Thanks Dr. Brown!

Dr. George Brown was recently awarded a grant from the Nippon Foundation, which provided SRU with 100 books on Understanding Contemporary Japan. The books have been added to Bailey Library's Japan Collection and are in the online catalog. To view these and other materials in the Japan Collection perform a Keyword Boolean Search in the online catalog for "Japan Collection." Congratulations Dr. Brown and thank you!

The Freedom to Read

Banned Books Week, an annual celebration of the freedom to read and the importance of the First Amendment, is running from September 26th - October 3rd this year.

Last year alone, 520 books were challenged and over 70 were removed from library shelves. Preserve your First Amendment Rights; don't take your freedom for granted and READ!

Learn More:

ALA Banned & Challenged Books Website

Top 10 Most Frequently Challenged Books of 2008

Books Challenged or Banned in 2007-2008

Banned or Challenged Classics

Ahhh... Open Access

Inside Higher Ed reports about a "Breakthrough on Open Access":

"On Monday, five leading universities announced a new "Compact for Open Access Publishing Equity" in which they have pledged to develop systems to pay open access journals for the articles they publish by the institutions' scholars. In doing so, the institutions are attempting to put to rest the idea that only older publication models (paid and/or print) can support rigorous peer review and quality assurance. "

Read the full article.

Flu season is fast approaching. Are you armed with information?

From EBSCO, one of Bailey Library's primary database vendors...

"As public concern about Pandemic H1N1 and the upcoming flu season continues to grow, the medical and nursing editors from EBSCO Publishing (EBSCO) respond by offering the latest evidence-based flu-related information available for free.

This free flu information resource is located at http://www.ebscohost.com/flu and will provide continually updated, evidence-based clinical information from DynaMed™ and Nursing Reference Center™, EBSCO’s clinical and nursing point-of-care databases, along with patient education information in 17 languages from Patient Education Reference Center™. Please visit this site often and feel free to share, post, and email this link to your colleagues, patrons, family and friends."

Information can also be found from...
SRU
PA Department of Health
CDC (Seasonal Flu)
CDC (H1N1 Flu)
Flu.gov

Thinking about changing your major...

It is only the first week of school, so give it some time. But, if you are undecided or are pretty sure you want to follow new pursuits, consider these 5 disciplines, which according to Smart Money are linked to expanding industries with strong potential for job growth:

Engineering

Life Sciences

Statistics

Environmental Studies

Finance

Read the full article here.