On October 29th, a painting by local artist Elaine Wheeler Chambers was unveiled in the reading room of Special Collections, where it now hangs on the 4th floor of the Zach S. Henderson Library.  Later, on November 11th,  it was exhibited at the Veterans Day celebration at the Emma Kelly Theater. This painting shows three veterans of World War II who became professors here at Georgia Southern, done from photos of the three during the War.  These are Dr. Kemp Mabry (1925-2007), Professor of Education; Roxie Remley, Professor of Art; and Dr. Georgia Watson (1912-1993), Professor of Psychology.  Ms. Remley was present and spoke of her experiences as a member, like Dr. Watson, of the Women’s Army Corps in England.

–Brought to you by Marvin Goss, Special Collections Department Head.

The New Member Pictorial Directory: 111th Congress is now available on GPO Access at http://www.gpoaccess.gov/pictorial/111th/newmems.html.

Files in the browse table are available as PDF files. The full New Member Pictorial Directory
http://www.gpoaccess.gov/pictorial/111th/pdf/fulldoc.pdf is also available in its entirety, as a single PDF file.

This publication is available to the public in online format only. This preliminary version will be superseded by the Congressional Pictorial Directory for the 111th Congress, which will be printed and distributed to depository libraries in the near future.

For earlier print editions of the Congressional Pictorial Directory, see Y 4.P 93/1:1 P/ in the Government Documents stacks on first floor. For online editions back to the 105th Congress, see http://www.gpoaccess.gov/pictorial/.

Forwarded to you by Lori Lester, your very own Government Documents Librarian!

Have you checked out the newly renovated and expanded Zach S. Henderson Library yet?  We’ve uploaded lots of photos to Flickr.  Thanks to Steve Hooley, Kendria Lee, Lori Lester, and Sonya Shepherd for their work on this photo gallery!

Flickr Gallery:  Learning Commons Soft Opening, Sept. 22, 2008

Thanks to GSU’s own Richard Chambers for sharing his photograph of Henderson Library, taken last night.  He’s released it into the public domain via Wikimedia Commons.  Mr. Chambers is the Project Manager for Eagle Informatics.

New edition: United States Government Policy and Supporting Positions, aka Plum Book

The 2008 edition of the United States Government Policy and Supporting Positions, commonly known as the Plum Book, is now available from the U.S. Government Printing Office.

Alternately prepared after each Presidential election by the Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs and the House Committee on Government Reform, the Plum Book provides comprehensive information on thousands of Federal civil service leadership and support positions in the legislative and executive branches of the Federal  government that may be subject to noncompetitive appointment, nationwide. It provides a current list of data, which includes the following major categories of positions:

*  Executive Schedule and salary-equivalent positions paid at the rates
established for levels I through V of the Executive Schedule;
*  Senior Executive service “General” positions;
*  Senior Foreign Service positions;
*  Schedule C positions excepted from the competitive service by the
President, or by the Director, Office of Personnel Management, because
of the confidential or policy-determining nature of the position duties;
*  Other positions at the GS-14 and above level excepted from the
competitive service by law because of the confidential or
policy-determining nature of the position duties.

The Plum Book also provides information on SES appointments. Additionally, appendices provide information on the positions listed and the Federal salary schedules under which they are paid.

The digital version is available on GPO Access at
http://www.gpoaccess.gov/plumbook/2008/index.html. It has been made available in its entirety, as a single PDF file. GPO has refined the 2008 Plum Book by adding bookmarks to it and optimizing it for the web. The report is also available as a collection of smaller PDFs arranged in a browse table based on the Plum Book’s table of contents. You can download entire chapters, or just information on individual commissions, councils, corporations, departments, offices, etc.

Copies are available for purchase at: http://bookstore.gpo.gov under
S/N: 052-070-07534-1.

Brought to you by Lori Lester, your very own Government Documents Librarian!

The following announcement is brought to you by Naxos Music Library, funded by Henderson Library and available via GALILEO here.

On November 13, Canada’s #1 Independent Record Label, Nettwerk Music Group, Joins The Naxos Music Library

469 titles from Nettwerk’s catalog, featuring artists such as Sarah McLachlan, Barenaked Ladies, and Sixpence None the Richer will be available on Naxos Music Library.

November 11, 2008 — Naxos Music Library, the world’s largest collection of streaming classical, jazz, wind band, choral, and world music — owned by the world’s leading classical label — welcomes Canada’s top independent record label, Nettwerk Music Group, to its roster of more than 75 premiere performing arts labels, thereby expanding its offerings to include more independent popular music.

Nettwerk Music Group’s extensive catalog features artists such as Barenaked Ladies, Datarock, Delerium, Griffin House, Jars of Clay, Josh Rouse, Junkie XL, Ladytron, Old Crow Medicine Show, The Submarines, Sixpence None The Richer, The Weepies, and many others.

