Thanksgiving Weekend Hours

Here are the Thanksgiving Hours for the McIntyre Library and its service points:

Library:

November 22: Closed
November 23: 7:30am - 4:30pm
November 24: Closed
November 25: Resume regular hours (11:00am - 1:00am)

Reference:

November 22: Closed
November 23: 10:00am - 2:00pm
November 24: Closed
November 25: Resume regular hours (1:00pm - 5:00pm and 6:30pm - 9:30pm)

Special Collections:
November 22 - 24: Closed
November 25: Resume regular hours (1:00pm - 5:00pm)

Periodicals:
November 22 - 24: Closed
November 25: Resume regular hours (1:00pm - 8:00pm)

New Database: SAGE Publications

The library has entered into a deal to acqure all journals published by SAGE. SAGE publishes over 470 journals in Business, Humanities, Social Sciences, and Science, Technology and Medicine. We get all the journals with a Red E next to them on the following list: http://www.sagepub.com/journalsIndex.nav#A.

Genealogy Workshop in the Library

UW Eau Claire Special Collections are teaming up with the Wisconsin Historical Society to present a Genealogical Workshop on Saturday, November 10, 2007 from 1:00pm to 4:30pm. The workshop will be held in the McIntyre Library Learning Lab, room 1033. Everyone who attends will get hands-on experience with the online resources that will be explored. The program is aimed at the novice as well as the expert genealogist.

Topics include:

• "Oh Darned! Where Did I Put Uncle George? Organizing an Compiling Your Research.
• Wisconsin Historical Society Collections and Services
• It's All Online! Or Is It?

Registration costs:
$35 for WHS members
$40 for non-members
Registration forms can be found at http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/libraryarchives/classes/

For more information contact
Lori Bessler
608-264-6536
or Lori(dot)Bessler(at)wisconsinhistory(dot)org

Lecture on 19th Century African American Community in Northwestern Wisconsin

Celebrate Wisconsin stories during Archives Month! McIntyre Library and the Department of History invite you to a public lecture entitled Discovering Forgotten Stories: Northwestern Wisconsin's First African American Community, Friday, October 19, at 5:15 p.m., in Haas Fine Arts Center, Phillips Recital Hall.

Presenter Timothy L. Ericson is a career archivist and educator who recently retired from his position as Director of Archival Studies, School of Information Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. He has authored many articles, including "Building Our Own 'Iron Curtain': The Emergence of Secrecy in American Government," American Archivist, Sprint/Summer 2005, for which he won the Society of American Archivists Ernst Posner Award.

Support for Mr. Ericson’s lecture has been provided from the University of Wisconsin–Eau Claire Academic Affairs Professional Development Program.

Take a Library Tour!

McIntyre Library offers free tours at the beginning of the 2007 semester. And some professors offer extra credit to students who take tours!

The tours are from September 17 through October 11 and last about 25 minutes. Tour times are:
Mondays......... 5:30 pm
Tuesdays........ 3:00 pm
Wednesdays...... 10:00 am
Thursdays....... 12:00 pm


More information is available on the Tours Webpage or contact the library reference desk or Betsy Richmond

Come to the Authors Celebration!

University faculty and staff are cordially invited to the second annual Authors Celebration to celebrate our publishing accomplishments. The event will take place on Wednesday, October 3rd from 4:30 - 6:00 pm in the Tamarack Room in Davies Center. Brief remarks by Interim Associate Vice Chancellor Andrew Phillips at 5:00pm. Hors d'oeuvres and drinks will be served. Please join your colleagues for conversation and celebration. Sponsored by ORSP, McIntyre Library and Academic Affairs.

Laptop Sale 9/20/2007

The library will once again be joining LTS in it's yearly computer sale. The library will be selling the following:
27 Dell Laptops
9 Sony Camcorders
6 Canon digital cameras
Dozens of laptop bags

The sale hours will be 9:00 AM to 2:30 PM on Thursday, September 20.
The location will be the Council Fire room in Davies Center.

New Database: Education Research Complete

The library now subscribes to Education Research Complete, the definitive online resource for education research. This database offers the world's largest and most complete collection of full text education journals covering scholarly research and information relating to topics from early childhood to higher education, and all educational specialties, such as multilingual education, health education, and testing. The database provides indexing and abstracts for more than 1,500 journals, as well as full text for more than 750 journals and more than 100 books and monographs.

20 Homecomings Exhibit in Library's Grand Corridor

An exhibit by university photographer Rick Mickelson chronicles the past 20 years of UW-Eau Claire Homecoming celebrations. The exhibit, entitled "20 Homecomings," is now on display in the McIntyre Library's Grand Corridor from Sept. 4 through this year's Homecoming, scheduled for Oct. 5-6. Approximately 40 prints, 16 inches by 20 inches in size, will be featured.

