SLIS Library News

SLIS Library excitement does not end with the waning of Spring Semester!

2009-05-13T11:08:00.000-07:00

In the coming weeks, your loyal SLIS Library attendants will be assembling course reserve materials for summer classes, making headway on reorganizing our stacks, and providing the first-class service that you have come to expect of us.

Firstly, your access to summer print and e-reserves will operate in the same fashion as during the normal fall and spring semesters. Look for them as the first day of your class approaches.

Secondly, one of our summer projects will be working to coordinate a reorganization of our collection. We will be integrating materials from our general collection into the our Newsletters and Annual Reports section to create a Historical Section, while the currently received Newsletters will be integrated into the Periodicals. In this way, we hope to minimize confusion and maximize simplified access to our materials.

Finally, if you plan on frequenting the SLIS Library this summer, please keep in mind that our summer hours will be changing more swiftly than James Patterson can churn out a book. Our schedule is based on the summer course timeline and when in-person classes will be meeting at our library. Summer hours are posted on the front door of the SLIS Library and on our website, accessible at here.

Louise's Retirement from SLIS

2009-04-15T10:54:00.000-07:00

As you probably already know, our indefatigable School of Library and Information Studies Director, Louise Robbins, will be retiring this summer. What some of you may not know is that Louise first came to SLIS in 1991 as the faculty director of the SLIS Laboratory Library. After the previous Lab Library director retired in 1990, a search began for a replacement faculty member to serve as director. At the time, the Laboratory Library added to it's mission the role of teaching library and the library director replacement needed to be highly attuned to students' learning needs. So, in August of 1991, Louise, who was still a doctoral candidate at Texas Women's University, joined the faculty as director of the library with her job description including implementation of a brand new requirement for master's students -- the practicum. Louise's charge was to develop and supervise practicum experiences for all students and to design projects using the Laboratory Library. I think we all know how that new intiative turned out, don't we? Sadly, in 1997 the Laboratory Library lost Louise as the director, but luckily our school gained her as the department director, and ... the rest is history.

We are all very grateful for the work Louise has done for the SLIS Laboratory Library and the department overall. She is admired and loved and will be genuinely missed.

To honor Louise's legacy of learning and leadership, please consider joining us in a gathering for her in the SLIS Laboratory Library this Friday, April 17, 2009 from 4:30-7:00 p.m. (Program at 5:30 p.m.). We will celebrate and reminisce about Louise's many dedicated years as SLIS director, faculty and, last but not least, director of the Lab Library.

SLIS Laboratory Library Redesign

2009-04-01T07:54:00.000-07:00

Do you have your fall housing lined up yet? Consider a sleeping pod in the new mixed use SLIS Library development, SLOOGLE (SLIS Library Out of the bOx Great Living Environment). All units will retain access to the comfy furniture by the lake windows. Outlet spots on the west side will also remain a “Commons” area, but with a new reservation system. The microforms area will be taken over by Food Fight and while details of the new restaurant are still in the planning stages, the agreement does require 24/7 availability of good coffee. More retail and office space will also become available as we reduce the collection. Besant voiced some concerns but has been voted off the island.
Suggestions? More interested in distance services? Contact the SLOOGLE Team.

Seriously now, SLIS students are not around as much as has been true in the past. As we think about space use and services going forward, what would be helpful for you? Please email mbesant at library.wisc.edu if you’d like to be part of a planning effort.

Who celebrated their 20th birthday just two weeks ago?

2009-03-26T08:13:00.000-07:00

- “Born” on March 13, 1989
- “Birthed” at the European Organisation for Nuclear Research (aka CERN Laboratory)
- “Inception” by Sir Tim Berners-Lee, with his authorship of the paper "Information Management: A Proposal”

Do you think you know the answer? Email your guess to the SLIS Library (slislib@library.wisc.edu) and you will be entered for the chance to win a special library-related prize!

Certificate of Birth
___???____ was born to Sir Tim Berners-Lee
on this thirteenth day of March 1989
at CERNuropean Organisation for Nuclear Research.

Reply By: April 3rd.

The Next Chapter in Wireless Reading- Stay informed on the latest technologies!

