Joyner Library Announcements
The stuff you want to know.
All New Joyner Library Digital Collections
February 16th, 2009Joyner Library is pleased to announce the launch of its all-new Digital Collections portal. (http://digital.lib.ecu.edu). The site offers a one-stop-shop for finding the library s special collections online.
Materials from across the holdings of the library are selected for digital conversion scanning, photographing, or converting audio and video recordings to digital versions. Then these materials are added to our growing website.
Historical items from the University Archives, manuscripts, photographs, rare books, and maps are all featured along with many other types of materials. Prior to the launch of this site, the only access to these items was through the use of the library’s Special Collections Department Reading Room. With the new Digital Collections portal, you can find and use these items anytime and from any place.
You can try simple or advanced searches, browse through collections, or use the subject cloud to discover items you may not have known the library owned. Each record allows you to comment on or tag items, so you can also make your own mark on our collections.
The items in the web site at present focus on several major themes and collections including:
African American history
Agriculture
Fine and performing arts
Postcards of eastern North Carolina
Letters from the Civil War in the Robert B. Caldwell Collection
Naval and maritime history
Military history
The development of transportation, manufacturing, and municipal works in eastern North Carolina
The history of East Carolina University
In the coming months, Digital Collections will be adding more and more material to its site. Sound recordings in the Centennial Oral History collection will be the next major addition. These interviews relate the experiences of ECU alumni who were the first in their families to attend college. The collection was created in honor of ECU’s Centennial year, and its release will coincide with a public program on March 26 to honor the twenty interviewees who participated in the project.
Green Task Force Newsletter Spring 2009 issue
February 10th, 2009Joyner Library has recently started a Green Task Force. Its mission is to research, propose, implement, and promote green education and sustainable environmental practices in the university library environment and to raise awareness of green initiatives in Joyner Library, other libraries in the ECU system, and the local community. The Spring 2009 issue of the Green Task Force Newsletter is now available at http://www.personal.ecu.edu/gustavsona/GTFSpring2009.pdf
Research Travel Awards
January 27th, 2009Guidelines for applying for funds to assist with travel to conduct research in Joyner Library’s Special Collections Department are now available http://media.lib.ecu.edu/spclcoll/travelAward/
Hiroshima poster exhibit opening – Jan. 27, 2009
January 16th, 2009
The Hiroshima Nagasaki A-bomb poster exhibition, sponsored by the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum, will be on display at ECU’s Joyner Library, Second floor, from Jan. 27 through March 10.
The ECU Asian Studies Program will host a public reception for the poster exhibit from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Jan. 31. Several videos related to the poster exhibit will also be shown. These include the award-winning documentary, “Hellfire: A Journey from Hiroshima,” featuring two Japanese artists, Iri and Toshi Maruki, and their mural paintings depicting their interpretations of the horrific consequences of the atomic attack. “Hellfire” will be shown from 10:30-11:30 am. The North Carolina Teaching About Asia Network, based at UNC-Chapel Hill, is sponsoring the reception, which will have light refreshments.
The second video, “Barefoot Gen,” examines through animation the atomic bombing of Hiroshima from the perspective of a young boy, Gen, who is forced to find ways to survive the final months of WWII. “Barefoot Gen” is based on the best-selling comic book (“manga” or visual novel) by Keiji Nakazawa and will be shown from 1:00-2:30 pm.
The final video, “Black Rain,” explores the aftermath of the bombing of Hiroshima as experienced by a young woman engaged to be married. This video, directed by Shohei Imamura, is based on the classic novel by Masuji Ibuse. “Black Rain” will be shown from 3:00-5:00 pm.
The Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum developed this collection of posters in order to communicate the tragic reality of the atomic bomb and to heighten the importance of world peace.
Dr. Nobuaki Takahashi, who teaches Japanese in the Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures in the Thomas Harriot College of Arts and Sciences, was instrumental in securing this exhibition for ECU. Takahashi, working with Trudy McGlohon in Joyner Library Administrative Services, applied to the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum for ECU sponsorship of the exhibit. Many of the posters are based on exhibits in the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum in the Hiroshima Peace Park. They include aerial photos of Hiroshima City, before and after the atomic blast, the mushroom cloud, as well as very graphic and disturbing photos of the human suffering caused by the atomic bomb.
