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Curious about the Kindle?  Borrow one from Canaday!  

http://tripod.brynmawr.edu/record=b3509459~S10

In response to student requests, we've loaded our Kindle with these titles.  Check this space for additions.

We'd love to hear your feedback!  If you borrow the Kindle, be sure to fill out a brief survey at Circulation!

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Carpenter ants and woodboring beetle larvae are the primary diet of Pileated Woodpeckers and the answer to one of the library scavenger hunt questions.

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The Main Line Sogetsu Study Group will hold its annual exhibit of ikebana floral arrangements at the Haverford College Library on Oct. 23 to 25 throughout the main tier of Magill. 

Ikebana is a formal style of flower arrangement art dating back to medieval Japan.  The Sogetsu school emerged in the 20th century and incorporates modern style elements.  For this special campus exhibit, designs will focus on incorporating Trifoliate Orange (aka Hardy Orange) in the arrangements.  The displays will be of interest to students of Japanese art and culture. 

The exhibit is open to the public during regular library hours. See http://www.haverford.edu/library/  for library hours and contact hmckay@haverford.edu for more information.

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Looking for credible sources of information on H1N1?  Our new research guide offers information and announcements from Tri-College offices, links to government resources, news and more!  Click here to view the guide.

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Since last Monday, the Government Printing Office (GPO) has been experiencing problems with its PURL server.  What this means is that most electronic government publications (the ones that come from GPO) can't be accessed through Tripod (at least not in the usual, obvious way; see below).  Here's the announcement from FDLP:

http://www.fdlp.gov/component/content/article/19-general/483-purl-server-update2

In the meantime, if you need an electronic government document, look in the Note section of the item record in Tripod.  While the "Click on the following" link doesn't work (that's the one that points to http://purl.access.gpo.gov), there should be an alternate URL in the Note section. In some--but not all!--cases, copying and pasting that URL (the one that begins with http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov) into your browser will take you to the document. This won't work for everything, but if you need a document in a hurry, you may want to try it out.

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"The issues bound up in the pursuit of love, happiness, money and status were those of Austen's day and they lie at the very heart of her writing. While the final pages of every Austen novel celebrate the very best kind of union, based on compatibility, affection and respect, alliance contracted as the result of other inducements provide significant counterpoints."

Find Jane Austen and Marriage in Tripod 

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Looking for online educational videos? Here's a list of several websites which provide free access to videos and video clips from several respected organizations like PBS...

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Congratulations to this year's winners of the Seymour Adelman Book Collector's Prize:

First Prize:  Anna Van Brookhoven (Illustrated Children's Books)
Second Prizes: Megan Clark (19th-Century Costume)
                      Jessica Schwartz (Seeing America)

The BMC Art and Artifacts Collection has some exciting news!  They're making great strides toward providing online access to information on the amazing objects in our possession.

Check out their latest blog entry to find out more!

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The creation of a comprehensive collections database for Bryn Mawr College’s Art and Artifacts Collections is underway! 

This extensive, 18-month project is generously funded by the College’s Graduate Group in Archaeology, Classics and History of Art.

The creation of this database entails the seemingly impossible task of taking 22,000+ records from fourteen different MS Access databases, cleaning them up, and then moving them ever-so-lovingly into EmbARK Collections Manager, a collections information system developed by Gallery Systems. All this, mind you, while also beginning data entry for the additional 40,000 collections objects yet to be cataloged.

Project staff, all members of the library's Special Collections group:

• Emily Croll, Curator and Academic Liaison
  
• Marianne Weldon, Collections Manager
• Cheryl Klimaszewski, Collections Information Manager

For more info on this project, visit the project blog.

Image:
Utagawa Kunisada II (1823-1880)
Murasaki Shikibu Genji Karuta
Color woodblock print
15 x 10 in.
Gift of Margery Hoffman Smith, Class of 1911 (S.67)

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Welcome to the new BMC Library website!  Bryn Mawr's Information Services staff has been hard at work since the summer redesigning the library's website.  Tell us what you think!

Everything you need is still available, plus there are some fun new features.  Check out:

• The "tridget" -- the search box at the front and center of the page, which allows you to search for books, journal articles, course reserves, and more with only a couple of clicks!
• Focus On... , where we'll highlight interesting new databases, reading recommendations, staff & student profiles, and more!
• Ask a Librarian, our popular email reference service, will be available via a big blue button on the navigation bar on every page

Please let us know what you like (or don't like) about the new look, and tell us if you find an broken links or strange behavior on our new pages. 

Thanks for your patience while we all adjust to the new site!

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Going home for Thanksgiving, or to Paris for the holidays?  You can still search the Historical New York Times or ProQuest Research Library online!

If you have a valid BMC email account, you can access any of the thousands of online journals and databases the library subscribes to, from anywhere in the world via the library's EZ-Proxy service. Go to the BMC Library home page and click "off campus access" under the Services menu.  After logging in, you'll be brought to the library's front page, from which you can navigate to the resources you need.

Please contact the BMC Help Desk with any login or technical problems at 610-526-7440 or help [at] brynmawr [dot] edu.

If you need help using library resources, please contact a reference librarian at 610-526-5279 or library [at] brynmawr [dot] edu.

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Then take a moment to visit the circulation desk! In order to check out library books and DVDs (not to mention laptops!) you'll need to give circulation your OneCard so we can put your barcode in your library record.

You can visit any of the Bryn Mawr libraries to update your barcode, and it just takes a second.

Questions? Send an email to circulation @ brynmawr.edu!

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The Tri-College Libraries are participating in a pilot program to offer online access to materials from our music collections. In addition to some classes and ensembles that are trying out this service, it is available to other users in the Tri-Co who want to give it a whirl.  The software, called Variations, allows users to listen to streaming audio files, as well as to create bookmarks, playlists, and listening drills.  Scanned scores will be a feature to come at a later date.

The Variations software can be downloaded here.  And a list of available recordings may be found in Tripod by searching for “Variations Digital Music Library.” 