2009-03-10T06:24:00.000-07:00

Alternative formats are becoming more popular and mainstream than ever. The Amazon Kindle 2 is the latest electronic reader. Books download to the Kindle in less than five seconds. It's not back lit like a computer, which makes it especially easy to read. A keyboard is included to make annotations, as well as to look up words in the built-in dictionary. It's so slim, (1/3 inch!) you can practically take it anywhere. It can also hold up to 1500 books!! The Kindle has a unique file type, so there's no need to ever connect to a computer. You can browse Amazon. com Kindle store on the Kindle itself as well.
Learn more here.
Also, check out the Sony Reader here.

SLIS Library Workshops and the last Open Source Webinar

2009-03-02T08:08:00.001-08:00

Have you checked out the SLIS library workshop schedule yet? We scheduled various great workshops this semester, including Ms Office software, online databases and other useful LIS resources. All workshops are in the SLIS Computer Lab (Click Here for Schedule). Welcome to drop-in any of them. Here are the workshops in the following weeks:

Excel
- Instructor: Crystle Martin
- Date: Tuesday, March 3, 1:00-2:00
ProQuest: Historical Newspapers
- Instructor: Peggy Cruse
- Date: Monday, March 9, 2:00-3:00
New Tools
- Instructors: Crystle Martin and Melissa Adler
- Date: Friday, March 13, 11:00-12:00
ProQuest: Historical Newspapers
- Instructor: Peggy Cruse
- Date: Monday, March 23, 2:00-3:00
Collection Manager
- Instructor: Sheliah Harrington
- Date: Thursday, March 26, noon-1:00

Also, SLIS library registered for a series of WiLS Open Source Webinars, and we will be having the last Webinar this Friday. You can find out more about Open Source Webinars at http://librarywebinars.blogspot.com/.

Friday Webinar: Google Sites and Apps for non-profits
- Date: Friday, March 6, noon-1:00
- Location: Cat Lab

Oscar At The Library

2009-02-23T12:48:00.000-08:00

Did Sunday night's show leave you eager to learn more about movies? The 81st Annual Academy Awards might be in the history books, but that doesn't mean you have to wait until next year to satisfy your motion picture curiosity. Aspiring cinematographers, wannabe film critics, and movie fans everywhere can turn to these unique libraries to discover the wonders of the cinema.

As the official library of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences, the Margaret Herrick Library is considered "The World's Preeminent Cinema Research Facility." The Herrick Library's collection focuses on the development of motion picture as both an art form and an industry. A visit to the Herrick Library, located in Beverly Hills, might uncover anything from screenplays and production design sketches to the personal papers of Alfred Hitchcock. Although almost all of the library's collection is available to the public, all of the Herrick Library materials are non-circulating.

No stranger to preservation and research, the Library of Congress operates its own institution devoted to cinema. The Motion Picture and Television Reading Room is a project of the Motion Picture, Broadcasting, and Recorded Sound Division (MBRS) of the Library of Congress. The reading room contains descriptive materials about motion pictures that date back to Thomas Edison's Kinetoscopic Records from the 1890's. Different in scope from the Hollywood-focused collection of the Academy's Herrick Library, the Motion Picture and Television Reading Room collects and documents films that trace the everyday history of America, mostly from the first half of the 20th Century. While the reading room is located in Washington, D.C., many of the MBRS' historic films are viewable online.

Lastly, located right in our own backyard, the Wisconsin Center for Film and Theater Research is an internationally recognized facility devoted to collecting the papers and A/V materials of key personnel across all facets of US audio/visual/stage culture. A joint project of the Wisconsin Historical Society and the Communication Arts department of UW-Madison, the WCFTR is a gold mine of historic television footage, classic manuscripts from Broadway, landmarks of independent cinema, and a window to Hollywood's Golden Age. Where else but the WCFTR can you find the financial records of none other than Spartacus himself, Kirk Douglas?

Image "Neon" courtesy Flickr user Hitchster: http://www.flickr.com/photos/hitchster

Find us in the Stacks!

2009-02-09T09:41:00.000-08:00

For the last 3 weeks we have been working on a huge shelf reading project. We have been going through the stacks, shelf by shelf, making sure all of them are in perfect Dewey Decimal order. When we find books out of order, we take them out, browse them (to make sure they are not marked as "Lost" in Voyager), and put them back where they belong. We started the project in the children's section and we are steadily moving toward the general collection. Along the way we are getting better acquainted with our collection and with Dewey. So, if you ever need to find us and we are not behind the desk, check the stacks!

