University of St Thomas Libraries News
9-4-07 Today, Tuesday, September 4, the O'Shaughnessy-Frey Library will close at 8:00 pm. Library Hours for Fall Semester are outlined in today's article from Today's Bulletin. You'll find hours listed for all of the UST Libraries.
8-30-07 Welcome to the Library! You are all invited to Library Smart Start - a 30 minute tour of the O'Shaughnessy-Frey Library and introduction to the UST Libraries new webpage! We offer many opportunities to stop by and take part - choose the time that suits your schedule best Wednesday, Sept 5; Thursday, Sept 6; or Friday, Sept 7. Meet in the O'Shaughnessy-Frey Library main floor infocommons area at Noon or at 4pm each day. Questions? Please call Earl Belisle at 962-5004.
8-21-07 Bulletin Today article details features of Course Reserves process. Read more...
7-23-07 Library's webpage features new research database trials -- available now. Read more...
7-17-07 IRT brings you up-to-date information about enhancements to Blackboard and more! You are invited to take advantage of many opportunities to learn about Blackboard, RefWorks, Faculty Research Tools. Read more...
6-28-07 CentralSearch, new research tool, is now available in a test version!
CentralSearch is easy to use - learn more about it in the June 25 Bulletin Today article.
6-27-07 Ireland Library is featuring a collection of Judaica
This collection includes recent books in a reading room display and a bibliography. More than 100 books on Jewish history and literature published between 2005 and 2007 are available in the Ireland Library for interested readers.
6-27-07 Ireland Library Celebrates as members of the St. Paul Seminary archdiocesan class of 2007 are ordained priests. Many of these priests were regular patrons of the Ireland Library. Read more in The Catholic Spirit.
5-24-07 New database trial for Oxford's Dictionary of National Biography Online
DNB Online is a compilation of some 55,000 biographies of people who shaped the history of the British Isles and beyond, from the earliest times to the year 2003. Check this link for more specific information about this database.
5-22-07 Mergent Online Database problems (Resolved 5-23-07; Database Now Working Normally)
Mergent Online, our premier database for accessing company financial information and SEC filings, is currently not working properly. The database provider moved their headquarters and server facilities over the weekend, and the database is currently providing limited functionality. Searches are intermittently producing error messages or indications that no results exist. We don't have a repair time estimate, so until we post an "all clear" message, please check with a reference librarian if you see results that don't make sense, or try alternative databases like Business & Company Resource Center, Factiva, or Lexis-Nexis Business to obtain company financial information.
5-17-07 CentralSearch: search like you've never searched before!
Ever wish you could search several of your favorite article databases at the same time? You will soon be able to do this with CentralSearch, a new service that will be available this summer.
CentralSearch will make it even easier to obtain scholarly articles that you can't find on Google. You can search all 75 CentralSearch databases at once or narrow your topic by subject area.
Watch for announcements in Bulletin Today and check for the CentralSearch banner on the UST Libraries Web page in the next few months.
CentralSearch will be a great way to tap the world of knowledge!
5-17-07 Sacred Arts Festival donates mezuzah to Ireland Library
A mezuzah, a small parchment inscribed with two passages from the Torah's Book of Deuteronomy, has been donated to the Archbishop Ireland Memorial Library by the Sacred Arts Festival. You can see this work by Minneapolis artist Sandra Brick at the Ireland Library where it is displayed on the doorway leading into the library's main reference room. more...
5-14-07 School of Law names director of Schoenecker Law Library
Ann Bateson will join the school of law on July 1 as director of the Schoenecker Law Library, associate dean and professor of law. She is currently the director of the law library at William Mitchell College of Law. more ...
5-10-07 Gartner Group technology reports available now
IRT and the UST Libraries announce the availability of the Gartner Group Higher Education Core Collection technology reports via the UST Libraries databases Web Page. Use the keyword search or "topics" (gold) menu to find reports. If you have any difficulty please call a reference librarian at 651-962-5001.
Gartner Group is an independent consulting company, providing research and analysis about global techology issues and their impact on organizations. more ...
