News from the Mardigian Library

Michigan Libraries for Life Drive 

Initiated by the University of Michigan's Taubman Health Sciences Library, the 2011 Michigan Libraries for Life organ donor registration drive will take place in the Mardigian Library on Sept. 19 and Sept. 20. Register to be an organ donor in the lobby of the Library between the hours of 10 a.m. and 5 p.m. on either day.

The drive coordinates with Gift of Life Michigan, the state’s designated organ and tissue recovery program. Besides the Mardigian Library, other libraries participating in this year’s drive are U-M's Ann Arbor and Flint campuses, and libraries at Eastern Michigan University, Grand Valley State University and Michigan State University.

Editing Room Opened by Campus Media Services in the Mardigian Library

Campus Media Services opened a new video editing room in Room 1223C of the Mardigian Library. The room is equipped with a single computer that includes the video editing software Final Cut Pro. Other available software is Adobe Creative Suite, which includes Photoshop, Illustrator and Microsoft Office. The new editing room complements current Campus Media Services’ facilities that features a full production television studio, distance learning room and single-person production booth.

The editing room is open to faculty, students, staff and community groups by appointment.  Those wanting to use the editing room need to make an appointment with Greg Taylor at [email protected] or by calling 313-593-5150.

For more information about the editing room or Campus Media Services, contact Taylor or Bob Fraser at [email protected] or 313-593-3740.

Campus Media Services provides audio and video production services that support course delivery by recording, editing and distributing course materials.

Faculty Enrichment Series

The fall Faculty Enrichment Series workshops, sponsored by the Office of the Provost, feature topics designed to enrich the abilities of faculty members in teaching, research collaboration, and publishing and grant writing. Workshops are held monthly (Fridays) from September through November. Faculty members are welcome to attend a morning session (10 a.m. to noon), an afternoon session (12:35 p.m. - 2:45 p.m.) or both. There will be a light lunch at noon. Session dates and topics are listed below. Register at http://library.umd.umich.edu/workshops and contact Bob Fraser with questions at [email protected].

• September 23

1. Morning session:   Reasonable Writing assignments and strategies for large classes
2. Afternoon session:  Technology & tools supporting teaching & learning (Eight 10 minute sessions, with a 5 minute Q&A, on a variety of tools available to help with your teaching and learning.)

• October 7

1. Morning session:  Capturing student learning
2. Afternoon session:  Student Learning Outcomes

• November 18

1. Morning session: MPortfolio and Civic Engagement
2. Afternoon session: Assignments that resist plagiarism

R.E.A.D. gets ready to begin a new round of book discussions

Please join us for the R.E.A.D. (Read, Eat, and Discuss) meetings during the 2011-2012 academic year.  Refreshments will be provided!

The titles the group will be reading are listed below.  All titles are available for three week checkout at the Mardigian Library. The titles are available on reserve; ask at the Circulation Desk.

In addition, all of the titles also are available on the Library's new Kindle e-readers that can be checked out for three weeks. Ask at the Circulation Desk.

1)  Water for Elephants / by Sara Gruen
Tuesday, Sept. 27  - noon to 1 p.m. - Library room 1210 (or 1212)

Summary: During the Great Depression, Jacob Jankowski jumps onto a rickety train, home to a traveling circus. A veterinary student just shy of a degree, he is put in charge of caring for the circus menagerie, where he meets a beautiful equestrian star who is married to a charismatic but twisted animal trainer. Jacob also meets Rosie, an unruly elephant acquired in an attempt to save the show. The bond that grows among this unlikely trio is one of love and trust, and, ultimately, their only hope for survival.

2)  The Help / by Kathryn Stockett
Wednesday, Nov. 16 - noon to 1 p.m. - Library room 1210 (or 1212)

Summary: When three extraordinary women have a determination to start a movement of their own, they forever change a town, and the way women—mothers, daughters, caregivers, and friends—view one another. Filled with poignancy, humor, and hope, “The Help” is a timeless and universal story about the lines we abide by, and the ones we don’t.

3)  At the Dark End of the Street / Danielle L. McGuire
Tuesday, February 21, 2012 - noon to 1 p.m. - Library room 1210

Summary: A new look at Rosa Parks and the story behind the 1955 boycott, “At the Dark End of the Street” is far different from anything previously written. In this important, groundbreaking book, Wayne State University Assistant Professor Danielle L. McGuire writes about the rape in 1944 of Recy Taylor, a twenty-four-year-old mother and sharecropper, who strolled toward home after an evening of singing and praying at the Rock Hill Holiness Church in Abbeville, Alabama. It is a controversial, moving, and courageous book; narrative history at its best.

4)  The King's Speech / Mark Logue and Peter Conradi
Wednesday, April 11, 2012 - noon to 1 p.m. - Library room 1210

Summary: An inspiring tale of triumph over adversity, and the unlikely friendship between a reluctant king and the charismatic subject who “saved the throne.” Mark Logue tells the tale of his grandfather’s work with King George VI, drawing from family scrapbooks, documents, letters, and photos.