Top 10 ways to spot the arrival of spring from the 4th floor of Helen C.:

2009-02-03T06:28:00.000-08:00

10. The contents of the lost and found diminish-anyone missing a left glove?
9. You can make more use of daylight when you're sitting in the comfy chairs by the window
8. SLIS lab library workers are commencing in periodical cleaning whilst humming merry tunes
7. The clocks in the Computer lab and Cat lab go from Mountain Standard time to even more wrong
6. Library patrons are shocked with the latest gossip, not static
5. The polar and tropical climate zones in the library become more temperate
4. The tissue boxes are emptied, not for melting nostrils, but for allergic ones
3. The view from the window reveals ice fishers are being replaced by sail boats on the lake
2. The Chinese characters on the windows-ask Tien-I in the Cat Lab!
1. The one degree you're concerned with is designated by the University, not by Fahrenheit

Good Luck with the Exams and Happy Holidays!

2008-12-17T08:46:00.000-08:00

Toward the end of the semester, everyone must be extremely busy. SLIS library and computer lab provide you with a space to study and relax. However, please remember to check our hours before you come. The SLIS library will have special hours for the exam week and winter interim, and the SLIS Computer Lab will still open 15 minutes later and close 15 minutes earlier than the library. The library hours will be:

Exam Week, December 14 (Sunday) - December 19 (Friday):

Sunday: 12:00pm - 6:00pm
Monday - Thursday: 8:00am - 8:30pm
Friday: 8:00am - 5:00pm

Winter Interim, December 20 (Saturday) - January 19 (Monday):

Saturday and Sunday: Library Closed
Monday - Friday: 9:00am - 12:00pm

You can also refer to our websites:

SLIS Library (http://slislib.library.wisc.edu/hours/)
SLIS Computer Lab (http://www.slis.wisc.edu/resources/lab/index.html)

Who is Helen C. White?

2008-12-08T08:59:00.000-08:00

Everyone knows that the big concrete monolith on the corner of Observatory Drive and Park
Street, the home of SLIS, College Library, and a variety of other departments and
programs, is named after Helen C. White. But who, you ask, is Helen C. White? Why does
she have a building named after her? Read on and find out!

Born in 1896, Ms. White displayed an early interest in reading and writing, which served her well in her early academic career. She attended Radcliffe College, where she received a Bachelor's Degree in English in 1916 and a Master's Degree, also in English, in 1917.

Not long after, Ms. White began her illustrious career at UW-Madison. From 1919-1925 she
was an instructor in the English department and a PhD candidate. During this time, Helen
gained a reputation as a tireless educator, reaching out to help students, which at times
conflicted with her PhD research. After she earned her PhD in Letters and Science in 1924,
Ms. White continued to work her way up at UW-Madison.

First Helen worked as an associate professor, then 1936 she became the first woman to
earn the rank of full professor in the UW's College of Letters and Science. She attained
another "first" in 1955 when she became the first woman to chair the UW-Madison English
Department. She stayed at the UW for her entire career, only briefly leaving to take on
visiting professor duties at Barnard, Columbia, and Harvard. At the time of her death in
1967, Ms. White was serving (again) as chairperson for the English department at UWMadison.

Aside from her education career, Helen C. White was successful on many other fronts. Her
list of achievements runs pages and pages long, but suffice it to say, she kept busy in a
wide range of pursuits. She chaired professional, educational, and cultural organizations.
She served as an advisor to the U.S. Department of Defense, speaking about women in the
armed service. She even became an expert on global education, traveling abroad and
speaking on behalf of UNESCO.

If that's not impressive enough, consider the fact that while Ms. White was a busy educator
and all-around professional, she's also an accomplished author. She wrote a number of
highly-regarded books, ranging from critiques of renaissance literature to award-winning
novels. For a link to view her writings in the UW-Madison catalog, click here.
And one more thing. Her middle name was Constance.

Thanks to the College Library web site for information regarding Helen C. White.
Image courtesy of the University of Wisconsin-Madison Archives.

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!

2008-11-24T08:40:00.000-08:00

Some of you may have noticed a Second Harvest Food Bank box in the SLIS Library last week. The SLIS Library took part in a Food Drive for the Second Harvest Food Bank of Southern Wisconsin. The Food Drive took place November 12 – November 24 and was very successful. We filled many boxes of food! The food will be delivered to Second Harvest before Thanksgiving. A special thanks to Peter Wehrle, who heard that the Second Harvest Food Bank was struggling this season and decided to organize the SLIS Food Drive. And of course, thank you to all who donated!

