New Music Database Trials!

We are pleased to announce a second trial of Classical Scores Library from Alexander Street Press through 10-29-08. This trial gives us access to the following databases:

• African American Music Reference:
http://aamr.alexanderstreet.com/
• Classical Music Reference Library:
http://bakr.alexanderstreet.com
• The Garland Encyclopedia of World Music Online:
http://glnd.alexanderstreet.com
• Classical Scores Library:
http://shmu.alexanderstreet.com

If you have any questions or comments about these trial databases, please contact Kathryn Kalmanson, the liaison to the Music Department.

New Library Tutorial!

Ever wanted a quick introduction to Blackwell Library's resources and services? We now offer an interactive 30 minute tutorial you can complete to get up to speed on all we have to offer here at the library! You can even print out a certificate of completion when you are done!

You can find the tutorial here: http://www.salisbury.edu/library/instruction/tutorials/start.htm.

Enjoy! If you have questions or comments, please contact Stephen Ford, our Information Literacy Librarian.

New @ Blackwell!

Have you stopped by the library lately? You may have noticed that we have brand new carpeting! But that's not all that's new! We also are proud to announce:

• 21 new wireless laptops available for checkout at the Circulation Desk.
• New version of GoPrint that counts down your available printouts.
• Updated software on the Government Documents computer (in the glass room on the main floor.)
• New catalog records for the Library of English Literature, a collection including Dickens, Gerard Manley Hopkins, Edmund Spenser, etc. Find them doing a Series search!
• Two new librarians (biographies to follow in a separate post!): Michelle Oleson, our new Web/Digital Services Librarian and arriving next week, our new Serials Librarian, Leigh Ann DePope.