The ECU Asian Studies Program will host a public reception for the poster exhibit from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Jan. 31. Several videos related to the poster exhibit will also be shown. These include the award-winning documentary, “Hellfire: A Journey from Hiroshima,” featuring two Japanese artists, Iri and Toshi Maruki, and their mural paintings depicting their interpretations of the horrific consequences of the atomic attack. “Hellfire” will be shown from 10:30-11:30 am. The North Carolina Teaching About Asia Network, based at UNC-Chapel Hill, is sponsoring the reception, which will have light refreshments.
The second video, “Barefoot Gen,” examines through animation the atomic bombing of Hiroshima from the perspective of a young boy, Gen, who is forced to find ways to survive the final months of WWII. “Barefoot Gen” is based on the best-selling comic book (“manga” or visual novel) by Keiji Nakazawa and will be shown from 1:00-2:30 pm.
The final video, “Black Rain,” explores the aftermath of the bombing of Hiroshima as experienced by a young woman engaged to be married. This video, directed by Shohei Imamura, is based on the classic novel by Masuji Ibuse. “Black Rain” will be shown from 3:00-5:00 pm.
The Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum developed this collection of posters in order to communicate the tragic reality of the atomic bomb and to heighten the importance of world peace.
Dr. Nobuaki Takahashi, who teaches Japanese in the Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures in the Thomas Harriot College of Arts and Sciences, was instrumental in securing this exhibition for ECU. Takahashi, working with Trudy McGlohon in Joyner Library Administrative Services, applied to the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum for ECU sponsorship of the exhibit. Many of the posters are based on exhibits in the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum in the Hiroshima Peace Park. They include aerial photos of Hiroshima City, before and after the atomic blast, the mushroom cloud, as well as very graphic and disturbing photos of the human suffering caused by the atomic bomb.
For more information on this exhibit, contact Nobuaki Takahashi (328-6543), John Tucker (328-1028), or Trudy McGlohon (328-0408).
Joyner Library Annual Report
January 15th, 2009is now available on the web.
Joyner e_newsletters on the Web
January 12th, 2009Joyner Library e-Newletters are published monthly.
Current and past newsletters are available on the E-Newsletter archived page
Library Guides for Your Classes
January 9th, 2009
Need to find library resources for a specific class? Joyner Library is creating research guides (LibGuides) customized for courses at ECU. They will provide advice and instructions for using many of the library’s research tools and services and provide direct access to the tools that are relevant for your class. To access the guides, please see http://libguides.ecu.edu/libguideshome or find the LibGuides link under Instructional Services (http://www.ecu.edu/cs-lib/Reference/Instruction/index.cfm) on the Joyner Library homepage. Browse for your course number under the appropriate tab.
If you have questions or need assistance using LibGuides, please contact the Joyner Library Reference Desk at (252) 328-6677; toll-free 1-866-291-5581 or submit your question through the e-mail form (http://www.ecu.edu/cs-lib/reference/ask_a_librarian.cfm).
Tutorials Now Available
January 9th, 2009Joyner Library is now offering a number of online tutorials to teach students, faculty, and staff how to use some of the library s popular research tools. They can be accessed 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
They are great for both distance learners and any student, faculty, or staff member using the library remotely. The direct URL for the tutorials is http://media.lib.ecu.edu/DE/Tutorials.cfm. You may also access them on the Joyner Library web page (http://www.ecu.edu/lib).
Please direct any questions or comments about the tutorials to Angela Whitehurst, Distance Education Co-Coordinator, (252) 328-0723 or whitehursta@ecu.edu.
Social Justice Exhibit
January 6th, 2009
During January an exhibit of books and other material supporting Social Justice Month at ECU will be on display in the lobby of Joyner Library. Social Justice is a concept and movement that strives to integrate justice into all aspects of global society. It encompasses universal human rights and equality for all people. Ask a librarian for help in locating more books, articles, and films on Social Justice.
