Need somewhere to study for finals? The Perry Library will be available for extended hours as follows:

  April 27 - 28 (Wed-Thurs) 8am - 2am*
  April 29 (Fri) 8am - 9:30pm
  April 30 (Sat) 9am - 9:30pm
  May 1 (Sun) 9am - 2am*
  May 2 - 4 (Mon-Wed) 8am - 2am*

The following hours are for Perry Library, Hofheimer Art Library, and Diehn Composers Room:

  May 6 (Fri) 8:00 am - 5:00 pm
  May 7 - 8 CLOSED Commencement

See Hours & Information on the library web site.

It’s course evaluation time again and the University would appreciate your assistance. Students, this is your opportunity to help improve academics here at ODU. The information gathered through the Course Evaluation System is used as part of the evaluation of instruction at Old Dominion University.

Students can complete the evaluations through the last day of classes (cuts off at midnight).

Click here to participate in the course evaluation process.

Doing a Literature Review in Education
Thursday, March 3, 12:30-1:30pm
Perry Library 3rd floor, Research Commons

Hundreds of thousands of journal articles, dissertations, government publications and other resources can be found online through various library online subscription services. Learn how to do a thorough literature review in education using the library's research information databases. Registration is required. For more information, contact Matt Jabaily at mjabaily@odu.edu.

Workshop: Census 2010/American Community Survey
Wednesday, March 2, 12:15-1:00 pm (Note date change!)
Perry Library 3rd floor, Research Commons

Learn about Census 2010 and how to use data from the American Community Survey, which collects information such as age, race, income, commute time to work, home value, veteran status, and other important variables. Registration is required. For more information, contact Judy Trump at jtrump@odu.edu.

Hundreds of thousands of journal articles, dissertations, government publications and other resources can be found online through various library online subscription services. Learn how to do a thorough literature review in the social sciences using the library's research information databases.

Graduate students are encouraged to attend this workshop on Tuesday, February 8, 6-7pm in the Perry Library 3rd floor Reference Room.

Register for the workshop by contacting Judy Trump at jtrump@odu.edu.

Read about more workshops here.

Join the Friends of the ODU Libraries to hear James G. Zumwalt discuss his book "Bare Feet – Iron Will" which records personal experiences of the Vietnam War.

The lecture will be held Tuesday, February 8, 2011 at 7:00 p.m. in the Chandler Recital Hall, Diehn Fine and Performing Arts Center.

More information is located here.

George Fowler joined the staff of the ODU Libraries as Associate University Librarian for Information Resources & Technology. He comes to ODU from University of Arkansas where he served as Head, Library Systems Department since 2006. Prior to Arkansas, he worked at Temple University, and Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University. He has also served as a commissioned officer in the U.S. Army in Iraq and in the National Guard in New Jersey. He has his MS in Library Science and a BS in Information Science from the University of North Texas.

Please join us in welcoming him to the Libraries!

EndNote workshops for the Spring semester have been scheduled.

Saturday, January 29, 10-11:30am
Thursday, February 3, 3-4:30pm
Saturday, February 26, 10-11:30am
Wednesday, March 2, 3-4:30pm

Perry Library 3rd floor, Research Commons

In "Using EndNote with Library Databases," you will learn how to use EndNote, a powerful tool for organizing and managing bibliographic citations. You can easily export citations directly from library databases and create automatic bibliographies and in-text citations in your Word documents using Cite-while-you-write.

To register, go to the graduate or faculty workshops page: http://www.lib.odu.edu/researchassistance/gradwrkshps.htm.

Additional faculty and graduate workshops will be scheduled soon.

Joleen Westerdale joined the staff of the ODU Libraries as Instructional Services Librarian. Prior to coming to ODU, Ms. Westerdale worked at Keene State College in New Hampshire as a contract lecturer in reference and information services. She has been a reference and information services librarian at Emerson College Library, Salem State College Library, Simmons College’s Beatley Library, Washington University‘s Olin Library, and Emmanuel College’s Cardinal Cushing Library. She received her MLIS from the Simmons College in Boston, an MFA in Creative Writing from University of Massachusetts- Boston, and her BA in German Literature from University of Massachusetts-Boston.

Please join us in welcoming her to the Libraries!