Life Worth Living: A Guide to What Matters Most

Convocation is almost here so we thought we would share with you an inspirational book. In Life Worth Living: A Guide to What Matters Most, Miroslav Volf, Matthew Croasmun, and Ryan McAnnally-Linz offer a guide to defining and creating a flourishing life. The book is based on their popular class at Yale. Religious thinkers and philosophers consulted include Jesus, Socrates, the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., the Dalai Lama, Ida B. Wells, Friedrich Nietzsche and others. The book provides readers with jumping-off points, road maps, and habits of reflection for determining the meaning in their lives and where things need to change.

Once you are finished, check out the rest of our Popular Reading collection. Titles range from commentary, fiction, historical fiction, mystery, suspense, non-fiction, current affairs, science, social issues, and politics.

Our collection is on the first floor of Mullen Library in the Reference Reading Room.

Hold your cursor over the Title to see a short description of the book, or click to view the catalog record. The status of the book is shown beside the call number.

Title Author Status
Life Worth Living: A Guide to What Matters Most Volf, Miroslav, Croasmun, Matthew, and Mcannally-linz, Ryan
The Wisdom of the Bullfrog: Leadership Made Simple but Not Easy McRaven, William H.
Beyond That, the Sea Spence-Ash, Laura
More Numbers Every Day: How Data, Stats, and Figures Control Our Lives and How to Set Ourselves Free Dahlen, Micael & Thorbjornsen, Helge
Fractured Soul Mizubayashi, Akira
The Odyssey of Phillis Wheatley: A Poet’s Journeys Through American Slavery and Independence Waldstreicher, David
The Ship Beneath the Ice: The Discovery of Shackleton’s Endurance Bound, Mensun
The Exceptions: Nancy Hopkins, MIT, and the Fight for Women in Science Zernike, Kate
Bootstrapped: Liberating Ourselves from the American Dream Quart, Alissa
Ghosts of the Orphanage: A Story of Mysterious Deaths, a Conspiracy of Silence, and a Search for Justice Kenneally, Christine
Black Candle Women Brown, Diane Marie
Magic Words Berger, Jonah
In Memoriam Winn, Alice
The Battle for Your Brain: Defending the Right to Think Freely in the Age of Neurotechnology Farahany, Nita A.
All That Is Mine I Carry With Me Landay, William
A Brief History of Living Forever Kalfar, Jaroslav
Emotional Labor: The Invisible Work Shaping Our Lives and How to Claim Our Power Hackman, Rose
The Things We Make: The Unknown History of Invention from Cathedrals to Soda Cans Hammack, Bill
Your Brain on Art: How the Arts Transform Us Magsamen, Susan & Ross
The Soulmate Hepworth, Sally
The Way Home: Two Novellas from the World of the Last Unicorn Beagle, Peter S.
Follow Me to Hell: McNelly’s Texas Rangers and the Rise of Frontier Justice Clavin, Tom
A Fever in the Heartland: The Ku Klux Klan’s Plot to Take over America, and the Woman Who Stopped Them Egan, Timothy

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The Lincoln Miracle: Inside the Republican Convention That Changed History

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In The Lincoln Miracle: Inside the Republican Convention That Changed History, Ed Achorn brings to life the most consequential presidential election in US history by chronicling Abraham Lincoln’s nomination to lead the Republican Party in the 1860 presidential election.

Once you are finished, check out the rest of our Popular Reading collection. Titles range from commentary, fiction, historical fiction, mystery, suspense, non-fiction, current affairs, science, social issues, and politics.

Our collection is on the first floor of Mullen Library in the Reference Reading Room.

Hold your cursor over the Title to see a short description of the book, or click to view the catalog record. The status of the book is shown beside the call number.

Title Author Status
The Lincoln Miracle: Inside the Republican Convention That Changed History Achorn, Ed
The Climate Book Thunberg, Greta
The Sense of Wonder Salesses, Matthew
A Woman’s Life Is a Human Life Kornbluh, Felicia
The Sun Walks Down Mcfarlane, Fiona
Shielded: How the Police Became Untouchable Schwartz, Joanna
The Emotional Lives of Teenagers: Raising Connected, Capable, and Compassionate Adolescents Damour, Lisa
A Country You Can Leave Angel-Ajani, Asale
Pegasus: How a Spy in Your Pocket Threatens the End of Privacy, Dignity, and Democracy Richard, Laurent & Rigaud, Sandrine
Rough Sleepers: Dr. Jim O’Connell’s Urgent Mission to Bring Healing to Homeless People Kidder, Tracy
Blunt Instruments: Recognizing Racist Cultural Infrastructure in Memorials, Museums, and Patriotic Practices Hass, Kristin
Children of the State: Stories of Survival and Hope in the Juvenile Justice System Hobbs, Jeff
Walk the Blue Line Patterson, James & Eversmann, Matt, with Chris Mooney
Every Man a King Mosley, Walter
The Declassification Engine: What History Reveals About America’s Top Secrets Connelly, Matthew
Daughters of Victory Saab, Gabriella
Heart to Heart: A Conversation on Love and Hope for Our Precious Planet Dalai Lama XIV & McDonnell, Patrick
I Have Some Questions for You Makkai, Rebecca
The Shadow of Perseus Heywood, Claire

