Monthly Archives: March 2014

NEW: Guide to Fair Use & Copyright

Announcing a new guide for understanding fair use and copyright

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Copyright, fair use and author’s rights are hot topics in higher education. The Committee on Fair Use created a new online educational guide to help clarify these important, but often confusing, issues. The guide offers links to relevant best practices and resources, as well as current information on educational opportunities here on campus. Check out this guide if you have questions about the fair use in education or are interested in protecting your own rights when publishing your research in academic journals.

Fair Use Guide: https://guides.lib.umassd.edu/fairuse

Three Bestselling Acclaimed Authors to Speak at UMass Dartmouth Sunday March 30, 2014

Pictures of the AuthorsWHAT: Three preeminent writers share their personal stories and writing processes
WHEN: March 30 from 2-4:30 PM
WHERE: Woodland Commons, UMass Dartmouth – Parking and shuttle service is available in parking lot 7.

Tickets are $35 and may be purchased in advance by mailing a check payable to the Carney Library Associates, 1032 Sterling Street, New Bedford, Massachusetts  02745. Included is a plentiful afternoon buffet of sandwiches, scones, beverages and desserts.
NOTE: Students with identification are admitted free to the talk only.

The Claire T. Carney Library Associates annual Literary Author Talk and Tea, hosted by Prof. Mel B. Yoken, is March 30 from 2-4:30 PM at  the Woodland Commons, UMass Dartmouth, 285 Old Westport Road, North Dartmouth, MA

Three preeminent contemporary writers, J.A. Jance, Nicholas A. Basbanes and Mitchell Zuckoff will share their personal stories and writing processes.  The Dean of Library Services, Terrence Burton will provide opening remarks.  Rev. Robert Lawrence, Margo Moore and Maureen Lewis, all board members of the Claire T. Carney Library Associates, will introduce the speakers.

J.A. Jance is the New York Times bestselling author of the J.P. Beaumont series, the Joanna Brody series, the Ali Reynolds series, four interrelated thrillers featuring the Walker family, and a book of poetry.  Her books have sold more than 25 million copies in print.  “Moving Target,” just published, is the latest in the Ali Reynolds series.  Jance is an avid crusader for many important causes including the American Cancer Society, Gilda’s Club, the Humane Society, the YWCA and the Girl Scouts.  A lover of animals, Jance has rescued a Dachshund named Bella.  Born in South Dakota and raised in Bisbee, Arizona, Jance and her husband split their time between Seattle, Washington and Tucson, Arizona.

Nicholas A. Basbanes is a cultural historian and a bibliophile par excellence who has written nine books of general nonfiction.  His first, “A Gentle Madness:  Bibliophiles, Bibliomanes and the Eternal Passion for Books,” was a finalist in 1995 for the National Book Critics Circle Award and was named a New York Times Notable Book of the Year.  His most recent book, “On Paper:  The Everything of its Two Thousand Year History,” was the recipient in 2008 of a National Endowment for the Humanities Research Fellowship and was published in October 2013 by Alfred A. Knopf.  It was named a Best Book of the Year by Bloomberg News, Kirkus Reviews, Mother Jones and the National Post of Canada.  An award-winning investigative reporter during the 1970s, Basbanes was literary editor of the Worcester Sunday Telegram from 1978 to 1991 and, for the next eight years, he wrote a nationally syndicated column on books and authors.  Basbanes lectures widely on a variety of subjects, has reviewed and written Op-ed pieces for numerous publications and writes a featured column for Fine Books & Collections magazine.

Mitchell Zuckoff is a professor of journalism at Boston University.  He is the author of six works of nonfiction, most recently the New York Times bestsellers, “Frozen in Time:  An Epic Story of Survival and a Modern Quest for Lost Heroes of World War II” and “Lost in Shangri-la:  A True Story of Survival, Adventure, and the Most Incredible Rescue Mission of World War II.”  “Lost in Shangri-la” received the 2012 Winship/PEN New England Award for Nonfiction.  His previous books are “Robert Altman:  The Oral Biography,” Ponzi’s Scheme,” “Judgment Ridge” and “Choosing Naia.”  Zuckoff is a former special projects reporter for the Boston Globe where he was a Pulitzer Prize finalist for investigative reporting.  He received the Distinguished Writing Award from the American Society of Newspaper Editors, the Livingston Award for International Reporting and other national honors.  His magazine work has appeared in the New Yorker, Fortune and other national publications.

The event, sponsored by the Claire T. Carney Associates, includes a plentiful afternoon buffet of sandwiches, scones, beverages and desserts.

Following the program, featured books from Barnes and Nobles will be available for purchase and signing.  Tickets are $35 and may be purchased in advance by mailing a check payable to the Carney Library Associates, 1032 Sterling Street, New Bedford, Massachusetts  02745.

Students with identification are admitted free to the talk only.

Parking and shuttle service is available in parking lot 7.

The Cabral de Mellos and New Bedford– Photographic Album — 1893-1931- A Book Presentation by Dr. José de Almeida Mello Monday, March 10, 2014 @ Claire T. Carney Library

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 UMass Dartmouth invites you to
a book presentation of

The Cabral de Mellos and New Bedford–  Photographic Album — 1893-1931
by Dr. José de Almeida Mello
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Monday, March 10, 2014

4:00pm
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Grand Reading Room, Claire T. Carney Library
University of Massachusetts Dartmouth
285 Old Westport Road, Dartmouth, MA 02747

Dr. José de Almeida Mello, historian, is the chief librarian of the Ponta Delgada Municipal Library and the cultural attaché of Ponta Delgada City Hall. He is also is a prolific author of many books and monographs. He published “Sahar Hassamain Synagogue in Ponta Delgada” (2009) a book that tells the story of the Synagogue and speaks of the importance to preserve the Jewish legacy in the Azores.

RSVP by Wednesday, March 5, 2014
to the Center for Portuguese Studies and Culture 508.999.8255
or email portuguesestudiesctr@umassd.edu

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