Making Sense of The U.S. Census Presenting January 20th

Please join us next Wednesday at noon as Data Dissemination Specialist Ms. Monica Dukes presents the Census Bureau website.

2015 African American Read In

CSU Libraries and Sigma Tau Delta are sponsoring this year's African American Read-In on February 19, 2015 from 12:30-1:30 p.m. in the Forum Area of the Simon Schwob Memorial Library (Main Campus).  Faculty, staff, and students are invited to participate by reading a 5-7 minute excerpt from a favorite African American author.  Email the author and title to jones_michelle@columbusstate.edu by February 13.  A light lunch will be provided.

Ebola Information Guide and Presentation

Emergency Preparedness Director, Darrell Enfinger, will be presenting "Facts about Ebola" on Thursday, November 6th, from 1pm to 2pm in the library forum area. All Columbus State University students, faculty, and staff are welcome to this event.

Along with "Facts about Ebola", an Ebola Information Guide (E.I.G) has been created by Paul Luft, CSU's Science Liason Librarian, and is available to provide further research on this topic. This guide offers information on vaccine updates as well as links to professional resources and interactive Ebola maps. It can be accessed at  http://columbusstate.libguides.com/aecontent.php?pid=635667&sid=5263469

Fall Events at Schwob Library

2014-2015 Events Listing for Schwob Library

September 23rd:   Ivey Center Lecture:  Mid Century Modern Architecture, a cultural perspective with Ed Howard, Preservation Specialist, and Cultural Resource Manager at Fort Benning, GA. 12 – 1:30 pm.

September 25th:  History Department Panel Discussion: The Great Speckled Bird.  12 – 1:30 pm

September 30th:  Rite of Passage: Richard Stephens, Mathematics Department, 11:45 – 1:00

October 2nd:  Faculty Center Series on Teaching and Learning: Susan Hrach, 12 – 1:30 pm.

October 7th:  Faculty Center Series on Teaching and Learning: Susan Hrach, 12 – 1:30 pm.

October 8th:  QEP, What’s in it for me? Susan Hrach, 12 – 1:30 pm.

October 9th:  Freshman Experience: Garbology. Speaker from Columbus Water Works. 12 – 1:30 pm.

October 16th:  Rite of Passage: Andree Martin, SSOM, Robert Murray, SSOM, Roberta Ford, CSU Libraries.

October 21st:  Ivey Center Lecture on Archaeology.  12 – 1:30 pm. (Contact: Rebecca Antrobius)

October 23rd: English Department Lecture Series. 12 – 1:30 pm. (Contact: Dr. Aaron Sanders)

October 28th:  Rite of Passage: Dr. Thomas McCormack, (COEHP), and Dr. Brian Muse, (Mathematics), 12- 1:30

November 4th:  Rite of Passage: Dr. Fonda Carter, Accounting & Dr. Anil Banerjee, Chemistry. 12 – 1:30 pm.


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Constitution Day Lecture

September 16th at 12:30 to 1:30 in the library forum we will be hosting a Constitution Day Lecture titled, "Rights ... Should You Use Them" sponsored by Students for Political Awareness Association and the CSU Political Science Department.

Need to Improve Your Financial Fitness?

Money Smart Week -- Financial Fitness Series
Tuesday,  April 23, 2013
12:30 p.m.
1st Floor Forum Area
Schwob Memorial Library (Main Campus Library)

Celebrate Money Smart Week at the Schwob Library. A panel of experts, including finance professor Dr. Alan Tidwell, Thomas Credle of TIC Federal Credit Union, and Rachel Wilcox of the Hundson Financial Group, will be here on Tuesday, April 23 from 12:30 p.m. to 1:15 p.m. to provide answers to your burning personal finance questions. Lunch will be provided.

Race, Ethnicity, and Society Lecture Series

Race, Ethnicity, and Society Lecture Series
Thursday, November 8, 2012
3:30 p.m.
1st Floor Forum Area
Schwob Memorial Library (Main Campus Library)


Dr. Tyler Fleming




As part of its Master of Arts in History - Race, Ethnicity, and Society Lecture Series, Columbus State’s Department of History and Geography is sponsoring a lecture by Dr. Tyler Fleming, CSU assistant professor of history, at 3:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 8 in the Schwob Memorial Library. Fleming, who held the Carter G. Woodson Fellowship in African-American and African Studies at the University of Virginia, will lecture about, “Becoming ‘African’ in America: The Case of South African Jazz Performers in America, 1960-1980.” Refreshments will be served at 3 p.m.

Vietnam Era Lecture Series Continues



Dr. John Lupold

Vietnam Era Lecture Series Continues
Tuesday, October 16, 2012
12:30 p.m.
1st Floor Forum Area
Schwob Memorial Library (Main Campus Library)

Dr. John Lupold, Professor Emeritus of History at Columbus State University, will present, “The Way We Were: Columbus during the Vietnam War” on Tuesday, October 16th, at 12:30 p.m. in the Schwob Library on CSU’s main campus. This is the second lecture in a year-long retrospective on the war, “The Vietnam War: Reflections on an Era” presented by the First Year Experience Program at Columbus State. Light refreshments will be served beginning at 12:00 noon.


