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John M. Pfau Library, CSUSB

Pfau Library’s Rheubottom-Webster Local History Lecture Series presents:

“Rialto Citrus … from the Label to the Grove”

By Richard McInnis

Saturday, Nov. 14, 2009

Desserts: 1:30 p.m.

Lecture: 2 p.m.

Location: CSUSB/Pfau Library-4005

FREE Parking in LOT D

Southern California was developed on the shoulders of two key industries: railroads and citrus. Rialto, from its first Methodist settlers in the late 1880s until the 1950s and 60s, when grove land became more valuable as possible subdivisions, was a central player in the region’s citrus industry.  Rialto’s citrus history reflects that of Southern California. The labels pasted on boxes shipped from Rialto packing houses touched every corner of the Inland Empire. Although Redlands had more packing houses and Colton started shipping citrus earlier, Rialto had more than 80 different labels used by the companies that occupied “Packing House Row” near the Santa Fe tracks south of town. This lecture will offer insights into the industry that created the labels as well as a look at the unique nature of the labels themselves as collectible art objects and historical documents.

About the speaker: Richard McInnis is a third-generation Californian, born in San Bernardino. His father worked for Santa Fe and Richard spent his early years growing up in the shadow of the Santa Fe smokestack. In 1953 his family moved to Rialto, before all the groves were destroyed to make room for subdivisions. He was lucky enough to be able to cut through an orange grove (sometimes picking an orange for lunch) on the way to school.

Mr. McInnis has a bachelor’s degree in telecommunications, a master’s in education, and a diploma in graphic design. He currently works as a substitute teacher for Rialto Adult Education and the Colton Joint Unified school and also teaches ROP classes.

As a board member of the Rialto Historical Society, where he does historical research, he provides computer support and docent assistance to visitors of the society’s museum. He also is a member of the City of San Bernardino Historic Preservation Commission.

Pfau Library Presents:

For the Love of Cookies!
Wednesday, Dec. 2, 2009
Noon-1 p.m. PL-4005
By Bonnie Petry

Homemade cookies are welcome any time of the year but especially so during the holiday season. Come and celebrate your love of this comfort food with librarian and avid baker, Bonnie Petry, who will present an entertaining exploration of the world of homemade cookies.

Submit your favorite cookie recipe by Nov. 16, 2009 to Iwona Contreras at icontrer@csusb.edu and it will be included in the free booklet distributed at the event. Please bring some of your own homemade cookies to share if you feel inspired.

Bonnie Petry received her M.L.I.S. from UCLA in 1989. She has been a reference librarian at the Pfau Library since 1992 and, among many other duties, is the editor and graphic artist of Peacock, the library newsletter. She has been baking (and eating!) cookies for a very long time and shows no sign of stopping.

The lecture is free and open to all students, staff, employees and the community. If you have ideas for future lectures or would like to know more about upcoming events, please e-mail Iwona Contreras at icontrer@csusb.edu or call her at (909) 537-3447.

Cookie Lovers lecture flier (PDF) Requires Adobe Reader

ScienceDirect will be down for maintenance from 6 PM Saturday Oct. 31 to 2 AM Sunday Nov. 1.

The Lexis-Nexis database will be down for maintenance from 6 PM, Oct. 31, to 2 AM, Nov. 1

Pfau Library presents the first in a series of lectures to celebrate the Bicentennial of the City of San Bernardino:

San Bernardino’s Bicentennial!
May 20, 1810- May 20, 2010

Monday, Nov. 9, 2009
Lecture: Noon-1 p.m.
Location: CSUSB/Pfau Library
PL-4005 (4th floor, Special Collections)

Presenter: Rabbi Hillel Cohn,
Chair of San Bernardino’s Bicentennial Committee

In 2007, San Bernardino’s mayor and City Council appointed a Bicentennial Ad Hoc Committee to plan the celebrations. San Bernardino’s Bicentennial is coming soon and it will never come again. This is your chance to learn more about San Bernardino’s first 200 years so you can pass the legacy on to your children and grandchildren.

How did a contest held in 1939 and a committee appointed by the mayor in 1959 confirm San Bernardino’s May 20, 1810, founding date?

Who came to San Bernardino in 1910 to help celebrate San Bernardino’s Centennial?

How is San Bernardino going to celebrate its Bicentennial?

The lecture is free and open to all students, staff, employees and the community.

San Bernardino lecture flier (PDF) Requires Adobe Reader

If you have ideas for future lectures or would like to know more about upcoming events, please e-mail Iwona Contreras at icontrer@csusb.edu or call (909) 537-3447.

So, you found a journal article citation in a footnote or bibliography, and you’re wondering how to get it. Does Pfau Library have it?

