November 2004 ERC Bookends

National Children’s Book Week, November 15-21
Come help us celebrate with “The Author from the Black Lagoon!”
Well-known children’s author Mike Thaler will be at the ERC on
Wednesday, November 17, from 8:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m.
All are welcome! Faculty, staff, students, and children! Come One, Come All!

ERC Bookends

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Not yesterday I learned to know
The love of bare November days
Before the coming of the snow…
  ~Robert Frost

WKU Libraries Events:
Check out November Events at: www.wku.edu/library/calendar&event/eventlist.htm

•November 11: Kentucky Live!: Daniel Boone presentation by Dr. Michael A. Lofaro, Department of English, University of Tennessee. Barnes & Noble Booksellers, 1680 Campbell Lane, Bowling Green Kentucky, 7:00 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. Free and open to the public. For more information contact Dr. Brian Coutts (brian.coutts@wku.edu) at 270-745-6121.

•November 17: WKU’s On the Same Page presents “The Author from the Black Lagoon!” Mike Thaler will help celebrate National Children’s Book Week (November 15-21) at a special event on Wednesday, November 17, 8:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m., at the Educational Resources Center (ERC), Tate Page Hall 366. This event is free! Faculty, staff, students, and children are welcome! For more information contact Jayne Pelaski (jayne.pelaski@wku.edu), 745-5016, or Roxanne Spencer (roxanne.spencer@wku.edu), 745-4659.

•November 18: Faraway Places: Niu, Tokelau, and Nauru, presentation by Richard Deal, Assistant Professor of Department of Geography and Geology. Barnes & Noble Booksellers, 1680 Campbell Lane, Bowling Green Kentucky, 7:00 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. Free and open to the public. For more information contact Dr. Brian Coutts (brian.coutts@wku.edu) at 270-745-6121.

Research Guides @ TIP (WKU Libraries’ TopperInfoPortal, TIP www.wku.edu/library/tip/)

Did you know...? WKU Libraries provides Research Guides to help students and faculty locate relevant subject area information in print and online, at www.wku.edu/library/tip/rsrchguides.html. Check ‘em out!

•Looking for resources to help your students with their research papers...in Anthropology...? Check out the Department of Folk Studies and Anthropology, Anthropology Department Research Guide, www.wku.edu/Library/dlps/rsrchguides/dept/html/anthro.html

•Want to help your students find out more about research in Computer Science? Check out the bytes with Department of Computer Science Research Guide, www.wku.edu/Library/dlps/rsrchguides/dept/html/csci.html

The moon gives you light,
And the bugles and the drums give you music,
And my heart, O my soldiers, my veterans,
My heart gives you love.
~Walt Whitman

November is...

•Election Day, Nov. 2, CNN Politics: Bush lays out second-term plan www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/11/06/bush.radio.ap/index.html

•Veteran’s Day, Nov. 11, Department of Veteran Affairs, www1.va.gov/vetsday/

•Assassination of President John F. Kennedy, Nov. 22, The History Place: JFK Photo History, www.historyplace.com/kennedy/

•Thanksgiving, Nov. 25, Thanksgiving in American Memory, from The Learning Page, from the Library of Congress, learning.loc.gov/ammem/ndlpedu/features/thanks/thanks.html

•Pursuit of Happiness Week, Nov. 8-14: To remind everyone, as stated in the Declaration of Independence, that all men and women are “endowed by the creator with certain unalienable rights, that among them are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.”

•National Children’s Book Week, Nov. 15-21, Children’s Book Council, “Let’s Book,” www.cbcbooks.org/cbw/index.html

•Aviation History Month, All About Aviation, Flights, and Kites, www.suelebeau.com/aviation.htm

•Epilepsy Awareness Month, Epilepsy Foundation, www.epilepsyfoundation.org/index.cfm

•National Child Safety and Protection Month, National Network for Child Care, Quiz at www.nncc.org/Health/only.prevent.acc.html

•Peanut Butter Lovers’ Month, Peanut Butter Lovers.com, www.peanutbutterlovers.com/

~For a list of Bizarre American holidays, visit ThinkQuest: library.thinkquest.org/2886/nov.htm

~November Activity Calendar, from Harcourt Achieve: www.rigby.com/c/@UsXbn3pMRCP5M/Pages/teanov.html

Big sisters are the crab grass in the lawn of life.
  ~Charles M. Schulz

Between the Bookends... Noteworthy Titles @ the ERC... Are you ready for… BIG BOOKS?

•Light the Candle! Bang the Drum! A Book of Holidays Around the World, by Ann Morris, pictures by Peter Linenthal. Illustrations and brief text present various holidays celebrated around the world, including New Year’s Day, Presidents’ Day, Easter, Ramadan, Diwali, Posadas, and Hanukkah

•Old Malolo Had a Farm, retold by Joy Cowley, illustrations by Mary Davy. This traditional children’s rhyme told with a tropical twist that kids will enjoy.

•Bones for Lunch, by Jill Carter and Judy Ling, illustrations by Jan Nesbitt. No, it’s not the new Stephen King for kids, but a punctuation primer introduced with clever illustrations and verse, sure to tickle little ones’ funny…bones.

Staff Picks @ the ERC... Contributed by Melissa Shoemaker and Anna Douthitt

•How Many Days to America: A Thanksgiving Story, by Eve Bunting, illustrations by Beth Peck. A family leaves their Caribbean island and takes a boat trip to America for Thanksgiving. The author provides vivid descriptions of events on the boat and once the family arrives in America.

•In November, by Cynthia Rylant, illustrations by Jill Kastner. Children will delight in the autumn activities and traditions that November’s cooling temperatures bring. Rylant captures the mood of November perfectly in this beautifully illustrated book.