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Do You Myth America?

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In Myth America: Historians Take on the Biggest Legends and Lies About Our Past, two historians, Kevin Kruze and Julian Zelizer, replace myths with research and reality. Based on a firm foundation of historical scholarship, they debunk the narratives that portray the New Deal and Great Society as failures, immigrants as hostile invaders and feminists as anti-family warriors, among other partisan lies.

Once you are finished, check out the rest of our Popular Reading collection. Titles range from commentary, fiction, historical fiction, mystery, suspense, non-fiction, current affairs, science, social issues, and politics.

Our collection is on the first floor of Mullen Library in the Reference Reading Room.

Hold your cursor over the Title to see a short description of the book, or click to view the catalog record. The status of the book is shown beside the call number.

Title Author Status
Myth America: Historians Take on the Biggest Legends and Lies About Our Past Kruse, Kevin M. & Zelizer, Julian E.
Code Name Blue Wren: The True Story of America’s Most Dangerous Female Spy—and the Sister She Betrayed Popkin, Jim
Sam Goodman, Allegra
The Nightmare Man Markert, J. H.
The Matter of Everything: How Curiosity, Physics, and Improbable Experiments Changed the World Sheehy, Suzie
Bloodbath Nation Auster, Paul
How Far the Light Reaches: A Life in Ten Sea Creatures Imbler, Sabrina
Elizabeth Taylor: The Grit & Glamour of an Icon Brower, Kate Andersen
Spare Harry, Prince, Duke of Sussex
Mindful Cognitive Behavioral Therapy: A Simple Path to Healing, Hope, and Peace Gillihan, Seth J.
Screaming on the Inside: The Unsustainability of American Motherhood Grose, Jessica
A Dangerous Business Smiley, Jane
Why We Meditate: The Science and Practice of Clarity and Compassion Goleman, Daniel & Rinpoche, Tsoknyi
Dune: The Heir of Caladan Herbert, Brian & Anderson, Kevin J.
The Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee Book Seinfeld, Jerry
Tom Clancy Red Winter Cameron, Marc
Con/Artist: The Life and Crimes of the World’s Greatest Art Forger Tetro, Tony & Ambrosi, Giampiero
Pride of a Nation: A Celebration of the U.S. Women’s National Soccer Team Oxenham, Gwendolyn. Foreword by Julie Foudy
All the Dangerous Things Willingham, Stacy
The Blue Window Berne, Suzanne

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Adopt a Book Grants now available to faculty

Textbook affordability continues to be a serious concern for our students. What is the result of the unchecked commercial textbook publishing market? Most students will never purchase the required textbook-directly informing student success, retention and equity in the classroom. Open Education Resources (OER) for higher education have made significant progress over the last few decades and peer-reviewed textbooks and instructional material are now routinely and successfully used by instructors at fellow research universities across the country, including your own!

Please join the WRLC’s Textbook Affordability Working Group (TAWG) on Tuesday, January 31st at 12:00 PM to learn more about the faculty stipend program in which workshop attendees can earn $200 for writing a review of a textbook in the Open Textbook Library.

In addition, the WRLC is excited to launch the Open@WRLC Adopt Grant Call for Applications. The $2,000 OER Adopt grant is intended to support faculty who wish to replace (adopt) a commercial textbook with OER. Those who “adopt” a resource will be using existing resource(s) as-is or with minimal editorial changes. Grantees will be expected to adopt the selected material in Fall 2023. Join us to learn more about this new opportunity and how you can promote OER advocacy on your campus!

Register today! – https://forms.gle/e6nfFEGnnXn9uofH6 (Zoom link will be sent the day before the event to registered attendees)

Learn more about the event and Open Textbooks at https://open.wrlc.org

University Research Day 2023 Call for Abstracts

As a member of the 2023 University Research Day Committee, I would like to share the following announcement with you:

University Research Day at Catholic University is back! The deadline for abstract submission for University Research Day 2023 is Jan. 24, 2023.

