USF Lakeland Library Services

On Monday, May29th, the PCC/USF Library will be closed for Memorial Day.

Thursday, May 25th and Friday May 26th: I will be absent this afternoon and tomorrow morning. I will return Friday, May 26, around 12:00 PM. If you need immediate assistance, you can use the Ask-A-Librarian services or, for a short, factual question, use the PCC/USF Library.

Wednesday, May 24th, I will be in Tampa all day for meetings. If you need immediate assistance, you can use the Ask-A-Librarian services or, for a short, factual question, use the PCC/USF Library.

Good news! A operating fund for the Lakeland Library Services was created at the USF Foundation. That means that donations for the benefit of the library services here can be made. This fund does not yet appear on the Give Online! system but should soon. You can contact me for more information.

Meanwhile, USF employees interested in contributing to the Lakeland Library Operating Fund for the 2006 Faculty and Staff Charitable Campaign, can do so on a paper contribution form. I have paper forms, as does Drs Ponticell and Lamm. The Fund number is LL0001.

The National Council on Teacher Quality made a report public today entitled “What Education Schools Aren’t Teaching About Reading–and What Elementary Teachers Aren’t Learning”.

NCTQ studied a large representative sampling of ed schools to find out what future elementary teachers are–and are not–learning about reading instruction. The report, the most comprehensive of its kind, determined that education schools are ignoring the principles of good reading instruction that would prepare prospective teachers how to better teach reading.

You can either access the Executive Summary or the full text.

Here is a selection of recent USF arrivals at the PCC/USF Library.

• Spring training handbook : a comprehensive guide to the ballparks of the Grapefruit and Cactus Leagues / Joshua R. Pahigian
  GV875.6 .P35 2005
• Getting it right the first time : how innovative companies anticipate demand / John Katsaros and Peter Christy
  HB3730 .K35 2005
• The economic transformation of the United States, 1950-2000 : focusing on the technological revolution, the service sector expansion, and the cultural, ideological, and demographic changes / George Kozmetsky and Piyu Yue.
  HC106.5 .K69 2005
• Hard facts, dangerous half-truths, and total nonsense : profiting from evidence-based management / Jeffrey Pfeffer, Robert I. Sutton
  HD30.23 .P468 2006
• Environmental protection and the social responsibility of firms : perspectives from law, economics, and business / Bruce L. Hay, Robert N. Stavins, Richard H. K. Vietor
  HD30.255 .E5873 2005
• The handbook of international corporate governance : a definitive guide
  REF HD2741 .H26 2004
• The fortune at the bottom of the pyramid / C. K. Prahalad
  HD2932 .P73 2005
• Agile systems with reusable patterns of business knowledge : a component-based approach / Amit Mitra, Amar Gupta
  HD30.35 .M58 2005
• Outsourcing America : what’s behind our national crisis and how we can reclaim American jobs / Ron Hira, Anil Hira
  HD5724 .H545 2005
• Encyclopedia of communities of practice in information and knowledge management / Elayne Coakes, St
  REF HD58.82 .E53 2006
• Karaoke capitalism : daring to be different in a copycat world / Jonas Ridderstråle and Kjell A. Nordstrom
  HD58.9 .R525 2005
• Top careers for business graduates
  HF5382.5.U5 T67 2004
• Encyclopedia of disability / editor, Gary L. Albrecht.
  5 volumes
  REF HV1568 .E528 2006
• Encyclopedia of school psychology / editor, Steven W. Lee.
  LB1027.55 .E523 2005
• The Sage handbook for research in education : engaging ideas and enriching inquiry / Clifton F. Conrad and Ronald C. Serlin
  REF LB1028 .S14 2006
• Collaborative learning, reasoning, and technology / edited by Angela M. O’Donnell, Cindy E. Hmelo-Silver, Gijsbert Erkens.
  LB1032 .C567 2006
• Childwatching at playgroup and nursery school / Kathy Sylva, Carolyn Roy, and Majorie Painter
  LB1140.25.G7 S94 1980b
• Developing better readers and writers using Caldecott books / Kathryn I. Matthew
  LB1576 .M3934 2006
• Preparing teachers for a changing world : what teachers should learn and be able to do / edited by Linda Darling-Hammond and John Bransford
  LB1715 .P733 2005
• Our underachieving colleges : a candid look at how much students learn and why they should be learn more / Derek Bok
  LB2322.2 .B65 2006
• Encyclopedia of educational leadership and administration / Fenwick W. English
  2 volumes
  REF LB2805 .E527 2006
• Literacy development of students in urban schools : research and policy / James Flood, Patricia L. Anders
  LC151 .L48214 2005
• The case for affirmative action in university admissions / Bob Laird
  LC212.42 .L35 2005
• Teaching and learning in two languages : bilingualism & schooling in the United States / Eugene E. Garcia
  LC3731 .G35 2005
• Mentoring new special education teachers: a guide for mentors and program developers / Mary Lou Duffy, James W. Forgan
  LC3969.45 .D84 2005
• PDR nurse’s drug handbook / George R. Spratto
  REF RM125 .S668 2006
• Nursing diagnosis handbook : a guide to planning care / Betty J. Ackley, Gail B. Ladwig
  REF RT48.6 .A35 2006

We are also slowly building a collection in self-directed learning. More titles to come.

• Organizational learning climate, self-directed learners, and performance at work / by Deborah Jude-York
  Thesis
  HD58.82 .J82 1991a
• Identification of important behaviors which indicate a readiness for self-directed learning in sales training settings / John Halpin Burns
  Thesis
  LC32 .B87 1991a
• Developing paradigms for self-directed learning / Huey B. Long
  LC32 .D48 1998
• New dimensions in self-directed learning / Huey B. Long
  LC32 .L66 1995
• A meta-analytic study of adult self-direction in learning : a review of the research from 1977 to 1987 / Sandra K. McCune
  Thesis
  LC32 .M54 1988
• Advances in research and practice in self-directed learning / Huey B. Long
  LC5209 .A49 1990
• The inquiring mind / Cyril O. Houle
  LC5219 .H6 1993
• Self-directed learning : application and research / Huey B. Long
  LC5225.L42 L67 1992
• Contemporary ideas and practices in self-directed learning / Huey B. Long
  LC5225.L42 L6675 1999
• Emerging perspectives of self-directed learning / Huey B. Long
  LC5225.L42 L668 1993
• Self-directed learning : consensus & conflict / Huey B. Long
  LC5225.L42 S45 1991
• Current developments in self-directed learning / Huey B. Long
  LC32 .L655 1996

May 14 to 20 is national Reading is Fun Week in the US. Growing a love for reading is especially important for kids; check the Reading is Fundamental website for some ideas to enliven the week. And take advantage of our growing Children’s Books collection in the PCC/USF Library (last shelves along the back wall).

Do you have time for another short survey? The Libraries are running a survey regarding SFX and e-journals. SFX is the tool we used to manage our subscriptions to electronic journals and databases.

I will be absent from the campus today. If you need immediate assistance, you can use the Ask-A-Librarian services or, for a short, factual question, use the PCC/USF Library.

Stressed out during finals week? Take a break!

Click on the link below and help out your USF Libraries by filling out a very brief survey regarding our website. We are going through a redesign process right now and your input will be invaluable as we continue our development efforts. The survey will take no more than 5 - 10 minutes of your time. Please note that the survey mostly covers the Virtual Library page at http://www.lib.usf.edu/index.html. But whether or not this is the main library page you use, we still value your answers.

Please fill out by May 12, 2006.

http://72.242.112.3/usflibrarysurvey

Thank you very much in advance for your help.