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NEDAwareness Week Books Display

Thanks to the campus student groups PSA, LUNAMI, SAA, and LU Wellness, there is a new themed display on the New Books shelf in the library for National Eating Disorders Awareness Week (February 23rd-March 1st).

1779140_10203606711034707_1843898827_nThe goal of this week is to promote public and media attention to the seriousness of eating disorders and improve education about triggers, warning signs, and how to help those struggling. NEDAwareness’ 2014 theme is “I Had No Idea”, seeking to address the misconceptions and stigma that surround eating disorders.

This display provides print resources for patrons that are perhaps suffering from an eating disorder, or are interested in learning more about them. Also on display are educational infographics provided by NEDA, the National Eating Disorders Association (which can also be viewed here).  To learn more about NEDA and NEDAwareness Week, you can visit their websites here and here.

NEDA’s Information & Referral Helpline: 800-931-2237

LU Counseling: 920-832-6574 or the WellLU webpage for counseling and other resources.

 

The Mudd Welcomes Martha Nussbaum to Campus

Lawrence University will recognize Martha Nussbaum, one of the world’s pre-eminent scholars, public intellectuals and an award-winning author, with an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree Sunday, June 9 at the college’s 164th commencement.

Nussbaum, the Ernst Freund Distinguished Service Professor of Law and Ethics at the University of Chicago, also will serve as the principal commencement speaker.

The full press release can be found here: Lawrence University to Honor Martha Nussbaum.

Interested in doing some preliminary research on Ms. Nussbaum before her arrival on campus? We’ve gathered a few links to help get you started:

For further research assistance regarding the life and work of Martha Nussbaum, or any other topic, please contact our friendly and knowledgeable reference librarians. The Seeley G. Mudd Library will be open during commencement from 9:30 am to 12:30 pm.

Eating Disorder Resources

The library has recently acquired many new resources regarding eating disorders. These include workbooks, books about communication for family and friends, and even a book about the neuroscience behind eating disorders. Finding up-to-date information was not an easy task, as eating disorders are still misunderstood and under-researched.

These books are not meant to cure a person with body image issues, nor are they meant to replace professional help. If you or someone you know has body image or disordered eating issues, please consult the Counseling Center. There are no better resources available to you than the counselors.

To learn more about eating disorders and how to talk to someone about their eating disorder, please stop by the library’s new book shelf to pick up a brochure and browse the new arrivals (most start with call number RC). For more information please visit the National Eating Disorder’s website.

Political Cartooning: The Guide!

Want to know more about last week’s Things Worth Knowing topic of political cartooning? The library maintains a guide just full of information relating to each weeks’ topic.
Whether you’ve attended the event or not, this guide will give you plenty of useful information that can be found on the web, or in the library’s resources. Every past Things Worth Knowing event is indexed in this guide. For example, the page for our political cartooning session contains links to library resources, such as Harper’s Weekly, and Drawn to Extremes: The Use and Abuse of Editorial Cartoons, as well as links to a variety of web resources, such as The National Cartoonists Society website, and the Pulitzer Prize list of the best in editorial cartooning.

This week, we’ll be discussing the work and life of film great Joseph Francis (Buster) Keaton. Join us, Thursday, October 4th, at 4:30 pm, on the first floor of the library.

Be Well This Summer

Whether you are looking for a cookbook, exercise video, or just need to get out of the heat, the Mudd Library is your place for summer wellness. Take a look at a few items from the library collection that will help you on your path.

Healthy Eating:

The Food Matters Cookbook Contains 500 recipes to improve your health, and your impact on the environment.

American Dietetic Association Complete Food and Nutrition Guide This guide covers a variety of topics relating to healthy living- from facts about vitamins and minerals, to nutrition for athletes.

Indoor Exercise:

Zumba Fitness Created by Alberto Perèz, fitness trainer and choreographer.  Have fun and get in shape with Latin rhythms and upbeat dance moves. Set includes DVD and toning sticks.

More Yoga for the Rest of Us Instructional DVD of lower-impact yoga for stretching, balance, strength, and relaxation.

Deepak  Chopra’s Leela: Mind, Body, Spirit, Play This Nintendo Wii video game was designed with the guidance of Deepak Chopra to teach meditation and relaxation exercises.

Just Dance 3 Dance along with a selection of more than forty popular songs. For the Nintendo Wii.

Positive Psychology:

How Full is Your Bucket? Learn how to make the most of your interpersonal interactions at work and at home.

If, like many of us at the Mudd, you believe that wellness comes from relaxing with a good book- take a look at some staff favorites from our recent coffeehouse.