5-10-07 Jason Onerheim to participate in Art History Graduate Forum, May 17
Jason Onerheim, student assistant in the O'Shaughnessy-Frey Library, will be one of three graduate students earning a degree in Art History this spring. You are all invited to the Art History Graduate Forum and hear about their research at 4:30 pm in the OEC auditorium on Thursday, May 17.
Jason's topic is "Art Goes to War: The Official and the Unofficial WWII Propaganda Posters of the United States." more. . .
5-07-07 Room 208 available to students through end of semester!
O'Shaughnessy-Frey Library Room 208, a wonderful computer classroom, will remain unlocked from now until the end of the semester so that whenever there are no scheduled meetings or classes in that space, you may feel free to go in and use the computers for your work. Good luck on your finals - - and be sure to ask a reference librarian for help!
5-07-07 Library hosts final concert of the season - Thursday, May 10 at Noon!
Music in the Library will present its final concert of the spring semester on Thursday, May 10 from Noon to 1pm in the O'Shaughnessy Room of the O'Shaughnessy-Frey Library. This free event is open to all and features UST student and staff pianists and guitarists performing works by Bach, Grieg, Mozart, Beethoven, and other classical composers. Bring your lunch; light refreshments will be provided.
5-3-07 Still time to see the Inquiry at UST posters from Owens Science Hall, May 1 event!
If you missed the Inquiry at UST poster session in the Owens Science Hall on Tuesday, May 1, you have another chance to look at these advanced research projects.
Inquiry at UST posters will be on display through the end of the semester in the Reference Room (Level 1) of the O'Shaughnessy-Frey Library Center.
More information about the Inquiry at UST program is available in the April 30 Bulletin Today.
5-1-07 Several Technical Services library staff from UST Libraries honored at CLIC luncheon!
At the CLIC recognition luncheon, held April 26, 2007, at the Como Conservatory, several UST Libraries staff were honored for their work for the consortium. The "Group Effectiveness" Award went to the group which worked on the MAT type scoping, many of whom were from the UST Libraries: Betsy Polakowski, Jane Shriver, Cathy Lutz, Paddy Satzer, and Linda Hulbert. Jane and Cathy were especially singled out for their contributions to this effort.
Betsy was honored again when she received the "User Service" Award for her work in resolving the location display problem that resulted from the OPAC upgrade. When she walked to the podium to receive her award, the hall was filled with whoops and bravos and "I don't think they were all coming from me and the other UST staff who were present," said Dan Gjelten, Director of UST Libraries.
5-1-07 Congratulations to Ann Kenne, Head of Special Collections and University Archivist, for winning Pepsi dollars from Student Life.
UST Libraries were awarded $1475 to fund the first phase of a project to digitize and provide a searchable online access to all past issues of the Aquin (1933 to present) and its predecessors the Purple and Gray (1912 - 1933) and the St. Thomas Collegian (1905 - 1909).
This process will provide students, faculty, staff and alumni easy access through the web to the content of the newspaper issues. The information contained in the newspapers can be used for a variety of research purposes relating to the history of the University of St. Thomas.
An added benefit of this project will be the protection of the original issues. The originals are very often damaged when handled because of the deteriorating paper on which they are printed.
You can see examples of such projects undertaken by other colleges. In the initial round, over 2100 pages from the Aquin dating from 1933-1945 will be digitized and run through the OCR (optical character recognition - a software program to make print machine searchable) process. The UST Libraries will subsidize the initial set-up cost for this project as well as the ongoing fees associated with maintaining this digital collection.
This is a great first step to completely digitizing the Aquins and an opportunity to gain some experience in the process. The UST Libraries will be working with the Minnesota firm ColorMax out of Paynesville -- they've done the same work for several MN colleges, including Carleton, St. Catherine, Concordia, and others.
4-27-07 Dan Thiede reads today at Summit Avenue Review reading in OSF Library
Summit Avenue Review, the student-edited art and literary magazine of the University of St. Thomas, invites the university community to attend a publication reading from 3:30 - 5pm today, April 27, in the O'Shaughnessy Room of the O'Shaughnessy-Frey Library.
