Friends, please don't forget the demonstrations and hands-on workshops available now! Mondays at lunchtime in Lower Lingle, and Tuesday evenings in the Library Multimedia Classroom, we are offering basic training in use of the Library's catalog and databases.
Don't miss this opportunity to equip yourself ! Here is the full training schedule.
Paula
Tuesday, September 16, 2008
Friday, September 12, 2008
Media Reserves Again..
I wrote about this back in May, but the start of school is finding so many videos and DVDs on reserve in the IRC that I wanted to remind students that reserve media is found upstairs on the second floor. As you come into the IRC, there is a cabinet directly to the left of the stairs up to my office that houses all visual media on reserve. The reserves are located by professor name and course number - not by call number.
The media reserve shelf is never locked, so feel free to access that cabinet any time the Library is open. And like all reserves, you can borrow this media material two hours before the Library closes, and return it by 9:30 a.m. the next day.
Ann
The media reserve shelf is never locked, so feel free to access that cabinet any time the Library is open. And like all reserves, you can borrow this media material two hours before the Library closes, and return it by 9:30 a.m. the next day.
Ann
Wednesday, September 10, 2008
Reading Reserve Room
Course reserve materials are placed in the Reserve Reading Room, next to the Circulation desk. Additional course reserves may be on 'Restricted Reserve', located at the Circulation desk.
Materials on reserve must be used in the Reserve Reading room except for photocopying. Also, two books per patron may be checked out 2 hours before the library closes. Such items must be returned by 9:30am the following morning.
Please let us know if you need help locating Reserve items.
Rachel
Materials on reserve must be used in the Reserve Reading room except for photocopying. Also, two books per patron may be checked out 2 hours before the library closes. Such items must be returned by 9:30am the following morning.
Please let us know if you need help locating Reserve items.
Rachel
Monday, September 8, 2008
Tutorials are fixed!
We're happy to report that the audio problems that were affecting the recordings on our Tutorials page have been fixed! There was an incompatibility between the recordings and the newer releases of Adobe Flash, which is used to play back the files. We were able to download a patch and to apply it to our recordings. So you should be able to use the video tutorials again. If you do experience any problems, please let us know!
What are these videos for? Well, we realize that teaching yourself from a text tutorial can be a pretty deadly business ... a lot of people prefer to learn by watching and listening instead of reading a manual. So we created these little recordings to teach you the basic techniques for using our Library catalog and the ATLA Religion Database.
Each video is less than two minutes long, and is meant to answer one specific question. You can use them to pick up a lot of help without much time and effort. Sounds good, doesn't it?
Paula
What are these videos for? Well, we realize that teaching yourself from a text tutorial can be a pretty deadly business ... a lot of people prefer to learn by watching and listening instead of reading a manual. So we created these little recordings to teach you the basic techniques for using our Library catalog and the ATLA Religion Database.
Each video is less than two minutes long, and is meant to answer one specific question. You can use them to pick up a lot of help without much time and effort. Sounds good, doesn't it?
Paula
Friday, September 5, 2008
Reserving DVDs and Videos
Did you know that you can make a reservation for a DVD or video in our collection up to a year in advance? Because many items are reserved in advance, a last minute visit to the IRC might not always provide what you need or want. So as you do your internships or plan for a class or study for the ordination exams with our theology overview videos, you might want to be aware of this service. The staff in the IRC can help you, but you can also do this yourself by logging into your library account. The instructions for advanced booking can be found here.
When you have reserved a visual media item, it will be down at the circulation desk by 8:30 a.m. on the morning that you requested, and you will receive an email reminder that your booking is ready.
Ann
When you have reserved a visual media item, it will be down at the circulation desk by 8:30 a.m. on the morning that you requested, and you will receive an email reminder that your booking is ready.
Ann
Thursday, September 4, 2008
Audio problems on our recorded Tutorials
We want you to know that the very popular video recordings on our Tutorials page have developed sound problems (having to do with the new release of Adobe Flash). These are the video tutorials showing you how to use our Library catalog and the ATLA Religion Database. We are working on this problem and hope to have it corrected soon.
Paula
Paula
Monday, September 1, 2008
Labor Day
This is it -- summer's over, and the new academic year is about to start. We are always happy to welcome you to the Library, especially the new BTSR and Union-PSCE students. Some of you might be feeling a little apprehensive about the programs you have joined and the demands that will be placed on you. Please be aware that we are here to help, and we'll do everything we can to ensure that you succeed.
The first thing you can do to help yourself is come to the Library orientation and workshops. Orientation will introduce you to the staff, to our collections and services, and to our building. The workshops, demonstrations and training sessions will show you how to use our most essential research tools and instruments. For the Fall Term training schedule, click HERE.
Remember, your instructors will assume that you are able to find what you need in our Library, but they are not going to show you how to do it. For that, you need us!
Paula
The first thing you can do to help yourself is come to the Library orientation and workshops. Orientation will introduce you to the staff, to our collections and services, and to our building. The workshops, demonstrations and training sessions will show you how to use our most essential research tools and instruments. For the Fall Term training schedule, click HERE.
Remember, your instructors will assume that you are able to find what you need in our Library, but they are not going to show you how to do it. For that, you need us!
Paula
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