About PB

Library Director and Undergraduate Education Librarian at the UConn Stamford Campus - Jeremy Richard Library.

UITS Data Center Shutdown for Maintenance, Sat. August 8

UITS is shutting down the University Data Center this weekend for maintenance, Saturday August 8, 2015. This means some services will be unavailable on Saturday from 5:00AM to 5:00PM. Please click on the link below to get more information on availability of services:   http://datacenter.uits.uconn.edu/


Available & Unavailable Services during Outage:
With our high availability infrastructure, we are able to maintain the following services without substantive interruption:

  • Networking (Wired and Wireless)
  • Email (Microsoft Office 365 and Gmail)
  • Learning Management System (HuskyCT)
  • Authentication (NetID, active directory, Radius, CAS, etc)
  • Departmental web content management (Aurora -read only)
  • University Core websites (University Alert Notification System, UConn Today, UConn)
    • alert.uconn.edu
    • uconn.edu
    • today.uconn.edu
    • itstatus.uconn.edu

All other centrally hosted IT systems, including Student Administration, SkyBox, Pharos Printing and Enterprise File Server (P and Q drives) will be unavailable during the outage.

Celebrate National Poetry Month

Come check out the new library display with poetry by celebrated authors/poets such as Langston Hughes, Robert Frost and Maya Angelou!

Book Display, National Poetry Month

Stamford Book Display, National Poetry Month

And even more resources available to you at your fingertips, check out the Library of Congress New Pinterest Board to celebrate National Poetry Month.
< http://blogs.loc.gov/catbird/>

National Poetry Month Pinterest Board

UConn Winter Weather Alert, Monday, Jan. 26th & Tues. Jan. 27th

Due to the winter storm, all classes at all UConn campuses starting on
Monday, Jan. 26. at 3:30 p.m. or later are canceled.
The UConn Stamford -Jeremy Richard Library will close at 4:00PM.

All UConn campuses are closed on Tuesday, Jan. 27. All UConn classes are canceled. Day and evening essential staff only should report.

The University will send out a communication by 5 p.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 27 about classes and schedules on Wednesday, Jan. 28.

ALERT.UCONN.EDU | 860-486-3768

ProQuest Webinar Alert: Around the World in 60 Minutes

Join ProQuest and Choice/ACRL for a free webinar, where we will discuss: Around the World in 60 Minutes Without Leaving your Library! — An Exploration of Historical Collections for Today’s Researcher.

What: Around the World in 60 Minutes Without Leaving your Library! — An Exploration of Historical Collections for Today’s Researcher

When: Wednesday, September 24 at 2:00 p.m. ET (11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. PT) 

UConn’s ProQuest Content. We may not have collections mentioned in the Webinar but if you’d like a database trial of a particular trial, let us know.

Welcome new & returning students! (Fall 2014)

photoContact a librarian for research help:

  • In person: Monday to Friday, 9am to 6pm – ask for help at the desk
  • Phone: Call us at 203-251-8500
  • Email: jrlstamford@uconn.edu or contact your subject liaisons
  • Consultations: email to set up an appointment
  • IM a research librarian for help with your research.

Search library resources:

  • Consult our class & subject guides
  • List of business and economics databases
  • Use HOMER, the Libraries catalog to search for books, journals, ebooks, ejournals, and more!

Use the UCONN Libraries:

New phone charging station on campus

Forgot your phone charging cable? The UConn Stamford Campus now hosts a KwikBoost mobile device charging station which charges both Android, Apple cellphones (and other portable devices). This new charging station is located on the concourse just past the UConn Co-op/Bookstore.

The Jeremy Richard Library also has a KwiKBoost charging station located on the first floor of the learning commons.

Go check it out!

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