Authors will read their published literary works, and copies of the magazine will be available; enjoy refreshments and celebrate the publication of the 2007 issue with student editors and authors.
4-26-07 Econlit and XRefer databases available for limited trial subscriptions.
Econlit is new and improved with full text. It offers more than 400 journals and more than 500 collective volumes per year, plus books, dissertations and working papers in the field of economics. This trial subscription ends Tuesday, May 15.
XRefer is a resource of reference materials that provides access to about 200 online reference books, including encyclopedias, dictionaries, thesauri and books of quotations from a variety of publishers. The database covers both general reference and subject-specific reference titles for a variety of disciplines. It offers cross-referencing across different books and provides a unique, graphics-based research Mapper for topic exploration. In 2003, XRefer was awarded the Besterman-McColvin Medal at the CILIP Gala Awards for an outstanding work of online reference. This trial subscription ends Sunday, May 20.
Please send your feedback regarding these databases to the Ask a Librarian Web page.
4-25-07 Music is in Bloom at the OSF Library!
Music in the Library presents a free springtime concert on Thursday, May 3, Noon - 1pm, in the O'Shaughnessy Room (Leather Room) of the O'Shaughnessy-Frey Library. The UST Women's Chorus under direction of Dr. Carroll Gonzo, a harp/flute duo, and several pianists will offer a variety of classical works. Bring your lunch; light refreshments will be provided.
4-23-07 You're all invited to Poetry on the Patio, Tuesday, April 24
Bring your lunch and enjoy hearing colleagues from across campus share poems written by their favorite authors. Beginning at Noon until 1pm on Tuesday, April 24, Dan Gjelten, Director of the UST Libraries, will welcome you all and kick off the 9th Annual Poetry on the Patio event in celebration of April, Poetry Month. It is a fun and informal way of hearing a potpourri of poetry - each reader chooses his or her favorite poem, tells a little about why they love it, and then read it to all. It makes the noon hour go by very quickly and enjoyably - lemonade and cookies will be provided. Hope you will join us! Questions? Please call Julie at 962-5014.
4-19-07 Getting anxious thinking about finals coming soon?
Library offers help with one-on-one research assistance, group study rooms, tech help, photocopying, where to find quiet study, later hours on Friday and Saturday, May 11 and 12 and more. . .
4-13-07 Author of baseball novel, The King's Game, will present a reading and book signing during Library Week.
John Nemo will read from his new baseball novel at Noon on Friday, April 20 in the O'Shaughnessy-Frey Library. For more information check the Library Week webpage and the Bulletin Article about him. Open to the public -- hope you will join us!
4-5-07 Library Hours over Easter Holidays
O'Shaughnessy-Frey Library is closed on Good Friday, Easter Sunday, and Easter Monday. It is open on Saturday, April 7 from 10am - 6pm. Be sure to check all Library Hours before coming to campus this weekend . . . Have a great Easter Break.
4-4-07 Would you like to know more about Web 2.0?
British group, JISC, whose work supports education and research communities, writes paper on Web 2.0.
3-20-07 Your feedback is requested on Points of View Reference Center database
Points of View Reference Center is the newest database trial and the UST Libraries would like your feedback on this database. It is designed to assist researchers in understanding the full scope of a wide range of controversial subjects. The database trial ends May 15. more...
3-15-07 Hours for Spring Break
During Spring Break, March 16 - March 23, the library you use may have shortened hours. Please check our Hours web page to verify the schedule for the library you will be visiting. hours . . .
3-15-07 All are invited to St. Patrick's Day Open House, March 15, 11:30 am - 1:30 pm
Annual St. Patrick's Day Open House will be held on Friday, March 15 and all are invited to come for brief program which begins at 12:30 pm. more. . .
3-15--07 Database trial - Blackwell Reference Online
UST Libraries is offering a trial subscription to Blackwell Reference Online. Blackwell Reference Online is a vast online library giving instant access to the most authoritative and up-to-date scholarship across the humanities and social sciences. Intended for undergraduate and graduate students, all researchers will find Blackwell Reference Online an invaluable learning, teaching and research resource. You can access the content in a number of different ways:
* Use Explore for sophisticated browing across subjects, people, periods, places and key topics
* Browse by subject area
* Use Search, Advanced Search and Quicklink to search individual titles or the entire database.