Please contact librarians Michelle Oswell, Donna Fournier, or John Anderies if you have any difficulties getting set up or have any questions about the service.

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The Haverford College Libraries are currently hiring for student assistant positions for Summer 2008. We are looking for fast learners with a keen attention to detail. Positions are full-time and last for twelve weeks.

For more information and an application, go to Jobs at the Libraries.  

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"The best thing a library can be is open."^*

This week the recently renovated reference desk area of Magill Library was dedicated to Michael S. Freeman, former Librarian of the College, in honor of his passion and commitment to serving the information needs of the community.

Michael was once quoted in the library literature as saying that "the best thing a library can be is open."¹ While in this particular case "open" referred to extended hours, it aptly describes Michael's overall approach to library services. From his arrival at Haverford in 1986 until his passing in 1999, Michael advocated collaborative work among librarians, faculty and students and put in place systems, resources and staff to foster it. Open to technological innovation, he signed Haverford up as one of the first participants in the JSTOR archive. Open to the lessons of the past, he took a keen interest in library history and the history of Tri-College library cooperation in particular and authored a number of articles on the subject. (See bibliography for a full list of works.)

During the last eighteen months, the reference desk area, now called the Michael S. Freeman Information Hub, has undergone a number of changes designed to foster a more collaborative atmosphere between reference librarians and patrons. A more modular and welcoming reference desk has been installed to replace the rather fortress-like former desk. The space has been expanded by removing the bookcases that were jutting out into the room, and five more computer stations and two tables for collaborative work have been added. New armchair seating near the remaining built-in bookcases provides a comfortable spot for reading and perusing the nearby “new books” display and other exhibits.

^*Albanese, Andrew Richard (2005). "The best thing a library can be is open." Library Journal 130 (September 15, 2005), no. 15. For more remembrances by colleagues and coworkers, see Lapsansky, Emma. "Michael Stuart Freeman, 1946 - 1999." Library Newsletter (May 1999).

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It happens to the best of us:  you swear up and down that you returned that book to the Bryn Mawr library, only to find it tucked away in your office/under the bed/on your bookshelf making itself at home with your files/dustbunnies/personal library. 

 
What do you do when it happens to you 44 years later? 

 
You send it back to the Bryn Mawr College Library with a nice note, of course.*
 

I don't exactly know what the lesson learned here is, or who precisely is doing the learning - all I know is that receiving this long overdue book, and in particular the nice note accompanying it, made this librarian's day.

    *You may recognize this phrase from the wonderful New Yorker cartoon by Charles Saxon, which appears on page 34 of the January 5th, 1981 issue.  You can view this and other Bryn Mawr cartoons in The Complete New Yorker DVD Collection, available at the Canaday Library Reference Desk.

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Whitney Ale, teaching assistant for Haverford sculpture professor Marianne Weil, spent the tail end of fall semester restoring a 150-year old plaster- cast bust of the goddess Diana that once sat atop the shelves of the old Haverford Library.  As reported in a previous blog posting, busts of Diana and Aristotle were recently identified and discovered on campus.

Ale, a senior anthropology major from Bryn Mawr, has put in over 20 hours of work cleaning and repairing the sculpture and predicts just as many hours before she finishes.  The first step in Ale’s restoration process is to sand the entire bust by hand with a fine grit sandpaper.  This step removes small nicks and gives the bust an even and clean appearance.

“When I first saw Diana she looked tortured,” reports Ale.  “She had been colored on with marker, given eyeballs with pen.  It looks as though at one point her head had fallen off and was glued back on.”

Following the initial sanding, Ale will soak the bust in water to open its pores in preparation for the final steps, patching large cracks with new plaster and giving the work a final sanding to make the repairs flush with the rest of the piece.

Having worked extensively in bronze, wax, steel and clay, this is the first time Ale has worked with plaster and she is really enjoying it: “I feel that I am forming a real connection with the piece.  It is very exciting at this point to see her becoming beautiful again.”

Once completed, Diana will make a triumphant return to Magill Library where she will be offered pride of place in Haverford Special Collections.

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Need to get out of your tiny library cubicle and see something exotic and stimulating for a change? Want a rest for your weary computer screen strained eyes? Stop by Special Collections any day this week to see rare and unique materials from the collection.

Each day we'll be bringing out one or more of Haverford's major treasures from the Collection, including:

12/17/07 – The Pemberton Bible, Northern France, ca. 1225-50 & the Haverford Hebrew Bible, Spain, 1266

12/18/07 – Nicolaus Copernicus, De revolutionibus orbium caelestium, 1543

12/19/07 – Maxfield Parrish, Chemistry Notebook, 1890

12/20/07 – Germantown Quaker Protest Against Slavery, 1688

12/21/07 – Eadweard Muybridge, Photographic Plates from Animal Locomotion, 1887

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Last week we posted about the re-discovery and ensuing restoration of two 150-year-old Greek plaster-cast busts that had once graced the shelves of the Haverford College Library.  Through careful examination of photographs from the College Archives library staff have identified a total of eleven busts that were once on display in the library from at least 1865 to 1895 and perhaps beyond.  As we would be pleased to see the identification and return of more of these wayward characters, we provide below—in the form of an old FBI wanted poster—a line-up of this motley gang of Ancient Greeks, Quakers, and a few unknowns.  If you’ve seen any of these fugitives lurking around campus please don’t hesitate to be in touch with Special Collections staff!