This lecture will discuss a number of events that occurred in Columbus during the war, including the trial of Lt. William L. Calley, the Orphan Airlift, and the relationship between Fort Benning and the city of Columbus during that time.

Dr. John Lupold’s service at CSU spans 32 years, with seven spent serving as the Chair of the Department of History and Geography before retiring in 2004. He has been recognized for his contributions of service, research and leadership earning the CSU Educator of the Year Award in 1997 and as a recipient of the Georgia Humanities Council Award. His published works includes a biography of Horace King (Bridging Deep South Rivers: The Life and Legend of Horace King) and other works which chronicle and highlight the history of Columbus, Georgia.

Inaugural Lecture Series

On Thursday September 13, 2012, the Simon Schwob Memorial Library, the Center for International Education, and the Department of History and Geography will begin the Inaugural Lecture Series for the M.A. in History, Race, Ethnicity, and Society with two distinguished speakers: Drs. Georg and Wilma Iggers.

Renown authors, Drs. Georg and Wilma Iggers have worked for six decades in promoting peace, in cultivating relations among international scholars, and in resolving ethnic and racial conflicts in the United States, Europe, and Asia.

Drs. Georg and Wilma Iggers were pioneering figures in the American Civil Rights struggle in the 1950s. They helped formulate the legal basis for the landmark Supreme Court case Brown v. Board of Education, and were instrumental in the fight to desegregate Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas in 1957. They fled Nazi Germany in the 1930s, and have since dedicated their lives to promoting social justice and peace.

Lecture Schedule:
Thursday, September 13th
Dr. Wilma Iggers
“My Life in Revolutionary Times: Considerations of Race and Gender in Czechoslovakia, Canada, and the American South”
The Center for International Education, Spencer Event Hall, 12:30 PM

Dr. Georg Iggers
“Civil Rights in Little Rock, Arkansas in the 1950s. Reflections of a Jewish Refugee from Nazi Germany”
Simon Schwob Memorial Library, 3:30 PM (Refreshments will be served at 3:00 PM)

Banned Books Week Read-Out

The week of September 24 - October 1, 2011 is Banned Books Week (BBW).

The Schwob Memorial Library will be hosting a “Read-Out” that will take place on Tuesday, September 27 from 12:30 - 1:30 and will feature CSU faculty and staff reading from their favorite banned books.

Banned books are defined as books that have been banned and/or challenged, sometimes through court action, by individuals and/or groups who want them removed from library shelves or from reading lists. Books that have been on a banned books list at one time or another include such classics as The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, The Scarlet Letter and One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, as well as more recent titles like Isabel Allende’s House of the Spirits and Toni Morrison’s The Bluest Eye.

For more information on BBW and a list of frequently challenged books, visit the ALA website. You may also want to consult a book in the library's Reference Collection: Banned books : 2004 Resource Book by Robert P. Doyle, Call Number: Ref Z658.U5 B36.

By participating in the Read-Out, you will be speaking out against censorship and showing students that the members of the CSU faculty and staff support their right to read. On a higher level, we are letting our students know that CSU is a university that supports intellectual and cultural diversity through the free exchange of ideas.

Please join us!

Constitutution Day Lecture on September 14 at 12:30

The History and Geography Department, CSU Student Political Awareness Association, and CSU Libraries present a Constitution Day lecture by Dr. Dan Crosswell.

Dr. Crosswell comes to Columbus State this year as the Colonel Richard R. Hallock Distinguished University Chair in Military History.

His talk will focus on American exceptionalism and the drafting of the Constitution.

Please join us 12:30 to 1:30 Wednesday, September 14 in the library forum on the first floor of Schwob Memorial Library to celebrate this historic document.

Refreshments will be served.

Faculty Continental Breakfast at the Library

CSU Libraries and Academic Affairs invite all faculty to the annual Faculty Continental Breakfast at the Schwob Library (first floor, behind the ETC computer lab) on Wednesday, August 10th from 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM.

Please drop by for coffee, some tasty treats and a chance to socialize with faculty colleagues from across campus.

We hope to see you there!

Prospective Candidates for Dean of Libraries to Visit

Three finalists to become the next Dean of Libraries at Columbus State University will visit campus July 21-22 and July 25-28. An open presentation will be offered by each candidate.

Mark Flynn
Director of The Florida Electronic Library
July 21-22
Presentation: Thursday, July 21 2:30-3:30 p.m. in the Center for Commerce and Technology Auditorium
Vita (PDF)


Christina Baum
Director of Library Services, Southern Connecticut State University
July 25-26
Presentation: Monday, July 25 2:30-3:30 p.m. in the Center for Commerce and Technology Room 206
Vita (PDF)

Edward McCormack
Associate Dean of Gulf Coast Libraries, University of Southern Mississippi-Gulf Coast
July 27-28
Presentation: Wednesday, July 27 2:30-3:30 p.m. in the Center for Commerce and Technology Auditorium
Vita (PDF)

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Writing Boot Camp at the Library: June 23rd and 24th

Ready to get your writing and research into shape?

