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Letter From The Book Review Editor, Mckenzie M. Lemhouse Jun 2022

Letter From The Book Review Editor, Mckenzie M. Lemhouse

South Carolina Libraries

No abstract provided.


Books At Berklee: Re-Imaginations For A Time Of Resilience, Judith S. Pinnolis Jun 2022

Books At Berklee: Re-Imaginations For A Time Of Resilience, Judith S. Pinnolis

ACRL New England Chapter Annual Conference

No abstract provided.


Review Of The Book Academic Librarianship: Anchoring The Profession In Contribution, Scholarship, And Service, Alissa Droog Jan 2022

Review Of The Book Academic Librarianship: Anchoring The Profession In Contribution, Scholarship, And Service, Alissa Droog

Faculty Peer-Reviewed Publications

No abstract provided.


“Tech Is Easy, People Are Hard”: Philosophical Takeaways From Cat Moon’S Calicon Keynote, Rachel S. Evans Jun 2020

“Tech Is Easy, People Are Hard”: Philosophical Takeaways From Cat Moon’S Calicon Keynote, Rachel S. Evans

Articles, Chapters and Online Publications

In this blog post for AALL's CS-SIS Evans shares her favorite bits of advice from the recent Computer Assisted Legal Instruction Conference keynote delivered by Caitlin "Cat" Moon, including design philosophies for making resources, services and workflows more user-centered and specific book recommendations.


Letter From The Book Review Editor, Stacy L. Winchester May 2020

Letter From The Book Review Editor, Stacy L. Winchester

South Carolina Libraries

No abstract provided.


The Southeastern Librarian V 67 No 1 (Spring 2019) May 2019

The Southeastern Librarian V 67 No 1 (Spring 2019)

The Southeastern Librarian

Full issue of The Southeastern Librarian v 67 no 1 (Winter 2019).


Jetstream Volume 1 Issue 2, Nancy Anzalone, Albert Neal, Shikha Joseph, Tabitha Ochtera, Curt Friehs, Tim Hasin, Nikki Palumbo, Madeleine Nash, Susan Bloom Mar 2017

Jetstream Volume 1 Issue 2, Nancy Anzalone, Albert Neal, Shikha Joseph, Tabitha Ochtera, Curt Friehs, Tim Hasin, Nikki Palumbo, Madeleine Nash, Susan Bloom

JETstream: Library Newsletter

The JET Library kicked off 2017 with an always well-received event, our annual “Beat the Blahs” Party, sponsored by the Office of the President. This year, we featured a dessert table where members of the Molloy Community brought in their favorite desserts to share with everyone. We also held our first JET Bake-off, with Karen Cusumano, Executive Assistant in the President’s Office, being awarded a “Certificate in Excellence in Baking” with her “Classic Sour Cream Cheese Cake.” Requests have been received by the library asking if she will share her recipe! Although we definitely did enjoy a delicious feast, I …


Reviews, Debra March, Michael Nagy, Laura Starratt, Mandy L. Mastrovita, Carol Waggoner-Angleton, Grant Maher, Cheryl Oestreicher, Michael K. Law, Pamela Nye, Mandi Johnson, Amanda Pellerin Jan 2016

Reviews, Debra March, Michael Nagy, Laura Starratt, Mandy L. Mastrovita, Carol Waggoner-Angleton, Grant Maher, Cheryl Oestreicher, Michael K. Law, Pamela Nye, Mandi Johnson, Amanda Pellerin

Provenance, Journal of the Society of Georgia Archivists

Book reviews


The New Gatekeepers: How Blogs Subverted Mainstream Book Reviews, Rebecca E. Johnson Jan 2016

The New Gatekeepers: How Blogs Subverted Mainstream Book Reviews, Rebecca E. Johnson

Theses and Dissertations

Book reviewing has a fraught history in the United States. Reviewers have long been accused of not being analytical enough. It should be no wonder then with the emergence of social media that online book reviewing has become increasingly popular. Online reviewers, especially book bloggers, are no literary gatekeepers in their own right, shaping the tastes of readers across the world. Book blogs in particular pay special attention to titles which have long been derided by institutions such as libraries, academia, publishers, and bookstores. These literary gatekeepers typically ignore romance, fantasy, mystery, science fiction, young adult fiction, comic books, and …


Review Of Agnieszka Kotlińska-Toma, Hellenistic Tragedy, Paul Ojennus Jul 2015

Review Of Agnieszka Kotlińska-Toma, Hellenistic Tragedy, Paul Ojennus

Library Faculty Scholarship

Review of Agnieszka Kotlińska-Toma, Hellenistic Tragedy: Texts, Translations and a Critical Survey. Bloomsbury Classical Studies Monographs. London; New Delhi; New York; Sydney: Bloomsbury, 2015. Pp. xvi, 322. ISBN 9781472524218. $120.00. Kotlińska-Toma collects and translates the fragments of Greek tragedy of the Hellenistic period (323-31 BC); the study delivers a careful collection of the relevant texts, a descriptive overview of the nature of Hellenistic tragedy, and a summary of the stage conventions of the Hellenistic period, especially their differences from the Classical period.