1. Apollo Wanted for employing biological weapons in the Trojan War. Also for defiling numerous nymphs. 2. Aristotle Wanted for not holding the Gods in honor. And for inspiring Friedrich Nietzsche centuries later. 3. Athena Wanted for aiding Hermes in the beheading of the Gorgon Medussa. May be armed with a thunderbolt and aegis. 4. Cicero Wanted for teaching Greek Philosophy to the Romans. And for Betraying the Regime of Mark Antony. 5. Diana Wanted for transforming Acteon into a stag and for turning his own hunting dogs on him. 6. Fothergill Wanted for urging revolution and liberal polices in the American Colonies. 7. Socrates Wanted for corrupting the minds of Athens’ youth, a crime punishable by death by hemlock. 8. Unknown Do you recognize this man? If you can identify him please contact Haverford Special Collections! 9. Whittier Wanted for doing little else besides dreaming and writing poetry for good causes. 10. Unknown Minor Accomplices

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When the organizers of “A Few Well Selected Books,” the current exhibition in Magill Library, chose an 1865 photograph of the library to use in the promotion of the exhibit, they had no idea it would lead to the rediscovery of two very old plaster-cast Greek busts.  This iconic photograph of the library in Alumni Hall features (from left to right) professors Thomas Chase and Paul Swift, superintendent William Wetherald, seniors James A. Chase and Allen C. Thomas, assistant professor and librarian Clement L. Smith, sophomore Samuel Collins, and president Samuel J. Gummere.  Peering down from high atop the wooden bookcases are several Ancient Greek busts, including (from left to right) Socrates, Aristotle, Diana, and Cicero.

After our exhibit announcements went out, we were informed by Haverford professor Darin Hayton that the bust of Diana could be found in the faculty lounge of Hall Building.  Scuffed up, embellished with magic marker, and appearing to have suffered a neck fracture, Diana has clearly been through some rough patches over the past century and a half!

A few weeks after the discovery of Diana, as librarians Christa Williford and David Conners were preparing to record an exhibit narrative with Classics professors Deborah Roberts and Bret Mulligan, Roberts revealed that she and husband professor emeritus Aryeh Kosman had another of the busts—that of Aristotle—in their home on College Avenue.  Kosman reports having rescued Aristotle from a trash pile in the 1970s.

Archival photographs from 1865 to 1895 reveal an array of Ancient Greek mythological and philosophical characters to have been part of the collection, as well as a couple of Quaker luminaries and some mystery busts yet to be identified.  Librarians have long wondered what had become of these venerable figures as they are not part of the extensive online inventory of college-owned art maintained by College Archivist Diana Franzusoff Peterson.

Both busts have been returned to Special Collections and now they will be undergoing restoration and repair courtesy of Haverford sculpture professor Marianne Weil and her teaching assistant Whitney Ale BMC '08.  Over the course of the next few weeks, we will provide updates on their progress and will also report on more of the missing busts which have been identified in photographs from the College Archives.

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Podcasts to accompany Magill Library's current exhibition, "A Few Well Selected Books: Building Collections, Curricula & Community at Haverford College," are available through iTunes (http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?id=267176778).

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Swarthmore alum and new Digital Collections Librarian at Haverford College, David Conners, has recently had an article published in Library Journal.  Co-written with Laena McCarthy, Image Cataloger and Assistant Professor, Pratt Institute Libraries, the article "Can The Jobs Be Found," reconsiders the common presumption that entry-level jobs for recent library school graduates are hard to find.  Congratulations, David!

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Union Music Library was home (briefly) to a little chipmunk named Alvin who accidentally found his way in this morning.  He visited through the afternoon, when he tired of the constant diet of classical music (he was hungry for something a little more substantial, like nuts) and was helped out of the library by student assistant Sakda Chantanavanich.

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Underhill Library will be closing for renovations from May 26th until September 2nd. If there are materials that you anticipate needing, you'll want to check them out before closing time on Friday May 25th.  Also, if you should discover that you need something during the summer please do not hesitate to ask for it.  Materials from Bryn Mawr and Haverford can be sent to McCabe Library for pick up and we can take advantage of our Interlibrary Loan Services.  For more information contact Donna Fournier, Performing Arts Librarian or call 610-328-8231.  Come see the new look in the Fall!

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Check out the Electronic Literature Collection - Volume 1 which was written up in the DigaLit column of this Sunday's Philadelphia Inquirer. Both funky & creative, it's an interesting example of what is now being called 'digital literature.'

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Want to make an impression on campus?  Want to meet and assist other students, faculty and staff in a public service setting?  The much sought-after positions in Canaday Circulation are now at your fingertips.  Applications are available in the lobby or here for immediate submission.  Current job openings include desk assistant, shelver, and e-reserves assistant.

Don't wait, submit today for best consideration.  Questions should be directed to any circulation supervisor: Sarah, Nicole, or Melissa.

Good Luck! 

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reBound is a collaboration between the Bryn Mawr College Special Collections Department and The Philadelphia Center for the Book. The Center, formed in 2004, promotes the book as a vital  contemporary art form and as a catalyst for inspiration, education and creative expression. Its diverse membership includes book artists, collectors, teachers, writers, librarians, book dealers, and art professors. The works being exhibited are newly-created pieces that respond to the exhibition, Bound and Determined: Identifying American Bookbindings, on display in Canaday Library’s Rare Book Room through May 2007.

Exhibition opening and reception - free and open to the public
Friday, March 30, 2007
6:00 - 7:30 pm
 

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• A thru AP 2 R19 are along the elevator wall on Floor B
• AP 2 R2 thru AS 162 B6 v. 257 are along the center aisle on Floor A
• AS 162 B6 v. 258 thru B 3279 are after BL on Floor A
• B 3280 thru D 299 H5 v.44 are after PB 1 M6 v. 91 on Floor 2
• D 299 H5 v.45 thru DG 403 M85 v.11 are after PD on Floor 2
• DG 403 M85 v.12 thru DS are behind To-Be-Shelved on Floor 2
• DT thru E 169.12 are behind PQ 2623 Floor 2       

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Seminar on American Bookbinding History
Friday, March 9, 2007
9:00 am - 4:30 pm
Music Room, Goodhart Hall
Bryn Mawr College

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Haverford College Assistant Professor of East Asian Studies Hank Glassman is featured in an interview on Academic Commons, on the topic of using digital images in the classroom.  The interview was conducted in December 2006 by David Green in conjunction with the report "Using Digital Images in Teaching and Learning," which was commissioned by Wesleyan University in collaboration with the National Institute for Technology and Liberal Education (NITLE).

