Library Tours for Students

Fall 2008 McIntyre Library Student Tours



No registration necessary! Times are varied to meet student schedules.
Tours start in the Grand Corridor outside the library entrance.
Tours will be conducted during the four weeks listed below.

Tour Times from September 15 through October 9:
Mondays at 5:30 pm
Tuesdays at 3 pm
Wednesdays at 10 am
Thursdays at noon

NO tours on Fridays

These students never did find their way around the library.

Bill Miller CDs

Bill Miller is a member of Earth Tones, a group which will appear at the State Theatre on September 12. See http://www.eauclairearts.com/calendar.phtml

Check out and enjoy the CDs we own by this Native American flute player:

Cedar Dream Songs

Ghostdance

Loon, Mountain and Moon

Native Suite

Raven in the Snow

Library Location: Compact Discs (1st Floor)
Call Number: M1669.M48

Welcome, Joy

Welcome to Joy Hopkins, our new reference assistant.

Library hours during August

The library will be open 7:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. during the month of August. For more information please see http://www.uwec.edu/library/aboutUs/hours.htm.

Universal Borrowing Unavailable 7/29-8/14

Univeral Borrowing will be unavailable Tuesday, July 29^th - Monday, August 14^th while Voyager is upgraded. Please use interlibrary loan.

Bryan, Systems Librarian

We are happy to welcome Bryan Vogh, new head of library systems. Email Bryan at voghbs, call 836-4962, or find him in his office, L-5013.

Ask Eric

Have a reference question? Ask Eric Jennings, our newest reference librarian. Eric can be reached by calling 836-4076, email jenninge, or stop in to welcome him in L1001E.

Welcome, Bob!

Bob Butterfield is the new library services assistant in the collection development department. He can be found on the 3rd floor of the library, in L3040. Call 836-5947 or email butterfr@uwec.edu.

Say Hello to Hans

We are pleased to welcome Hans Kishel, our newest reference/instruction librarian. Visit Hans in his office at L-1001A, or say hello by calling 836-2959 or emailing kishelhf.

Leslie & Betsy Retire

Best wishes for a great retirement to Leslie Foster, government publications librarian, and Betsy Richmond, reference librarian.

EBSCOHost Academic Search, now bigger and better!

McIntyre Library has upgraded from EBSCO's Academic Search Elite database to the more robust Academic Search Premier database. The Premier database offers access to about 5000 more peer-reviewed journals and provides more full-text than the Elite database. Because the Academic Search databases cover a broad range of disciplines and publication types (including scholarly and popular journals and newspapers), they are often a good starting point for research. If you have questions about the new enhanced EBSCOHost database, please contact the reference desk at 836-3858.

New Carpeting on 1st Floor - Limited Access, June 19-27

We're rolling out new carpeting later this month. We'll still be open but things will be messy! Because of this there will be limited access to the library's 1st floor from Thursday, June 19 through Friday, June 27.

• There will be no computer access on the first floor. Computer labs on other floors will be available.
  
• The Reference Desk will be closed. Ask at the Circulation Desk for research help or for help locating materials.
  
• Call 836-3858 or email library.reference@uwec.edu to set up an office consultation with a Reference Librarian.

We apologize for the inconvenience, but it’ll be worth it!

Fire System Maintenance

Work on the fire alarm & sprinkler system will be occurring in the library from June 4 to June 10.

Maintenance will begin on the 5th floor & work down.

If the area you are in is noisy, you may want to move to another floor.

We apologize for the inconvenience.

Library Survey Winners

Thank you to everyone who responded to our library survey during the last two weeks of school. We had over 2200 people respond to the survey. Many of you took the time to write some terrific comments that will help us as we plan our future. But here is the important news. Who won the Ipod and the Best Buy gift certificates?

IPod - Mandy Brick - Undergraduate

$20 gift certificate - Megan Cherrier - Undergraduate

$20 gift certificate - Andrea Matthiesen - Undergraduate

$20 gift certificate - Amy Streff - Undergraduate

$20 gift certificate - Gabrielle Johnson - Undergraduate

$20 gift certificate - Crystal Boe - Graduate

Thanks you to everyone who filled out the survey!

John Pollitz

Art is Looking Up II

Have you ever wondered about why the ceilings in the Library book stacks are painted black? Daniela Parlimaru found one reason.

They make a great background for her video art. Here are some images from her work.

See if you can find her installations.

Art is Looking UP

Watch for a library first--a video art installation.

UW-Eau Claire art student Daniela Parlimaru will be presenting her installation on the 2nd and 3rd floors of the library, through the end of the semester.

We hope you will enjoy her work.

Chance to win an iPod

Students:

Win a FREE iPod NANO!

or

One of 5-$20 gift certificates from Best Buy

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(Winners will be notified in June)

STUDENTS, FACULTY, STAFF

Complete the library survey at:

http://survey.libqual.org/index.cfm?ID=571343

Thanks for your help!

Free Coffee Finals Week

Thanks to Sodexho you can get that needed boost over finals week!

Free coffee will be available to students studying in the library:

10 p.m. until 6 a.m.

Sunday through Thursday nights,

May 11 through 15.

Extended Library Hours

Beginning Monday May 5, McIntyre Library will go into Massive Study Mode (MSM). Our extended hours are:

MAY 5		MONDAY			7:00 AM --
MAY 6		TUESDAY			OPEN
MAY 7		WEDNESDAY			CONTINUOUSLY
MAY 8		THURSDAY			UNTIL
MAY 9		FRIDAY			-- MIDNIGHT
MAY 10		SATURDAY			7:30 AM - MIDNIGHT
MAY 11		SUNDAY			7:30 AM --OPEN
FINALS BEGIN
MAY 12		MONDAY			CONTINUOUSLY
MAY 13		TUESDAY
MAY 14		WEDNESDAY
MAY 15		THURSDAY			UNTIL
MAY 16		FRIDAY			7:00 PM
MAY 17		SATURDAY			CLOSED	COMMENCEMENT
MAY 18		SUNDAY			CLOSED

Best wishes to everyone studying hard to make the grade!

John

Blogging Consumer Information

The United States government has printed and distributed a popular booklet titled Consumer Information Catalog for many years. This list of government publications from the General Services Administration is a popular source for FREE information on everything from food, health, and housing, to family and small business.

Take a peek at the latest online copy at http://www.pueblo.gsa.gov/catalog.pdf to find out about ID theft, electronic checking, and many other topics. Or pick up your print copy near the Government Publications Dept display case on the first floor of the library, near L1033.

A more light-hearted look at consumer information is found in the GOV GAB blog located at http://blog.usa.gov/roller/

Have fun—and enjoy getting something free from your government.