Month: September 2010

It Pay$ to be Green – Green Business books on display

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“People, planet, and profit” – these are the pillars of the Triple Bottom Line, a phrase coined by John Elkington in 1994 and expanded upon in his 1997 book Cannibals With Forks: The Triple Bottom Line of 21st Century Business.  Sixteen years later, “going green” is a hot topic.  Government, corporations and consumers are focused on sustainability.

For our current display we’ve selected a variety of titles that present the case that sustainable business practices make sense for the environment, society and the bottom line.  Included in our picks are green business success stories like that of Gary Hirshberg of Stonyfield Farm and Ray Anderson of Interface, Inc., insight from business strategists such as Peter Senge, and guidance from environmentalists including Paul Hawken and Lester Brown.

Stop by and check things out for yourself.

Banned Books Week Begins Sept. 25

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Banned Books Week is Sept. 25 – Oct. 2
Celebrate your freedom to read!

What do The Great Gatsby, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, and Harry Potter have in common?  They are all books that have been banned or challenged at libraries and schools in the United States.  In fact, it’s likely you have read a few Banned or Challenged Classics.

Beginning in 1982, Banned Books Week (BBW) has been celebrated annually to mark the importance of intellectual freedom, the freedom to read and the First Amendment. Each year the American Library Association’s Office for Intellectual Freedom (OIF) compiles and publishes a list of the top ten most frequently challenged books at libraries and schools.

According to the OIF, 460 challenges to materials were reported  in 2009.  Included in that year’s top 10 challenged books list are Twilight,  To Kill a Mockingbird, The Chocolate War, and The Color Purple.

Over the past nine years (2001-2009), the OIF reported that American libraries were faced with total of 4,312 challenges, which included:

  • 1,413 challenges due to “sexually explicit” material
  • 1,125 challenges due to “offensive language”
  • 897 challenges due to material deemed “unsuited to age group”
  • 514 challenges due to “violence”
  • 344 challenges due to “homosexuality”
  • 109 materials were challenged because they were “anti-family”
  • 269 were challenged because of their “religious viewpoints”

Thanks to the commitment of librarians, teachers, parents, and students, most book challenges are unsuccessful.  We hope that during Banned Books Week 2010 you’ll take a moment to think about your freedom to read and consider the role that libraries play in protecting that right!

Banned Books Week is sponsored by the American Booksellers Association; American Booksellers Foundation for Free Expression; the American Library Association; American Society of Journalists and Authors; Association of American Publishers; and the National Association of College Stores. It is endorsed by the Center for the Book in the Library of Congress.

Get a Jumpstart on Papers: Learn RefWorks Now!

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The Bentley Library is offering three workshops for students this October on RefWorks. RefWorks is a tool that creates bibliographies and formats research papers in the citation style of your choice (e.g. APA, MLA).  You can easily compile, edit and format bibliographies by importing references directly from the  library’s online databases – including ProQuest and EBSCO – or by entering them manually.

These workshops will provide an introduction to RefWorks and how to use it. They will take place:

Wednesday, October 6, 1:15 – 2:00

Saturday, October 9, 11:00-12:00

Monday, October 18, 2:15 – 3:00

All workshops take place in the library’s Research Instruction Center (RIC), Room 11, on the bottom floor of the library.

Since seating is limited, please register by sending an e-mail to library@bentley.edu. We also strongly recommend that you create an account before coming to the workshop – you can do so at the RefWorks website. This works best when you are on campus.

To learn more about RefWorks, including creating your account, please visit our RefWorks research guide.

Now Showing at the Art Gallery: Soojin Kim

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Please stop by and check out the new exhibit at the Caturano and Company Art Gallery – Sweetness – featuring paintings by artist Soojin Kim.

Soojin Kim
Sweetness
September 21 – October 21, 2010

Opening Reception for the Artist
Thursday, September 23
4:30pm – 6:30pm

You can learn more about the artist and view more of her work  at http://www.soojinkim.net/.

All are invited to a reception for the artist on September 23rd, from 4:30pm – 6:30pm.  Meet the artist, view the art, enjoy the refreshments!

LGBTQ Welcome Back Reception in Art Gallery Wednesday! 4:00-6:00

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Please join LGBTQ@Bentley and P.R.I.D.E. for a Welcome Back Reception in the library’s Art Gallery, Wednesday, September 15, from 4:00 to 6:00 PM. Light refreshments will be served.

All LGBTQ faculty, staff, students, and allies are welcome!

Database of the Month: SAGE Sociology Full-text

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The SAGE Sociology Full-text database has just been added to our extensive list of database offerings! Not just for sociologists, this database will have broad appeal to researchers in a variety of fields. The collection provides us with the full-text of many core journals that were previously only accessible via Interlibrary Loan.

SAGE Sociology includes the full text of 36 peer-reviewed journals published by SAGE and participating societies, covering such subjects as Childhood, Contemporary Sociology, Comparative Sociology, Consumer Culture, Classical Sociology, Ethnic Studies, Gender Studies, Leisure Studies, Social Theory, Sociology of Sport, and Sociology of Work and Employment (Labor Studies).

The following journals are included:

* Ranked in the Thomson Reuters 2009 Journal Citation Reports®
  • Acta Sociologica*
  • American Behavioral Scientist*
  • Armed Forces & Society*
  • Body & Society*
  • Childhood*
  • Cultural Sociology*
  • Current Sociology*
  • Ethnography
  • European Journal of Social Theory
  • Gender & Society*
  • International Review for the Sociology of Sport
  • International Sociology*
  • Journal of Black Studies*
  • Journal of Classical Sociology
  • Journal of Consumer Culture
  • Journal of Contemporary Ethnography*
  • Journal of Family Issues*
  • Journal of Sociology*
  • Journal of Sport and Social Issues*
  • Men and Masculinities*
  • Race & Class*
  • Rationality and Society*
  • Sexualities
  • Social Compass*
  • Social Science Information*
  • Social Studies of Science*
  • Sociological Methods & Research*
  • Sociology*
  • Space and Culture
  • Theory, Culture & Society
  • Thesis Eleven
  • Time & Society*
  • Work and Occupations*
  • Work, Employment & Society*
  • Young
  • Youth & Society*

Connect to this database:

Please visit the SAGE Sociology database to explore this valuable database further, or visit our Databases page to view a complete list of our resources.

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Database of the Month provides a very brief introduction to an important research database, highlighting key features of the database that you should know about. If you would like more information about this database (or any of the library’s databases) please contact the Reference Desk.  If you would like a demonstration of this database for a class, please contact our Coordinator of User Education, Elizabeth Galoozis.

Art Gallery Reception Today! 4:30pm – 6:30pm

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Please join us at the Caturano and Company Art Gallery this afternoon for a reception for artist Myrosha Dziuk. The reception runs from 4:30pm – 6:30pm and light refreshments will be served.

Myrosha Dziuk
The Nature of Things
http://www.myrosha.com/
on exhibit until September 16, 2010

Located on the main floor of the Bentley Library, the Caturano and Company Art Gallery is free and open to the public. Check the online hours calendar for information about the Library’s hours.

August Acquisitions: New Books, Bestsellers, DVDs & Audiobooks

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Check out our book, popular reading, DVD and audiobook (including Playaway) acquisitions for the month of August. Go to our New Books & DVDs page or use the links in the left hand column.