Hank Glassman teaches Buddhism, Religion and Gender, East Asian Religions, Japanese Literature, Language, and History at Haverford College. Images have become increasingly important in his teaching on Japanese language, history, and culture and in his research on Japanese religions in the medieval period. He constantly struggles with how best to display images in his classes and how to help students engage them as texts.

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Are you researching a topic that is international in scope? Do you need information on peace and security, world hunger, human rights, economic development, the environment, or atomic energy?

If so, don't forget to call upon the resources of the United Nations! And don’t hesitate to ask a Reference Librarian for guidance in locating UN documents and publications.

Begin with the AccessUN database to identify documents, treaties, publications, and articles in UN periodicals. Many of these items are available on microfiche at Bryn Mawr. Bryn Mawr, Haverford, and Swarthmore also have many print UN publications. Check Tripod for locations and call numbers. And many UN documents are also available in PDF format from the United Nations Official Document System (ODS).

Remember the UN is there 4 U!

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You are if your name is Wall Street Journal!

January 2007 saw the launch of a redesigned Journal printed on smaller 12 inch paper instead of the  previous 15 inch size.  Reaction to the new size and design has been mixed.  What's your opinion?   Visit Canaday's new Popular Periodicals area and take a look at the new Journal.

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Can't get enough of the L Word?  The Library can help!

Check out our DVD's of the first three seasons!

Use our databases to read up on cast members!  Find articles on

Pam Grier (Kit)
Jennifer Beals (Bette)
Leisha Hailey (Alice)
Laurel Holloman (Tina)
Katherine Moennig (Shane)

and more!  We can help make your life a living "L"!

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Be sure to visit Canaday's new Popular Periodicals area!  We've moved our most popular periodicals and newspapers to a casual reading area at the far end of Floor One.

Curl up with Consumer Reports!  Relax with Rolling Stone!  Take a study break with Sports Illustrated!  Stay in Vogue!  Keep with it with the Wall Street Journal!  And be sure to give us your comments and suggestions.

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Thanks so much to everyone who's tossed their spare change into the Canaday Patrons' Penny Jar, located just inside the main entrance of Canaday Library! 

This year, $40.00 in donations went to purchase goats for families in Malawi via The Global AIDS Interfaith Alliance.

Last year, $40.00 in donations went to Philadelphia's Bread & Roses Community Fund.

Over the years, the penny jar has collected over $1100.00 in $35-40 increments.  This money  has been donated to local, national, and international organizations including Manna, Trinity Center for Urban Life Winter Shelter, South-Indian Women's Self-Help Association, a Costa Rican children's sports center, and many others.

Thanks for your continued thoughtfulness and support of this Bryn Mawr mini-tradition! 

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Fifty-three liberal arts college presidents have signed a letter of support for the Federal Research Public Access Act of 2006 (S.2695).  The legislation would require federal agencies with external research expenditures of over $100 million annually to make manuscripts of peer-reviewed journal articles stemming from that research publicly available online.

Read the full press release and letter here. (pdf)

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The construction on Canaday Library's front steps is proceeding nicely!  The front steps are almost done, and the steps down to the lower patio are being created right now. 

We're still using the Lusty Cup door as the only entrance and exit to the library, so please resist the temptation to walk through the bulldozers and up the front steps!  

In related news, the first floor of the library is undergoing a facelift as well.  Shelves and tables are being moved, new computers are coming in, and we'll be debuting a new combined Circulation and Reference Desk in a few short weeks.  Come in and see us!

And don't forget to track our progress on flickr! 

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Attention Canaday Patrons!  

NEW! Watch our progress on flickr! 

Beginning the week of June 12, the front steps of Canaday Library will be torn down and a beautiful new entrance will be constructed. 

During this eight week project, access to Canaday will be via the Lusty Cup door on the Thomas Hall side of the Library.

We apologize in advance for any inconvenience.  But rest assured that the end result will be worth the noise and disruption.  Please check back here for regular updates.

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The 2nd Tier of Magill Library will be undergoing repairs and renovations until mid-August.

The installation of new carpeting in the Morley Alcove and the Microforms Room will complete the repair of the water damage suffered by these two areas during the past year. In addition, the public computer area will be reconfigured to include more computers, new furniture and new carpeting.

PLEASE NOTE: Computer access on the 2nd Tier will be limited during this entire period. The computer cluster on the 3rd Tier is still available.  There will be no printers available at all from June 5 to June 7.

We apologize for the inconvenience.

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Swarthmore College Library will be open over the summer!  Click here to see the summer hours for McCabe, Cornell, and Underhill libraries.  Summer hours begin May 29th.  All libraries will be closed July 3rd and 4th for the Independence Day holiday. 
 

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Have you long anticipated the day when you could have a little spot in Canaday to call your very own?  Well, if you're a rising senior or a graduate student, that day has arrived! 

Just stop by the Canaday Circulation Desk and fill out a pink CARREL APPLICATION.  Carrel assignments will be made over the summer, so apply now to get a good spot.  Another round of assignments will be made in the fall, but the window seats go fast!

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During Exam Week, Canaday Library's doors will be open late into the night for those burning the midnight oil completing final work.

The library will be open until 2AM nightly from Monday, May 1st through Thursday, May 11th.

Best of luck with exams and final papers, and enjoy the semester's end! 

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Are you up to the challenge of a fun, fast-paced student job where you get to interact with all sorts of people and learn more than you ever knew about the libraries?  Then the Canaday Circulation Desk may be the place for you!

Canaday Circulation seeks energetic, reliable, customer-service-oriented individuals with a bookish bend to become the newest members of our supreme student staff.  Come participate in one of Bryn Mawr's most vital resources!

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Starting March 20, 2006, reference help will be available in the Union Music Library at the following times:

Monday 1:30-3:00 p.m.

Tuesday 12:00-2:00 p.m.

Thursday 9:00-11:00 a.m.

