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

You do your work in many different locations - so why should you have to come to the library’s website to look up library resources? Gelman Library has put together an assortment of applications, browser add-ons, and other web-based tools that will allow you to find information and stay organized. Why not try something new?

With these tools, you can:

• Search the library’s catalog from Facebook or your browser’s search box
• Easily schedule your study group meetings
• Write your research paper without any expensive software
• Save your bookmarks and sources so that you can access them anywhere

Please visit our Widgets & Web Tools page for more information. While you’re there, tell us about your favorite tool - if we love it too, we’ll add it to the webpage and give you credit!

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.

Sunday, 2/24. 7:00 PM.

Femmes aux yeux ouverts (1994) Togo. French with English subtitles. 52 min.

Director: Anne-Laure Folly

See how women in four nations: Burkina Faso, Mali, Senegal and Benin address socioeconomic, health and political issues in their communities.

Free, however seating is limited.

Location: B-04 Gelman Library, George Washington University, 2130 H St, NW

Info: Wendell Kellar 202-994-1337 or wonka@gwu.edu

Series Schedule

The Special Collections department at Gelman Library will be closed for Martin Luther King Day on January 21. Normal hours will resume on January 22.

We have heard your suggestions!
Due to the high demand for study space during final exams, the 3^rd Floor as well as the 4^th, 5^th and 6^th Floors will remain open 24-hours during the Reading and Exam period:

Like talking about Facebook? Spend a lot of time in Gelman?

We are seeking research participants for a study investigating the role Facebook can play in GW students’ use of Gelman Library and its resources.

Volunteers are needed to complete a five-minute online survey about their Facebook, study, and library habits. Participants will be entered into a drawing for a chance to win a $100 gift credit card!

If you are a GW undergraduate student, 18 or older, and interested in taking the survey and/or have questions about this research study, please email cbloechl@gwu.edu.