TSU Library News Blog
"Knowledge is Power"
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Attending SACS Conference |
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Library Dean along with VP for Academic Affairs, SACS Liaison, Institutional Effectiveness, English faculty and President attended the SACS Conference in Atlanta Georgia, December 5-8, 2009. |
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ENCORE |
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Library is considering purchasing Innovative Interfaces ENCORE module. “ ENCORE’s faceted results provide effortless retrieval of complex data sets, displaying hooks that allow patrons to ‘drill down’ or find other relevant pathways for their search with no dead ends.” Our users will be able to experience enhanced visual design, simultaneous real-time integration, faceted search with a difference and community participation. |
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HBCU Alliance Photographic Preservation Grant Extended |
| Library has applied for and received $7,800 grant to continue work with its preservation of photographic collections. The grant will end in February 2010. |
| Podcasts Added to the Spotlight on TSU Authors feature on the Web |
| First podcast contains the interview with Dr. Elizabeth Dachowski about her book, the Abbo of Fleury. |
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"To my thinking, a great librarian must have a clear head, a strong hand, and, above all, a great heart . . . and I am inclined to think that most of the men who achieve this greatness will be women." |
| By Melvil Dewey (Library Journal, January 1899) |
| Christmas Cards from Long Ago | ||||||
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"Victorian clip art courtesy of Averyl's Attic: http://www.averyl.com/attic". |
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| 100 Notable Books of 2009 (URL is http://www.nytimes.com/gift-guide/holiday-2009/100-notable-books-of-2009-gift-guide/list.html?nl=books&emc=booksupdateemb1) | ||||||
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The Book Review has made these selections from books reviewed
since Dec. 7, 2008, when we published our previous Notables
list. It was not easy picking the winners, and we doubtless made
mistakes. To the authors who made the list: congratulations. To
the equally deserving ones who did not: our apologies. The ever expanding literary universe resists generalizing, but one heartening development has been the resurgence of the short story — and of the short-story writer. Twelve collections made our fiction list, and four biographies of short-story masters are on the nonfiction list. |
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| DID YOU KNOW? -- Gems in the Library | ||||
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Nashville’s first black police chief Emmet Turner was a
graduate of Tennessee State University. In 1996, Mr. Turner became the highest-ranking black official and the first black police chief of Nashville. He was born in Brownsville, Tennessee. His father was an electrical contractor and his mother was an educator. He joined the Army in August 1966 and served in the Vietnam War. Mr. Turner works as a salesman and on the assembly line after his discharge from the army. In 1969 he moved to Nashville and began work as police officer. At the same time he became a part-time student at Tennessee State University. He received his bachelor’s degree in sociology and later received his master’s degree in psychology. During his tenure in the police department Mr. Turner served as youth enforcement officer, school resource officer, sergeant in the Sexual Abuse Unit, lieutenant with the Patrol Unit, captain of the patrol unit and major of that unit. In 1996, he was named the “Nashvillian of the Year.” |
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