Gelman Library has scheduled a photo shoot to take updated pictures for our upcoming site redesign. To bring this site to life, we’d like to get pictures involving you, our students and patrons, to feature on the site. Shoots are scheduled for the following dates:

10am to 5pm on Thursday, July 10
10am to 5pm on Tuesday, July 15

If you are available to volunteer as a model for the photo shoot, please contact librarian David Bietila at bietila@gelman.gwu.edu. Please indicate what hours you will be available on each day of shooting. We ask that all volunteers be willing to come for a full hour. Light refreshments will be provided.

Gelman Library, Room 207
Tuesday, June 24 11:30 am

Speaker: Professor Zachary Jay Wolfe
Assistant Professor of Writing, University Writing

Prof. Wolfe holds a Law Degree from The George Washington University and a B.A. in Politics from The University of California at Santa Cruz. He practiced Public Interest Law for several years prior to coming to the University Writing Program and developing a course on the theme of “law as a force for social change.” His particular interest in his scholarly research is the relationships among law, protest, and considered social discourse. He still writes for courts from time to time, primarily as Chair of the Amicus Committee of the National Lawyers Guild.

The Gelman Library System (GLS) Diversity Group cordially invites you to our Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month Celebration on Tuesday, May 13, 2008 from 11:30 a.m. to  2:00 p.m. at The Gelman Library’s Room 207. Regional refreshments will be served. This event is free and open to the public.

Guest Speakers:
* Representative from the Embassy of the Republic of Indonesia
* Jon Melegrito - Civil rights advocate and community organizer. He worked at The Gelman Library for 27 years and was the Head of the Circulation Department when he retired in 1997. He is the founding executive director of the National Federation of Filipino American Associations (NaFFAA) and its current communications director.

Featured Performers:
* Emanuel Fang (Instrumental Songs)
* Erna Santi Widyastuti (Balinese Dance)
* Maria George (Philippine Songs)
* Philippine Cultural Society (Phillipine Dance)

We look forward to seeing you there!

EVENT: The Gelman Library will host the last book signing reception of the semester for three faculty members in honor of their recently published books. Authors are Amitai Etzioni University of Professor and Professor of International Affairs; Joseph Pelton, Research Professor of Engineering; and Jerrold Post, Professor of Psychiatry, Political Psychology & International Affairs. Dr. Post is also the Director of the Political Psychology Program.

WHEN: Thursday, April 17, 2008; 10 a.m. - Noon

WHERE: The George Washington University
The Gelman Library
2130 H St., NW, Room 207
Washington, D.C.
Foggy Bottom-GWU Metro (Orange and Blue lines)

BACKGROUND:

Etzioni, Pelton, and Post will be present to sign copies of their books and discuss their research with the GW community. Etzioni is the author of Security First: For a Muscular, Moral Foreign Policy. Pelton is the author of Space Exploration and Astronaut Safety. Post is the author of The Mind of the Terrorist: The Psychology of Terrorism from the IRA to al-Qaeda.

The Gelman Library holds faculty authors signing receptions throughout the academic year in recognition of new books by faculty members of The George Washington University. Students, faculty, and staff are invited to attend the receptions and enjoy opportunities to hear faculty members discuss their research and their books’ scholarly contribution within their area of study. Signed copies of new publications also are added to the faculty authors’ collection in the Special Collections Department. For more information, call Emma Mosby at (202) 994-6455.

The Celebration will be held from 7:00 pm to 8:00 pm on April 14 in Melvin Gelman Library, Room 207 – 2130 H Street NW Washington DC. Light refreshments will be served.

The Melvin Gelman Library’s purchase of the complete collection of 47 volumes of the Buddha’s teachings, also known as the Pali Canon, and its accession to the reference collection is a significant literary and academic event. The acquisition will be celebrated with a traditional ceremony, similar to those performed in Tibetan monasteries when a new Canon arrives. Proceeded by music and incense, a procession of students will bear the new Canon into the library. Theravada and Mahayana monastic scholars will chant prayers, and Jack Siggins, University Librarian, and Professor Alf Hiltebeitel, Chair of the GW Department of Religion will make welcoming remarks. The ceremony will conclude with a ritual opening and reading of the Canon. Access to the complete English translation of the Pali Canon will substantially improve opportunities for student and faculty research in Buddhist studies. The celebration of the Canon’s arrival is co-sponsored by the Melvin Gelman Library and the GW Department of Religion.

