Browncoats support libraries - of course!

http://www.kidsneedtoread.org/

It was co-founded by actor Nathan Fillion and author PJ Haarsma--both
staunch supporters of the library system.

Thanks to Rod Holdsworth

Kan-ed Lives!

Here is an article from the Lawrence, KS, Journal-World:

Kansas Senate committee refuses to move forward with dismantling of Kan-Ed

Topeka — A state-run network that provides broadband access to hundreds of schools, libraries and hospitals, but has angered powerful telecommunications interests may have received a reprieve on Tuesday from the legislative chopping block.

Sen. Pat Apple, R-Louisburg, and chair of the Senate Utilities Committee, indicated his committee wasn’t going to act on a House-approved bill that would pull the plug on Kan-Ed.

Instead, Apple directed Kan-Ed leaders to get with cable and phone company lobbyists and make peace....

On Tue, May 3, 2011 at 5:54 PM, Roger Carswell wrote:

> The Senate Utilities Committee held a hearing on HB2390, the Kan-Ed repeal
> bill today. The Committee chair announced that the committee would not meet
> to work the bill tomorrow, rendering it effectively dead for this session.
> There is to be a study of Kan-Ed over the next few months, to which the
> library community will want to provide input.
>
> Many representatives of the constituencies of Kan-Ed (higher education,
> hospitals, schools along with libraries) were quite eloquent in their
> defense of the importance of Kan-Ed services at today's hearing. Libraries
> were represented splendidly by the testimony of Charlene McGuire, technology
> consultant for the Southwest Kansas Library System and Janet Reynolds,
> assistant librarian of Linn County Library District #2 and library school
> media specialist for Prairie View High School.
>
> It was also clear that senators on the committee had heard from librarians
> in their districts. Thanks to everyone for their work in defeating this
> bill!

DEWEY Winner story in the May 3, 2011 Lantern

It's a really nice article on Gina Austin-Fresh in the Butler Lantern this week. Except she quotes me as using the word "utilize."

I would never use that word...see?

--Micaela

World History in Video

Hello all,

We have purchased a new database from Alexander Street Press, World History in Video. It is accessible from the Library Tab in Pipeline, Databases from A-Z, Databases by Subject (under History) and from your mobile phone.
Please explore this database and be sure to share information with students, faculty and staff.

If you have any questions or can't access the database please let me know.
Have a great week!

Thank you, Ronda

Ronda Holt, MLS
Information Technology Librarian

Western Lit blogs...

CollegeEducationOnline.org published the 50 Best Western Literature Blogs today:

Ever get the inkling to discuss Flaubert, Twain, Proust or the other thousands of brilliant past and contemporary authors, but your friends and family just aren't interested? Don't worry - you're in the perfect place. We've compiled a list of the 50 best blogs dedicated to Western literature...

DEWEY Award 2011 Nominees Announced

Congratulations to the following faculty, who were nominated by students and/or staff for the Butler Libraries DEWEY Award (in alphabetical order):

Gina Austen-Fresh, Darrin Bentley, William Buchhorn, Robert Thompson, Jeff Tymony, and Matt Webster

Please join us in applauding their efforts and awarding the final winner at 2:40 - 3:30 in the Clifford Stone Room during the Spring 2011 Institutional Development Day Thursday.

Micaela Ayers
Director, Library Services
Butler Community College

Freegle

New product, Freegle, promising downloads of MP3 music via libraries. The name is a bit odd, considering that there's a lot of other products and services that are using "Freegle" -- recycling, free games, etc.

Should your library buy into this? We'd pay $1900 a year to let you download about 1500 songs... probably limiting you to three downloads so we can share the wealth. Honestly, I like the product we chose much better:

American Song, by Alexandria Street Press. Enter here if you're a Butler Community College person. It's a rich database of music for you to listen to. And it costs half as much, with no limits on listening.

American Song is a history database that allows people to hear and feel the music from America's past.The database includes songs by and about American Indians, miners, immigrants, slaves, children, pioneers, and cowboys. Included in the database are the songs of Civil Rights, political campaigns, Prohibition, the Revolutionary War, the Civil War, anti-war protests, and more.

Content from African American Music is now a part of American Song, including 17,000 tracks from the original interface, plus 18,000 newly released tracks. See the About page for details.

This release includes 6,834 albums, equaling 115,689 tracks, growing regularly.

