The Hoffman Family Library’s contribution to the Goodwin’s Festival of Trees. Check it out next week in the lobby, and if you win the silent auction you could take it home!
“God Help the Child” – Good(win) Reads Review
“God Help the Child: A Novel” by Toni Morrison
Toni Morrison weaves a story from the experiences of Bride. Bride’s story vividly shares her reality about subtle and controversial issues that continue to exist in society.
Bride tells her story from her childhood into adulthood. She is celebrated for the very attributes that she was abused. The other characters, Sweetness, Brooklyn, Sofia, and Rain share their narrative with Bride’s to describe the influence and intersection on her relationships, regrets, and future.
As Bride shares, “The hardest part of healing is the memories”.
I would recommend “God Help the Child: A Novel” to anyone that has a past with folks that are a part of their past, present, and future.
– Leslie J. Harris (Ed.D., MSN, BA, RN, Assistant Professor RN-BSN Program), member of the Library Advocacy Committee
Announcing Good(win) Reads
Good(win) Reads is an initiative that started this fall by the Library Advocacy Committee to encourage non-required reading in the Goodwin community.
Every other month or so, Committee members will choose a book to read. Readers can join in the discussion in the comment section below each new book announcement, come to campus for an in-person discussion (watch out for announcements), and/or write a review that can be posted here.
Anyone can join in the reading and participate in the discussion. Over the next few weeks we will be presenting your reactions to God Help the Child while collecting your thoughts on the current selection, The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao.
September/October – God Help the Child by Toni Morrison Library | Amazon
November/December – The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Toni Morrison Library | Amazon
January/February – TBD, watch this space
New Models and Slides Are In!
We just got in a new batch of models for Anatomy & Physiology, Microbiology, and Biology students. Here’s what’s new:
- heart
- kidney
- mini muscle man
- mini torso
- ½ head (muscle, brain, and upper respiratory)
- blood vessel flat torso
And a reminder of what is already in the collection:
- 2 microscopes
- muscle leg
- muscle arm
- mini articulated skeleton
- 1/2 disarticulated skeleton
- A&PI slides for all three practicals
- A&PII slides for all three practicals
- Bio 120 slides for all three practicals
- Micro slides: prokaryote only
These items are for use in the library only; you can’t take them home. A time limit may be invoked if there is a lot of student demand—so plan early and don’t wait until the week before your practical! Sharing with your classmates is encouraged.
To sign out a model or a box of slides, just sign in at the circulation desk and ask the staff for what you need. Your Goodwin ID will be held at the desk while you use the models or slides.
Vote for Our Pumpkin!
We designed a pumpkin for the Great Goodwin Pumpkin Caper! Voting will take place Friday, October 30th, 11am-1pm and Saturday, October 31st, 10am-3pm. Vote for us!
It’s International Open Access Week
“We believe that knowledge is for the public good, not for private gain. It’s time to act on those beliefs and do more to make scholarship accessible to all from here on out.” Barbara Fister, The Library of Forking Paths
“‘Open Access’ to information – the free, immediate, online access to the results of scholarly research, and the right to use and re-use those results as you need – has the power to transform the way research and scientific inquiry are conducted. It has direct and widespread implications for academia, medicine, science, industry, and for society as a whole.” -IOAW About page
Some OA things to check out:
- Good guy NASA just released over 1,200 patents to tech startups, free of charge.
- Common myths about open access…busted!
- Digital Resources for Musicology
- The latest issue of Perspectives on Medical Education is out now, and it’s OA.
- Sage (publishers of SAGE Open, SAGE Open Medicine and SAGE Open Medical Case Reports) have a collection of blog posts from OA editors and partners to explore their views on the developments of OA over the past year.
Libraries around the world are putting on events to mark the occasion. Find an event near you!
Mes de la Herencia Hispana
During National Hispanic Heritage Month (September 15 to October 15) we recognize the contributions made and the important presence of Hispanic and Latino Americans to the United States and celebrate their heritage and culture.
Come check out the works of Hispanic authors on display in the library and join the Library Advocacy Committee’s group read of The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao!
10 essential online resources for Constitution Day
With Constitution Day quickly approaching on September 17, the Constitution Center put together a look at 10 essential online resources they use in their quest to explain and understand our founding document.
Banned Book Week: Celebrating the Freedom to Read: Sept. 27- Oct. 3, 2015
Are you looking for a way to celebrate your freedom to read during Banned Books Week? Consider participating in the Banned Books Virtual Read-out!
Since the inception of Banned Books Week in 1982, libraries and bookstores throughout the country have staged local read-outs—a continuous reading of banned/challenged books—as part of their activities. Now readers from around the world can participate in the Banned Books Virtual Read-Out by creating videos proclaiming the virtues of the freedom to read that will be featured on a dedicated YouTube channel.
You can submit a video no more than 3 minutes long of a reading from a banned or challenged book. The video should include information on where and why the book was banned or challenged. You may also add a comment about why you believe the book is important. Please keep your remarks brief. A list of books is available at the library. He library staff will also set up an appointment for your video.
Goodwin Reads Fiction This Summer!
This is not the New York Times Best Seller List. It is our list.
The Bad Doctor: The Troubled Life and Times of Dr. Iwan James
by Ian Williams
In our new graphic medicine collection.
The Narrow Road to the Deep North
by Richard Flanagan
“Sort of Australian War and Peace”
Parable of the Sower
by Octavia E. Butler
The first American science fiction writer to receive the MacArthur Fellowship—highly recommended.
Disclaimer
by Renee Knight
Psychological thriller, this year’s Gone Girl.
Everything I Never Told You
by Celeste Ng
“Ghostly debut novel about a Chinese family calls to mind The Lovely Bones.”
Family Life: A Novel
by Akhil Sharma
An immigrant story like no other.
The Present Moment
by Marjorie Oludhe Macgoye
Hidden treasure of African writing—one of Kenya’s most internationally respected writers—don’t miss it.
The Final Silence
by Stuart Neville
Lee Child’s say “crime fiction doesn’t get much better.”
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