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BOOKS OF INTEREST
LIBRARY CONFERENCES,
Last month, the University Library hosted a panel discussion for librarians (and other information professionals) as part of our Lifelong Learning and Learning Organizations Symposium. It was fascinating to hear from our diverse panel, which consisted of librarians from the Federal Reserve, Kaiser Permanente, a law firm, a public high school, and a university. We are very grateful to all of our panelists for their participation, and excited by the great turnout of librarians and library students that attended.The topic for the event was "Information Literacy in your Organization." Librarians - especially in a teaching library like GGU's University Library - are responsible for promoting information literacy skills such as efficient searches, sound evaluation of sources, and ethical use of information through citation and respecting copyright. It was a wonderful opportunity to hear from strong advocates how they raised the visibility of these issues in their organizations.
SITE OF THE MONTH
LET'S MAKE THIS THE MOST SUCCESSFUL TERM EVER
Get the Term Off to a Great Start
Set Yourself Up for Success
Pocket Parks and Other Magical Places Near Golden Gate University
Developing a Business Plan
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The Yerba Buena Gardens Festival presents music, theater, dance, cultural events, educational and children's programs, reflecting the rich cultures and creativity of the region. Upcoming highlights:
SATURDAY, May 2
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YERBA BUENA GARDENS FESTIVAL
THE FALCONS OF SAN FRANCISCO AND SAN JOSE
CONMEMORACIÓN DEL 5 DE MAYO
POCKET PARKS and OTHER MAGICAL PLACES Near Golden Gate University
REBUILDING YOUR CREDIT 
2009 FALL PREVIEW LECTURE SERIES
GOLDEN GATE NATIONAL PARKS CONSERVANCY
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 AUDREY HEPBURN (May 4, 1929 -January 20, 1993) born in Brussels; Belgian Dutch-raised actress of British and Dutch ancestry, actress and humanitarian. In 1999 she was ranked as the third greatest female star of all time by the American Film Institute. Soon after her final film role, she was appointed a goodwill ambassador to the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF). (paraphrased, wikipedia)
 SALVADOR DALI (May 11, 1904 - January 23, 1989) born in Figueres, Spanish Catalan surrealist painter. Dalí was a skilled draftsman, best known for the striking and bizarre images in his surrealist work. His painterly skills are often attributed to the influence of Renaissance masters. Dalí's expansive artistic repertoire includes film, sculpture, and photography, in collaboration with a range of artists in a variety of media. (paraphrased, wikipedia)   Left to right: Explosion, Burning Giraffe, and Geopoliticus  FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE (May 12, 1820 - 13 August 1910) born in Florence, Grand Duchy of Tuscany; was a pioneering nurse, writer and noted statistician; rebelled against family and the restrictive societal code when she entered nursing in 1845; cared for people in poverty and became the leading advocate for improved medical care in the infirmaries; most famous contribution came during the Crimean War where she gained the nickname "The Lady with the Lamp." (paraphrased, wikipedia)
 THOMAS GAINSBOROUGH (May 14, 1727 - August 2, 1788) born in Sudbury, Suffolk; one of the most famous portrait and landscape painters of 18th century Britain. Gainsborough painted more from his observations of nature (and human nature) than from any application of formal academic rules. The poetic sensibility of his paintings caused Constable to say, "On looking at them, we find tears in our eyes and know not what brings them." (paraphrased, wikipedia)
   Elizabeth and Thomas Linley, View Of Dedham, and Blue Boy back to top |  RICHARD WAGNER (May 22, 1813 - February 13, 1883) born in Leipzig; German composer, conductor, theatre director and essayist, primarily known for his operas (music dramas). Unlike most other great opera composers, Wagner wrote both the scenario and libretto for his works, transforming musical thought through his idea of Gesamtkunstwerk (total artwork), the synthesis of all the poetic, visual, musical and dramatic arts epitomized by his four-opera Der Ring des Nibelungen (1876). (paraphrased, wikipedia)
   Sets: Tannhauser, The Flying Dutchman, and Tristan and Isolde  BOB DYLAN (May 24, 1941 - ) born in Duluth, Minnesota; American singer-songwriter, author, poet and painter, a major figure in popular music for five decades. In 2008 was awarded a Pulitzer Prize Special Citation for his "profound impact on popular music and American culture, marked by lyrical compositions of extraordinary poetic power." (paraphrased, wikipedia) RABINDRANATH TAGORE (May 7, 1861 - August 7, 1941), Calcutta; also known as Gurudev; was a Bengali mystic, Brahmo poet, visual artist, playwright, novelist, and composer whose works reshaped Bengali literature and music in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. He became Asia's first Nobel laureate when he won the 1913 Nobel Prize in Literature. (paraphrased, wikipedia)
 GEORGES BRAQUE (May 13, 1882 - August 31, 1963), Argenteuil, Val-d'Oise; was a major 20th century French painter and sculptor who, along with Pablo Picasso, developed the art movement known as Cubism. Braque's earliest works were impressionistic, but soon adopted a Fauvist style. Strong influences including Paul Cézanne, Henri Matisse, Raoul Dufy and Othon Friesz eventually lead Braque to the beginnings of Cubism. In 1909, Braque began to work closely with Pablo Picasso. Their collaboration resulting in the invention of Cubism. (paraphrased, wikipedia)   Left to right: Terrace Of Hotel Mistral, Still Life With Grapes and Clarinet, and Studio |
PICTURES ON TOP, left to right: Quartier Schätzenstrasse, Berlin; another view of Quartier Schätzenstrasse; the Vonnefanten Museum, Maastrict, Netherlands; and entry at Quartier Schätzenstrasse. On left is the Teatro del Mundo, Venice, Italy. All works are by Aldo Rossi.Aldo Rossi (May 3, 1931 - September 4, 1997), born in Milan; Italian architect and designer who accomplished the unusual feat of achieving international recognition in three distinct areas: theory, drawing, and architecture.In his writings Rossi criticized the lack of understanding of the city in current architectural practice. He argued that a city must be studied and valued as something constructed over time; of particular interest are urban artifacts that withstand the passage of time. Rossi held that the city remembers its past (our "collective memory"), and that we use that memory through monuments; that is, monuments give structure to the city.He became extremely influential in the late 1970s and 1980s as his body of built work expanded and for his theories promoted in his books The Architecture of the City (L'architettura della città, 1966) and A Scientific Autobiography (Autobiografia scientifica, 1981). (paraphrased, wikipedia)
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