UConn Library
Jeremy Richard Library, Stamford
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
November 2
Creative Sustenance, Stamford :
A reading by Ira Joe Fisher, Tim Parrish & Pit Menousek Pinegar
7:00 pm, Schreiber Reading Room, UConn Stamford
**Audience members are asked to make a donation or bring canned goods to this benefit event.**
Ira Joe Fisher’s poetry has appeared in Poetry New York, The Alembic, The New York Quarterly, Entelechy International, Diner, Ridgefield Magazine and the anthology Confrontation.
His book-length collection, Some Holy Weight in the Village Air, will be published by Athanata Press in 2006. Fisher appears weekly on the CBS Television Network’s Saturday Early Show, and has won two Emmys for television writing.
Tim Parrish is the author of the story collection, Red Stick Men.
Director of the Creative Writing Program at Southern Connecticut State University, his awards include a 2001 Walter E. Dakin Fellowship at the Sewanee Writers’ Conference and a 2001 Connecticut Arts Fellowship.
Parrish was nominated by Tim O’Brien as one of the Best New American Voices 2002.
Pit Menousek Pinegar is the author of three collections of poetry: Nine Years between Two Poems, The Possibilities of Empty Space, and The Physics of Transmigration, published by Antrim House and nominated for a
2006 Pulitzer Prize. She has received an artist fellowship from the Connecticut Commission on The Arts and the Governor’s Distinguished Advocate of the Arts Award.
On Friday, December 2nd and Saturday, December 3rd, Barnes & Noble will donate 15 to 25% of every sale at Connecticut and select out-of-state store locations to Connecticut’s libraries!
To qualify, purchases must be accompanied by a Love Your Library voucher (see ICONN.org). The funds will be used to help underwrite the purchase of additional iCONN databases, thus benefiting patrons of all of Connecticut’s public, school, and academic libraries.
Love Your Library also provides additional opportunities for libraries and friends groups to develop relationships with local Barnes & Noble stores, to conduct in-store events, establish library “wish lists”, and more.
The UConn Stamford Campus will provide an opportunity for students, faculty and staff to participate in the White House Conference On Helping America’s Youth, which is being held at Howard University in
Washington, D.C., on Thursday, October 27.
The campus will be using a satellite downlink to broadcast the conference on the UConn Stamford Campus.
The broadcast will be offered in Room 312, and will be available during the following time frames:
9-11 a.m., and 12:30 to 5:00 p.m.
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A tentative agenda appears below.
WHITE HOUSE CONFERENCE ON HELPING AMERICA’S YOUTH
Thursday, October 27, 2005
Blackburn Center Howard University Washington, DC
9:20 am – 9:25 am H. Patrick Swygert, President, Howard
University, Welcoming Remarks
9:25 am – 9:30 am Anthony Williams, Mayor, Washington D.C.,
Welcoming Remarks
9:30 am – 9:35 am National Anthem with Color Guard
9:45 am -10:00 am Keynote Address
10:00 am SESSION I Challenges Facing Our Youth
10:30 am SESSION II Principles of Successful Programs
11:20 am SESSION III Community Guide to Helping America’s Youth
12:00 pm LUNCH
1:10 pm Helping America’s Youth Video
1:20 pm SESSION IV Connecting with Family
2:00 pm SESSION V Connecting with School
3:00 pm SESSION VI Connecting with Community Nationally
3:45 pm SESSION VII Connecting with Community Locally
4:35 pm Concluding Remarks
6:30 pm White House Reception
Beginning Friday, October 21, 2005, the Jeremy Richard Library will open on Fridays from 9:00-4:30PM.