Government Document of the Month - February

Document of the Month: February 2011

On May 20, 2009, President Obama signed into law an Act that established the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission to “examine the causes, domestic and global, of the current financial and economic crisis in the United States.”  During the course of its investigation, the ten person bipartisan committee reviewed millions of pages of documents, interviewed more than 700 witnesses, and held 19 days of public hearings in New York, Washington, D.C., and communities across the country that were hit hard by the crisis.  (Announcement from the FDLP)

You can find the Commission’s final report on the Document of the Month display, call number: Y3.2:F49/2/C86. Please take all documents to the Circulation Desk to check out.

New at Blackwell!

We have recently upgraded our wireless ports in the library so you should notice faster wireless connections.  We are also in the process of adding 23 new PCs to the main floor for student use.  Please stop by and try out our improved computing services! 

Reminder: Changes To Fines start 1/24

Effective January 24th,  Blackwell Library will be changing the way it handles your library fines.  One option, which hasn’t changed, is to pay your fines immediately at the Library Circulation Desk.  What’s new is that after 30 days your fines will be transferred to the SU Cashier, and the Library will no longer be able to accept your payment.  The benefit of this change is that the Cashier will accept your credit card, as well as Gull Card or personal check, for payment.

Government Document Survey

Help us serve you better by completing a short survey.  The survey is 16 questions.  Answers you provide will be treated as strictly confidential and will only be shared with the U.S. Government Printing office and your Federal depository library in an anonymous and aggregated format.

Thank you for taking the time to fill out this online survey by February 28, 2011.

Go to the survey: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/HSLCRRB

Please Read: Changes to Fines Coming Soon!

Very soon the Library will be changing the way it handles your library fines.  One option, which hasn’t changed, is to pay your fines immediately at the Library Circulation Desk.  What’s new is that after 30 days your fines will be transferred to the SU Cashier, and the Library will no longer be able to accept your payment.  The benefit of this change is that the Cashier will accept your credit card, as well as Gull Card or personal check, for payment.

Announcing ARTstor Mobile!

The ARTstor Digital Library is now accessible to registered ARTstor users through the iPad, iPhone, and the iPod Touch, providing read-only features such as searching and browsing, zooming, and viewing saved image groups. We are also introducing the Flashcard View for ARTstor Mobile, which allows users to test their knowledge by viewing the image without textual information, and then flipping the image to reveal the image record. This new view can be found under the “Views” menu as “Flashcard.” ARTstor Mobile is only available through the Safari browser, just go to http://library.artstor.org  from your mobile device. For more details, visit our Help page at http://help.artstor.org/wiki/index.php/ARTstor_Mobile.

Announcing Another way to Get Research Help! ER: Emergency Research - All this week!

Welcome back to campus!  We at Blackwell library hope you had a relaxing Thanksgiving Break.  We realize now it's "noses to the grindstone" through the rest of the semester.  Maybe you still need sources for a paper?  Maybe you need to find some data?  Perhaps you need some help with citation?

Don't worry, we've got your back!  Blackwell Librarians will be stationed all over campus this week to help you with last minute research needs as part of our ER (Emergency Research) service!  We will be available from 2-4PM in three locations this week: Guerrieri Center, Henson Food Court and TETC Food Court. 

Stop by and see us!