EHSS Library Learning EHSS Library Learning Commons Commons

What’s New?What’s New?

EventsEvents

TEDtalks TEDtalks

• When?–Wed. February 27 at 11am

• Where?– In the library

Who’s Speaking?...

Speaker ListSpeaker List

•To see a list of the speakers browse to tinyurl.com/ted2013

Alastair ParvinAlastair Parvin

•Designer

• One of the core team members of wikihouse.cc a website that helps anyone who wants to design, download or print CNC milled houses or components.

Danny HillisDanny Hillis•Computer Theorist

• An inventor, engineer and entrepreneur.

• Co founder of Applied Minds– A company that provides technology and

consults for many different industries

BLACKBLACK

•Yo-yo Champion

• Went from not knowing what to do with his life to a world champion.

• World champion for the yoyo and the arts performance division

Lesley PerkesLesley Perkes•Public Arts Instigator

• CEO of the public arts management company

• Turns neglected places into interactive ones

Liu BolinLiu Bolin

•Artist

• A photographer that uses his photography to explore Chinese culture and speak out against the government.

• Photographs on display in New York galleries

Can you see the person?Can you see the person?

Amanda PalmerAmanda Palmer

•Musician, Blogger

• A solo artist with several music videos, songs and albums.

• She has also been a part of a band and duo.

Larry LessigLarry Lessig•Legal Activist

• Argues for intellectual property and is trying to build better copy write practices.

• He has written books and created an organization meant for the influence of money on congress

Book DisplaysBook Displays

•COMING UP FEBRUARY

•The Lunar New Year •Purim

Freedom to Freedom to ReadRead

What is Freedom to Read?What is Freedom to Read?• Some areas have very heavy censorship.• It is even present in Canada.• Books have been banned at the border.• The books have been challenged to be

taken off shelves and curriculums.• Freedom to read is a record of all of

those challenged books.

Harry Potter Harry Potter and the and the

Chamber of Chamber of SecretsSecrets

Freedom to ReadFreedom to Read

Lives of Lives of Girls and Girls and WomenWomen

Freedom to ReadFreedom to Read

Of Mice and Of Mice and MenMen

Freedom to ReadFreedom to Read

The The Apprenticeship Apprenticeship

of Duddy of Duddy KravitzKravitz

Freedom to ReadFreedom to Read

The Golden The Golden CompassCompass

Freedom to ReadFreedom to Read

The The Handmaid’s Handmaid’s

TaleTale

Freedom to ReadFreedom to Read

To Kill a To Kill a MockingbirdMockingbird

Freedom to ReadFreedom to Read

The Catcher The Catcher and the Ryeand the Rye

Freedom to ReadFreedom to Read

The WarsThe Wars

Freedom to ReadFreedom to Read