Annual food pantry giving project underway.

Winter is the season of many celebrations, but it is also a season of great need, especially for families who rely on the harvest of their gardens for income and sustenance. McIntyre Library is holding its annual collection to benefit the Hmong Mutual Assistance Association rice pantry. Every donation, large or small, will help area families. Fourteen cents buys a pound of rice, and $20 feeds a family of 5 or 6 for a month. To contribute, please visit Http://libguides.uwec.edu/hmaagiving or drop your spare change in the donation box by the Library's new book shelf on the 1st floor.

McIntyre Library Pre-Finals & Finals Week Hours

McIntyre Library will be open 24 hours the week before and of finals, beginning December 10.

• Pre-finals week: The library will open on Monday, December 10 starting at 7 a.m. and stay open continuously until Friday, December 14 at midnight.
• On Saturday, December 15, the library will open at 7:30 a.m. and close at midnight.
• Finals week: The library will open Sunday, December 16 at 7:30 a.m. and stay open continuously utnil Friday, December 21 at 7 p.m.

 The library will be closed December 22-25 and open at 7:30 am on December 26.

"The Hobbit" Reading in McIntyre Library (12/13/12)

Local Tolkien scholar Janice Bogstad will be hosting a reading event in celebration of JRR Tolkien's "The Hobbit" in McIntyre Library's Grand Corridor on December 13, 2012 from 11 am - 1 pm.  If you would like to read a passage from The Hobbit, you can sign up on a whiteboard located next to the Hobbit display in the Grand Corridor. Or, if you'd rather just sit back and enjoy the story, please stop by and listen.  Friends, family, and community members are welcome to attend and/or read.

Say "Yes!" to Less Stress

On Thursday, November 29th from noon-4 pm, McIntyre Library, Counseling Services, and University Recreation & Sport Facilities will be hosting "Say 'Yes!' to Less Stress" in McIntyre Library's Grand Corridor.

This event will contain information about how students can de-stress their lives during a busy time of the semester.  This event will also feature games, puzzles, yoga, coloring, etc. that students can utilize during this time.  

3 student jobs available

McIntyre Library is now taking applications for spring semester employment. 

The library is seeking:
Circulation Student Assistant - 3 Positions


You must have federal work study money to obtain one of these positions. Applications must be submitted by December 5, 2012.

For more information on this job, please click the link for the job description and be sure to download and fill out a job application (PDF).

Two New Library Displays: Dismantling Racism & Materials Science

Two new displays have been put up in the library.

One display is from the Dismantling Racism Student Caucus.  It asks questions about equality like "Is it easy to find bandages whose skin tone matches your own skin tone?"  This display also contains books of interest such as Tim Wise's "White Like Me" and Beverly Tatum's "Why are all the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria?"

Dismantling Racism Display

The second display focuses on materials science and nanotechnology.  Examples of how materials science/nanotechnology is used in today's society are given such as Gorilla Glass' use in making our cell phone screens more resistant to damage.

Materials Science Display

McIntyre Library Offers Free Library Cards to Children of UW-Eau Claire Faculty & Staff

McIntyre Library now provides free library cards to children of UW-Eau Claire faculty and staff.  Cards will be given to children ages 12-17 and are valid for one year; these cards are renewable.  Parents and legal guardians will be responsible for all items checked out on their child’s card, and are asked to observe the same loan periods for library materials as undergraduate students and community members.  Universal Borrowing and Interlibrary Loan services are not extended to child card holders.

McIntyre Library’s Instructional Media Center houses a children’s book collection of materials from preschool through young adult, in both fiction and nonfiction formats.  A library card also allows children access to our vast collection of music and DVDs, as well as books from our main collections.

To register your child(ren) for a McIntyre Library card please visit the library’s Circulation Desk.   For more information contact library.circulation@uwec.edu, call 715-836-3856 or contact Kati Tvaruzka at tvaruzke@uwec.edu or 715-836-4522.

East Library Entrance & Stairway Open!

The east library entrance and stairway of the library is now open!  This is the entrance that faces Schneider Hall.  Temporary railings have been installed on the stairway until permanent railings are installed.

Thank you for your patience as the campus mall changes and the library entrance is changed.

The Hobbit Display in Library

Librarian Janice Bogstad has put together a display featuring books and other artifacts from the Hobbit and Lord of the Rings Trilogy.

The Hobbit will be released as a movie trilogy starting with the first installment (An Unexpected Journey) in theatres on December 14, 2012.  The other two parts of the trilogy (The Desolation of Smaug and There and Back Again) will be released in 2013 and 2014. 

