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Building a Civil War Virtual Library:  The ASERL Digitization Project [ASERL=Assocation of Southeastern Research Libraries]

Aaron Trehub, Assistant Dean for Technology and Technical Services, Auburn University Libraries

Location:  Special Collections and Archives Department, Ground Floor, Ralph Brown Draughon Library

Date and Time: February 16 at 3 p.m.

Sponsored by:  Auburn University Libraries, Caroline Marshall Draughon Center for the Arts and Humanities in the College of Liberal Arts, and Auburn University Bookstore

Currently on display are 13 large, framed, color photographs in an exhibit titled Photographs of Honduras by Paul Wingler.  The photos are on loan to Auburn University from the Counsel General of Honduras, Emelia Callejas.

This exhibit is located on the Second Floor of the Ralph Brown Draughon Library next to the dark wood walls of the Reference Department.

Currently on display in the Special Collections and Archives Department is an exhibit on a local labor union.  The exhibit, located in the two flat display cases immediately upon one's left when entering the department features photographs, memorabilia including clothing, and informative captions concerning United Steelworkers Local 753L.  The first display case also covers the U.S. Rubber Tire Plant (also known as Uniroyal Goodrich) in Opelika which closed in 2009; the second case profiles union leaders in Local 753L and strikes.

The Special Collections and Archives Department is located on the Ground Floor of the Ralph Brown Draughon Library.

By Michael Dirr and published by the Timber Press in 2011, this large volume (951 pages) is located in the Reference Collection on the Second Floorof the Ralph Brown Draughon Library under call number SB 435 .D57 2011.

CBS News/New York Times Monthly Poll, February 2010

This poll, fielded February 5-10, 2010, is a part of a continuing series of monthly surveys that solicit public opinion on the presidency and on a range of other political and social issues. Respondents were asked whether they approved of the way Barack Obama was handling his job as president, whether things in the country were going in the right direction, to rate the condition of the national economy, and what they thought was the most important problem facing the nation. Opinions were solicited on how respondents felt about the current administration, health care reform, the federal budget deficit, and terrorism. Respondents were asked whether they approved or disapproved of the current Congress, the chance they would re-elect members of Congress, whether there was a need for a third party to be formed, how well Congress represents the general population compared to special interests, whether the stimulus package created a substantial number of new jobs or not, whether government programs do enough or too much for the people, new regulations and proposed taxes on financial institutions, the amount of influence the Tea Party has, gays and lesbians in the military, and personal finances. Demographic information includes sex, age, race, education level, household income, marital status, religious preference, type of residential area (e.g., urban or rural), political party affiliation, political philosophy, and voter registration status and participation history.

This dataset is available through the ICPSR (Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research) database which provides search and browsing access to abstracts and data sets in the world's largest archive of computerized social science data. Search or browse title of study, principal investigator, words in abstract, or study number. Browse major research categories..  Auburn University students, faculty, and staff only may create an account that will allow access to the membership-only data.

Please contact Barbara Bishop at bishoba@auburn.edu or (334) 844-1690 if you need more information concerning ICPSR .

Auburn University will join hundreds of colleges, universities, libraries and other organizations throughout the nation at the 23rd. annual National African American Read-In.  Volunteer readers share excerpts from their favorite African American Literature in a celebration of African American history.

Date and Time:  Monday, February 6 at 11:30 a.m. - 1 p.m.

Location:  Ralph Brown Draughon Library - Mell Street Entrance.

The Read-In is free and open to the public.  All are welcome.

Reading selections will also be available on site.  Readers and performers of all ages are welcome.  Readers are needed for this year's program.

If you would like to participate as a reader, please contact Jennifer Cook at jsc0013@auburn.edu or call (334) 844-5042.  The DEADLINE to register as a reader is February 3.

Endorsed by:  The International Reading Association

Sponsored by:  The National Council of Teachers of English, Black Caucus of the National Council of Teachers of English, Office of Diversity and Multicultural Affairs, and University Libraries.

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Women in Prison in the 1990's:  A Temporal and Institutional Comparison

This study explores the attitudes, perceptions and experiences of women in two prisons in California. The study includes both a temporal component comparing women's experiences in one prison in the early 1960s and the mid-1990s, and a comparative institutional component, comparing women's experiences in two different prisons operating in the social and policy milieu of the mid-1990s. It analyzes surveys of inmates and secondary data collected from official records, archives, and an earlier study of women in prison in California. The study portrayed women's reactions to prison as a function of (1) inmates' pre-prison characteristics, (2) characteristics of inmates' prison careers, (3) institutional structures and processes, (4) crime control ideologies and policies, (5) public attitudes toward crime and criminals, and (6) women's roles, opportunities, and lifestyles in the wider society. Closed-ended questions were developed for the survey designed to measure (1) the most difficult aspects of doing time, (2) the specific problems of prison life, (3) the various types of inmates and inmate relations, and (4) the nature of inmate-staff relations. The survey also included questions based on measures and scales used in penology research and the survey initially administered by Ward and Kassebaum to women prisoners in the 1960s. Demographic questions included age, ethnicity, if born in the United States, length of residence in the United States, marital status, and education.

This dataset is available through the ICPSR (Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research) database which provides search and browsing access to abstracts and data sets in the world's largest archive of computerized social science data. Search or browse title of study, principal investigator, words in abstract, or study number. Browse major research categories..  Auburn University students, faculty, and staff only may create an account that will allow access to the membership-only data.

Please contact Barbara Bishop at bishoba@auburn.edu or (334) 844-1690 if you need more information concerning ICPSR .

Be sure to consult the Library Hours link located in the upper right side of the Auburn University Libraries homepage to determine library hours of operation during the Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday period in effect Friday, January 13 through Monday, January 16.