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-C. DeLay
 BOOKS OF INTEREST
by Larry Burg
Disrupting class : how disruptive innovation will change the way the world learns / Clayton M. Christensen, Michael B. Horn and Curtis W. Johnson New York : McGraw-Hill, c2008
LB1027 .C4662 2008
Career opportunities in real estate / Thomas Fitch ; foreword by David J. Nettina. New York : Ferguson, c2009.
HD1375 .F58 2009
A twenty-first century approach to teaching social justice : educating for both advocacy and action / edited by Richard Greggory Johnson III New York : Peter Lang, c2009
HM671 .T83 2009
Active credit portfolio management in practice / Jeffrey R. Bohn, Roger M. Stein. Hoboken, N.J. : Wiley, c2009
HG3751 .B64 2009
Passion brands : why some brands are just gotta have, drive all night for and tell your friends about/Kate Newlin. Amherst, N.Y. : Prometheus Books, 2009
HD69.B7 N42 2009
Business resumption planning / edited by Leo A. Wrobel. Boca Raton : CRC Press, c2009.
HD49 .D48 2009
Building the financial foundations of the euro : experiences and challenges / edited by Lars Jonung, Christoph Walkner and Max Watson. London ; New York : Routledge, 2008
HG925 .B85 2008
Plan B 3.0 : mobilizing to save civilization / Lester R. Brown New York : W. W. Norton, c2008 HC79.E5 B7595 2008
Vault guide to finance interviews / D. Bhatawedekhar, Dan Jacobson, Hussam Hamadeh, and the staff of Vault. New York, NY : Vault Inc., c2007.
HG173 .B479 2008
Digital engagement : internet marketing that captures customers and builds intense brand loyalty / Leland Harden and Bob Heyman. New York : American Management Association, c2009
HF5415.1265 .H3663 2009
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 MAKE A DIFFERENCE. DONATE BLOOD.
The San Francisco Giants and Blood Centers of the Pacific have once again teamed up to help avert a summertime blood shortage. With the July 4th weekend just around the corner, we need your help more than ever!As a thank you for donating blood, all whole blood and platelet donors will receive a one-of-a-kind Giants T-shirt from now to July 12, 2009.
To schedule an appointment, call 888-393-GIVE or visit www.bloodcenters.org.Thanks for Making a Giant Difference! --(Quoted from a letter to a donor.)
-A.Dietrich
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FOOD for THOUGHT
compiled by Alice Dietrich
FAILURE
You may be disappointed if you fail, but you are doomed if you don't try. -- Beverly Sills (1929 - )If you have made mistakes, there is always another chance for you. You may have a fresh start any moment you choose, for this thing we call "failure" is not the falling down, but the staying down. --Mary PickfordA life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable but more useful than a life spent in doing nothing. --George Bernard ShawI've missed more than 9,000 shots in my career. I've lost almost 300 games. 26 times I've been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. I've failed over and over and over again in my life and that is why I succeed. --Michael JordanI don't know the key to success, but the key to failure is trying to please everybody. --Bill Cosby (1937 - )
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 The Update is the University Library's monthly e-newsletter. To subscribe, send your e-mail address to editor@ggu.edu with SUBSCRIBE on the subject line. Please send comments and questions to this same address.Editor: Alice Dietrich | 415-442-7259
Features:
Books of Interest: Larry Burg | 415-442-7250
Born This Month: Alice Dietrich | 415-442-7259
Food for Thought: Alice Dietrich | 415-442-7259
Free Cultural Events Calendar: Alice Dietrich
Site of the Month: Larry Burg | 415-442-7250
Layout/Graphics: Alice Dietrich | 415-442-7259
Additional contributors to this issue: J. Carter, C. DeLay, Aira Lipson
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 SITE OF THE MONTH
by Larry Burg
ENERGY STAR
http://www.energystar.gov/
If you are interested in doing your small part to combat energy inefficiency, consider consulting the U.S. Department of Energy's Energy Star website.Particularly useful is the Energy Star Qualified Products list and search function. (click on "Explore Products" on the main page.) So, for example, if you wish to compare the energy savings of various flat panel TV's that you are considering buying, click on "Televisions" and scroll down to the search boxes to choose your criteria.
If green buildings are more your thing, there's lots to read on that, in addition to many other areas where efficient energy management is your goal.
