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News from The Node

From Node Monster Meg Grant:

I hope the semester is starting off well for everyone. In addition to the semi-annual reminder to return overdue books, I have a couple of announcements concerning the Node.

  1. We have lots of new books! The books John McCarthy ordered for us have arrived and are on the shelves. There have also been a number of other donations lately. Just a few examples:
    • A Natural History of Infixation (Alan Yu)
    • New Horizons in the Analysis of Control and Raising (William Davies and Stanley Dubinsky, eds.)
    • Hidden Generalizations: Phonological Opacity in Optimality Theory (John J. McCarthy)
  2. This Friday we will have our semesterly GLSA meeting. I plan to revisit the idea of stopping our subscriptions to journals we can get online through the library, and using this money to keep our conference proceedings up to date. I sent out an e-mail about this in the winter and got some fantastic suggestions, but our first years and new visitors haven't had a chance to give their input on this matter. So, please bring your ideas along with you on Friday, and we can make a decision together about what the Node needs to have.
  3. Our textbook collection is now in the TA office on the third floor. I put some out-slips on the filing cabinet near the bookshelf, but really a semester is probably too long a lending period for textbooks. For now, please return textbooks as quickly as possible, and we can decide on a firm lending period at the GLSA meeting.
  4. To the first years and new visitors: use the Node! If you haven't already taken a look around, please take the time to do so. You'll find we have everything from brand new books to older, rarer finds. We have books, dissertations, working papers and conference proceedings in the Node proper, and journals in the Partee room (301). If you have any questions or need help finding something, don't hesitate to ask.

A final thanks to Kyle and Ellen for making the Node much neater!

[Thanks Meg!]

September 13, 2007 12:03 AM | 05:22 (2007-09-13) , department news