The Jeremy Richard Library and the UCONN Stamford Campus Building will be CLOSED at 2:ooPM, Wednesday, November 23, 2005.
Happy Thanksgiving!
Sincerely,
Phara
Early Campus Closure on Wednesday
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Library Remodeling during Holiday Break
Hello
Our maintenance crew will be moving some library furniture around this week and in doing so, six Student SuperHomer Computer stations will not be in use for a few days.
We will still have 2 Library Catalogs and our Public Users computer station available for use for checking email and printing out documents.
The Academic Computer Lab (Room 3.05) is also open during this holiday break from 9-5 on Monday and Tuesday, November 21-22.
We apologize for the inconvenience.
Sincerely,
Phara
Library Hours during Thanksgiving Break
The Jeremy Richard Library will be open from 9:00-5:00PM on Monday, November 21st- Wednesday, November 23rd.
The library is Closed from November 24th-November 27th. We will reopen on Monday, November 28th at 8:00AM.
Academic Computer Lab Hours for Thanksgiving Break
The Computer Lab ( Room 3.05) will only be open on the following days:
Saturday–November 19th, 9:00-2:00PM
Monday–November 21st, 9:00-5:00PM
Tuesday–November 22nd, 9:00-5:00PM
The lab will be closed from Tuesday, Nov 22nd –5:00PM until Monday, November 28th–9:00AM.
Network Problems Today
Hello,
We have been experiencing Network problems all day today on all of the library computer stations. The problem has been reported and attempts are being made to locate and resolve the issue.
Please be aware that you will continue to experience temporary network problems ranging from slow responses to complete access denial.
We are sorry for the inconvenience and thank you for your patience.
Sincerely,
Phara
Panel Discussion Nov. 14th: “Preparing for Natural Disasters”
On Monday, November 14th, UConn Stamford, the Stamford Chamber of
Commerce, and The Advocate newspaper are sponsoring a panel to discuss:
“Preparing for Natural Disasters: The City of Stamford in Emergency”.
The program will be held at UConn Stamford in the General Re Auditorium
from 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm.
The panelists will include City of Stamford public officials responsible
for security and public health as well as Walter Young, Commander of the
UConn Stamford Police. Professor Joel Blatt will moderate the
discussion.
All faculty, staff, students and community members are welcome to
attend.
Workshop Nov.30th: Writing as Re-Writing: Making Revision Matter for Students
On Wednesday, November 30th, Professor Tom Deans, the new director of the University Writing Center, will be visiting from Storrs. He will give an interactive workshop entitled “Writing as Re-Writing: Making Revision Matter for Students.” This workshop is part of a series of programs Professor Deans has been presenting as part of the new General Education curriculum.
The event will be held in MPR Room from 12:00-1:30. Lunch will be provided.
Please RSVP to celeste.baran@uconn.edu no later than November 18th.
Thanksgiving Potluck Dinner-Nov. 15th
TUESDAY, November 15th at 6:00 PM, we will be holding our annual Thanksgiving Potluck Dinner in the A1 auditorium. All students, faculty, and members of the community are encouraged to attend. If you are able, please contact SGA about bringing a dish that will serve about 8 to 10 people. Entertainment will consist of karaoke open to all in attendance. A 50 DOLLAR Prize will be awarded for best entrée and best dessert.
New Limits added to HOMER
The Libraries now have working “EBook” and “EJournal” limits in the “Limit To:” box on the Simple Search screen in HOMER, the library catalogue.
Using these limits may provide you the majority of our commercial e-journals and e-books. Please note that these limits only work with *keyword* searches.
Search Engine: RedLightGreen
RLG has a search engine called redlightgreen (www.redlightgreen.com) which claims to have access to 120 million books.
RedLightGreen helps you locate the most important books and other research materials in your area of interest, and find out whether what you need is available at your favorite library.
You can log in with your e-mail address (password is optional), conduct a search, look for holdings at a library and also have your citation instantly formatted into one of the popular formats (APA, MLA, etc.) and it’s all free and available directly on the internet.
More information about this is available at: http://searchenginewatch.com/searchday/article.php/3560121