Use expanded GIS services
Perry Library
is expanding its geographic information systems (GIS) services this
year and will offer assistance to faculty and graduate student in
using ESRI ArcView to map data from the 1980 and 1990 censuses.
Additionally, the library has the capability to map additional data
collected at common geographic levels, such as states, counties,
congressional districts, metropolitan statistical areas, census
tracts, zip codes and block groups. Client assistance is provided
in the library's Digital Services Center. Service is by appointment,
and completion time for mapping projects ranges from a few hours
to several weeks, depending on complexity. Examples of the kinds
of maps the library can help users produce are available at http://www.lib.odu.edu/
resources/gis/examples.shtml Please direct inquiries to Stuart Frazer,
Social Sciences Reference Librarian, at sfrazer@odu.edu.
Try five major databases through Ovid
Ovid is a
major search system providing numerous databases in all subject
areas. Recently, the Virtual Library of Virginia (VIVA) purchased
a subscription to Ovid for CINAHL (nursing), ERIC (education), MLA
Bibliography (literature, linguistics, folklore), PsycINFO (psychology)
and Sociological Abstracts (sociology). Previously, these databases
were available through the SilverPlatter system. Keep in mind that
even though the search screens will look different, the databases
are the same. The library still maintains subscriptions to several
other SilverPlatter databases.
New science and technology librarian
We welcome
Renee Davis, who has joined the library as Science and Technology
Reference Librarian. She was most recently employed at the Oklahoma
State University-Tulsa Library and prior to that worked as a geologist
in the petroleum industry. She earned her M.S. in Geology at Miami
University (Ohio) and her MLIS degree from the University of Oklahoma.
Faculty events continue
Consult the
calendar below for the ongoing series of Faculty Events at the Library.
For details, call 4178.
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New catalog and Internet stations
Online catalog
workstations have been set up in various locations on all upper
floors of Perry Library in addition to those in the first floor
lobby. This should add greatly to users' convenience. Reference
and Research Services has added twenty-three new Internet workstations,
increasing the total research workstations to 45. Also, the OCCS
computer lab off the lobby provides an additional place to meet
the various computing needs of Old Dominion University students.
Enjoy free concert and exhibit
A concert
of selected chamber works by composers who have been affiliated
with Hampton University will be presented at 3:00pm on September
19 in Chandler Recital Hall. Included will be works by Harvey J.
Stokes, Jon Michael Spencer, William Stoney, Clarence Cameron White,
and R. Nathaniel Dett. This joint event also features an exhibit
titled From Exposition to Development: the Legacy of Composers at
Hampton University, which will run through October in the Diehn
Composers Room before moving to Hampton. The exhibit will open with
a reception at 2:00pm, prior to the concert. Both events are free
and open to the public; however, reservations are requested. They
may be made by telephoning 757-683-4175.
Photocopy hours change
Hours for the
Photocopy Center on the second floor of Perry Library are now: Monday-Wednesday,
Friday, 9:00am - 6:00pm Thursday, 9:00am - 9:00pm Saturday, 9:00am
- 5:00pm Sunday, 1:00pm - 8:00pm The Center makes copies at $.15
per page while self-service copying is available for $.10 per page
at machines located on each floor.
Public telephones?
Yes! Two public
telephones have been installed on the first floor of the library
in the back corridor near the Interlibrary Loan Services office.
New Information Resources Web page
By now, you
have probably used the newly-designed Information Resources page
from the Perry Library Web site. We hope you find the new subject
approach, patterned after some of the best Web search engines, to
be a helpful one.
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