Spring Break Coffeehouses

The librarians of the Seeley G. Mudd Library would like to invite all Lawrence University faculty and staff to coffee.  We’ll provide beverages and something tasty, and use the opportunity to tell you about these interesting topics:

Tuesday, March 20:  Choice Reviews Online

Choice review slips will soon be a thing of the past; you can begin to take advantage of electronic access through Choice Reviews Online.  Anyone who participates in ordering library materials for their department will find this session useful.

Wednesday, March 21  Audio and Video Online

The library subscribes to several online collections of audio and video resources.  In this session you can learn about sound and film for history, education, literature, theater, dance, government, religion, science, and more.

Thursday, March 22 Primary Sources Online

An impressive variety of primary source material is available online.  Come find out about a sampling of the electronic archives provided by the library.

We will meet on the first floor of the library, at the south end the reference area (near the windows).  Our sessions will start promptly at 10:00 am, and finish at 10:45 am.

If possible, R.S.V.P. by noon on March 19 to Gretchen Revie at gretchen.m.revie@lawrence.edu or by calling 920-832-6730, but feel free to attend even if you don’t contact us in advance.

Hope to see you there!

Presidents’ Day

Abraham Lincoln Book Tower. Photo by Maxell Mackenzie. From npr.org

Presidents Day is celebrated yearly on the third Monday in February.  It was created in 1977 with the merging of the celebrations of Presidents Lincoln and Washington. The Encyclopedia of American Studies (from Credo Reference) notes, “although some communities still mark the observance with patriotic speeches by public officials, most Americans associate the day with department-store sales.”  While the library is hosting neither patriotic speeches nor any type of sale, we have found a couple of President Lincoln web pages that you might find interesting.

Tower of Abraham Lincoln Books: A group of historians in Washington D.C. created this exhibit made of the approximately 1,500 books that have been written by President Lincoln.  Their intention of this 34 ft. tall tower, was ” to physically illustrate Lincoln’s importance.”

Lincoln Reading Room:  The Mudd Library is home to the Lincoln Reading Room.  This room, which was dedicated in May 2000, contains an excellent collection of materials relating to President Lincoln and the Civil War.  The materials in this collection were donated by Robert S. French (LU ’48) and Keville Larson (LU ’20).

Charles Dickens turns 200!

Dickens

February 7. 2012 is the 200th birthday of one of the English language’s great authors, Charles Dickens.  Born in Portsmouth, England, Dickens spent some of his early childhood in London. When he was 12, his father was imprisoned for debt and Charles had to go to work in a warehouse. He never forgot either part of his life. He became a court stenographer at age 17 and later became a reporter for the Morning Chronicle. His sketches of London life (signed Boz), began appearing in periodicals in 1833, and the collection Sketches by Boz was published in 1836.

Dickens’ work appeared first in monthly installments and then were made into books. Dickens wrote quickly, often working on more than one novel at a time, and usually finished an installment just when it was due (sound familiar?). However, speed did not keep his intricately plotted books from being the most popular novels of his day.

Dickens wrote more than a dozen major novels, a large number of short stories, several plays, several books of non-fiction, and many essays and articles. He died in 1870 at the age of 58. He’s buried in Westminster Abbey.
Some Dickens links

Frans de Waal convo!

Frans de WaalFrans de Waal, primatologist and Professor of Primate Behavior at Emory University, presents a University Convocation on Thursday 2 February 2012 at 11:10am in the Lawrence Memorial Chapel. Professor de Waal will speak on “Morality Before Religion: Empathy, Fairness and Prosocial Primates” (read more).

 

 

Some Frans de Waal resources from your friends at the Mudd:

Do Humans Alone ‘Feel Your Pain’? from the Chronicle of Higher Education, October 26, 2001

The Living Links Center at Emory University. The primary mission of the Living Links Center is to study human evolution by investigating our close genetic, anatomical, cognitive, and behavioral similarities with great apes.

Professor de Waal’s public Facebook page

Search LUCIA for books by Frans de Waal

Search Academic Search Premier for articles by and about Frans de Waal (on-campus only)

 

Martin Luther King, Jr. Day at Lawrence

MLKMonday, January 16, 2012 is Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. Learn, volunteer, serve, and celebrate by participating in Day of Service events and the Martin Luther King, Jr. Day celebration, “Martin Luther King Jr.: This Life and Legacy” at 6:30 p.m. in the Lawrence Memorial Chapel. The keynote speaker will be Dorothy Cotton, the only female member of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s, executive staff and one of his closest confidants.

 

Learn about Martin Luther King, Jr.: