New shelving order for the periodicals

If you are returning to campus, you might go downstairs to the compact shelving on Lowel Level East and say, "What the heck happened to the periodicals?"

Over the summer, our hard-working Circ staff reordered the entire periodicals stacks area. Now, instead of being shelved in order by call number, they are in alphabetical order by title, just like the Current Periodicals upstairs in the Reference Room. So it's no longer necessary for you to get a call number if you know the name of the journal you are looking for.

We hope this will simplify the task of finding and using our paper periodicals. Remember : only about 30% of the scholarly journals in the field of religion are available in digital formats. It's still necessary to consult journals in print to do your research.

Paula

New feature on the NewsPage

On our newly redesigned NewsPage, you will find an attractive display of new books received into our collection in the past month. We are planning to feature about 60 titles at a given time, with older ones rotating off as new ones are added.

To see more details on any of these new books, just click on its cover image, and a box will open showing publication data, plus our Morton Library call number (under "Tags").

I will caution you that some of these are so new that they are still in the Cataloging department being processed. If you have trouble finding any of them, check our Catalog, or ask at the Circulation Desk.

Paula

New Location for Media Reserves

Beginning this term, all videos and DVDs that have been placed on reserve for courses at UPSem and BTSR will be held at the Circulation Desk. (In the past, these items have been placed in cabinets in the IRC.)

You can still view an audiovisual title in the IRC, but you will need to check it out as a 2 hour loan at the circulation desk and return it there when you are through. You can also check out one of these items two hours before the Library closes and return it by 9:30 a.m. the next day.

We had some trouble last year getting reserve material that was returned late back to the IRC when people needed it, so we're hoping this change makes it easier for you to get the reserve videorecordings when you need them!

Ann

Catalog maintenance Thursday night

Our Morton Library catalog is scheduled to run some updates tonight, starting about midnight and running till about 2:30 am.

During this period, some services or functions of the catalog may be briefly interrupted.

Paula

ILL Form Working Again

Our ILL request form link from inside the Library catalog has been down since July 1. We're happy to report that it is now back up and ready for your use. (And some of you have already discovered that since we've already had 3 requests come through this afternoon!)

You can link to our request form by clicking on the ILL Form tab at the top right of any page within the Library catalog.

For instructions on submitting an interlibrary loan request, please click HERE.

Ann

Summer hours still in effect this week

Please be aware that the Library will be on early closing hours this week -- closing at 5:00 pm. Fall term hours will begin on Monday, Sept. 13th.

Paula

Catalog maintenance this weekend

Just want you to know that we will be running a full "cold backup" of our Library catalog servers on Saturday night, into Sunday morning (about 11 pm till 7 am). This means that our Morton Library catalog and some other electronic services will be offline during this period.

Many thanks to our wonderful systems librarian, Leland Deeds, for his willingness to conduct this necessary work at a time when it will cause as little inconvenience to our users as possible.

Paula