Author: Literatures at the Library
New Years
Happy New Year! Kick off the new year by revisiting some great reads from 2022. Stay tuned for more epic reads coming up this year.
Bonnie Garmus
Fatimah Asghar
Lucy Foley
Celeste Ng
Naomi Novik
Sarah Thankam Mathews
Gabrielle Zevin
Jennette McCurdy
Karen Jennings
December Reads
Spend the break binging these engrossing picks on Overdrive.
Taylor Jenkins Reid
Sabaa Tahir
Maddie Mortimer
Jodi Kantor & Megan Twohey
Siddhartha Mukherjee
Barbara Kingsolver
Temple Grandin
Malcolm Gaskill
George Saunders
Native American Heritage Month
November is National Native American Heritage Month! We’ve compiled a list of fiction, memoirs, and poetry for you to check out. Visit the Native American Heritage Month website for more information and live events.
David Heska Wanbli Weiden
Angeline Boulley
Marcie Rendon
Morgan Talty
Debra Magpie Earling
Kali Fajardo-Anstine
See more here. Do you have a favorite? Tell us on Twitter!
Workshop: Copyright and Fair Use for Digital Projects
Copyright and Fair Use for Digital Projects
Tuesday, November 8th, 11:10am – 12:30pm
Online: Register to receive the Zoom link
Tim Vollmer
This training will help you navigate the copyright, fair use, and usage rights of including third-party content in your digital project. Whether you seek to embed video from other sources for analysis, post material you scanned from a visit to the archives, add images, upload documents, or more, understanding the basics of copyright and discovering a workflow for answering copyright-related digital scholarship questions will make you more confident in your publication. We will also provide an overview of your intellectual property rights as a creator and ways to license your own work. Register here
Please see bit.ly/dp-berk for details.
Notable Books October 2022
Check out the National Book Award finalists of 2022 and celebrate the winner of the 2022 Nobel Prize in Literature Annie Ernaux! You can find their work at the UC Berkeley Library. Take a peek at some of the selections below:
Tess Gunty
Annie Ernaux
Jamil Jan Kochai
Meghan O’Rourke
Imani Perry
Gayl Jones
Workshop: The Long Haul: Best Practices for Making Your Digital Project Last
The Long Haul: Best Practices for Making Your Digital Project Last
Tuesday, October 25th, 11:10am – 12:00pm
Online: Register to receive the Zoom link
Scott Peterson & Erin Foster
You’ve invested a lot of work in creating a digital project, but how do you ensure it has staying power? We’ll look at choices you can make at the beginning of project development to influence sustainability, best practices for documentation and asset management, and how to sunset your project in a way that ensures long-term access for future researchers. Register here
Upcoming Workshops in this Series – Fall 2022:
- Copyright and Fair Use for Digital Projects
Please see bit.ly/dp-berk for details.
New Overdrive Books for October
OverDrive is a UC Berkeley Library service for borrowing ebooks and audiobooks. You can access books online, download them to a device, or read them on an ereader such as Kindle. OverDrive is available to current UC Berkeley students, faculty, and staff. How it works: Simply log in with your CalNet ID, and you can start borrowing!
You can also download the Libby by OverDrive app to access OverDrive from your mobile device. For more information, visit the OverDrive help guide.
Check out some of the new arrivals here:
Jennette McCurdy
Truman Capote
Julie Yip-Williams
George R. R. Martin
Ruth Ozeki
Michael Pollan
Vladimir Nabokov
Suleika Jaouad
James Bessen
Workshop: Creating Web Maps with ArcGIS Online
Creating Web Maps with ArcGIS Online
Thursday, October 13th, 11:10am – 12:30pm
Online: Register to receive the Zoom link
Susan Powell
Want to make a web map, but not sure where to start? This short workshop will introduce key mapping terms and concepts and give an overview of popular platforms used to create web maps. We’ll explore one of these platforms (ArcGIS Online) in more detail. You’ll get some hands-on practice adding data, changing the basemap, and creating interactive map visualizations. At the end of the workshop you’ll have the basic knowledge needed to create your own simple web maps. Register here
Upcoming Workshops in this Series – Fall 2022:
- The Long Haul: Best Practices for Making Your Digital Project Last
- Copyright and Fair Use for Digital Projects
Please see bit.ly/dp-berk for details.
Workshop: Web Platforms for Digital Projects
Web Platforms for Digital Projects
Monday, October 3rd, 11:00am – 12:30pm
In-Person: Doe 223
Stacy Reardon
How do you go about publishing a digital book, a multimedia project, a digital exhibit, or another kind of digital project? In this workshop, we’ll take a look at use cases for common open-source web platforms WordPress, Drupal, Omeka, and Scalar, and we’ll talk about hosting, storage, and asset management. There will be time for hands-on work in the platform most suited to your needs. No coding experience is necessary. Register here
Upcoming Workshops in this Series – Fall 2022:
- Creating Web Maps with ArcGIS Online
- The Long Haul: Best Practices for Making Your Digital Project Last
- Copyright and Fair Use for Digital Projects
Please see bit.ly/dp-berk for details.
Great Reads for Hispanic Heritage Month
This month, find great works of recently published Latinx literature in the Library’s collection! Starting September 15th, Hispanic Heritage Month begins as we both celebrate the myriad achievements of Latinx communities and call recognition to their struggles.
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Prisca Dorcas Mojica Rodríguez
Javier Zamora
Xochitl Gonzalez
Daniel Loedel
Julissa Arce
Edgar Gomez
Quiara Alegría Hudes
Martin Espada
Elizabeth Acevedo