Credo Reference Trial

Blackwell Library is pleased to announce a trial subscription to Credo Reference.

More information about Credo Reference can be found here.

If you'd like to give us feedback about this product, please click here.

Blackwell Lab Hours for Finals

The Blackwell computer lab will be open for Exam Week! Here's the schedule:

Monday, December 14 8am-10pm
Tuesday, December 15 8am-10pm
Wednesday, December 16 8am-10pm
Thursday, December 17 8am-10pm
Friday, December 18 8am-5pm

Best of luck on your finals! If you haven't already become a fan of Blackwell Library on Facebook, click here to visit our page!

Attention Faculty Who Use Course Reserves and E-Reserves

Our wonderful Course Reserves and Access Services staff member, Susan Wheatley, will be retiring this month. We are sad to see her go, but wish her a relaxing and enjoyable retirement!

Meanwhile, The World of Course Reserves will continue to turn, and we have enlisted some new staff to make the World of Course Reserves turn as smoothly as possible! So, starting in January, Susie Ruddy will be processing the traditional paper Course Reserves, while Debbie Malone will be processing e-Reserves. Please let these very capable and knowledgeable ladies know if you have any questions!

Help is coming your way!

Feeling stressed about semester deadlines? Need last minute help with your assignments? Help is coming your way! During the week of December 7-11, SU librarians will be available to assist you from 2:00-4:00 p.m. at these locations:

Guerreri Center, commuter lounge area
TETC
Henson

And, as always, a friendly librarian will be at the Research Help desk in the library from 8 a.m. to 10 p.m.

Also, you can listen to our podcast!

Become a Fan of Blackwell Library on Facebook!

Blackwell Library is pleased to announce our new fan page on Facebook. We will be sharing tips about using the library, links to helpful resources, and hope to solicit feedback about our services. We will also set up a RSS feed for the Blackwell Buzz so you can be alerted of new posts there! Stop by our fan page today!

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Access World News Trial!

Blackwell Library is pleased to announce trial access to Access World News: Research Collections. You can test out this databases by navigating to this page and clicking Access World News. A description of the database follows:

Access World News: Research Collection
Research unique current and archived news content for information on topics, events, issues, people, businesses, and more through this in-depth resource. Easy online access to local, in-state, national and international news sources, including newspapers, broadcast transcripts, newswires, news blogs, news web-only content and video. Alerts and "my personal" functionality helps students and faculty track and manage their research projects.

Our trial runs through December. Please let us know what you think of it!

Calling All Animal Lovers!

The student group Leash on Life is once again accepting donations of pet items for three area animal shelters: Wicomico County Humane Society, Good Shepherd Cat Sanctuary, and Somerset County Animal Control. A list of suggestions for donations is available by the donation boxes in Blackwell Library. Items will be collected through December 18th.

Leash on Life is a group who volunteers at the Wicomico County Human Society walking and playing with the dogs and cats. Add to the great work done by these generous volunteers by donating items for homeless pets!

Food for Fines!

Need to pay library fines? Want to help feed the hungry? We have an opportunity for you to do both in one fell swoop!

From November 9-15, Blackwell Library will waive $2 of your library fines for every food item donated, up to $10. We'd especially like to collect traditional Thanksgiving foods, but we'll take anything non-perishable.

So come on over to Blackwell with your food items anytime between the 9th and 15th. Pay your fines and help a family feast! What could be better?!

Allegheny Ensemble Concert to Benefit Library

The Allegheny Ensemble—cellist Jeffrey Schoyen, violinist Sachiho Murasugi and pianist Ernest Barretta—returns to Salisbury University, performing with guest singer John Wesley Wright, 7:30 p.m. Monday, November 2, in the Great Hall of Holloway Hall to support the SU Department of Music’s collections in Blackwell Library.

Selections include Brahms’ “Piano Trio” in C major and Bach’s “Unaccompanied Cello Suite No. 1.” Also on the program is "La Muerte del Angel" by Argentinian composer Astor Piazzolla, known for his compositions that combine elements of jazz and tango with classical music. Wright joins the trio for a set of folk songs from the British Isles transcribed by Beethoven.

