Holiday Break Information and Hours

Dec. 20-22: Open 10am-4:30pm, Mon-Wed.

Dec. 23-Jan. 2: CLOSED. On these dates, there will no CLIC book deliveries. Interlibrary loan arriving by mail will be available beginning Monday, Jan. 3, 2011.

Jan. 2-Jan. 21: Open M-F, 8am-4:30am. Closed Jan. 17th for MLK holiday.

Enjoy your winter break!

WorldCat Local Down Sunday 12/19

Please note that Macalester WorldCat Local will be unavailable due to maintenance on Sunday, December 19 from 12AM-6AM CST. All OCLC services will be unavailable at this time.

If you need to search for our printed resources during this time, please consider using CLICnet Classic.

Thank you for your patience while this maintenance occurs.

Story Time for Students

Come listen to President Rosenberg, Rabbi Barry, Jim Hoppe, your friendly library staff, RAs and others read children's stories in the DeWitt Wallace Library Harmon Reading Room.

Take a break from your studies and enjoy a cookie and a story with your friends from 3 to 5 p.m, Tuesday, December 14.

Changes to Electronic Course Reserves

At the end of this academic year, the Library staff will discontinue its electronic course reserves service. Moodle and the increased availability of full text electronic content through library licensed databases have made this service redundant.

The library will continue its copyright management service for Moodle material, ascertaining the need for permission, and paying for it, when use of copyrighted materials exceeds the guidelines of Fair Use. Library staff will continue to provide traditional reserves services, processing library and personal books and CDs, and reprints that are not for electronic access.

The library staff will also continue to serve administrative departments who need to make material available electronically.

During the Spring term, the library staff can assist in scanning documents if department staff is unable to do so. Please consult with your Academic Information Associate if you have questions about uploading material to Moodle.

A letter has been distributed to all faculty and department administrators detailing this plan.

If you have any questions, please call (x6545) or email Janet Sietmann (sietmann@macalester).

Learn About Plagiarism

Would you like to learn more about how to avoid plagiarism? Check out the Plagiarism Tutorial that the Macalester library recently created together with other CLIC schools.

This tutorial explains what plagiarism is when writing college papers, and how to avoid it.

Printing Awareness Week, Nov 8-14!

Ponder before you print! This week, November 8-14 is Printing Awareness Week.

Come to the library to:

• Check out the wind turbine made out of recycled paper.
• Find out how much paper we print every year.
• Take the printing pledge to win a prize!
  

This event is sponsored by the Library, ITS, and the Sustainability Office.

Course Guides Currently Unavailable

The library's course guides are currently experiencing problems. We are working to resolve the issue. As an alternative, please consider using a subject guide or the A-Z list of research databases.

Thank you for your patience while the course guides are being fixed. Please contact our reference desk if you have any questions.

Learn About Plagiarism

Would you like to learn more about how to avoid plagiarism? Check out the Plagiarism Tutorial that the Macalester library recently created together with other CLIC schools.

This tutorial explains what plagiarism is when writing college papers, and how to avoid it.

Service Outage, October 23, 6am-Noon

Macalester ITS will be performing maintenance on certain servers on Saturday, October 23, 6:00 AM- 12:00 noon. The following library services may not be available during this time:

* Printing services
* EZProxy and access to research databases from off campus
* Research databases on and off campus

Please let us know if you have any questions regarding this maintenance and service outage.

Open Access and Pizza, Wednesday, Oct. 20

On Wednesday, October 20th, 12pm-1pm, come to the Harmon Room in the library to learn about Open Access.

Event topics:

• Overview of Open Access issues
• Open Access Textbooks discussion
• Open Access Digital Book Project at Macalester

We'll provide pizza, cookies and beverages, and will hold drawing for t-shirts and other prizes. This event is part of a celebration of the internationally recognized Open Access Week.

Library Services for Honors Projects

Want to learn about library services for your honors project? Consider attending one of the honors sessions held in the DeWitt Wallace Library during the month of October.

Next (and last) session:
Tuesday, October 12, 4:45-5:45 p.m.

Sign up here

Support the Federal Research Public Access Act!

The Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition (SPARC) is asking all supporters of public access to call on your representatives to co-sponsor H.R.5037 or S.1373 BEFORE OCTOBER 1.

The Alliance for Taxpayer Access provides a list of form letters that can be used for this purpose.

Why support this bill?
The bill would ensure that the published results of research funded by the U.S. government can be accessed and used by American taxpayers via the Internet.

