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Library Events
| sponsored by the Friends of the Library |
February 6, 2004 (Friday) 1:30-3:00 p.m.
Location: University Library Bibliographic Instruction Lab (Andersen Library, L2211)
- Martha Stephenson, Reference & Instruction librarian and coordinator of the University Library's instruction program, will repeat the Friends of the Library program she conducted in December, due to popular demand. Call (262) 472-1032 to reserve your seat now!
New Tools for Enhancing Digital Reference teleconference
February 6, 2004 (Friday) 11 a.m.-1:00 p.m.
Location: Andersen Library building, L1230A
- This teleconference on providing reference service in an electronic environment will feature discussion and demonstrations of tools such as cross-platform searching, serials management, scheduling, and webinars. It's presented by the Library Learning Network, a non-profit service of the College of DuPage.
Women's Fair 2004 - Women Working for Change
March 8, 2004 (Monday) 11:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m.
Location: Hamilton Center, James R. Connor University Center
- Please visit reference librarians Ronna Hoeper and Vicky Topp at the University Library's table at this event!
| sponsored by the Friends of the Library |
March 19, 2004 (Friday) 1:30-3:00 p.m.
Location: International Education Conference Room (Andersen Library, L2254)
- Phyllis Williams of K&W Greenery in Janesville will discuss Vita Sackville-West, poet, prolific novelist, biographer, travel writer, gardening columnist for The Observer, and inspiration and model for Virginia Woolf's experimental work Orlando. The presentation will be illustrated with recent slides of the gardens at Sissinghurst castle, with special attention to the "white garden" and its impact on garden design of the twentieth century.
| sponsored by the Friends of the Library |
March 31, 2004 (Wednesday) 7:30 p.m.
Location: Hamilton Center, James R. Connor University Center
- Joseph Ellis is the author of Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation, winner of the 2001 Pulitzer Prize. The book is an engaging historical account of the founding brothers (John Adams, Aaron Burr, Benjamin Franklin, Alexander Hamilton, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, and George Washington) and selected interactions among them as they defined the new republic (e.g., Hamilton, Jefferson, and Madison's secret dinner during which the seat of the permanent capital was determined in exchange for passage of Hamilton's financial plan, and Franklin's petition to end the "peculiar institution" of slavery and Madison's efforts to quash it). Part of the Wisconsin Humanities Council's statewide reading campaign "A More Perfect Union," this visit is jointly sponsored by the Council, Friends of the University Library, Friends of the Irvin L. Young Memorial Library (Whitewater's public library), and the League of Women Voters.
| sponsored by the Friends of the Library |
April 19-22, 2004 (Monday-Thursday)
Location: Andersen Library Lobby
| Book Sale Hours |
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| April 19, Monday, 6 p.m.-8 p.m. (pre-sale for UWW faculty, staff, students, & Friends only) |
| April 20-21: 8 a.m.-8 p.m. |
| April 22: 8 a.m.-4 p.m. |
Joe Janes and Colleagues: Preparing for the Future of Digital Reference teleconference
April 16, 2004 (Friday) 11 a.m.-1:00 p.m.
Location: Andersen Library building, L1230A
- This teleconference on providing reference service in an electronic environment will include discussion of issues such as privacy, collaboration, customer service, staff training and organizational changes. Janes is on the library school faculty at the University of Washington and founding director of the Internet Public Library. He writes "The Internet Librarian" column for American Libraries magazine. It's presented by the Library Learning Network, a non-profit service of the College of DuPage.
National Library Week is April 18-24, 2004!
- April also is School Library Media Month. Celebrate the resources and services in your libraries by learning what's new.
Area Research Center (ARC) Extended Hours
The ARC is offering extended hours for a portion of Spring Semester to accommodate the busy schedules of students in the History department's Senior Seminar course who need to use materials obtained from Wisconsin area research centers. Specifically: Feb. 24 (5:30-7 p.m.), Feb. 28 (1-5 p.m.), Mar. 2 (5:30-7 p.m.), Mar. 6 (1-5 p.m.), Mar. 9 (5:30-7 p.m.), Mar. 13 (1-5 p.m.), and Mar. 16 (5:30-7 p.m.).
| February 24-March 16, 2004 only |
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| Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays 9 a.m.-4 p.m. |
| Tuesdays 9 a.m.-7 p.m. |
| Thursdays 9 a.m.-5:30 p.m. |
| Saturdays 1-5 p.m. |
During the rest of the semester (when the Library is open), the ARC's hours are:
9 a.m.-4 p.m. on Mondays, Wednesdays, & Fridays, and
9 a.m.-5:30 p.m. on Tuesdays & Thursdays
Wondering what the ARC can do for you? Pick up a brochure at the Reference Desk or contact the ARC staff (visit Andersen Library room L2210A, e-mail archives@uww.edu, or phone 262-472-5520 or 262-472-5528).