Tickets for this incredible concert are only $15, and advance tickets are available in person at the Blackwell Library Circulation Desk or via mail. Checks made payable to the SU Foundation, Inc. may be sent to Karen Wilson, Blackwell Library, Salisbury University, 1101 Camden Ave., Salisbury, MD 21801. More information on the performance, including information on the members of the Allegheny Ensemble and John Wesley Wright, can be found here.

Library Book Sale!

As you can see from recent Buzz posts, we are celebrating a lot of really cool things here in Blackwell during the month of October. Let's add another thing to celebrate this month: reading! Of course, we celebrate reading every month but it's not every month that we offer awesome books for dirt cheap in our library book sale!

Plan to stop by Blackwell sometime between October 21st and 25th for absolutely amazing deals on fantastic fiction and non-fiction. You don't want to miss it!

Disability Awareness Month

October also commemorates Disability Awareness Month. The display in Blackwell Library is designed to recognize social and cultural contributions made by people with disabilities. In addition, we highlight some of our software packages designed to aid in research for people with various disabilities.

Kurzweil 3000^TM is the comprehensive reading, writing and learning software solution for any struggling reader, including individuals with learning difficulties, such as dyslexia, attention deficit disorder or those who are English Language Learners. http://www.kurzweiledu.com

JAWS for Windows® Screen Reading Software

ZoomText Magnifier enlarges and enhances everything on your computer screen, making all of your applications easy to see and use.

World Vegetarian Day

On October 1st marks the first day of Vegetarian Awareness Month. A healthy vegetarian diet is a significant preventative measure against heart disease, cancer, and other major diseases; can help solve world hunger; conserves precious resources such as topsoil, water, energy, and irreplaceable rain forests; and saves animals. Consider trying a meatless meal or going vegetarian for the day, month, or longer.

Libraries & First Amendment Exhibit

Blackwell Library hosts "Libraries and the First Amendment," a new exhibit provided by the Chicago-based McCormick Freedom Museum, that explores the library’s role in enabling and protecting First Amendment freedoms. Libraries provide access to information about countless subjects to widely diverse audiences, making occasional controversy almost inevitable. They can be the setting for raucous controversy, especially relating to freedom of speech and the First Amendment. This exhibit, which runs through October, gets to the bottom of these issues by examining timeless and relevant topics that speak to all Americans. In addition to the main exhibit, which is composed of a display board of how the world would look if individuals lost their First Amendment rights, quotations from important leaders of our time on the importance of the First Amendment hanging throughout the building, and thought-provoking tabletop stands, a companion Web exhibit www.FreedomInLibraries.org invites online viewers to explore specific controversies, vote on key issues and add their voice to a larger, national discussion.

New Scanner on the 1st Floor

Have you ever needed to use the scanner in the BL203 lab but there was a class using the lab? We have too. But fear not! There is now a scanner on the main floor of the library. It is located temporarily in one of the small rooms across from the Snack Room. Ask at the Circulation Desk if you need help finding it.

The scanner can convert documents and color images into bitmap, jpeg, tiff, and pdf files. These files can then be saved to a flash drive, saved to your P drive, or emailed to yourself.

Enjoy!

Attention Faculty!

Good news! We've created an entry form for new additions to the Faculty Scholarship Database. You can find out more by clicking How to Submit on the left navigation bar. When submitting entries, the form has a separate box for each type of publication, so make sure to scroll down to the type of publication you are submitting!

We will continue to accept vitae for those faculty/staff with several additions for the database. Faculty can email their publication information to their library liaisons as well.

If you have any questions, please contact Michelle Oleson or Stephanie Fridie.

News from the Stacks!

We've recently made some exciting changes here in Blackwell!

On the first floor, the Research/Instructional Services librarians worked very hard this summer to pare down our Reference Collection to the best and most useful titles. In doing so, we were able to take out two rows of shelving and add more seating space for students!

On the second floor, you may notice books have been moved up in the stacks. (What are "stacks," you ask? That's librarian jargon for the books you can check out!) We've been busy with a yearlong shifting project to move our collection. We started in the Z's and have worked our way up to the D's! New labels on the ends of rows tell you where things are at. Special thanks to all of the students who have gotten a workout moving books and also to the youth group from Allen Memorial Church who also volunteered their time and muscles to the effort!