•Turkeys, Pilgrims, and Indian Corn, by Edna Barth, illustrated by Ursula Arndt. In this book, Barth traces the history of this American harvest celebration and the development of its symbols and legends. Also includes an annotated reading list of Thanksgiving and stories and poems.

•Keys to the Classroom: A Teacher’s Guide to the First Month of School, by Carrol Moran, et al. A guide for teachers in their first month of teaching. Provides lesson plans, classroom management ideas, and helpful hints with teaching bilingual students.

•Motivating Primary-Grade Students, Michael Pressley, et al. K-3 teachers, here are ideas on how to make the classroom more fun and how to get your early grades students interested in learning.

•Year-Round Schooling: Promises & Pitfalls, by Carolyn M. Shields and Steven Lynn Oberg. Offers an in-depth look at the pros and cons to year-round schooling, and contrasts year-round schooling with traditionally scheduled schooling.

Some bones from the ERC collection…

•”Dawgs!” An Anthology of Stories about Them, by Charles Wright Gray. “Loyalty is by one of the attributes which endears the dog to man…. The dog is not a chance creation. Man needed a friend, and the dog is the answer.” from the foreword by the author.

•The Story of Scotch, by Enos A. Mills. Author Mills and the valiant Scotch endured summer and winter extremes in the rocky environs of the Continental Divide. Reality shows, indeed!

•Buff, A Collie and Other Dog Stories, by Albert Payson Terhune. Think melodrama, think loyalty on the scale of the Knights of the Round Table, here are plenty of tails, er, tales, to wag around the fireside.

A little catnip for the soul…

•The Cat That Broke the Rules: A True Story, by Maryann Dobeck, illustrated by Gail Piazza. A cat likes to visit the local library. Every cat should have its own library.

•Jacob, Me and My Human Little Cat Tales, by Sven Hartmann and Thomas Hartner. A cat explains how he acquired and trained his Human and describes the happiness his human brings him.

•Paris Cat, by Leslie Baker. On their first day in Paris, Annie’s cat goes off to chase a mouse and wanders around the whole city before finding her way back where she belongs.

•The Kids’ Cat Book, written and illustrated by Tomie de Paola. Patrick goes to Granny Twinkle’s for a free kitten and learns everything there is to know about cats--their different breeds, care, place in art and literature, and history.

Teacher Resources @ the ERC…

•How to Align Literacy Instruction, Assessment, and Standards: And Achieve Results You Never Dreamed Possible, by Nancy L. Akhavan. Lee Richmond School, Hanford, California, a case study on effective teaching, educational accountability, school improvement programs, administration, and in-service training.

•Handbook Of Research On Multicultural Education, James A. Banks, ed.

•Writing Instructional Objectives For Teaching and Assessment, by Norman E. Gronlund

•Classroom Management for Middle-Grades Teachers, by C.M. Charles, Marilyn G. Charles.

•Dynamics of Effective Secondary Teaching, by William Wilen, et al.

•Reflective Practice in Action : 80 Reflection Breaks for Busy Teachers, by Thomas S.C. Farrell

•Reflective Analysis of Student Work : Improving Teaching Through Collaboration, by Norene J. Bella

The sword conquered for a while, but the spirit conquers for ever!
  ~Sholem Asch

ERC Special Resources:

•Two coin-operated photocopiers for copying Reserve Readings and other materials (10 cents/copy).

•The ERC has 11 public computers with access to TOPCAT, the WKU Libraries’ catalog (http://topcat2000.wku.edu/) and excellent resources through TIP (http://www.wku.edu/library/tip/), Western Kentucky University Libraries’ InfoPortal

•The ERC’s Ellison machine has hundreds of dies, perfect for bulletin boards and poster projects

•Lamination services are available for posters and other special projects

•We will photocopy pages onto our transparencies for a fee

We look forward to helping you find the resources you need!

ERC Hours: Thanksgiving Week:

•Monday through Thursday: 7:45 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. •Monday & Tuesday, Nov. 22 & 23: 7:45 a.m. to 7:30 p.m.
•Friday: 7:45 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. •Wednesday, Nov. 24: 7:45 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
•Saturday: 12:00 noon to 4:00 p.m. •Closed Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Nov. 25, 26, 27.

•Closed Sundays.

Tailor-Made Bibliographic Instruction:

Roxanne Myers Spencer, ERC Coordinator, invites all education faculty to schedule bibliographic instruction classes in the Educational Resources Center for their teacher education students. BI classes include a tour of our unique subject alcoves, the ever-growing juvenile collection, curriculum guides, and online subscription databases. We encourage faculty to ask us to design instruction to suit their particular needs. Tips and training on successfully searching WKU Libraries’ databases are available for students, staff, and faculty. Please don’t hesitate to ask us to create a specific class to meet your needs! To schedule your class for an ERC orientation, please call 745-4552 or 745-4659. ERC staff, Ellen Micheletti, Gayle Novick, and our able student workers look forward to assisting you!

•The Educational Resources Center is a campus branch library of WKU Libraries (www.wku.edu/library).
•Roxanne Myers Spencer, Assistant Professor & Coordinator, Educational Resources Center
•Ellen Micheletti, Senior Library Associate
•Gayle Novick, ERC Assistant
~Annotated Bibliographies compiled by ERC Staff and Student Workers
•Dr. Michael Binder, Dean, University Libraries
•Dr. Brian E. Coutts, Head, Department of Library Public Services

The margin is narrow, but the responsibility is clear.
  ~John F. Kennedy

Quotations for the November 2004 ERC Bookends from Bartleby.com Quotations www.bartleby.com/quotations/

ERC Bookends November 2004