This trial ends, Monday, April 2 - ready to link to the trials page? We invite you to send your feedback regarding this database to the ask a librarian Web page. Thank you very much!
3-13-07 Web 2.0 - what is this about?
Dan Gjelten, Director of UST Libraries, brings this "beautifully designed little YouTube presentation on the significance of Web 2.0" to our attention. Take a look - you might want to watch it a few times.
3-7-07 "Studying Torah: learning to chant, learning to appreciate" March 14, 4:00-5:00pm
All are invited to attend this talk by Linda Hulbert, Associate Director for Technical services, UST Libraries, on Wednesday, March 14, at 4:00 pm in the O'Shaughnessy Room of the O'Shaughnessy-Frey Library.
Who are the librarians and staff members who help students and faculty in their research? All of us have lives outside of our work, unknown to many of our colleagues. The UST Libraries is happy to provide the opportunity for you to meet Linda Hulbert and learn about her life beyond the UST job profile. Ms. Hulbert will speak on the Torah and why she wanted to study it. Her talk will touch on Kabbalah, a part of the reason she wanted to study Torah, and also on how to prepare to chant.
If you have any questions please call Julie at 651-962-5014.
3-7-07 FMG on Demand: Streaming educational video trial available until April 15
A new trial is available through April 15, 2007 - Students, Staff, and Faculty: If you want to see the features and create playlists you need to register for an account for the trial. If you only want to watch the video, just click here: watch streaming video. Call Cindy Badilla-Melendez at 651-962-5464 if you have any questions.
3-1-07 Reminder about printing in the libraries!
Printing and photocopying in UST libraries are free for the first 400 pages each semester. UST students do not need to purchase copy cards until they have exceeded the 400-page limit. For details, check the IRT Print Management Overview page.
3-1-07 Library today: Try new African American studies database - trial ends March 16
The Oxford African American Studies Center provides students, scholars and librarians with more than 7,500 articles by top scholars in the field. Users can choose to view biographies, subject entries, primary sources, images, maps, or charts and tables when searching or browsing. The site's thematic timelines and Learning Center resources also provide users with powerful tools for navigating the content. This database is currently available via the UST Libraries database trials page. For more information, see the complete Bulletin Today article.
2-22-07 Try Films Media Group datatabse to watch videos
The UST Media Resources Center is providing a new trial to the Films Media Group (FMG) On Demand online video database. Over the next two months, you can use your computer to watch educational videos on a vareity of subjects. Details
2-19-07 Libraries accepting Book Donations!
If you have books that you love but no longer want to keep, consider donating them to the library for its annual Library Week Booksale (April 16-20, Noon - 6pm). Bring donations of literary works, historical fiction and nonfiction, cookbooks, paperback novels, children's books, self-help, travel, and more to the circulation desk of the O'Shaughnessy-Frey Library between now and April 13. The library staff appreciates your help and hopes you come back to shop the booksale! It begins at Noon on April 16 for the UST community; April 17 booksale is open to the public through rest of week. Questions? Please call Julie Kimlinger at 651-962-5014.
2-15-07 Looking for 2006 Income tax forms?
Please note that the federal government and the state of Minnesota no longer provide print copies of income tax forms for distribution in UST libraries. The 2006 income tax forms and instructions may be printed from the following government Web sites:
federal tax forms (includes links to 50 state tax form sites)
2-15-07 Register to receive notice when an article of interest to you is published!
Would you like to be informed automatically when a journal or article of interest is published? Several electronic journal publishers provide current awareness services (table of contents or electronic alerting services) to help you keep your research up-to-date. After signing up, you receive e-mail messages when new issues of a journal, or articles on subjects you have chosen, become available. These services are free, but registration is required. For instructions and a list of UST subscription databases that offer table of contents or search alerts, link to the UST Libraries' current awareness services Web page.
