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Editorial Staff And State Representatives Oct 2018

Editorial Staff And State Representatives

The Southeastern Librarian

Listing of editorial board for The Southeastern Librarian and current SELA state representatives.


Make Way For Her And Other Stories, Sandra C. Clariday Oct 2018

Make Way For Her And Other Stories, Sandra C. Clariday

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Make Way for Her and Other Stories. Cortese, Kate. Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 2018. ISBN 978- 0-8131-7512-6 (hardcover); ISBN 978-0-8131-7512-6 (epub). $24.95. 188 p.


Chromatic Homes: The Joy Of Color In Historic Places, Melinda F. Matthews Oct 2018

Chromatic Homes: The Joy Of Color In Historic Places, Melinda F. Matthews

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Chromatic Homes: The Joy of Color in Historic Places. John I. “Hans” Gilderbloom. Lexington, KY: University Press of Kentucky, 2018. ISBN: 0-8131-7614-X. $24.95. 132 p.


The Trials Of A Scold: The Incredible True Story Ofwriter Anne Royall, Melanie Dunn Oct 2018

The Trials Of A Scold: The Incredible True Story Ofwriter Anne Royall, Melanie Dunn

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The Trials of a Scold: The Incredible True Story of Writer Anne Royall. Jeff Biggers. New York: Thomas Dunne Books, 2017. ISBN: 9781250065124. $26.99. 260 p.


Guidelines For Submission And Author Instructions Oct 2018

Guidelines For Submission And Author Instructions

The Southeastern Librarian

Guidelines for article submission to The Southeastern Librarian


Sela General News, Library News, Personnel News Oct 2018

Sela General News, Library News, Personnel News

The Southeastern Librarian

Recent activities from the Southeastern Library Association, developments from SELA member institutions, and personnel news.


Successful Fundraising For The Academic Library: Philanthropy In Higher Education, A. Blake Denton Oct 2018

Successful Fundraising For The Academic Library: Philanthropy In Higher Education, A. Blake Denton

The Southeastern Librarian

Successful Fundraising for the Academic Library: Philanthropy in Higher Education. Kathryn Dilworth & Laura Sloop Henzl. Amsterdam: Chandos Publishing, 2017. ISBN 978-0-08-101130-0. $78.95. 181 p.


Bound To The Fire: How Virginia’S Enslaved Cookshelped Invent American Cuisine, Kathelene Mccarty Smith Oct 2018

Bound To The Fire: How Virginia’S Enslaved Cookshelped Invent American Cuisine, Kathelene Mccarty Smith

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Bound to the Fire: How Virginia’s Enslaved Cooks Helped Invent American Cuisine. Deetz, Kelley Fanto. Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 2017. ISBN 978- 0-8131-7473-0 (Hardback); $29.95. 192 p.


Sanctifying Slavery & Politics In South Carolina: Thelife Of The Reverend Alexander Garden, 1685-1756, Tim Dodge Oct 2018

Sanctifying Slavery & Politics In South Carolina: Thelife Of The Reverend Alexander Garden, 1685-1756, Tim Dodge

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Sanctifying Slavery & Politics in South Carolina: The Life of the Reverend Alexander Garden, 1685-1756. Fred E. Witzig. Columbia: The University of South Carolina Press, 2018. ISBN 978-1-61117-845-6 (cloth), ISBN 978- 1-61117-846-3 (ebook). $39.99 both formats. 235 p.


South Carolina’S Turkish People: A History Andethnology, Carol Walker Jordan Oct 2018

South Carolina’S Turkish People: A History Andethnology, Carol Walker Jordan

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South Carolina’s Turkish People: A History and Ethnology. Terri Ann Ognibene and Glen Browder. Columbia: The University of South Carolina Press, 2018. ISBN 978-1-61117-858-6 (Hardcover); 978-1-61117-859-3 (Ebook); both $49.99. 248 p.


Savannah In The New South: From The Civil War To Thetwenty-First Century, Carol Walker Jordan Oct 2018

Savannah In The New South: From The Civil War To Thetwenty-First Century, Carol Walker Jordan

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Savannah in the New South: From the Civil War to the Twenty-First Century. Walter J. Fraser, Jr. Columbia: The University of South Carolina Press, 2018. ISBN 978- 1-61117-836-4 (Hardcover); 978-1-61117-837-1 (Ebook); both $44.99. 400 p.


Frog Pond Philosophy: Essays On The Relationshipbetween Humans And Nature, Carol Walker Jordan Oct 2018

Frog Pond Philosophy: Essays On The Relationshipbetween Humans And Nature, Carol Walker Jordan

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Frog Pond Philosophy: Essays on the Relationship Between Humans and Nature. Strachan Donnelley. Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 2018. ISBN 978-0-8131-6727-5 (cloth); 978-0-8131-6729-9 (epub); all $80. 266 p.


