Hip-hop: Beyond Beats and Rhymes

Please join the Women’s Studies Program for a free screening of the documentary Hip-hop: Beyond Beats and Rhymes, followed by discussion of the film. All are welcome!

Tuesday, December 2nd, 3:30-5:30 p.m.
Butler Library Room 210
Refreshments will be served.

Spotlight on Jeffrey Dirr

We’ve decided to start interviewing E.H. Butler Library staff and student workers for a weekly “spotlight” section of our blog.
This week’s spotlight shines on Jeffrey Dirr!

Describe your job responsibilities: I’m responsible for re-shelving books and stack maintenance.

What do you like best about working in the Library? Meeting lots of people– and getting my exercise by walking around the library all day.

What are your hobbies? Guitar playing. I also attend a lot of concerts.

What book are you currently reading? A music theory book.

If you could be any character from history, who would you be and why?
That would have to be Ludwig Van Beethoven because he was a musical genius.

What was your favorite book as a child and why? It was called Silver for General Washington. I’ve always loved history.

What do you like most about the city of Buffalo? There are so many free concerts throughout the area. Buffalo has such an amazing music scene!

Spanish Inquisition Talk

The Royal Spanish Inquisition: Torture, Sex, and What it Teaches Us in 2009

Talk and Book Signing by Dr. Nicholas P. Cushner

What do we know of the Spanish Inquisition (1478-1808)? Torture, intolerance, secrecy–anything else? Learn how and why the Spanish Inquisition came into existence, and how and why the Inquisition lasted for as long as it did.

Dr. Nicholas P. Cushner will discuss his new book, The Magical Conquistador and Other Stories about the Royal Spanish Inquisition, on November 17th from 4:30-5:30 p.m. in Butler Library Room 208.  Please join us!

Get Graphic…Read a Graphic Novel

Did you know that the average 15-24-year-old American spends almost two hours each day watching TV, but only seven minutes of their leisure time reading? Graphic novels, which convey two-thirds of a story visually, can be an important part of both educational and leisure reading for people of all ages. Check out E. H. Butler Library’s collection of graphic novels today!

Click here for more information on Western New York’s Get Graphic Project, a community-wide project designed to introduce teens, parents, librarians, and teachers to the incredibly popular literary format of graphic novels.

New Database: American History in Video

We are thrilled to present our newest video resource, American History in Video, available for streaming from the library’s Web site.

American History in Video
This growing collection features thousands of hours of material from the History Channel, Bullfrog Films, PBS, 1940s & 1950s newsreels, archival and public affairs footage, documentaries, and more. Covers American history from the early history of Native Americans through 1988.

Check out the entire listing of databases and Web sites with video available through E. H. Butler Library.

Video Tutorials featured on VIMEO

E.H. Butler’s Application Support Desk (ASD) team is in the movies! ASD students have created a variety of useful tutorial videos on everything from “scanning to a USB drive” to using the new Flip minoHD camcorder (available for check out in the Information Commons Room). You can find the IC videos at http://vimeo.com/infocommons. Autographs available at the ASD.

ASD Offers Free Scanning Service

Need to scan a document or photo? E. H. Butler’s Application Support Desk (ASD) offers free scanning services at the color printer locations in the StudyQuad and Information Commons room. All you need is a USB drive! Ask for assistance at the ASD.

Discovery Education Video Database

Butler Library recently acquired additional content in the Discovery Education Streaming video database. The new “Streaming Plus” segment adds material from the producers PBS, AIMS Multimedia, and ClearVue, and increases access for the Buffalo State community to over 8,800 full-length videos in the database, plus teacher resources, and nearly 3,000 audio files. All content is searchable via keyword and other options.

New users of Discovery Education Streaming must initially log in with a special Buffalo State passcode, then create an individual database-specific username/password. Links to both the full database and the password-protected passcode are available on the Butler Library Databases Web page. Click on “D” or scroll down the page to find the Discovery Education Streaming entry.

Butler Library subscribes to a variety of video databases. Check out our listing of databases and websites with video.

For more information contact Al Riess, Electronic Database Librarian, at ext. 6320.

Exhibit: Paintings by Sarah Brill

(Circulation gallery)
November 1-29, 2009

Still life and landscapes in oil.

Exhibit: Native American Artifacts

(Wall and display cases, upper lobby)
November 2009

Pottery, beadwork, vases, lacrosse sticks, water drums, wampum belts, Gus-wen-ta (two-row wampum belt), rattles, revelation sticks, cornhusk dolls, and more.