Green Changes at the Library

Salisbury University is committed to providing sustainable services, and the library is too! Check out what all SU is doing here: http://www.salisbury.edu/president/sustainabilityinitiatives/index.html

Have you seen the new printers in the library? Beginning fall semester, you will be able to duplex print jobs. This means you’ll save paper by using both sides. Read up on how to use this service here: http://www.salisbury.edu/president/sustainabilityinitiatives/SU_double_sided_printing.pdf

Ever wanted to use the upstairs lab’s scanner, but a class was in session? A new scanner has been ordered for use on the main floor of the library! Soon you will be able to scan those articles instead of making a paper copy.

As always, recycling receptacles are available throughout the library.

If you see a way the library can improve its sustainability efforts, be sure to let us know on the Suggestion Board by the circulation desk!

Journey from the Land of No

The New Student Reader Program kicks off the 2009 academic year with 'Journey from the Land of No', a marvelous memoir by author Roya Hakakian.

"In Journey from the Land of No Roya Hakakian recalls her childhood and adolescence in prerevolutionary Iran with candor and verve. The result is a beautifully written coming-of-age story about one deeply intelligent and perceptive girl’s attempt to find an authentic voice of her own at a time of cultural closing and repression. Remarkably, she manages to re-create a time and place dominated by religious fanaticism, violence, and fear with an open heart and often with great humor."

More information about the book, the author, and the 2009 New Student Reader program - including information on a public talk by the author, book signings, an art/essay contest for incoming students, and much much more - can be found at www.salisbury.edu/library/newstudentreader

Displays in the Library

Hope everyone is enjoying summer! If you haven't been in the library lately, we invite you to stop by and see our current displays. While you're in, you could pick up a book from our Leisure Reading Collection so you have something great to read on the beach on one of these sweltering days!

Here are the current displays:
1. History of Blackwell Library with narrative texts taken from Kathryn Kalmanson's "Looking Back: Blackwell Library From the Beginning" article
2. "An Ever-changing Landscape" (various construction and aerial views of the campus from 1930s to 1970s)
3. "Rat Week" (Freshmen Orientation Rules from the 1940s and 1950s with assorted memorabilia)
4. "Successful Athletic teams" (plaques from the Alumni House)
5. "History of Salisbury" (a Nabb Research Center exhibit)

In addition to the exhibits in the display cases, there is also a 6-panel wall exhibit pertaining to the origins of the School Seal.

Summer Reading!

Looking for something to read this summer? Check out the One Maryland One Book 2009 selection... Song Yet Sung by James McBride. Available in our Leisure Reading Collection with the call number PS3613.C28 S66 2008. We have lots of other great reads too so come check it out!

What are the Blackwell Librarians up to this summer?

Sometimes people are surprised to learn that the librarians at Blackwell work all summer even though we are university faculty. Although we'd love to lounge on the beach all summer, it's a great time of the year for us to catch up on projects that we're too busy to tackle during the school year. We thought we'd take a few moments to share what we're up to this summer!

Susan Brazer, Science Librarian, is collaborating with the Chemistry Department to create an i-Tunes University site for a Chemistry class.

Stephanie Fridie, Reference and Instruction Librarian, is adding entries to the Faculty Scholarship Database this summer. She also plans to read book reviews and check lists of recommended books to see which titles are needed to support curricula in the areas of Nursing, Health Sciences, and Psychology. She reminds us that SU faculty and others may recommend books for the library through the new online form!

Kathryn Kalmanson, Head of Research Services, will be writing collection policies, weeding collections, ordering new books, creating new web pages and working on the library's fall newsletter. On the home front, Kathryn is planning to tend her vegetable garden, grow some unusual plants, and do some painting and wallpapering!

Krista Knapp, Reference and Instruction Librarian, is co-facilitating an online course with Dr. Mullins in the CMAT Department. She is also hard at work updating web-based tutorials to feature the new library website. Krista and her colleagues Mandy and Michelle will present their poster "Faculty Scholarship Database: Ingenuity through Collaboration" at the American Library Association annual conference in Chicago next month. After she goes to Chicago, she and her family are headed out to beautiful Colorado Springs to visit breathtaking sites such as Garden of the Gods and Pikes Peak!