Game Day at McIntyre Library

McIntyre Library is hosting a game day on Saturday, November 3rd from 1-5 pm.  In partnership with the American Library Association's International Game Day, McIntyre will have board, card, and video games for students, faculty, staff and community members to play.  Video games include the original Mario Bros. and Punch Out! as well as Wii Sports games.  Board games include Ticket to Ride, Settlers of Catan and Scrabble.

Friends and family are welcome to attend!

Sculpture Exhibition in Library

Come see a new art exhibit in McIntyre Library now through Friday, November 16.  The sculptures are done by students in Prof. Jason Lanka's Art 364 will be on display on the 2nd floor in the Library Breezeway (L2022).

Let us know what you think by posting a comment to the library blog, on Facebook, or Twitter.

274 voters registered at McIntyre Library!

In advance of the November 6 Presidential Election, librarians and staff at UW-Eau Claire’s McIntyre Library added voter registration to the list of services provided in the library. Eleven librarians and staff were trained and certified as Special Registration Deputies in the City of Eau Claire. Until the legal deadline of October 17, they provided the UW-Eau Claire campus with access to voter registration 8:30 am-midnight during week.

After October 17, Wisconsin state law requires that voters register at the office of the City Clerk in the city where they want to register, or at the polls on Election Day. Although the Special Registration Deputies at McIntyre Library can no longer help students, staff, and faculty to register to vote, the library can provide directions to anyone who needs to visit the Eau Claire City Clerk in order to register to vote.

With questions about voter registration at the McIntyre Library, contact Robin Miller, Research & Instruction Librarian, at millerob@uwec.edu or (715) 836-3132.

With questions about the laws related to voter registration and voter identification, visit:

http://www.uwec.edu/vote.htm

http://gab.wi.gov/elections-voting/voters/registration-voting

Or contact the Eau Claire City Clerk at (715) 839-4912.

"Ask a Nurse" in McIntyre Library

Student Health Services will be hosting "Ask a Nurse" sessions from 11:30 am - 12:30 pm in McIntyre Library's entryway (the Grand Corridor) the following days this semester:

• October 18
• October 25
• November 8
• November 15
• December 6
• December 13

"Ask a Nurse" is an outreach program by Student Health Services that aims to provide students with basic health information where the students are, allows students to learn more about the services provided on campus by Student Health Services, and gives students the opportunity to schedule an appointment with Student Health Services.

New issue of library newsletter "Off the Shelf"

McIntyre Library just released its fall 2012 newsletter.  Articles inside the newsletter include"

• Introducing new librarian Todd Vandenbark;
• Information on a board game collection available at McIntyre and how it is being used to support the curriculum;
• How the library is building information literacy into the curriculum;
• Information on recently acquired Special Collections & Archives items - the jazz collection and blueprints from Eau Claire's history;
• And much more!

To access the newsletter click here and let us know what you think.

3 new library databases

McIntyre Library has access to 3 new databases:

• AP NewsMonitor Collection
• Global Road Warrior
• Roper Center for Public Opinion Research

AP NewsMonitor Collection contains access to world-wide news coverage from the Associated Press.

Global Road Warrior provides information on countries of the world.  This information includes country facts, demographics, points of interest, travel tips, and much more.

Roper Center for Public Opinion Research contains polling data from the United States and around the world dating back to the 1930s up to present day.  The iPOLL databank within this database contains nearly half a million survey questions and answers asked in the US by more than 150 survey organizations.

Presidential Election Display

McIntyre Library is featuring a display on the various presidential candidates during the month of October and through early November  You will find the display in the library's grand corridor.

Don't forget to vote!  McIntyre Library staff at the circulation and reference desks can help you register. 

Librarian Hans Kishel publishes game

A huge congratulations to librarian Hans Kishel, whose game, The Blitzkrieg Legend, was published!

Find out more about The Blitzkrieg Legend or contact Hans.

10/17/12: Deadline to register to vote at the library!

Register to vote at McIntyre Library!

Librarians and staff at McIntyre Library can register you to vote in the City of Eau Claire, the Town of Union, and the Town of Washington.

Until October 17, 2012 at 3:00 pm, voter registration is available at the library during the following times:

• Friday, October 12, 8:30 am-5:00 pm
• Sunday, October 14, 12:30 pm-midnight
• Monday, October 15, 8:30 am-midnight
• Tuesday, October 16, 8:30 am-midnight
• Wednesday, October 17, 8:30 am-3:00 pm (last day to register on campus!)

