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Author Tea! Join us this Thursday, May 6th
The Book Mark and the library host an annual author tea for Gustavus authors who have published books within the past year. Join us this Thursday, May 6th, at 3:30 in the Courtyard Cafe to hear a bit about the books and enjoy refreshments. Here is this year’s bookshelf: Sidonia Alenuma (Education) Race and Educational […]
… and More Sunshine
The 2010 State of the Media Report has just been released – a terrific review of what’s going on with the news media and where things are headed. There is also a freshly-issued Secrecy Report Card from Open the Government that sums up developments is government secrecy and transparency in 2009. The Electronic Frontier Foundation […]
It’s Sunshine Week
Sunshine week is March 14th-20th. In celebration Open the Government.org is presenting a web cast called “Building Transparency.” Stream the live teleconference to your desktop on March 19th from 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Click here for more information. This teleconference is made available by Minitex and promoted by the Folke Bernadotte Memorial Library.
We Need You!
Want to improve the library? We need students to participate in our library study. Your participation could win you 100 pages of free printing or pizza! Your role may include any of the following: Designer Photographer Web Consultant When do we need you? And for how long? Sometime between now and the end of April […]
Get Ready to Celebrate!
Are you a student who has done some cool research? Have a creative project you’re proud of? Are you involved with a campus group that did something awesome? Why not share it at the annual Celebration of Creative Inquiry? It will be held on April 30th between 5-7 pm in the campus center. To join […]
New Catalog Arrival
MnPALS Plus, our new catalog, is up and running! You can access it directly from the search box on the library’s homepage. We’d love to hear your thoughts on the new interface. Please click here to send us comments and questions. (Fans of the old catalog, Classic MnPALS, can still access it from the library’s […]
The catalogs they are a changin’…
We’re pleased to announce the launch of a new library catalog. It’s the same great data with a bold new look. MnPALS Plus, which was developed locally by our library consortium, boasts improved location information, sophisticated ways to refine searches and a number of other features that make it more user-friendly and in line with […]
Reducing Paper Waste: The Sequel
Those of you who receive Folkelore by e-mail may have been disappointed to hear about Chloe Radcliffe’s video without knowing where to find it. It’s embedded in our blog page, but it didn’t travel along with the e-mail message. Our apologies. Here’s the direct link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wBnsca0aZKA Enjoy!
Reducing Paper Use: The Movie
Chloe Radcliffe created a video about the new printing policy that meters printing and begins to charge students five cents a page once they’ve used up a 600 (or 300 double-sided) page allocation. Though the policy has left some students unhappy, it has reduced waste. At the library, we have noticed it has cut printing […]