Mar 29
This week’s post is a guest entry by Jerre Brisky from the Making Way for Excellence Communications Team reviewing Who Moved My Cheese? by Spencer Johnson, MD.
Every time I hear or say the title of this article, I’m immediately transported back to a four-letter word saying that was popular when I was in high school and college. It basically meant the same thing, but it usually followed an occurrence that wasn’t considered positive. When I was first given Who Moved My Cheese? years ago, I didn’t place much stock in it. After all, it is a fairly short book with a large font size and really looks much more like a children’s book than one for adults. I’m also not one to endorse self-help kind of books in general. But following some important changes in my life a few years ago, I happened upon the book again, reread it and was truly moved.
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Mar 23
In December, 2008 we posted a blog about the tens of thousands of electronic books (e-books) which are available through our online catalog and about the leisure reading pleasure which awaits you after a few keystrokes.
That blog was just a preview. In actual fact the library has more than 95,000 full-text e-books in all subjects, from literary classics to books in the “for Dummies” series to classic scholarly monographs to some of the latest books in computer science to books in just about any field you can think of. In addition we have access to nearly 8,400 digital classical music score records. Counting everything, through our library website a user has access to well over 100,000 e-book and digital music score items!
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Mar 16
The annual Festival on the Green is coming up soon and so is our annual library book sale! Mark your calendars for Friday–Saturday, April 3-4.
A special preview sale for all UWF students, faculty, and staff with a current Nautilus card will be 9:00 to 11:00 AM on Friday, April 3. The public sale will be from 11:00 AM to 5:30 PM on Friday and from 9:00 AM to 4:30 PM on Saturday, April 4.
For more information see http://www.uwf.edu/festival/library.cfm or call 474-2449.
Mar 16
English author Neil Gaiman is already well known for his graphic novel series The Sandman, which has outsold comic book favorites such as Batman and Superman. Gaiman’s newest novel, The Graveyard Book, is the 2009 Newbery Award winner. Targeting the younger young adult market, Gaiman tells the story of Bod. No“Bod”y escaped from a murderer when he was just a toddler and found himself under the care of a diverse group of ghosts in a nearby cemetery. Unfortunately, the murderer who killed Bod’s family is still looking for him! And growing up in a graveyard has its own set of challenges. Why not check it out and see what happens to Bod?
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Mar 09
The Special Collections Department in the John C. Pace Library at the University of West Florida has acquired the photographic archives of the Ray Malinowski Studio. The collection of approximately 50,000 photographs covers Pensacola and adjacent regions from the mid-1960s through 2000 and includes aerial photographs as well as photographs of prominent individuals, businesses, real estate developments, buildings, streets and related views of interest in Pensacola and the West Florida region.
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Mar 02
Are you interested in finding out more about our government? 
Who Runs Gov (http://whorunsgov.com/) offers a unique look at the world of Washington through its key players and personalities (click Browse Profiles). It’s your window into how deals get made and policy is shaped in the new Obama administration that is remaking the nation’s capital. Sponsored by the Washington Post, this combines opinion with breaking news. Click on The Plum Line for a blog by Greg Sargent and other Washington Post reporters. There will be interactive features in the future.
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Feb 24
UWF Libraries is engaging in a trial of NewsBank’s Access World News Research Collection through the end of this semester.
According to the NewsBank website:
The most comprehensive collection of full-text newspapers globally,
Access World News provides extensive coverage at any level—local, state, regional, national and international. This fully searchable Web-based resource features the vast majority of U.S. newspapers by circulation, along with almost one thousand hard-to-find local and regional titles, the majority of which are unavailable elsewhere. Additionally,
Access World News offers searchable news video clips and over a thousand international news sources from scores of countries on six continents, translated into English when written in other languages.
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Feb 16
Before reading the next paragraph, make a guess as to how much the UWF Libraries pay for the online databases, journals and books made available for all UWF students, faculty and staff to use anytime, anywhere.
a. $50,000?
b. $250,000?
c. $500,000?
d. A zillion $$?
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Feb 10
No need to click around the libraries website to begin your research assignments and searching, UWF Libraries has a new Quick Search Application for all patrons now available directly from the UWF libraries homepage. The new Quick Search application features an instant catalog search, articles search, e-journals link connections and Google Scholar and web search easily available through tabbed panels from the libraries homepage. In addition a new Ask-A-Librarian live chat button on the left of the homepage allows patrons to instantly connect and chat with a live librarian Monday-Friday 10:00 am-4:00 pm.
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Feb 02
Did you know that…
UWF Libraries have more than 724,000 book and journal volumes?
Over 2,000 DVDs are available to be checked out?
Each year the library adds approximately 8,000 new books to the collection?
Over 90,000 full-text books are available online 24/7?
UWF clients checked out over 77,000 print books, 13,000 electronic books, and 4,000 laptops during 2007-08?
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