This week the SLIS Library will have special hours for the Thanksgiving Holiday. Our hours for the week will be:

Monday: 8 am – 8:30 pm
Tuesday: 8 am – 8:30 pm
Wednesday: 8 am – 5 pm
Thursday: Closed
Friday: Closed
Saturday: Closed
Sunday: Closed

Book Sale Cart

2008-11-17T06:39:00.000-08:00

Check out the book sale cart in the SLIS Library, new books were added last week and ther are many more books that will be added over the coming week. Hardbound 50 cents, Paperback 25 cents. Also check the website for our holiday hours both for the week of Thanksgiving and the holiday break between Fall and Spring semesters.

Libguides: The library staff is currently working on library guides that will be added to the library webpage. Keep checking for these and other new items.

A Plea on Plugs in the Library

2008-11-10T09:02:00.000-08:00

As most of you have noticed, we do now have power at the wall tables by the Cat Lab door and over in the "Quiet Alcove." To make it easier to plug in, we've plugged in short corded power strips and put them on the table tops. Please do not remove these to use the other wall outlets by the lake windows. We do have extension cords you can borrow to use other outlets in the library comfortably, but we need to NOT leave extension cords plugged in to them. Theses outlets have not been upgraded and we have code issues with such behavior. Thanks for your help with this. Also--The table neared the video/DVD shelving is purposely kept shoved over away from the outlet a bit further than works for most computer cords. We have a leak problem and I'm trying to save the table from further damage. We are in line for a roof repair.... Please ask to borrow an extension cord if you need one to use your laptop there.

Two BIG Upcoming Events

2008-10-24T10:22:00.000-07:00

Depending on your personal perspective, there are two big events coming up next week. The presidential (and other offices!) election is on Tuesday, Nov. 4. Also, starting on Tuesday, November 4, and running through Friday, November 7, there is the Wisconsin Library Association Annual Conferenceat the Marriott West in Middleton.

Both of these events are important in their own ways and, at first blush, may seem completely unrelated. But consider that ALA's latest survey of 2007 grads referred to in Library Journal's "Library Salaries and Jobs: Overview", only 29% of the respondents listed their new jobs as being in the private sector. That means that over 70% of the positions are in the public sector. The people making the public sector budget proposals and decisions that effect everything from building upkeep to employee payroll and benefits are often governmental bodies of elected officials (with the help of dedicated civil service administrators). So, having a voice in who is elected can effect Library and Information Studies professionals in a very direct way. Of course there are so many other ways that elected officials and politics effect our profession, such as the role politics can play in legal issues surrounding censorship and copyright.

Since politics, and by extension government, play such a big part in our professional world, be sure your voice is heard this election! If you need information on where to vote in the Madison area, look no further than the city of Madison's Office of the City Clerk's website. This site has information on how to vote early via absentee ballots that can be mailed to you now and up until Oct. 30. Right now, (today if you'd like!), you can vote in person via absentee ballot at the City County building located just off the square near the State Capitol. By voting early you can avoid the possible long lines or other problems that may impede your voting on election day. All absentee ballots are counted just like regular votes. If you still need to register to vote, you can do it in person at the City County Building or register at your City of Madison polling place on November 4. If you are not voting in Madison and need advice on voting absentee in another municipality, please visit the "Can I Vote?" website for assistance.

Also, since politics and government play such an important role in our profession, professional associations like WLA are integral to our well being. Not only does WLA organize great events like their Annual Conference, which provides us with numerous development opportunities we might not have otherwise, they are also an organization that spends countless (and sometimes thankless) hours giving librarians a voice in the political arena through their lobbying and public relations work. If you want to learn more about WLA and their work in the political arena, check out their website, but also consider attending the state conference. At the conference you can meet librarians in the field who will be chocked full of advice on how be active politically in the profession, as well as how to go about landing a job once you graduate. WLA offers special rates for students to attend the whole conference or just one day. It is not too late to sign up to go, so what are you waiting for?

