staff or faculty members.
• When: Tuesday, September 29, from 11:30 AM to 1 PM and from 4:30 PM to 6 PM
• Where: On the LTB terrace, outside the USFP Library/Open Use Lab
• Why: Banned Books Week celebrates the freedom to choose or the freedom to express one’s opinion even if that opinion might be considered unorthodox or unpopular and stresses the importance of ensuring the availability of those viewpoints to all who wish to read them. After all, intellectual freedom can exist only where these two essential conditions are met.
• How: Sign up with the librarian, Catherine Lavallée-Welch (clw@poly.usf.edu), with your preferred time and title (if possible, readers should bring their own books since the Library has a limited selection. Please see the 2008-2009 list of challenged or banned books and the list of the 100 most challenged or banned books from 2000 to 2007 for title ideas.) We’ll do our best to accommodate your preferred time.

Don’t want to read out loud? Come listen to the readers and come to the Library during the week to check out the displays and pick up a handout. We’ll also have a door prize drawing the day of the Read Out.

Find more information about Banned Books Week and the freedom to read on the American Library Association website.

Here are the items newly arrived at the USF Polytechnic Library during the month of August. As always, new circulating books and children’s books are found in the “New books” stacks in the Group Study area and can be checked out; the new reference and DVD titles are being immediately shelved in their respective stacks.

To note, we received many new titles as well as donations. Of particular interest are the 6th edition of the APA Publication Manual (reference), a book showcasing architect Santiago Calatrava’s work (circulating) and our first print issue of Scientific American (top choice in a faculty survey on scientific magazines. We look forward our first issue of Psychology Today, second choice in the survey.)

DVD

• Theories of human development [videorecording] / Malcolm W. Watson. Chantilly, VA : Teaching Co., c2002.
  BF713.5 .W38 2002 pt. 1, pt. 2, & course guidebook
• The BTK killer speaks [videorecording] / hosted by Bill Kurtis ; executive producer, Tom Seligson. New York: A&E Television Networks, c2005.
  HV6529 .B85 2005

Reference

• Publication manual of the American Psychological Association. Washington, DC : American Psychological Association, c2010.
  Reference BF76.7 .P83 2010
• Encyclopedia of associations. International organizations. Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research, c1989-
  Reference HS17 .E53 2009 Pts. 1,2,&3
• The Sage dictionary of policing / compiled and edited by Alison Wakefield and Jenny Fleming. Los Angeles ; London : SAGE, 2009.
  Reference HV7901 .S24 2009
• CSG state directory. Directory III, Administrative officials. Lexington, Ky. : Council of State Governments, c1998-
  Reference JK2403 .B6 Suppl.3 2009
• Digest of education statistics. Washington, D.C. : U.S. Dept. of Health, Education, and Welfare, Education Division, National Center for Education Statistics : For sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. G.P.O., 1976-
  Reference L112 .A35 2008
• A dictionary of computing. Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2008.
  Reference QA76.15 .D526 2008

