The Louis W. Biegler Library presents How to Find Books & Articles. These 20 minute tutorials will be held everyday the week of August 31st- September 3rd at 6 pm in the library on the 2nd floor. These tutorials are recommended for new students as well as returning students who would like a refresher.

National Library Week is being celebrated April 12-18. Stop by LouisW. Biegler Library to see the April display of faculty publications. Patrons are also encouraged to enter our “Guess the Number of Gummy Bookworms in the Jar” contest. Bookmarks will be given to all participants and the winner receives a Borders gift card. The contest ends on Saturday, April 18th.

March is Women’s History Month. Stop by the Biegler Library on the 2nd floor of the Rice campus and check out some of these books about women in busines:

Beyond Race and Gender

Closing the Leadership Gap: Why Women Can and Must Help Run the World

Mother Leads Best: 50 Women Who Are Changing the Way Organizations Define Leadership

Women at Work: Leadership for the Next Century

Women in Business: the Changing Face of Leadership

This week marks the 25th anniversary of the DuPage Area Engineers’ Week. The theme of this year’s event is “Sustainability and Alternate Energy Resources.” In honor of this event, library staff has created a book display of relevant titles in Biegler Library including:

Alternative energy resources: the quest for sustainable energy

Beyond fossil fools: the roadmap to energy independence by 2040

Environmentally conscious alternative energy production

Exergy: energy, environment, and sustainable development

Handbook of energy efficiency and renewable energy

Hot, flat, and crowded: why we need a green revolution–and how it can renew America

Integration of alternative sources of energy

The renewable energy handbook

Renewable resources and renewable energy: a global challenge

Solar revolution: the economic transformation of the global energy industry

All titles are available for check out by IIT faculty, staff and students.

The Louis W. Biegler Library presents How to Find Books & Articles. These 20 minute tutorials will be held every evening the week of February 2nd-5th at 6 pm in the library. No registration is necessary.

Two of the public workstations in Biegler Library have been replaced with new equipment. 

All computers are running Windows XP and feature the following software: Microsoft Word, PowerPoint and Excel; Internet Explorer and Mozilla Firefox; Quicktime and Real Player; and Acrobat Reader.

Bielger Library will be closed December 24 – January 4 and also on Monday, January 19th (Martin Luther King, Jr. Day).

Biegler Library will keep the following hours during Intersession:

Monday – Thursday 2:00 pm – 7:00 pm

Saturday 9:00 am – 2:00 pm

Closed on Friday and Sunday.

Normal library hours will resume on Tuesday, January 20th.

Holiday closings to be announced.

Biegler Library received a grant from CARLI (Consortium of Academic and Research Libraries in Illinois) to purchase books in the area of green technology-industrial applications. The library has created a display of these books in the New Books section. All of these titles are available for check out.

Titles purchased with the grant money include:

• Alternative pathways in science and industry-David J. Hess
• Environmentally conscious manufacturing-Myer Kutz
• Environmentally conscious transportation-Myer Kutz
• Green electronics design and manufacturing-Sammy Shina
• Sustainable design: the science of sustainability and green engineering-Daniel Vallero
• Sustainability in manufacturing-Geunther Seliger

Biegler Library’s webiste has a new look and layout. We’ve also added a number of improvements that will make it easier than ever to conduct research online.

• The tabbed research tool allows you to search for books, articles, journals, or library web pages right from our home page.
• Today’s hours are always listed on the home page.
• Guides to relevant research resources for each academic department. Links to the guides pop up on the home page when you roll over the “Info by Subject” link.
• Exapnded and improved help pages. Click on “Research Help” to see all the options including printable research guides, FAQs, and Ask a Librarian.

Let us know what you think about the new website!