News From the Library

Library Remembers Two Historic Figures through Exhibits

Fred J. Taylor Library staff has prepared displays on the lives of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and former President Gerald R. Ford.

Martin Luther King, Jr.

According to the King Center, at www.thekingcenter.org, and a presentation made by Library Director Sandra Dupree Campbell Jan. 13 titled “Remember! Celebrate! Act! A Day On . . . Not a Day Off,” the 2007 observance of the holiday marks the:

· 78^th anniversary of the birth of King

· 39^th Annual King Center Program in Atlanta, Ga.

· 21^st anniversary of the national holiday

Monticello and Drew County have sponsored activities honoring the civil rights activist for over 20 years. UAM closed Monday, Jan. 15, for the holiday. Educational events were held on campus Tuesday, Jan. 16. Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc., sponsored an activity during the lunch hour.

Gerald R. Ford

According to the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library & Museum, at http://www.ford.utexas.edu/, Ford was:

· 40^th Vice President of the United States

· 38^th President of the United States

· Elected as a Congressman from Michigan for 13 terms

Drop by the library from now until the end of January to learn more about these two historic figures. Don’t forget . . . the library is happy to host the displays of student organizations. Contact Mary Heady at 460-1080 or heady@uamont.edu, for more details.

Paula Reaves
Reference Librarian

New Books in the Library

The Fred J. Taylor Library recently added the following list of new books to the library. The new books display is located just to the right as you enter the library. If you need assistance finding a book, please ask at the Circulation Desk.

· BF637.C4 J64 1998
Who Moved My Cheese? : an amazing way to deal with change in your work & in your life
Johnson

· D790.22.M55 2006
Masters of the Air: America’s Bomber Boys who fought the air war against Nazi Germany
Miller

· E176.1.H845 2005
Presidential Temples: how memorials and libraries shape public memory
Hufbauer

· E744.R375 2006
Blessed Among Nations: how the world made America
Rauchway

· E78.A8 D88 2006
The Native Ground: Indians and colonists in the heart of the continent
DuVal

· E839lJ46 2006
Decade of Nightmares: the end of the sixties and the making of eighties America
Jenkins

· HD9560.5.Y46 2005
Oil: a concise guide to the most important product on Earth
Yeomans

· HQ1090.N49 2003
The Code of Man
Newell

· LB2825.L33 2006
Liberty and Learning: Milton Friedman’s voucher idea at fifty
Enlow

· QK31.D6.M58 2005
The Tree Collector: the life and explorations of David Douglas
Mitchell

· QK45.2 B87 2006
Flowers: how they changed the world
Burger

· QK525.5.M54 M64 2006
Filicineae, Gymnospermae, and Other Monocots, Excluding Cyperaceae
Mohlenbrock

· RG137.45 S35 2004
Plants and Empire: colonial bioprospecting in the Atlantic world
Schiebinger

· RJ133.W37 2007
Physical Activity Interventions in Children and Adolescents
Ward

· SB454.W248 2004
The Plant Hunter’s Garden: the new explorers and their discoveries
Ward

· ZA3075.S78 2006
Student Engagement and Information Literacy
Gibson

New Arrivals in Special Collections

The Fred J. Taylor Library recently added the following list of new books to the library’s Special Collections. Special Collections includes materials about Arkansas history and the history of UAM. Located on the second floor of the library, the Special Collections hours are Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 12 p.m. and 1 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. Closed on posted holidays.

· ARK CS71.H82 1983
Hunting for Horsfalls
James G. Horsfall

· ARK E886 .C65 2006
Conversations: William Jefferson Clinton, from Hope to Harlem
Janis F. Kearney

· ARK PS 374. A35 H29 2001
Jackknife
Cecil Haywood

· ARK S 541.5.C82 C665 1992
The Pioneer Experiment Station: 1875-1975
James G. Horsfall

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