Reminder -- holiday closing

November 25, 2015

Good Morning Everyone,

This is just a reminder that the Library will close at 4 pm today.  I pray that everyone will have a safe and happy Thanksgiving holiday!  :-)



Lisa

The New York Times online !

Now you can set up a free individual account to read The New York Times newspaper online, using our UPSem subscription.  First, click HERE.  (If you are outside of our network, it will ask you to login using your UPSem or BTSR network user ID and password; HERE is information about your network login.)

If you are inside our network or connected via our proxy server, you will see a NY Times login screen.  The first time you use this service, you will need to click on Create an Account, and establish an email address and password that will identify you in the future.  That's the way this service differs from all of our other databases.

Once you have established an account, you can login anywhere on any device, including your smartphone.  This will give you access to the rich content of the NY Times' extensive coverage of news, arts and culture, science and health, politics and government, opinion, entertainment, etc. (everything but the crossword puzzle).  The mobile apps are especially user-friendly and accessible anywhere!

A direct link on our Online Databases page makes it easy for you to return to this resource in the future.  We hope you will enjoy access to this new service! 

Books for sale

Are you aware that we have lots of books for sale at the WSML Circulation Desk?  Usually these are gift books that we already own, so we make them available to everyone.  Only $1.00 for a hardcover, or $.50 for a paperback.  The stock changes frequently because there is a always a steady flow of gifts being processed.

It's a great way to stock up!

New "Patron Lounge" !

Come and use our new Patron Lounge!  It's on the Lower Level, in the room where the computer lab used to be.  Two newer desktop computers have been installed there, with a networked laser printer.

We've added a lot of other stuff for your comfort and convenience.  There is a refrigerator, a microwave, an electric kettle, and some supplies for fixing drinks and snacks.  We've got two nice sofas in there and power strips for recharging your devices.

If you leave your lunch in the fridge, please be sure to write your name on it.  Also, try to keep the room as clean as possible so it doesn't become another burden for the custodial staff.

Many thanks to Christopher Richardson and Fran Eagan for organizing this effort!  Also, thanks to Keith Fauber for finding us some furniture, to John Wilson for setting up the computers, and to Donald Moore for improving the electrical wiring in there so we could add appliances.

It's now permitted to eat and drink in the Patron Lounge and also in the Lower Level Atrium.  Please don't carry food or open drinks to other parts of the building.  Thanks!!

Some tech issues

We are receiving reports that OCLC is having connectivity issues this morning. This means that our catalogers have had trouble cataloging, we will have periodic difficulty logging into doing ILL services, and our users may have issues getting through our EZ Proxy authentication screens from off campus.

We are getting regular updates from OCLC and will let you know when they are reporting everything fixed. In the meantime, know we are aware of the problems and hope that they will be resolved soon!

Fall break -- yes, we're open !!

Normal Library hours during the Fall Break week!  Please come in and borrow stuff, work on your assignments and papers, ask us questions, etc.  We'll be here.

Hours :

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

Reformation Day display

On 31 October 1517, Martin Luther produced his Ninety-Five Theses, "A Disputation on the Power and Efficacy of Indulgences" (Disputatio pro declaratione virtutis indulgentiarum). This event is recognized as a key development in the Protestant Reformation, and now 31 October is observed as Reformation Day.

In honor of the occasion, we have placed some lovely items in the flat glass display case in front of the Circulation Desk. You can see the remarkable Nuremberg multilingual Bible, with Luther's own translation into German; Luther's commentary on Galatians first published in English in 1580, an influential text in the English Reformation; the beautiful biographical work by Jacob Verheiden with an engraving of Luther; and a precious little commentary on Amos containing a preface by Luther, printed in the Netherlands during Luther's own lifetime.

Can you think of a better way to celebrate October?