Jackson Library in the sunset

Hi all,

I took this photograph of Jackson Library the day before Thanksgiving, but never got around to sharing it until now. I thought others might like to see it.

Hope you all have a great holidays!

Sean

Reuse and Recycle for the Holidays!

Here are some items from the UNCG Office of Sustainability Newsletter:

Trash from holiday wrapping paper totals over 4 million tons each year. Wrap your gifts in used wrapping paper! 

If every American family wrapped just 3 presents in reused materials instead of newly bought wrapping paper, it would save enough paper to cover 45,000 football fields.

If every family in the U.S. reused two feet of holiday ribbon, it would save 38,000 miles of ribbon – enough to tie a bow around the entire planet.


You can reuse wrapping paper and gift bags, and both can be recycled in the commingled recycling bins.


For lots more sustainability tips, subscribe to the UNCG Office of Sustainability Newsletter.

Have a great holiday!

 

Holiday Luncheon 2014

Thanks to everyone involved for a great holiday luncheon!

Recycle Bicycle Tire Inner Tubes on Campus

​You can recycle bicycle tire inner tubes on campus.  Look for the Green Guru tube recycling boxes at Oakland Deck and McIver Deck!  These were installed and are serviced by POCAM - Parking Operations & Campus Access Management. 

 

http://www.greengurugear.com/recycling.html#learn

Student Presentation on Sustainability - November 13th

wanna buy a boat?

My husband is selling his sprint bass boat (1992) for $3500 if anyone is interested or knows someone  -- the info is on craigslist!

Fall Meeting

Congratulations to the winners of the Halloween Mask Contest:

HSML - First Place
Access Services - Second Place
Acquisitions - Third Place

Pictures from Bob's Retirement Party

Pictures from Housekeepers' Luncheon

Here are some pictures from the Housekeepers' Luncheon on Tuesday:

Living Simply in a Dumpster

Check out this Huston-Tillotson University professor's experiment in economical, sustainable living!

 http://www.theatlantic.com/features/archive/2014/09/the-simple-life-in-a-dumpster/379947/

Thanks to Charley and Beth FW for the link!

Pictures from Cindy's Retirement Parties

Thanks to Callie for the photos!

Local Styrofoam Recycling!

Here are two places to take your Styrofoam:

First Friends Church  on Friendly Ave. (before you get to Friendly Shopping Center).  Drive into the parking lot on the side and you will see a little shed-like structure on the side attached to the main building with two louvered doors on it.   You may put your Styrofoam in there.  Please put CLEAN food and packaging material in the separate designated containers.

First Lutheran Church on Friendly Ave. (Corner of Holden and Friendly).   Drive into the semi-circular drive at the side doors.   Go into the church and turn right.   Enter the recycle room through the second door on the right.   Please separate CLEAN food containers and packaging containers as requested.

All eligible Styrofoam should be marked with triangle and #6.   No peanuts.   The S shaped peanuts can be taken to the UPS store at the corner of Battleground and Cornwallis if they are clean.  The Shipping store at Friendly Shopping Center across from Five Guys (3125 Kathleen Ave.) takes them and shipping boxes and bubble wrap too.

 

 

How to tie your shoes

You may not know it, but I bet most of you have been tying your shoes incorrectly your entire life!

If you'd like to know a more effective way to tie your shoes, I encourage you to watch this short T.E.D. talk by Terry Moore. While it may seem silly, not having to spend time retying your shoes throughout the day can add up.

I've tried his method and can attest that it works great!  Give it a chance and see if it works for you.

Congratulations to Michelle Courtney, winner of the Social Science Team Table quiz

Michelle was the only participant to correctly match every liaison to his or her subjects of responsibility, and wins a $10 dollar gift card to Tate Street Coffee. (Kudos to Gaylor and Cathy G. for being tied for second place, with final scores of 8 out of 10. One other player also did well but didn't provide a name, alas!)  --Steve

 

Recommended social science-related books from library staff

At the ROI open house yesterday, many folks from the library named one of their favorate social science-related books. It's an interesting list! Thanks to all who contributed a title. Links go to Amazon for reviews, etc.  --Steve

This Is Your Brain on Music: The Science of a Human Obsession by Daniel J. Levitin

Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything by Steven D. Levitt and
Stephen J. Dubner

The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat by Oliver Sacks


Making the English Working Class by E.P. Thompson


Nickel & Dimed: on (not) Getting by in America by Barbara Ehrenreich


David L. Rosenhan, “On Being Sane in Insane Places,” Science, Vol. 179 (Jan. 1973), 250-258.


