O'Herron named University Librarian
Virginia S. O'Herron, former Associate University Librarian and
Acting University Librarian at Old Dominion University, was appointed
University Librarian in June. She holds an MSLS from Simmons College
and an MBA from the University of Tampa. O'Herron has been with
the university since 1993 and was formerly Director of the State
University System of Florida Extension Library. A reception was
held in her honor in July.
August 24, 26 events for faculty
See what's new for faculty and GTAs in Perry Library. Whether you're
new on campus or have been here for years, you will learn about
many important resources and services available to you. The hour-long
sessions begin with light refreshments in Room 151 and are followed
by tours geared to your interests, led by the Head of Reference.
Choose to attend on Tuesday, August 24 at 10:00AM or on Thursday,
August 26 at 2:00PM. In addition, a workshop on the electronic reserve
service will follow the Thursday session at 3:00PM (see separate
article). Reservations for any of these events, though not required,
are helpful to us in planning. To let us know you plan to attend
or for more information, email cswaine@odu.edu.
Use E-Reserve for your fall courses
Find out how easy it can be to put articles, book chapters, etc.
on electronic reserve for courses so that your students can get
to the material at any time. Bring in your actual materials, if
you wish, learn how to complete the forms, and ask any questions
you may have about copyright, etc. Workshops will be held in Perry
Library 163 on August 26 at 3:00PM and September 10 at 10:30 AM.
For more information, email cswaine@odu.edu.
Reservations, though not required, are helpful to us in planning.
Click here for faculty services
From the library's homepage at http://www.lib.odu.edu,
look under the Services heading and click on Services for faculty
to find a variety of ways the library can assist you, from ordering
a new book to helping you with your promotion and tenure needs.
Videos, books moved
Perry Library's growing video collection has moved to a new location
on the fourth floor. The videos are now on shelves in the central
part of the floor. With the installation of new shelves over the
summer, book collections have been shifted as well. Classifications
A through N are still on the third floor, and P through Z are on
the fourth, however.
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Surf 'n' Turf for everyone
Get a head start on understanding how to do library research. In
Surf sessions, you will learn some basic techniques for searching
the library catalog, the Internet and research databases. In Turf
sessions, 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 at 12:30PM.
Surf sessions will be held on Tuesdays, September 7, 14 and 21.
Turf sessions are set for Thursdays, September 9, 16 and 23. Try
one of each! Sessions are open to ODU students, faculty and staff.
New librarian for social sciences
Martha E. Higgins became the new Social Sciences Reference Librarian
on August 10. She previously worked for George Washington University's
Gelman Library, held an internship at the National Museum of American
History Library, and taught English as a second language in Japan.
She earned an MLS from the University of Maryland and an MA in history
from SUNY Albany. We welcome her to Old Dominion University.
Distance Learning Corner
The library no longer uses the social security number for access
to electronic resources. When asked for your "username"
enter your personal UIN (University Identification Number). Some
resources also require a password; this is always viva in lowercase.
In case you don't know, the Virtual Library of Virginia, VIVA, provides
many of the databases and other valuable electronic resources for
our faculty, staff and students; hence, the origin of our standard
password.
Library success story, one in a series
Shortly after the space shuttle Columbia disaster, a reporter from
the Los Angeles Times contacted our library to request a NASA publication
entitled, Space Shuttle Orbiter Corrosion History 1981-93. The reporter
used our electronic reference tool "Ask a Librarian,"
to submit his question via email. Since he had a deadline and this
publication was available here on microfiche, we were able to overcome
traditional limits in formats by using our Minolta MicroSP 2000
scanning equipment to digitize the publication and email it to the
reporter. This is a fairly new way of doing business, but it is
very successful.
The reporter and the Government Publications Reference Librarian
continued to communicate for several days and both noticed that
the Web sites for Johnson Space Center information available at
the local level and, in this case, Langley were down briefly after
the crisis. They also noticed that the report was not available
on the NASA technical report server at that time.
The federal depository library program serves a vital role in making
government information available at the local level, and in this
case, was able to provide information electronically coast to coast
when the official federal agency was unable to respond.
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