Mickelson's first day on the job at UW-Eau Claire was Homecoming Day 1988. Armed with a camera he had never used before and a long list of photos to be taken during the day, he quickly got his feet wet.

“Since then, Homecoming has been a special workday for me, and 2007 marks the completion of two decades' worth of documenting UW-Eau Claire Homecoming celebrations,” Mickelson said.

The exhibit is co-sponsored by the university's Learning and Technology Services, Alumni Association and Foster Gallery.

VSA Arts of Wisconsin Exhibit

The library will be hosting a travelling exhibit from VSA Arts of Wisconsin in the Grand Corridor and on the fifth floor during the month of August. The exhibit celebrates the art of adults with disabilities, and features award winners between 2003 - 2007. The exhibit is the result of a new collaboration between the library and the Heyde Center for the Arts in Chippewa Falls. They hosted the exhibit in July. The library will be working with the Heyde Center and other local art organizations to host additional exhibits in the coming months.

August Library Hours

The library will be open reduced hours in August (8/6 - 9/3) due to classes not being session. The hours are:

Monday - Friday: 7:30am - 4:30pm
Saturday and Sunday: Closed

The library will also be closed on Labor Day (Monday, Spetember 3)

Faculty & Academic Staff are invited to Library Open House

Faculty and acadmic staff are invited to a library open house on Wednesday, Aug. 29, 1-3 p.m.

• Meet the new library director, John Pollitz
• Find out about library services to support your teaching and research
• Visit with library faculty & staff and other campus colleagues
• Take a library tour (2:00)
• Attend a 20-minute crash course in using McIntyre Library (2:30)
• Enjoy refreshments

We hope to see you there!

Check Out John Pollitz's Blog

Learn more about incoming Director of Libraries John Pollitz by reading his new blog. John's also looking for a snappy name for the blog, so feel free to leave him a comment by means of welcome or to suggest a name.

John Pollitz named new library director

John Pollitz has been named Director of Libraries and will assume the position on August 6. John comes to us from Oregon State University where he is the Associate University Librarian for Public Services and Innovative Technology. Prior to that he served as Library Director at St. Ambrose University. Welcome, John!

A very special thanks goes out to Chris Cox for his extraordinary leadership as Interim Director for the past several months. Chris will resume his position as Assistant Director in August.

Education Research Complete Trial

We are currently offering a trail of Education Research Complete, an EBSCO database which offers the world's largest and most complete collection of full text education journals.
The database covers areas of curriculum instruction as well as administration, policy, funding, and related social issues, provides indexing and abstracts for more than 1,730 journals
and contains full text for nearly 830 journals. For the full title list, see http://www.ebscohost.com/titleLists/eh-coverage.pdf.

Think we should buy it? Contact Jan Bogstad or comment on this news entry.

Summer Session Library Hours (May 21 - June 10)

Here are our hours for the 3-week Summer Session, May 21 - June 10.

Monday - Thursday: 7:30am - 10:00pm
Friday: 7:30 am - 7:00pm
Saturday: 9:00am - 5:00pm
Sunday: 1:00pm - 10:00pm

CLOSED Memorial Day, Monday, May 28.

All service desks (Reference, Periodicals, and Special Colelctions) wil be open, but limited hours. Reference and Special Collections will be closed on weekends.

Library Hours May 18 - 20

Library hours for May 18 - 20:

Friday, May 18: Closed at 7:00pm
Saturday, May 19 and Sunday, May 20: CLOSED

Faculty & Staff, Please Take Our Survey

FACULTY & STAFF:

Please take 10 minutes to give us feedback on our library instruction program. Click this link or copy and paste this URL into a Web browser:

http://lib1.uwec.edu/Surveys/InfoLit_Base/index.asp

Books for Carol

A variety of books about horses, purchased in memory of Carol Lonning by the staff of the McIntyre Library, are now on display in Instructional Media Center. Lonning, who worked in Cataloging, passed away in January after a brief illness. The books about horses - fiction and nonfiction, for younger and older readers - were ordered for the IMC using money collected through staff donations. Carol was an avid lover of horses and riding and she often shared stories with us about her adventures. We hope that the books will inspire others to get outside this spring - either on a horse, or by doing something else that gives you pleasure. Enjoy!

Extended Hours & FREE Coffee!

We'll be open 24 hours the week before and of finals again this semester.

The library will be open:
· Monday, May 7 from 7:00 a.m. until midnight Friday, May 11
· Saturday, May 12 from 7:30 a.m. until 11:59 p.m.
· Sunday, May 13 from 7:30 a.m. until 7:00 p.m. Friday, May 18

Free coffee, sponsored by McIntyre Library, Circle K, College Democrats, Communication Journalism Organization and Model U.N. will be available from 10 p.m. until 6 a.m. to students studying in the library Sunday through Wednesday nights, May 13-16. Coffee will be located on the table near the new book shelf on the first floor.