READ

2008-10-20T07:24:00.000-07:00

Anyone with a class or a computer need this week will discover that the library elves have been up to their mischief in the computer lab. READ posters now glitter the walls like dewdrops on fresh morning leaves! Perhaps you would like to admire them, or maybe you'd like to know a bit of Read poster history? Well, READ on!

Posters promoting reading and libraries date back to 1919 when the Children's Book Council produced the Children's Book Week posters (more word on these from SLIS later...). Following, the first National Library Week poster was created in 1958 under the direction of the publishing community.

The American library community finally decided to take matters into their own hands and promote, promote, promote. In the mid-70's, ALA hired a big Chicago public relations firm and a Chicago advertising agency. ALA's first promotional poster, produced in 1980, featured Mickey Mouse and a simple message: "Read". After Mickey came another poster with the same message, this time depicting a controversial yet alluring Miss-Piggy-turned-Marian-the-librarian, standing atop a stack of books whilst shelving.

Suddenly, the library world was creating quite a stir for itself. Posters of Annie, Yoda, and Snoopy followed shortly after. In 1985, ALA got the hook-up to sign on some live stars-Bette Midler, Sting, and Bill Crosby. And the rest is history. It's interesting to know that each ALA READ poster features an original illustration or photograph, and not one celebrity has demanded to be compensated for their time or image.

Interested? READ more about it! To find out about READ posters, I found a great article in American Libraries' May 2003 issue called "Mickey Mouse, Miss Piggy, and the Birth of ALA Graphics." The article is written by Peggy Barber, who was on the original ALA staff when READ took off. She shares the history of the promotional campaign and the lessons she learned about libraries, marketing, and celebrities. To see today's line-up of celebrities reading, visit the ALA store at http://www.alastore.ala.org/

It seems you haven't made it in this world unless your face is on a READ poster. And today, yours can be! ALA now produces CD's with the software and graphics necessary to customize your own READ poster image-already a hit with public library summer reading programs!

If you'd like, you can e-mail ALA Graphics with poster and product suggestions at graphicsmarketing@ala.org

-BW, 10/19/08

Imagine from:

Barber, Peggy. "Mickey Mouse, Miss Piggy, and the Birth of ALA Graphics."American Libraries. 34, 5 (May 2003): 60.

SLIS Library Workshops

2008-10-13T06:58:00.000-07:00

In August and September, we offered some workshops on RefWorks, LIS databases, MadCat, MyWebSpace, and Web Basics. We have some more workshops in October and November. You are welcome to drop-in any of these workshops. All workshops will be held in the SLIS Library Computer Lab. Please give us feedback on the evaluation after each workshop. We hope to provide workshops that are really helpful to you! For more information, please check the schedule out at http://www.slis.wisc.edu/resources/lab/workshop.htm.

Workshop Schedule

Google for Academic Research

Instructor: Pamela O'Donnell
Wednesday, October 22, noon

Jing

Instructor: Ian Benton
Tuesday, October 28, 4:00pm
Jing is a free screen capture utility for capturing an image or a video. Also, you can add text, arrows, or highlights on the image.

Write-N-Cite

Instructor: Peggy Cruse
Monday, November 10, 1:00pm Monday, November 17, 1:00pm
Write-N-Cite is a small utility program that makes RefWorks work with Word processor.

SLIS Library Computer Lab after remodeling

The SLIS library computer lab has been remodeled this summer. The brand new computer lab is now open for SLISers to use! There are computers, scanners, and LIS applications in the lab for teaching and workshops. SLIS students are welcome to use the resources in the lab whenever there is no reservation. The reservation status is updated on the website (https://tools.wisccal.wisc.edu/cal/share/qMFlQUiBCgxP0i41/dr(-14,30)). And the hours are basically the same as the SLIS library, except that the lab opens 15 minutes later and closes 15 minutes earlier than the library. Also, there are basic instructions for printing and scanning. You can follow the instructions near the printer and the scanner step-by-step. If you have any questions or suggestions about the lab, or if you notice some problems with the lab resources, please e-mail lab PA at ttsai5 AT wisc DOT edu, or leave a message on the sheet which is attached to the computer desk in the back of the lab. We will get back to you soon.

Anyway, welcome to the brand new SLIS library computer lab! You can explore more on the computer lab website (http://www.slis.wisc.edu/resources/lab/index.html).

Where's my bus?

