Take a minute with librarian Anali Perry to learn about the great online tutorials from the ASU Libraries. These short handy tutorials are available wherever you are and whenever you need them – day or night. From the very basics to more advanced lessons, we have you covered. Check them out!
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OUR FATHERS, OUR GRANDFATHERS, OUR HEROES… The Navajo Code Talkers of World War II
The largest, most comprehensive exhibition on the Navajo Code Talkers of World War II will be on display at the Labriola National American Indian Data Center, from October 19th to November 13th, 2009.
The Labriola Center will host a reception featuring two former Navajo Code Talkers and “Our Fathers, Our Grandfathers, Our Heroes…” book signing on Thursday November 5th from 4PM-6PM.
This exhibit traces the story of the famed United States Marine Corps Navajo Code Talkers. It begins with the original pilot group of first twenty-nine volunteers, who in 1942, developed and tested the original Navajo code. Proven fast and accurate, the Marine Corps recruited nearly 400 more Navajos who utilized the code sending and receiving encrypted messages throughout the Pacific island hopping campaign. The ingenuity of the Navajo Code Talkers baffled Japanese cryptographers and greatly helped in the effort to win the war in the Pacific.
This exhibit is a tribute to these men. Originally done as an oral history project by Wingate High School students, this exhibit speaks volumes of the pride young Navajos have for their heroes.
This traveling exhibit displays more than 33 historic photographs with text; facsimiles of original, military WW II documents; a c.1940 map of the Navajo Reservation; and the (now de-classified) Navajo Code itself.
In addition, the full-length documentary, “Navajo Code Talkers” produced by the Arts & Entertainment/History Channel will be running throughout open gallery hours for additional enrichment to the exhibition.
The Southwest Inaugural Tour 2007- 2010 of “Our Fathers, Our Grandfathers, Our Heroes…The Navajo Code Talker of World War II” has been made possible with grants from the New Mexico Humanities Council; PNM, and APS corporations; Arizona Humanities Council, and the Navajo Generating Station/Salt River Project, AZ.
This traveling exhibition is produced and circulated by the Circle of Light Navajo Educational Project, Gallup, New Mexico (505) 726-8030 or travelexhibits@yahoo.com.
In this Library Minute we introduce you to some new tools we have rolled out this fall. Learn about the the New ASU Libraries’ toolbar, RefMobile, and how to use our express checkout machines! Take a minute and get ahead of your game!
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We want your feedback! Anali Perry invites students to join the ASU Libraries Student Advisory Committee, which connects students to the libraries administration. Students on this committee have the opportunity to make suggestions, provide feedback and influence decisions about library services and resources. Plus it can be fun!
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On Friday evening from 8pm – 4am, Exlibris managed Services engineers will be performing the following activities:
Replacement of one of the border switches for added port capacity.
The “Get it @ ASU” service will be down during that time. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.
Photographer, amateur radio operator, politician, adventurer, outdoorsman, humanitarian, presidential candidate, and father are just a few things to describe the life and career of Senator Barry M. Goldwater.
In this episode Fred McIlvain talks with Arizona Historical Foundation archivists Linda Whitaker, Susan Irvin and Rebekah Tabah on the debut of the Personal and Political Papers of Senator Barry M. Goldwater after 5 years of heavy lifting (literally and figuratively) processing the collection.
When Barry Goldwater founded the Arizona Historical Foundation nearly 50 years ago, the last thing he would have expected is to find his papers in disarray. It is the ultimate irony, that a man who saved everything for posterity, would leave a collection requiring tough interventions so that it could be fully processed and cataloged. For all practical purposes this collection had remained largely unprocessed and hidden confounding researchers worldwide.
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Collection Vital Statistics:
• 1180 linear feet (970 boxes)
• 8,000 un-mounted photographs, 1,500 negatives, 5,000 slides, 110 photo albums
• 107 news clipping scrapbooks (many digitized to searchable CDs)
• 480 reels of microfilm (all digitized to searchable CDs)
• 1,028 film reels, cassettes, and tapes
• 896 pages (finding aid)
• 1.14 million documents
• 125+ years (1880s-2008) of Arizona and U.S. History
Host:
Fred McIlvain
Guests:
Linda Whitaker
Susan Irvin
Rebekah Tabah
Episode 99
Running Time: 25:48
As temperatures in the Valley continue to climb into the triple digits, the libraries are a cool oasis from the summer heat. So kick back and let Anali show you how to beat the heat with fun and relaxing things you can do at the libraries. You can grab a cold drink and a snack, watch a movie, surf the web, play some games and more.
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Did you know plenty of Library resources are available to you from your My ASU dashboard?
In this installment of The Library Minute Anali Perry tells us about the handy library links found on My ASU. You’ll see how you can utilize your My ASU dashboard to directly search Google Scholar or one of five other important databases, without leaving My ASU. You can also search inside the library catalog for books and other materials, log into your library account to renew books and check on your holds, and much more!
Watch the streaming video or download it to learn about all of these dynamic features.
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Fred McIlvain, Mimmo Bonnani, Curator Karrie Porter Brace and Professor Emily Umberger of the Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts discuss the summer exhibit of Mexican Codex Manuscripts on display at the Hayden Library’s Luhrs Gallery.
This engaging conversation tackles the background of the collections, and how the codices depict life of historic and Pre-Hispanic Mesoamericans. Karrie and Emily describe what these codices look like and how they were used by priests for consultation on state events, family decisions, and war. We’ll learn about a an interesting Mexico City map produced in the 1550’s for Charles V (Holy Roman Emperor of Spain), Montezuma, and the beliefs and practices represented in the manuscripts. Well also learn about the calendar stone, Mesoamerican hieroglyphs, Diego de Landa’s alphabet, the destruction of manuscripts, and the status of the actual texts today.
The exhibit is on display in the Hayden Library’s Luhrs Gallery through Summer 2009.
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Additional exhibit information
Search for Mesoamerican codices (ASU Library Catalog) (Open Worldcat) (Google Scholar – Requires Authentication)
Hosts:
Fred McIlvain
Mimmo Bonanni
Guests:
Karrie Porter Brace
Emily Umberger
Episode 98
Running Time: 35:50
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