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VIDEOS IN THE LIBRARY

Most folks know they can go to their local public library and borrow videos for home viewing. But did you know the University Library also has videos?

As would be expected many of the videos in the Library deal with business practices or are tutorials, including some great ones for mathematics. Among the tutorial videos we even have some by John Cleese, such as Meetings, Bloody Meetings, and by Lily Tomlin such as her Customer Service Training series. Then there are great film titles that were purchased for classes on the workplace in cinema. These range from that classic work on American capitalism, The Godfather, to the 2003 Oscar winning feature on a young girl's entry into the workplace Spirited Away. Also available are documentaries such as The Smartest Guys in the Room and Bowling for Columbine. So if you are looking for something to show a class or for some home viewing with family and friends remember the University Library.

How do you find what titles we have in the Library?

Simple. For a list of DVD discs do a subject search for Digital Video Discs (University Library), for a list of VHS tapes do a subject search for Videocassettes (University Library) and then bookmark the search results for easy access in the future.

All circulating videos go out for two days so be sure to bring them back on time. Also, a few select titles cannot leave the campus due to contract agreements with the producers.

---Gilles Poitras

UNIVERSITY LIBRARY ORIENTATION WEEK

Welcome to the start of Fall term! The first week of school, the University Library will be offering orientation workshops and tours for all of our interested faculty, students, and staff. We encourage you to come and see the wonderful resources we offer, including: daily newspapers and weekly magazines to browse, current books on a variety of topics available to take home, and critical professional practice databases to help with your projects. We are proud of what we have to offer you. Join us and learn more!

WHEN: Tuesday, September 4, 5:30 - 6:30 pm
Wednesday, September 5, 5:30 - 6:30 pm
Thursday, September 6, 5:30 - 6:30 pm
Saturday, September 8, 11:00 am - 12:00 pm

WHERE: 536 Mission Street, San Francisco, University Library, meet at the Reference Desk

RSVP: askalibrarian@ggu.edu or 415-442-7244.

If you are unable to attend any of these sessions, or, if you wish to request the workshop for a regional site, please contact the library's Reference Desk at 415-442-7244 or e-mail askalibrarian@ggu.edu.

For a complete listing of scheduled library programs, go to the Workshops and Events page.

WORK LIFE BALANCE WORKSHOPS PLANNED FOR OCTOBER

Work Life Balance. How do you achieve it? What would you like to know to help you maintain it? The Work-Life Balance team at GGU is putting together a series of workshops and other activities for October to focus on Work Life Balance.

We want to hear from you! Send us:
  • your tips on favorite practices, resources, including parks, gyms, yoga studios, sites near GGU, etc.
  • your ideas for activities and resources that would help you as you work toward work-life balance.
Please send your suggestions and questions to Janice Carter jcarter@ggu.edu

We appreciate your participation!

---J. Carter

FOOD for THOUGHT

The world is full of human lobsters; men stranded on the rocks of indecision and procrastination, who, instead of putting forth their own energies, are waiting for some grand billow of good fortune to set them afloat. ---Orison Swett Marden

Delay is the deadliest form of denial. ---C. Northcote Parkinson

There is no moment like the present. The man who will not execute his resolutions when they are fresh upon him can have no hope from them afterwards: they will be dissipated, lost, and perish in the hurry and scurry of the world, or sunk in the slough of indolence. ---Maria Edgeworth

If you keep thinking about what you want to do or what you hope will happen, you don't do it, and it won't happen. ---Joe Dimaggio

Problem is there are too many sissies and prima donnas -- stop talking and get it done. ---Marcelle Orlando McGuire, American author and producer


The Update is a regular feature of the University Library's website. If you wish to be added to our mailing list, please contact The Update Editor. Suggestions and questions regarding the newsletter may also be directed to this address.

Consultant: Janice Carter | 415-442-7248
Editor: Alice Dietrich | 415-442-7259
Site of the Month: Larry Burg | 415-442-7250
Books of Interest: L. Burg
Food for Thought: A. Dietrich
Free Cultural Events Calendar: A. Dietrich
Graphics & Layout: A. Dietrich


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SITE OF THE MONTH
VideoBusiness.com
http://videobusiness.com/

Offered by the same folks who publish Variety, VideoBusiness.com is a mother lode of articles and statistics on all aspects of the video industry -- from players to games to DVD's.

News articles are categorized under studios/suppliers, retail, high-def, technology, VOD/downloads and videogames. The Market Data section will give some quarterly sales figures and sales rankings while the Resources area (probably not very comprehensive) provides a list of videogame publishers, wholesalers, organizations and DVD e-zines, among other headings.

And of course you can post comments to articles.

FISH SCHOOL

CATCH THE SPIRIT! RELEASE THE POTENTIAL! HAVE FUN AT WORK AS YOU PROVIDE SUPERIOR SERVICE!

Join us for a viewing of Fish! September 12, 2007, 12 noon, Room 4203. You are welcome to bring your lunch. Sodas, Pepperidge Farm Goldfish, and popcorn will be served.
This showing of Fish! is sponsored by the University Library in support of the University's emphasis on quality service.

Why Fish!?

"Seattle's world-famous Pike Place Fish Market is an otherwise ordinary fish market that's extraordinarily successful. The work is hard and the hours are long-yet these employees make a personal choice to bring amazing passion, playfulness, commitment and a positive attitude to work every day. This is the exciting-and extremely entertaining-basis of the FISH! movie. And now, like thousands of other organizations worldwide, including Saturn, Sprint and Southwest Airlines, you too can tap into the secrets of creating a super-satisfying work environment and even more delighted customers." Quote from http://www.charthouse.com/productdetail.aspx?nodeid=1061 retrieved August 14, 2007.

