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LIFELONG LEARNING & LEARNING ORGANIZATIONS SYMPOSIUM 2009

by Janice Carter, Director, University Library


In spring, the trees are budding, the flowers are opening, and the wonder of new life blossoming is everywhere. Inspiring, isn't it? How can we continue to grow and blossom, in our busy and demanding world? That is the theme of this year's Lifelong Learning and Learning Organizations Symposium, sponsored by the University Library.

When I was planning this year's symposium, as I spoke with GGU staff and faculty, one question emerged repeatedly: "How can I SURVIVE in a changing world?" That question became the framework for our keynote session, which will focus on Surviving and Thriving in Learning Organizations, Wednesday, March 4, 10 to 11 am, in the atrium and adjoining classrooms at 536 Mission Street. Dan Angel will provide introductory remarks, followed by insights from GGU panelists and an audience discussion. This is a session not to be missed! Come and bring your colleagues!

Later that day, Wellness Resources is providing its popular Stress Less! Workshop, tailored to student needs, but relevant to all. Michael Anne Conley of Wellness resources has invited staff, faculty, and alumni to attend as well. The workshop will be held from 5:15 to 6:30 pm, at 536 Mission Street, in room 6205.

For other sessions in this year's symposium please click here.

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PRESENTING EBSCO BUSINESS STARTERS

The University Library has a trial subscription to EBSCO Business Starters service until June 30, 2009. Be sure to take a moment and check it out!

From EBSCO's web site:

"Research Starters - Business provides business students with a solid foundation for their research and assignments, as well as overview information on topics relevant to their studies. Comprehensive summaries of discipline-specific topics help students to grasp the broad outlines of a subject, realize its real world applications, critically engage it, and locate sources for advanced research. Articles average 3,000 words, providing concise yet more in-depth content than most textbook or encyclopedia entries."

For more information about EBSCO Business Starters, see the page at: http://www.ebscohost.com/thisTopic.php?marketID=7&topicID=1068

To access the EBSCO Business Starters:
  • Go to the University Library database page
  • Click the EBSCO link
  • In the Trial Databases section, choose "Research Starters - Business"
On the EBSCO search page, enter the following text in the first search box: PT Research Starter

On the second search box, type the topic you are interested in, for example:
  • "managerial finance"
  • "venture capital"
  • "marketing methods"
  • "enterprise resource planning"
Be sure to let us know what you think!

Send your comments/feedback about this service to cdelay@ggu.edu

--C. DeLay

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BOOKSALE

COMING APRIL 6-8, 2009

UNIVERSITY LIBRARY



BOOKS OF INTEREST

by Larry Burg

Do the right thing : how dedicated employees create loyal customers and large profits / James F. Parker. Upper Saddle River, N.J. : Wharton School Pub., c2008.
HE9803.S68 P37 2008

Internal audit : efficiency through automation / David Coderre. Hoboken, N.J. : John Wiley & Sons, c2009.
HF5668.25 .C628 2009

European real estate markets / José Luis Suárez. Basingstoke ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2009.
HD586 .S83 2009

SPSS essentials : managing and analyzing social sciences data / John T. Kulas. San Francisco, CA : Jossey-Bass, c2009.
HA32 .K85 2009

Retail buying : from basics to fashion / Richard Clodfelter. New York : Fairchild Books, c2008.
HF5437 .C54 2008

Budgeting basics and beyond / Jae K. Shim, Joel G. Siegel. Hoboken, N.J. : John Wiley & Sons, c2009.
HG4028.B8 S558 2009

Supervision in the hospitality industry / Raphael R. Kavanaugh, Jack D. Ninemeier. Lansing, Mich. : American Hotel & Lodging Educational Institute, c2007.
TX911.3.P4 K38 2007

Criminal financial investigations : the use of forensic accounting techniques and indirect methods of proof / Gregory A. Pasco. Boca Raton : CRC Press, c2009.
KF8968.15 .P37 2009

Understanding research methods : a guide for the public and nonprofit manager / Donijo Robbins. Boca Raton : CRC Press, c2009.
HD30.4 .R57 2009

The new masters of capital : American bond rating agencies and the politics of creditworthiness / Timothy J. Sinclair. Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2005.
HG 3751.7 .S56 2005

All about promoting trade in services : a complete handbook / Geneva : International Trade Centre UNCTAD/WTO, 2007.
HD9980.65 R53x 2007

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FOOD for THOUGHT

compiled by Alice Dietrich

This month we are featuring Quotes by Albert Einstein.

