Happy Holidays from Library and Media Services!

Library and Media staff would like to wish everyone happy holidays. During the holidays and the winter break, the library will be open as follows:

Thursday, December 22
8am - 4:30pm

Friday, December 23 - Monday, January 2
Library Closed

Tuesday, January 3-Friday, January 6
10am - 4:30pm

Saturday, January 7-Sunday, January 8
Library Closed

Monday, January 9-Friday, January 13
10am - 4:30pm

Saturday, January 14-Sunday, January 15
Library Closed

Monday, January 16
Library Closed - MLK Holiday

Tuesday, January 17-Friday, January 20
10am - 4:30pm

Saturday, January 21
Library Closed

Sunday, January 22
1pm - 10pm

Monday, January 23
Regular semester hours begin: 8am - 1am

For Media Services School Break Hours details, please see the Arts and Events Calendar.

Write Well: Writing Tips from Faculty and Staff

Macalester librarian Ginny Heinrich is featured in a 60-second video that is part of the Write Well series of videos sponsored by the CST. This entertaining and informative series of short videos provide writing tips from faculty and staff at Macalester. You can find the entire series on the CST website. Check them out and get tips on how to improve your writing!

December 9: World-Renowned Guitarist on Campus

Macalester is pleased to welcome to campus Koo Nimo, a world-renowned guitarist and a Ghanaian living legend. Please join us in celebrating his music (iTunes link) and his rich life dedicated to the preservation of traditional Ghanaian palm wine music.

Location: Weyerhauser Board Room
Time and Date: December 9th, 4:30-6pm.

At this event, Mary Hark, former Mac professor and book artist, will also talk about a book that celebrates Koo Nimo. The book can be viewed in the library.

On Saturday December 10th at 8pm, Koo Nimo will also join the African Music Ensemble in Kagin Commons.

Photo credit: Amara Hark-Weber and Mary Hark

Printing Awareness Winners!

Kudos to the 236 Mac students who pledged to print less during Printing Awareness Week 2011.

Congratulations Chris Krapu, winner of the Apple iPad and printing training session.

The winners of our Printing Awareness flash drives are:

1. Wan Hei Vincy Chan
2. Jon Cole
3. Shaina Davis
4. Yeukai Mudzi
5. Stephanie Reikine
6. Joshua Smith

Printing Awareness Week 2011

Students: take the printing pledge then get a QR code FLASH ME button which will give you a chance to win an Apple iPad* or one of six USB Flash drives. Scan your button to reveal a printing tip, and then find out on Nov. 17th at 11AM in the library (and online) if your tip is the winner!

Construction on the 4th Floor

The library is having some minor construction work done on the 4th level, the quiet study level in the library. We expect this work to be completed by Thanksgiving. We apologize for the disruption during our 8 - 4:30 hours, but expect the floor will be quiet during evening study hours. Thanks for your patience during this project.

Thank you!

Thank you everyone who took part in our International Open Access Week quizzes, October 24-28. Answers and winners of the Kindles will be announced the week of October 31.

International Open Access Week: Win a Kindle

Free and open access to scientific and scholarly research benefits everyone. It can also win you a Kindle.

Do you know about Open Access? During Open Access Week, October 24-29, Macalester community members can enter the library's Kindle prize drawing by submitting correct answers to our daily quiz. We will award Kindles to one faculty member, one staff member, and one student. Not sure of the answers? Look online, or come to the library to see our Open Access display.

Friday's quiz

International Open Access Week: Win a Kindle

Free and open access to scientific and scholarly research benefits everyone. It can also win you a Kindle.

Do you know about Open Access? During Open Access Week, October 24-29, Macalester community members can enter the library's Kindle prize drawing by submitting correct answers to our daily quiz. We will award Kindles to one faculty member, one staff member, and one student. Not sure of the answers? Look online, or come to the library to see our Open Access display.

Thursday's quiz

International Open Access Week: Win a Kindle

Free and open access to scientific and scholarly research benefits everyone. It can also win you a Kindle.

Do you know about Open Access? During Open Access Week, October 24-29, Macalester community members can enter the library's Kindle prize drawing by submitting correct answers to our daily quiz. We will award Kindles to one faculty member, one staff member, and one student. Not sure of the answers? Look online, or come to the library to see our Open Access display.

Wednesday's quiz

International Open Access Week: Win a Kindle

Free and open access to scientific and scholarly research benefits everyone. It can also win you a Kindle.

Do you know about Open Access? During Open Access Week, October 24-29, Macalester community members can enter the library's Kindle prize drawing by submitting correct answers to our daily quiz. We will award Kindles to one faculty member, one staff member, and one student. Not sure of the answers? Look online, or come to the library to see our Open Access display.

Tuesday's quiz

International Open Access Week: Win a Kindle

Free and open access to scientific and scholarly research benefits everyone. It can also win you a Kindle.

Do you know about Open Access? During Open Access Week, October 24-29, Macalester community members can enter the library's Kindle prize drawing by submitting correct answers to our daily quiz. We will award Kindles to one faculty member, one staff member, and one student. Not sure of the answers? Look online, or come to the library to see our Open Access display.

