Welcome to all our new students, faculty and staff!

And welcome back to all our returning friends. It's going to be a great year.

As you may have noticed some changes are taking place at the Perry Library. As construction continues during the coming year on the creation of the Learning Commons and the Student Success Center you may find yourself taking different paths to the things you need. So here are a couple of pointers:

The front of the building is no longer accessible. The entrances to the Perry Library are now located on the sides of the building, one coming from BAL and the other from the parking garage on 43rd street.

• The circulation services area has been permanently relocated to the front of the second floor.
• The OCCS computer lab is temporarily located at the rear of the second floor.
• The reference and research services desk and computers are now located at the rear of the third floor.

When you enter the building you can either use the stairs to go to the upper floors or come in the first floor and immediately go to the elevators in the rear.

We will have staff near the entrances to answer any questions you might have so please ask.

We appreciate your patience while we create an exceptional space for you to use in the future.

Have a great year!

Graduate research and teaching assistants are encouraged to attend "Putting the Library to Work for You." Select one of the two sessions:

Wednesday, September 8th - 11am in Library 163
Saturday, September 11th - 10am in Library 163

You will learn how to take advantage of important library services to help you accomplish your work with ease. Registration is required. For more information, contact Kathryn Boone at kboone@odu.edu

Alexander Street Press streaming music is now available for your mobile device.

Listen from your smart phone or other mobile device to thousands of classical, jazz, and world music recordings from our streaming music collections: Classical Music Library, Jazz Music Library, and Smithsonian Global Sound®.

Search for QR-Code Readers at http://www.mobile-barcodes.com/qr-code-software/

Get the free QR app for the iPhone at http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/qr-app/id320140689?mt=8

Circulation Services Move from 1st to 2nd floor

The final walkthrough was done on the circulation offices and service areas. The office area was approved by everyone so the plan is still to move the circulation offices up on Monday or Tuesday next week. There are some issues with the other area so the circulation desk move will be delayed a few days.

Partitions erected on 1st-3rd floors

Temporary and permanent partitions are being constructed on the first, second and third floors. The partitions on the second and third floors are in anticipation of the third floor infill. The partitions on the first floor are in anticipation of the renovation work being done on first floor.

Reference Room Move from 1st to 3rd floor

The reference desk, public computers, and printers will be moving to the south side of third floor by August 25th. Wiring and cabling work is being done in advance of the move. The map alcove will be moved by the governments publications area.

Lobby 1st floor

The popular collection will be moved to second floor along with some of the lounge furniture. Other furniture will be either moved, surplused or stored.

North addition -- Front of library

The concrete has been poured and steel will be delivered the week of the 16th to 20th of August.

South addition -- Student Success Center

The steel has been completed and the concrete pour for the second floor has been completed.

Handicapped Ramp

The handicapped ramp on the west side of the library has been reopened and the railings have been installed.

Thank you for your continued patience during these developments!

The Library Catalog allows you to limit your search to electronic books that the library subscribes to. From the Keyword option, type in your topic, and then select E-Books in the Format listing.

Some of our E-book collections include:
* many government publications
* Safari Books Online - a large collection of emerging technology books, manuscripts, papers and instructional video
* Early English Books Online (EEBO) - 1473-1700
* Eighteenth Century Collections Online (ECCO)
* reference collections of encyclopedias and handbooks:
---- Sage Reference Online
---- Oxford Reference Online
---- Gale Virtual Reference Library
---- Knovel (engineering disciplines)

Two faculty positions are currently available in the ODU Libraries:

• Instructional Services Librarian
• Associate University Librarian for Information Resources and Technology

Click on the titles above for more information.

Learning Commons Construction:

-- Because of demolition at the west entrance to Perry Library, RAMP ACCESS is temporarily unavailable. Users needing ramp access are asked to use the east entrance.

-- 2nd floor MICROFORMS cabinets and equipment have moved to other locations on the 2nd floor:
* Microfilm cabinets are now located along the east exterior wall in call number order.
* Microfiche cabinets are located on the interior east wall.
* Reader/printers and video monitors are also located on the interior east wall. with

-- 4th floor JUVENILE BOOK collection and AUDIO-VISUAL materials (ranges 102-106) have been temporarily moved to the front area (west) of the 3rd floor (ranges 88-91) while a shift takes place on the 4th floor. Audio-visual materials will eventually be available at the 2nd floor circulation service desk in early August.

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"Projected" timeline:

July 5: 2nd floor staff office construction begins (completion: Aug 16)

August 1: 1st floor lobby cleared out; Public lobby computers and public accounts will be unavailable.

early August:
* Reference Desk and computers move to back of 3rd floor (through July 2011)
* Circulation Desk moves to 2nd floor

August 25: 1st floor renovation begins to construct Learning Commons (completion: sometime at the end of 2011)

. . . . . . Construction of Student Success Center at the back of library continues
. . . . . . Construction on the front of the library continues. Entrance to the library is from the east or west sides.

Reminder: Printing to student accounts must be done in the OCCS computer lab at the back of the 2nd floor. Access to the lab is from the back elevators.

Thank you for your patience during these developments!

A workshop on Saturday, July 17 from 1:00 to 2:30 PM will help you review how to construct the best search strategy for your research topics in the PubMed and CINAHL databases. Using keywords and subject terms, combining terms, using limits, and accessing full text articles will all be covered. Faculty, staff and students are welcome to attend this event, to be held in Perry library, Room 163.

Registration for this current session is now full. Information about CINAHL and Pubmed is also available via individual sessions. Please contact Charity Karcher at ckarcher@odu.edu if you would like to schedule a consult.

Do you have questions? Please contact Charity at ckarcher@odu.edu or 757-683-5908.

Note: Free weekend parking is available in the 45th Street lot in front of the library. We suggest you enter on the right side door (west side, near garages). Construction is in progress!

Six more Project Muse titles have added backfiles:

* Biography - Vol. 1, no. 1, 1978-current issue
* L'esprit Createur - Vol. 36, no. 1, 1996-current issue
* Journal of Modern Greek Studies - Vol. 1 no. 1, 1983-current issue
* Rhetoric and Public Affairs - Vol. 1, no. 1, 1998-current issue
* Studies in Eighteenth Century Culture - Vol. 20, 1991-current issue
* Theatre Topics - Vol. 1, no. 1, 1991-current issue

Access these and other Project Muse journals from the Library Catalog or the library's "Find Journals & Newspapers" page. Project Muse is available through the Virtual Library of Virginia (VIVA).

Learning Commons Construction:

-- The front library entrance is closed as of June 21. Users must enter through the east or west entrances.

-- The OCCS computer lab and mini learning commons are fully functional at the back of the 2nd floor. Access to the lab is from the back elevators.

-- 1st floor reference services and computers are available through early August, at which time they will be moved to the back of the 3rd floor.
- - - - ->Printing from these computers to the Reference printer is $.10/page. Printing to student accounts must be done in the 2nd floor lab.

-- Public workstations in the lobby will be unavailable as of August 1. Public accounts will no longer be available.

"Projected" timeline:

July 1: Circulation Desk opens on 2nd floor

July 5: 2nd floor staff office construction begins (completion: Aug 16)

August 1: 1st floor lobby cleared out; Public lobby computers shut down

early August: Reference Desk and computers move to back of 3rd floor (completion: July 2011)

August 25: 1st floor renovation begins to construct Learning Commons (completion: sometime at the end of 2011)

. . . . . . Construction of Student Success Center at the back of library continues