Feel free to come by or email Michelle Oswell, your Music Librarian, if you have any questions.

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Take a break from studying and see how it feels to be on the cover of Science.  Start here...

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Do you have a story to tell about how a library has made the world a better place? Then consider writing an entry for the newly-formed Building Better Communities Award. SirsiDynix will award five library organizations $10,000 each. Think of a library that has made a difference in your life - it could be a school library, your neighborhood public library, or even perhaps your current college library... For more information,  go to SirsiDynix's web site.

The deadline for submissions is Friday 14 April 2006.  

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The Library of Congress is offering full-time internships this summer. Working with the staff, curators, and the collections of the Library of Congress, interns will be exposed to a broad spectrum of library work, introducing them to principles of preservation, reference, access standards, information management, and the U.S. Copyright System.

Applications must include two letters of recommendation from an appropriate professor or employer, and an official current transcript. Applicants must be American citizens currently enrolled in a degree-granting program of study at an accredited institution of higher learning at the undergraduate  or graduate levels, or have graduated since August 2005 from an undergraduate or graduate program.

Summer internships will begin June 5, 2006, and run through August 11, 2006. Interns will work full-time (40 hours per week), Monday through Friday, and will receive a taxable income of $300 per week 

 All applications (and supporting materials) must be received by midnight EST, Monday, March 13, 2006. 

For more information go to http://www.loc.gov/hr/jrfellows/

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Many people already know about Wikipedia, the free online encyclopedia written and edited by its readers.  But did you know that Wikipedia has an excellent section on citation styles?  

Wikipedia's concise, easy to use pages give information about citation styles and formatting for ACS,  APA, Bluebook, Chicago, MLA, and more.  It also gives you references to other published style guides and links to free online tools for creating your bibliographies.

Check out Wikipedia's Citations page at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citations and let us know what you think! 

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Contemplating going to Library School and don't want to leave Pennsylvania? University of Pittsburgh is offering minority library school applicants an opportunity to pursue a Masters in Library and Information Science degree, while gaining 'hands on' experience working in academic libraries. The Minority Librarian Fellowship and Residency Program provides the successful candidate with a full tuition scholarship, a stipend, full benefits package and 20-hours a week as a Graduate Student Assistant in the University Library. The goal of this fellowship is to 'increase the underrepresented racial/ethnic minorities within academic librarianship by providing the graduate education and the practical experience critical for successful entrance into the profession'. But you must hurry! Deadline for application is February 15th!   Interested applicants must submit a completed application to the University of Pittsburgh School of Information Sciences. Additional information and application packets may be obtained from:

  Department of Library and
  Information Science
  School of Information Sciences
  University of Pittsburgh
  510 IS Building
  Pittsburgh, PA 15260
  (412) 624-3988
  FAX: (412) 624-5231
  E-mail: tkizina@mail.sis.pitt.edu

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Remember that if you want to keep any of your thesis books over winter break, make sure to renew these books. They will be due May 7.

Go to: http://tripod.brynmawr.edu/patroninfo/ Type in your name and barcode from your college I.D.

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Kudos to Phoenix reporter, Ian Yarett, who has written an excellent article on the copyright issues surrounding course readings in Blackboard. The article includes perspectives from ITS, the library, faculty, and students.

Read Ian's article.

Gentle reminder:

Penalty Points accrue hourly for Reserve materials and Laptops when they are overdue. When an account reaches the prescribed limit the student is blocked from using those respective materials. At this time in the semester many students are vulnerable to being blocked. Be extra careful to return reserve materials and Laptops on time.

Reserves: 1 point per hour per item
20 penalty points = Blocked from
Overnight Reserves for 2 weeks

Laptops: 50 points per hour per piece
1000 Laptop Penalty Points =
Blocked from using laptops for
the remainder of the semester.

OCLC, the world-wide library cooperative that provides WorldCat, has compiled a list of the top 1000 books owned by its member libraries.

The Top 10:
1) Bible
2) U.S. Census
3) Mother Goose
4) Divine Comedy
5) Odyssey
6) Iliad
7) Huckleberry Finn
8) Lord of the Rings [trilogy]
9) Hamlet
10) Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

Browse the complete list

McCabe Library is now selling Katrina Relief t-shirts in a partnership with student organizers to raise money for Katrina hurricane victims. T-shirts cost $10, and all proceeds will go directly to people affected by the storm. Buy a t-shirt (or two) to help meet our goal of raising $5,000, and wear your Katrina Relief t-shirt as part of a campus-wide day of support at the end of October (date to be announced).

To buy t-shirts, contact Ann Cary at acary1 or 610-957-6107, or stop by her desk in Technical Services behind Honors Reserves. T-shirts are available in sizes S, M, L, or XL. Please pay cash or check payable to "Swarthmore College Lang Center for Civic and Social Responsibility".

For more information, contact Ann Cary (acary1) or student organizers Heidi Fieselmann (hfiesel1) or Zachary Moody (zmoody1).

McCabe, Cornell, and Underhill libraries will be open limited hours during fall break, October 7-15.

These hours are now posted on the Library website.

Have a great break!

In honor of Banned Books Week, the American Library Association lists the 100 Most Frequently Challenged Books of 1990-2000.

How many have you read?

Read more about challenged and banned books here.

Read the Toilet Papers for Sept. 12, 2005

This year's Open House for first year students on August 31st featured contests and raffles along with information booths, Web page demos, tabling by campus services and student clubs, a tour of the C.C. Morris Cricket Library, and sweets.

Congratulations to Pinky Mehta, winner of the iPod 200 raffle. Diamond Camacho, Marisa de la Fuente, and Rena Rosenblum won the coveted composer bobbleheads from the Music Library. John Carriero won the bookstore certificate from the Science Library.

Contest winners who came closest to guessing the number of items (64,681) checked out of Haverford's libraries last year were Joseph Huttner, Kathleen Abels, and Hana Ikegami. Rena Rosenblum won a second time when she guessed the number of sheets of paper (1,151,998) used by the public printers in the Library last year.