Monday's quiz

Study Away Photo Contest Ends October 30th!

It is time again for the Fall Study Away Photo Contest! Submit up to three photos, one in each category: People, Environment, or Culture. Photos will be displayed in the Campus Center from 11/12-11/27. On Sunday, 11/13, there will be a small reception in the upstairs of the Campus Center.

One winner will be selected from each category. Campus Programs will frame the winning photos and they will be hung in Markim Hall until the next round of Study Away Contests.

Photos must be submitted no later than October 30th at midnight.

Submit Photos & See More Details

Next Week is Open Access Week!

What is Open Access?

In short, open access means access to scientific and scholarly research:

• Online
• Free of Charge
• Free of Licensing Restrictions

More information on Open Access from the Scholarly Publishing and Academic Research Coalition (SPARC).

10/17: WorldCat Service Down

The Macalester WorldCat Local service is intermittently out of service this morning. We are working with OCLC, our service provider, to resolve the issue as quickly as possible. In the meantime, you may want to use CLICnet CLassic, our traditional library catalog: http://clicnet.clic.edu/ to find books and journals in our collection. To find journals, you can also use the JournalFinder.

Please let us know if you have any questions.

(Updated: 9:47am, October 17, 2011)

Professors Jim Dawes and Diana Shandy did a fabulous presentation on the MacReads Common Reading, "What is the What" during orientation week. Prof. Adrienne Christiansen moderated. Watch the video

CLICnet Unavailable, 10pm-2am, Saturday/Sunday

CLICnet will be unavailable between 10pm and 2am Saturday/Sunday, October 1-2.

The interruption is due to maintenance of the system. Please let us know if you have any questions.

Sign up: Library Sessions for Honors Students

Honors students: Want to be efficient in research and take full advantage of opportunities you may not be aware of? Library sessions for honors students will cover: Special services for honors students, access to national and international ILL services, submitting the thesis to the Digital Commons, copyright issues, and RefWorks.

Two sessions will be held in LIB 206:

Tuesday, September 27, 5pm-6pm
Thursday, September 29, 12-1pm

Register here

Networked Services Unavailable, 9-11PM, Sept. 28

Due to emergency network maintenance, all campus networked services will be unavailable from 9-11PM on September 28. Services include (but are not limited to):

• Internet access
• Library Databases/website
• Wireless network
• Printing

Checkout of materials is still available.

WorldCat Downtime, 9/18

On Sunday, September 18 there will be a scheduled downtime for the Macalester WorldCat Local service from 1:00 a.m. until at least 8:00 a.m. Eastern time. This temporary service interruption is required for a software upgrade that supports WorldCat Local.

CLICnet Classic will still be available during this time. Thank you for your patience while this downtime occurs.

Welcome!

Welcome to our new library website! We are excited about our new look and the many benefits and services that it brings to our community. As with any major redesign, we expect a few bumps along the road. While we are quickly addressing issues as we discover them, we invite you to help us by providing information and feedback as you interact with the site. Thank you for your patience as we fine tune it. As always, let us know how we can help you with this or any other information need.

Library Website Redesign

We are aware that there are some glitches with the new design and we are working to quickly address page and connection issues that are common with new redesigns. We are excited about our new page and the many benefits in conducting research that it will bring to our community. Thank you for your patience as we fine tune it.

For Faculty: please note that the book acquisition order form is available on the Faculty Services page right side, top of the list of links. The new interface has a "Search" form link at the top of the page under the page name on the left side on every page. On the main page the full search window shows by default. There you will find a link to "renew a book" and "Illiad login" (interlibrary loan request.) On secondary pages, selecting the "search" option will open the full form. If you have additional questions or concerns, please contact your liaison librarian.

We expect to have the major bugs and fixes addressed by the end of the week.

Technical Difficulties with A-Z list

We are experiencing some problems with our A-Z list of databases. Please do not use the alphabetical list at the top of the page to find databases. Until the problem is resolved, we suggest you use the "Limit by Subject" search option. You may also find it easier to go to the discipline subject guides to locate databases. Or, you can scroll through the 404 databases that are arranged in alphabetical order.

We apologize for the temporary inconvenience. We are working on a solution.

Bikes Available for Check-Out!

There are 8 bikes available for check-out from the DeWitt Wallace Library under the BikeShare Program. The bikes are available for free to all students, faculty, and staff.

• About the BikeShare program

CLICnet is Back

The CLICnet Catalog service has been restored. Thank you for your patience while it was fixed.

CLICnet Currently Unavailable

The CLICnet Catalog is currently unavailable (last update: 7/21, 10am) and staff are working to resolve the problem. As a result of this, availability status in WorldCat Local is also not available.

Thank you for your patience while this is being resolved.

Bikes Available for Check-Out!

There are 8 bikes available for check-out from the DeWitt Wallace Library under Macalester's BikeShare Program. The bikes are available for free to all students, faculty, and staff.