For more on Einstein see section below, BORN THIS MONTH.


DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME
MARCH 8, 2009

In the United States Daylight Saving Time begins at 2:00 am local time on the second Sunday in March. This year, 2009, it falls on March 8th. When Daylight Saving Time begins turn your clocks ahead one hour.

On the first Sunday in November (November 1, 2009) Daylight Saving Time returns to Standard Time at 2:00 am. When Daylight Saving Time ends turn your clocks back one hour.



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SITE OF THE MONTH

by Larry Burg
funcheapSF.com
http://sf.funcheap.com/

Trying to save a buck or two or more on entertainment in the pricey Bay Area?

Then check out http://sf.funcheap.com/

Subtitled: "fun (but affordable) things to do in the San Francisco bay area" this site describes itself as a free web calendar & and emailing list of events in the Bay Area." It features recommendations of about 50 affordable, fun and unique Bay Area events each week.

Event listings are tagged with a variety of subjects, locations and event types, so you can identify, for example, events in Oakland or those that concern food or pets or the performing arts.

Also see the FREE CULTURAL EVENTS and THINGS TO DO section below.

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NEED HELP? Chat With a Reference Librarian Online!

The University Library has extended its online Ask-a-Librarian chat service and is now available on the following Instant Messenger services:

AOL Instant Messenger: gguaskalibrarian
Yahoo Messenger: gguaskalibrarian
MSN Messenger: askalibrarian@ggu.edu

Feel free to add us to your buddy list(s) and then ask us for research help during regular Reference Service hours.

If you don't have an account on any of the above Instant Messenger networks, you can still chat with a librarian by using the chat form on the University Library web site:

http://university-library.org/meebo/

Note: Apple iChat users can also connect to the AOL address as an AIM contact.

--C. DeLay

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GLOBAL MARKET INFORMATION DATABASE - Upcoming Workshop

The Global Market Information Database (GMID) is one of our richest resources for market and country information. Never heard of it? Tried to use it but got stuck on the first page? GMID contains excellent information, but the learning curve is steep. Let a librarian walk you through the process of finding demographic information from around the world along with customizable data on consumer and industrial markets.

The University Library will offer an all-online workshop on Wednesday, March 11, from 5:30-6:30 pm. This session is open to all students and faculty from the comfort of your own computer. Bring your research questions! To participate, please RSVP: ahofer@ggu.edu.

In the meantime, here's a taste of the information at your fingertips with GMID:
  • Enter the database from the A-Z list (using your last name and GGU ID to log on if you're off-campus)
  • From the GMID homepage, select "consumers" in the green stripe at the top of the page. On the right-hand side of the screen you'll see a "Consumer Lifestyles" section with a drop-down menu
  • Choose a country, and explore all the sections of the detailed report using the table of contents on the left side of the page

--A.Hofer

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MARCH 2009 WORKSHOPS & EVENTS


CREATING A BUSINESS PLAN
- When: Saturday, March 7, 11 am to noon
- Where: 536 Mission Street, San Francisco, University Library. Meet at the Reference Desk

DEVELOPING A MARKETING PLAN
- When: Sunday, March 8, 2 pm to 3 pm
- Where: 536 Mission Street, San Francisco, University Library. Meet at the Reference Desk

MARKETING RESEARCH WEBINAR … THE LIBRARIAN IS IN!
To participate and receive our Webinar URL and phone number, please RSVP: ahofer@ggu.edu
- When: March 11, 5:30pm- 6:30pm

KEEPING CURRENT IN YOUR FIELD
- When: Saturday, March 14, 11 am to noon
- Where: 536 Mission Street, San Francisco, University Library. Meet at the Reference Desk.