Eight students who answered the "Class of '09 Recommends" questionnaire will be shopping in local bookstores for the Library Browsing Collection. Look for their recommended reading soon on the browsing shelves across from the Circulation Desk. The book most often recommended (4 times) in the questionnaires was The Five People You Meet in Heaven.

Why borrow a laptop when all you want to do is watch a DVD?
Canaday Library now has two portable DVD players available for check out!

These Panasonic DVD-LS90's have a 9-inch viewing screen and a 6 hour rechargable battery. The players weigh under 3 lbs. and are perfect for viewing on the go!

Inquire at the Canaday circulation desk; the players are lent out on a first come, first served basis.

You can check to see if players are currently in by searching Tripod.

The Library is giving away 5 free iPod Shuffles to students who participated in this year's Freshman Orientation tour of McCabe Library. After orientation, winners were drawn randomly from a pool of completed raffle tickets.

The winners are Christopher Green, Kenn Litchfield, Evan Nesterak, Rachel Rynick, and Kevin Shaughessy. Winners should contact Ann Cary at acary1 or 957-6107 to pick up their prize.

Congratulations to the winners, and thanks to everyone who participated in Freshman Orientation this year.

Have you heard the latest from Click and Double-Click, BMC's favorite podcasters? Check out the August 15th podcast, "Back to School," direct from Guild's Educational Technology Center.

This episode provides lots of timely info and advice, and mentions the library's cool new website redesign!

Download or listen here: Click and Double-Click

What's new in the world? "Today's Front Pages" is an online exhibition from Newseum.org, updated every morning, of 439 newspaper front pages from 44 countries. Browse a map of the world and click to see what's happening!

For more information on this free website, read this: Frequently Asked Questions.

Looking for an article from a magazine or scholarly journal? Not sure where to start? Try ProQuest Research Library, the Tri-College Libraries' latest new online resource.

ProQuest Research Library offers citations and full-text articles from thousands of academic and popular journals on all subjects, from 1971 through today. This database is a replacement for Infotrac Onefile.

Special feature: you can save your favorite searches and have "alerting" emails send when new articles are published on your topic. Just click the yellow "Set up alert" button at the top of your search results screen. Try it today!

New! If you use the Mozilla Firefox web browser, you can now search Tripod directly from the search box on your Firefox menu bar.

We've created an easy-to-install search plugin that will assist you. Try it today!

Haverford College Libraries are open on our summer schedule until August 28th.

The Bryn Mawr College Libraries have new hours for the summer! Read all about them on our Hours page.

Also: Saturday reference help at Canaday!! Thanks to a Mellon grant, a reference librarian will be available at Canaday Library on Saturdays (May 21, May 28, and June 4) and a Sunday (June 12) during the first summer school session. Reference hours will be 1:00 - 5:00 PM. Please come see us!

Weekend reference hours for later in the summer will be announced soon.

This summer the library will be installing compact shelving on Level 1 in
the area of the Closed Stack and Census Room. Books in these rooms will be
packed in boxes and stored for the summer to allow for the removal of the
current shelving and installation of the new compact shelving. Movers
will begin packing these items on May 23rd. It is important to know that
the items will be unavailable until they are re-shelved in September. If
you will need to use any of these items over the summer or
in early September, please check them out before May 23rd.

The Libraries are open for extended hours during the exam period. Details.

The following peer-reviewed, open access journals have been added to Tripod:
Theory of Computing
Molecular systems biology

For more information on Open Access publishing:

• A Very Brief Introduction to Open Access


• Open Access News


• Directory of Open Access Journals

In order to provide equity of access to Reserve materials and laptops, penalty points accrue for these items on an hourly basis. Once a student accrues 20 penalty points for Reserves (1 point per item per overdue hour) he/she loses the privilege of taking Reserve materials out of the library for overnight use for a period of two weeks. The limit for laptops is 1000 points (150 points per hour) at which time the student will be blocked from laptop use for the remainder of the semester.
At this time in the semester, many students are vulnerable to being blocked. Be extra careful to return Reserve material and laptops on time!

Magill Library Exhibit
April 15 through October 7

Gallery Talk and Reception: George E. Thomas, PhD., partner, CivicVisions LP and Susan Nigra Snyder, partner, CivicVisions LP
Friday evening, April 15, 2005, 4:00 - 5:30 pm
Lobby, Magill Library

In 2003, Haverford College received one of the first Getty Foundation College Heritage Grants. Its purpose was the examination of the changing palette of paints of Haverford's historic buildings over its nearly 175 years of history with the larger goal of understanding the evolving identity of the campus. Seen through the lenses of history and contemporary design, the campus and its buildings divide into four distinct eras that clearly targeted distinct audiences: 1) a rural school to educate the male youths of the Religious Society of Friends, 2) a men's college engaged with the forces of the new industrial age, 3) a men's college emphasizing its regional heritage rooted in the monoculture of the early twentieth century Religious Society of Friends and finally, 4) a visually unified campus that contrasts with a culturally pluralistic student body now comprising men and women from around the nation and the world. Using historic images and contemporary photographs as well as the evidence of the paint analysis, the exhibit raises questions of the construction and expression of campus identity in the future.

WHAT IS PAST IS PROLOGUE II:
African American Student Experiences at Swarthmore

April 22-26, 2005
Ashton House
An exhibition of of photographs and documents relating to African-American student life at Swarthmore from the 1940s through the present.

Saturday, April 23, 2005, 4pm
Ashton House
An informal discussion with Maurice Eldridge '61, Clinton Etheridge '69, Vaneese Thomas '74, Yvette Miller Browne '82, Gregory Posey '95, Shavaughn Lewis '05; a reception to follow.

Please RSVP (610) 328-8573 or knesbit1@swarthmore.edu

Sponsored by Swarthmore College Library and SASS
Image courtesy of Friends Historical Library

The Pulitzer Prize Winners in Journalism and Letters and Drama have been announced. The winner in Fiction is Marilynne Robinson for Gilead; in poetry, Ted Kooser for Delights & Shadows; David Hackett Fischer won in History for Washington's Crossing.

