WCSU Libraries Blog

The WCSU Libraries will have modified hours beginning June 1, 2009 (Summer session 1).

Haas Library:

Monday - Thursday, 9:00 AM - 7:00 PM
Friday, 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Saturday, CLOSED
Sunday, 1:00 PM - 7:00 PM

Young Library:

Monday & Thursday, 10:00 AM - 7:00 PM
Tuesday, Wednesday, & Friday, 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Saturday & Sunday, CLOSED

These hours are subject to change.

Truman Warner (class of 1941) and long-time faculty member was a medic in the Second World War.  He served in North Africa, Italy and France and documented his time with snapshots of what he encountered.  After the war he put these snapshots into a scrapbook.  This scrapbook had decayed significantly and the photographs were decaying along with it.

Thanks to Jamie E. O. Cantoni’s (class of ‘09 History) together with Brian Kennison from Library Systems, these images may be viewed online [Click here to view] .  Over the past semester, Jamie has scanned, cataloged and rehoused these images so that these image will survive for generations to come.

View slideshow of the collection.

Calling all pre-service and in-service teachers–check out these resources!  Most are held in the Curriculum Collection in Haas Library.

Teaching science through literature : grades 4-6. Keane, Nancy J. Worthington, Ohio : Linworth Pub., c2002.

WCSU H CURRIC LAB LB1585 .K45 2002

Teaching science through literature, grades 6-8. Keane, Nancy J. Worthington, Ohio : Linworth Learning, c2002.

WCSU H CURRIC LAB Q197 .K43 2002

More science adventures with children’s literature : reading comprehension and inquiry-based science. Fredericks, Anthony D. Westport, CT : Teacher Ideas Press, 2008.

WCSU H CURRIC LAB LB1585 .F6858 2008

Using literature to enhance content area instruction : a guide for K-5 teachers. Olness, Rebecca. Newark, DE : International Reading Association, c2007.

WCSU H CURRIC LAB LB1573.75 .O46 2007

Crossing borders in literacy and science instruction : perspectives on theory and practice. Newark, DE : International Reading Association ; Arlington, Va. : NSTA Press, c2004.

WCSU H CURRIC LAB LB1585 .C68 2004

Anatomy of wonder : a critical guide to science fiction. Westport, Conn. : Libraries Unlimited, 2004.

WCSU H REF PN3433.8 .B37 2004

Investigating natural disasters through children’s literature : an integrated approach. Fredericks, Anthony D. Englewood, Colo. : Teacher Ideas Press, 2001.

WCSU H CURRIC LAB GB5005 .F74 2001

Science through children’s literature : an integrated approach. Butzow, Carol M. Englewood, Colo. : Teacher Ideas press, c2000.

WCSU H CURRIC LAB LB1585 .B85 2000

Caldecott connections to science. Glandon, Shan. Englewood, Colo. : Libraries Unlimited, 2000.

WCSU H CURRIC LAB LB1585.3 .G53 2000

Exploring the environment through children’s literature : an integrated approach. Butzow, Carol M. Englewood, Colo. : Teacher Ideas Press, 1999.

WCSU H CURRIC LAB GE70 .B88 1999

More science through children’s literature : an integrated approach. Butzow, Carol M. Englewood, Colo. : Teacher Ideas Press, 1998.

WCSU H CURRIC LAB LB1585 .B843 1998

Using Caldecotts across the curriculum : reading and writing mini-lessons, math and science spin-offs, unique art activities, and more! / by Joan Novelli. New York : Scholastic Professional Books, c1998.

WCSU H CURRIC LAB LB1575.5.U5 N69 1998

Rainy, windy, snowy, sunny days : linking fiction to nonfiction. Perry, Phyllis Jean. Englewood, Colo. : Teacher Ideas Press, 1996.

WCSU H CURRIC LAB LB1575 .P47 1996

Teaching physical science through children’s literature : 20 complete lessons for elementary grades. Gertz, Susan E. [New York] : Learning Triangle Press, c1996.

WCSU H CURRIC LAB LB1585 .T45 1996

Literature-based science : children’s books and activities to enrich the K-5 curriculum. Hefner, Christine Roots. Phoenix : Oryx Press, 1995.

WCSU H CURRIC LAB LB1585 .H44 1995

Children’s literature in an integrated curriculum : the authentic voice. Newark, DE : International Reading Association ; New York : Teachers College Press, c1995.

WCSU HAAS LB1575 .C55 1995

Intermediate science through children’s literature : over land and sea. Butzow, Carol M. Englewood, Colo. : Teacher Ideas Press, 1994.

WCSU H CURRIC LAB LB1585 .B84 1994

Thanks to everyone who entered the contest. The winner will be announce by Friday, April 3. Good luck!

The Libraries will have modified hours during spring break:

Enjoy the break!

