Summer 2013 Library Hours

McIntyre Library hours during the summer (May 20-August 4) are as follows:

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

The library will close early the following days:

• June 7 (at 4:30 pm)
• July 3 (at 7 pm)
• August 2 (at 4:30 pm)

The library will be closed the following days:

• June 8-9
• July 4
• August 3-4

Free Coffee During Finals Week

Plan on studying late into the night in McIntyre Library? The library and Sodexho will offer free coffee from 10 p.m. - 4 a.m. Sunday-Thursday nights of finals week (May 12-16).  The coffee is located across from the library's circulation desk on the first floor.

McIntyre Library has also extended its tea cart service until 1 am during the week before and of finals.

Dogs in the Library for Finals Week

Stressed by the thought of finals week?  Plan on taking a break from your studies during finals week and pet a dog in McIntyre Library.

• Sunday, May 12 from 6-7:30 pm
• Monday, May 13 from 5-8 pm
• Tuesday, May 14 from 4:30-7 pm
• Wednesday, May 15 from 6-7:30 pm

A special thank you goes out to Kathie Schneider, Rex Lemke, Barbara Young, April Pierson, and Anne Papalia for bringing their guide or therapy dogs to McIntyre Library!

McIntyre Library Pre-Finals & Finals Week Hours

McIntyre Library will be open 24 hours the week before and of finals, beginning May 6.

• Pre-finals week: The library will open on Monday, May 6 starting at 7 a.m. and stay open continuously until Friday, May 10 at midnight.
• On Saturday, May 11, the library will open at 7:30 a.m. and close at midnight.
• Finals week: The library will open Sunday, May 12 at 7:30 a.m. and stay open continuously utnil Friday, May 17 at 7 p.m.

 The library will be closed May 18 & May 19 and be open reduced hours during the interim (May 20-June 9).  For a full listing of hours, please visit the library hours page.

4th and 5th Floors of Library are Quiet Floors

Did you know that the library has quiet floors?  The library's 4th and 5th floors are "quiet floors."  These are floors in which talking in whispers is acceptable but anything above that should be done elsewhere in the library.

If you have any questions or concerns about the quietness level on the 4th and 5th floors of the library, please leave a comment in the suggestion box on the first floor, on this blog, or email the library director, John Pollitz. 

PsycTESTS: Finding test instruments just got easier!

McIntyre Library now offers access to PsycTESTS courtesy of a private donor.   PsycTESTS, produced by the American Psychological Association (APA), is  a repository of psychological tests and measures, including thousands of actual test instruments and test items that are available for immediate download and use in research and teaching. It is likely to be useful for those in fields such as psychology, psychiatry, management, business, education, social science, neuroscience, law, medicine, and social work.

To access PsycTESTS, visit the library’s Databases by Title page and navigate to PsycTests.

Please contact the library if you have questions about this or any other library resource. Enjoy!

Spring 2013 McIntyre Library Newsletter

McIntyre Library just released its Spring 2013 newsletter Off the Shelf.  Articles include McIntyre Library's 50th anniversary as part of Wisconsin's Area Research Center Network, information about the new all-in-one search tool, Primo, highlighting new pieces of the art collection hanging on the walls of the library, and more!  You can get your newsletter by clicking on the link above or using this link.  Enjoy!

National Poetry Month

April is National Poetry Month! Join us in honoring poets and poetry by visiting McIntyre Library's PoeTree (poe-eh-tree), on display on the first floor of the library.

The PoeTree is for everyone! Stop by the PoeTree, write down a poem you love or a poem you've written yourself, and hang it on the tree!

Questions about the PoeTree? Contact Research & Instruction Librarian Robin Miller.

Chronicle of Higher Education now available online

The Chronicle of Higher Education is now available online for UW-Eau Claire faculty, staff and students through McIntyre Library. The subscription includes web site content updated throughout the day, text from the current print edition (posted every Monday morning), a searchable archive of content going back about 25 years, commentary and essays from the weekly Chronicle Review magazine, and special reports such as the annual Almanac.

To access the Chronicle from on or off campus, use links from the Library’s website (www.uwec.edu/library). Click on “Databases by Title” and navigate to the Chronicle of Higher Education, or use this direct link: http://xerxes.library.wisconsin.edu/uwec/?base=databases&action=proxy&database=UWI40192 .

Thanks for the feedback!

Usability testing now complete

Thanks to all the students who provided feedback on the library's website! We hope to be conducting some follow-up testing next semester, so watch this space.

Artist Presentation - Tiit Raid - Friday, April 19

Do you ever wonder what goes into making a piece of artwork?  Local artist and emeritus art professor Tiit Raid on April 19 will describe his process of creating two works hanging in McIntyre Library, “Remain New” and“The Lesson.” Light refreshments will be served.

McIntyre Library
Breezeway (2nd Floor, L2022)

Friday, April 19, 2013;
Noon-1 pm


To find the paintings in the library, head to the southwest corner of the 1st floor to view "The Lesson."  "Remain New" is hung across from the entrance to the Special Collections and Archives on the library's 5th floor.

Library Statistics Weeks (March 24-April 6)

Heads up! The library is collecting statistics on the number of people in the library throughout the day this week (March 24-30).  We are also going to map the specific areas where people are studying next week (March 31-April 6). 

Why are we doing this? We are getting an accurate picture of how many people study on each floor of the library and where they are studying so that we can allocate the space on each floor with the types of tables that are needed.

Thank you for your patience.