Plan an Orientation

Do you have new staff or incoming graduate students? If so, you may wish to consult with your Steenbock library liaison to plan an orientation to library collections and services.

Steenbock librarians are happy to meet with your new staff and students--be it an individual consultation, small-group workshop, or participant in a department welcome event.

Additionally, your library liaison can provide the following services:

• Assist with understanding library services and policies (e.g., Library Express, faculty runner cards, UW System search and retrieval…),
  
  
• Customize email alerts to keep you informed about new articles matching your topic criteria and tables of contents of your favorite journals,
  
  
• Provide in-depth reference consultations—our office or yours--(e.g., help with strategy and database choices, customize your own alerts…),
  
  
• Supply customized instructional sessions and course web pages for students (e.g, hands-on training in using specific databases in your subject area, cited reference searching, evaluating websites),
  
  
• Verify citations,
  
  
• Assist with purchase requests or recommendations,
  
  
• Consult on questions related to publishing your research (e.g., identifying target journals, managing copyright, measuring research impact, open access publishing).
  
  

Heirloom Gardens Symposium (September 6)

Old World Wisconsin will host a symposium devoted to gardening with heirloom plant varieties, Saturday, September 6, 2008. Speakers for this event include Dick Zondag (president of Jung Seed Co.), Lee Somerville (horticulturist and historian) and Shelley Ryan (host of WPT’s The Wisconsin Gardener). Participants will also enjoy a tram tour to selected heirloom gardens at the site.

Tickets for this day-long event (9:00 AM – 5:00 PM) cost $85.00 per person and reservations are required. Phone 262-594-6301 to reserve your space or submit a form online. Breakfast, lunch and additional refreshments are included.

Wine Pairings

The research suggests that judicious consumption of red wine can be good for the heart.

Take heart that Steenbock has collections available to support your interest in viticulture, (as well as cookbook collections and titles in dietetics).

Some collection examples from cookery and viticulture:

Cookery

Author: Olney, Richard.
Title: Ten vineyard lunches / Richard Olney.
Publisher: New York : Interlink Books, 1988.
Description: 128 p. : col. ill. ; 26 cm.
Series: The Ten menus series
Location: Steenbock Stacks -1st Floor
Call Number: TX735 O46 1988

Author: Smith, Jeff.
Title: The frugal gourmet cooks with wine / Jeff Smith ; illustrations by Gary Jacobsen ; with articles on tasting and selecting wine by Corbet Clark.
Publisher: New York : Morrow, c1986.
Description: 447 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Location: Steenbock Stacks -1st Floor
Call Number: TX726 S64 1986

Author: Warrick, Sheridan F.
Title: The way to make wine : how to craft superb table wines at home / Sheridan Warrick.
Publisher: Berkeley : University of California Press, c2006.
Description: xiv, 252 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.
Location: Steenbock Stacks -1st Floor
Call Number: TP548.2 W366 2006

Viticulture

Author: Jackson, David, 1935-
Title: The production of grapes & wine in cool climates / David Jackson & Danny Schuster.
Publisher: Wellington, N.Z. : Butterworths, 1987.
Description: xiii, 192 p. : ill. (some col.), forms, maps ; 27 cm.
Location: Steenbock Stacks -1st Floor
Call Number: SB388 J26 1987

Author: Jackson, Ron S.
Title: Wine science : principles and applications / Ron S. Jackson.
Publisher: San Diego : Academic Press, 1994.
Description: xiii, 475 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.
Series: Food science and technology series
Location: Steenbock Stacks -1st Floor
Call Number: TP548 J15 1994

Author: White, R. E. (Robert Edwin), 1937-
Title: Soils for fine wines / Robert E. White.
Publisher: New York : Oxford University Press, 2003.
Description: vii, 279 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 26 cm.
Location: Steenbock Stacks -1st Floor
Call Number: S591 W493 2003

Please consult with your Steenbock librarians for assistance locating additional and related titles.

Beatrix Potter Birthday (July 28)

July 28^th marks the birth (1866) of beloved children’s author and illustrator, Beatrix Potter. Not only did she document the natural world so lovingly in both her whimsical and botanical illustrations/observations—it was in the latter, she would also prove to be an accomplished mycologist.

For examples of some of that work, consult the following title from the Steenbock collection:

Author: Findlay, W. P. K. (Walter Philip Kennedy)
Title: Wayside and woodland Fungi [by] W. P. K. Findlay; with 59 colour illustrations of fungi by Beatrix Potter, 28 by R. B. Davis and 20 by E. C. Large.
Publisher: London, F. Warne [1967].
Description: xi, 202 p. col. front., illus., 50 plates (some col.),diagrs. 22 1/2 cm.
Series: [The Wayside and woodland series]
Subjects: Fungi--Great Britain.
Location: Steenbock Stacks -1st Floor
Call Number: QK607 F55

Additional books about the life and work of Beatrix Potter can be found using the MadCat catalog. Consult with campus librarians for assistance.

Food Safety Fact Sheets

What with recent summer media attention paid to pathogens in the food supply—namely mass-quantity/processed fresh produce (tomatoes, peppers, etc.)--you may be experiencing some growing interest in food safety.

The USDA Food Safety and Inspection Service offers a handy menu of fact sheets suitable for home use or outreach efforts and instruction. Fact sheets address safe food handling, generally, and handling as recommended for particular food products, foodborne illness, emergency preparedness and food labeling, among other topics. Many guides are available in both English and Spanish languages.