The Library has arranged for trial access to Classical Scores Library, part of Music Online from Alexander Street Press.

From the About page:

“Classical Scores Library will contain 400,000 pages of classical scores from both in-copyright and public domain editions. The major composers output is represented, as well as many lesser known composers and works.

Content in the database includes in-copyright material from Boosey and Hawkes and selected material from the University Music Editions microfilm series.

The collection includes works spanning time periods from the Renaissance to the 21st century. Coverage of score types is comprehensive, with full scores, study scores, piano and vocal scores, and piano reductions.

The database has been indexed to enable users to search on musically relevant fields, such as composer, work/opus number, key, genre, instrument, time period; as well as score-specific fields, such as score type, duration, editor, arranger, publisher. We hope that this will enable users to search, analyze, and research scores in a simple but powerful manner.

Further releases will include the entire catalog of UME, as well as manuscript material from the Barry S. Brook Center for Music Research, and many new editions from other in-copyright publishers.”

Try it now!

Celebrate with WCSU… Win $100 gift certificate to the WCSU bookstore!

In honor of Women’s History Month, WCSU is sponsoring an online quiz.  The prize will be $100 gift certificate to the WCSU bookstore.  ENTER NOW!

Also check out the schedule of events and the resources for learning more about women’s history.

To all those who have ordered materials via ILLiad (interlibrary loan): due to an interruption in service with the external (national) system, we are experiencing delays in request fulfillment. Please be assured your requests are being processed locally, and we will continue to monitor the situation. Your requests will be fulfilled as soon as possible.

Thank you for your patience.

You may have heard about the President’s Stimulus Package, but have you had the opportunity to learn about this very controversial program?  Are you aware that it is composed of many different pieces of legislation?

Take a look at the following information available on www.thomas.gov.  Thomas.gov was launched in 1995 (at the inception of the 104th Congress), to make federal legislative information available to the general public.  To access summaries of each bill, click on the appropriate link, and then select the “CRS Summary” or “Summary” link in the grid in the center of the page.  If you have the time and/or inclination, you may read the entire text of each bill!

H.R.1 Making supplemental appropriations for job preservation and creation, infrastructure investment, energy efficiency and science, assistance to the unemployed, and State and local fiscal stabilization, for fiscal year ending September 30, 2009, and for other purposes.

H.Res.88 Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1) making supplemental appropriations for job preservation and creation, infrastructure investment, energy efficiency and science, assistance to the unemployed, and State and local fiscal stabilization, for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2009, and for other purposes.

H.Res.92 Providing for further consideration of the bill (H.R. 1) making supplemental appropriations for job preservation and creation, infrastructure investment, energy efficiency and science, assistance to the unemployed, and State and local fiscal stabilization, for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2009, and for other purposes.

H.R.290 To provide for special transfers of funds to States to promote certain improvements in State unemployment compensation laws.

H.R.291 To provide for certain temporary additional unemployment benefits.

H.R.598 To provide for a portion of the economic recovery package relating to revenue measures, unemployment, and health.

H.R.629 To provide energy and commerce provisions of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.

H.R.679 Making supplemental appropriations for job preservation and creation, infrastructure investment, energy efficiency and science, assistance to the unemployed, and State and local fiscal stabilization, for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2009, and for other purposes.

S.336 An original bill making supplemental appropriations for job preservation and creation, infrastructure investment, energy efficiency and science, assistance to the unemployed, and State and local fiscal stabilization, for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2009, and for other purposes.

S.350 An original bill to provide for a portion of the economic recovery package relating to revenue measures, unemployment, and health.

For additional information on the legislative process, take a look at “How our laws are made,” written by Charles W. Johnson, Parliamentarian, House of Representatives, available at: http://www.thomas.gov/home/lawsmade.toc.html.

Brian Kennison of the Haas Library systems department, through an initiative specified by the CSU and State Archivists, has built a prototype search application (see: http://library.wcsu.edu/cao) that has the potential to significantly facilitate archival research of Connecticut collections.

FaCTs is based on similar for-profit and non-profit initiatives in place at large institutions and consortiums around the U.S. and abroad.  Currently, the application is called faCTs (federated archives of CT search) and it will now search over 100 archival collections primarily from the WCSU Archives and the Connecticut State Library.

In the short term, faCTs provides a simple interface to search WCSU’s archival holdings.  Long term - the goal is to include more content from the other CSUs and State Library and to widen the scope of the search to include institutions from all over Connecticut.  It is our hope that in the next couple years, the faCTs will provide a researcher with a free, fast, easy and reasonably comprehensive listing of Connecticut’s wide range of archival holdings.

Please contact the WCSU Archivist, Brian Stevens, with any questions [stevensb@wcsu.edu].

NOTE: As of February 2009, the faCTs’ name was changed to CAO (CT Archives Online).