Fall 2012

Vol. 5, Issue 2 Fall 2012

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rom the Director Bob Danford

The fall term has begun with the usual and very welcome flurry of activity that accompanies a new academic year. We welcomed all new and returning students and are gratified that our services are being well used. As a means of enhancing Wolfgram’s services, the Faculty Council Library Committee, chaired by Professor Naureen Bhullar, has worked to develop two surveys that will assess the satisfaction of library resources and services. While the surveys are similar, one will be sent to students and the other to faculty. The results of the surveys will be used to see where we are doing well, where we could improve, and in what areas we should be planning for new services. The data will also be used to assist the library as we participate in the campus-wide updating of Widener’s strategic plan. We are looking forward very much to having the surveys issued and completed so that we can continue to make immediate changes and plan for future enhancements in our services—we are urging everyone who receives a survey to take a few minutes to respond. We are very happy to have an active Library Committee and hope that their work will result in appropriate changes to our services and resources.

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ew Database: PsycTESTS® From Susan C. Tsiouris, Head of Public Services

New to our EBSCO collection is PsycTESTS®. Coverage dates: 1910 to Present. “Full text, when available, of psychological tests and measures as well as a source of structured information about tests in related fields such as psychiatry, management, business, education, social science, neuroscience, law, medicine, and social work.” This database is produced by the American Psychological Association (APA). The records include data on the scope of the test, implementation, overview of the test’s development, and, when available, reliability and validity data. PsycTESTS® is updated monthly. Read more about it at: http://www.apa.org/pubs/databases/ psyctests/

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Robert E. Danford Director 610610-499499-4087 Susan C. Tsiouris Head of Public Services 610610-499499-4069 Teresa C. Cartularo 610610-499499-4084 Patricia M. Georgini 610610-499499-4086 Mary K. McNeill 610610-499499-4137

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ex in the Library Week II By Molly M. Wolf, Reference Librarian

During the week of November 5-9, 2012, the library will host the second annual Sex in the Library Week. A weeklong celebration of sexuality, Sex in the Library Week II will feature speakers, interactive workshops, special displays, a raffle for prizes, and a Sexuality Archives open house. This year’s program will include such topics as sex and aging, teaching sexuality education, sex workers, hysteria and the history of the vibrator, African American sexuality, and more.

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R EADING P ICKS

After all These Years by Susan Isaacs. Blue Remembered Earth by Alastair Reynolds. Caliban's War (Expanse #2) by James S.A. Corey. Flavia de Luce series by Alan Bradley. (Check it out at: http://www.goodreads.com/ series/46160-flavia-de-luce). The Games by Ted Kosmatka. George Knightley, Esquire, Book One: Charity Envieth Not by Barbara Cornthwaite. (A retelling of Jane Austen’s Emma from Mr. Knightley’s point of view.) The Inn at Rose Harbor by Debbie Macomber. Leviathan Wakes (Expanse #1) by James S.A. Corey. Lily White by Susan Isaacs. Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert. The Murder Room: The Heirs of Sherlock Holmes Gather to Solve the World's Most Perplexing Cold Cases by Mike Capuzzo. Paris in Love: A Memoir by Eloisa James. The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business by Charles Duhigg. Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking by Susan Cain. Spin by Robert Charles Wilson. Trixie & Me by Peter Cawdron. PAGE 2