2008-10-06T07:05:00.000-07:00

As someone who works at an Academic Library reference desk but has an interest in Public Library reference, I sometimes get a little dizzy from learning all the separate terminologies and procedures for these two similar, yet different institutions. Which is why it’s nice when the two areas overlap.

One thing that public library and academic library patrons have in common is they all need to get somewhere. And as gas gets ever more expensive, more and more students and academic staff, as well as city residents and tourists, are turning to mass transit as their primary means of transportation. In Madison, this means people are riding the Metro Bus.

What does this mean for the reference desk? No matter what type of library you’re in, chances are, you'll get frequent inquiries about Metro routes, schedules, and arrival information. In Madison, up until now, this has been a dicey proposition, since bus departure and arrival times are notoriously unreliable due to traffic, weather, construction, and other such annoyances.

Reference staff need not worry though. With the arrival of the Madison Metro's "WebWatch" software, you can get real-time Madison Metro bus information via the Internet. In case the link doesn't work, use this URL: http://webwatch.cityofmadison.com/webwatch/default.aspx

Here are the main features of the site:

Real-time bus stop arrivals: You will need to know your bus' route number and direction, as well as the stop number for the location at which you are waiting. (Click "View Live Stop Times" for this info

Stop information for Smart Phones: If you have an Internet capable Smart Phone (Blackberry, BlackJack, etc) you can even view stop information right on your phone. (Click "Accessible Text Live Stop Times" for this info)

Real-time bus location: Perhaps the coolest feature of the site, Metro's GPS network allows you to view real-time bus location over Google Maps and Google Earth. When combined with the bus stop arrival info, you can know exactly where your bus is, as well as when it will get to your stop. (Click "View Map- Virtual Earth" OR "View Map- Google Maps" for this info)

Hopefully, with this information in hand, SLIS students can be not only more informed Metro riders, but also more knowledgeable and helpful Librarians!

NOTE: Users of the site should be aware that this is a Beta version of the program, so there may be occasional glitches, delays, and crashes.

2008-09-29T08:03:00.000-07:00

The SLIS Library is having a Game Show night!

Friday, Oct. 3, 6-8 pm

It's going to be a great way to bond with your fellow SLISers and anyone else in libraryland who wants to join us, have fun, and maybe learn something zany about the wonderful world of libraries.

The Games:

Who Wants to Be a Librarian? Contestants will be tested on how much they know about library and SLIS trivia. They'll get lifelines from the audience.

Match Game: We'll have a panel made up of celebrity librarians. Players will get points for every answer that matches a celebrity's.

Here's a clip to show you how the original Match Game worked. Check it out: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qGZun6FoXTw

We'll also have plenty of board games. Feel free to bring games to share.

Pizza will be provided, and there will be fabulous prizes!
Following the games we'll head out for cocktails and more bonding.

Banned Book Week

2008-09-22T07:40:00.000-07:00

Start getting ready! September 27 through October 4 is Banned Books Week! Banned Book Week's theme this year is "Celebrating the Freedom to Read." The ALA offers many suggestions on how to celebrate banned books - this week and year round. Here are just a few:

Read a banned book. Check out the most frequently challenged books here
Join the Freedom to Read Foundation http://www.ala.org/ala/ourassociation/othergroups/ftrf/freedomreadfoundation.cfm
Tell others - friends, co-workers, family, teachers, press, and politicians about Banned Books Week
Find Banned Books Week on Facebook and MySpace
Check out the Banned Books displays in the SLIS Library this week and next week

Most importantly, have fun reading a banned book!

Class of the Week, Workshops, and More

2008-09-15T07:06:00.000-07:00

Hi All! Check out the New Students Display outside the library and get to know your new peers by site. Also, look for the class of the week book display over the catalog computers near the reference desk. Keep your eyes open for your class’ week and some great print resources to accompany the topics of your class.

Don’t forget to sign up for the Web Basics workshop. It will be offered September 24th at 4 pm and again on September 30th at 3:15pm. The sign up sheet is available on the circulation desk in the library. The workshop schedule for October will be up shortly and will include workshops for LibGuides, Google for Academic Research, Jing, and More. Keep checking back for more information.

SLIS Library Workshops

2008-09-05T11:45:00.000-07:00

We have many great workshops coming up over the next few weeks. Below is a list of some upcoming ones. For the most part, these workshops are drop-in and no pre-registration is required, but please note any that ask for pre-registration. (We just want an idea of how many people will attend when we ask for pre-registration. Registration is at the library circ desk.) We hope you can make it to one or more of the workshops. Feel free to give us feedback if you attend and also let us know what other kinds of workshops you'd like to see in the future. All workshops are in the SLIS Library Computer Lab.

