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Book Club to Discuss Angle of Repose
The next book club discussion will take place on July 16 in the Library Community Room...[More]
Posted Wed, July 02 2008

Davey Café Closed Until Mid-August
The Davey Café in the University Library will be closed from July 1 until mid-August...[More]
Posted Fri, June 27 2008

Faculty Staff Book Club to Meet June 19
The Book Club will discuss Three Cups of Tea by Greg Mortenson...[More]
Posted Mon, June 09 2008

Good Summer Reads Now Available
Check out the library's Leisure Reading Collection for relaxing summer reads...[More]
Posted Tue, June 03 2008

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Global Learning Community - Week 3

Should you wish to borrow any of these books, please email us at library@pacific.edu and we will pull the book, check it out to you, and deliver it to your dorm. We will deliver Monday - Friday, 9 am - 5 pm. Please provide:

Your name

Your 988#

Your dorm address

NOTE: The due date will be stamped in the back of the book. You will be responsible for returning the book to the library by that date or renewing it online at http://library.pacific.edu/ or in-person at the library.

Week 3 Recommendations

Knowledge Power: Intellectual Property, Information, and Privacy
- This book explores some of the issues that we all face as technology and data sources proliferate. Who owns information? Who has access? Are there guidelines for the protection of information across national borders?
- Call Number: K1401 .M367 2004
- Interested in knowing a little more? Read reviews at Amazon
Diseases of Globalization: Socioeconomic Transitions and Health

As countries and people are exposed to new cultural, social, and economic trends and ideas from the West, there is a corresponding change in diet and health (think of Chinese people eating KFC). This book appraises the situation in a number of countries.
Call Number: RA441 .M43 2001
Interested in knowing a little more? Read reviews at Amazon

High Tech Trash: Digital Devices, Hidden Toxins, and Human Health
- Did you receive a new tech toy over the winter break? Do you have an obsolete computer or electronic device that you need to throw away? What happens to those devices when they have outlived their usefulness? This timely book investigates how consumption of technology is affecting the global landscape and the health of the people who process that waste.
- Only available electronically through ebrary. Click on this link
- Interested in knowing a little more? Read reviews at Amazon
The Travels of a T-Shirt in the Global Economy
- Have you ever thought of who made your t-shirt? This author has! She tracks the life cycle of a t-shirt, from the harvest of cotton to its eventual disposal…You’ll be surprised as this question takes her around the world and demonstrates how globalization and free trade really work.
- Call Number: HD9969.S6 R58 2005
- Interested in knowing a little more? Read reviews at Amazon
You Decide! Controversial Global Issues
- This book surveys some of the most important global issues today, like child labor, AIDS, global warming, and terrorism.
- Call Number: HV6431 .D72 2003
- Interested in knowing a little more? Read reviews at Amazon