Greetings! Those of you in and around Library Land already know that we regularly arrange for trial access to new research databases. Doing this offers you, our library patrons, a chance to check out the content and “kick the tires” as it were… I’m excited to announce that we’re kicking off the academic year in high style with two great offerings from Proquest: Dissertations & Theses (Full-text Dissertations!!!) and Accounting & Tax Standards. Trial access will be available through September 25th. Please tell us what you think!
Hello Everyone!
I’m very excited to announce that CCSU Media Center will be filming a video to help students find their way around the Burritt Library. ( It will have a ghost/horror type theme). The filming will take place on Monday, August 25 from 12:00 pm - 4:45 pm. Please be advised that some areas in the library may be closed off for short periods of time. Some patron computers may not be available, and lights may be turned off from time to time. Also if you happen to be using the library that day and need to be near the filming, please keep the noise down. I’m sorry– I don’t mean to be one of those librarians that says “ssshhh”, but in this case it’s needed. If you have any questions, please contact me, Susan Slaga at 832-2095 or slagas@ccsu.edu. Thank you in advance.
If you’re like me, then you’re in utter disbelief that August is already upon us! The hubbub of summer sessions has subsided as we simultaneously gear up for the fall! This current state of being is reflected in our reduced hours of operation during the month of August. We’ll be open to the public weekdays from 8am - 5pm. Come visit us, and enjoy the rest of summer!
Campus Research is a comprehensive collection of news and business information and law-related resources, including state and federal laws, regulations, cases, and law reviews. This database is available to the CCSU community courtesy of iCONN, the Connecticut Digital Library.
The CONSULS system will be offline on Monday, Aug. 4th for upgrades. The following services will be unavailable: Library catalog, Digital Course Reserves, and off-campus database access.
An interesting read from Lorcan Dempsy. Original post at
http://orweblog.oclc.org/archives/001687.html
Changing research behaviors and libraries
July 08, 2008 • Categories: Research, learning and scholarly communication
Libraries are not ends in themselves, although it is tempting to talk about them as if they are. They support research, learning, civic engagement, personal development, …. This means that it is as important, or more important, to understand how technology is impacting those behaviors as it is to understand how technology is impacting libraries themselves.
Dr. Ronnie Fernandez has a blog focusing on
social and political commentary about “race”, ethnicity, immigration, sociology and social change
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I saw this post on LISNews. A fine choice indeed.
‘Guybrarians’ - An Overdue Phenomenon at Many Libraries, and a Fine Career Choice
by Bibliofuture
Perhaps no one portrayed a stereotypical librarian better than actress Shirley Jones in the 1962 movie, “The Music Man.” Her character, Marian Paroo, was the town’s conservative, unmarried, bespectacled and socially awkward librarian, who only learns to loosen up when a fast-talking salesman stops into her Iowa town.
This stereotype of librarians as studious and socially awkward has persisted in American culture over the years - something that’s evident not only in film and television characters, but in the McFee Company’s (www.mcphee.com) Librarian Action Figure, released a few years ago. The action figure is modeled as a gray-haired woman in glasses, wearing frumpy clothing. Press a button on her back and she lifts her arm in a “shushing” motion.
These are exactly the stereotypes today’s librarians would like to get rid of, especially one new class of librarians - “guybrarians,” or male librarians who are daring to take their careers where previous generations of men rarely did.
Ok, so by now many of you have discovered our latest CONSULS hack– the ability to send a call number and location information in the form of a text message. I think it’s pretty spiffy and hope you like it too. When people ask why I enjoy working in libraries one of the first things that jumps to mind is the culture of cooperation and sharing which exists in library land from the smallest consortia, like CONSULS, to endeavors on a mind-boggling scale like OCLC’s resource sharing. This texting feature was developed by the Tripod Library Consortium (Bryn Mawr, Haverford and Swarthmore Colleges) as an add-on to the Innovative Interfaces Webpac Pro library catalog… and they were kind enough to share their source code so that other sites running the same system could benefit. I just adapted it to suit our local needs. Here’s to you guys!
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This comes courtesy of D-Lib Magazine which continues to produce amazing features. See