Presentation Practice Room available starting this week

The DeWitt Wallace Library Presentation Practice Room 303 is now available to currently registered Macalester students, staff and faculty during the Academic year. The room may be used to develop, practice or give presentations. The room has a whiteboard, a blackboard, a lectern, and a projection screen installed. A data projector may be checked out from the Reserves/Circulation Desk.

Using the Room

• Room will be reservable for two hour periods.
• Patrons must sign a form the first time they checkout the key or projector indicating responsiblity for the room and any equipment.
• View the calendar on the room information page to see when the room is available.
• Reservation requests need to be made a minimum of 24 hours prior to time requested.
• To reserve the room, please use the request form or contact library staff at the circulation/reserves desk.
• Walk-in use of room is possible during times that the room is not reserved.
• Please see staff at the Reserves/Circ desk.

Technical Difficulties with WorldCat

We are experiencing some technical difficulties with Macalester WorldCat displaying Mac materials. Macalester materials will show up in a display of materials owned by CLIC, but will not show up as a result of limiting a search to Macalester only. You can also do a search in ClassicCLICnet, but you must do a search for all libraries and then check holdings for Mac materials. We will probably not have a solution until sometime Monday, Nov. 2. This problem will not affect searching for materials in other CLIC libraries and placing requests/holds. We apologize for the inconvenience.

LIBRARY TO OPEN AT 11:30 ON SUNDAY

LIBRARY TO OPEN AT 11:30 ON SUNDAY

PLEASE NOTE SYSTEM DOWNTIMES THIS WEEKEND

Library services not available during ITS system maintenance this weekend
Sat. 6 to noon - ITS has alerted the community about the system maintenance this Sat., Oct. 31 from 6 a.m. to noon. This also means no access to library services from off campus. EZProxy, used for off-campus authentication will be down for the system maintenance.
Sunday 5 a.m. to noon - In addition, on Sunday, our MacLinks (SFX) system will be undergoing system maintenance from 5 a.m. to noon.
We are alerting the community now so that you can plan ahead this weekend. We apologize for the inconvenience this may cause.

Midterm Break: Is your term paper research almost complete?

Walk-in research assistance is available at the library's Reference Desk. However, you may find it beneficial to set up a Reference Consultation to meet one-on-one with a Librarian. As we approach November, if you haven't completed your initial research and/or need help getting started, take advantage of the expertise available to you by scheduling a consultation today. Use the Request Form to request a session.

Archives Open House Today!

• What is Macalester's connection to Abraham Lincoln?
  
• Want Mary Gwen Owen's advice on how not to be a MacDuffer?
  

October is American Archives Month: Come check out the Macalester Archives and learn the answer to the above questions.

Tuesday Oct 27th, 11:30-1:30.
Location: 2nd floor of the Library.

Come take a peek--learn about what we have in our Archives collections and what we do!

It's Midterm Break, is your research almost complete for your term paper?

Research assistance is available on a walk-in basis at the Reference Desk during many of the Library's regular hours. However, if you are working on a detailed and complex research assignment you may find it beneficial to set up a Reference Consultation to meet one-on-one with a Librarian to discuss your question or project. As we approach November, if you haven't completed your initial research and/or need help getting started, take advantage of the expertise available to you by scheduling a consultation today. Use the Request Form to request a session.

Open Access Week - Friday, Oct. 23 - Open Access, Author Rights, and OA Mandates

12 noon to 12:45, Harmon Reading Room.

This session will provide a brief overview and explanation of the rights authors have when publishing their works. We'll look at the Creative Commons license as well as the SPARC author addendum. Whether you are a student preparing an Honors project, or a faculty member with numerous publications, please join us to learn more about your rights as an author. We'll also look at Open Access mandates and initiatives adopted at several universities and the current legislation for FRPAA.

Please bring your brown bag lunch. We'll provide cookies and beverages, and will hold drawings each day for t-shirts and other prizes.

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