• About the BikeShare program
• Check current availability
  

Brief EZProxy Outage, Thursday, July 7

At 12:00 noon on Thursday, July 7, several servers critical to our services will be out for 1 hour or less due to maintenance. Services affected include EzProxy (Off-campus library database access) and Library printing. For more information, please visit ITS's news blog.

CLICnet Unavailable, Wednesday, July 6, 2011

On Wednesday, July 6th:

• The CLICnet/Millennium system will be unavailable for much of the day due to system upgrades. Login to the system will not be available during this time.
• Some WorldCat Local services will be unavailable as well, such as placing holds on materials in the CLIC system.

Please check back here for further updates. Thank you for your patience while the system is being maintained.

If you have any questions, please contact library staff.

Books by Macalester Faculty, Staff, Students, & Alumni

The Great Scots Collection in the Harmon Room celebrates the last 5 years of scholarly and creative works by Macalester faculty, students, staff, and alumni. A list of the books on display (and available for checkout!) can be browsed online.

Long-time Library Staff Retiring

On May 6, 2011, library staff hosted a party honoring long-time library staff and soon-to-be retirees Jean Beccone ('68) and Janet Sietmann. Pictured here with Mac piper Mike Breidenbach, who played at the event.

Thank you, Jean and Janet, for all your contributions. You will be missed!

Student Employees of the Year Recognition

Congratulations to library senior student employees Nadia Stennes-Spidahl and Kaija Bergen, both of whom received recognition in April, 2011, for excellence in service.

Nadia, a library circulation manager, is the 2011 recipient of the Jean K. Archibald Award for Library Service. Kaija, a senior student aide in the library office, is the Macalester College Student of the Year. Kaija is also the Student of the Year for the state of Minnesota!

We are pleased to recognize their significant contributions to the Macalester community, and would like to thank them and all our excellent student employees for jobs well done.

Books by Macalester Faculty, Staff, Students, & Alumni

The Great Scots Collection in the Harmon Room celebrates the last 5 years of scholarly and creative works by Macalester faculty, students, staff, and alumni.

Bikes Available for Check-Out!

There are 8 bikes available for check-out from the DeWitt Wallace Library under Macalester's BikeShare Program. The bikes are available for free to all students, faculty, and staff.

• About the BikeShare program
• Check current availability
  

System Outage, May 17-May 18, 8PM-9AM

Most of the College's IT systems will be unavailable between 8PM Tuesday May 17th and 9AM, Wednesday, May 18th due to a planned outage by the IT department. The library's online resources will not be accessible via the library's website during this time.

You may still access Macalester WorldCat Local during the outage, on a non-campus computer.

Sign up! Library Resources for Honors Project Research

When and Where is the Session?

• Tuesday, April 26, 12pm-1pm
• Location: DeWitt Wallace Library, Room 206.
• Sign up here

More information.

Sign up: Library Resources for Honors Project Research

When and Where Are the Sessions?
Thursday, April 21, 5pm-6pm and Tuesday, April 26, 12pm-1pm
Location: DeWitt Wallace Library, Room 206.

How do I sign up?
Sign up here

What's Covered?

• Special services and resources for honors students.
• Access to national and international library resources
• Submitting honors projects to the Digital Commons
• RefWorks

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.

Online Tutorials

Writing a research paper? Curious about JournalFinder or Macalester WorldCat Local? Need to brush up on how to do citations? Check out our Online Tutorials page for tutorials on these and other topics.

Thank You, Mac Community!

Thanks to all campus staff, faculty, and students who helped make Library Technology Conference 2011 a success. If you changed your parking routine, helped a guest find a venue, offered use of a space, assisted in setup, or offered support in any other way, you made a difference. Our attendees felt welcomed by the entire Macalester community.

Again, thank you!

For more information about the conference, visit the Library Technology Conference web site or contact libtechconference@macalester.edu.

Macalester Welcomes LibTech 2011 Attendees

On March 16-17, 2011, Macalester's Library and Media Services will host the fourth annual Library Technology Conference on the Macalester campus. The conference offers two full days of keynote and concurrent sessions. Over 400 library professionals will attend LibTech 2011.

For more information about the conference, visit the Library Technology Conference web site or contact libtechconference@macalester.edu. Twitter: #ltc2011

RefWorks has a new look!

Our handy citation management system, RefWorks, now has great new features and a new and improved look. To learn more, check out this RefWorks tutorial.

New to RefWorks? Please visit the Library's RefWorks page or talk to a library staff member. For questions, please AskUs.

Monday, Feb. 21 - Library Open

The college is closed on Monday, but the library will be open from 8 a.m. to midnight with limited services. No CLIC delivery today. Services should be back to normal on Tuesday.

RefWorks Has a New Look!

Our handy citation management system, RefWorks, now has great new features and a new and improved look. To learn more, check out this RefWorks tutorial.

New to RefWorks? Please visit the Library's RefWorks page or talk to a library staff member. For questions, please AskUs.

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.

Welcome Back!

Have you tried media:scape? We are, and we'd love your feedback. Bring your laptop and come see it in the lower level classroom until Feb. 3rd.