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  • Yes, the Weather Outside is Frightful

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    fister

    …. but it’s nice and cozy inside the library. Still, due to the difficulty of getting around town and the towering snowdrift in front of the reference librarian’s garage, holding her car hostage, face to face reference service will be limited today; after dark, please use the chat feature on the library’s website if you…

  • Library Hours for Finals

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    jay

    For all bookworms and heavy studiers the library is extending hours for finals. The following are the hours the library will be open: Weds., Dec. 15- Fri., Dec. 17, 8am – 2am ; Sat., Dec. 18 – 8am – 10pm; Sun., Dec. 19, 8am – 2am; Mon., Dec. 20, 8am – 4:45pm. We are also…

  • Library Hours- Thanksgiving Break

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    jay

    Happy Thanksgiving all! Our hours will be reduced during the break. Here are the library hours: Tues., Nov. 23 and Weds., Nov 24 – 8am – 4:45pmThurs. Nov. 25 – Sun., Nov. 28 (until 6pm)- ClosedOpen at 6pm – 1am on Sunday, Nov. 28.

  • Plan to do research at home over Thanksgiving? Test your library account before you leave campus

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    ahulsebe

    If you’re planning to do research from home over Thanksgiving break, test your library account from on campus before you leave to make sure you’ll be able to access our databases. To test your account, login to your borrowing record (use your 14-digit barcode from your Gustavus ID as your User ID, and use your…

  • Students: Earn a free 5 dollar print card!

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    folkelore

    Students: participate in a one-hour focus group on Dec. 1st and earn a free $5.00 print card good for the 2010-11 academic year. The focus groups are casual and, most importantly, your participation will help improve the library for current and future Gusties!  For more information or to sign-up, please send an email to libstudy@gustavus.edu.…

  • Do You Hear What I Hear?

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    jay

    At the entrance to the library are security gates. Every book we own and equipment now too, are secured so that unless we desensitize items, the alarm (or beeping) will sound as you leave the building. Our items, books, computers, DVD’s, CD’s, etc., are precious to us. We want everyone to be able to use…

  • Open Access Week

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    fister

    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

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    jay

    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

  • Used Book and VHS Sale

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    mperron

    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.

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    stimmer2

    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…