For full details and descriptions of these workshops, click here on the University Library's WORKSHOPS & EVENTS page.

If you are interested in one of these workshops but are unable to attend, please stop by the reference desk, call 415-442-7244 or toll free 1-877-448-8542, or e-mail askalibrarian@ggu.edu to arrange for a personalized workshop tailored to your needs. Please also send us your ideas for other workshops and library services. We want to hear from you!

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TO OUR READERS

If you had signed up for The Update but have yet to hear from us, it is likely that you had hand-written your address and we failed to decipher it correctly. We apologize for this and urge you to please re-subscribe - this time, online. To do this, please send your e-mail address to the editor adietrich@ggu.edu and put 'SUBSCRIBE' on the subject line.

Thank you for your patience. We appreciate your readership and wish to bring The Update to you without further delay.

Alice Dietrich
Editor, The Update

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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
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 | 415-442-7259
Site of the Month: Larry Burg | 415-442-7250
Layout/Graphics: Alice Dietrich | 415-442-7259

Additional contributors to March 2009 issue: J. Carter, C. DeLay, A. Hofer, A. Lipson

FREE CULTURAL EVENTS AND THINGS TO DO

MOVIES @ THE SFPL

Can We Take Your Order, Please? : Movies About Waitresses
  • Location: Main Library Koret Auditorium
  • Address: 100 Larkin St. at Grove
  • Event Time: Thursdays, 12 noon - 2 pm
MARCH 5
THE HARVEY GIRLS (1945, 101 min.). Judy Garland musical about a mail order bride who arrives in the West to find that her intended groom is not what she expected.

MARCH 12
ALICE DOESN'T LIVE HERE ANYMORE (1974, 112 min.). When Alice's husband dies and leaves her with their eleven-year old son, she leaves for California, but is stranded in Phoenix where she lands a waitressing job and meets a rancher.
MARCH 19
THE PURPLE ROSE OF CAIRO (1985, 82 min.). Cecilia (Mia Farrow) is a poor waitress in a dumpy New Jersey diner who goes to movies to escape the realities of her Depression Era life.

MARCH 26
AMELIE (2001, 122 min.). Amélie is a shy waitress living in Paris who makes it her mission to help others find happiness, though she does not have the courage to pursue happiness for herself. Starring Audrey Tautou.

UKRAINIAN CULTURE CELEBRATION

Program celebrating traditional cultures of the various regions of Ukraine; poetry, folk song, dance, national costume and fashion; also featured are works by Taras Shevchenko, Ukrainian poet, artist and humanist regarded as the foundation of modern Ukrainian literature.
  • Location: Main Library Koret Auditorium
  • Address: 100 Larkin St. at Grove
  • Event Time: Saturday, March 7, 1 - 4 pm

SAN FRANCISCO CHAMBER ORCHESTRA

Benjamin Simon, Musical Director
RUSH HOUR CONCERTS
"Mendelssohn Madness"
  • THURSDAY, MARCH 12, 5:30 pm
    • Contemporary Jewish Museum, SF
    • 736 Mission St
  • FRIDAY, MARCH 13, 8 pm
    • Herbst Theater, San Francisco
    • 401 Van Ness Avenue (next to Opera House)
  • SATURDAY, MARCH 14, 8 pm
    • St. Mark's Episcopal Church, Palo Alto
    • 600 Colorado Avenue (near Middlefield)
  • SUNDAY, MARCH 15, 3 pm
    • First Congregational Church, Berkeley
    • 2345 Channing Way at Dana St
You are invited to attend the pre-concert talk 30 minutes preceding each concert.


