WTML Newsletter

Points of interest:

Business Plans

Handbook

New Furniture

and Equipment

Curriculum

Textbook

Giveaway

New WTML Staff

member

Turn your questions into answers! October 2017

Inside this issue:

Business Plans

Handbook 1

Director’s Corner 2

New Additions to

the Library 2

Think there are no

scary movies in

Films on Demand?

3

WTML Contact Info 3

In the Spotlight... 4

Popular Magazines

and Newspapers in

the Reading Room

4

Fall is Here! It’s

Cookie Time! 5

Making Way for

New Materials 5

Be sure to visit the WTML @ http://www.unionky.edu/library Newsletter compiled by

Volume 8, Issue 2

Business Plans Handbook Bruce Miracle

To support our undergraduate and graduate Business programs, the Union College

library has purchased the online Business Plans Handbook.

The following information is from the BPH site:

Business Plans Handbook is a collection of actual

business plans compiled by entrepreneurs seeking funding

for small businesses throughout North

America. For those looking for examples of how to

approach, structure and compose their own business

plans, the Handbook presents sample plans taken from

businesses in the manufacturing, retail and service

industries -- only the company names and addresses have

been changed. Typical business plans include type of

business; statement of purpose; executive summary;

business/industry description; market; product and

production; management/personnel; and financial

specifics.

Features:

Each volume of BPH contains 20-25 new business plans, taken from diverse areas

of today's market.

A cumulative index, outlining each plan profiled in the complete Business Plans

Handbook series.

Directory of organizations, agencies, and consultants useful to business planners

when developing their idea.

A Small Business Term Glossary to help you decipher the sometimes confusing

terminology used by those in the financial and small business communities.

BPH contains extensive financial documentation, providing examples of Cash

Flows, Balance Sheets, Income Projections, and Ratio Analyses.

A Business Plan Template, which serves as a model to help you construct your

own business plan.

The library currently has volumes 27 – 40 (2013 -2017) with a new volume added

about every three months. BPH is located in the Gale Virtual Reference Library

but is also listed on the library webpage by title. It is accessible through our

Online Databases page and uSearch, our online catalog.

The Library recently received over 100 early childhood education books on a

variety of topics from the Knox Promise Neighborhood using a grant through

Appalachian IAL Promise Consortium.

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New Additions to the Library Alexis Poore

Taylor Turner

The library recently received a donation that

allowed us to add equipment to the upstairs study

rooms. We were able to get a large 49” flat screen

TV for each of the three study rooms. Each TV has

access to cable as well as HDMI cords for connecting

other devices. These TVs make it easy for groups to

work on projects or individuals to practice

presentations.

The library also acquired some furniture this

summer that has been placed upstairs. These

chairs and tables were donated to us from

Berea College.

We were more than happy to add these to our

library! This furniture has allowed us to add

seating areas to the Stacks that make it more

comfortable and inviting for our students.

Director’s Corner Tara Cooper

I was recently doing some research on one of the minors offered here at Union. I was working in my advising office and needed access to past copies of the Union College Catalogue. I was unable to go to the library to use the print copies as I needed to remain in advising. I thought about calling and having someone bring them to me but then I remembered that the library had digitized the Catalogue. Digital copies of the catalogues, yearbooks, and Union histories are available in the Internet Archive. I was able to continue my research without needing to close advising.

Why am I relating this story as part of the newsletter? Digital materials are becoming an important part of the services offered by libraries and the library staff want you to know what we are doing in the digital era. The WTML staff are working to educate our users on what we have and how to access it while also adding more items in digital format. Most of our digital access comes in the form of online databases (we offer 91) and eBooks (over 370,000.) We have recently added access to the last four years of the Stespean, providing the complete run of the yearbook in digital form.

The WTML staff has started meeting regularly to work on the digital conversion

project. The past month has been spent reviewing old photos, researching, and identifying as much data as possible on each. The next

step is scanning the photos and posting them with their metadata on the Digital Library of Appalachia, a joint project of the ACA member libraries. We are also actively researching other opportunities for conversion and access. Keep watching for more digital content from

the Weeks-Townsend Memorial Library.

