Macalester College welcomes SPARCS@Mac

Library staff are thrilled to host the second iteration of SPARCS@Mac, a technology skills development program for Minnesota high school students, co-hosted with our partners at AdvanceIT Minnesota. This day camp will bring 28 participants eager to learn about technology to Macalester June 20-24 in the DeWitt Wallace Library. Individuals from historically underrepresented populations, students of color, gender non-conforming students, and would-be first-generation college students were especially encouraged to apply. Please join us in welcoming SPARCS participants and volunteers to Macalester.

1600grand Library Tab Retiring

The Library tab in 1600grand will be retired at the end of June. All services are now available via the Library website, including access information for both Ingenta and ScienceDirect Pay Per View article services. See "For Faculty" for more information on these services.

Macalester College welcomes the Oberlin Digital Scholarship Conference

The DeWitt Wallace Library welcomes participants to the first Oberlin Digital Scholarship Conference taking place this weekend, June 10-12th, on the Macalester College campus. More than 70 participants from Oberlin Group Libraries, a consortium of over 80 private liberal arts colleges, will be meeting on campus beginning with a Friday reception and dinner. This is an opportunity for Oberlin Group staff and faculty with significant interests or responsibilities in digital scholarship, digital humanities, and other digital projects to meet, network, and learn together.

More information may be found on the conference website or on Twitter using the hashtag #obeds2016.

Get Help with Citations and Sources!

Did you know you can ask a Macalester librarian for help with references, citations, and sources? Your librarians can help with:

• Creating a source list using RefWorks or Zotero
• Citation style questions
• Finding sources

How to Get Help

• Visit the Library Service Desk
• Schedule a consultation
• Check out other contact options on our AskUs page

This Week: Take Your Honors Project to the Next Level

Honors Students: Sign Up for Library Research Sessions

Sign up and learn from a librarian how to be more efficient in your research and find out about special resources and services, just for you. Sessions will be offered:

• Thursday, April 21, 4:45pm - 5:45pm
• Monday, April 25, Noon - 1pm

Please contact us if you have any questions. About the sessions.

National Library Week 2016: Libraries Transform

April 11-April 17 is National Library Week and the theme is Libraries Transform. Come attend one of our events and celebrate this week with the Dewitt Wallace Library.

• All week: Are you feeling transformed by life or the library? Post your transformation story or picture on our Facebook page and be entered to win a Google Cardboard viewer
• Tuesday 4/12: Senior Fair 11am to 1pm, Campus Center. Come get your alumni card!
• Thursday 4/14: Tranforming tunes on Mac Radio served up by the DeWitt Wallace Variety Hour, 10am to 11am, WMCN.fm
• Thursday 4/14: Test Google Cardboard viewer virtual reality, 11am to 1pm in the Library

Library Party Mac @ Nite

Welcome to the Wizarding World of the Dewitt Wallace Library! Join the Library staff and the Mac @ Nite team this Saturday from 10:00pm to 1:00am in the Library for a Harry Potter themed party!

There will be games, music, button making, and plenty of butterbeer and snacks to satisfy those late night cravings! Come dressed as your favorite Harry Potter character to enter the costume contest for the chance to win the Chromebook grand prize!

If you have questions, please contact Katie Brown.