Wednesday, August 26, 2009

Did You Know This...

About Career Guides:

Career One Stop (http://www.careeronestop.org/) - Sponsored by the U.S. Department of Labor, this web site has resources for job seekers, businesses, students and professionals.

Quintessential Careers (http://www.quintcareers.com/) - Site has 4,000 pages of career resources, articles, tutorials, a job database and QuintZine, a career newsletter.

* Information provided by: Librarian Melissa Whitesell

Thursday, August 20, 2009

Did You Know This...

About Education:

Encyclopedia of Education Technology (
http://coe.sdsu.edu/eet/Admin/Intro.htm), Also known as EET, is a collection of short multimedia articles on a variety of topics related to the fields of instructional design and education and training.

Education Digital Video Library (
http://www.hsdvl.org/) - The Science Media Group, part of the Science Education Department at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics and producer of A PRIVATE UNIVERSE, has built an extensive collection of digital video materials supporting science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education reform.

Inspiring Teachers (
http://www.inspiringteachers.com/) - Articles, blogs, hints and guides for educators, whether you are a student teacher, substitute or veteran teacher.


* Information provided by: Librarian Melissa Whitesell

Monday, August 17, 2009

Please Welcome Dr. John Fowler!


Bandy Heritage Center

DR. JOHN D. FOWLER has been named the B.J. and Dicksie Bandy Chair of History at Dalton State College. Dr. Fowler will teach courses within the Social Sciences department as well as develop the Bandy Heritage Center. The Center will provide a forum for outreach programming, lectures, conferences and seminars for the public as well as for area social studies teachers. Areas of concentration will include Native American heritage, the Civil War, and development of the carpet and rug industry in the Northwest Georgia region. In time, the Bandy Heritage Center will also include museum and exhibit space.

Dr. Fowler served as Associate Professor of History and as a Co- Director for the Center for the Study of the Civil War Era at Kennesaw State University. He holds a B.A. and Master’s Degree in History from Eastern Kentucky University and a Ph.D. in History from the University of Tennessee. Dr. Fowler has authored two books, Mountaineers in Gray: the 19th Tennessee Volunteer Infantry Regiment, CSA for which he won the prestigious Mrs. Simon Baruch Award and The Confederate Experience, a textbook on the Confederacy. In addition to these titles, Dr. Fowler has three other books forthcoming including Awash in the Storm: Tennessee During the Civil War Era, Southern Independence Is My Sentiment: Liberty or Death: Southern Appalachia’s Confederate Experience and The Confederacy: Essential Documents and Essays.

Dr. Fowler’s office and the core of the collection to be included in the Bandy Heritage Center is currently located in the Derrell C. Roberts Library. For more information about the Bandy Heritage Center, visit the web page at http://www.daltonstate.edu/bandyheritagecenter/

* Written by Librarian Melissa Whitesell