Pie: A Savor The South Cookbook, Melinda F. Matthews Oct 2018

Pie: A Savor The South Cookbook, Melinda F. Matthews

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Pie: A Savor the South Cookbook. Sara Foster. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2018. ISBN: 978- 1-4696-4712-8 (cloth: alk.paper); 978-1-4696-4713-5 (ebook) $21.00. 155 p.


The Southeastern Librarian V 66 No. 3 (Fall 2018) Complete Issue Oct 2018

The Southeastern Librarian V 66 No. 3 (Fall 2018) Complete Issue

The Southeastern Librarian

No abstract provided.


Black Litigants In The Antebellum American South, Carol Walker Jordan Jun 2018

Black Litigants In The Antebellum American South, Carol Walker Jordan

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Black Litigants in the Antebellum American South. Kimberly M. Welch. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2018. ISBN 978-1-6496-3643-6 (hard.: $39.95), 978-1-4696-3645-0 (Ebook; $29.99) 328 p.


The Southeastern Librarian V 66 No. 2 (Summer 2018) Complete Issue Jun 2018

The Southeastern Librarian V 66 No. 2 (Summer 2018) Complete Issue

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No abstract provided.


It Just Went Viral: Now What?, Christopher Shaffer, Alyssa Martin, Jeff Simpson Jun 2018

It Just Went Viral: Now What?, Christopher Shaffer, Alyssa Martin, Jeff Simpson

The Southeastern Librarian

In March of 2016, one post made by Troy University Libraries “caught fire” and went viral. What does it mean to “Go Viral?” If it happens at your library, what can you do to take advantage of the unexpected publicity? In this article, librarians from Troy University will discuss the importance of social media for libraries, including how Troy University Libraries developed a social media presence over a period of eight years. The authors will describe Troy University Libraries’ experience with a social media post that went viral, including challenges that came with the unexpected publicity, and offer recommendations for …


Collaborations Between Academic Libraries And Other Campus Departments: An Annotated Bibliography, 2007-2017, Michael E. Mounce, Kristina E. Claunch Jun 2018

Collaborations Between Academic Libraries And Other Campus Departments: An Annotated Bibliography, 2007-2017, Michael E. Mounce, Kristina E. Claunch

The Southeastern Librarian

For librarians today, reaching and meeting the needs of students and faculty can be both challenging and rewarding. Libraries face budget cuts, rapidly evolving and diverse technology, and a continued misconception of the image of the library and its purpose. However, librarians must persevere through these and other difficulties to provide useful resources and services and to ensure students and faculty know these tools are available. Different avenues for attaining this goal are available for research in the literature; however, the focus for this annotated bibliography is the avenue of collaboration. The Association of College & Research Libraries (2011) stated …


Faculty Expectations Of A University Library And Writing Center In Preventing Plagiarism Jun 2018

Faculty Expectations Of A University Library And Writing Center In Preventing Plagiarism

The Southeastern Librarian

Like many educational institutions, the University of South Alabama has seen a recent uptick in academic misconduct, especially plagiarism. To better understand and work toward solving this issue, the University’s Library and Writing Center conducted a survey of faculty across disciplines. The survey elicits part-time and full-time faculty perspectives on the Library and Writing Center’s roles in providing information literacy instruction and preventing plagiarism. Libraries and writing centers are uniquely situated to assist with preventing plagiarism. For example, academic libraries adhere to the ACRL Framework for Information Literacy for Higher Education, the tenets of which emphasize information literacy and understanding …


The Criminalization Of Black Children: Race, Gender, And Delinquency In Chicago's Juvenile Justice System, 1899-1945, Carol Walker Jordan Jun 2018

The Criminalization Of Black Children: Race, Gender, And Delinquency In Chicago's Juvenile Justice System, 1899-1945, Carol Walker Jordan

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The Criminalization of Black Children: Race, Gender, and Delinquency in Chicago’s Juvenile Justice System, 1899-1945. Tera Eva Agyepong. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2018. ISBN 978-1-4696-3644-3 (pbk.: $24.95), 978-1-4696-3865-2 (hard.;$90.00), 978-1-4696-3866-9 (Ebook; $18.99). 196 p.


