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Li. Spatial pattern dynamics in aquatic ecosystem modelling. CRC Press, ©2009. Call Number: QH 541.5.W3 L5 2009
Wiegand and Moloney. Handbook of spatial point-pattern analysis in ecology. CRC Press, ©2014. Call Number: QH 541.15.M34 W54 2014
Nelson, Earle, and Spellenberg. Trees of Eastern North America. Princeton University Press, ©2014. Call Number: QK 110 .N45 2014
Spellman and Whiting. Handbook of mathematics and statistics for the environment. CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group, ©2014. Call Number: TD 145 .S6765 2014
Bisen. Laboratory protocols in...
Continue reading "New Books"...In October, the Lansing area hosted Startup Weekend: Maker Edition, where teams from across the region came and competed, turning an idea into a business over three days. In the run up to that weekend, 12 local organizations celebrated their role in enabling people to bring their visions to life by being a part of the Maker Week Lansing. Food and fashion incubators, makerspaces, and everything in between hosted activities and keynotes related to making.
Lansing is a great place to be a Maker. Recently, there has been a progression of support services and opportunities for...
Continue reading "Lansing Maker Week Recap"...The Gast Business Library is hosting an International Tea as a way to provide a friendly venue for interaction between our students and our librarians. We want to increase awareness of the services that we can provide to aid the success of all of our business students! For example, each major in the Broad College of Business has its own liaison librarian who can help students find resources for their classes. Come by to enjoy some tea, coffee and snacks and learn more!
Location: Room 13 of the Gast Business Library.
(The library is located in the Basement of the Law College...
Gas stations weren’t the only place to get free road maps in the early 20th century. This map of the U.S. Midwest was distributed by the menswear clothing chain Richman Brothers.
Though the map is undated, we can confidently place it in the mid-1930s because of the price of the suits. Richman’s had simple pricing: From fall 1933 to spring 1937, $22.50 could buy you any suit or overcoat in the store ($412 by today’s prices). The style of the automobile also gives us a clue to the map’s date.
Richman Brothers was an innovative and progressive company. Their own factory in...
Continue reading "A Map to Sell Suits and Overcoats"...Richman’s Official Road Map. Made by The Foreman-Bassett Company of Cleveland, Ohio circa 1935. Distributed by Richman Brothers, Inc.
Gas stations weren’t the only place to get free road maps in the early 20th century. This map of the U.S. Midwest was distributed by the menswear clothing chain Richman Brothers.
Though the map is undated, we can confidently place it in the mid-1930s because of the price of the suits. Richman’s had simple pricing: From fall 1933 to spring 1937, $22.50 could buy you any suit or overcoat in the store ($412 by today’s prices). The style...
Continue reading "A Map to Sell Suits and Overcoats"...Breezy Silver, Assistant Head of the Gast Business Library, recently attended the Face of Analytics Conference at Spartan Stadium, which showcased the MS in Business Analytics program at Michigan State University.
Employers from four different companies discussed how their companies use data analytics, described the types of people and skills needed in the field, and provided career advice. The companies were from different fields and of various sizes, and included Steelcase, Millward Brown (a subsidiary of Kantar), Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan, and Urban Science in Detroit....
Continue reading "Conference Recap: Face of Analytics Conference"...Rydin and Jeglum. The Biology Of Peatlands. Oxford University Press, 2013. Call Number: QK 938 .P42 R93 2013 c.2
Dickmann and Leefers. Forests of Michigan. University of Michigan Press, c2003. Call Number: SD 144 .M5 D53 2003 c.4
Gilliam. Herbaceous Layer In Forests Of Eastern North America. Oxford University Press, c2014. Call Number: QK 115 .H47 2014 c.2
Kuo and Methven. 100 Cool Mushrooms. University of Michigan Press, c2010. Call Number: QK 617 .K96 2010 c.2
Carty. Freshwater Dinoflagellates Of North America. Comstock Cornell, c2014. Call...
Continue reading "New Books"...Knox. 4-H backpack to adventure : youth leaders in a global world. Facilitator guide. Michigan State University Extension, 4-H Youth Development, c2014. Call Number: S 533 .F66 A14 2013 c.2
Adam. .A Mathematical Nature Walk. Princeton Univ Press, c2009. Call Number: QA 99 .A23 2009 c.2
Gotelli. A Primer Of Ecological Statistics. Sinauer Associates, c 2013. Call Number: QH 541.15 .S72 G68 2013 c.2
Barsanti and Gualtieri. Algae: Anatomy, Biochemistry, and Biotechnology. Crc Press, c2014. Call Number: QK 566 .G83 2014
FitzSimmons. Animals Of Ohio's Ponds And...
Continue reading "New Books"...Smart Talk: The Public Speaker's Guide to Success in Every Situation
by Lisa B. Marshall
Reviewed by: Terence O'Neill
Social situations are filled with choices, times you might be sure there is a correct course, and just as sure you don’t know what it is. From introducing one person to another at a party to negotiating a raise, there are myriad points of communication in our work lives, and many of them can be difficult and unnerving to execute. Lisa B. Marshall is here to help. In this book, the professional communication expert delivers her advice on a variety...
Continue reading "Book Review: Smart Talk by Lisa B. Marshall"...