Try this new search form available from the library: Find an Article by Citation

Fill in as much information as you can; at a minimum, you must have journal title and year. The information you enter runs through our “Search for Full Text” service. If the article is available online, you’ll get a link to it. If the library has a print copy, you’ll get a link to our catalog record, with location information. And if it isn’t available, you’ll get a link to our Interlibrary Loan service (ILLiad); log-in and the service will even fill out the request form for you!

Still in doubt? You can always look up the journal manually in the Pfau Library Catalog. For instructions, see our printable guide, Finding a copy of an article when you know the citation (PDF). Requires Adobe Reader.

Pfau Library presents a noontime lecture:

They Painted Their Own Stories: Illustrators of Picture Books
Thursday, Nov. 5, 2009
Noon-1 p.m.
PL-4005
Presenter: Professor Katherine Thomerson

The best children’s picture books are the product of a happy marriage between the text and the illustrations. It is usually an arranged marriage since the publishers, not the writers, choose the artists. A good illustrator enhances written stories by telling their own visual stories in a number of ways that are not readily apparent. This lecture will focus on three well-known illustrators and their artwork: Maurice Sendak, Marla Frazee, and Kathryn Brown. We will take a closer look at the visual stories painted and drawn by these illustrators.

Professor Katherine Thomerson is the coordinator of Liberal Studies Department at CSUSB. In addition to the time she devotes to teaching, winning various awards, and the pursuit of university activities, she still finds time to write young adult novels.

“They Painted” lecture flier (PDF) Requires Adobe Reader.

The lecture is free and open to all students, staff, employees and the community. If you have ideas for future lectures or would like to know more about upcoming events, please e-mail Iwona Contreras at icontrer@csusb.edu or call (909) 537-3447.

On Saturday October 17th and Sunday October 18th, the library’s “Search for Full Text” service and “Article Quick Search” will be unavailable from about 10PM to 6AM, both nights. This is due to scheduled maintenance on their servers by the Chancellor’s Office.

BOOKS THEY DON’T WANT YOU TO READ

is a new exhibit in observance of Banned Books Week, September 26 - October 4, 2009, at the Pfau Library. The books that are on display are a sampling of titles that have been challenged or banned.  Come and view the exhibit and pick-up a FREE bookmark on the first floor next to the stair case down the hall from the elevators.  Three of the books on the list below (numbers 2, 5, and 9) are already available for check out.  The remaining books have been purchased and are on their way; check for those a bit later in the quarter.  The exhibit will be up until December 2009.

Top Ten Most Frequently Banned Books of 2008

1. And Tango Makes Three by Justin Richardson and Peter Parnell.
Reasons: anti-ethnic, anti-family, homosexuality, religious viewpoint, and unsuited to age group.

2. His Dark Materials (trilogy) by Philip Pullman.
Reasons: political viewpoint, religious viewpoint, and violence.

4^th floor PR6066 .U44 H554 2005.

3. TTYL (series) by Lauren Myracle.
Reasons: offensive language, sexually explicit, and unsuited to age group.

4. Scary Stories (series) by Alvin Schwartz.
Reasons: occult/satanism, religious viewpoint, and violence.

5. Bless Me, Ultima by Rudolfo Anaya.
Reasons: occult/satanism, offensive language, religious viewpoint, sexually explicit, and violence.  4^th floor PS3551 .N27 B5895 2002.

6. The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky.
Reasons: drugs, homosexuality, nudity, offensive language, sexually explicit, suicide, and unsuited to age group.

7. Gossip Girl (series) by Cecily von Ziegesar.
Reasons: offensive language, sexually explicit, and unsuited to age group.

8. Uncle Bobby’s Wedding by Sarah S. Brannen.
Reasons: homosexuality and unsuited to age group.

9. The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini.
Reasons: offensive language, sexually explicit, and unsuited to age group.

4^th floor PS3608 .O832 K58 2005.

10. Flashcards of My Life by Charise Mericle Harper.
Reasons: sexually explicit and unsuited to age group.

Thank you, and keep on READING!!!

–Iwona Contreras

Pfau Library has a self-service fax machine available for public use. It is located in the library’s Microform Viewing Room (PL-111), next to the Copy Room on the first floor.

Cost is $1.50 for the first page and $1.00 for each additional page for faxes to domestic (U.S.) numbers, or $4.95 for the first page and $3.45 for each additional page for faxes to international numbers. Use your Visa, Mastercard, American Express, or Discover card to pay; the machine does not accept cash or print/copy cards.  Follow the operating instructions posted on the machine.

The self-service fax machine only sends faxes; it cannot receive faxes.