Digital Collections
Links to the University of Wisconsin Digital Collections have been added to the University Library's database listings and the Andersen Library Catalog. Search the Andersen Library Catalog for titles of specific collections (such as the James Joyce Scholars' Collection, Portal to Asian Internet Resources, and A History of the Crusades), or to see a list of the collections do a keyword search for UWDC?. On the Library's alphabetical list of databases see the collective entry "University of Wisconsin Digital Collections."Many other digital collections are available, and in some states there are efforts to assist researchers and the general public in finding them by organizing collaborative collections of the digitized resources of libraries, museums, archives, and historical societies. Here are some examples:
- California Digital Library
- A few examples of the diverse offerings are The Advertising Artwork of Dr. Suess (University of California-San Diego), British Women Romantic Poets, 1789-1832 (University of California-Davis), Labor Contract Database (University of California-Berkeley), and Expeditions (University of California-San Diego), which recounts ocean exploration by the Scripps Institution of Oceanography (letters, ships' logs, research bibliographies, and photos are included).
- Colorado Digitization Program
- Among the offerings here are Heritage Colorado, with text (diaries, oral history transcripts, manuscripts) and images (photos and artifacts) from the state's cultural, scientific and historical heritage, and Colorado's Historic Newspaper Collection, a project to digitize the state's earliest newspapers (available so far: Colorado Daily Chieftain, 1872-1877, and Rocky Mountain News, 1860-1867).
- Missouri Historical Newspapers Project
- Mountain West Digital Library
- This collection of digital projects at various academic libraries, museums, and historical societies in Utah includes, for example, University of Utah Marriott Library's Pioneer Overland Trail Routes, 1847-1869 collection, which includes diaries and maps, and the Wasmuth Portfolio, a collection of 131 images of prints and text from the work (originially published in Berlin in 1910) intended to be a complete portfolio of Frank Lloyd Wright's work.
How are we doing? Library User Surveys
During spring 2004 the Library will send two surveys to a random sampling of UW-Whitewater students and to all faculty and teaching academic staff to get feedback on how well the Library's resources and services are meeting your needs!The first survey was developed in-house. E-mails were sent on February 2, 2004 containing the links to the web-based surveys. This survey will run for three weeks (ending February 20).
The second survey, LibQUAL+, is an international survey administered by the Association of Research Libraries. UW-Whitewater is among several UW libraries that will run the survey later this spring, probably in April. It is based on a business marketing model which asks you to select the minimum acceptable service level, the desirable service level, and the perceived service performance level of your library for a list of statements related to library service. The statements are generic and apply to different types of libraries. An advantage of this survey is that it will allow us to place local results in a normative context and compare local service quality delivery to those of our peers.
The library staff will greatly appreciate your feedback!
Periodical Cancellations for 2004
In consultation with academic departments and advisory committees, some periodical subscriptions have been cancelled. To see the list, go to http://www.uww.edu/library/collectn/pericol3.htm. Among the cancellations are titles that are available full-text online through BioOne, Project Muse, and PsycARTICLES databases (Off-Campus access requires UW-W login).Print Management System on Periodicals Floor
The print management system used in UW-Whitewater general access computer labs has been installed on the Library's first floor (Periodicals Collection floor). Patrons must log into a print release workstation next to the laser printer before a print job sent from a first-floor Library computer will print. For assistance, please see the staff at the Periodicals Help Desk, next to the first-floor printer.Reference in Wells Hall on Tuesday Nights
A reference librarian will be available in the Wells Residence Hall Computer Lab on Tuesdays from 6-10 p.m. to provide assistance with research, citation formatting, database usage, etc. Please take advantage of this service!
Other ways to get help from the reference librarians:
- Visit the University Library's Reference Desk (come in or phone 262-472-1032 during reference hours)
- Use the live chat reference service (UW-W reference librarians chat on Mondays 7-9 p.m. and 11 a.m.-1 p.m. on Fridays; at other times staff at other Wisconsin libraries respond to chat reference sessions).
- Send a question via e-mail. E-mailed questions are answered by UW-W reference librarians within 24 hours Monday-Friday.
- Call a librarian and make an appointment for individual assistance with a research project (see the staff directory for phone numbers of Ref. & Instruction librarians).
Staff Change Affecting Course Reserves
Nora Neumeister is retiring from Circulation/Reserves as of February 6, 2004. She will be sorely missed! Faculty and staff needing to contact library staff about course reserves after that date should contact Deronica Goldsmith (e-mail goldsmid@uww.edu or call 262-472-5512).
Wireless Internet Access and Laptops Available
Laptops are available for check out to students and faculty and teaching academic staff. UW-Whitewater students may check out one of four laptops purchased with Student Tech Fee money. Faculty and students may check out one of three laptops purchased with Library funds.