All members of the Catholic University community are encouraged to share their work by submitting an application. Research has a broad meaning and can include anything that falls under ‘scholarly work.’ Some examples include:

  • a scholarly paper
  • a collaborative project with a faculty member
  • a recent presentation given at a professional meeting
  • a dramatic or musical performance
  • a display of art

URD will be in-person with in-person presentations and a poster session on our DC campus. All presentations will also be pre-recorded so that the global community can access them virtually. Remote students, faculty and staff (e.g., online programs, at the Rome Center, and Tucson) can participate in the virtual poster and oral presentations. Students, faculty and staff on campus can participate in-person as well as share their research virtually.

URD is an opportunity to share one’s scholarship in a way that ensures accessibility to everyone — even those unfamiliar with the subject matter. Abstracts should reflect this, written with clear, non-technical language that is geared for ALL people. Examples of past selected abstracts are available here. Submitted abstracts will be judged by members of the URD Planning Committee and selected presenters will be notified by email.

Look for more information on social media from our hashtag, #CUatResearchDay and from this website including important dates, the format for the presentations, and the link to the application form. In addition, the names of the current planning committee members are listed on the website, should you have specific questions. See University Research Day 2022 presentations here.

Abstracts: If you are interested in presenting a paper, poster, or interactive demonstration, please complete the abstract submission form. Abstracts must be received by January 24, 2023 at 5 p.m., to be considered. Submissions received after that date will not be reviewed.

Elizabeth Edinger and Chris Raub
URD 2023 Co-Chairs

Blueprint for the Future?

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Storytelling is a skill that everyone can develop. In The Bezos Blueprint: Communication Secrets of the World’s Greatest Salesman, Carmine Gallo “reveals the communication and leadership secrets of the Amazon founder, showing readers how to sharpen their writing, storytelling and communication skills to build the company or career of their dreams.” Once you are finished, check out the rest of our Popular Reading collection. Titles range from commentary, fiction, historical fiction, mystery, suspense, non-fiction, current affairs, science, social issues, and politics.

Our collection is on the first floor of Mullen Library in the Reference Reading Room.

Hold your cursor over the Title to see a short description of the book, or click to view the catalog record. The status of the book is shown beside the call number.

Title Author Status
The Bezos Blueprint: Communication Secrets of the World’s Greatest Salesman Gallo, Carmine
Going Rogue Evanovich, Janet
The Age of Resilience: Reimagining Existence on a Rewilding Earth Rifkin, Jeremy
Egypt’s Golden Couple: When Akhenaten and Nefertiti Were Gods on Earth Darnell, John & Darnell, Colleen
Now Is Not the Time to Panic Wilson, Kevin
Before Your Memory Fades Kawaguchi, Toshikazu
The Future Is Analog: How to Create a More Human World Sax, David
The Light We Carry: Overcoming in Uncertain Times Obama, Michelle
Lost to the World: A Memoir of Faith, Family, and Five Years in Terrorist Captivity Taseer, Shahbaz
The Number Ones: Twenty Chart-topping Hits That Reveal the History of Pop Music Breihan, Tom
Tracers in the Dark: The Global Hunt for the Crime Lords of Cryptocurrency Greenberg, Andy

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University Research Day 2023 Call for Abstracts

As a member of the 2023 University Research Day Committee, I would like to share the following announcement with you:

University Research Day at Catholic University is back! The deadline for abstract submission for University Research Day 2023 is Jan. 24, 2023.

All members of the Catholic University community are encouraged to share their work by submitting an application. Research has a broad meaning and can include anything that falls under ‘scholarly work.’ Some examples include:

  • a scholarly paper
  • a collaborative project with a faculty member
  • a recent presentation given at a professional meeting
  • a dramatic or musical performance
  • a display of art

URD will be in-person with in-person presentations and a poster session on our DC campus. All presentations will also be pre-recorded so that the global community can access them virtually. Remote students, faculty and staff (e.g., online programs, at the Rome Center, and Tucson) can participate in the virtual poster and oral presentations. Students, faculty and staff on campus can participate in-person as well as share their research virtually.

URD is an opportunity to share one’s scholarship in a way that ensures accessibility to everyone — even those unfamiliar with the subject matter. Abstracts should reflect this, written with clear, non-technical language that is geared for ALL people. Examples of past selected abstracts are available here. Submitted abstracts will be judged by members of the URD Planning Committee and selected presenters will be notified by email.

