Library News for German Studies

Brian's New Office Hrs. in German Dept

As of Sept. 24, 2007, I’m going to start holding my “drop-in” office hours in the German Dept. in Ridgley 426 (office next to Eva’s). Please feel free to stop by with your library and research questions. Remember, no question is too small. I hope you’ll come by.

Wednesdays, 1-2 (Ridgley 426)

Thursdays, 1-2:30 (Ridgley 426)

As before, I’ll be happy to set up appointments outside these times as well. You only need to email, IM, or phone beforehand. I’m also available for questions at Kaffeestunde.

Brian (bvetruba@wustl.edu ; IM: wulibgerman; 935-4824)

New Books, Sept. 1-15, 2007 (partial listing)

The assistant / Robert Walser ; translated from the German by Susan Bernofsky. Original German title: Der Gehülfe. New York : New Directions, 2007

Crossing the Sierra de Gredos / Peter Handke ; translated from the German by Krishna Winston. Original German title: Bildverlust, oder, Durch die Sierra de Gredos. New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2007.

Dilettantismus um 1800 / herausgegeben von Stefan Blechschmidt, Andrea Heinz. Heidelberg : Universitätsverlag Winter, c2007.

Disciplining Germany : youth, reeducation, and reconstruction after the Second World War / Jaimey Fisher. Detroit : Wayne State University Press, c2007.

Fremdes Schreiben : Yoko Tawada / Ruth Kersting. Trier : WVT, Wissenschaftlicher Verlag Trier, 2006.

Gefährten im Unglück : die Protagonisten narrativer Texte von E.T.A. Hoffmann sowie von Novalis, Goethe und Kleist / Peggy Fiebich. Würzburg : Königshausen & Neumann, c2007

Goethe and Schiller : an historical romance / by L. Mühlbach ; translated from the German by Chapman Coleman ; illustrated by Gaston Fay. Original German title: Goethe und Schiller. New York : D. Appleton, 1881.

Humor and irony in nineteenth-century German women's writing : studies in prose fiction, 1840-1900 / Helen Chambers. Rochester, N.Y. : Camden House, 2007.

Jakob Wassermann : Deutscher, Jude, Literat / herausgegeben von Dirk Niefanger, Gunnar Och und Daniela F. Eisenstein. Göttingen : Wallstein, 2007.

Jugenderinnerungen und Bekenntnisse / von Paul Heyse. Stuttgart : J.G. Cotta, 1912.

Love and conflict in medieval drama : the plays and their legacy / Lynette R. Muir. Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2007.

The merchant of Berlin : an historical novel ; Maria Theresa and her fireman / by Louisa Mühlbach, translated from the German by Amory Coffin. Original German titles: Johann Gotzkowsky and Maria Theresia und ihr Ofenheizer. New York : D. Appleton, 1881.

Nachfolge Christi - Nachahmung der Natur : himmlische und natürliche Magie bei Paracelsus, im Paracelsismus und in der Barockliteratur (Scheffler, Zesen, Grimmelshausen) / Maximilian Bergengruen. Hamburg : Meiner, 2007.

Napoleon and the Queen of Prussia : an historical novel / by L. Mühlbach [pseud.] ... translated from the German, by F. Jordan ... Original German title: Napoleon und Königin Louise. New York : D. Appleton and Co., 1881.

Nazis and the cinema / Susan Tegel. London ; New York : Hambledon Continuum, 2007.

Poetik des Schmerzes : Physiologie und Literatur von Brockes bis Büchner / Roland Borgards. München : W. Fink, c2007.

Projected shadows : psychoanalytic reflections on the representation of loss in European cinema / edited by Andrea Sabbadini. London ; New York : Routledge, 2007.

Reconstructing hybridity : post-colonial studies in transition / edited by Joel Kuortti and Jopi Nyman. Amsterdam ; New York : Rodopi, 2007.

Snow part = Schneepart / by Paul Celan ; translated by Ian Fairley. Riverdale-on-Hudson, N.Y. : Sheep Meadow Press, c2007.

The Thirty Years' War and German memory in the nineteenth century / Kevin Cramer. Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, c2007.

Trierer Literaturgeschichte : das Mittelalter / Michael Embach. Trier : Kliomedia, 2007.

Viennese short stories / Veza Canetti ; translated and with an introduction by Julian Preece. Riverside, Calif. : Ariadne Press, c2006.

Wittgenstein's nephew : a friendship / Thomas Bernhard ; translated from the German by David McLintock. Original German title: Wittgensteins Neffe. Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1990, c1988.

ILLiad is experience system outages

ILLiad is experiencing some system problems. Try logging on. If you're not able to you can still submit your inter-library loan requests . See the forms listed on the ILLiad page.

In Germany, Wild for Winnetou--NY Times article

In Germany, Wild for Winnetou

By MICHAEL KIMMELMAN

Published: September 12, 2007 in New York Times

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/12/arts/design/12karl.html?ex=1347336000&en=bbbef992633a0a56&ei=5124&partner=permalink&exprod=permalink

Library offering FREE Technology Workshops in Sept. and Oct.

Starting this week, the Arc in Olin Library is offering a number of FREE technology workshops in September and October covering Office 2007, Word 2007, Powerpoint 2007, Excel 2007, Adobe Acrobat CS3, Adobe Photoshop CS3, and other applications. These FREE workshops are open to WU students, faculty, and staff. 

If interested, please visit their website at http://library.wustl.edu/units/arc/ or jump directly to the registration calendar at http://evanced.info/washingtonu/evanced/eventcalendar.asp?ag=&et=&dt=mo&mo=9/1/2007&df=calendar&cn=0&private=0&ln=0 

The registration only shows September but check back for dates in October.

The ARC is located on level A of Olin. Access is limited to WU students and faculty/staff so don't forget your ID.

Let me know if you have questions (bvetruba@wustl.edu ; 935-4824 ; IM: wulibgerman)

Using RSS to Read Library News for German Studies

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Changes to WU Catalog

Over the summer months, we mad a number of improvements to the WU Catalog.

• LESS SCROLLING NECESSARY! 50 items will be displayed on each search result page. Previously, only 12 were displayed.
• MORE INFO ON SEARCH RESULT LISTS. Besides title, author and publisher, the search result list ("hit list") will include call number, location, and status.
• NEED QUOTES FOR PHRASE SEARCHING. If you're searching a phrase, you'll need to put the phrase in quotes or it will be AND-ed together like in Google. For example: "Young Germany" will have different results than Young Germany.
• CAN MAKE MULTIPLE REQUESTS AT ONCE.
• More info on changes.

New DVDs/Videos, Aug. 2007 (partial listing)

For a complete listing of new videos and DVDs, consult the Catalog or the DVD list.

Böse Zellen = Free radicals / Kino International ; Coop 99 Filmproduktion, Fama Film AG, zero südwest GmbH. Originally released as a motion picture in 2003. DVD.

Heimat / Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau Stiftung ; Transit Film GMBH München ; den Carl Froelich Film. Originally produced as motion picture in 1938.  REGION 2 DVD.

NaPolA = Before the fall / Constantin Film ; Olga Film Zeigt ; eine Olga Film produktion in co-produktion mit Constantin Film und Seven Pictures. DVD release of the 2004 motion picture. DVD.

Sorstalanság = Fateless / Thinkfilm presents a Hungarian Motion Picture Ltd. In Hungarian with English subtitles. Based on the novel Sorstalanság by Imre Kertesz. DVD.

  SWEDISH FILM

Keillers park / Cine Qua-Non in co-production with Film i Väst ; director, Susanna Edwards.  DVD release of the 2006 motion picture. DVD.