2-14-07 Try the new instant messaging reference service!
The UST community has a new way to get information on the go - an instant messaging reference service. Just link to the UST Libraries Website and look for "IM a Librarian" in the right-hand column.
Instant messengers can use AOL, Yahoo, MSN or Google to chat live with a UST information specialist. Give it a try and let us know what you think!
Instant messaging reference serivce is available:
Mon - Thurs 9am - 9pm
Friday 9am -4pm
Saturday 10am - 4pm
Sunday Noon - 5pm
1-2-07 Library Tools and Information Series announced for J-Term and Spring, 2007. Check out the workshops that are being offered and take advantage of these opportunities to refine and improve your research techniques. more ...
12/21/06 Hours for UST Libraries for remainder of December can be found at http://www.stthomas.edu/libraries/about/hours/default.html or you can call the 24-Hour Recorded Hours Line for your library:
Hours Lines: O'Shaughnessy-Frey Library 651-962-5400
Archbishop Ireland Memorial Library 651-962-5450
Charles J. Keffer Library 651-962-4640
Media Resources Collection 651-962-5447
Music Resource Center 651-962-6815
Special Collections 651-962-5461
Schoenecker Law Library 651-962-4900
12/11/06 Take a break from your studies and enjoy the music videos produced by your fellow students on Tuesday, December 12, at 1:30pm, in the OEC auditorium. more
12/4/06 Try our Instant Messaging reference service! From now until Christmas break, a UST reference librarian will be available to take your questions via IM Monday-Thursday from 11 AM to 1 PM. Give it a try! more
12/1/06 You'd be surprised what you can learn at the library . . .
Take a break from your studies and check out this movie on Sunday, December 3rd on TNT 7:00 pm CST. The Librarian: Return to King Solomon's Mines, the long-awaited sequel to 2004's enormously successful The Librarian: Quest for the Spear. more
12/1/06 Historical Statistics of the United States. The library's new database, Historical Statistics of the United States, presents the numerical history of the United States. This definitive reference work contains more than 37,000 annual time series of quantitative historical information covering virtually every quantifiable dimension of American history: population, work and welfare, economic structure and performance, governance, and international relations, all from the earliest times to the present. Each series is fully documented and placed in historical context by a recognized expert. This database will be a valuable resource for libraries, students, scholars and journalists.
11/29/06 You are cordially invited to attend two Christmas Concerts in the O'Shaughnessy-Frey Library during the first week of December.
On Tuesday, December 5, come to the annual Christmas Concert and Sing-a-Long at Noon in the rotunda area of the first floor. You'll be treated to songs of the season by the UST Women's Chorus. This will be followed by an audience sing-a-long and you can join in on the carols. Cookies and punch will be provided.
On Thursday, December 7, Music in the Library presents its last concert of the semester at Noon in the O'Shaughnessy Room (108). UST student, faculty, and staff musicians will perform a variety of classical works by Rachmaninoff, Bach, Mozart, Vaughan Williams and others in this free event. Bring your lunch if you wish -- light refreshments will be provided.
11/20/06 The second Community Congress of the Unified New Orleans Plan will bring together the current and former populations of New Orleans for thoughtful deliberations about options for rebuilding their city. Community Congress 2 will be held on Saturday, December 2, 2006 in these cities: New Orleans, Atlanta, Baton Rouge, Dallas and Houston.
O'Shaughnessy-Frey Library will be the site for one of several community meetings taking place at libraries and community locations across the nation that will be connected via internet to these five larger meeting sites. This effort will provide a much needed opportunity for hundreds of displaced New Orleanians to participate
For more information please visit Unified New Orleans Plan.
11/17/06 UST Libraries Hours are modified during the Thanksgiving Holidays. Please check here for detailed listing of all campus libraries and hours.
11/15/06 Library Vandalism Policy
A custodian recently found a copy of Ward Churchill's On the Justice of Roosting Chickens in a toilet in the men's restroom of the Charles J. Keffer Library on the Minneapolis campus. The book had been taken from the library's New Books area and was dropped accidentally or intentionally in the toilet. . .
