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Book Sale Promotional Rap

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April 16, 2009

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Hey, HEY! What’d you get your Mother for Mother’s Day?

Great question and one that is probably on a lot of our minds. Two University of Scranton students have come up with the perfect answer…

Emily and Erica
Emily and Erica

Emily Jaworski and Erica Matus, two of the Weinberg Memorial Library’s very dedicated work study students, have got a couple ideas for you.

How about a book or a plant from the Friends of the Library Book Sale being held on Saturday, April 25th (9am-9pm) and Sunday, April 26th (12pm-4pm)?

That sounds like a great idea!

Still not convinced? Listen to this streaming podcast of our two lovely ladies performing a duet…

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Friends of the library book sale transcript

PALCI Outage

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April 15, 2009

4:32 pm

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We’ve received notification from the University of Pittsburgh that, due to a system failure, the PALCI EZ-Borrow system did not accept requests for a few hours on Thursday, April 9 and Friday, April 10.  For that reason —

Any PALCI EZ-Borrow requests placed between 7:15pm on Thursday, April 9 and 9:15am on Friday, April 10, will need to be placed again.

If you have questions or need help re-placing an EZ-Borrow request, feel free to ask a librarian.

Seniors: Vote for Teacher of the Year!

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April 13, 2009

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Our partners in crime over at the Center for Teaching and Learning Excellence (CTLE) asked us to remind graduating seniors put in their votes for this year’s Teacher of the Year award.

CTLE says…

Each year the Graduating Senior Class selects its “Teacher of the Year”. Beginning Monday, April 20th, please vote for the faculty member who you believe best exhibits the following characteristics:
•    Maintains the highest standards of academic excellence and fairness.
•    Inspires interest in the discipline through personal enthusiasm and dedication.
•    Is consistently effective in communication.
•    Is available outside of the classroom.

To vote, make sure to cast your electronic ballot between 9am on Monday, April 20th and 5pm on Friday, April 24th. The award will be presented during Class Night on May 29.

Class of 2009, your vote counts – so be sure to remember and recognize a faculty member whose teaching has inspired you!

E-Z Borrow down on Friday

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April 8, 2009

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This Friday, April 10th, the PALCI E-ZBorrow service will be down from 9am until 12pm noon.  The University of Pittsburgh University Library System, which hosts E-ZBorrow, will be conducting some required maintenance during that time period.

We apologize for the inconvenience and thank you for your patience and understanding.

More study space, starting Monday!

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April 3, 2009

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Our students have been asking for more study space (such dedicated learners!), and here at the Weinberg, we’re doing our best to meet their needs.

During intersession, Library staff members moved some of our less-often used print periodicals down to the basement in order to free up some space on the 1st floor.  The shelves that used to hold those periodicals have just been removed, so there’s a nice chunk of empty space waiting by the group study rooms.

Tables and chairs have been ordered and will arrive on Monday.  Be the first to try them out, and let us know what you think!

Update: The freight company who is shipping our new furniture had to change our delivery date from today (Monday) to tomorrow (Tuesday).  So we’ll have to wait one more day for our new study space.  Sigh.

Update Part 2: New tables and chairs are here!  Come try them out!

Reference Books

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April 1, 2009

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Reference Books. How do I love thee? Let me count the ways…

Some beautiful reference books.
Some beautiful reference books.

One, you are intelligent.

Two, you are a good conversationalist–you always have something interesting to say.

Three, you are trustworthy–I always feel safe repeating what you tell me.

Four, you would never cheat on me–you are always right where I left you and would never be caught out of the library.

Alas, we have not always been so good to you…

The large majority of us disregard you and forget to visit you from time to time.

Many of the ones who do like to spend time with you will often not give credit to the smart things you say.

Lastly, we are seeing other reference books on the side…

Three Cheers for our new Catalog!

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March 24, 2009

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The University of Scranton Weinberg Memorial Library is proud to present…

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Our new catalog!!

Okay, technically it’s not really a new catalog – our Library catalog still includes all of the books, e-books, videos, and periodicals you know and love.  But it does have a shiny new interface that we hope will make it easier for our students and faculty to discover new resources.

New features of the catalog include…

  • A Tag Cloud that you can use to find resources on similar topics (you can even add your own tags if you like!)
  • A “Refine By…” tool to help you narrow down your search results to exactly what you need for your research
  • An “Articles and More” tool that will help you extend your search to find articles from some of our databases
  • A “Recently Added” box to show you what’s new on any given topic

Interested? Try out a search by going to the Library’s homepage.  Type in the box, and hit the big orange arrow.

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Don’t like what you see? You can still use the “classic” catalog interface – just look under the Library Catalogs menu and click on the first link for Our Classic Catalog.

Pro Deo Room Computers

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March 23, 2009

2:49 pm

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Thanks to the students and faculty who have gave us feedback in the LibQual Survey. During Spring break, the Information Resources staff and Library Systems staff worked to improve computer performance in the Pro Deo Room. Staff worked on each computer work station and upgraded the network hubs on the 1st and 3rd floors to switches in order to improve network performance on those floors. We welcome your input. Please report any computer problems to the Circulation Desk on the Library’s 1st Floor.

Thank You.

Joining the Twitterverse

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March 13, 2009

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Ellen DeGeneres, The Daily Show, and 110 members of Congress all Twitter – so why not us?

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From now on, get the latest Weinberg Memorial Library news (and an RSS feed of our blog posts) by following us – @UofSLibrary.  While you’re at it, reply and let us know what you think of our Library!  In 140 characters or less, that is.

If you’re like us and new to the Twitterverse, here are a few resources to help you get started on your new so-microblogged life:

  • Feeling tweepish about not knowing what the heck your tweeple are tweeting about? You need the Twitter Glossary from the Twitter Fan Wiki.
  • With Twitter Search, you can watch what the world is doing in real time.
  • Nearby Tweets helps you find other tweeple in your city.
  • Tweet Deck is an application that can help you manage your incoming tweets.
  • Last but not least, if you’re presenting to a group of techno-savvy people anytime in the future, check out speaking expert Olivia Mitchell’s recommendations for “How to Present While People are Twittering.”

Need help figuring out who to start following?  Here are some of our favorite Scranton tweeters – it is #followfriday, after all!

We’ve also noticed a mysterious new Twitter account, @scottpilarz.  Could it be our very own University president?

Update: On our Research Guides wiki you can now find an introduction to Twitter, as well as a continually updated list of University of Scranton Twitter accounts and our favorite NEPA Tweeps.