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WORKSHOPS & EVENTS
JULY 2009
 Data for Decisions - Finding and Analyzing the Data YOU Need
What data do YOU need? Where can you find it easily? How can you analyze it to find what it means? Bring your topics and projects, and let's dig for data! Plus we will highlight strategies you can use for future data needs.
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When: Wednesday, July 8, 5:30-6:30 pm
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Where: 536 Mission Street, San Francisco, University Library, Meet at the Reference Desk
 Researching Companies and Industries for Academic and Career Success
So you want to do research on industries and companies for course assignments or career aspirations. Type a prominent company name into Google and what do you get? Thousands of hits! You can spend hours wading through all the information and disinformation, or you can spend an hour with us and learn how to cut to the chase. Our research professionals will help you learn how to search so you can
- find the overviews of industry trends and external factors affecting that industry
- identify the major companies in that industry, how they have evolved and where they are going
- access and compare relevant financial data and ratios for publicly-traded companies in the industry, and
- evaluate, analyze and synthesize that data
so you can create your academic and career success!
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When: Saturday, July 11, 11 am to noon
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Where: 536 Mission Street, San Francisco, University Library; meet at the Reference Desk
 Creating a Marketing Plan for Your Course Assignment or Your New Business
Learn how to find indispensable information for your projects including:
- Industry overviews, trends and forecasts
- Market characteristics
- Target markets for your product or service
- Key competitors
- Key success factors
And more!
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When: Wednesday, July 15, 5 pm to 6 pm
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Where: Webcast available from your desk top. Contact jcarter@ggu.edu to rsvp and obtain login information.
 International Business Research
Interested in doing business or finding career or marketing opportunities in another country? We will choose the countries to research based on YOUR interests at this workshop in which we will highlight:
- how to find background information on countries using Economist Intelligence Unit Databases
- how to develop risk assessments
- how to find information on exporting to countries using Exporters Encyclopedia and www.export.gov
- how to create lists of companies in specific countries for career and marketing opportunities.
Plus more!
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When: Saturday, July 18, 11 am to noon
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Where: 536 Mission Street, San Francisco, University Library, meet at the Reference Desk
If you are interested in one of these workshops but are unable to attend, please contact the library's reference desk by calling 415-442-7244 or toll free 1-877-448-8542 or by e-mailing askalibrarian@ggu.edu to arrange for a personalized workshop, in person or by phone and Web, tailored to your needs. Please also send us your ideas for other workshops and library services. We want to hear from you!
-J. Carter
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Since 1987, AIDS Walk San Francisco has raised nearly $70 million for HIV programs and services in the Bay Area, to educate the community about HIV and prevent its spread; and to lobby the government to increase its support of HIV care, prevention, and the search for a cure.For 22 years, the event has been a model of cost-effective fundraising and extraordinary community activism. In 2008 alone, 25,000 participants, many of whom were members of more than 900 corporate and community teams, raised a near record sum of $4.5 million for the San Francisco AIDS Foundation and 58 Bay Area HIV/AIDS organizations. (From the San Francisco AIDS Foundation website) |
Academic Programs
MEROLA'S SCHWABACHER SUMMER CONCERT
SAN FRANCISCO THEATER FESTIVAL
PICTURES ON TOP. Left to right: La Cité de la Musique, Paris, France; Hergé Museum, Louvain-la-Neuve, Brussels, Belgium; the LVMH Headquarters, New York City; and School of Dance, Opera de Paris, Nanterre, France. On left, interior, Hergé Museum. All works are by CHRISTIAN PORTZAMPARC.Christian de Portzamparc (born May 5, 1944 in Casablanca, Morocco) French architect and urban planner; graduated from the Ecole Nationale des Beaux Arts in Paris in 1970; since profoundly implicated in the research of form and meaning, as well as being a constructer. His work focuses on research over speculation and concerns the quality of life. Maintains that aesthetics are conditioned by ethics and that we have too often dissociated one from the other.In 1994 Christian de Portzamparc became the first French architect to be awarded the prestigious Pritzker Architectural Prize. Today, he continues his research work through projects that are under way around the world, expressing his freshness, pleasure and passion through a perfectionism that has characterized his work from the beginning. (paraphrased, wikipedia)More on Portzamparc:
