Welcome and Welcome Back! Regular Fall library hours begin on Saturday, August 25.

Fall hours for Perry Library and the Learning Commons:

    24/5: Open Sunday 9am – Close Friday 7:30 pm
        (M-F from 12am-8am – Learning Commons open, ODU ID required)
   Saturday: 9:00 am - 6:00 pm

Fall hours for Diehn Composers Room and Hofheimer Art Library:

   Monday-Thursday: 8:00 am - 9:00 pm
   Friday: 8:00 am - 5:00 pm
   Saturday-Sunday: 1:00 pm - 5:00 pm

The University Libraries will be closed for Labor Day, September 3, 2012.

Consult the Hours & Information page for more information.

Plan on checking out any equipment from the Learning Commons this fall? Beat the crowd and complete the Equipment Loan Agreement Form early. The Equipment Loan Agreement Form must be completed by all ODU students, faculty, and staff once per academic year before any equipment is checked. Once you click on the link below and agree to the terms, you will not have to complete the form again until fall 2013!

Any questions regarding the form can be directed to the Learning Commons at 757-683-4178 or by email at the learningcommons@odu.edu.

Equipment Loan Agreement Form (Login with your MIDAS username and password)
http://odu.edu/ao/learningcommons/equipment.php

Perry Library hours for this week are:

    Aug 20-23 (Mon-Thur) 8:00 am - 10:00 pm
    Aug 24 (Fri) 8:00 am - 7:30 pm

Regular Fall library hours begin on Saturday, August 25:

    Saturday: 9:00 am - 6:00 pm
    Sunday 9am - Friday 7:30 pm

Fall hours for Diehn Composers Room and Hofheimer Art Library:

    Monday-Thursday: 8:00 am - 9:00 pm
    Friday: 8:00 am - 5:00 pm
    Saturday-Sunday: 1:00 pm - 5:00 pm

The University Libraries will be closed for Labor Day, September 3, 2012.

Consult the Hours & Information page for more information.

Did you know ODU had a Tree Trail? It's new! ODU’s “Tree Trail” provides an occasion to learn about thirty of the different varieties of trees on campus. Beginning at the Kaplan Orchid Conservatory, the trail meanders along the notable Quarantine Road and behind Webb Center, passes around the Engineering and Computational Sciences building and then around the pond of the Oceanography and Physics Buildings. Signage for each tree indicates common and scientific names and a brief description.

The ODU Libraries is recognizing and promoting the Tree Trail with an exhibit in the Learning Commons featuring photos, books, and some greenery. Come see the exhibit which runs through August 22 -- and be sure to walk the trail! A Website which complements the exhibit is also available.

Please note:

• All equipment checked out Thursday, August 2-Thursday, August 9 will be due back on Thursday, August 9 by 10:00pm.
• From Friday, August 10-Friday, August 24, all equipment will be unavailable.
• Equipment loans will resume as normal Saturday, August 25 (first day of the fall semester).

When classes are not in session, equipment is unavailable so that staff can inventory, service, and prepare the equipment for the upcoming semester. If you have questions or need further information, contact Kathryn Boone kboone@odu.edu or Kathy Nguyen klnguyen@odu.edu

The library will be offering its first EndNote training session via Adobe Connect on Monday, August 6, 4-5:30pm. Learn how to collect references from the library’s databases and export them into EndNote, a powerful tool for organizing and managing bibliographic references. You will also learn how to import and format references in your Word document (Cite While You Write).

All you need is an Internet connection. On Monday at 4pm, go to http://connect.odu.edu/endnote and login in as a guest -- we'll meet you there. Contact Karen Vaughan - kvaughan@odu.edu or 683-4184 - to register, or for more information.

For instructions on installing and using EndNote, see the how-to guide for using EndNote on the library's website.

Thursday, August 2, 10:30-noon, Learning Commons Room 1306
Monday, August 6, 4-5:30pm, via Adobe Connect

Learn how to collect references from the library’s databases and export them into EndNote, a powerful tool for organizing and managing bibliographic references. You will also learn how to import and format references in your Word document (Cite While You Write).

If you bring your own laptop, we ask that you already have EndNote X5 downloaded. See the how-to guide for EndNote on the library's website.

Contact Karen Vaughan - kvaughan@odu.edu or 683-4184 - to register.

Did you know ODU had a Tree Trail? It's new! ODU’s “Tree Trail” provides an occasion to learn about thirty of the different varieties of trees on campus. Beginning at the Kaplan Orchid Conservatory, the trail meanders along the notable Quarantine Road and behind Webb Center, passes around the Engineering and Computational Sciences building and then around the pond of the Oceanography and Physics Buildings. Signage for each tree indicates common and scientific names and a brief description.

The ODU Libraries is recognizing and promoting the Tree Trail with an exhibit in the Learning Commons featuring photos, books, and some greenery. Come see the exhibit which runs through August 22 -- and be sure to walk the trail! A Website which complements the exhibit is also available.

And... Join the staff of the University Libraries for an informative talk and tour of ODU’s Tree Trail on Monday, August 6, 2012, 9:30 – 11:00am, in the Library Instruction Room 1306. Chad Peevy, ODU Grounds Department Supervisor, and Ed and Linda Bradley, local Master Gardeners, will talk briefly about campus trees, how the Tree Trail came about, and what things to look for when identifying trees. After that, we’ll have a walking tour of the Tree Trail.

From April through June, the "School Desegregation: Learn, Preserve, and Empower" project toured locations in Hampton, Richmond, Farmville, Lynchburg, Alexandria and the Eastern Shore to gather personal accounts and artifacts from the 1940s to the 1980s related to the desegregation of Virginia schools.

The project, which is now on display at the History Museum of Western Virginia in Virginia, is a collaboration of DOVE (Desegregation of Virginia Education), AARP Virginia, Virginia State Conference NAACP, and the Urban League of Hampton Roads. Its goal is to fill in "the missing piece of history’s puzzle ... the thousands of untold stories of the people who personally experienced integration. From segregation to massive resistance to desegregation, they bore witness to emerging social change. Their stories help us to understand the enormity of the struggle that brought about that change."

Read about the success of the project in an InsideODU story by Steve Daniel.

The DOVE project seeks to identify and preserve materials relating to school desegregation. A growing catalog and other information is available from the ODU Library Web site. For more information, contact Sonia Yaco, ODU's Special Collections Librarian and University Archivist, at syaco@odu.edu

EndNote workshops are scheduled for:

Saturday, July 21, 10:30am-noon, Learning Commons Room 1306
Thursday, August 2, 10:30-noon, Learning Commons Room 1306
Monday, August 6, 4-5:30pm, via Adobe Connect

Learn how to collect references from the library’s databases and export them into EndNote, a powerful tool for organizing and managing bibliographic references. You will also learn how to import and format references in your Word document (Cite While You Write).

If you bring your own laptop, we ask that you already have EndNote X5 downloaded. See the how-to guide for EndNote on the library's website.

Contact Karen Vaughan - kvaughan@odu.edu or 683-4184 - to register.