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11/08/06 RefWorks
Sign up for a free Web-based RefWorks account on the UST Libraries Web page and begin capturing and storing references to journal articles, books and Web sites automatically. You can sign up for the November 30 RefWorks workshop. more
Concert in the O'Shaughnessy Room November 16
Music in the Library presents its seventh annual concert in honor of St. Cecilia, the patron saint of music, on Thursday, November 16, 12 noon - 1 pm, in the O'Shaughnessy ("leather") Room of the O'Shaughnessy-Frey Library. UST student guitarists and instrumentalists will perform a variety of classical works in this free event. St. Cecilia, whose feast day is November 22, was a virgin saint and martyr of the early Church. She has been honored as the patron saint of music since the late 15th century. Bring your lunch; light refreshments will be provided.
Music in the Library provides opportunities for musicians in the UST community to perform in an informal, friendly atmosphere. Any student, faculty, or staff who is interested in participating in future musical offerings should contact Cathy Lutz (x2-5459; crlutz@stthomas.edu) or Conie Borchardt (x2-6874; clborchardt@stthomas.edu).
Library Technical Services staff members order and pay for the electronic resources ($600,000 annually), print periodicals and serials ($420,000), print books ($170,000) and media ($35,000) for all UST students, faculty and staff to use for their research and viewing or listening pleasure. Read more at:
10/28/06 Library today: Here's what the UST Libraries' Technical Services staff does
Fall 2006 St. Thomas libraries are at intellectual and technological crossroads
"Rather than saying goodbye, St. Thomas is working to create a graceful transition to a new idea of the library - one that supports both scholarship and community." Dan Gjelten, director of the O'Shaughnessy Frey Library writes about the University of St. Thomas Libraries in the Fall 2006 St. Thomas Magazine. http://www.stthomas.edu/magazine/showarticle.cfm?ArticleID=1796853783
10/24/06 Show'd Up Band kicking off Music in the Library
Music in the Library will open its seventh season at noon Thursday, October 26. The Show?d Up Band will perform a free concert in the O'Shaughnessy (leather) Room of the O'Shaughnessy-Frey Library Center. Bring your lunch and enjoy the light refreshments that are provided. more
10/12/06 Learn about the Reference Department Everybody knows that there is a ton of "stuff" on the free Web that passes for research resources, and hopefully many people are aware that much of this "stuff" is, at best, inconsistent in quality and verifiability. For this and many other reasons, UST Libraries would like to take a little bit of time to remind everybody that the three libraries on both campuses are not only terrific places to meet and to use computers, but they all provide excellent reference resources and services to the UST community. more
10/05/06 Learn about the Special Collections Department The Special Collections Department at the O'Shaughnessy-Frey Library Center houses the University of St. Thomas Libraries' collection of rare books and manuscripts as well as the university archives. These materials are housed in a secure, climate-controlled environment because of their rarity or their inclusion in a special collection. While the materials are treated with special care, these resources are available for use to all faculty, students and interested researchers. more
10/02/06 October is Theological Libraries Month!
The American Theological Libraries Association (ATLA) and Archbishop Ireland Memorial Library, the graduate theology library of the University and Saint Paul Seminary, mark the first
observation, highlighting the importance of theological libraries in life of schools and seminaries.
"It's a common belief that any day now, online resources will replace the library," says Dennis A. Norlin, ATLA executive director. "It's simply not happening."
Instead, like all library directors, those at theological libraries are being called upon to play a pivotal role. They must navigate today's expensive balancing act of preserving and making accessible valuable resources. "The decisions theological librarians make about allocating budgets, formats, technology, and preservation all have a direct impact on the teaching and research that takes place at their institutions," says Norlin. "If anything, theological libraries are becoming more rather than less important to their institutions."
9/22/06 Banned Books Week Trivia contest!
Join in on the trivia contest during Banned Books Week. And be sure to stop by the libraries to see our displays this week.
9/22/06 Great Books Reading Group to meet Wednesday, Sept. 27
St. Thomas' Great Books Reading Group will meet from 7 to 9 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 27, in Room 388, Owens Science Hall. (Please note new date.)