After October 17, Wisconsin state law requires that voters register at the office of the City Clerk in the city where they want to register, or at the polls on election day. After October 17, McIntyre Library will provide directions to voters who need to go to their City Clerk's office to register.

If you are already registered to vote in Wisconsin, confirm your voter registration and look up your polling place.

Information for Minnesota voters is available here.

For more information about registering to vote at McIntyre Library, contact Robin Miller.

Celebrate Banned Books Week!

September 30-October 6, 2012

This year marks the 30^th anniversary of the national book community’s celebration of the freedom to read, Banned Books Week. To remember this momentous anniversary, the McIntyre Library has created a display featuring books in the collection that have been banned or challenged. Please visit the display which is located on the first floor near the reference desk!

Take a look at this video, created by UW-Eau Claire student Michaela Walters:




For more information about Banned Books Week or to find out if your favorite book has been banned or challenged, please visit ala.org/bbooks

East Library Entrance Closed - For a Few More Weeks

The main library entrance on the east side of the building is closed as of Wed. August 22 and will remain closed for at least a few more weeks. This entrance is being reconstructed as part of the larger construction project for the new campus mall.

Until further notice, please enter the library from its river entrance on Garfield Avenue or come through Old Library.  We will let you know when you can access the east entrance again.

Art display in library, reception on 9/20

During the month of September, McIntyre Library is featuring an art display in the library's Grand Corridor.  This display, entitled 'orkneydreamingmegalithic,' features oil pastel landscape drawings created this summer in Orkney Scotland, July 4-August 16, by students Jessie Pautsch & Kelsey Temanson & Christine Manwiller as part of a UWEC/IFP/CIE study abroad program led by Associate Professor of Art Sandra Starck. A blog written while in they were in Orkney can be read at: orkneydreamingmegalithic.wordpress.com

A reception with food and drink will be held on Thursday, September 20 from 3:30-4:30 pm acknowledging the student's work.

St. Magnus Cathedral

Northern Isle

Free pizza, mini golf in library - big success.

On Wed. Sept 5 from 7-11 pm just over 800 students came to the library to experience After Dark.  This improves on last year's record of 621 during the same four hour period.

Thank you to all of the student groups who helped make this event so successful: UWEC Players for the living statues, Backwards Thinkers Society for their improv comedy, and the Irish Dancing Club for their lively dance routines.

 

McIntyre Library will host the third annual After Dark back-to-school party on the UW-Eau Claire campus.  The free event will be from 7 to 11 p.m. Wednesday, September 5, on the first two floors of the library.  All UW-Eau Claire students, faculty, and staff are welcome to attend.

The party will feature free Toppers pizza, games,  and live entertainment.  Library staff have designed a multi-floor, 9-hole miniature golf course that has water hazards and utilizes one of the stairwells.  Students can also play a variety of board & video games and participate in Family Feud, Pictionary, Bingo, and life-size Clue.  Prizes will be awarded throughout the night.

UW-Eau Claire student groups will provide live entertainment.  Theater troupe the UWEC Players will pose as living statues.  The Irish Dancing Club will perform for students at 7:30 pm and student improv team the Backwards Thinkers Society will perform comedy sketches starting at 8 pm.

After Dark encourages students to get acquainted with the library and each other.  About 600 students attended the 2011 event.

Support for After Dark has been provided by McIntyre Library, Toppers Pizza, Coca Cola, PepsiCo, Action City, the Center for Alcohol Studies and Education, and the Center for International Education.

To learn more, contact Eric Jennings (jenninge@uwec.edu, 715-836-4076), sign up to attend on Facebook, or view the video above for a taste of last year's After Dark.

Universal Borrowing Upgrade Complete

McIntyre Library's Universal Borrowing upgrade has been completed.  You are now able to request books and other circulating items from other UW Systems campuses in the library catalog. 

If you have any difficulties requesting items, please contact the library reference desk:   library.reference@uwec.edu, 715-836-3858

Thank you for your patience.

Library Accounts Upgrade Complete

McIntyre Library has finished its upgrade of "My Library Accounts".  You can log in and check the status of items you have checked out from UW-Eau Claire.

Items checked out through Universal Borrowing will NOT show up until that upgrade is completed on August 20.

If you have any questions, please contact the library (library.reference@uwec.edu, 715-836-3858)

Library Hours 8/6 - 9/3

McIntyre Library will be open a reduced number of hours starting August 6 and ending September 3.  During this period the library will open at 7:30 am and close at 4:30 pm.  It will be closed on Saturdays and Sundays.

