Archive for February, 2008
Posted by theunquietlibrary on February 29, 2008
Did you know that March is National Women’s History Month? What is the purpose of this celebration?
In 1987, the National Women’s History Project petitioned Congress to expand the national celebration to the entire month of March. Since then, the National Women’s History Month Resolution has been approved with bipartisan support in both the House and Senate. Each year, programs and activities in schools, workplaces, and communities have become more extensive as information and program ideas have been developed and shared.
–National Women’s History Project–
Learn more about women who have made and who are making a difference by visiting our fabulous resources at http://del.icio.us/creekview_hs_library/women%27s.history.month .
Posted in Celebrations, Current Events, Did you know? | Tagged: history, women, women's history | No Comments »
Posted by theunquietlibrary on February 25, 2008
Attention 4th period lunch patrons: there will be no computers available during 4th period lunch this week except for Wednesday. Visitors who plan to read or work on homework will need to plan to work quietly so that our classes on the main floor can concentrate and complete their assignments. Please plan accordingly. Thank you!
Mrs. Hamilton and Mrs. Fleet
Posted in Announcements | Tagged: 4th period, lunch, scheduling | No Comments »
Posted by theunquietlibrary on February 19, 2008
I came across two items this morning that you might enjoy if you are into history, stories, or archives.
First, I stumbled across this wonderful Flickr collection entitled “Mom’s World” by Joey Harrison. This collection chronicles his mother’s recollections (she provides most of the narratives) and photos of life in Grand Rapids, Michigan between the late 1940s —2007. If you want to hear first-hand accounts of life from this time period, you must check out the photos and narratives…his mother is sharp as a tack! What a wonderful way to preserve history for your family and the general public! Fascinating stories, amazing photography—definitely something you will enjoy.
Secondly, the Atlanta Journal Constitution ran this story this morning about a historical collection of rare newspapers donated by Nell McGruder to the Atlanta History Center. If you are interested in north Georgia history (particularly Cherokee County), this is a great story! I only wish the Atlanta History Center had the money to digitize and upload the images of these rare newspapers to Flickr a la Library of Congress! Perhaps they may eventually go to the Georgia Archives?
While reading The English Patient in 2004 for a course with Dr. Mark Faust at UGA, Dr. Faust wisely observed that history is really a series of stories and accounts, not necessarily objective facts that are black and white. I think primary sources such as these affirm that view. It makes me a little sad to think that I never perceived “history” as story until I was a graduate student! I think more people might take a interest in history and its study if they thought of it as story rather than a series of disconnected facts.
I hope you enjoy these resources! Let me know what you think!
Posted in history | Tagged: history, archives, Flickr, stories, historical newspapers, primary sources, Atlanta History Center | No Comments »
Posted by theunquietlibrary on February 16, 2008
Attention all students researching current events this weekend, especially those working on their current events research project in Ms. Shearer’s 5th, 6th, and 7th periods as well as those who have Mr. Jones 4th and 7th periods:
ProQuest has scheduled a twelve-hour system maintenance window beginning Saturday, February 16, 2008, at 10:00 PM to Sunday, February 17, at 10:00 AM. During this maintenance window, access to ProQuest databases available through GALILEO may be unavailable. These include the following resources:
-ProQuest Platform
(ABI Inform, Research Library, ProQuest Newspapers, Dissertation
Abstracts, and Hoover’s Company Capsules)
-SIRS Platform
(SIRS Researcher and Discoverer, Discoverer WebFind, SKS WebSelect, and
SIRS Interactive Citizenship)
-Some Chadwyck Healy databases GALILEO announcements and status updates are available at http://www.usg.edu/galileo/status/.
Posted in GALILEO | Tagged: Current Events, GALILEO, research, SIRS Researcher | No Comments »
Posted by theunquietlibrary on February 13, 2008
Our library blog is one year old today! Wow! It has been a wonderful year of learning together and having fun with our blog. Many thanks to all our loyal readers out there in the blogosphere for your support and encouragement!
We are looking forward to another great year of blogging!
Posted in Celebrations | Tagged: anniversary, blog, Celebrations, Happy Birthday, milestones, Unquiet Library | No Comments »
Posted by theunquietlibrary on February 7, 2008
We are proud to announce the debut of our Video Tutorial page @ The Unquiet Library! http://webtech.cherokee.k12.ga.us/creekview-hs/MediaCenter/video_tutorials.htm These tutorials are viewable in Windows Media Player, but we will also be converting them to an iTunes friendly format so students and faculty can download them into their iPod players as well. Our first set of tutorials will focus on how to cite particular information sources in NoodleTools. If you have not been able to attend training or have not used this resource yet (or have, but are still learning), these tutorials will be extremely helpful for you and your students! Stay tuned and check this page often! We will be updating as often as we can. Don’t forget out new podcast page, too!
http://webtech.cherokee.k12.ga.us/creekview-hs/MediaCenter/Podcasts/podcasts.htm
Posted in Announcements, Library Stuff, Web 2.0, library 2.0 | Tagged: fun, instruction, iPods, iTunes, learning, tutorials, video, video tutorials | No Comments »
Posted by theunquietlibrary on February 7, 2008
If you have not been by the media center lately, come by and check out our colleciton of romance and “love” books! You can also enjoy our lovely Valentine decor! 
Posted in Celebrations | Tagged: books, fun, love, reading, Valentine | No Comments »