What has a spine but, no bones? A book www.jokes4us.com

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Think there are no scary movies in Films on Demand?

Think again. Sean Jump

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NOSFERATU

Vampires remain a staple of horror films and literature,

and Count Dracula surely reigns unchallenged as the most

infamous—and ubiquitous—of all vampire lords. A

keyword search of the Internet Movie Database reveals no

less than 364 title matches for “Dracula,” a testament to

the power of Bram Stoker’s original 1899 novel and its

ongoing appeal. Dozens of directors and actors have taken

up the challenge of bringing Dracula to life on the big

screen, legendary names like Tod Browning, Bela Lugosi, Christopher Lee, Jack Palance, Louis

Jourdan, Francis Ford Coppola, Gary Oldman…a veritable Who’s Who of cinematic talent.

But the very first film version of Stoker’s immortal novel was NOSFERATU, a German production directed by an eccentric filmmaker named F.W. Murnau and starring Max Schreck as the evil vampire. Released in 1922, several years after Bram Stoker’s death, NOSFERATU was an altogether unauthorized adaptation. As a result, Stoker’s widow sued the filmmakers shortly after the picture’s release. Her suit was successful, and the presiding judge ordered all prints of Murnau’s film destroyed. Fortunately for film lovers, a few prints survived, and like its undead namesake, NOSFERATU rose from the metaphorical grave to be watched and enjoyed by devotees of horror and the macabre in the millions ever since. For NOSFERATU still entertains thanks to visionary direction from Murnau and an iconic performance from Schreck. No doubt it is the picture’s combination of historical significance and artistic excellence that earned it a spot in Films on Demand, our database of quality academic streaming videos.

And NOSFERATU is definitely high quality. Though silent, the film resonates like few of the hundreds of vampire films produced since. Murnau makes the picture look like a nightmare, one in which dark forests beckon for us to explore their barren depths and haunted towers reach up from the desolation to rake the sky like talons. Murnau manipulates the essential elements of Stoker’s original plot to create a unique visual experience, one in which superstition proves to be reality and fairy tales come true in all their dark splendor.

But if NOSFERATU is Murnau’s opus, the picture owes just as much to Max Schreck’s monstrous portrayal of Dracula. Dracula is usually depicted as suave and seductive, but Schreck’s version is much more akin to how vampires were traditionally imagined in European folklore before they became glamorized. Schreck’s Dracula is hideous and unromantic, more like an emaciated, rat-fanged ghoul than an urbane gentleman. He glides through the shadows like a ghost, and the Black Death literally follows in his wake. Is Schreck’s performance actually better than that of, say, Louis Jourdan or Christopher Lee? Probably not, as those actors bring their own unique talents and perspectives to the role, but it is almost certainly the most frightening representation of Dracula ever filmed. Schreck’s Dracula isn’t a seducer—he’s a predator, pure and simple.

In the end, NOSFERATU’s Dracula is undone not by a stake through the heart but by a young woman’s heroic self-sacrifice in what remains one of the most memorable and moving climaxes in all of horror cinema. A film of set pieces, pictures, and performances that have become part of cinematic lore, NOSFERATU will no doubt continue to be appreciated by serious fans of the horrific long after most other vampire films have been forgotten. If you’re searching for a unique and genuinely chilling vampire film to sink your teeth into this Halloween, log in to Films on Demand and give NOSFERATU a look. “Nosferatu.” Films Media Group, 1922, http://0-fod.infobase.com.library.acaweb.org/p_ViewVideo.aspx?

xtid=56680&tScript=0. Accessed 2 Oct. 2017.

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Dan Malloy is the library’s newest employee. He is

part of the night crew. Dan joins Alexis Poore and

Taylor Turner as Circulation Assistant.

He earned a BA in English Literature and Writing

from Anderson University (Anderson, IN).

Dan is currently working on getting a MA in Health and Physical Education here

at Union College.

He was formerly a GA at Union College for Cross Country/Track and Field.

He previously worked as a Special Needs Instructor at Anderson Community

School Corporation. He was also the Cross Country/Track and Field coach at

Anderson High School.

The next evening you’re out and about by the library, be sure to stop and say

hello to him!

In the Spotlight...