More information

Author Kao Kalia Yang Speaking Sept. 23

Please join us to hear Kao Kalia Yang speak about her book, The Latehomecomer, on Thursday, September 23rd at 4:30 in the Hill Ballroom. The Latehomecomer was this year's selection for our MacReads Common Reading Program. Ms Yang's story is compelling and provides valuable insights into the Hmong community in St. Paul. Ms. Yang will also be signing copies of her book after her talk. All are welcome and we hope you will join us.

Constitution Day Exhibit

Please join the DeWitt Wallace Library in celebrating Constitution Day, Sept., 17th, 2010. An exhibit will be available on the first floor of the library.

Author Kao Kalia Yang, Speaking Sept. 23

Please join us to hear Kao Kalia Yang speak about her book, The Latehomecomer, on Thursday, September 23rd at 4:30 in the Hill Ballroom. The Latehomecomer was this year's selection for our MacReads Common Reading Program. Ms Yang's story is compelling and provides valuable insights into the Hmong community in St. Paul. Ms. Yang will also be signing copies of her book after her talk. All are welcome, and we hope you can join us.

Library will be closed for convocation on September 14

The library will close for convocation on Tuesday, Sept. 14 from 4:15 to 5:30 in order to allow our student employees and staff to attend convocation.

Welcome to Class of 2014!

...and welcome back to returning students, and new and returning faculty and staff!

Activities in the library, Friday September 3:

9am-4pm Computer Help and Setup, Library/ITS Drop-In

Welcome to Class of 2014!

...and welcome back to returning students, faculty, and staff!

This Thursday, September 2, please join us in welcoming new students at the following events in the library:

9am-4pm Computer Help and Setup, Library/ITS Drop-In

9am-12pm Coffee and Cookies, Harmon Room

1pm-2pm Meet your librarian! Harmon Room

1pm-4pm Mini-golf in the Library!

2pm-4pm Root Beer Floats (while they last!) Harmon Room

Remember: Everyone is welcome to play the Mac Links Indoor Golf Classic. Golf clap!

Welcome back returning students, faculty, and staff!

Regular library opening hours begin Sunday, September 12. Please see library opening hours for more information.

Need a good read to make summer last just a little longer? Check out a book from the Popular Reading Collection.

Community Input Needed on Future of the Internet

Minnesotans are needed to attend, and/or provide testimony to, a town
hall-style meeting with Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
representatives, Thursday, August 19th, 6pm- 9pm.

Location:
South High School
3131 19th Avenue South
Minneapolis, MN 55407-1988

Please email Steven Renderos of the Main Street Project, if you would
like to give community testimony.
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Tell Congress You Support Public Access

Tell Congress that you support the Federal Research Public Access Act (S.1373), aka FRPAA. The Alliance for Taxpayer Access has put together a handy page with several different templates ready to be used to write to your representatives.

Why support open access and this act?
The Federal Research Public Access Act proposes to make manuscripts reporting on federally funded research publicly available within six months of publication in a journal. More information.

Internet Access Outage, Friday 7/30

Due to campus network maintenance on Friday, 7/30, our website will be unavailable from off-campus between 1pm and 2pm.

• The website will be accessible from on-campus during this time.
  
• Google Apps, including e-mail, personal calendars and docs will be unavailable.

Thank you for your patience while this maintenance is being completed. Please let us know if you have any questions.

Tell Congress You Support Public Access

Tell Congress you support the Federal Research Public Access Act (S.1373), aka FRPAA. The Alliance for Taxpayer Access has put together a handy page with several different templates ready to be used to write to your representatives.

Why support open access and this act?
The Federal Research Public Access Act proposes to make manuscripts reporting on federally funded research publicly available within six months of publication in a journal. More information.

CLICnet Classic Access Available Again

Access to CLICnet Classic, our consortial catalog which lists things held by all CLIC schools, has now been restored. Thank you for your patience while this service was being upgraded.

CLICnet Classic Outage 7/14/2010

CLICnet Classic, our consortial catalog which lists things held by all CLIC schools, will be out of service on Wednesday 7/14/2010 due to upgrades. The outage will start at 6:00 A.M. and last til about noon. An announcement will be made when it is back up again.

Thank you for your patience while this outage occurs. Please note: Our Macalester WorldCat Local service will continue uninterrupted.

Library Main Entrance Reopens

We are excited to report the main entrance to the library is open again following the completion of construction work.

Thanks for your patience and thanks to Kevin Maynard and Facilities Services for expediting the needed work.

