January & February 2010 Library Events related to Haiti Earthquake Relief

February 3: go to Buffalo Wild Wings in Terre Haute between 6pm and 9pm. A portion of your bill will be donated to relief efforts in Haiti

An invitation must accompany payment of the bill so that the 10% of the bill will be earmarked for the fundraiser. Invitations are available at the Library’s Circulation Desk and on the library’s website http://library.indstate.edu . Make sure all your friends have an invitation. Everyone is invited to come to BW3’s to enjoy a nice evening out while at the same time making a donation to Haitian relief. Come help the survivors of Haiti’s earthquake. Funds will go directly to Mountain Top Ministries in Gramothe, Haiti. (You can read more what is going on at the mission’s website at: http://www.mtmhaiti.com/) .

DROP CHANGE IN THE BIG JAR! Beginning Monday, Feb. 1, a large jar will be placed on the front desk in the Library Dean’s Office, which is located just past the checkout desk. For the next two weeks, people across campus are encouraged to stop by the library and drop in some change (or larger amounts) in the jar. On Friday, February 12, all proceeds will be sent directly to Mountain Top Ministries in Gramothe, Haiti.

Why this particular organization? One of the founders is from a nearby town. One library staff member, Paul Asay, has visited Haiti 3 times to help and the Library has had fund-raisers to help build a library. Another staff member, Beverly Grubb, has a granddaughter that was adopted in Haiti and the Ministries helped the family get through some of the red tape.

On January 20, the Library hosted a Potato Bar luncheon, and on January 21, a Silent Auction that was open to the public. The Terre Haute Tribune Star and USA Today picked up on these events as illustrative of the many small and/or local attempts to provide assistance. As of January 25, all of the events totaled $1,438. [posted by mminth]

Wabash Valley Visions & Voices creates video for K-12

Check out the Travel through Time with Wabash Valley & Voices video accessible on the WV3 homepage http://visions.indstate.edu. This promotional video will be distributed to schools throughout the Valley to encourage educators to use the primary source material in the classroom.

Moving Thousands? Millions? of Books & Bound Periodicals: The End in Sight

The hard work of many people is getting ready to pay off. If you’ve been in the Library since February, you might have noticed signage: “Shifting Project: Where Materials are Today”. Library staff and student assistants, some hired specifically for this project, have been moving and separating 4 floors of books [general collection] and bound periodicals, into 1 floor [basement] of bound periodicals and microfilm and 2 floors [2nd and 3d] for books and classified DVD/VHS. What didn’t move at all? Government Documents [Lower Level] including Gov Doc microforms and TMC/Children’s Books [2nd floor], and 1st floor collections [Reference & Browsing]. EVERYTHING ELSE has been moved and moved again. The general book collection now begins on the 2nd floor, with call numbers from A-LB, and then continuing upstairs to 3d floor, with LC-Z.

We’re still not quite finished with moving books from the Basement & Lower Level to the 2nd floor and moving Periodicals from the Lower Level and 2nd floor to the Basement, but it’s getting closer and closer to the end. We publish and post “Current Materials Locations” every 2-3 days and post them all over the Library; half sheets are available for customers to take. We’ve even got some maps of the Basement and 2nd floor at the Circ and Reference Desks, so don’t be dismayed – if you need further assistance, Circulation students have been especially assigned to help individuals get to the materials they need.

When it’s all done, I’m sure we’ll have a celebration and acknowledge everyone involved, but for now, an anonymous but heartfelt GOOD JOB EVERYONE goes out from the blog to the movers and shifters, and regular staff who help get people to the materials they’re looking for.

Finals Week, December 2009: Library Open 24 Hours = study time and food

During Final Exam Week (Dec. 13-18) the library will be open 24-Hours /Day starting on Sunday, December 13, at noon until Friday, Dec. 18, at 5 p.m. During final exam week, daily at 5 a.m. there will be a breakfast provided for students studying in the library. Snacks will be served throughout each night beginning at midnight. Thanks to all the ISU Deans who helped with funding the food [e.g. 40 pounds of bananas a day!]: Sauer, Merritt, Balch, Gatrell, Williams, Sims and Comer. Enrollment Management, Marketing, and Communications is providing the snacks.

Snacks and breakfast will be located in the Library’s 1st floor Events area. Snacks will include the Library’s usual great popcorn, as well as Kashi bars, assorted candy, bananas, apples, Clementines, almonds. Coffee, hot tea and cocoa will be available. Breakfast will include orange juice, cereal, milk, bread [toasters available], peanut butter and jelly.

Security: after 2 A.M., ISU Security will provide security; only ISU students will be admitted between 2 A.M. and 7:30 A.M.

Cup & Chaucer Cafe will extend its hours, to 10 P.M.

October & November Events in the Library

We have become a very popular venue on campus. Here are some of our recent events. If interested in using our Library Events area, contact the Events Coordinator, Dara Middleton at 812 237 2560 or dara.middleton@indstate.edu. To see Events, connect from our homepage:
10/1 – Are you Ready for the Flu? with Student Health Promotions
10/06 – Consul General Kenan Ipek, Counsulate General of Turkey
10/06 – Student Government Association hosted a Panel Discussion with all ISU Deans
10/7 ISU Retirement & Phased Retirement, with Candy Barton from Human Resources
10/08 – Servant Leadership Conference [National]
10/15 – Campus Support Staff meeting
10/15 – Opening Reception for Re(Search): Exploring the Relationship between Art & Science. The exhibition featured artists Steve Aishman, Ronald Leax, Brian Nelson, Sara Mast, and Kathryn Refi. Refi gave lecture.
10/19 Chairman Korn Thapparansi, SSRU, Former Deputy Prime Minister of Thailand
10/28 – Autism Spectrum Disorder Speaker Series
10/30 – Latin and Ancient Greek Fest with Eta Sigma Phi
11/02 – Oscar Wilde Symposium with Students in University Honors class “An Introduction to Oscar Wilde and Academic Research” and Wilde’s grandson, Merlin Holland
11/03 – Pizza and Politics [American Democracy Project]: “Sexual Ethics”
11/05 – Wabash Valley Vision and Voices 5th Anniversary Reception & Program
11/11 – Veterans Day Wreath Ceremony and open house/reception for all veterans and active military
11/12 – Take Back the Night, Guest Speaker, Josh Phillips 1) closed meeting with fraternity members and 2) open speech: Everyday Activism: Striving to End Sexual Violence, One Step at a Time
11/13 – Writing about the Sense of Place with Tom Roznowski and Scott Russell Sanders

New Items in Browsing

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New Items in Browsing

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New Items in Browsing

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New Items in Browsing

See below the fold.  Note that new video games will not be available until the Extravaganza on September 10.

New Items in Browsing Collections

Here is what’s new in the Browsing Collection.