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Library Events
| 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.
CANCELLED: Joseph Ellis and the Founding Brothers
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| 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. |
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.).
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Library User Survey News
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 and conducted February 2-20, 2004. The responses are being reviewed now. 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!Reference in Wells Hall on Tuesday Nights
A reference librarian is available in the Wells Residence Hall on Tuesdays from 6-10 p.m. to provide assistance with research, citation formatting, database usage, etc. Please take advantage of this service! The University Library will re-evaluate this pilot service at the end of spring semester to decide whether it should be continued in the next academic year. 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).
Coming Soon: SFX
All campus libraries in the University of Wisconsin System are implementing SFX, software from the company Ex Libris that will help Library users determine whether they have access to materials listed in an online database after a search has been performed. Search results in a database will display a button, yet to be customized, that when clicked will display a menu of services: links to databases where the full-text of a desired article can be found, links to the Andersen Library online catalog to see if a book or journal is available in the University Library's collections, and links to other services, such as the ILLiad interlibrary loan request system. One advantage of the SFX software is that if a user decides to request an item though the ILLiad interlibrary loan system, the citation information from the online database will fill in the ILLiad form. The target date for going "live" with the new SFX software is the beginning of summer session. Want to learn more right away? See SFX-Overview. Try out some canned examples at SFXIT.New Staff
Anne Kimball joined the University Library staff on February 23, 2004. She works half-time in the Circulation/Reserves unit and half-time in the library administrative office. She worked previously in Financial Services on campus. |
Wireless Internet Access and Laptops |
UW-Whitewater students, faculty and staff now can bring their own wireless-ready laptop computers to the Library and access the campus network (Internet, library databases, and e-mail). A login with a valid campus e-mail username and password is required. Don't have your own laptop? Use ours!
Wireless-ready University-owned laptops are available for check out to students, 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.
- A valid UW-Whitewater ID and a state ID or driver's license are required.
A wireless-ready laptop should have either a built-in or external wireless card with correct configuration. For assistance in making your laptop wireless ready, please consult http://www.uww.edu/TIR/services/wireless/. Due to staffing and support issues, technical support for configuring personal laptops is limited. Users are encouraged to familiarize themselves with wireless options in their laptop, consult with the laptop dealer or manufacturer, and/or work with others that are familiar with wireless access. Laptops 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. For more information, see Circulation Policy and Instructions for Laptops. Questions?
Additional information is available from the University Library Circulation Desk at 262-472-5511.
Database News
Please note: Off-Campus database access requires UW-W login
- Children's Literature Comprehensive Database (CLCD)
- CLCD is a complete source of information about children's books and a tool for leading you to the best books. There are more than 150,000 reviews of children's books--all full text searchable from 27 sources of reviews including The Cooperative Childrens Book Center (CCBC) which is in Madison.
- Eighteenth Century Collections Online
- Eighteenth Century Collections Online has access to the digital images of every page of 150,000 books published during the 18th Century. With full-text searching of approximately 33 million pages, the product allows researchers new methods of access to critical information in the fields of history, literature, religion, law, fine arts, science and more.
- Educational Resource Information Center (ERIC)
- 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://library.uww.edu/subject/ericchanges.htm.
- Library Literature & Information Science (EBSCOhost)
- This database, produced by H.W. Wilson and previously made available at UW-W via FirstSearch, indexes articles and book reviews from key library and information science periodicals. Created by librarians for librarians, this database provides coverage for over 300 books, 380 journals, chapters in collected works such as conference proceedings, library school theses and pamphlets.
- MLA International Bibliography (EBSCOhost)
- The MLA bibliography, previously made available via SilverPlatter, is the largest and most comprehensive database covering scholarship in the modern languages, linguistics, literature, folklore, and drama, including film, opera, radio, television and theater. Literary criticism and literary theory are covered extensively. Approximately 4,000 journals and series are screened, and entries for books are included. Entries appear both for collections of essays and for their contents.
- SPORTDiscus (EBSCOhost)
- This database, previously made available via SilverPlatter, offers comprehensive, bibliographic coverage of sport, fitness and related disciplines. This database contains over 600,000 records with journal and monograph coverage going back to 1800.
| Trials through April 15, 2004 (inquire at the Reference Desk or call 262-472-5521) |
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