New Items in Browsing

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

Welcome Back

After a quiet summer hiatus, the Library Blog is back. Check here for updates on our shifting project, new items in Browsing, special announcements, and any other interesting entries that I can drum up.

Anthony Kaiser — Assistant Librarian

EndNote X3

The latest version of Endnote can be downloaded from the library website.

On-campus users click here.

Off-campus users click here.

For more information about EndNote X3, click here.

Counseling and Therapy in Video

The library is pleased to announce the addition of a new online resource:
Counseling and Therapy in Video. This database provides 276 videos of counseling sessions, consultations, lectures, and interviews. You can access the database from our Database list.  Check it out.

Counseling and Therapy in Video.

2nd floor shifting update

Work was completed this week on the backshifting of the music books (M’s). We are moving into the L’s (Education) and we project that we will finish the backshifting of the 2nd floor by the end of next week. Once the backshifting is completed the K’s and L’s will be in the middle range of shelves and the south range will be empty.

Then the real work begins.

In late April and May, we will begin moving the books from the basement up to the second floor. The start of our monograph collection (regular books) will begin on the 2nd floor, just across from the 229 classroom. Bound journals will be left in the basement and backshifted to free up shelves that will be moved to the north end of the basement. Once we get some of those shelves to their new home, we will begin moving bound journals from the end of our collection (the Z’s) from the 3rd floor to the basement.

Ultimately, we will have all of the bound journals in the basement, the monographs on the second and third floor, and government documents and a large study space on the lower level.

-A Kaiser

Library Moves

Just before Spring Break, the library staff began a major book shifting project that will bring a major change to the library’s layout.  If you’ve been on the second floor, you’ve probably noticed.  The plan is to shift our journal collection (except for the Current Periodicals on the Main Floor) into the Basement.  The regular book collection (or as we like to call them the monographs) will be moved to the 2nd and 3rd floor.  The Lower Level will still contain our Government Documents collection, but a large space will be made available for additional study areas.

The first step is the backshifting that is occurring on the 2nd floor.  Books on that floor are being moved back, so that the shelves at the front will be opened up.  Once that is complete, we will start moving the books from the basement up to the 2nd floor.  We will provide signs to indicate where books will be located because things will be a bit out-of-order until the process is complete.  Check back here every Monday for an update on the process.

Currently, we are backshifting the 2nd floor collection.  Backshifting is currently in taking place in the N’s (art).

-A Kaiser

Database Trial-60s Documents

See our database trial of  The Sixties: Primary Documents and Personal Narratives, 1960-1974.  The trial will run until May 2, 2009.

Click here to check it out.

Events Area

The Library Events area has changed! To deal with noise issues on the first floor, the decision was made to enclose the events area in glass walls. The new look was completed a few weeks ago (with a few tweaks here and there), so if you have not seen the new area, come and take a look. To attend an event, check our calendar for dates and times. We look forward to seeing you.   -A Kaiser

New Events Area

Library Open 24 hours for Finals Week

The library will be open for 24 hours on Finals Week.  We will be open from noon on Sunday, December 7 to 2 AM on Wednesday, December 10.  Snacks will be provided every day at midnight and 3 AM.  On Monday and Tuesday, the Deans will host a breakfast at 5 AM.

Please note: The library will only be open to students, faculty, and staff from 2 AM – 7 AM.  You will need your ISU ID card to enter the library.

Reel Big Video Contest Voting is Open

You can vote for your favorite video here.

ISU students, faculty, and staff only. Voting will close on Oct. 30 at 4 PM.

A Kaiser