Michelle Oleson, Web/Digital Services Librarian, is attending the ALA Conference in Chicago as well. She designed the poster that she, Mandy and Krista are presenting. When she's not creating and editing web pages and tending to the library's technology issues, she plans to enjoy as much "staycation" time in Salisbury as possible. However, she will take a short jaunt to see Tori Amos in Minneapolis in August and will attend a sci fi convention in Atlanta at the end of the summer.

Database Trials!

We have two new database trials to share with you. The first is AtoZ Maps Online. This is the largest online database of downloadable maps for college libraries. You will need the username and password to login, so please email Krista Knapp if you'd like to try this database out.

The other trial database is Global Road Warrior. You can learn about cultural stereotypes and superstitions, social and business etiquette, dating rituals, holidays and festivals, and local cuisine. Once again, email Krista Knapp for the username and password.

These database trials will last through the month of June. We'd love to hear your feedback.

Tour Our New Website!

Have you had a chance to check out Blackwell Library's new website? Take a look at this four minute video tour created by Reference and Instruction Librarian, Krista Knapp.

We'd love to hear what you think! Email Michelle Oleson, Web/Digital Services Librarian, with feedback!

Library Purchase of Student Art Work

The library is pleased to announce our acquisition of the following painting:
Artist: Jessica Hessler
Format: Oil on canvas
Title: Filling the Void
Size: 30" x 40"
Year of Creation: 2009

The library selects either one or two works per year from the two senior art shows to receive a prize. The purpose of the Library Prize is to create a permanent display in the library of the best SU student art work. This will showcase excellent work, continue the University's tradition of displaying art not just in galleries but throughout the campus, and give students weary from study an opportunity to integrate the aesthetic with the scholarly.

Eligibility information:

● The art work must have been created by an SU student while enrolled at Salisbury University.
● Eligible works must be in a finished and stable state.
● The format is restricted to 2-dimensional fine art works, such as painting, drawing and photography.
● Because of wall space limitations, the scale, or size, of the work will be considered in deliberations.
● Eligible works should integrate well with the architecture of and environment in the library building. The Dean of Libraries and Instructional Resources reserves the right to make final decisions regarding this matter.
● Not For Sale (NFS) works will be excluded from consideration.

If the criteria are not met there may be years when no prize is awarded.

The funding for this comes largely from the Middendorf Foundation, Inc., which gave the library $20,000 in December, 2007, to establish an endowment for this purpose.

This year's winning art is being displayed temporarily in Dean Alice Bahr's office until it is cataloged and mounted in a public area.

Our new website launches 6/1!

Through the efforts of the Web Committee, headed by our innovative and extraordinarily talented Web/Digital Services Librarian, Michelle Oleson, Blackwell Library is pleased to present our new website, which will officially launch on June 1st.

The brand new look features easy search boxes for books and articles as well as a live feed of our Blackwell Buzz. The new tab format allows us to provide the same content but in a cleaner, more organized way (and you know how we librarians love to organize!) Be sure to check out the new guides under the Services Tab for Faculty, Students and Community. Read our new "About Us" section featuring a message from Dean Alice Bahr. The Help Tab offers a brand new page about technology in the library, and of course links to all the other wonderful sources of help available to Blackwell Library users.

If you have any questions or comments, please contact Michelle Oleson. We'd love to hear what you think!

Follow Friday

Have you checked out Twitter? See the list below for a few of the Authors, Librarians, and Libraries on Twitter. Some even give research help!

Authors

Maureen Johnson: http://twitter.com/maureenjohnson

New York City http://www.maureenjohnsonbooks.com/

Bio: author of Suite Scarlett and Devilish.


Meg Cabot: http://twitter.com/megcabot

Key West, FL http://www.megcabot.com/

Bio: Author of over 40 books including the Princess Diaries, Allie Finkle, Queen of Babble, Heather Wells and Airhead series.


Chuck Palahniuk: http://twitter.com/chuckpalahniuk

Los Angeles http://www.chuckpalahniuk.net/

Bio: Author of Fight Club and many more.


Cory Doctorow: http://twitter.com/doctorow

http://craphound.com/

Bio: Co-editor of the blog Boing Boing & author of Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom.


Neil Gaiman: http://twitter.com/neilhimself

http://www.neilgaiman.com/

Bio: Author of Neverwhere, American Gods, Coraline, Stardust, and The Sandman comic series.



