by Theresa Liedtka

I am putting the final touches on the Library’s Annual Report for 2008-2009 and this message finds me in a reflective frame of mind. I was struck this year by the fact that the life of the Library was dominated by unusual highs and lows, coupled with our ever present, ongoing challenge to continually improve and enhance our services, collections, and facilities for use by students and faculty. Continue Reading

In Spring 2009, as part of a $100,000 cut to its base budget, coupled with an unfunded increase in the federal minimum wage amount, the Library was forced to reduce its building hours of operation. Continue Reading

by Theresa Liedtka

In Spring 2009, based on recommendations from the Academic Affairs Review Committee, the Library was asked to identify $100,000 in cuts to our collections and operations budget, effective July 1, 2009.

Current Budget:
The total library budget in 2008-2009 was $2,500,000.
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September 10 – Library Open House

The library will host an Open House on Thursday, September 10 from 3:00-4:30 on the first floor in the snack area.

Please join us!

•    Refreshments & Prize Drawings
•    View and discuss architectural drawings of the new library building
•    Meet the Library Dean
•    Experience our new tech gadgets (Kindles, Flip video cameras, Laptops minis)
•    Learn about new resources, hours, & policies
•    Discuss questions, concerns with library faculty & staff
•    New databases demonstrations
•    Meet new reference/instruction librarians, Caitlin Shanley and Lane Wilkinson
•    Library tours
•    See treasures from our Special Collections

by Virginia Cairns

Academic Onefile has changed its interface slightly over the summer. The colors are very different and some of the search features are in different places, but overall it still works the same way that it did last year!  A few of the things that HAVE changed include:

• New limits on the left sidebar – limit your results to image, podcast and video files
• The Subject Guide has been renamed Browse Subjects (but it still works the same way!)
• The Marked items folder is now on the top right (but it still works the same way!)
• Improved Toolbox offers easier emailing and printing options
• Use the Share feature to post articles to Delicious or Facebook
• Use the Bookmark Star to save a link to an article so you can find it again later