Each month the group reads and discusses a book. Members of the UST community and friends and neighbors are welcome. Refreshments are served, and books are available at the St. Thomas Bookstore. Look for the Great Books poster near the customer-service desk.
This month's selection is Michael Pollan's The Botany of Desire: A Plant's Eye View of the World . Upcoming discussions will be held Oct. 18 (Dickens' A Tale of Two Cities), Nov. 15 (a book about the environment, to be announced), and Dec. 13 (Gilead by Marilynne Robinson).
Questions? Contact Dr. Thomas Tommet, (651) 962-5211.
http://www.stthomas.edu/bulletin/news/200638/Friday/GreatBooks9_22_06.cfm
9/21/06 Media and Music Resources introduction in Bulletin
Read an introduction about the Music Resources Center and the Media Resources Collection in the Bulletin Today: http://www.stthomas.edu/bulletin/news/200638/Thursday/Library9_21_06.cfm
9/21/06 IRT welcomes students, faculty, staff with new improvements
Read the article in the Bulletin Today from Sam Levy, Vice President of Information Resources and Technologies. http://www.stthomas.edu/bulletin/news/200638/Tuesday/IRT9_19_06.cfm
9/7/06 Library Smart Start: How to use library resources
Come to the O'Shaughnessy Frey Library for a brief introduction to the many resources that can help you get a good start on your homework.
Our next session is Friday, September 8th at noon and will last about 30 minutes. Please come to the first floor lounge area at 12:00.
9/6/06 UST Libraries announce hours for the first week of class
http://www.stthomas.edu/bulletin/news/200636/Wednesday/Library9_6_06.cfm
The UST Libraries have announced hours for the first week of classes. Regular hours will go into effect during the week of September 11th. The Library web page also has a link to our hours in case you need to check on them during other times of the semester. http://www.stthomas.edu/libraries/about/hours/default.html
8/29/06 Libraries' new website ready for fall!
The fall 2006 semester will see a redesigned Libraries website with easier access to our many digital services and resources. Our homepage allows you to immediately start your search for resources as well as check on the latest events and news. Improved navigation has made the site more user-friendly, guiding you to the best resources for your needs.
Whether you are faculty, student, staff or visitor we have pages targeted to your possible information needs. Many of our forms to request for resources or services are now available online and will streamline our ability to meet your needs. Through the Ask-a-Librarian service, we can assist you via phone, email, or in person. Give it a try!
Other highlights include
- Integration of all library location information into a consolidated site, recognizing the increasingly interdisciplinary nature of academic work
- A Research Tools tab providing a single point of access to all major tools such as databases, CLICnet, subject specific and generic research guides, RefWorks information, and citation style guides
- A My Library Accounts page, bringing together access information for your library record, Blackboard, RefWorks, Interlibrary Loan, Print Management accounts, etc.
8/23/06 Responsible for University records, art or artifacts?
UST has become a member of Midwest Art Conservation Center, a regional conservation facility located in the Minneapolis Institute of Arts building, at 2400 Third Avenue South in Minneapolis. Membership entitles the university to free in-lab reports on condition and proposals for conservation treatment, as well as a 15% discount in treatment rates. Other benefits include grant writing assistance and consultations on preservation and conservation issues, access to MACC?s library and environmental monitoring equipment, and discounted rates for all MACC sponsored workshops. The Center offers 24-hour disaster recovery assistance.
To learn more about the Midwest Art Conservation Center see www.preserveart.org or call (612) 870-3120. http://www.stthomas.edu/bulletin/news/200635/Monday/Library8_28_06.cfm
8/23/06 Desktop
magnifier arrives at O'Shaughnessy Frey LibraryOSF is now the home of a new Topaz desktop magnifier - an easy-to-use machine for enlarging printed type, pictures, handwriting and other small details needed by those with visual impairments. It is not a computer, there are no printing or scanning capabilities, only magnification. The Topaz magnifier has been installed on the table with the assistive technology workstation on OSF level one (west side).
