Get acquainted on January 9 & 10
Before classes begin, plan to get acquainted or re-acquainted with
the library at one of our faculty-only orientations to the library.
We will begin with an introduction over light refreshments in Perry
Library 151. Then reference librarians will lead tours geared to
the interests of faculty. Pick whichever time bests fits your schedule:
Thursday, January 9, 2:00-3:00PM or Friday, January 10, 9:00-10:00AM.
Both faculty and graduate teaching assistants are welcome to attend.
For more information, call 683-4185.
Surf 'n' Turf in the library
Offered to Old Dominion University faculty, staff, and students,
these brief sessions begin at 12:30 PM.
In Surf sessions on Tuesdays, January 14 and 21, you will learn
some basic techniques for searching the library catalog, the Internet
and research databases.
In Turf sessions on Thursdays, January 16 and 23, you will see
key areas of the library and learn how to use them.
There is no need to register; interested persons should come to
the lobby and meet the librarian in front of the poster advertising
the session.
Information Resources pages expand
The Library's Information Resources Web pages will soon have a
new look, be easier to use, and include more resources. The General
Reference section has already expanded to include links to calendars,
timelines, legal information, tax forms, along with additional dictionaries,
almanacs, and the standard categories of biographical information,
style guides, statistical sources and more.
The new Research Databases section of the Information Resources
page features a simplified arrangement of databases by broad subject
category, as well as an alphabetical title approach and search box.
All of these resources are available from the Library Web page
at http://www.lib.odu.edu.
Baskets for Books
Join in the excitement when the Lady Monarchs play the VCU Rams
at 7:00 PM on January 24 in the Ted Constant Convocation Center.
A portion of the box office proceeds will benefit the Library, so
come on out. Information on special group rates is available by
calling 683-4146.
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Book sale a success
Thanks to everyone who supported the annual book sale, we made
a total of $2926 that funded student achievement awards, given to
student library
employees who demonstrated a high degree of dedication and accomplishment.
The awards were presented at a student appreciation lunch in December.
Worried about perishing?
One way to keep up on what's being published in your field of interest
is to sign up for one or more free "alert services." For
those who missed our fall workshop on such services, you will find
a helpful guide from the library Web page. Just click on Research
Assistance; then choose Guide to Alert Services under the heading
Other Research Help.
Distance Learning Corner
Where in the world are you? When requesting delivery of library
materials, students and faculty at Teletechnet sites should indicate
their site location, either in the "other information"
or "comments" box, on electronic forms. Unfortunately,
the library cannot customize these forms to make them more specific.
Be sure to include the name of your site to ensure the fastest possible
service.
Try this!
"Today in History," http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/today/
today.html from the Library of Congress, provides multimedia information
related to specific days-including photographs, video and audio
clips-and text summaries of each day. As one of the American Memory
Historical Collections, the site can be searched by topic, month,
or specific day. This is one of the intriguing new sites recently
linked from the Library Web page under Information Resources.
Bring back the books
This year the library is reinstating the policy of requiring that
all "term loan" items be physically brought in for renewal
by the end of spring semester. To simplify the renewal process,
the library is offering two options:
1. You may bring in items to have them renewed with a new due date
of May 11, 2004 or
2. You may request renewal by email to circ1@libstaff.lib.odu.edu.
Such email renewals, if received before January 12, 2003, will be
given a due date of May 10, 2003, by which time the items must be
brought back to the library.
Online renewals through the library Web page will not be available
during this endeavor. For further information, please contact Gisele
McAdoo at gmcadoo@odu.edu or 683-4166.
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