Journal Cancellations for 2011 - Deadline July 6

The library and faculty have completed their annual review of Macalester's periodical subscriptions. Thirteen titles will be canceled as of January 2011, making way for new subscriptions. Faculty members with questions or concerns about these cancellations should contact Laura Secord (secord@macalester.edu, x6701) before noon on Tuesday, July 6th. The subscriptions that will be canceled are:

* American Journal of Physiology
* Christian Century
* Cross Currents
* Eurasian Geography and Economics
* Evolutionary Ecology
* Geography
* International Journal of American Linguistics
* Journal for Cultural Research
* Journal of Geoscience Education
* Journal of Urban Affairs
* Natural Resources Journal
* Numen
* Point

Library Entrance Temporarily Moved

Due to a construction project around the entrance of the DeWitt Wallace Library, the library entrance will be closed for approximately 4 weeks starting Monday, June 7, 2010.

How to Access the Library During the Construction Project
During the first week of construction you may access the Library through the single door emergency exit on the south side of the building - the side that faces Leonard Center.

Once access is available via the Link (the connector between the Library and Old Main), the emergency exit will be closed again and access will be available via Old Main.

Please contact us if you have any questions.

We appreciate everyone's patience while this construction project is being completed.

Welcome Back to Macalester Alums!

Please feel free to ask a Library staff member for help during Reunion 2010. Library hours are Friday from 10-4:30 and Saturday from 9-4:30.

Stop By and Say Hi...
We wish you a happy weekend with many laughs!

Go to Reunion 2010 Home »

Cleaning out your files?

Help us get the class of 2014 off to a good start on paper use! The Library is coordinating the production of "Onesie" (single-side-free paper) notebooks for each member of the incoming class.

If you or your department have some one-side-free paper you would otherwise be recycling, we'd love to have you drop it off at the library circulation desk, send it to us through campus mail, or contact us for pickup. PLEASE NOTE: paper contributed should not have any confidential or potentially confidential information on it.

For more information or for pick-up, please contact Dave Collins (collins@macalester.edu).

Senior Week in the Library!

During Senior Week, please drop by to see fabulous work by our students. Currently on display:

• Inspiring works of book art outside the Harmon Room.
• Favorite books selected by graduating library student-employees
• Honors projects already submitted in DigitalCommons
  

We have some exceptional work by our students, so please take some time to check them out!

Help Increase Access to Research

In September, 2009, President Brian Rosenberg, along with 56 other presidents of liberal arts colleges, signed a letter in support of legislation that would make government-funded research freely available online.

On April 15, 2010, a bill was introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives with this purpose. Currently, publishing rights to much of government-sponsored research goes to private companies who charge for access.

You can help too: Contact your representatives (Senate, House) and express your support for public access to taxpayer-funded research.

For more information, please visit the Alliance for Taxpayer Access.

ARTstor down, 5/1/10, 8PM-1AM

ARTstor will be undergoing temporary maintenance on Saturday evening, May 1, 2010, between the hours of 8PM and 1AM CST. At this time, the ARTstor service will be temporarily suspended. We anticipate that service will be restored by 1AM.

Please let us know if you have any questions.

Help Increase Access to Research!

In September, 2009, President Brian Rosenberg, along with 56 presidents of liberal arts colleges, signed a letter in support of legislation that would make government-funded research freely available online.

On April 15, 2010, a bill was introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives with this purpose. Currently, publishing rights to much of government-sponsored research goes to private companies who charge for access.

You can help too: Contact your representatives (Senate, House) and express your support for public access to taxpayer-funded research.

For more information, please visit the Alliance for Taxpayer Access.

Learn: Resources for honors project research

When: Thursday, April 22, 5pm-6pm.
Location: DeWitt Wallace Library, Room 206. Sign up here

About the Session
The following topics will be covered: Special services for Honors Students, RefWorks, interlibrary loan services, copyright policies, and your rights as authors.

For further information contact Beth Hillemann hillemann@macalester.edu.

Want to take it a step further?
Set up a one-on-one appointment with a librarian and get research advice tailored to your project.

Google Book Talk - JBD, noon, Friday

On Friday, 4/16 at noon, please join us to hear Jack Bernard ('88), Assistant General Counsel at the U. of Michigan speak about his work on the Google Book Search project.

Jack will be joined by Wendy Pradt Lougee, University Librarian at the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities. Wendy will discuss the Google Book Project and the Hathi Trust for digitized works. More information.

John B. Davis Lecture Hall, Campus Center
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Friday Apr 16, 2010

Sandwiches and Scholarship, 4/15, 11:30am

This Thursday at 11:30 a.m., join the IGC Student Council and four student presenters in the Library's Harmon Room to hear about the scholarly work each of them is doing. Sandwiches provided. Sponsored by the IGCSC and the Library.

Sandwiches and Scholarship is a monthly luncheon dedicated to sharing scholarly work with each other and thinking about how different subjects might work together.