HOLI FESTIVAL

Among India's innumerable festivals, Holi ranks as the most colorful. It heralds the arrival of spring with the promise of good harvests and fertility. Holi is celebrated at Stanford on a grand scale, with around 2000 people coming together every year to spray each other with color and water, and dance to our DJ's rocking tunes. (from Asha Stanford Education website)
  • Saturday, March 28; 11:00 am - 3:00 pm
  • Sandhill Fields, Stanford University

NOTE: THIS IS NOT A FREE EVENT. Visit ashanet.org for details.



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LOUIS BRAILLE : A TOUCH OF GENIUS

Author C. Michael Mellor will read from Louis Braille: A Touch of Genius, award-winning biography that includes Louis Braille's extant letters; discussion to follow
  • Location: Main Library Latino/Hispanic A and Main Library Latino/Hispanic B
  • Address: 100 Larkin St. at Grove
  • Event Time: Saturday, March 14, 2 - 4 pm
RELATED EXHIBIT: Louis Braille - Celebrating 200 Years of Braille
  • March 7 through April 20, 2009
  • Address: Main Library, Larkin Street Bridge, near the Library for the Blind and Print Disabled

ST. PATRICK'S DAY
MARCH 17, 2009


FREE DAY @ THE CALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES

GOLDEN GATE PARK

The California Academy of Sciences, which reopened in Golden Gate Park in September 2008, is home to Steinhart Aquarium, Morrison Planetarium, Kimball Natural History Museum, and world-class research and education programs - all under one living roof. Admission is FREE on the third Wednesday of every month. This month it will be on:
  • Wednesday, March 18, from 9:30 - 5:00 pm
  • Golden Gate Park, San Francisco

FIRST DAY OF SPRING
MARCH 20, 2009



MEI LANFANG

(148 min., in Mandarin with Chinese subtitles). Mei Lanfang, one of the most famous Peking opera artists known for his qingyi & huadan female roles; first artist to introduce Peking Opera to the U.S., Japan and other countries; discussion in Mandarin Chinese to follow screening.
  • Location: Main Library Koret Auditorium
  • Address: 100 Larkin St. at Grove
  • Event Time: Saturday, March 21, 2 - 5 pm
  • Co-sponsored by the Chinese Consulate and StarImage, Inc. Call (510) 651-6889 for free tickets

MORRISON ARTIST SERIES CONCERT:
ROSSETTI STRING QUARTET

Praised as a "vital force among chamber music ensembles," the Rossetti String Quartet is renowned for its highly sophisticated, sensual sound and extensive range of colors. The quarter has performed extensively both in the United States and internationally. (from the SFSU website)
  • Sunday, March 22, at 3 pm
  • McKenna Theatre, Creative Arts Building, San Francisco State University
  • 1600 Holloway Ave, San Francisco
Program includes Mozart, Piazzolla and Ravel

ITVS Community Cinema: TAKING ROOT

This film tells the dramatic story of Kenyan Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Wangari Maathai whose simple act of planting trees grew into a nationwide movement. A panel discussion follows the film.
  • Event Time: Tuesday, March 24, 6 - 7:30 pm
  • Location: Main Library Koret Auditorium
  • Address: 100 Larkin St. at Grove

BORN THIS MONTH

Left to right: Frederic Chopin, Alexander Graham Bell, Albert Einstein, and Akira Kurosawa

