2012 Pulitzer Prize (Pulitzer2012)
2011 National Book Critics Circle Award(NBCCaward2011)
2011 National Book Award(NatlBookAward2011)
2011 New York Times Best Books (NYTbest2011)

All of these books have been tagged with the tag seen in parentheses above and information about the award can be found in the comments of each item. Click on “Tag Cloud” (under the search box) in the catalog and select the tag for the titles you want to see. Enjoy!

The issues have been corrected for all users except those whose password is less than 8 characters. If your password is less than 8 characters you will need to go to http://activate.goddard.edu and change your password. You will use your six-digit ID as your username and your current password.

This will change your password universally for Goddard systems.

If you continue to have problems, please contact us via: http://help.goddard.edu

How do I change my password? Paste into SIS? Forward my email? You can find the answer to these questions and many more at help.goddard.edu. You can:

• Search for a Specific Term
• Browse by Topic
• Post a Public Question
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The knowledge-base is a great place to get immediate answers to frequently asked questions.

June 13^th 2012 marks a note-worthy anniversary in the history of Goddard College.  It is the centennial of the unveiling of a bronze memorial tablet dedicated to William Rollin Shipman, a Vermonter born on a farm in Granville, Vermont in 1836.  Shipman is recognized as the founder of Goddard Seminary originally located in Barre, Vermont. In 1938 Goddard College was established and moved to Plainfield under the leadership of its founding president Tim Pitkin. Although the story of the founding of Goddard College has been often told, it may be of interest to think about Goddard’s deepest roots in the landscape of American education.William Rollin Shipman was said to be a natural born teacher. Both his parents were teachers and he worked as a school teacher beginning at age 16. He graduated from Middlebury College in 1859 and became the principal of the Green Mountain Institute in Woodstock, Vermont.  As an important participant in a statewide conversation among Universalists, he shepherded the group towards articulating the need for a properly endowed and properly equipped secondary school in the center of the Green Mountain State. The Green Mountain Central Institute was chartered in 1863. Approximately one year after opening, it was renamed Goddard Seminary after Thomas and Mary Goddard of Boston, Massachusetts donated a sizeable amount of money towards the construction of a modern steam heated five story school building made from locally produced bricks in Barre, Vermont. Shipman served as president of the Goddard Seminary Board of Trustees for decades while he also served on the faculty at Tufts College in Boston for over 40 years.  Although Shipman credited the thousands of people who supported the original idea for a school, it was agreed that Thomas and Mary Goddard helped in such a big way as to rename the institution. Looking back from the vantage point of today it’s clear that the undying efforts of William Rollin Shipman made it all possible.

After his death in 1908, a substantial cast bronze tablet designed by Mary Stickney was mounted in the Goddard Chapel at Tufts. A second casting made from the original mold was mounted on the wall of the first floor of the Goddard Seminary when a new Library was dedicated to Shipman’s memory on June 13^th 1912.  The bronze was removed and brought to Plainfield when Tim Pitkin, along with the faculty, staff and students of the “experiment” to be called Goddard College packed up for the move. It was stored somewhere on campus nearly forgotten but eventually it was brought to the Archives in the Pratt Center.

As we look for a suitable place on campus to remount the tablet, it provides a unique opportunity to think about all who have benefited from William Rollin Shipman’s essential efforts that bring us to this moment in Goddard’s progress.

David Hale’
Goddard College Archives

Some tips for navigation: To search by name of a recent graduate, go to “Advanced Search“, enter the name into the search box, then choose “Creator” from the pull-down menu. Click on “Search”.

To see all submissions for a given academic program you’ll need to first click on the link entitled “Digital Final Product” from the Home page. From within this collection, go to “Advanced Search“, enter the name of the program (or part of the name) into the search box, then choose “Academic Program” from the pull-down menu. Click on “Search”.

Our Digital Final Products collection  and platform is a work-in- progress. Your  feedback and comments are welcome.

Hide Oshiro, a 101-year-old Japanese artist, recently donated his life’s work to Goddard.  A  Goddard alumna, Carol Curri, a graduate of  the MFA-IA program, worked with Oshiro for many years and  connected us to the artist. Thank you Carol! Oshiro learned the art of etching, Japanes “ukiyoe” woodcuts, gold carving, sculpture and brushwork at Ayoma Gakuin Senior High School and Sophia University in Japan. This exhibit, curated by Dustin Byerly, was an ambitious undertaking  involving the library and Goddard’s Development Office. It  will be the most comprehensive treatment of the artist work ever presented.

You have a chance to meet the artist. Please join us for the reception on Wednesday, Feb. 8^th, 2010 6:30-8:30.

News from the Stacks:

We have recently added  many new book titles as requested by various MFA-IA faculty. Check out our new acquisitions and find out what we have to offer on your subject of interest. You may also be interested to browse our display of publications authored by individuals affiliated with the MFA-IA program. This is on display in the library. You can browse the corresponding list of titles by accessing our online catalog and  clicking on “LISTS”, then choose from the pull-down menu.

Please contact us with any  question and concern that you may have.  Have a good semester!

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Collection Development:
You may notice some changes in the library upstairs. There are fewer books on the shelves as we have performed an extensive weeding projects. De-accessing is an important part of collection management. The time consuming nature of the task often prevents it from happening. But we managed to accomplish this piece of work in the fall,  thus  maximizing the value of the collection.  We removed about 12K items – superseded editions, out-of date works and items in poor condition.

Concerning our online resources offerings, the number of downloadable ebooks has substantially increase.  Our ebrary collection now entails about  60 K downloadable titles in a broad range of disciplines. They are accessible on most computers and e-reader devices. There are 2 options for downloading:

a) You may download a chapter or range of pages in standard image – pdf format.
b) You can download the entire document in Adobe Digital Editions format (Adobe Digital Editions is free online.)

You may consult the online guide for additional information.

As always – your feedback and questions are welcome. Please stop by to talk to us or send us an email.  We also have a suggestion box for feedback on paper. This is located in the library on top of the book drop.

With Best Wishes for the New Year!
Clara

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