Librarians

Jason Griffey: http://twitter.com/griffey

Chattanooga, TN

Bio: I write and talk about higher education, libraries, technology, social networks, media, and sometimes zombies.


Meredith Farkas: http://twitter.com/librarianmer

Barre, VT http://meredith.wolfwater.com/wordpress/

Bio: Librarian, writer and tech-geek creating a ruckus in rural VT


Jessamyn West: http://twitter.com/jessamyn

Vermont http://librarian.net

Bio: rural librarian geek


Joe Murphy: http://twitter.com/libraryfuture

New Haven, CT

Bio: Joe Murphy, Librarian at Yale. My thoughts on the future of libraries, emerging trends in technology, and best practices for evolving libraries


Tara Calishain: http://twitter.com/ResearchBuzz

http://www.researchbuzz.com/

Bio: Writing about search engines and online information collections since 1996.


David Lee King: http://twitter.com/davidleeking

Topeka, Kansas http://www.davidleeking.com/

Bio: I write about, talk about, and work around libraries, social media, and digital communities.


Mandy Hackley: http://twitter.com/maudeclaude

Salisbury, MD http://faculty.salisbury.edu/~mlhackley/

Business/Instructional Librarian


Krista Knapp: http://twitter.com/PaisleyRose

Salisbury, MD http://faculty.salisbury.edu/~kmknapp/

Reference/Instructional Librarian


Michelle Oleson: http://twitter.com/chelliemo

Salisbury, MD http://faculty.salisbury.edu/~mloleson/

Web / Digital Services Librarian



Libraries

UIUC Undergrad Lib: http://twitter.com/askundergrad

http://www.library.uiuc.edu/ugl/

Lots of great advice for students including research aids, college-related news, and more.


BSULibrary: http://twitter.com/BSULibrary

Boise, ID http://library.boisestate.edu/

Research tweets from your campus librarians: Memo, Kim, Sara, Ellie, Erin, and Rick

Final Exam Hours

Blackwell Library Hours:
Wednesday 5/13 8am-2am
Thursday 5/14 8am-2am
Friday 5/15 8am-10pm
Saturday 5/16 10am-10pm
Sunday 5/17 12pm-2am
Monday 5/18 8am-2am
Tuesday 5/19 8am-2am
Wednesday 5/20 8am-11pm
Thursday 5/21 8am-4pm
Friday 5/22 8am-4pm

Blackwell Computer Lab Hours:
Wednesday 5/13 8am-10pm
Thursday 5/14 8am-10pm
Friday 5/15 8am-10pm
Saturday 5/16 10am-10pm
Sunday 5/17 12pm-10pm
Monday 5/18 8am-10pm
Tuesday 5/19 8am-10pm
Wednesday 5/20 8am-10pm

Faculty Scholarship Database

Blackwell Library is happy to present the newly redesigned Faculty Scholarship Database! What is that, you ask? The database represents an interdepartmental, collaborative effort initiated by the Library to document the whole of published works by SU Faculty and staff. The database includes articles, awards, books, book chapters, edited books, conference proceedings, creative works, dissertations, e-publications, instructional resources, manuals, poster sessions, presentations, reports, technology, texts and other scholarship.

Check out the nearly 1000 records in the database here: http://www.salisbury.edu/library/facscholar/

For more about the database, read about its history and progression here: http://www.salisbury.edu/library/facscholar/about.asp

If you have any questions about the database, please contact:
Michelle Oleson, Web/Digital Services Librarian, mloleson@salisbury.edu
Stephanie Fridie, Reference/Instructional Librarian, smfridie@salisbury.edu

Newsbank Database Trial!

From now through December 2009, Blackwell Library offers access to the Access World News: Research Collection.

Research unique current and archived news content for information on topics, events, issues, people, businesses, and more through this in-depth resource. Easy online access to local, in-state, national and international news sources, including newspapers, broadcast transcripts, newswires, news blogs, news web-only content and video.

Two local titles of interest:

The Baltimore Sun

Daily Times, Salisbury, MD

Please let us know what you think!

GPO Takes to the Streets

We've added an entertaining & informative video to the Government Info section of the website:
http://www.salisbury.edu/library/subject/govinfo/index.html
the click on "The GPO" tab. Scroll down to video.

