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The CIMC has acquired eight new digital voice recorders that are now circulating. They are Olympus WS-110 models, and work with both windows and Macintosh computers. Digital voice recorders are a great option for those looking to do a quick audio recording or interview. The voice recorders come with software installed on the device, so there is no need to download or install additional software. Keep in mind that the CIMC also circulates a digital transcription kit as well. CIMC equipment circulates to all students, staff and faculty currently enrolled in or working for a School of Education course, department or unit. If you have any questions, or would like to reserve one of these recorders please call the circulation desk: 608-263-4750 or email cimccirc@educaiton.wisc.edu.

Posted by Anna Lewis on June 1, 2008

Reflective Language Teaching: From Research to Practice, by Thomas S.C. Farrell.
Continuum, 2007
Prof P 51 .F375 2007

Language Testing in Practice: Designing and Developing Useful Language Tests, by Lyle F. Bachman and Adrian S. Palmer.
(Oxford applied linguistics series)
Oxford University Press, 1996
Prof P 53.4 .B331 1996

SLA Research and Language Teaching, by Rod Ellis.
(Oxford applied linguistics series)
Oxford University Press, 1997
Prof P 118.2 .E392 1997

Building Academic Language: Essential Practices for Content Classrooms, Grades 5-12, by Jeff Zwiers.
1st ed.
Jossey-Bass/International Reading Association, 2008
Prof P 120.A24 Z85 2008

From the Studies in Bilingualism series--

Language Attrition: Theoretical Perspectives, edited by Barbara Kopke and others.
J. Benjamins Pub., 2007
Prof P 40.5.L28 L35 2007

Selves in Two Languages: Bilinguals' Verbal Enactments of Identity in French and Portuguese, by Michele Koven.
J. Benjamins Pub. , 2007
Prof P 115.4 .K68 2007

Child Second Language Acquisition: A Bi-directional Study of English and Italian Tense-Aspect Morphology, by Sonia Rocca.
J. Benjamins Pub. Co., 2007
Prof P 118.2 .R585 2007

Posted by Vince Jenkins on June 1, 2008

In an effort to provide users better access to information, the CIMC will soon be circulating the books in its Reference Collection. Because the CIMC's Reference Collection contains a number of titles only available in print, this is just another step towards providing our users with better access to these valuable works. Reference Collection titles will have a 1 day loan period - allowing users to read, copy or scan the items outside of the CIMC.
Some processing of the books will be required before they can be checked out, so watch the News for more details this summer.

Posted by Jim Jonas on June 1, 2008

Did you know that a mosquito's wings beat about 500 times in one second? This is true, according to Kunkel and Siy in their unique picture book titled, "Mosquito Bite." Insects, including mosquitoes, are fascinating when studied closely. This month we will display CIMC materials for young entomologists. From field-guides to fictional stories, these materials will offer ideas for exploring the insects thriving in your own back yard--or buzzing in your ear.

June 15th is Father's Day and we have father-inspired books on display. All of these books are available for checkout.

Posted by Elissa Purvis on June 1, 2008

UW Digital Collections provides online curriculum resources forr faculty, staff, students and area teachers. New Spring resources include:

NEW COLLECTION
The Aldo Leopold Archives
7 issues, 7,516 pages, added 3/4/2008 and 5/6/2008
Aldo Leopold is considered by many to have been the most influential conservation thinker of the 20th Century. Leopold's legacy spans the disciplines of forestry, wildlife management, conservation biology, sustainable agriculture, restoration ecology, private land management, environmental history, literature, education, esthetics, and ethics. Funded by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC), the Aldo Leopold Archive houses the raw materials that document not only Leopold's rise to prominence but the history of conservation and the emergence of the field of ecology from the early 1900s until his death in 1948. Content will be added throughout the year.

AFRICA FOCUS
Harold Scheub's Images from South Africa
162 images, added 3/17/2008
Harold Scheub, author of The Poem in the Story, The Tongue Is Fire and The African Storyteller, is one of the world's leading scholars of African folktales. This image collection contains photographs from Scheub's trips to Africa, especially Southern Africa, in 1967/68 and 1972. Images show many of the storytellers Scheub has written about and documented in his previous works.

ARTS COLLECTION
Artists' Books
72 images, added 5/6/2008
This database is an illustrated, descriptive index to the Artists' Book Collection, located in the Kohler Art Library, University of Wisconsin-Madison. The artists' books are finely crafted and visually stimulating works made by more than 150 presses and artists worldwide. They comprise limited edition, one-of-a-kind, and offset books,
representative of major book artists working during the past thirty years, including many who trained in the University of Wisconsin-Madison Art Department. The Artists' Books digital collection is intended to
create a "visual finding aid" to the entire Artists' Book Collection.

ECOLOGY AND NATURAL RESOURCES
Fishes of Wisconsin
1 volume, 1,065 pages, added 3/17/2008
This single volume, published by the University of Wisconsin Press, represents an unmatched reference guide for those interested in species of fish in Wisconsin as well as fish that have been displaced from the state. With hundreds of photographs and drawings as well as comprehensive statistical data, Fishes of Wisconsin is a valuable tool for researchers, professionals and fishing enthusiasts.