For more information, please visit our hours page.

Universal Borrowing Unavailable 7/30-8/20

The library's Universal Borrowing (UB) service will be unavailable from July 30-August 20 as it gets upgraded.  Book requests should be made through Interlibrary Loan during this time period.   For more information on Interlibrary Loan see: www.uwec.edu/Library/services/borrowOther.htm

The library's Facebook page and Twitter feed will alert you to when this service is back up and running

Equipment Checkout - Closed for rest of Summer

Student Equipment Checkout closed on Friday, August 3rd and will remain closed for the rest of the summer.  Equipment will be available for checkout again on the first day of Fall classes (September 4th).

The library uses the time between summer session and the start of the fall semester to get the computers ready for the fall semester.

Thank you for your cooperation.

ILLiad updated and running

Our system for borrowing items from other libraries -- ILLiad -- has been updated, and is available for patron use. Thanks for your patience!

Libraries: a bridge across the Digital Divide

According to the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, one in three Americans do not have access to the Internet in their homes, and many cannot even afford a computer. Libraries -- particularly public libraries -- make the wealth of information available to anyone, regardless of income level, etc.

My favorite fact from this video is "More than 30 million people use libraries every year to further their education." And Internet access is central to those efforts.

Obesity and "the Weight of the Nation"

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report that over one-third of adults (35.7%) and approximately 17% of children and adolescents are obese, and this rate is only expected to rise in the coming years. From May 7-9, over 1,200 people --public health researchers and practitioners, policy makers, and national partners devoted to obesity prevention and control -- gathered  in Washington D.C. for the "Weight of the Nation 2012" conference, with the goal of raising awareness of this epidemic, and sharing what can help to turn the situation around.
"Weight of the Nation" is also a documentary series and public health campaign collaboration by HBO, the Institute of Medicine, CDC, the National Institutes of Health, and made in partnership with the Michael & Susan Dell Foundation and Kaiser Permanente. At the center of this effort is a series of "four feature films that take an unflinching look at the severity of the obesity epidemic and its crippling effects on our health care system."

• Part 1: Consequences
• Part 2: Choices
• Part 3: Children in Crisis
• Part 4: Challenges

Each film is about an hour in length, well-written and engaging. Below is the first one to get you started.

Planned Library Upgrades - Summer 2012

McIntyre Library will be upgrading its services later this summer.  During the upgrades some of the library's services will be unavailable.

• Interlibrary Loan will be unavailable on July 18.  We hope to have it up and running again by late afternoon on the 18th.
• Universal Borrowing will be unavailable from July 30-August 20.  Book requests should be made through Interlibrary Loan during this time period.
• On August 14 & 15, users will not be able to renew books or check out equipment or rooms in "My Library Accounts".  

Please contact the library reference desk with any questions or concerns about these upgrades (library.reference@uwec.edu, 715-836-3858).

Three New Library Staff

Please help McIntyre Library welcome three new library staff:

Vince Mussehl - Circulation Assistant

 

  

Kelsey Patterson - Government Publications Reference Assistant

 

Todd Vandenbark - Research & Instruction Librarian

 

Student Job Openings - Fall 2012

McIntyre Library is now taking applications for fall semester employment. 

The library is seeking:
Research and Instruction Assistants (3 positions)
Special Collections Assistants (2 positions)


You must have federal work study money to obtain one of these positions. 

For more information on each of the jobs, please click the link for the job description and be sure to download and fill out a job application (PDF).

Library Grounds Closed June 29

Library Grounds, the coffee shop in McIntyre Library will close permanently on June 29, 2012.  If you need coffee or snacks, the new Davies Center has tentatively scheduled their coffee shop to open by the first of August.

15 New iPads available

McIntyre Library now has 15 new iPads available for checkout.  These iPads have retina display for super-crisp graphics. 

Just like the iPad 2's, you can check the new iPads out for a week.  Get 'em before they're all gone!

For information on how to use an iPad see: http://www.uwec.edu/Library/circ/ipadcheckout.htm

Photo courtesy ApfelNext

Get the Library in your Pocket

Did you know that McIntyre Library is part of the UW-Eau Claire mobile application for Android, Apple, and other mobile application devices?

Downloading the application will give you access to the library catalog, article databases, and much more wherever you have a wi-fi or internet connection on your mobile device.

Please email the library with comments and suggestions so that we can continue to improve the app. library.reference@uwec.edu