Library News and Events for 2004

December 20, 2004

The Photocopy Center on the 3rd Floor will no longer be in service after the Fall 2004 Semester. Self-service copiers can be found on the Lower Level, 1st, 3rd, 4th, and 7th floors.

November 24, 2004

Cafe Gelman will take place on Wednesday Dec. 1 from 8pm-10pm in room 202. You are all invited to come out and enjoy the festivities. It should be a ton of fun.

November 11, 2004

Faculty Authors Book Signing Event
Special Collections Room 207
November 11, 2004, 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Open to the public

Featured faculty authors:

• Dr. Dennis W. Johnson, Associate Dean of the Graduate School of Political Management, Columbian College of Arts and Sciences
• Dr. Ruth A. Wallace, Emeritus Professor of Sociology

• Dr. Kim J. Hartswick, Associate Professor of the Department of Fine Arts and Art History, Columbian College of Arts and Sciences
• Dr. Mark Yoffe, Cataloger, Collection Development Librarian for Slavic Languages and Literature and Curator of the International Counterculture Archive in the Gelman Library. Dr. Yoffe has taught in the Columbian College of Arts and Sciences.

Exhibit Symposium: A Response to the Artist
Gelman Library Room 202
November 11, 2004, 3:30 pm - 5:30 pm
Open to the public

Featuring Seyyed Hossein Nasr, University Professor of Islamic Studies & Marc Eli Saperstein, Charles E. Smith Professor of Jewish History.

A halal reception, co-sponsored by the GW Society of the Emeriti, will follow the Symposium.

The exhibit, Shalom/Salaam: The Untold Story of a Mystical Entanglement by Tom Block, explores the virtually unknown tale of the 1000-year long interwoven history of the Sufi mystics of Islam and the Kabbalists and Hassids of Judaism.

October 29, 2004

6th Floor Now Available for 24-Hour Study
The 6th floor is now open for 24 hour study! We have listened to your suggestions and have opened this floor in addition to the lower level computer labs and 4th and 5th floor for 24 hour study.

October 27, 2004

Gelman Library Student Advisory Boad Meeting
Want to tell the Gelman Library exactly what's on your mind? Come to the Gelman Library Student Advisory Board Meeting. Refreshments will be served.

When: October 27, 2004, 6:15 pm - 7:30 pm
Where: Gelman Library Room 202

For more information, email us at liaison@gwu.edu or call (202) 994-2937.

October 26, 2004

New Databases and Electronic Resources
Gelman Library and the Washington Research Library Consortium (WRLC) have added over a dozen new or expanded databases to ALADIN. See details.

October 26, 2004

Cookies and Milk: A Gelman Library Open House Event
We're hosting an Open House to welcome you back. We hope to see you there!

• Free Food
• Great Resources
• Soft Jazz
• COME JOIN US!!

Where: 1st Floor of the Gelman Library behind the Reference Stacks
When: October 26th, 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm

May 4, 2004

Treasures from the Jewish Cultural Renaissance in Germany, 1898-1938
This exhibit features works from the I. Edward Kiev Judaica collection. Prior to World War II, there existed a period of rebirth and rediscovery of Jewish culture and the Hebrew language in Germany. On display are works from this era that The Gelman Library is fortunate to possess thanks to Rabbi I. Edward Kiev's involvement in the Jewish Cultural Reconstruction.

This exhibit is on display in the Kiev Collection and is also available online.

April 27, 2004

New Database for Communications
Communication & Mass Media Complete combines two popular databases -- CommSearch (formerly produced by the National Communication Association) and Mass Media Articles Index (formerly produced by Penn State) -- to provide indexing and abstracts for over 400 journals. Full-text is provided for about 200 core journals, some as far back as 1915.

Communication & Mass Media Complete is listed in the ALADIN database menu. With this new subscription, our subscription to the database CommAbs will be cancelled.

April 14, 2004

New Databases and Electronic Resources
Gelman Library and the Washington Research Library Consortium (WRLC) have added several databases to ALADIN. See details.

March 24, 2004

Faculty Authors Signing Reception -- Friday, April 2, 2004
Join us at this event to hear fascinating talks by prominent GW faculty as they discuss their recent publications. Presentations will be made by these faculty:

• Fran Lisa Buntman, Assistant Professor of Sociology
  Robben Island and Prisoner Resistance to Apartheid

• Gerald W. Brock, Professor of Telecommunication, Public Policy, and Public Administration
  The Second Information Revolution

• Christopher Sterling, Professor of Media and Public Affairs and Public Policy and Public Administration
  Encyclopedia of Radio

• James Millar, Professor of Economics and International Affairs
  Encyclopedia of Russian History

The presentations and reception will take place on Friday, April 2, 10 a.m.-Noon at 2nd Floor. More information.

March 3, 2004

Changes in the ERIC Database
Several significant changes are taking place in the ERIC database, a major resource for articles and other materials in education. From the ERIC homepage:

From the ERIC homepage: "Beginning in January and until the new ERIC model for acquiring education literature is developed later in 2004, no new materials will be received and accepted for the database. However, the ERIC database will continue to grow, as thousands of documents selected by the ERIC clearinghouses throughout 2003 will be added. When the new model is ready later in 2004, the new ERIC contractor will communicate with publishers, education organizations, and other database contributors to add publications and materials released from January 2004 forward."

By September 30, 2004, citations for January through August 2004 should be available. In the interim, we suggest researchers use Education Abstracts and ProQuest General Reference to search for recent articles from education journals.

Other changes include the discontinuation of the ERIC microfiche collection and the Ask ERIC research service. The ERIC Test Locator has closed; visit http://ericae.net/testcol.htm for links to alternative sources for test reviews.

For additional information, visit these sites:

ERIC
http://www.eric.ed.gov/

Practical Implications of ERIC Changes
http://www.lib.msu.edu/corby/education/eric/practical.htm

ERIC Statement of Work Analysis
http://www.lib.msu.edu/corby/education/eric/sowanalysis.htm

January 20, 2004

Electronic Theses/Dissertations at GW
If you're a graduate student, consider publishing your thesis or dissertation on the web through GW's Electronic Theses/Dissertations initiative, also referred to as ETD. The idea is to make your thesis or dissertation available in an electronic form so it's more readily accessible to scholars and researchers in your field. The electronic format also opens up new possibilities for interactive theses and dissertations. See Electronic Theses/Dissertations@GW for more details and to register to participate in the ETD initiative.