African American
African American Music
American Folk
American Folk
Calls/Hollers
Country
Country, Southwestern
Cowboy Songs
Folk-Pop
Historical Song
Holiday
Norteño
Old Time
Political Folk Songs
Protest Songs
Shape Note Singing
Social Songs
Struggle and Protest
Tejano and Norteño
Traditional Cajun
Western Swing
American Indian
American Indian
Bluegrass
Bluegrass
Bluegrass Gospel
Progressive Bluegrass
Blues
Blues
Blues-Rock
Boogie-Woogie
City/Urban Blues
Contemporary Blues
Country/Rural Blues
Jazz Blues
Jump Blues
Piano Blues
Piedmont Blues
Rhythm & Blues
Secular Vocal Groups
Soul
Soul Blues
Vaudeville
Cajun/Zydeco
Creole/Cajun Music
Zydeco
Caribbean
Afro-Cuban
Chamber
Piece
String Quartet
String Quintet
Trio
Children's
Children's
Children's Song
Game Song
Contemporary
Adult Contemporary
Afro-Pop
Bossa nova
Disco
Electronic
Fusion
New Age
Popular
Rap
Song
Country
Classic Country
Country Folk
Country-Rock
Cowboy
Honky-Tonk
Old-Timey
Traditional Country
Western Swing
Yodeling
Dance
Bambuco
Biguine
Bolero
Buck dancing
Cakewalk
Cha-cha-chá
Charanga
Corrido
Cumbia
Dance
Danza
Danzón
Fandango
Flamenco
Foxtrot
Guaracha
Habanera
Huapango
Jig
Mambo
Maxixe
Mazurka
Merengue
Paso Doble
Polka
Quadrille
Ranchera
Redova
Reel
Ring Shout
Ritual Dance
Round Dance
Rumba
Salsa
Samba
Schottische
Stomp Dance
Tango
Tarantella
Traditional
Twist
Two-step
Vals
Waltz
Drama
Drama
Monologue
Folk
Acoustic
Anti-Folk
Bluegrass
Call and Response
Celtic
Contemporary Folk
Dance
Field Recordings
Fingerstyle Guitar
Folk Music
Folk Song
Folk-Rock
Fungi
Gypsy Music
Historical
Honky-Tonk
Hornpipe
Instrumental
Jíbaro
Kalinda
Klezmer
Live Folk
Old Time
Political/Protest
Porro
Progressive Folk
Rara
Ring Song
Scottish Folk
Singer/Songwriter
Skiffle
Spoken Interlude
Traditional Folk
Vodoun
Gospel
Contemporary Gospel
Gospel
Gospel Groups
Gospel Hymns
Gospel Quartets
Gospel Sermons
Southern Gospel
Traditional Gospel
Hip-hop
Hip-hop
Rap
Holiday
Christmas
Others
Humor
Humor
Indian Classical
Raga
Instrumental
Ballad tune
Ballade
Barcarolle
Brass music
Cadenza
Dance
Duet
Duo
Instrumental
Intermezzo
March
Marching Band
Mazurka
Minuet
Piece
Rag
Solo
Suite
Tango
Variations
Waltz
Jazz
Avant-garde
Ballad tune
Bebop
Contemporary Big Band
Contemporary Jazz
Cool Jazz
Early Jazz and Dixieland
Free Jazz
Guitar jazz
Hard-Bop
Jazz
Jazz Fusion
Latin Jazz
Modern Jazz
New Orleans Jazz
Orchestral Jazz
Piano Jazz
Ragtime
Smooth Jazz
Soul Jazz
Soul-Funk
Stride Piano
Swing
Traditional Big Band
Vocal Jazz
Latin
Latin
Opera + Operetta
Aria
Ballad Opera
Extracts
Finale
Intermezzo
March
Opera
Operetta
Overture
Piece
Prelude
Quartet
Vaudeville
Orchestral
Concerto
Fanfare
Fantasy
March
Overture
Piece
Polka
Rhapsody
Suite
Symphonic Suite
Symphony
Tone Poem
Waltz
Pop
Pop
Popular
Contemporary R&B
R&B
Doo Wop
Ragtime
Syncopated Bands
Reggae
Dancehall
Dub
Lovers Rock
Reggae
Rocksteady
Roots Reggae
Ska
Rhythm & Blues
Doo-Wop
Funk
Go-go
Motown
New Orleans Rhythm & Blues
Rock
Alternative
Americana
Folk-Rock
Jam Bands
Pop-Rock
Progressive/Art Rock
Punk
Rock
Rock & Roll
Rockabilly
Roots Rock
Sacred
Anthem
Cantata
Carol
Chant
Christian Contemporary
Church Service
Devotional
Folk Spirituals
Funeral Music
Hymn
Psalm
Ritual
Sacred
Service
Song
Spiritual
Wedding Music
Soundtracks
Vocal Pop
Spoken Word
Spoken Word
Spoken Word and Sounds
African American Spoken
American History
Comedy
Documentary
Drama
Interview
Jokes and Riddles
Language Instruction
Music Instruction
Narratives
Oral History & Biography
Poetry
Prose
Sounds
Spoken Word
Spoken Word : MC
Vocal Percussion
World History
Stage + Screen
American Popular
Cabaret
Film Music
Musical
Satire
Soundtracks & Musicals
TV Music
Traditional
African Drumming
Banda
Bèlè
Calypso
Drumming
Hawai'i
Holiday
Holiday: Christmas
Improvisation
Instrumental
Mariachi
Patriotic Song
Pow-wow
Son
Song
War Dance
Yodeling
Vocal + Choral
A Cappella
Alma mater
Anthem
Aria
Arioso
Ballad
Canción
Canon
Cantata
Carol
Chant
Chorale
Corrido
Cries/Hollers
Drinking Song
Duet
Folk Song
Hymn
Lament
Love Song
Lullaby
Melodrama
Minstrel Song
Narrative Songs
Negro Spiritual
Piece
Psalm
Quartet
Quintet
Responsory
Romance
Sea Shanties
Social Songs
Solo
Song
Spiritual
Trio
Vallenato
Vocalise
Work Songs
World
World
World Music



Let me know what you think.