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

Intersession Day classes cancelled Weds. 1/12/11

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update: All UCONN Stamford intersession DAY AND EVENING classes are cancelled.  Intersession classes will resume on Thursday, January 13, 2011 as scheduled.

Due to inclement weather, UCONN Stamford is closed tomorrow, Wednesday, January 12, 2011. All UCONN Stamford intersession DAY classes are cancelled. An announcement regarding EVENING classes will be made during the course of the day. Check the UConn Stamford website.

New Search Interface for Proquests and CSA databases

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ProQuest’s new search interface will replace the existing interface soon for all ProQuest and CSA databases the UConn Libraries currently license. All of these will be searchable through ProQuest’s new Basic or Advanced interfaces. (Both links will search all 26 databases we license simultaneously; click Change in the upper left corner to search an individual database by itself. Research Database Locator entries for these databases will continue to point to the specific resources.)

Proquest

Library Hours – Winter Intersession 12/20/10 – 1/17/11

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***December 20, 2010  –  January 17, 2011***
Reminder: Sat. December 18th the library will be open from 8:30am-2:30pm

  • Monday – Thursday – 8:00am – 4:00pm
  • Friday – 8:30am – 4:00pm
  • Saturday/Sunday – Closed

Exceptions:

  • Dec. 24- 27    Closed
  • Dec. 31-  Jan. 2   Closed
  • Jan. 17-(Martin Luther King Day)  8:00am – 4:00pm

 Regular Academic Hours resume on Tuesday, January 18, 2011. Spring Semester Begins. [http://www.lib.uconn.edu/libraries/stamford/about/hours.html ]

New Issue online/consumer health newsletter from UCONN Health Center Library

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A New Issue of the UCONN Health Center Library’s consumer health newsletter is available on the website of Healthnet: Connecticut Consumer Health Information Network at http://library.uchc.edu/departm/hnet/

The issue describes websites that help individuals select health insurance plans, a website that explains the Health Care Reform Act in Spanish, new medical treatment guidelines in consumer friendly language, health information available in Asian languages, and a parents’ guide to educational terms they may in encounter in planning meetings for their child.

The issue also includes reviews of new consumer health books for public libraries.

The newsletter is published especially for public librarians and others interested in consumer health information services.

Judith Kronick, Reference Librarian
Healthnet: Connecticut Consumer Health Information Network
http://library.uchc.edu/departm/hnet/
Lyman Maynard Stowe Library
University of Connecticut Health Center

Library Survey

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UConn Faculty & Students  – Please take a few minutes and help the UConn Libraries help you

From:   Brinley Franklin
               Vice Provost, University Libraries

The University of Connecticut Libraries needs your help and participation in the Fall 2010 LibQUAL+TM  Survey.

The LibQual+TM Survey has been used by more than 1,200 libraries internationally to periodically and consistently track, understand, and act upon their users’ opinions of library service quality.

As in the past, the LibQual+TM Survey results will inform our Libraries’ planning on how to best provide library services to the UConn community. This survey process has been reviewed by UConn’s Institutional Review Board (IRB) and all responses are confidential and will not be associated with a respondent’s e-mail address or other personal information.

One participating student* (grad or undergrad) will win a $500 GIFT CARD from the UConn Co-op!

The link to the survey can be found in your e-mail.  If you missed the e-mail, have questions, or need assistance in any way, please contact librarysurveys@uconn.edu

Look in your E-mail for Subject:  Please Take Our Survey to Help The Libraries Help You and You May Win $500!

Please complete the survey by:  December 10, 2010

Thanks for participating!

* Participation in the drawing is optional.  Eligible students must be registered to take classes at the University of Connecticut during the Fall, 2010 semester; have completed no more than one online survey;  have entered an optional “uconn.edu” e-mail address at the time the online survey form is completed; not be an employee of the State of Connecticut, including student employees of the University, or of the UConn Co-op; permit the University of Connecticut to make public a photograph, name, home town, academic year and major of the winning entrant; agree to any rules and restrictions placed upon the use of the gift certificate by the UConn Co-op.