"What does the public know about the Federal Depository Library Program? GPO Takes to the Streets"

The U.S. Government Printing Office, located in Washington, DC, disseminates official information from all three branches of the Federal Government. Blackwell Library is a member of the Federal Depository Library Program. For more information on that fascinating program, click here: http://catalog.gpo.gov/fdlpdir/public.jsp

Celebrate National Library Week @ Blackwell!

"National Library Week is a national observance sponsored by the American Library Association (ALA) and libraries across the country each April. It is a time to celebrate the contributions of our nation's libraries and librarians and to promote library use and support. All types of libraries - school, public, academic and special - participate." - American Library Association website

We have many exciting events planned, including a fiction book sale, Food for Fines, and a Faculty Reception. For a list of what's going on this week, click here.

Celebrate National Poetry Month @ Blackwell!!

Indulge in some lovely poetry by visiting our National Poetry Month display, featuring library staff members' favorite poets and poems. Also check out our National Poetry Month website!

Food for Fines!

Do you have library fines? Is your kitchen overstocked with canned goods? Blackwell Library has the solution to your troubles! For every canned food item donated you will get $2 off your library fines! You will be fine-free and helping those in need. It is a win-win opportunity brought to you by your library!

Faculty Reception at Blackwell on April 17th

Blackwell Library will host a reception to acknowledge and celebrate faculty scholarship on Friday, April 17, 2009, from 3:00-5:00 PM. Faculty will be recognized by their Deans for their many contributions and achievements including publications, creative works, outstanding grants, awards, and collaborative or interdisciplinary initiatives. There will also be cake!

Please note that the library will be closed to the public during the event.

Blackwell Library Supports Public Radio Delmarva!

Today, Wednesday, March 25, 2009, is Blackwell Library Day on Public Radio Delmarva. Librarians and library staff are volunteering to support the station's fundraising efforts by manning the phones. So, if you call in for the fundraising drive today from 9am to 6pm, your call will be answered by a friendly representative from Blackwell Library!

Dean Alice Bahr says that Blackwell Library is happy to support Public Radio Delmarva because we have the common goal of an informed citizenry. In addition to fostering this goal, Blackwell Library is also pleased to offer folks in Wicomico County and neighboring counties borrowing privileges. We also offer a wonderful juvenile collection, federal and state government documents, and access to many resources for research including Reference Librarians!

Support Public Radio Delmarva by calling 410-543-6895 or visit their website to contribute online.

Benefit Concert for the Library a Great Success!

A huge "thank you" goes out from Blackwell Library to Mike O'Loughlin and Friends who so generously donated their time and talents at the recent benefit concert featuring Irish and American music. With the proceeds from the event, $1000 will be used to purchase retrospective Political Science titles from the Resources for College Libraries list and $500 will be used to purchase CDs for our Music collection. Thanks again to Mike and Friends and everyone who attended the concert!

New Location for Value Line!

Our business students will be pleased to know that we've moved our Value Line terminal to the Accounting Computing/Reference area. The new Value Line terminal is a kiosk station so you do not need to log in with your SU username and password. However, a librarian will need to log you into the Value Line website. Just ask at the Research Services desk for assistance!

The Value Line station also hosts some FirstSearch databases for which our license limits to one user. Ask at the Research Services desk for more information about these databases.

Any questions or comments about Value Line can be directed to Mandy Hackley, Business Librarian.

New Environmental Journal!

Blackwell Library is pleased to announce our new subscription to the journal Environmental History.

Dr. Mike Lewis says, "The Journal Environmental History is the journal of record for the American Society of Environmental History. It is the pre-eminent journal for Environmental Historians world wide – and the third most widely cited journal in History."

We are very excited to provide access to such an important resource. You can find the latest issue on the shelf in our Current Periodicals section! If you have any questions, please contact Susan Brazer, Science Librarian.

Concert to Benefit the Library!

Please join us on Saturday, February 28th at 7:30 pm in Fulton Hall's Black Box Theatre for a concert of Irish and American music hosted by Mike O'Loughlin and friends. Tickets are $15 and can be purchased at the library circulation desk. Come out and support the library while you listen to some awesome tunes!

New Circulation Chat!