RSVP: Library Career Panel & Pizza 4/14

Are you interested in a career in librarianship? Come hear 3 librarians (including one Mac alum) talk about their work experiences and the challenges and rewards of librarianship. A pizza lunch will be provided. Q&A and discussion will follow. RSVP to holtwerle@macalester.edu.

Wednesday, April 14. 11:45am, Harmon Room, DeWitt Wallace Library.

READ Poster Unveiling and Reception

On Monday, April 12 at 11:45am, join us in the library to find out who are featured on Mac's 2010 READ posters.

Come and meet Macalester's own READ celebrities in the Harmon Room for appetizers and conversation as we unveil our 2010 posters in celebration of National Library Week.

Pick up your free celebrity bookmark and check out the wonderful book selections this year's celebrities have chosen as their favorites. Sign up for a chance to win a set of READ posters or be featured in our 2011 poster series.

Coming soon to a library near you...

Public Speaking Workshop

Come to "The Workshop On How Not to Look Stupid" and spend some time with rhetoric guru Adrienne Christiansen in a relaxed, interactive public speaking workshop to learn new skills or polish your existing rhetoric abilities.

1pm-2:30pm, Saturday April 3, 2010
Davis Court, Markim Hall

Need space to practice your presentation? Room 303 in the library is available to current students, faculty and staff. Reserve time here. About the practice presentation room.

Spotlight on Women's History Month

March is Women's History Month and we'd like to shine the light on a documentary on Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B Anthony.

View Video

This documentary is part of the DeWitt Wallace Library's American History in Video resource.

Macalester Welcomes LibTech 2010 Attendees

On March 17-18, 2010, Macalester’s Library and Media Services will host the third annual Library Technology Conference on the Macalester campus. The event provides an opportunity for library professionals from around the region and the country to come together to discuss the technologies that affect library services; to see examples of what libraries are doing with these technologies; and to allow participants to learn specific skills or knowledge that they can take back and adapt for use within their own library. The conference offers two full days of keynote and concurrent sessions. Nearly 400 library professionals will attend LibTech 2010. For more information about the conference, visit the Library Technology Conference web site or contact libtech2010@macalester.edu.

Library and Media Services Survey

Please take a few minutes and tell us how we're doing! Notices were posted in the Announce-L lists for faculty, students, and staff on March 11 with a link to the survey for each group. We need your help in collecting information for our self-study in preparation for our outside review in fall 2010. If you did not receive an announcement, please contact Dave Collins (collins@mac...) for the URL for the web-based survey.

All Faculty/Staff Happy Hour

The staff of the DeWitt Wallace Library and the Jan Serie Center for Scholarship and Teaching invite all Macalester faculty and staff to begin the Spring Break "countdown" by enjoying happy hour and one another's company on Thursday, March 11th. 3:45-5:30, Harmon Room, 1st floor of DeWitt Wallace Library. Please join us!

7 Research Tips

Looking to get a leg up on researching a paper? Check out the Professor's Guide to research from the U.S. News & World Report.

Scholarly Communication: Library-Press Partnerships

Please join us today at noon in the DeWitt Wallace Library for a one-hour webcast on the topic of library-press partnerships. In this SPARC webcast, Catherine Mitchell of the California Digital Library and Laura Cerutti of the University of California Press will review the progress of their collaboration. Location: Harmon Room. More information can be found here.

7 Research Tips

Looking to get a leg up on researching a paper? Check out the Professor's Guide to Research from the U.S. News & World Report.

WorldCat Local Maintenance - Sunday a.m.

WorldCat Local will not be available between 3:00 a.m. and 5:00 a.m on Sunday morning. This maintenance may also affect other OCLC services. We apologize for any inconvenience.

Need research articles on film topics?

The library research database Film & Television Literature Index is the definitive online tool for film and television research. More information.

Where's your water bottle?

One of our Facebook fans posted a picture of her blue DeWitt Wallace water bottle by the Egyptian Red Sea. Where's your water bottle? Post a pic and let us know.

Off-Campus E-Reserves Experiencing Problems

Access to e-reserves from off-campus is currently not working properly for some of our users. We are working to resolve the problem and hope to have it resolved later today. We apologize for the inconvenience. Please let us know if you have any questions or concerns.

Thank you.

Take a Book to the Leonard Center!

Looking for something interesting to listen to while working out on the treadmill or eliptical machines? Did you know you could check out an audio book, download it to your iPod or other listening device, and listen to a good book while working out. Check it out at the netLibrary audiobook center.

RefWorks Down January 2nd

RefWorks, our much-used citation management tool, will be down for maintenance on January 2nd, 2010. The downtime will begin early in the morning, and it is expected to be back up by the afternoon.

Please contact us if you have any questions.