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Suggestion for New Title Purchase: Data Points: Visualization That Means Something

Saturday, May 18th, 2013

Author: Nathan Yau
Title: Data Points: Visualization That Means Something
Publisher & where & when published: John Wiley & Sons: 2013. 384 pp. $39.99/£26.99 ISBN: 9781118462195
Where you saw this item mentioned: It got a nice review in Science.
Your affiliation: SFU Faculty

A. Thank you very much for the book suggestion. I have ordered a copy of “Data Points: Visualization That Means Something” for the library and you will be notified when it arrives.

Cheers,
Jenna

Jenna Thomson B.Sc., M.L.I.S.
Liaison Librarian for Chemistry, Earth Science, Mathematics, & Physics

Suggestion for New Title Purchase: Network Analysis in Archaeology: New Approaches to Regional Interaction

Saturday, May 18th, 2013

Author: Carl Knappett
Title: Network Analysis in Archaeology: New Approaches to Regional Interaction
Publisher & where & when published: Oxford University Press
Where you saw this item mentioned: An article I wrote with Jessica Munson (SFU Archaeology) appears in this volume.
Your affiliation: SFU Staff

A. Thank you for your book suggestion. I am very pleased to inform you that I have ordered your requested title. You will receive an email notification when it is available to borrow.

You mentioned in your request that you and Dr. Jessica Munson, your fellow SFU-affiliated co-author, have an article published in this book. Congratulations! I hope you will both consider submitting your work to the annual celebration of SFU authors for 2013. This is the event site for 2012 work…http://www.lib.sfu.ca/authors-event. Please look for more information about 2013 submissions later this year or early in 2014.

All the best,
-Jenna

Jenna Walsh, BA, MLIS
Indigenous Initiatives Librarian & Liaison for Archaeology, First Nations Studies and Political Science

Suggestion for New Title Purchase: The Hand, an Organ of the Mind: What the Manual Tells the Mental

Monday, May 13th, 2013

Author: Zdravko Radman (Editor)
Title: The Hand, an Organ of the Mind: What the Manual Tells the Mental
Publisher & where & when published: The MIT Press (May 10, 2013)
Where you saw this item mentioned: http://www.amazon.com/The-Hand-Organ-Mind-Manual/dp/0262018845/
Your affiliation: SFU Graduate Student

A. Thank you for your purchase suggestion. I have ordered a copy of “The Hand, an Organ of the Mind: What the Manual Tells the Mental” by Zdravko Radman (Editor) for Fraser Library, Surrey. You will be notified by email when it is available.

Regards,
Baharak Yousefi
Head, Fraser Library

Suggestion for New Title Purchase: Digital Processing of synthetic Aperture Radar Data

Sunday, May 12th, 2013

Author: Ian G. Cumming
Title: Digital Processing of synthetic Aperture Radar Data
Where you saw this item mentioned: Every where except than SFU library!
Your affiliation: SFU Graduate Student

A. Thank-you for your suggestion.

It looks like you may have already suggested this book as the copy we ordered has just been rush processed and there is a hold on it in your name — you should receive an email letting you know it is ready for you to pick up very soon.

Patty

Patty Gallilee
Acting AUL Collections & Scholarly Communication

Suggestion for New Title Purchase: Occupy: Three Inquiries in Disobedience

Sunday, May 12th, 2013

Author: WJT Mitchell et al
Title: Occupy: Three Inquiries in Disobedience`
Publisher & where & when published: U Chicago Press, Chicago IL
Where you saw this item mentioned:

http://www.amazon.ca/Occupy-Inquiries-Disobedience-W-Mitchell/dp/022604274X

Your affiliation: SFU Faculty

A. Thanks very much for your suggestion for purchase. I have ordered this book and requested that you be notified once it arrives and has been processed.

Moninder Bubber
Liaison Librarian
Sociology / Anthropology

Suggestion for New Title Purchase: Retrieving Nature Education for a Post-Humanist Age

Sunday, May 12th, 2013

Author: Michael Bonnett
Title: Retrieving Nature Education for a Post-Humanist Age
Where you saw this item mentioned: Articles
Your affiliation: SFU Graduate Student

A. Thanks for the suggestion.

I discovered that this was ‘Originally published as a special issue of The journal of philosophy of education, 2003′.

It is v.37:no.4.

We have this volume in print in the Bennett Library.

We also have online access to the journal. I have checked two of our links and this ‘book/issue’ is there. LINK: http://cufts2.lib.sfu.ca/CJDB/BVAS/browse/show?search_type=startswith&search_terms=journal+of+philosophy+of+education&submit=Search&browse_field=title

Let me know if you have any trouble getting/accessing the issue.

Patty

Patty Gallilee
Acting AUL Collections & Scholarly Communication

Suggestion for New Title Purchase: WHAT LANGUAGE IS (And What It Isn’t And What It Could Be)

Sunday, May 12th, 2013

Author: McWhorter
Title: WHAT LANGUAGE IS (And What It Isn’t And What It Could Be)
Where you saw this item mentioned: TED
Your affiliation: SFU Faculty

A. I have ordered a copy of “What Language Is: And What It Isn’t and What It Could Be” for SFU Library, Surrey. You will receive an email when it arrives.

Best regards,
Andrea

Andrea Cameron
Assistant Head, Fraser Library (Surrey)
Liaison Librarian for Business and Criminology

Suggestion for New Title Purchase: A Misplaced Massacre: Struggling over the Memory of Sand Creek

Sunday, May 12th, 2013

Author: Ari Kelman
Title: A Misplaced Massacre: Struggling over the Memory of Sand Creek
Publisher & where & when published: Harvard University Press, 2013
Where you saw this item mentioned: Conversation with colleague.
Your affiliation: SFU Faculty

A. Thank you for your request. You may be pleased to know that the library already holds an electronic copy of this title.

http://troy.lib.sfu.ca/record=b6204987~S1a

If would you prefer a paper copy of this title, please let me know.

Best,
Megan

Megan L. Crouch
Health Sciences Librarian
Collections Librarian

Suggestion for New Title Purchase: Fortress Israel

Sunday, May 12th, 2013

Author: Patrick Tyler
Title: Fortress Israel
Where you saw this item mentioned: Chapters

A. Thank you for your book suggestion. I am pleased to inform you that I have ordered your requested title for the library. You will receive an email notification when it is available to borrow.

All the best,
Jenna

Jenna Walsh, BA, MLIS
Indigenous Initiatives Librarian & Liaison for Archaeology, First Nations Studies and Political Science

Suggestion for New Title Purchase: The Theory of the Quantum World: Proceedings of the 25th Solvay Conference on Physics

Sunday, May 12th, 2013

Author: David Gross, Marc Henneaux, Alexander Sevrin
Title: The Theory of the Quantum World: Proceedings of the 25th Solvay Conference on Physics
Publisher & where & when published: World Scientific Press 2013
Where you saw this item mentioned: publisher’s promotional email [SFU library has the previous Solvay Conference books]
Your affiliation: SFU Faculty

A. Thank you for your book request. I have ordered a copy of “The Theory of the Quantum World” for the library. You will be notified when it arrives.

Thanks,
Jenna

Jenna Thomson B.Sc., M.L.I.S.
Liaison Librarian for Chemistry, Earth Science, Mathematics, & Physics