If you would like to reserve the Fish! video to show in your class or staff meeting, please contact Gilles Poitras at gpoitras@ggu.edu

---Janice Carter

BOOKS of INTEREST


Borderless business : managing the far-flung enterprise / edited by Clarence J. Mann and Klaus Götz. Westport, Conn. : Praeger, 2006. HD62.4 .B67 2006

Markets and the environment / Nathaniel O. Keohane, Sheila M. Olmstead. Washington, DC : Island Press, c2007. HC79.E5 K422 2007

Royalty rates for licensing intellectual property / Russell L. Parr. Hoboken, N.J. : J. Wiley & Sons, 2007. KF3145.Z9 P37 2007

Business process outsourcing : process, strategies, and contracts / John K. Halvey, Barbara M. Melby. Hoboken, N.J. : John Wiley & Sons, c2007 HD2381 .H35 2007

Mind your x's and y's : satisfying the 10 cravings of a new generation of consumers / Lisa Johnson ; with Cheri Hanson. New York : Free Press, c2006 HF5415.32 .J64 2006

Direct marketing in action : cutting-edge strategies for finding and keeping the best customers / edited by Andrew R. Thomas … . Westport, Conn. : Praeger Publishers, 2007. HF5415.126 .D57 2007

Marketing metrics : 50+ metrics every executive should master / Paul W. Farris … . Upper Saddle River, N.J. : Wharton School Pub., c2006. HF5415.2 .M35543 2006

Services marketing : managing the service value chain / Manfred Bruhn and Dominck Georgi. Harlow, England: Financial Times/Prentice Hall, 2006 HD9980.5 .B78 2006

Designing clothes : culture and organization of the fashion industry / Veronica Manlow. New Brunswick: Transaction Publishers, c2007. HD9940.A2 M36 2007

The affluent consumer : marketing and selling the luxury lifestyle / Ronald D. Michman and Edward M. Mazze. Westport, Conn.: Praeger Publishers, 2006. HF5415.33.U6 M53 2006

SAVE A LIFE!

The Blood Centers of the Pacific coach is coming to Golden Gate University. The Coach will be parked in front of Golden Gate University, 536 Mission, San Francisco on Wednesday, September 5 from 10 am to 2 pm.

"Whether it's a seven year-old battling leukemia, a father of four injured in a serious car accident or a 65 year-old woman having heart surgery, every day, hundreds of people in our communities need blood - and there is no substitute for it. Blood Centers of the Pacific provides the critical link between blood donors who generously give the gift of life and the local patients who need this lifesaving gift." (excepted from the BCP website)

When you donate blood, you will also get free total cholesterol testing. To sweeten the deal even further, BCP will give you a free ticket to the movies; bring a friend and they will give you two!

Be a Hero for Life! Give the gift of life.


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FREE CULTURAL EVENTS AND THINGS TO DO

SEPTEMBER 2007

WAVE ORGAN
End of Yacht Road jetty
St. Francis Yacht Harbor
North of Marina Boulevard Bay
Walking distance from Exploratorium

FORT POINT
Fort Point
Below Golden Gate Bridge
Open daily till 6 PM
San Francisco

SOMARTS CULTURAL CENTER
BATIK & CANVAS PAINTING
works by Izuoka Yoshiyuki & Sharad Sovani
Sep 6 - 26, 2007
934 Brannan, San Francisco

BIRD WATCHING
Where to bird-watch in the Bay Area:
Point Reyes National Seashore,
SF Bay National Wildlife Refuge,
Golden Gate Park and More

WALKING TOURS
San Francisco City Guides
c/o SF Public Library
100 Larkin Street
San Francisco

SAN FRANCISCO CONNECT
VOLUNTEER!
Join Us and Give a Day To SF!
Find Out How You Can Make a Difference
60 Spear Street
San Francisco
OPERA IN THE PARK
Sunday, September 9, 2007, 1:30 - 3:30 pm
Artists from the Company's 2007-08 Season
Conducted by Music Director Donald Runnicles
Sharon Meadow in Golden Gate Park, SF

YERBA BUENA GARDENS
JOHN HANDY and FRIENDS
Legendary saxophonist & composer John Handy
Thursday, September 20, 12:30 - 1:30 pm
Esplanade, Yerba Buena Gardens

ORGAN CONCERTS at ST MARY'S CATHEDRAL
Sundays at 3:30, September 9, 16 & 23
Organists: Eric Dalest, David Hatt and
Allan Blasdale
1111 Gough Street, San Francisco

INSTITUTO ITALIANO DI CULTURA
PIER PAOLO PASOLINI FILM FESTIVAL SERIES
Tuesdays at 6:30 pm, September 4, 11, 18 & 25
Films: Edipo, Teorema, Porcile and Medea
425 Washington Street, San Francisco

MOVIES at SFPL MAIN
ARCHITECTURE & FILM SERIES
Wednesdays at 6 pm, September 5, 12, 19 & 26
Films: Experimental Architecture,
Santiago Calatrava, Blue Vinyl and Mon Oncle

MOVIES at SFPL MAIN
BACK TO SCHOOL
Thursdays at 12 pm, Sept 6, 13, 20 & 27
Films: To Sir with Love, Ferris Bueller's
Day Off, Back to School and School of Rock

SCHEDULE of FREE DAYS at MUSEUMS in the BAY AREA

WORD FORMAT | PDF FORMAT

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September 2007 volume 2, no. 9
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