Dan malloy

Popular Magazines and Newspapers in the Reading Room Bruce Miracle

Many of you have found the library Reading Room to be a good place to study or access your laptop, but keep in mind that it is also designed to promote reading more broadly. This is one reason why there are no computer terminals in the room. More significantly, it is why there is a select collection of popular magazines and newspapers on display. While most of the Library’s scholarly journal titles have gone online, the library staff felt that certain titles should remain in a format that would encourage casual reading. Of course, these serials may also be used for research as needed, but they are also intended to be recreational and entertaining. I have included the list below. Unless otherwise indicated all of these are on the “flip” shelves. If you want recent issues of a title, just lift the shelf it is on. We usually keep the most recent year for magazines, or the most recent one to three months of newspapers (due to space), but some titles, such as Reader’s Digest, National Geographic, Civil War magazines, and the Barbourville Mountain Advocate, we retain permanently.

America’s Civil War (in Serial Librarian’s office – ask at front desk)

Atlantic Monthly Barbourville Mountain Advocate

(kept at Front Desk – just ask for it) Bloomberg Business Week Choice (book reviews) Chronicle of Higher Education Civil War Times

(in Serial Librarians office – ask at front desk) Consumer Reports Magazine Corbin Times-Tribune Discover Forbes Fortune Harper’s Magazine Health

Kentucky Living Kentucky Monthly Lexington Herald-Leader Ms National Geographic New Republic New York Times – Weekend Edition New York Times Magazine New York Times Week in Review Parents Psychology Today Reader’s Digest Rolling Stone Smithsonian Sports Illustrated Time VFW (Veterans of Foreign Wars) Wall Street Journal

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Making Way for New Materials

Fall is Here! It’s Cookie Time! Quetha Boles

Bobbie Hamilton

Spiced Pumpkin Cookies

For cookies, cream butter and brown sugar in a large bowl until fluffy.

Add pumpkin, egg, and orange zest; beat until smooth.

In a medium bowl, combine flours, pumpkin pie spice, baking soda, and salt.

Add dry ingredients to creamed mixture; stir until a soft dough forms.

Stir in walnuts.

Wrap in plastic wrap and chill 4 hours.

Preheat oven to 375 degrees.

Drop tablespoonfuls of dough 2 inches apart onto a greased baking sheet.

Bake 10 to 12 minutes or until bottoms are lightly browned.

Transfer cookies to a wire rack to cool.

For icing, melt butter in a heavy medium saucepan over medium heat.

Stirring constantly, add brown sugar, whipping cream, and corn syrup.

Cook until mixture comes to a boil.

Boil 1 minute.

Remove from heat; pour into a heat-resistant medium bowl.

Add confectioners sugar and beat until smooth.

Ice cookies.

Allow icing to harden.

Store in an airtight container.

Yield: about 5 dozen cookies

Cookies

1/2 cup butter or margarine,

softened

1 1/2 cups firmly packed brown

sugar

3/4 cup canned pumpkin

1 egg

1 tablespoon grated orange zest

1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour

1 1/4 cups whole-wheat flour

1 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice

1 teaspoon baking soda

1/4 teaspoon salt

2 cups chopped walnuts

Icing

1/2 cup butter or margarine

1 cup firmly packed brown sugar

1/4 cup whipping cream

1 tablespoon light corn syrup

1 cup sifted confectioners sugar

What better combination for Fall than pumpkin spice and cookies? This cookie would be great for

any gathering. Pair them with a cup of hot cocoa and you have the perfect snack.

Looking for other great

cookie recipes? This book

is available for checkout.

It is located upstairs in

Stacks and the call number

is 641.8654 C773 1995.

Equipment Sale The library recently organized a sale of some

equipment that was no longer needed. We were

pleasantly surprised by the success of the sale.

Several pieces of equipment found new homes.

Many thanks to all who participated!

Curriculum Textbook Giveaway The library has a large collection of curriculum

textbooks and manipulatives that will be available

beginning Monday, October 23rd . These items are

FREE and will be available on a first-come, first-served

basis.

All items are located in the Reading Room. FREE

“I must say I find

television very

educational. The

minute somebody

turns it on, I go to

the library and

read a good book.”

-Groucho Marx