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

Library wireless access ONLY available on the First Floor 4/13

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ATTENTION STUDENTS:

UITS (University Information Technology Services) will be upgrading network equipment on campus on Thursday April 13th. The JRL library’s wireless access will be affected.

Please be aware that your laptops via wireless access will be down Thursday, April 13th from 9-12 on the SECOND FLOOR.

Your wireless access should work on the 1st floor in the library.

Thanks you,

Library Stafff

P.S.
There will be network outages in the designated areas anywhere from 1-3 hours. If you are in any of these areas and you need to be connected to the internet during the down time, you can use the Academic Computing Area (aka Microlab, Room 305). This upgrade is needed to improve the performance of our campus’ network. I thank you in advance for your patience during this time.

1.) 3rd Floor Northwest (Rooms 320-365) 9am-12pm
2.) 2nd Floor Northwest (Rooms 205-212, 235-245) 9am-12pm
3.) 2nd Floor Southeast (Rooms 216-234, 260-265) 9am-12pm
4.) 2nd Floor Northeast (Rooms 266-267, 257-259) 1pm-4pm

New & Improved UConn Links

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updated!
UConn Links is all new and works much better! As of January 16, 2006, we are using a completely different product to link between a citation and the full-text. This new service is still called UConn Links, but it’s now provided by SFX (Ex Libris).

Q. What options does UConn Links provide?

A. The UConn Links button will link to one or more of the following:

* full-text of the journal article the University licenses
* an automatic search of Homer (Library Catalog)
* an automatic Google search
* a DD/ILL (Document Delivery / Interlibrary Loan) request form
* a Citation Linker so you can enter details about an article (title, journal name, author, publication date) and find out if UConn has the article online.

Q. Why is the full text article not always available?

A. There are two possibilities:

1. there is no full-text version available (either for that journal or for specific [usually older] issues)
2. the University of Connecticut does not have a license to access full-text from that journal. In that case, you may request the article via DD/ILL.

Q. I clicked on “get full text” but I only get to the journal’s home page. Why?

A. The UConn Links linking service will get you as close to the full-text as it can, given the structure and quality of the data being passed by the database vendors. Sometimes you’ll go straight to the full-text; sometimes you’ll have to navigate the publisher’s site yourself after that to get to the full-text. Essentially, a full-text link means that full-text is available — but you may have to do some of the work of getting to it yourself.

UConn Stamford Campus Helps to Build the Mill River Playground

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Please join UConn Stamford students enrolled in the INTD 198 course, “Civic Engagement,” in volunteering to build the Mill River Playground on Sunday, May 21. That day has been designated, “UConn Stamford Campus Day,” by the organizers of the event. The new playground will be built by volunteers during the period May 15-21. The playground is located at Mill River Park (Tresser Blvd at West Main Street), and is just a few blocks from our campus.

Volunteers will be needed from 12:30 to 5:00 p.m., in two-hour shifts. They are looking for “skilled” volunteers (i.e. can cut a straight line with a circular saw; familiar with power tools, measuring and cutting), and “unskilled” volunteers (i.e. carrying, assembling, sanding,
shoveling, carpenter’s helper). FREE food will be provided to all volunteers and childcare will be provided. FREE t-shirts will be given to all UConn Stamford Campus volunteers at the May 21 event.

Students in the INTD 198 course will be signing-up volunteers in the campus concourse beginning on April 5. They will also be engaging in other activities to recruit volunteers, which include all students, faculty, staff, alumni and friends associated with the UConn Stamford
Campus. You must be at least 14 years of age to volunteer for “unskilled” activities.

For more information about the Mill River Playground, please see
www.millriverplayround.com (link)

CiteULike

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http://www.citeulike.org/

CiteULike is a free service to help academics to share, store, and organise the academic papers they are reading. When you see a paper on the web that interests you, you can click one button and have it added to your personal library. CiteULike automatically extracts the citation details, so there’s no need to type them in yourself. It all works from within your web browser. There’s no need to install any special software.

African Drumming w/ Edwina Tyler, 3/30

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A Workshop in African Drumming

Thursday, March 30th– 2:30-4:50 with a break at 3:30 in the Barbara E. Schreiber Reading Room.

Tyler is one of the leading masters in the field of African percussion and dance! She has pioneered the playing of traditional African percussion instruments by women in the United States.

Tyler’s appearances include: Alice Tully Hall, Brooklyn Academy of Music, Dance Theatre Workshop, La Mama E.T.C., The Michigan Festival. She has toured throughout Europe, Africa, and Korea. She was director
of percussion studies at Dance Theatre of Harlem.

Sponsored by SGA, Student Life, and the Center for Women’s Studies