Workshop Schedule

Workshop Friday on September 5!
RefWorks
- Instructor:Peggy Cruse
- Friday, September 5, 3:00pm
ProQuest

Instructor:Peggy Cruse
Friday, September 5, 4:00pm
Proquest is a large vendor -- we can access 45 of their databases. The workshop will offer an overview of the Proquest interface and search features.

Workshop this Saturday, September 6!
- 10:00 Refworks
- Introduction to web citation management software.
- 11:00 Madcat
- Finding books and more for your UW-Madison research.
- 12:00 Ulrich's Periodical Directory
- Overview of a great database with detailed information on serials published throughout the world.
- 1:00 My WebSpace
- Primer on the web-accessible file storage system provided by the Division of Information Technology (DoIT) to all UW Madison students.
- 2:00 Library Literature & LISTA
- Learn about two key library and information science bibliographic databases that index articles, book reviews and more, and includes some full-text coverage.

September 9th and beyond:

RefWorks
- Instructor:Peggy Cruse
- Tuesday, September 9, 3:00pm
ProQuest

Instructor:Peggy Cruse
Friday, September 12, 1:00pm

CSA Illumina

Instructor:Peggy Cruse
Tuesday, September 16, 3:00pm

CSA Illumina

Instructor:Peggy Cruse
Monday, September 22, 1:00pm

Web Basics (pre-registration)

Instructor:Sheilah Harrington
Wednesday, September 24, 4:00pm

Web Basics (pre-regstration)

Instructor:Sheilah Harrington
Tuesday, September 30, 3:15pm

Welcome All Students!

2008-08-28T06:57:00.000-07:00

The SLIS Laboratory Library staff extends a big welcome back to all new and returning students! We hope everyone had a great summer and is ready for an exciting and productive fall semester. Here at the library we are almost ready and are putting (with our incredible IT staff's help, of course) the finishing touches on the newly remodeled computer lab. We hope everyone will enjoy the new equipment and more seats that are the result of this project. We've also spent some time this summer trying to spruce up the library a little bit. We hope you'll find our efforts pleasant and useful. Always feel free to let us know what you think about our little library.

We are planning several workshop sessions over the next few weeks of the semester. Some sessions are still being scheduled so stay tuned for those dates and times. We do have a stupendous, blow out, Saturday Workshop session on the calendar for September 6. Feel free to attend one or all of the sessions on this day. The sessions will be held in the SLIS Lab Lib computer lab. (Did we mention it was redone this summer?) Here is the schedule for that day:

10:00 Refworks. Introduction to web citation management software.

11:00 Madcat. Finding books and more for your UW-Madison research.

12:00 Ulrich's Periodical Directory. Overview of a great database with detailed information on serials published throughout the world.

1:00 My WebSpace. Primer on the web-accessible file storage system provided by the Division of Information Technology (DoIT) to all UW Madison students.

2:00 Library Literature & LISTA. Learn about two key library and information science bibliographic databases that index articles, book reviews and more, and includes some full-text coverage.

As other workshops get scheduled, we'll post fliers around the library and update this space with information, so be on the lookout.

Again, welcome and have a wonderful semester!

Pardon our dust!

2008-07-17T08:14:00.000-07:00

The SLIS Laboratory Library computer lab is being upgraded! The lab will be closed the rest of the summer. Apologies to those of you for whom this may be a surprise. The good news is we'll have more seats and much updated equipment for the fall.

Thanks in advance for your patience. It will be rewarded! Besides the improved lab, the upgrade allows us to shift furniture from the lab into the library and -- when we can get a circuitry upgrade and some wires pulled -- we'll have improved laptop space in the library.

Remember that until our lab is back online, there is a large computer lab on the second floor of College Library.

Library Associations Pages Online

2008-05-13T10:19:00.000-07:00

It's the end of the semester and all the work is done - what's to be done with all that newly found free time? Spend some of that time looking at our new LIS Associations pages! Check out various LIS associations and organizations by location, library type, and by topic. See what's really out there for professional organizations - there's a lot more out there than just ALA. Happy browsing!