Check out the rest at the Pulitzer Prizes website.

How about trying audio books? The library carries a growing collection of audio books, also called spoken word audio, for your listening pleasure. These CD's are available in McCabe Library and shelved with our popular reading collection. Titles range from poetry, plays, and children's books, to contemporary fiction, mystery, and political satire. The audio books check out for 28 days and can be renewed once. Please take a look at our newest service, and if you want to suggest any titles, please e-mail librarian@swarthmore.edu.

... are all new additions to the Oxford English Dictionary as of March 10th. View the full list of new entries.

Then look up those words at the OED Online. (Access limited to TriCollege users.)

***
Snarfle: To sniff or snort; to make any of various snuffling and slobbering noises like those of an animal eating greedily.

Creepy-peepy: A portable television camera used for close-up shots on location.

More at the OED Online ...

The library is piloting a new website. Please check it out and use the feedback form to let us know what you think.

The new site will go live during the week of March 21.

If the Tri-Colleges do not own a book you need, or if all of our copies are unavailable, then you can search for it in a number of regional academic library catalogs and request it yourself.

Click on in Tripod.

The barcode number on your ID card is your "patron ID" to access E-ZBorrow. Once you have searched the database and found the book you need, click on the blue "Request" button and follow the E-ZBorrow instructions. Circulation and reference staff are available to help with this process.

Most E-ZBorrow books are delivered within 3-5 days. When your books are available for pickup, the library will send you an email message. E-ZBorrow books circulate for 28 days. You may renew books yourself through Tripod and should return E-ZBorrow books at the library from which you received them.

For books not available in E-ZBorrow, use our Interlibrary Loan service. Please note that journal articles are not available through E-ZBorrow.

Questions?

McCabe library will close at 6:00 pm on Friday, March 4. Hours during break week are Monday through Friday, 8:30 am to 6:00 pm. Closed: Saturday, March 5, Sunday, March 6 and Saturday, March 12. We'll reopen Sunday, March 13 at 10:00 am. More details.

General & Honors Reserve items can checked out for break beginning at 11:00 am on Friday, March 4. They will be due Monday, March 14 by 9:30 am.

Journals and Videos cannot be borrowed over break.

Have a great Spring Break.

Charles Baxter will read from his works on Thursday, Feb. 17, at 7:30 p.m., in Thomas Great Hall. Baxter's books include The Feast of Love (2000) and Saul and Patsy (2003.)

To learn more about Charles Baxter, we recommend the following sources:

charlesbaxter.com

Our subscription database Literature Online contains works about the author, as well as two short stories and an essay.

Works by Charles Baxter in the Tri-College Libraries: Tripod

Replace this logo!

QUESTION: What Does Information Look Like?
The winning answer will be worth $200 in the Information Services Logo Contest.

The IS department, which comprises Libraries, Computing Services, Digital Media and Visual Resources, Multimedia, Networking, Telephone Services, and the Language Learning Center, seeks a graphic identity that:

* Looks good in either black and white or color and
* Is legible at sizes ranging from desktop icon to full-size poster.

The contest is open to everyone on the Bryn Mawr campus.

Submissions are due by Feb. 15.

All artwork must be original, and all submissions will become the property of IS.
Photoshop format is preferred, but a printed version is acceptable.

Submit entries via e-mail to: is-logo@brynmawr.edu

Or, via campus mail to "IS Logo Contest", Office of the CIO, Canaday Library.

2003 U.S. Poet Laureate, Louise Glück, will speak on Tues., Jan. 25, at 8 p.m. in the Lang Performing Arts Center at Swarthmore College.

To prepare for her visit, we recommend the following resources:

Read selected poems at poets.org. Hear her read her poem The Red Poppy.

Our subscription database Literature Online also offers a biography, bibliography, criticism, and full-text access to Glück's work.

Finally, view our holdings in Tripod.

The Tri-College Libraries' interlibrary loan webpages and request forms have been redesigned to help make it easier to get materials not available on your campus. This includes requesting materials through the Tripod system, through E-ZBorrow, and through national interlibrary loan. Hope you like it. Give us your comments at library@haverford.edu.

During fall semester, the library added 1,768 new books to the collection, and acquired 143 new DVD's. In addition, 2588 items have been placed on General Reserves.

The library also subscribed to several new databases, including Access World News, a searchable collection of more than 700 newspapers from all around the world. You may search by continent, country, or by a specific newspaper title. This database is provided by Newsbank, and also includes full-text access to the Philadelphia Inquirer (1981-current) and the Philadelphia Daily News (1978-current).

The New York Times has created a list of the most viewed articles from its website in 2004:

http://www.nytimes.com/packages/html/mostpopular/articles2004.html

After a long vacation, Tripod has finally returned to work. As of 4:30 PM on Monday, January 3rd, Tripod is up and running.

For help in finding what you need, please contact your local reference librarians.

Happy searching!

The Swarthmore College Libraries offer extended hours during the exam period and reduced hours during winter break. Please see our December 2004 - Janurary 2005 Hours for details.

You always knew there was more to librarians than meets the eye! Check out a new drama on TNT airing Sunday, December 5, at 8 pm.

A nerdish bookworm is called upon to save the world after a powerful holy relic falls into the wrong hands in the TNT Original THE LIBRARIAN: QUEST FOR THE SPEAR, a thrilling adventure-drama starring Noah Wyle (ER, TNT's Pirates of Silicon Valley) and set to premiere Sunday, Dec. 5, at 8 p.m. (ET/PT).

Additional showings will be at Sunday, December 5th @ 8pm, Sunday; December 5th @ 10pm; Sunday, December 5th @ 12am; Wednesday, December 8th @ 10:15pm; Friday, December 10th @ 11:45pm; Sunday, December 12th @ 11:45pm; Saturday, December 18th @ 2pm; Sunday, December 19th @ 10am.

