Archive for 2010Page 3
Open Access Week
We’re coming to the end of the now-annual celebration of the Open Access movement. The idea of open access is that knowledge is most useful when it can be shared and is not behind barriers. As anyone who has done research in our library knows, there are limits to our collection, both print and online. […]
Library Hours – Fall Break 2010
Library hours for Reading Days:Friday Oct. 22: 8:00am-4:45pm;Saturday, Oct. 23: 10:00am – 5:00pm;Sunday, Oct. 24: 12:00pm – 6:00pm;Monday, Oct. 25: 8:00am – 4:45pm;Tuesday, Oct. 26: 8:00am – 1:00am
Fun facts: Interlibrary loan
Although you may have been the grateful recipient of an obscure dissertation borrowed through ILL from a library across the nation, you probably don’t think about the lending side of ILL. What kinds of materials are being requested by other libraries from the Gustavus collection? Our Scandinavian crime fiction has been enormously popular. Here’s an […]
Used Book and VHS Sale
Stop by the library this week for our used books and VHS sale. Everything is only 50 cents! With a clearance sale on Friday, everything you can fit in a bag for $2.00.
Libraries can be dangerous places.
The American Library Association (and freedom-lovers everywhere) are celebrating Banned Books Week September 25 – October 2, 2010. Did you know The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck, and To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee are all books that have been banned or challenged? Exercise your freedom […]
Constitution Day talk – ‘Ground Zero Mosque’
Join us in the library’s GLA Reading Room on Friday, September 17th at 2:30, when Associate Professor Alisa Rosenthal of the Political Science department will give a talk on the constitutional issues raised by the proposed Islamic Cultural Center in lower Manhattan. Come and discuss an issue that offers a topical take on a document […]
Archives Insider
As a new academic year begins, I thought I’d give an update and a bit of inside information. Regular open hours will be on the following days.Monday, 8:00-noon and 1:00-4:30Tuesday, 8:00-noon and 1:00-4:30Wednesday, 8-noon Please contact archives staff if you are unable to visit during these hours. We are located directly above the main entrance […]
What’s new? Library e-resources updates
As you get ready for fall term, visit the library’s E-resources Informer site for updates on our e-resources collection. Some highlights from this fall’s E-Resources Informer: Not so trivial trivia: selected statistics on the databases and online journals used most frequently by the Gustavus community Tips and tools: find out how the Assignment Calculator can […]
Possible Interlibrary Loan delays
The interlibrary loan office will be operating with minimal student staffing June 8 – June 13, 2010. You may experience some minor delays on requests submitted during this period. If you have questions or concerns, please contact Sonja as soon as possible. Thanks!
Past and Present Gustavus Buildings – Display
A new addition is being added to the Gustavus campus! Literally! Construction of the “New Academic Building” is underway, and to keep with the theme, the College and Lutheran Church Archives have brought you a new display, “Ch-ch-ch-ch Changes: Buildings at Gustavus.” The display chronicles how particular buildings at the college have changed, progressed, and […]