Journals/magazines

• Scientific American

Books

• Measures for clinical practice : a sourcebook / Kevin Corcoran, Joel Fischer. New York : Free Press ; London : Collier Macmillan, c1987.
  BF176 .C66 1987
• You did that on purpose : understanding and changing children’s aggression / Cynthia Hudley. New Haven : Yale University Press, c2008.
  BF723.A35 H83 2008
• Children and pictures : drawing and understanding / Richard P. Jolley. Malden, MA : Wiley-Blackwell, 2010.
  BF723.D7 J65 2010
• An intimate understanding of America’s teenagers : shaking hands with aliens / Bruce J. Gevirtzman. Westport, Conn. : Praeger, 2008.
  BF724 .G463 2008
• The mature mind : the positive power of the aging brain / Gene D. Cohen. New York : Basic Books, c2005.
  BF724.6 .C64 2005
• Spirituality and aging / Robert C. Atchley. Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2009.
  BL624 .A795 2009
• Oral history and public memories / edited by Paula Hamilton and Linda Shopes. Philadelphia : Temple University Press, 2008.
  D16.14 .O735 2008
• Varieties of Muslim experience : encounters with Arab political and cultural life / Lawrence Rosen. Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2008.
  DS36.88 .R67 2008
• Handbook of African American psychology / editors, Helen A. Neville, Brendesha M. Tynes, Shawn O. Utsey. Los Angeles : SAGE, c2009.
  E185.625 .H35 2009
• Ty Cobb : safe at home / Don Rhodes ; [foreword by Peggy Cobb Schug]. Guilford, Conn. : Lyons Press, c2008.
  GV865.C6 R46 2008
• Handbook of research on innovation and clusters : cases and policies / edited by Charlie Karlsson. Cheltenham : Edward Elgar, c2008.
  HC79.D5 H35 2008
• Groundswell : winning in a world transformed by social technologies / Charlene Li, Josh Bernoff. Boston, Mass. : Harvard Business Press, c2008.
  HC79.I55 .L48 2008
• The cluetrain manifesto : the end of business as usual / Rick Levine … [et al.]. Cambridge, Mass. : Perseus Pub., c2001.
  HF5548.32 .C56 2001
• The Oxford handbook of personnel psychology / edited by Susan Cartwright and Cary L. Cooper. Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2008.
  HF5549.17 .O944 2008
• Handbook of cultural intelligence : theory, measurement, and applications / edited by Soon Ang and Linn Van Dyne ; foreword by Harry C. Triandis. Armonk, N.Y. : M.E. Sharpe, c2008.
  HF5549.5.M5 H355 2008
• Entrepreneurial finance : finance and business strategies for the serious entrepreneur / Steven Rogers ; with Roza Makonnen. New York : McGraw-Hill, c2009.
  HG4026 .R65 2009
• Leadership : enhancing the lessons of experience / Richard L. Hughes, Robert C. Ginnett, Gordon J. Curphy. Boston : McGraw-Hill Irwin, c2009.
  HM1261 .H84 2009
• The (un)making of the modern family / Daniel Dagenais ; translated by Jane Brierley. Vancouver : UBC Press, c2008.
  HQ728 .D2413 2008
• Gerontological social work practice in the community / George S. Getzel, M. Joanna Mellor, editors. New York : Haworth Press, c1985.
  HV1461 .G48 1985
• The war on drugs IV : the continuing saga of the mysteries and miseries of intoxication, addiction, crime, and public policy / James A. Inciardi. Boston, MA : Pearson/Allyn and Bacon, c2008.
  HV5825 .I5432 2008
• Terrorism in perspective / Sue Mahan, Pamala L. Griset. Thousand Oaks : Sage Publications, c2008.
  HV6431 .G75 2008
• The police and the ghetto / John L. Cooper. Port Washington, N.Y. : Kennikat Press, 1980.
  HV8138 .C65 1980
• Global networks / Robert J. Holton. Basingstoke ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2008.
  JZ1308 .H64 2008
• Own it : the law & business guide to launching a new business through innovation, exclusivity and relevance / Jon M. Garon. Durham, N.C. : Carolina Academic Press, c2007.
  KF1414.3 .G27 2007
• West’s legal environment of business : text and cases : ethical, regulatory, international, and e-commerce issues / Frank B. Cross, Roger LeRoy Miller. Mason, Ohio : Thomson/West, c2007.
  KF1600 .C76 2007
• The strategic teacher : selecting the right research-based strategy for every lesson / Harvey F. Silver, Richard W. Strong, Matthew J. Perini. Alexandria, Va.: Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, c2007.
  LB1025.3 .S548 2007
• Bright beginnings for boys : engaging young boys in active literacy / Debby Zambo, Bill Brozo. Newark, Del. : International Reading Association, c2009.
  LB1139.5.R43 Z36 2009
• Reading strategies for elementary students with learning difficulties : strategies for RTI / William N. Bender, Martha J. Larkin. Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Corwin Press, c2009.
  LB1573 .B424 2009
• Teaching the digital generation : no more cookie-cutter high schools / Frank S. Kelly, Ted McCain, Ian Jukes ; foreword by Michael Hinojosa. Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Corwin Press, c2009.
  LB1607.5 .K45 2009
• So now you’re the superintendent! / John Eller, Howard C. Carlson. Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Corwin Press ; [Arlington, Va.] : American Association of School Administrators, c2009.
  LB1715 .E495 2009
• The mentor’s guide : facilitating effective learning relationships / Lois J. Zachary ; foreword by Laurent Daloz. San Francisco : Jossey-Bass Publishers, c2000.
  LB1731.4 .Z23 2000
• Information technology and constructivism in higher education : progressive learning frameworks / Carla R. Payne, editor. Hershey, PA : Information Science Reference, c2009.
  LB2395.7 .I545 2009
• Classroom assessment techniques : a handbook for college teachers / Thomas A. Angelo, K. Patricia Cross. San Francisco : Jossey-Bass Publishers, c1993.
  LB2822.75 .A54 1993
• The school leaders our children deserve : seven keys to equity, social justice, and school reform / George Theoharis. New York : Teachers College Press, c2009.
  LB2822.82 .T53 2009