A History Of South Carolina Lighthouses By John Hairr, Ben Neal Jun 2015

A History Of South Carolina Lighthouses By John Hairr, Ben Neal

South Carolina Libraries

Ben Neal of Richland Library reviews A History of South Carolina Lighthouses by John Hairr.


The Scandalous Lives Of Carolina Belles Marie Boozer And Amelia Feaster: Flirting With The Enemy By Tom Elmore, Jade Geary Jun 2015

The Scandalous Lives Of Carolina Belles Marie Boozer And Amelia Feaster: Flirting With The Enemy By Tom Elmore, Jade Geary

South Carolina Libraries

Jade Geary, MLIS, reviews Tom Elmore's The Scandalous Lives of Carolina Belles Marie Boozer and Amelia Feaster: Flirting with the Enemy.


The Lumber Boom Of Coastal South Carolina: Nineteenth-Century Shipbuilding & The Devastation Of Lowcounty Virgin Forests By Robert Mcalister, Marianne Cawley Jun 2015

The Lumber Boom Of Coastal South Carolina: Nineteenth-Century Shipbuilding & The Devastation Of Lowcounty Virgin Forests By Robert Mcalister, Marianne Cawley

South Carolina Libraries

Marianne Cawley of the Charleston County Public Library reviews Robert McAlister's The Lumber Boom of Coastal South Carolina: Nineteenth-Century Shipbuilding & the Devastation of Lowcounty Virgin Forests.


My Life With Mickey By Jane Spillane, Adam C. Bowman Jun 2015

My Life With Mickey By Jane Spillane, Adam C. Bowman

South Carolina Libraries

Adam Bowman of Coastal Carolina's Kimbel Library reviews My Life with Mickey by Jane Spillane.


Review Of Ingo Schaaf, Magie Und Ritual Bei Apollonios Rhodios, Paul Ojennus Apr 2015

Review Of Ingo Schaaf, Magie Und Ritual Bei Apollonios Rhodios, Paul Ojennus

Library Faculty Scholarship

Review of Ingo Schaaf, Magie und Ritual bei Apollonios Rhodios: Studien zu ihrer Form und Funktion in den Argonautika. Religionsgeschichtliche Versuche und Vorarbeiten, Bd. 63. Berlin, Boston: De Gruyter, 2014. Pp. viii, 402. ISBN 9783110309485. €119.95. Ingo Schaaf offers an extensive and detailed examination of the treatment of magic and ritual in the Argonautica of Apollonius of Rhodes. This study fills an important gap in contemporary research on Apollonius, and it promises to place the scholarship on magic in the Argonautica on the same level that geography now enjoys.


Review Of Jessica Priestley, Herodotus & Hellenistic Culture, Paul Ojennus Mar 2015

Review Of Jessica Priestley, Herodotus & Hellenistic Culture, Paul Ojennus

Library Faculty Scholarship

Review of Jessica Priestley, Herodotus & Hellenistic Culture: Literary Studies in the Reception of the Histories. New York and Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2014. Pp. xii + 274. Hardcover, $99.00. ISBN 978-0-19-965309-6. Priestley offers a reconsideration of Herodotus’ reception in Hellenistic culture: he prefigures many of the cultural preoccupations of the Hellenistic period, he was in fact widely read and imitated, and it was within Hellenistic culture that he arrives at his Ciceronian status as the ‘father of history’.


Book Review: Library 2020: Today's Leading Visionaries Describe Tomorrow's Library & Reflecting On The Future Of Public Libraries, Michael E. Matthews Jan 2014

Book Review: Library 2020: Today's Leading Visionaries Describe Tomorrow's Library & Reflecting On The Future Of Public Libraries, Michael E. Matthews

Michael E. Matthews

No abstract provided.


[Review Of The Book Woodpeckers Of The World: A Photographic Guide, By Gerard Gorman], Walter D. Koenig, Eric L. Walters Jan 2014

[Review Of The Book Woodpeckers Of The World: A Photographic Guide, By Gerard Gorman], Walter D. Koenig, Eric L. Walters

Biological Sciences Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.