The Circulation folks at Blackwell have a brand new chat feature where you can ask quick questions from anywhere!

Go to the Circulation web page to access the Meebo chat widget:
http://www.salisbury.edu/library/circulation/index.html. The chat service will be available from 8 am to 4 pm Monday through Friday. It's a great place to ask questions about anything circulation-related! Give it a try!

And, if you've used the service and want to give us some feedback, contact Sharon Payne, Head of Circulation. We'd love to know what you think!

Vanderbilt Television News Archive Trial!

Salisbury has a trial of the Vanderbilt Television News Archive through March 30.

This exciting database includes access to newscasts from ABC, CBS, NBC, CNN and Fox News dating back to 1968. Users can view all of the videos from CNN & NBC in our database by streaming online video, which is essentially around 40 years of news available immediately!

Please send any feedback to Krista Knapp, liaison to the Communications Department.

Calling All Faculty!

Welcome back! Hope your spring semester is off to a smooth start and that you had an enjoyable break!

Do your students have big research projects this semester? Please consider collaborating with your liaison librarian. We'd love to teach your students the skills they need to tackle any research assignment you throw at them! We can tailor an instruction session specifically to your students' projects, or we can create web guides or online tutorials. Just contact the liaison to your department to discuss the various options!

Blackwell librarians want to help you and your students have the best semester possible!

Happy Inauguration Day!

Check out these websites for more information about today's inauguration:

Live coverage from CNN
Live video of inaugural parade from Harris
Inauguration Fast Facts
Inauguration schedule

As we celebrate this historic event as a nation, it's also a great time to reflect back on inaugurations past. This website features clips from famous inaugural speeches.

Come Learn About Copyright!

Teaching & Learning Resources is sponsoring a workshop on copyright featuring speaker Kimberly Bonner of the University of Maryland University College. The seminar will cover key copyright issues that educators should be aware of when preparing and delivering online content. Join us for this seminar in TE-213F on Monday, February 23rd from 9am until 12pm. If you can not attend the entire seminar, please come for as much time as you have available.

Sign-up to attend this seminar by visiting: http://www.salisbury.edu/library/tlr/prof_dev/show_courses.asp

If you have any questions, please contact Robin Hoffman in the TLR.

Blackwell Library's Top 10 of 2008

We hope everyone had a wonderfully happy and relaxing holiday season, and we look forward to seeing you in the library in 2009! Although 2008 has come and gone, it's nice to reflect on the old year as we embark on the new one. So, we present to you our Top 10 of 2008:

10. New laptops
We have several new laptops available to check out for use in the building. We offer wireless internet access too!

9. New carpeting
So, maybe it’s purely an aesthetic change…but it looks great!

8. Citation Linker
This handy dandy tool will help you track down citations! Click here for more information!

7. New websites page
Our new web librarian has created an awesome delicious account for us to save and tag our favorite websites. You should definitely check it out!

6. Communication & Mass Media Complete
Not just for our Communications department, this huge database, chock full of full-text, is also great for many other subject areas including psychology, sociology, conflict analysis, and business.

5. Expanded Leisure Reading Collection
With all that free time you have, why not do some recreational reading? We have a vibrant and dynamic selection of both fiction and nonfiction that is sure to entertain and enlighten. Stop by and check it out on the main floor of the library.

4. RCL Titles
Last year we identified titles from the Resources for College Libraries list that are not owned by SU. Librarians ordered many titles from this list to boost the quality of our collection in each subject area. These new books began arriving in 2008 and you can find them on the shelves just waiting to be read!

3. Electronic Circulation Notices
No more snail mail circulation notices! Have a book overdue? You’ll find out ASAP through email!

2.Interactive library tutorial/Video tutorials
In 2008, Blackwell librarians created several new tutorials to help users learn about how to navigate the library and its resources. You can take the general library tutorial here, or check out the short video tutorials on a range of topics here.

1. New librarians!
Even though we have many fantastic books, journals, and databases, the best resources at Blackwell Library are our librarians and staff. We were fortunate to add to our family this fall with the addition of Michelle Oleson, Web/Digital Services librarian; Leigh Ann DePope, Serials Librarian; and David Ranzan, Archivist.

We look forward to bringing you the Blackwell Buzz in 2009!