• Promoting your school : going beyond PR / Carolyn Warner ; foreword by Jay Mathews. Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Corwin Press, c2009.
  LB2847 .W36 2009
• Bullying prevention and intervention : realistic strategies for schools / Susan M. Swearer, Dorothy L. Espelage, Scott A. Napolitano. New York, NY : Guilford Press, c2009.
  LB3013.32 .S94 2009
• Understanding girl bullying and what to do about it : strategies to help heal the divide / Julaine E. Field … [et al.]. Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Corwin Press, c2009.
  LB3013.32 .U63 2009
• Gender, bullying, and harassment : strategies to end sexism and homophobia in schools / Elizabeth J. Meyer ; foreword by Lyn Mikel Brown. New York : Teachers College Press, c2009.
  LC212.82 .M49 2009
• The school counselor’s guide to special education / Barbara C. Trolley, Heather S. Haas, Danielle Campese Patti. Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Corwin Press, c2009.
  LC3969.48 .T76 2009
• Teaching students with autism spectrum disorders / Roger Pierangelo, George Giuliani. Thousand Oaks, CA : Corwin Press, c2008.
  LC4718 .P54 2008
• Reaching and teaching children who hurt : strategies for your classroom / by Susan E. Craig. Baltimore : Paul H. Brookes Pub., c2008.
  LC4802 .C73 2008
• Calatrava : Santiago Calatrava, complete works, 1979-2009 / Philip Jodidio ; [German translation, Christiane Court ; French translation, Jacques Bosser]. Hong Kong ; Los Angeles : Taschen, c2009.
  NA1313.C35 A4 2009
• The scientists : a history of science told through the lives of its greatest inventors / John Gribbin. New York : Random House, [2003].
  Q141 .G79 2003
• The craft of research / Wayne C. Booth, Gregory G. Colomb, Joseph M. Williams. Chicago : University of Chicago Press, c2008.
  Q180.55.M4 B66 2008
• Pattern recognition technologies and applications : recent advances / Brijesh Verma, Michael Blumenstein [editors]. Hershey, PA : Information Science Reference, c2008.
  Q327 .P383 2008
• What’s math got to do with it? : helping children learn to love their most hated subject–and why it’s important for America / Jo Boaler. New York : Viking, 2008.
  QA11.2 .B635 2008
• The power of picture books in teaching math, science, and social studies : grades prek-8 / Lynn Columba, Cathy Y. Kim, Alden J. Moe. Scottsdale, Ariz. : Holcomb Publishers, c2009.
  QA19.P53 C65 2009
• Petascale computing : algorithms and applications / edited by David A. Bader. Boca Raton : Chapman & Hall/CRC, c2008.
  QA76.88 .P475 2008
• Augmented cognition : a practitioner’s guide / edited by Dylan D. Schmorrow, Kay M. Stanney. Santa Monica, CA : Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, 2008.
  QA76.9.H85 A7885 2008
• Living with death and dying / Elisabeth Kübler-Ross. New York : Macmillan, c1981.
  R726.8 .K79 1981
• Localization of clinical syndromes in neuropsychology and neuroscience / Joseph M. Tonkonogy, Antonio E. Puente. New York : Springer Pub., c2009.
  RC343 .T66 2009
• Study guide to DSM-IV-TR / Michael A. Fauman. Washington, DC : American Psychiatric Pub., c2002.
  RC473.D54 F38 2002
• Therapist’s guide to clinical intervention : the 1-2-3’s of treatment planning / Sharon L. Johnson. San Diego : Academic Press, c1997.
  RC480.5 .J64 1997
• The complete adult psychotherapy treatment planner / Arthur E. Jongsma, Jr., L. Mark Peterson. New York : Wiley, 1999.
  RC480.5 .J664 1999
• Clinical psychopharmacology made ridiculously simple / John Preston, James Johnson. Miami, Fla. : MedMaster, c2000.
  RC483 .P735 2000
• Treatment for chronic depression : cognitive behavioral analysis system of psychotherapy (CBASP) / James P. McCullough, Jr. ; foreword by Marvin R. Goldfried. New York : Guilford Press, c2000.
  RC489.C63 .M33 2000
• Understanding and treating depression : ways to find hope and help / Rudy Nydegger. Westport, Conn. : Praeger Publishers, 2008.
  RC537 .N93 2008
• Clinical work with substance-abusing clients / edited by Shulamith Lala Ashenberg Straussner ; foreword by Frances L. Brisbane. New York : Guilford Press, c1993.
  RC564 .C57 1993
• Dual disorders : counseling clients with chemical dependency and mental illness / Dennis C. Daley, Howard B. Moss. Center City, Minn. : Hazelden, c2002.
  RC564.68 .D35 2002
• Applications of family and group theraplay / edited by Evangeline Munns. Lanham : Jason Aronson, c2009.
  RJ505.P6 A67 2009
• Collaborative intervention in early childhood : consulting with parents and teachers of 3- to 7-year-olds / Deborah Hirschland. New York : Oxford University Press, 2008.
  RJ506.B44 H57 2008
• Technoculture : the key concepts / Debra Benita Shaw. Oxford ; New York : Berg, 2008.
  T14.5 .S494 2008
• Plant engineers and managers guide to energy conservation / Albert Thumann, Scott Dunning. Lilburn, GA : The Fairmont Press : CRC Press ; Boca Raton, FL : Distributed by Taylor & Francis, c2008.
  TJ163.5.F3 T48 2008
• Practical and experimental robotics / Ferat Sahin, Pushkin Kachroo. Boca Raton : CRC Press, c2008.
  TJ211 .S33 2008
• Networking self-teaching guide : OSI, TCP/IP, LANs, MANs, WANs, implementation, management, and maintenance / James Edwards, Richard Bramante. Indianapolis, IN : Wiley Pub., c2009.
  TK5105.5 .E28 2009
• Electronic tribes : the virtual worlds of geeks, gamers, shamans, and scammers / edited by Tyrone L. Adams and Stephen A. Smith. Austin : University of Texas Press, 2008.
  TK5105.88817 .E53 2008
• Biofuels / edited by Wim Soetaert, Erick J. Vandamme. Chichester, U.K. : Wiley, 2009.
  TP339 .B54155 2009
• Wounds of war : the psychological aftermath of combat in Vietnam / Herbert Hendin, Ann Pollinger Hass. New York : Basic Books, c1984.
  UB369 .H46 1984
• The elements of library research : what every student needs to know / Mary W. George. Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, c2008.
  Z710 .G44 2008