In commemoration of Women’s History Month, the Gelman Library System (GLS) Diversity Group at The George Washington University is proud to present “Women’s Art, Women’s Vision.” on Monday, March 31, 2008 from 12:30 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. at The Gelman Library. Light Refreshments will be served. This event is free and open to the public.

Speakers:
1) Lenore Miller
Director, University Art Galleries and Chief Curator
2) Erin Speck
Interim Director of the Interior Design Program
Assistant Professor of Interior Design
3) Kym Rice
Assistant Director & Professor of Museum Studies

Location:
The George Washington University
The Gelman Library
2130 H Street N.W. Room 207
Washington, DC 20052
Telephone: 202-994-6455

A reception to celebrate student art in Gelman Library.

2/29 from 2:00-4:00
Gelman Library 1st Floor

What do you have in common with Ansel Adams, Herb Ritts,and Man Ray? Enter the 2008 Gelman Library Photography Contest and you, too, could become an exhibited photographer! If your photo is chosen, it will be displayed in Gelman Library and you will also have a chance to win one of three grand prizes: a digital picture frame, photo printer, or a Trader Joe’s gift certificate. Winning images will be on display throughout the library during the month of April. Every picture tells a story, so tell us yours!

Click here to enter.

Questions can be directed to plottel@gwu.edu .

FACULTY AUTHORS SIGNING RECEPTION
Thursday, February 28, 2008 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 noon
The Gelman Library, Room 207

FEATURED AUTHORS:

Robert J. Shepherd, Assistant Professor, University Honors Program & Department of Anthropology
When Culture Goes to Market: Space, Place and Identity in an Urban Marketplace (New York: Peter Lang, 2008).

“When Culture Goes to Market encompasses an ethnographic study of Washington, DC’s Eastern Market, a popular weekend produce and flea market, and the people who constitute it: vendors, market supervisors, and customers.” (Peter Lang Publishing Group)

Valentina Harizanov, Professor of Mathematics
Michele Friend, Assistant Professor of Philosophy
Induction, Algorithmic Learning Theory, and Philosophy (Springer, 2007).

“This is the first book to collect essays from philosophers, mathematicians and computer scientists working at the exciting interface of algorithmic learning theory and the epistemology of science and inductive inference. Readable, introductory essays provide engaging surveys of different, complementary, and mutually inspiring approaches to the topic, both from a philosophical and a mathematical viewpoint.” (Springer)

Lisa Benton-Short, Associate Professor of Geography
Cities and Nature (Routledge, 2007)
“This book reconnects the science and social science through the examination of the urban. It critiques the dominant academic discourse which ignores the environmental base of urban life and living, and discusses the urban natural environment and how this is subjected to social influences.” (Routledge)The Gelman Library holds Faculty Authors Signing Receptions throughout the academic year in recognition of new books by faculty members of The George Washington University. Students, faculty and staff are invited to attend the receptions and enjoy opportunities to hear faculty members discuss their research and their books’ scholarly contribution within their area of study. Signed copies of new publications are added to the faculty authors’ collection in the Special Collections Department. For more information, please call Emma Mosby at (202) 994-6455.

There are two training sessions coming up for doctoral students writing their dissertation and getting ready to submit through the ETD process. These sessions will cover:

• Styles
• Table of Contents
• Page Numbering
• Sections/Section Numbering
• Headers/Footers
• Footnotes/End Notes
• Margins
• Paragraphs
• Spacing
• Document indexes

The sessions will be:
Feb 29 from 9:30-12, Computer Lab B109, Academic Center

March 18 from 2-4:30, Room 300, Gelman Library

The sessions will be taught by Basil Jackson from ISS.

See the Electronic Theses and Dissertations site for more information on this process.