Look for more information on social media from our hashtag, #CUatResearchDay and from this website including important dates, the format for the presentations, and the link to the application form. In addition, the names of the current planning committee members are listed on the website, should you have specific questions. See University Research Day 2022 presentations here.

Abstracts: If you are interested in presenting a paper, poster, or interactive demonstration, please complete the abstract submission form. Abstracts must be received by January 24, 2023 at 5 p.m., to be considered. Submissions received after that date will not be reviewed.

Elizabeth Edinger and Chris Raub
URD 2023 Co-Chairs

Life Is Hard

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In Life Is Hard: How Philosophy Can Help Us Find Our Way, Kieran Setiya writes a deeply personal and thought-provoking book, not only drawing on ancient and modern philosophy, but fiction, history, memoir, film, comedy, social science, and stories from his own experience. He offers a map for navigating rough terrain, from personal trauma to the injustice and absurdity of the world. Once you are finished, check out the rest of our Popular Reading collection. Titles range from commentary, fiction, historical fiction, mystery, suspense, non-fiction, current affairs, science, social issues, and politics.

Our collection is on the first floor of Mullen Library in the Reference Reading Room.

Hold your cursor over the Title to see a short description of the book, or click to view the catalog record. The status of the book is shown beside the call number.

 

 

Title Author Status
Life Is Hard: How Philosophy Can Help Us Find Our Way Setiya, Kieran
Boldly Go: Reflections on a Life of Awe and Wonder Shatner, William & Brandon, Joshua
Mad Honey: A Novel Picoult, Jodi & Boylan, Jennifer Finney
The Evolution of Charles Darwin: The Epic Voyage of the Beagle That Forever Changed Our View of Life on Earth Preston, Diana
Fen, Bog and Swamp: A Short History of Peatland Destruction and Its Role in the Climate Crisis Proulx, Annie
You Don’t Know What War Is: The Diary of a Young Girl from Ukraine Skalietska, Yeva
Visual Thinking: The Hidden Gifts of People Who Think in Pictures, Patterns, and Abstractions Grandin, Temple
Nineteen Ways of Looking at Consciousness House, Patrick
Beyond the Wand: The Magic and Mayhem of Growing Up a Wizard Felton, Tom
Demon Copperhead Kingsolver, Barbara
They Called Me a Lioness: A Palestinian Girl’s Fight for Freedom Tamimi, Ahed & Takruri, Dena
The Family Outing: A Memoir Hempel, Jessi
Chip War: The Fight for the World’s Most Critical Technology Miller, Chris
Curse of the Reaper Mcauley, Brian
Everything the Light Touches Pariat, Janice
Livid: A Scarpetta Novel Cornwell, Patricia
A More Just Future: Psychological Tools for Reckoning With Our Past and Driving Social Change Chugh, Dolly
The Ransomware Hunting Team: A Band of Misfits’ Improbable Crusade to Save the World from Cybercrime Dudley, Renee & Golden, Daniel

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Open Access Week: New Features in ORCID

Open Access Week is October 24 – 30, 2022. Open Access “is the free, immediate, online availability of research articles coupled with the rights to use these articles fully in the digital environment. Open Access ensures that anyone can access and use these results—to turn ideas into industries and breakthroughs into better lives.” (SPARC*).

What is ORCID?

As a faculty member or a graduate student, you should be establishing a scholarly presence and managing your scholarly reputation. ORCID (Open Researcher and Contributor ID) is a nonprofit organization that provides a standardized way to uniquely identify researchers. ORCID provides a way to identify researchers and their work, no matter when and where it was published. The system is designed to be useful for both researchers and readers. Researchers can use ORCID to claim their work, build their profile, and receive recognition for their work. Readers can use ORCID to find more accurate and reliable citations, discover new research, and explore the work of a researcher. Specifically, ORCID is a persistent digital identifier (PID) unique to you.

 

What is ORCID? from ORCID on Vimeo.

**Need help setting up your ORCID account? Contact Kevin Gunn, Coordinator of Digital Scholarship, to arrange a consultation.

 

New Features in ORCID

Affiliation Manager

This new tool allows for the affiliation manager to add affiliation data to a researcher’s ORCID record by simply uploading a CSV file. Further, the affiliation manager can discover the ORCID iDs of their researchers, as well as adding and maintaining organization affiliation data to their researchers’ records. This can save researchers time and helps other systems such as grant management systems, manuscript submission systems, and university research information systems to accurately track the affiliations. Talk to Kevin Gunn, Coordinator of Digital Scholarship, for details.