Children’s Books

• Stinky : a toon book / by Eleanor Davis. New York : Little Lit Library, c2008.
  PZ7.7.D38 St 2008
• The storyteller’s candle / story, Lucía González ; illustrations, Lulu Delacre = La velita de los cuentos / Cuento, Lucía González ; ilustraciones, Lulu Delacre. San Francisco, Calif. : Children’s Book Press, c2008.
  PZ73 .G5886 2008

Last year we released the ability for departments and advisers to communicate with your constituents. We’ve greatly expanded the options for how those sites can be automatically populated with students. In particular, we can now identify students based on:
- Their College, department, major, concentration, or degree code
- Their education level (Freshmen, Sophomore, Undergrad, Grad, etc.)
- Their home campus
- By Course SubjectName, CourseNumber, or section (i.e. LAE, 4414, or 001)

Even better, we can build up aggregations of these criteria, so that you don’t need to maintain multiple organizations sites.
For example, you can have a single organization that is automatically populated with students who are either
1) Tampa Industrial Engineering students
-or-
2) Undergraduate Students on Polytechnic campus taking course EEL4411

Awesome, no?

These sites are full-fledged Blackboard sites. They are very useful for sending email to the students you advise, and can also be used to make available departmental documents such as program requirements, graduation applications, course authorization request forms, and any other departmental paperwork you maintain. A discussion board is available to foster communication amongst your members. File uploads, announcements, surveys, everything you can do in a Blackboard course you can do here.

If you or your college or department is interested in one or more of these organizations, please fill out the brief request form located within Blackboard on the Organizations tab “Organization/Community Request” module.

On Monday, September 7th, the Library (and the Open Use Lab) will be closed in observance of Labor Day. We will reopen Tuesday, September 8th, at 8:00 AM.

Have a great Labor Day week-end!