Charming new PSCE display

A new exhibit has opened in the Morton Library of wonderful historic photographs of the PSCE Demonstration Kindergarten, in honor of Josephine Newbury (1952-1974).

Prof. Newbury was a leader in innovative early childhood education and the weekday church school.  She helped to train 467 women and men who completed the PSCE Student Teaching Program at the Center.

Come and see these delightful photos, displayed with vintage toys from that era.  The display is found in the big glass display cases in the Morton Library entrance hall, and inside in the flat glass display case near the Circulation Desk.

Paula

Newly redesigned Children's Literature website !

Our popular children's and adolescent literature website has a new home, a new design and an official new name : Storypath ! This site is supported by the William Smith Morton Library and the Christian Education department of Union Presbyterian Seminary.

We have the same great content -- book reviews that connect great stories with our faith story, lesson plans that use children's literature, and weekly posts that link lectionary texts with children's books.

But our new site allows us to add lots of things our readers have been requesting. We have two new indexes (Scripture and theme) that offer new ways of searching for books. We've made it easier to share content there (our readers wanted Pinterest!) and to get quickly to the content that you want the most.

The redesign is primarily the work of UPSem alumna Jessica Rathbun-Cook, who took our readers' suggestions and worked with Ann Knox, Director of the Instructional Resource Center, to create a fresh, clean, easy-to-use site that we hope will continue providing useful tools for ministry. We are grateful to Jessica for her skills and good nature as we worked very hard to make this site a reality.

So come visit Storypath, sign up for notifications when new content is posted, and join the conversation with us around books, faith and ministry.

Paula

Vacation days

You may notice fewer staff available in the next two or three weeks, while we try to use our vacation days before new student orientation and classes begin.

Many of us will be out at least part of the time during August.  Please have a little patience if you are trying to reach one of us.  We'll do our best to respond to your requests as soon as we can.

Paula

Ugghh

Rather sad situation in the building today ... some unfortunate creature has apparently crawled into the building and died somewhere!  There is a very disagreeable smell in some places, especially on the lower level near the foot of the stairs and the south elevator.

We have the big fans on, and Physical Plant guys are searching for the source of this disturbance. 

The good news is that it's mostly out in the Atrium and traffic areas, while inside the Reference Room, the offices, carrels, etc. seems okay.  So you can still come and study here without a huge problem.

Hoping that it doesn't last long ....

Paula

UPSEM website maintenance Thursday, 25 July

We have been notified that the www.upsem.edu website may be unavailable on Thursday because of maintenance work.  It's not clear at this time whether the Library websites will be affected.

If our Library site is down, you may still be able to reach the specific services (such as the Catalog) by using their direct links :

E-mail:  http://mail.upsem.edu

Library:  http://library.upsem.edu

Library catalog : http://morton.upsem.edu:8991/F

Blackboard: https://union-psce.blackboard.com/webapps/login/

And in the Library catalog, there is a page we have created of temporary links to our online databases -- one set for connecting within our campus network and one for off-campus :

http://morton.upsem.edu:8991/F/?func=file&file_name=base-list

And here is the direct link to this blog, where we post announcements and updates :

http://wsmlpublicservices.blogspot.com/

You may also find updated information on the Facebook pages of Union Seminary and the Library.

We recommend that you bookmark these sites on your own computer so you can use them as a "work-around" if necessary.  We can't guarantee that they will be functioning on Thursday, but it gives you one more possible way to get access.

Paula

UPSEM website is offline

Fortunately, the Library website is running this morning, but the general campus site is offline.  Here is a message about it from John Wilson :

The www.upsem.edu website is presently being scanned by the developer to eliminate some potential problems.  You may have received a warning message if you have visited the site this morning.

You are advised to stay off the page until further notice.

You may use the following links in the meantime:

E-mail:  http://mail.upsem.edu

Library:  http://library.upsem.edu

Blackboard: https://union-psce.blackboard.com/webapps/login/

Holiday hours this week

The Library will have reduced hours this week for the July 4th holiday. 

Monday - Tuesday:  9:00am - 6:00pm
Wednesday, July 3:  9:00am - 5:00pm
Thursday, July 4:  Closed for July 4th holiday
Friday, July 5:  9:00am - 5:00pm
Saturday, July 6:  1:00 - 5:00pm
Sunday:  Closed

Check out our hours and closings on our website...

http://library.upsem.edu/Pages/HoursStaff.html#Morton


Rachel