44 Work Types and Growing

The type of work is central to the ORCID experience. Researchers can now add 44 work types to the registry, including CRediT (Contributor Roles Taxonomy) alongside existing contributor roles, and Data Management Plans (DMP).

Research Organization Registry (ROR)

The evolution of the PID ecosystem over the past decade has been facilitated by organization IDs. The Research Organization Registry (ROR) has been a critical component of this development by supplying organization ID metadata. ORCID has integrated this metadata into its system and now supports ROR’s Organization IDs. RORs can now be used with the API and the Affiliation Manager to easily track the impact of institutional research.

Catholic University and ORCID

Here is a screenshot of our member portal (click on the image to enlarge) with the number of affiliates over time:

 

Get an ORCID

Your ORCID ID will follow you throughout your scholarly career so acquire this unique identifier to showcase your research and ensure proper attribution of your work:

1. Claim your free ORCID ID at http://orcid.org/register

2. Import your research outputs and add biographical information using the automated import wizards.

3. Use your ORCID when applying for grants, submitting publications, or sharing your CV. Learn more at http://orcid.org

 

Need help or have questions? Please contact Kevin Gunn, Coordinator of Digital Scholarship (gunn@cua.edu).

Open Access Week: Open for Climate Justice

The theme for this year’s International Open Access Week (October 24-30) is, “Open for Climate Justice.” The theme: “seeks to encourage connection and collaboration among the climate movement and the international open community. Sharing knowledge is a human right, and tackling the climate crisis requires the rapid exchange of knowledge across geographic, economic, and disciplinary boundaries.” Open open access week 2022 posterAccess Week was created by the Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition (SPARC) for the academic and research community to “learn about the potential benefits of Open Access, to share what they’ve learned with colleagues, and to help inspire wider participation in helping to make Open Access a new norm in scholarship and research.”

What is Open Access?

Open Access refers to “the free, immediate, online availability of research articles coupled with the right to use these articles fully in the digital environment. Open Access ensures that anyone can access and use these results—to turn ideas into industries and breakthroughs into better lives.” (SPARC*). See this video for a fuller explanation:

 

Open For Climate Justice

The theme of Open for Climate Justice acknowledges that the impacts of the climate crisis are not borne “equally or fairly, between rich and poor, women and men, and older and younger generations” (United Nations, 2019). The focus is on climate justice as a human rights issue and not merely a scientific one: “[climate justice] insists on a shift from a discourse on greenhouse gases and melting ice caps into a civil rights movement with the people and communities most vulnerable to climate impacts at its heart,” said Mary Robinson, former President of Ireland. This power inequity can impact the ability of communities to produce, disseminate, and use knowledge. Having Open Access to create pathways to ensure equitable knowledge sharing is a step in addressing the power inequities that are part of climate change and how we can respond to them.

Making scientific knowledge available is an important goal of Open Access. On August 25th, The White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) updated U.S. policy to make the results of taxpayer-supported research immediately available to the American public at no cost or embargo.

Why is OA important to CU Libraries? We believe that open access to good quality information is essential for a free and democratic society. The virtue of justice is central to this ethical problem.

Things you can do to participate

  1. Attend OA Week events: See the list of worldwide events on the OA website.
  2. Advocate for Open Access. Advocate in your discipline for open access. See how you can transition a journal from subscription to open access.
  3. Publish your work in open access platforms. You can determine what journals are open access by checking the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ).
  4. Adopt an open textbook. Students need a break from high textbook prices.  Learn how to adopt or adapt a textbook from the Open Textbook Library. The Washington Research Library Consortium (Catholic University Libraries is a member) has a series of webinars on how to get started. Adopt a textbook today!

About SPARC

SPARC has been at the forefront of Open Access since 1998. They are “a non-profit advocacy organization that supports systems for research and education that are open by default and equitable by design.” See the activities planned for Open Access Week 2022.

Further Reading

OASIS. Developed at SUNY Geneseo’s Milne Library, Openly Available Sources Integrated Search (OASIS) is a search tool for discovering open content. OASIS currently searches open content from 114 different sources and contains 440,269 records.

Open Science video (In English): What is Open Science? Created by the Knowledge Network for University Libraries (Website in Dutch).

Transitioning Society Publications to OA.

UNESCO, Open Educational Resources (OER).

White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP). OSTP Issues Guidance to Make Federally Funded Research Freely Available Without Delay, August 25, 2022.