Sources: Joint Libraries: Models That Work, Ann Agee Jan 2013

Sources: Joint Libraries: Models That Work, Ann Agee

Faculty and Staff Publications

The article reviews the book Joint Libraries: Models That Work, by Claire B. Gunnels, Susan E. Green, and Patricia M. Butler.


Review Of "Budgeting Smarts: How To Set Goals, Save Money, Spend Wisely, And More", Leticia Camacho Jan 2012

Review Of "Budgeting Smarts: How To Set Goals, Save Money, Spend Wisely, And More", Leticia Camacho

Faculty Publications

This review covers two titles from the Today Teen Wise Guides series, Job Smarts and Budgeting Smarts. Other titles available in the series are Conflict Resolution Smarts, Relationship Smarts, Scheduling Smarts, and Shopping Smarts. Each book is organized in the same way, with an introduction, five chapters, and an epilogue. Each book also includes a glossary, a selected bibliography, a short index, and a “further information” section that lists some useful associations and publications for readers who would like to learn more. Each chapter begins with the story of a teen facing a dilemma that the reader might be facing. …


Review Of Agriculture In History, 3 Volumes (R. Kent Rasmussen, Proj. Ed.; Salem Press, 2009), Sue Ann Gardner Oct 2011

Review Of Agriculture In History, 3 Volumes (R. Kent Rasmussen, Proj. Ed.; Salem Press, 2009), Sue Ann Gardner

Sue E. Gardner

Review of Agriculture in History, 3 volumes (R. Kent Rasmussen, proj. ed.; Salem Press, 2009).


The State We're In: The Current Financial Crises And The Future Of Higher Education In Louisiana, Michael E. Matthews Oct 2010

The State We're In: The Current Financial Crises And The Future Of Higher Education In Louisiana, Michael E. Matthews

Michael E. Matthews

No abstract provided.


Review Of Agriculture In History, 3 Volumes (R. Kent Rasmussen, Proj. Ed.; Salem Press, 2009), Sue Ann Gardner Apr 2010

Review Of Agriculture In History, 3 Volumes (R. Kent Rasmussen, Proj. Ed.; Salem Press, 2009), Sue Ann Gardner

UNL Libraries: Faculty Publications

Review of Agriculture in History, 3 volumes (R. Kent Rasmussen, proj. ed.; Salem Press, 2009).


Review Of Academic Library Outreach: Beyond The Campus Walls, Barbara M. Pope Jan 2010

Review Of Academic Library Outreach: Beyond The Campus Walls, Barbara M. Pope

Collaborative Librarianship

No abstract provided.


Review Of Working Together: Collaborative Information Practices For Organizational Learning, Minna Sellers Jan 2010

Review Of Working Together: Collaborative Information Practices For Organizational Learning, Minna Sellers

Collaborative Librarianship

No abstract provided.


Review Of Libraries Got Game: Aligned Learning Through Modern Board Games, Christine Baker Jan 2010

Review Of Libraries Got Game: Aligned Learning Through Modern Board Games, Christine Baker

Collaborative Librarianship

No abstract provided.


The 100 Best Business Books Of All Time: What They Say, Why They Matter, And How They Can Help You, Leticia Camacho Jan 2009

The 100 Best Business Books Of All Time: What They Say, Why They Matter, And How They Can Help You, Leticia Camacho

Faculty Publications

Book lists are always helpful, especially in the field of business, given the many titles published each year. The authors of this publication are experienced book reviewers who operate a business book retailing firm (800-CEO-READ). In this work, they feature a selection of their 100 favorite business books.


Handbook Of Industry Profiles, 2008: Analysis And Trends For 300 Industries, Leticia Camacho Jan 2009

Handbook Of Industry Profiles, 2008: Analysis And Trends For 300 Industries, Leticia Camacho

Faculty Publications

This one-volume handbook consists of 300 industry profiles, each one-and-a-half pages long.


Lacuny Junior Faculty Research Roundtable Meeting Minutes, October 2008, Lacuny Oct 2008

Lacuny Junior Faculty Research Roundtable Meeting Minutes, October 2008, Lacuny

Meeting Minutes

No abstract provided.


Dictionary Of Business Terms, Leticia Camacho May 2008

Dictionary Of Business Terms, Leticia Camacho

Faculty Publications

45-4752 HF1001 2006-36882 CIP Dictionary of business terms, by Jack P. Friedman with Suzanne S. Barnhilletal. 4th ed. Barren's, 2007. 745p ISBN 0764135341 pbk, $14.99; ISBN 9780764135347 pbk, $14.99