Fritz Scholder Collection

The NDSCS Alumni/Foundation has recently loaned 5 selections of art by the Native American artist Fritz Scholder to the Mildred Johnson Library. This showing is an effort to bring Scholder's art to more students on campus and create awareness of his heritage and works. His art is still shown throughout the world. Most recently is a featured exhibit at the National Museum of the American Indian, documented at http://www.nmai.si.edu

In the process of being rehung, the works can be seen on the second floor of the Library along with a case of artifacts from Scholder's art and books owned by the Library on his extensive body of material. Take a minute to see what is in the Library or another set of pieces still on display at the Stern Cultural Center on the NDSCS campus.

New Library Staff members

Two new staff members have recently joined the Mildred Johnson Library.

Shelly Hart has joined as the Associate who works primarily with the cataloging and processing areas. She orders books, pays bills, gets things ready for students and staff to take out. If you have questions about orders or requests for new materials, Shelly is the person to start with.

Deb Zachmann is the new Associate at the Service Desk. She works with Reserves and helping people who come to the desk looking for the items they need. DEb is also the person to start with for questions about renewals, overdues, fines and so on.

Both Shelly and Deb also work with the IVN classes afternoons and evenings.

Access World News

Access World News: Research Collection - Free Trial

Research unique current and archived news content for information on topics, events, issues, people, businesses, and more through this in-depth resource. Easy online access to local, in-state, national and international news sources, including newspapers, broadcast transcripts, newswires, news blogs, news web-only content and video. Alerts and "my personal" functionality helps students and faculty track and manage their research projects.

Available on campus from:

http://infoweb.newsbank.com/?db=AWNB&s_sources=location&d_place=United%20States

NewsBank topics for papers

Are you familiar with NewsBank, the library news subscription? This can be a very useful resource for current events and Hot Topics in the news. All articles are full text and feature length, so there is a wealth of knowledge here to tap into. You can have a look at

http://www.ndscs.nodak.edu/library/hottopics.jsp

to see their pre-searched topics on topics of current interest.

NetLibrary March Book of the Month

In Two Billion Cars, transportation experts Daniel Sperling and Deborah Gordon provide a concise history of America's love affair with cars and an overview of the global oil and auto industries. America is still the leading emissions culprit, and what is especially worrying is that developing nations are becoming car-centric cultures as well. The authors explain how we arrived in this dangerous state, and also what we can do about it. Sperling and Gordon expose the roots of the problem-- the resistant auto-industry, dysfunctional oil markets, short-sighted government policies, and unmotivated consumers. They zero in on reforming our gas-guzzling culture, expanding the search for low-carbon fuels, environment-friendly innovations in transportation planning, and more. Promising advances in both transportation technology and fuel efficiency together with shifts in travel behavior, they suggest, offer us a realistic way out of our predicament.

http://whatcounts.com/dm?id=1C2C896D163870C0BCD828AC9AD47C17AB211475F9D6EDD4

Trials on Databases

Along with books, MJ Library purchases databases for articles and other information that are useful for all subjects we teach at NDSCS. On the library main web page, there is a link to NEW resources and any trials we may be carrying out. This has been changed several times lately as we look for new things to add. We invite you to look at the new links and make comments to the library staff, as this helps us determine if these are worth purchasing for our college community.

Facebook Page

Here is a Facebook page I am starting for the library, just to keep adding new ways of connecting with new and old students. Have a look and write on the Wall if you are a Facebook member. I am looking for was to keep it new and interesting.

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Wahpeton-ND/Mildred-Johnson-Library-NDSCS/23634125026#