Celebrate Latino Heritage Month September 13, 2007
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Galvin Library celebrates Latino Heritage Month with a variety of Latino-related books on display. Latino Heritage Month begins September 15th and lasts until October 15th. The display is located on the lower level of Galvin library across from the Circulation Desk. Stop by and celebrate our diverse communiity! If you’d like to learn more about Latino Heritage Month, click here to Ask a Librarian.
Ask a Librarian via IM and Meebo August 30, 2007
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Have you ever been at home searching for an article, and can’t find it? Having trouble logging in to your library account? Now you can get help without having to leave the convenience of your home or office! Galvin Library now offers patrons the ability to Instant Message (IM) a Reference Librarian. Instant Messaging, a real-time internet chat program, is used by millions of people around the world every day. All you need is a computer and access to the internet. Galvin Library uses the following screen names and IM clients:
AOL Instant Messenger (AIM): IITLibrary
Google Talk: IITLibrary@gmail.com
MSN Messenger: IITLibrary@hotmail.com
Yahoo Messenger: AskIITLibrary
Any of the above services can also be accessed using Meebo, a Web-based IM client portal.
If you don’t have an IM account or screen name, you can still IM a librarian using the Meebo widget on our Ask a Librarian page!
The service is available during all regular library hours. See our Ask a Librarian pages for more information.
Looking for Your Textbooks? August 24, 2007
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If you need a copy of a textbook to take home to your dorm room or apartment, you’ll need to purchase it from the campus bookstore or from another source. The library does not provide circulating copies of textbooks for students. The Galvin Library collection is intended to provide materials for scholarly research and to supplement classroom learning.
The library may have a copy of your textbook, but if so, it has been placed in the Reserve Collection, located behind the Circulation Desk on the Lower Level of the library. Reserve books can only be checked out for two hours at a time and cannot be removed from the library. This ensures they are available to as many students as possible during the semester they are assigned. Books owned by the Library which are later adopted as class textbooks will be transferred to the Reserve Collection during the time they are assigned for class use.
Textbooks are also not available via Interlibrary Loan (ILL). If you place an ILL request for a textbook via I-Share or WorldCat, it will be canceled by library staff. To prevent the loss of valuable study time, please consider purchasing a new or used textbook.
To search for Reserve titles, use the IIT Library Catalog. Items on Reserve will have a location of “Galvin Reserves (IIT-Local Circulating Only)” in the item record. To borrow these items, bring the call number to the Circulation Desk on the lower level. Again, Reserve books can only be checked out for two hours at a time and cannot be removed from the library.
For more on the library’s textbook policy, click here.
Fall Semester Hours August 17, 2007
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Fall semester hours for Galvin Library will begin Monday, August 20. The full schedule is below.
| Fall Semester: August 20 - December 15 |
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| Monday - Thursday | 8:30 AM - 12 AM |
| Friday - Saturday | 8:30 AM - 5 PM |
| Sunday | 12 PM - 12 AM |
Galvin Library will be closed on:
Thursday & Friday, November 22-23 - Thanksgiving Holiday
For more information on Galvin Library hours, click here.
Galvin Librarians Present Research at ALA July 11, 2007
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John Dorr, Head of Reference and Resource Sharing, and Jannelle Ruswick, Reference Librarian for Psychology and the Social Sciences, presented their research on IM reference and taxonomies for virtual reference at the American Library Association’s annual conference in Washington, D.C., held on June 21-27. Their work appeared as part of the Reference and User Services Association’s (RUSA) first-ever Virtual Poster Session on the Evaluation of Virtual Reference Services. Click the link to view their poster presentation, “Truing the Wheel: designing a refined taxonomy for virtual reference services in academic libraries.”
EconLit Added to Library Databases July 5, 2007
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Galvin Library is pleased to announce the addition of EconLit to the library’s collection of online research databases. Maintained by the American Economic Association, EconLit is one of the most substantial online resources for economic literature. Covering all fields of economics, including capital markets, country studies, econometrics, economic forecasting, environmental economics, government regulations, labor economics, monetary theory, and urban economics, the database contains over 785,000 citations and abstracts dating back to 1969, and in some cases links to full-text articles. EconLit uses the Journal of Economic Literature (JEL) classification system and controlled vocabulary of keywords to index six types of records: journal articles, books, collective volume articles, dissertations, working papers, and full text book reviews from the Journal of Economic Literature.
Examples of publications indexed in EconLit include: Business Economics, Harvard Business Review, Journal of Applied Business Research, Marketing Science, and Technology Analysis and Strategic Management. EconLit records also include abstracts of books, journal articles, and working papers published by the Cambridge University Press.
EconLit can be accessed via the link above or through the Galvin Library E-Resources page.
Essay: Librarians vs. Search Engines June 28, 2007
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Thomas Mann, author of The Oxford Guide to Library Research, has a new essay posted online in which he exposes the deficiencies of using the internet for scholarly research. While a search engine can generate lists, Mann argues that it is a classification system controlled by librarians that provides the necessary guidance through deep and relevant research. While he is accepting of the web’s ability for quick and inexpensive indexing, according to Mann, librarians must continue to “promote scholarship of the highest possible quality–and that is a goal very different from striving to provide something quickly.” Read responses to Mann’s essay at the Chronicle of Higher Education.
