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Popular Reads – “Mind Change: How Digital Technologies Are Leaving Their Mark on Our Brains”
Mind Change: How Digital Technologies Are Leaving Their Mark on Our Brains
By Susan Greenfield
We live in modern world that offers instant information and new forms of reality right at our fingertips. World renowned neuroscientist Susan Greenfield in the book Mind Change, lays out both the benefits and downfalls of the constant use of technology’s effect on our brain. This book is sure to please! Make sure to check it out in the Popular Collection!
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From the Archives: Women from the Archives & Special Collections exhibit
Beginning February 3rd and running through May 29, 2015, the Archives & Special Collections is showcasing women authors, scientists, and artists whose works are found in the Archives & Special Collections at the University of Puget Sound.
The exhibit includes groups such as Alpha Kappa Alpha, the first Greek-letter sorority established by African-American college women, and the Woman’s Peace Party, organized in response to the beginning of World War I, as well as individuals, including Dr. Vinnie Pease, the University of Puget Sound’s first female graduate to earn a Ph.D.; Mary Dodge, a suffragist and advocate for gender equality; Stella Lily, a local English teacher; Mary Wollstonecraft, an 18th century advocate of women’s rights and author of A Vindication of the Rights of Woman; and many more important figures at Puget Sound, the United States, and internationally.
Women from the Archives & Special Collections was curated by Kara Flynn ’15 under the direction of Archivist & Special Collections Librarian, Katie Henningsen. Enjoy this video highlighting a small portion of the exhibit, put together by Morgan Ford ’17.
The exhibit may be viewed on the second floor of the Collins Memorial Library outside the Archives & Special Collections. All are welcome.
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Sound Ideas Reaches a Quarter of a Million Downloads
Sound Ideas, the University of Puget Sound’s institutional repository, reached the milestone of 250,000 full-text downloads since it was established in the summer of 2011. As an institutional repository, Sound Ideas increases access to and impact of a variety of creative and scholarly works created by University of Puget Sound’s students, staff, and faculty members.
The largest collection in Sound Ideas is its Faculty Scholarship series, with more than 3,000 records of faculty member’s previously published scholarship, but intellectual property issues limit the amount of full-text content that can be made available.
Student work that hasn’t been previously published is also well-represented in Sound Ideas. Some of the most popular collections are student research, like Occupational Therapy Theses, International Political Economy Theses, Economics Theses, and Summer Research. Student publications like The Trail, Black Ice, and Sound Neuroscience.
Those interested in getting more information about submitting content to can check out our Sound Ideas Guide or contact your liaison librarian.
By Ben Tucker
Primo Search Simplified
Interested in a specific volume of a multi-volume set? Or want to see if Collins Library has access to the specific date of a journal you’re interested in.
Finding a green dot means your material is available.
But sometimes, as in the example below, material with a yellow dot is also available, so be sure to check.
For print materials, be sure to get in the habit of clicking on “Availability and Request Options,” or for online materials be sure to click “View It.”
You’ll find a wealth of availability and content information by opening the various tabs in a Primo record.
For additional search tips, check out the Primo Search FAQ.
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Celebrating African American History Month
Martin Luther KING on the Selma March for racial equality and voting rights. Alabama. 1965.
This week’s blog post about Black History Month highlights collections of images in the ARTstor Digital Library. Some of the excellent resources on the African American experience are documented by photographs, paintings, illustrations, cultural objects, sculpture, and prints from museums, archives, and private collections.
To commemorate the 1963 March on Washington, I have compiled a collection of 34 photographs from ARTstor. The powerful images show the faces of demonstrators who gathered at the Lincoln Memorial, and demanded civil rights and economic equality for African Americans. You can also get a sense of the size of the crowds which numbered some 250,000, one of the largest demonstrations in Washington, DC.
In addition, Wallace Weston has created a folder of 52 images by prominent African American artists. Among the works, you’ll find a painting by Jacob Lawrence, mixed media by Betye Saar, and a photograph by Gordon Parks.
–Lori Ricigliano, African American Studies Liaison Librarian
From the Archives: Back to the Books
Now that classes have started back up, we must begin to conquer homework, schedules, and everything else. Take advantage of the many great resources at UPS and visit the Archives & Special Collections. In addition to rare books there are photographs, journals, letters, university records, and artists’ books. This photo is of the Old Library in the basement of Jones Hall, taken in 1924.
By Sierra Scott
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In the Popular Collection: “The Man Who Touched his own Heart” by Rob Dunn
Thought of as the seat of our soul, the heart is still more a mystery than it is understood. The Man Who Touched His Own Heart tells the history of the heart, from the first heart “explorers” who dug up cadavers and plumbed their hearts’ chambers to heart transplants and the latest medical efforts to prolong our hearts’ lives. The author’ readable and engrossing style will answer questions you did not even think to ask!
A perfect read for Valentine’s Day month!
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Are you ADDICTED to books? Submit your collection to the 2015 Collins Library Book Collecting Contest!
Do you super-love superheroes? Got a deep love for romance? Enter your collection of books on a theme (up to 30 items – mostly books, but maybe also photos, illustrations, maps, ephemera, CDs, music scores, or posters) in the Collins Library Book Collecting Contest! This contest is open to full-time Puget Sound undergraduates.
Applications are due March 26, 2015, 5pm. 1st prize: $750, Best Essay: $500, and Collins Choice: $250!
Collins library encourages your appreciation of reading and collected works for pleasure and scholarship. Contestants are invited to a reception at the Collins Memorial Library in April, where contest winners will be announced.
Past winners have included:
- “Hunting the Dark Knight: Books on the Batman“ – Ian Fox
- “Ars Moriendi:” A Selection of Texts Concerning the Phenomenon of Death“ – Andrew Osborne
- “Genderization of Crime Fiction from the Victorian Era to Modern Day“ – Ariana Scott-Zechlin
- “Words of the Waves: A Nautical Collection” – Emily Selinger
- “In Search of America: A Discovery of Agency through Language and Symbols.” – Asya Pokrovskaya
- “Genres Reconfigured: the Changing Facades of Science Fiction and Fantasy” – Ian Greenfield
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Collections by Mark Vessey
For British photographer Mark Vessey it’s all about creating art and order from everyday objects and for his ongoing series Collections, magazines and books take center stage.
Vessey says: My work is about trying to establish a sense of order. There is comfort in collecting things, studying things that people take for granted, grouping every day objects into such a way that they become something special, seeing how they fit together to become a thing of great beauty.
Read more of the Book Patrol online article, Collections by Mark Vessey.
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