INTERNATIONAL NEWS ONLINE VIA DAVIS ONLINE E-RESOURCES

Greetings!

Here is something to bookmark: Global NewsBank Online

To access this electronic resource, go to http://eresources.lib.unc.edu/eid and click on "G." Then scroll down until you reach "Global NewsBank." Click on it to search a wide variety of international resources (including maps) on a broad range of topics. Here is a description of this database:

Coverage: 1996-present Updated: Continuously

Global NewsBank is a unique information resource which offers students and researchers varying perspectives on international issues and events from translated broadcasts, news agency transmissions, newspapers, periodicals and government statements from nations around the world.

Global NewsBank offers: Dynamic Daily Updates, Maps, Full-text articles, Two search modes, Indexed articles.

Global NewsBank provides: Over 80,000 articles annually; Articles from more than 1500 sources; Retrospective information from 1996 forward; Radio and television broadcasts, wire service, newspapers and magazine articles; Information on politics, economics, culture, business, science, technology, environment; Local perspectives on current world information; Thorough coverage, from the first related article about a global issue to the latest news; News articles from remote corners of the globe; Primary source information (articles from original sources around the world); Articles from hard-to-find sources; Fully translated (all foreign articles and broadcasts have been translated to English); News from Africa, Asia, Europe, the former Soviet Union, the Pacific Rim, Central and South America and the Middle East; Interdisciplinary support (business, economic, social science, political science, international relations, science and technology).

[Note: Global NewsBank is an excellent resource complimenting our Park Library's exclusive access to NewsBank's "America's Newspapers" a full-text database offered in our Park Library's computer lab.]

As always, if faculty members or students wish a demonstration on Global NewsBank, please contact me directly and I'll arrange an appointment.

Best regards,

Barbara

- posted by Barbara @ 11:39 AM

 
GIFTS TO OUR PARK LIBRARY

Greetings!

The following materials are gratefully accepted in our Park Library's print and multimedia collections.

* From Jo Bass comes an 8 hour tape she made of these two video programs
"Feeding the Beast: The 24-hours News Revolution." This is a production hosted by Linda Ellerbee summarizing many of the changes in news reporting & editing. Highlighted are some of the more dramatic episodes. For example, it demonstrates that the rush for news and ratings has changed the traditional journalists balance, putting far more emphasis on reporting and far less on editing.
" Journalists: Killed in the Line of Duty." This video was produced with the cooperation and resources of the Committee to Protect Journalists. Forty-six reporters lost their lies on the job between January 2002 and April 2003. Of these six are profiles. They include Edgar Damalerio (Philippines), Raffaele Ciriello (Ramallah), Tim Lopes (Brazil).

* From Anton Zuiker comes a CD titled "HIV Positive Voices: An inside Look at the AIDS Epidemic in Baltimore." Running time 29 minutes. Also a gift from Zuiker is a CD titled "A Closer Walk" depicts the confrontation with global AIDS epidemic filmed during 2003. Subjects and story lines encompass the broad spectrum of the global AIDS experience and include people with HIV/AIDS from all walks of life. The film's basic themes focus on the underlying causes of AIDS, the relationships between health, dignity, and humanrights; and the universal need for action, compassion, and commitment to counter what has become the worst plague in human history. Glenn Close and Will Smith are the film's narrators.

* From Lois Boynton comes nine issues ranging from 1990 to 2002 of Public Relations Strategist and Public Relations Quarterly. This gift helps fill in the missing issues from our Library's bound volumes. A major step toward protecting the integrity of our serials' collection. Boynton also donated two copies of "Profiles in Ethics" published ini 2004 by the Institutional Members of the Association for Practical and Professional Ethics.

* From JoMC alum, David Zucchino, comes his book published in 2004, "Thunder Run: The armored Strike to Capture Baghdad." This book will be added to our Spearman alumni authored collection.

* From Stephanie Elizondo Griest comes her 2004 book titled " Around the Bloc: My Life in Moscow, Beijing, and Havana." Ms Griest has written for The New York Times, The Washington Post, Latina magazine, and the Associated Press.

* From Bernard M. Timberg comes a copy of his 2002 book titled, "Television Talk: a History of the TV Talk Show." The book has an extensive index and detailed chapter sources.

* Dean Cole donated a copy of an executive summary of the report produced by the Project for Excellence in Journalism titled "State of the News Media, 2004." The full report can be found at http://www.Journalism.org.

* From Phil Meyer comes a copy of Robert G. Picard's 2003 report, "Strategic Responses to Media Market Changes."

* From Post and Courier editorial page editor, Charles R. Rowe comes this 2003 book, "Pages of History: 200 Years of the Post and Courier." Rowe was a reporter for The Durham Sun newspaper in the 1970s and early '80s.

* From Speed Hallman comes a copy of the Wall Street Journal's 2003 Pulitzer Prize winning articles on the corporate scandals of 2002.

More good news to follow. Best regards,

Barbara

- posted by Barbara @ 5:13 PM

 
Subject: Average Salaries of Full-time Faculty in 2003-4
Academic Year. Survey of 1,343 U.S. Colleges and Universities

Greetings!

Here are news bulletins from The Chronicle of Higher Education
for Friday, April 16.

* AVERAGE SALARIES of full-time faculty members rose by just
2.1 percent in the 2003-4 academic year, the lowest
percentage increase in three decades, according to a report
scheduled for release today, by the American Association of
University Professors. Charts and tables elaborating on the
data are available on The Chronicle's Web site.
--> SEE http://chronicle.com/daily/2004/04/2004041601n.htm

[Note: I've printed the report in case anyone would like to examine it.]

Barbara

- posted by Barbara @ 11:23 AM

 
Date: April 14, 2004
From: Barbara Semonche, Librarian, The Park Library
Re: Textbook requests for Fall Semester 2004

The target date for ordering your textbooks for Fall Semester 2004 draws near. Please take time to complete these textbook requests promptly; no one really wants to start the semester without textbooks or having to cope with late arriving texts. Described below are several ways to submit your textbook requests. [Note bene: even if faculty members do not have a required text for their course(s), faculty members must inform Student Stores of that fact. Go to http://www.store.unc.edu/textbooks/ and click on “No Textbook Required.” Student Stores does not assume that a faculty member’s lack of a textbook request means there is no required textbook.]

PRINTED TEXTBOOK REQUEST FORMS:

Each of you will receive yellow textbook request forms for courses you’ll be teaching this fall. If you need extras, please photocopy the forms. These forms should be sent ASAP to: Student Stores Textbooks Dept., CB #1530, Daniels Bldg., UNC-CH Campus.

EMAIL, WEB, FAX TEXTBOOK REQUEST OPTIONS:

If you prefer to place your textbook requests, desk copy requests, or “no textbook required” forms via computer, send an e-mail request to textbook@store.unc.edu or visit the web site for the Student Stores at http://www.store.unc.edu/textbooks/ . You may also submit your order by fax at 962-3334. Please call Student Stores 962-2432 if you have questions about special textbook requests, international book orders, or any problems ordering on-line.

REORDER PREVIOUS TEXTBOOK REQUESTS:

Go to this URL http://www.store.unc.edu/textbooks/ and click on “E Z Order Form." Follow the directions on the form.

DESK COPY REQUESTS:

Go to this URL http://www.store.unc.edu/textbooks/ and click on “Desk Copy Requests.” Follow the directions on the form.

Thank you for your cooperation!

- posted by Barbara @ 11:09 AM