DECORATIVE ARTS AND MATERIAL CULTURE
American Medical Botany
3 issues, 766 pages, added 5/6/2008
As debatably the first American botanical book (in a close tie with William Barton's "Vegetable Materia Medica"), this title is of interest to historians of science. It is also of interest in the decorative arts and material culture since the work represents the state of early American book illustration. It not only provides color illustrations of
the specimens to aid in plant identification, it is innovative as the first book containing illustrations printed in color. Prior books were customarily hand-colored after printing in a secondary process. As a "first" on many levels, this online book should be of value to researchers across multiple disciplines.

Bowles's Florist: containing sixty plates of beautiful flowers...
1 issue, 152 pages, added 5/6/2008
Carrington Bowles (1724-1793) belonged to a prominent dynasty of London print and map dealers whose publications ranged from artist instruction manuals to coach fare guidebooks, with illustrations ranging from maps
and topographic engravings to portraits and political cartoons. This small volume, hand-colored and ornately bound with gilt edges, intended for the "amusement of gentlemen and ladies," exemplifies the refined taste of 1777 London.

HISTORY COLLECTION
Public Libraries of the United States
1 issue, 1,250 pages, added
Prepared by Samuel R. Warren, this report details the history and state of all types of libraries in the country. A search of Wisconsin returns information about how public, prison and the state historical society libraries were formed. You can also read about everything from reference books to reading rooms.

For more information about digital resources, visit the UWDC Web site at http://uwdc.library.wisc.edu or contact Melissa McLimans, Digital Services Librarian, UW Digital Collections Center. For help with integrating digital resources into SoE curriculum, contact Catherine Stephens at cstephens@education.wisc.edu.

Posted by Catherine Stephens on June 1, 2008

Life Stories

How to Write Your Life Story, by Ralph Fletcher.
1st ed.
Collins, 2007
LTy CT 25 .F58 2007

American Indian Contributions to the World: 15,000 Years of Inventions and Innovations, by Emory Dean Keoke and Kay Marie Porterfield.
Checkmark Books, 2003
LTy E 54.5 .K46 2003
Summary: A comprehensive resource to the visionary and skillful innovations made by the indigenous peoples of the Americas.

Harriet Tubman, Secret Agent: How Daring Slaves and Free Blacks Spied for the Union During the Civil War, by Thomas B. Allen; illustrations by Carla Bauer.
National Geographic, 2006
LTy E 444.T82 A73 2006
Summary: Harriet Tubman, well-known ex-slave who led hundreds to freedom along the Underground Railroad, was also a spy for the Union Army.

100 Greatest Science Discoveries of All Time, by Kendall Haven.
Libraries Unlimited, 2007
LTy Q 180.55.D57 H349 2007
Summary: Companion to "100 Greatest Science Inventions of All Time" published a year earlier.

Hurricane Hunters! Riders on the Storm, by Chris L. Demarest.
1st ed.
Margaret K. McElderry Books, 2006
LTy QC 944.2 .D46 2006
Summary: A special weather reconnaissance squadron of the Air Force, the Hurricane Hunters fly their WC-130 Hercules aircraft into the heart of a two-hundred-mile-wide hurricane to collect information about the storm.

Imaginative Tales

Babymouse: Skater Girl, by Jennifer L. Holm & Matthew Holm.
Random House, 2007
LTy PZ 3 H7322 Bas 2007
Summary: It seems everyone has a talent except Babymouse, until she takes to the ice and surprises everyone. Famous Olympic coach, Coach Bearnakorva, discovers her and asks Babymouse to be her new protege.

The Road of the Dead, by Kevin Brooks.
1st American ed.
Scholastic, 2006
LTy PZ 3 .B7762 Roa 2006
Summary: Two brothers, sons of an incarcerated gypsy, leave London traveling to an isolated and desolate village, in search of the brutal killer of their sister.

Memoirs of a Teenage Amnesiac, by Gabrielle Zevin.
Farrar Straus Giroux, 2007
LTy PZ 3 Z497 Me 2007
Summary: After a nasty fall, Naomi realizes that she has no memory of the last four years and finds herself reassessing every aspect of her life.

Darkwing, by Kenneth Oppel;illustrated by Keith Thompson.
1st ed.
Eos, 2007
LTy PZ 3 O588 Dar 2007
Summary: Dusk, the world's first bat, must lead his colony to safety in a time of changing species.

Beowulf: A Tale of Blood, Heat, and Ashes, retold by Nicky Raven; illustrated by John Howe.
1st U.S. ed.
Candlewick Press, 2007
LTy PZ 8.1.R2257 Beo 2007
Summary: A modern, illustrated retelling of the Anglo-Saxon epic about the heroic efforts of Beowulf, son of Edgetheow, to save the people of Heorot Hall from the terrible monster, Grendel.

Posted by Vince Jenkins on June 1, 2008