Censorship in American Film


What the Dog Saw by Malcolm Gladwell


Race, Reform, and Rebellion: The Second Reconstruction and Beyond in Black America, 1945-2006,
Third Edition by Manning Marable


The Forest People: A Study of the Pygmies of the Congo by Colin Turnball


Some We Love, Some We Hate, Some We Eat: Why It's So Hard to Think Straight About Animals by Hal Herzog


Roumeli: Travels in Northern Greece by Patrick Leigh Fermor


Colors of Confinement: Rare Kodachrome Photographs of Japanese American Incarceration in World
War II by Eric L. Muller (Editor)

Recyclebank

Check out this website where you can learn about recycling and sustainability.  It has wonderful ideas and you can get rewards by earning points for reading the articles and/or pledging to do certain green things. 

Recyclebank

Thanks to Melvina for sharing this!

(website not affiliated with UNCG)

How to use a paper towel to dry your hands

I posted this T.E.D talk a few years ago and thought it might be helpful to post it again since we might have some new Jackson Leaks followers.

In it, Joe Smith demonstrates the proper technique for using just ONE paper towel to dry your hands.

Just something to think about the next time you are frantically waving your hand in front of the paper towel dispenser trying to get it to give you more than one, small piece of paper towel.

Sean

Staff Development Week Pictures - Green Screen

Here are some pictures from the green screen demonstration:

Staff Development Week Picnic

Thanks to Rosann, the Staff Development Committee, Robin, Karen and everyone who helped for a great 2014 Staff Development Week!

2014 Mario Kart Tournament

Congratulations to the Mario Kart Championship Team Daisy Me Rollin' - Laath Martin and Alaina Jones!

Thanks to all the teams for a great tournament! 

The Book Truckers - Michelle Courtney and Katherine Nunnally - 2nd place

The Kart Krushers - Erica Rau and Lee Canada

Boo Diddleys - Sean Mulligan and Jen Motszko

Ridin' Dirty - Audrey Sage and Marcie Burton

Team 3 - Darinlee Needham and Cheryl Cross

And special thanks to Lea Leininger, Danny Nanez, Amy Houk, and Alaina Jones for loaning their gaming equipment to make this tournament possible!

2014 Staff Service Award Winner

Congratulations to the Staff Service Award Winner Katherine Nunnally!

Kathy Crowe - Trip to China

My trip to China

As many of you know I took a 3-week trip to China in January.  I accompanied my husband, David Crowe (a professor at Elon) and a group of 22 Elon University students on a study abroad program along with another Elon professor who is Chinese.  David has wanted me to come for some time but I kept putting it off, saying it took too much time away from work, used up too much vacation time, etc., etc.  But this year I decided to just do it. When I asked Rosann, she said, "why wouldn't you go?"  So I did!

The trip went into western China and Tibet so covered many areas in addition to the usual Beijing and Shanghai.  We left on January 2 and began in Beijing and saw the Great Wall and other usual sites.  Then we traveled to Tibet.  We took a 24-hour train ride to get there which I do not recommend.  Tibet, however, was truly fascinating.  It was the time of year when many Tibetans do a pilgrimage to Lhasa. We next went to Lijiang which I really loved because there is still much traditional architecture and culture.  Next was Chengdu where there is a Panda Reserve.

After that we went to Kunming and then Shanghai.  I visited the Library at SHUFE -- several of their librarians have visited here -- and gave a talk.  So there was a little work on the trip:)  Because it was the beginning of their New Year many were away so I only saw Mr. Chen of our old friends.  He was in the first pair of librarians who visited.  They were all very gracious and kind.

Below are my pictures which are in groups to keep from being too overwhelming.  Take a look at as few or many as you want!

Beijeing
https://www.flickr.com/photos/24010313@N04/sets/72157640744789384/

Tibet
https://www.flickr.com/photos/24010313@N04/sets/72157640888288545/

Lijiang
https://www.flickr.com/photos/24010313@N04/sets/72157640932958873/

Chengdu
https://www.flickr.com/photos/24010313@N04/sets/72157640927945064/

Shanghai
https://www.flickr.com/photos/24010313@N04/sets/72157640970258075/

Academic Libraries
https://www.flickr.com/photos/24010313@N04/sets/72157640889585703/

Kathy Crowe

2014 Outstanding Student Worker Award

The Outstanding Student Library Worker Award was established with a gift from David R. Arneke (left) to recognize an outstanding student worker in the UNCG University Libraries.

This year's winner was Will Cook from Access Services!

Also receiving nominations were Femi-Ann Balogun (Reference and DMC), Megan Coker (Digital Projects), and Eric Langer (HSML).