Black Boys Burning: 1959 Fire At The Arkansas Negro Boys Industrial School, Carol Walker Jordan Jun 2018

Black Boys Burning: 1959 Fire At The Arkansas Negro Boys Industrial School, Carol Walker Jordan

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Black Boys Burning: The 1959 Fire at the Arkansas Negro Boys Industrial School. Grif Stockley. Jackson: The University Press of Mississippi, 2017. ISBN 978-1-4968-1269-8. 210 p. $35.00


A Political Campanion To W.E.B. Du Bois, Tim Dodge Jun 2018

A Political Campanion To W.E.B. Du Bois, Tim Dodge

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A Political Companion to W.E.B. Du Bois. Nick Bromell, ed. Lexington: The University Press of Kentucky, 2018. ISBN: 978-0-8131-7490-7 (hardcover; al. paper), ISBN: 978-0-8131-7493-8 (epub.), ISBN: 978-0-8131-7492-1 (pdf), 364 p. $80 all formats.


Black Intellectual Thought In Modern America: A Historical Perspective, Carol Walker Jordan Jun 2018

Black Intellectual Thought In Modern America: A Historical Perspective, Carol Walker Jordan

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Black Intellectual Thought In Modern America: A Historical Perspective. Edited by Brian D. Behnken, Gregory D. Smithers, and Simon Wendt. Jackson: University Press of Mississippi, 2017. ISBN 978-1-4968-1365-7. 240 p. $65.00.


Carolina Catch: Cooking North Carolina Fish And Shellfish From Mountains To Coast, Melinda F. Matthews Jun 2018

Carolina Catch: Cooking North Carolina Fish And Shellfish From Mountains To Coast, Melinda F. Matthews

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Carolina Catch: Cooking North Carolina Fish and Shellfish from Mountains to Coast. Debbie Moose. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2018. ISBN: 978-1-4696-4050-1 (cloth: alk.paper); 978-1-4696-4051-8 (ebook) 185 p. $35.00.


In The House Of The Serpent Handler: A Story Of Faith And Fleeting Fame In The Age Of Social Media, Carol Walker Jordan Jun 2018

In The House Of The Serpent Handler: A Story Of Faith And Fleeting Fame In The Age Of Social Media, Carol Walker Jordan

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In the House of the Serpent Handler: A Story of Faith and Fleeting Fame in the Age of Social Media. Julia C. Duin, Knoxville: The University of Tennessee Press, 2017. ISBN 978-1-6219-0375-8 (paper/PDF). $24.95


Ana Madgeigine Jai Kingsley: African Princess, Florida Slave, Plantation Slave-Owner, Carol Walker Jordan Jun 2018

Ana Madgeigine Jai Kingsley: African Princess, Florida Slave, Plantation Slave-Owner, Carol Walker Jordan

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Anna Madgigine Jai Kingsley: African Princess, Florida Slave, Plantation Slave-owner. Daniel L. Schafer. Gainesville: University of Florida Press, 2018. ISBN 978-0-8130-5653-1. 240 p. $19.95.


The Mentelles: Mary Todd Lincoln, Henry Clay, And The Immigrant Family Who Educated Antebellum Kentucky, Carol Walker Jordan Jun 2018

The Mentelles: Mary Todd Lincoln, Henry Clay, And The Immigrant Family Who Educated Antebellum Kentucky, Carol Walker Jordan

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The Mentelles: Mary Todd Lincoln, Henry Clay, and the Immigrant Family Who Educated Antebellum Kentucky. Randolph Paul Runyon. Lexington: The University Press of Kentucky, 2018. ISBN 978-0-8131-7538-6 (cloth); 978-0-8131-7540-9 (epub); 978-0-8131-7539-3 (web pdf). 280 p. All eds. $40.00.


Ephemeral By Nature: Exploring The Exceptional With A Tennessee Naturalist, Melanie J. Dunn Jun 2018

Ephemeral By Nature: Exploring The Exceptional With A Tennessee Naturalist, Melanie J. Dunn

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Ephemeral by Nature: Exploring the Exceptional with a Tennessee Naturalist. Stephen Lyn Bales. Knoxville: The University of Tennessee Press, 2017. ISBN 978-1-6219-0354-3 (pbk). 219 p. $24.95.


Print News And Raise Hell: The Daily Tar Heel And The Evolution Of A Modern University, Peter R. Dean Jun 2018

Print News And Raise Hell: The Daily Tar Heel And The Evolution Of A Modern University, Peter R. Dean

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Print News and Raise Hell: The Daily Tar Heel and the Evolution of a Modern University. Kenneth Joel Zogry, Chapel Hill, The University of North Carolina Press, 2018. ISBN: 978146960-829-7 (hardcover --$39.95); 978146960-830-3 (Ebook --$29.95). 360 p.


Guidelines For Submission And Author Instructions Jun 2018

Guidelines For Submission And Author Instructions

The Southeastern Librarian

Guidelines for article submission to The Southeastern Librarian.