Nettwerk’s Founder and CEO Terry McBride has commented:”Naxos is at the forefront of a new way of thinking that allows the consumer the choice they want.” Klaus Heymann, Naxos’ founder and CEO, said “All of us at Naxos are proud to welcome Nettwerk Music Group to the Naxos Music Library roster of labels. Over the past two decades, Nettwerk Music Group has shown itself to be one of the most diverse, trendsetting, and forward-looking labels in the industry, often going against the grain to stay a few steps ahead of the rest. It is that same innovative, entrepreneurial spirit and vision (of Nettwerk Music Group CEO Terry McBride) that drives Naxos, and so we are extremely happy to be working together with such a world-renowned label.”

Founded in 1984 by Terry McBride, Nettwerk Music Group is Canada’s leading privately-owned record label and artistic management company, responsible for managing some of Canada’s biggest artists, including Sarah McLachlan, Avril Lavigne, and Barenaked Ladies. In 2000, Nettwerk Management expanded its roster to include producers, mixers, and DJs, and now boasts a roster of 40+ world-renowned professionals, including Howard Benson (POD), Cliff Magnus (Avril Lavigne), Randy Staub (Nickelback, Metallica) and Mark Trombino (Blink 182, Jimmy Eat World). Since its inception, Nettwerk Productions has been responsible for 400+ releases that have amassed worldwide sales in excess of 100 million albums. With multiple #1 albums and singles throughout the world, Nettwerk has grown from a small Vancouver record label into an international musical powerhouse, with offices in cities around the world, including New York, Los Angeles, and London, and a headquarters next to Granville Island in Vancouver, B.C.

About Naxos Music Library:
Created by pioneers of the value-priced CD industry–the independent classical music label Naxos and its Chairman Klaus Heymann–Naxos Music Library is a streaming audio music education resource that features recordings from 75+ prestigious independent performing arts labels, including Avie Records, BIS, Bridge, Chandos, Delos, Dacapo, Haenssler Classics, Hungaroton, New Albion, Opera Rara, PentaTone, Phoenix Edition, V2, Wigmore Hall Live, and others. Naxos Music Library launched in 2004 with only a handful of titles and labels, but it quickly grew under the Naxos philosophy.

With over 369,000 tracks of music, powerful tools to stimulate music education and research, the daily addition of new releases, and remote access, Naxos Music Library continues to set the industry standard in streaming classical music education.

About Naxos:
Naxos has focused on maintaining its value- and customer-focused philosophy since Klaus Heymann founded it in 1987. It is the world’s leading classical music label, garnering awards from major music publications like Gramophone, numerous Editor’s Choice awards, GRAMMY(c) nominations and awards, nominations and wins from the Cannes Classical Awards, and AFIM nominations and awards. Naxos offers music lovers a veritable encyclopedia of music at an affordable price. With offices in 12 countries, the company’s properties include Naxos, Classics Online, Naxos Music Library, Naxos Radio, and Naxos Spoken Word Library.

The following announcement is brought to you by Jane Harkleroad.  Jane can be reached at jharkle@georgiasouthern.edu (Thanks, Jane!)

“The Happy Endings Craft Group from Henderson Library is sponsoring a “Knit Your Bit” event on Tuesday. November 11th at 12:00 noon for one hour in Zach’s Brews to honor and/or commemorate our U.S. Veterans (all wars).

There will be someone to instruct you and yarn and needles available to practice while you are there.
A few items will be available for purchase, if you would like to continue at home.

We have some historical information about “Knit Your Bit” available, in case you are interested.

We will teach crochet or knit to anyone interested–students (men and women), staff, faculty, spouses, and visitors, too.  Yes, I said “men,” since they are probably the first knitters according to history.

We have some patterns from the World War II era, too!  Hopefully, participants will continue and crochet or knit a scarf for a veteran or soldier, in the long term.  You could give the scarf to your favorite veteran or we can get a name for you or, a third option, send the item to a group who distributes them.

Please, join us in “KNIT YOUR BIT !”  Honor a veteran and learn a new skill/hobby at the same time!

The Happy Endings Craft Group is open to everyone every week.  Just speak with a member about joining.  No cost involved whatsoever.

Spread the word, too, please!”

Regardless of your political ideology, you will undoubtedly be interested in the issues at hand for the upcoming Administration, and what better place to get reliable information than the General Accountability Office? The General Accountability Office (GAO) has launched a new transition website intended to help make the transition an informed and smooth one. The website gives information on what needs to be done and key reports, along with summaries, highlights, and recommendations for pressing issues currently facing the United States. This useful information can be found with convenient, one-stop-shopping at:  http://www.gao.gov/transition_2009/

The 13 urgent issues they identified are as follows and are in alphabetic order not priority order:

* Caring for Service Members
* Defense Readiness
* Defense Spending
* Food Safety
* Iraq, Afghanistan, and Pakistan
* Oversight of Financial Institutions and Markets
* Preparing for Large-Scale Health Emergencies
* Protecting the Homeland
* Public Diplomacy and International Broadcasting
* Retirement of the Space Shuttle
* Surface Transportation
* The 2010 Census
* Transition to Digital TV

The website also includes sections on:
* Agency-by-Agency Issues
* Major Cost-Saving Opportunities
* Management Challenges Across the Government
* Long-Term Fiscal Outlook
* Examples of Upcoming GAO reports on Major National Issues

Brought to you by Lori Lester, your very own Government Documents Librarian!