FREDERIC CHOPIN born in Żelazowa Wola, in the Duchy of Warsaw (March 1, 1810 - October 17, 1849); composer and virtuoso pianist of the Romantic period. He is widely regarded as the greatest Polish composer, and one of music's greatest tone poets.
ALEXANDER GRAHAM BELL born in Edinburgh, Scotland (3 March 3, 1847 - August 2, 1922); eminent scientist, inventor and innovator who is widely credited with inventing the first practical telephone (Italian inventor Antonio Meucci actually invented the telephone but defaulted because of an expired patent). Many other inventions marked Bell's later life, including groundbreaking work in hydrofoils and aeronautics. In 1888, Alexander Graham Bell became one of the founding members of the National Geographic Society.
ALBERT EINSTEIN born in Ulm, in Württemberg (March 14, 1879 - April 18, 1955); German born physicist best known for his theory of relativity and specifically mass-energy equivalence, expressed by the equation E = mc2. Einstein received the 1921 Nobel Prize in Physics "for his services to Theoretical Physics, and especially for his discovery of the law of the photoelectric effect." (wikipedia). Einstein is generally considered the most influential physicist of the 20th century.
AKIRA KUROSAWA (March 23, 1910 - September 6, 1998) was a prominent Japanese filmmaker, producer, screenwriter and editor. His first credited film (Sanshiro Sugata) was released in 1943, his last (Madadayo) in 1993. His many awards include the Légion d'honneur and an Academy Award for Lifetime Achievement. From Kurosawa's DREAMS:

ROBERT FROST born in San Francisco, CA (March 26, 1874 - January 29, 1963); four-time Pulitzer Prize winning American poet, teacher and lecturer; wrote many popular and oft-quoted poems including After Apple-Picking, The Road Not Taken, Home Burial and Mending Wall; highly regarded for his realistic depictions of rural life and his command of American colloquial speech. A popular and often-quoted poet, Frost was honored frequently during his lifetime. Frost is regarded as perhaps the most popular and beloved of 20th-century American poets.

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Left to right: Robert Frost, Vincent van Gogh, Johann Sebastian Bach, and Joseph Haydn


VINCENT VAN GOGH born in Groot-Zundert, Netherlands (30 March 1853 - 29 July 1890); Dutch Post-Impressionist artist; generally considered the greatest Dutch painter after Rembrandt, though he had little success during his lifetime. Van Gogh produced all of his work (some 900 paintings and 1100 drawings) during a period of only 10 years before he succumbed to mental illness and committed suicide. His fame grew rapidly after his death following a showing of 71 of his paintings in Paris, 11 years after his death. Van Gogh's influence on Expressionism, Fauvism and early abstraction was enormous, and can be seen in many other aspects of 20th-century art. Some of his paintings are now among the world's best known, most popular and expensive works of art.
JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH born in Eisenach, Saxe-Eisenach (March 31, 1685 -July 28, 1750); German composer and organist whose sacred and secular works for choir, orchestra, and solo instruments drew together the strands of the Baroque period and brought it to its ultimate maturity. Regarded as perhaps the greatest composer of all time, Bach was known during his lifetime primarily as an outstanding organ player and technician.
  • Allegro from Bach's Brandenburg Concerto No.3, the Freiburg Baroque Orchestra
  • Air on a G String from J.S. Bach's Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D major, BWV 1068
  • Prelude from Bach's Cello Suite No.1, cello by Mstislav Rostropovich

JOSEPH HAYDN born in Rohrau, Austria (March 31, 1732 - May 31, 1809); Austrian composer; one of the most prominent composers of the Classical period; called by some the "Father of the Symphony" and "Father of the String Quartet."


Above, left to right: Starry Night; Goshs Room: The Bridge at Arles; Wheat Field with Cypress; Fishing Boats on the Beach at Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer; and Irises.
Left: Self-Portrait.
All paintings by Vincent van Gogh.

PICTURES ON TOP: Nemausus I Public Housing, Nimes, France; Institut du Monde Arabe, Paris, France; Quai Branly Museum, Paris, France. On left is the Philharmonie de Paris. All works by Jean Nouvel.

Jean Nouvel (born August 12, 1945), French architect; awarded the Pritzker Prize, architecture's highest honor, in 2008 for his work on more than 200 projects, among them, in the words of The New York Times, the "exotically louvered" Arab World Institute, the bullet-shaped and "candy-colored" Torre Agbar in Barcelona, the "muscular" Guthrie Theater with its cantilevered bridge in Minneapolis, and in Paris, the "defiant, mysterious and wildly eccentric" Musée du quai Branly (2006) and the Philharmonie de Paris. (from wikipedia)
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