- Students may check out laptops for 2-hour, in-library use only.
- Faculty & teaching academic staff may check out laptops overnight.
The laptops are equipped with wireless technology making it possible to access the Internet, library databases, and e-mail from the entire second floor and most of the first and third floors of the Library. Currently, access to the wireless network is restricted to the seven university-owned laptops. Later this spring the wireless network may become available to patrons with their own laptops.
Programs loaded on the laptops include Windows XP, Microsoft Office 2000 Professional, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Acrobat Reader, Macromedia Dreamweaver and Fireworks, WS_FTP, SPSS, Netscape, Internet Explorer, and much more. The laptops have DVD/CD-RW drives and internal wireless network cards. A floppy drive, mouse, Zip drive, and other accessories can be checked out as well.
Additional information is available from the University Library Circulation Desk at 262-472-5511.
Database News
NEW!
- American Humanities Index (Ebscohost) - Off-Campus access requires a UW-W login.
- Available until Dec. 2004, this database is a collection of bibliographic references to over 700 literary, scholarly and creative journals published in the U.S. and Canada. Coverage begins with 1975, and all journals are indexed in their entirety (cover to cover), including citation information for articles, essays and reviews, as well as original creative works (poems and fiction). Photographs, paintings and illustrations also are referenced.
- Communication & Mass Media Complete(tm) (CMMC) (Ebscohost) - Off-Campus access requires a UW-W login.
- Available until Dec. 2004, the CMMC incorporates CommSearch (formerly produced by the National Communication Association) and Mass Media Articles Index (formerly produced by Penn State) along with other journals to offer cover-to-cover ("core") indexing and abstracts for over 300 journals, and selected ("priority") coverage of over 100 more. The database also includes full text for nearly 200 journals, and some major journals have indexing, abstracts, PDFs and searchable citations from their first issues to the present (dating as far back as 1915). CMMC uses a sophisticated controlled vocabulary and comprehensive reference browsing (i.e. searchable citations for all peer-reviewed journals covered as "core"). The coverage list of "core" titles in CMMC is available at: http://www.epnet.com/titlelists.asp, and the complete list will be available in the very near future.
- Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ)
- The Directory of Open Access Journals covers free, full text, quality controlled scientific and scholarly journals. The goal is to cover all subjects and languages. There are currently 691 journals in the directory.
- Educational Resource Information Center (ERIC) - Off-Campus access requires a UW-W login.
- ERIC is a national information system funded by the U.S. Dept. of Education to provide bibliographic access to journals articles and other published and unpublished materials in the field of education. When Congress reauthorized funding for ERIC, funding was not provided for continuing the system of subject-specific clearinghouses, each of which had been responsible for acquiring, indexing and abstracting resources in its area of expertise for inclusion in the ERIC database. The clearinghouses closed on December 19, 2003. As of January 2004 no new materials will be received and selected for the ERIC database, however, materials already selected by the clearinghouses in 2003 will be added. In the future ERIC will be provided by a single contractor. Jennie Vano, liaison to the College of Education, has created a webpage to track the migration of ERIC clearinghouse information and services and the status of the ERIC database at http://www.uww.edu/library/subject/ericchanges.htm.
- Library Literature will be unavailable temporarily for a change of vendors to be implemented. The University Library will subscribe to it via EBSCOhost.
- MLA International Bibliography will be switched from the WebSPIRS search interface to Ebscohost during spring 2004.
- Oxford Reference Online - Off-Campus access requires a UW-W login.
- The Library's subscription has changed from the "Core Collection" to the "Premier Collection," which expands the available titles to include: Oxford Companion to American Law, Oxford Companion to American Literature, Oxford Companion to American Military History, Oxford Companion to Australian History, Oxford Companion to the Bible, Oxford Companion to the Body, Oxford Companion to British History, Oxford Companion to Classical Civilization, Oxford Companion to the Earth, Oxford Companion to English Literature, Oxford Companion to the History of Modern Science, Oxford Companion to Music, Oxford Companion to Philosophy, Oxford Companion to Politics of the World, Oxford Companion to Shakespeare, Oxford Companion to United States History, Oxford Companion to Western Art, Oxford Companion to World War II, and The Oxford Dictionary of Quotations (5th ed.).
- SPORT Discus will be switched from the WebSPIRS search interface to Ebscohost during spring 2004.
- Book Review Digest (online)
- This is still available in print in the University Library, along with the print index Book Review Index. In addition, many book reviews, especially more recent ones, can be located through other periodical index databases.
- Essay & General Literature Index
- Index to Legal Periodicals
- Use the databases Westlaw Campus and LexisNexis Academic. Off-Campus access requires a UW-W login.
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