Need a little external motivation?

The Faculty Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning, together with the Math and Science Learning Center, will be conducting a Faculty Writing Boot Camp on June 23 and June 24 in the Schwob Library.

Minimum sign-up is for 3 hours, but you’re encouraged to stay for the whole day.

Thursday and Friday June 23 and 24 8:30 AM-3:30 PM

The Writing Boot Camp:

• Enables faculty and administrators to devote as many as two full days exclusively to writing.
• Boot Camp is a great way to launch your research and/or creative projects.
• It is NOT a writing workshop.
• You must commit to a particular project and describe it in a paragraph in order to reserve a spot.
  

The Faculty Center for the Enhancement of Teaching and Learning will provide:

• the environment and structure necessary to get you going and keep you going.
• a quiet space far from the madding crowd
• light snacks and drinks
• as much “tough love” as you need
• writing “coaches”
• grants office assistance
• CSU librarians to help with research and reference questions
  

Please contact Janet Jamieson at 706-507-8464 or jamieson_janet@columbusstate.edu to make a reservation and indicate areas of interest.

National Library Week 10-16, 2011

First sponsored in 1958, National Library Week is a national observance sponsored by the American Library Association (ALA) and by local libraries across the country every year during the month of April.

The 2011 theme is “Create your own story @ your library..."

National Library Week not only pays tribute to libraries as centers of learning. It also gives thanks to local librarians for their knowledge and expertise during National Library Workers Day observed every year on Tuesday of National Library Week, this year held on April 12, 2011.

More about National Library Week here at CSU and around the Web:

CSU Book Sale

Favorite Children’s Read-out

National Library Week - Crayola features a fine collection of activities and craft projects including downloadable coloring pages and lesson plans to celebrate the day. Free registration required.

Field Trip - Library Treasures- Scholastic, a major sponsor of National Library Week, with tips & suggestions for a virtual field trip to America's great libraries...online.

National Library Week E-Cards - Send a free greeting to your favorite bookworm, courtesy of American Greetings.

Come Celebrate National Library Week With Us!

Simon Schwob Memorial Library

Celebrates

National Library Week

April 10-16, 2011

Monday, April 11th - National Library Week Kickoff & Proclamation: Library Veranda 11:00am-11:30am

Refreshments served on the Library veranda at 11:10am

Tuesday, April 12th – Book Sale

Library 1st Floor – 10:00am – 3:00pm

Wednesday, April 13th – Book Sale

Library 1st Floor – 2:00pm – 7:00pm

Thursday, April 14th – Book Sale

Library 1st Floor – 10:00am – 3:00pm

- Favorite Children’s Read-out

Library 1st floor Forum Area – 12:30 pm – 1:30pm

Favorite Children's Book Read-Out

During the celebration of National Library Week, CSU Libraries will host a Favorite Children's Book Read-Out. This event will be held on April 14 in the forum area of the main library from 12:30-1:30 p.m. We invite you to sign up to read from your favorite children's book by emailing jones_michelle@colstate.edu the title of your book and the author no later than April 8 at 5 p.m.

Rite of Passage Convocation

The campus community is invited to attend Rite of Passage Convocation celebrating CSU faculty promoted to the rank of full professor in 2009-10. Sponsored by the Office of the Provost and VPAA, and the Faculty Center for Teaching and Learning, these ceremonies offer new professors the opportunity to share brief thoughts with the university community on their teaching experiences, research, or, more generally, life in the academy.

Note that the lectures will be held in the main library's first floor forum area.

Thursday, March 17

Light lunch refreshments served beginning at 12:00pm

Presentations, 12:30pm - 1:30pm

Dr. Thomas P. Dolan, Professor of Political Science

Dr. Jose Villavicencio, Professor of Foreign Language Education

Rite of Passage Convocation

The campus community is invited to attend Rite of Passage Convocation celebrating CSU faculty promoted to the rank of full professor in 2009-10. Sponsored by the Office of the Provost and VPAA, and the Faculty Center for Teaching and Learning, these ceremonies offer new professors the opportunity to share brief thoughts with the university community on their teaching experiences, research, or, more generally, life in the academy.

Note that the lectures will be held in the main library's first floor forum area.

Tuesday, March 15

Light lunch refreshments served beginning at 12:00pm

Presentations, 12:30pm - 1:30pm

Mr. Joseph D. Golden, Professor of Music

Dr. Sheri R. Noviello, Professor of Nursing

CSU Libraries Spring Break Hours

We would like to inform you of the change in library hours during Spring Break.

The library will be closed March 5th- 7th.

We will be open and operating 8:00am – 5:00pm, March 8th -11th.

Regular hours of operation will resume on March 12th.

If you need more clarification on these dates, please look at our online calendar.

From all of us here at the Simon Schwob Memorial Library and Columbus State University, we wish you a very enjoyable and safe break.