The Canaday microfilm collection has moved!

All of the microfilm cabinets that were previously on Floor 2 are now located on Floor B, in the main aisle between the compact shelving.

All of our microfiche remains in the Periodical Room on the Main Floor along with our fiche reader/printers, including our new multi-function film/fiche digital scanner/printer.

Microfilm Reader/Printers will be available on the B floor as well.

If you need assistance finding or using microfilm, please contact the reference or circulation desks!

The University of Pittsburgh is performing network upgrades and maintenance on two upcoming weekends. As a result E-ZBorrow will not be available during these time periods. Both outage periods begin at 11:00pm on Saturday night and are scheduled to end at 7:00am on Sunday.

Network Outages for E-ZBorrow system are:

November 27 at 11:00 pm until November 28 at 7:00 am
December 18 at 11:00 pm until December 19 at 7:00 am

Please contact your library with any questions or concerns.

Beginning this Saturday, October 23, the Trico van delivering books and other library materials between campuses will resume its daily weekend runs.

Items you request from other campuses will come to your library the following day, in most cases.

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The Bryn Mawr College Library is grateful to the donors whose generosity helps us to buy books in support of the teaching and research mission of the College.

Our website now provides online access to a hyperlinked list of donor endowed funds. The endowed funds pages list the fund names, the areas of collection support, some historical information on each fund, as well as bookplate images, as available.

For reported funds, you may view a cumulative list of individual titles purchased, beginning with fiscal year 2003, by clicking on the fund's name.

If you have not yet seen this popular exhibit, complete with 10 listening stations and a video display, make an appointment with yourself to visit Magill Library before the final exhibit day, Thursday, September 23, 2004.

This exhibit examines the complex relationship between music and Quakerism from the founding of the movement to the present. Among the types of documents on display are 17th century religious tracts against music, writings that reveal the changing attitudes towards music among Friends in the late 19th century, musical portrayals of Quakers from various eras, and compositions by contemporary Quaker musicians.

If you can’t make it to Magill in person, pay a visit to the virtual exhibit at www.haverford.edu/library/quakermusic/.

The Fall 2004 edition of @library.edu, the Newsletter of the Swarthmore College Library, is now available.

The Tri-College Libraries have launched a new version of Tripod! The goal of the new interface is to make Tripod easier to use and navigate.

New features: you'll find tabs for each of the specialized searches, and icons to indicate whether each item is a book, journal, or video. LOGIN to see what you have checked out, to renew materials online, and to create searches that you can save and run again whenever you want!

Check it out! And tell us what you think: there's a feedback form at the top of every search page.

FYI: Any Bryn Mawr, Haverford or Swarthmore staff member may borrow videos from any Tri-College library (just like students and faculty). For more information on borrowing popular videos like "Spiderman", Sopranos 4th Season, "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King", visit the Reference Desk or Circulation desk

All tri-co New Videos now appear on the New Books list. Most appear under the heading "Film & Media", but subject-specific academic videos will appear under their subject categories, e.g. "Anthropology". Search for the word "videorecording" within the new book list for these.

Beginning on Monday, June 21, the Trico van delivering books and other materials between campuses will resume its daily weekday runs.

Items you request from other campuses will come to your library the following weekday, in most cases.

Twice-daily deliveries will resume in late August.

The libraries are operating on a summer schedule. Details.

Through June 18th, books, videos, bound periodicals, and other materials from Haverford and Swarthmore will be delivered on Mondays, Tuesdays, and Fridays.

Materials will be delivered to Canaday Library at noon, and then to Carpenter and Collier.

Please keep this in mind when you request materials from the other campuses.

The Libraries have announced exam period, commencement, and reunion hours. Details.

Summer hours begin on May 17th.

The Libraries offer extended hours during exams. Details.

Summer hours (M-F, 8:30-5pm) begin on June 7.

1. American Beauty
2. Sex and the City (all 4 seasons)
3. The Sopranos (1st Season)
4. Adaptation
5. Best In Show
6. The Fifth Element
7. Habla con Ella (Talk to Her)
8. Peter Schaffer’s Amadeus
9. The Pianist
10. Catch Me If You Can

• Once exams have ended if you are interested in taking books for the summer, we can extend the due date until September 3, 2004.
• If you’re a Senior you will be eligible for ALUM privileges upon graduation.

Despite its many virtues, the web offers few experiences of real beauty. The British Library has produced a delightful exception. Turning the Pages offers digitized versions of treasured works from the Library's collections including Leonardo's da Vinci's Notebook, the Diamond Sutra, the Luttrell Psalter and more. These historic texts are displayed using award-winning software that allows you to turn the pages, listen to or read commentary, and use a magnifying glass to zoom in on page details. The image quality is exceptional. Use the magnifying glass on the illuminations and marginalia of these texts. It could be your first sublime experience online.

A9, an amazon.com company, has launched its new search engine. A9 combines Google search and Amazon's "Search Inside the Book." If you are willing to create a personal account, the search engine will also save a complete history of your searches. The search results include a neat feature: position your mouse over the "Site Info" to see general information about the site as well as a "People who visit this page also visit these sites" feature.

Check it out at a9.com

The Library and Your Privacy

Perhaps you were not aware of the fact that your privacy as a library patron is protected by law. Pennsylvania is one of 48 states that have a statute insuring that your library record is kept confidential. In addition to that, we have a library policy that reinforces that principle. Tripod takes this one step further. Once an item is checked in, the link between that item and the borrower is broken.
Tip: Keep a list of items you have used that may be needed for bibliographic purposes. There is no way of recreating this information later on.

DID YOU KNOW: McCabe is now the proud owner of vending machines?? There are two machines on Level I in the corner near the women’s room. A variety of snacks and sodas are available. Although we encourage you to take advantage of our new additions, we still caution you to be careful with food and drink while handling library materials and equipment.

McCabe Library's Annual Booksale will be held during Family Weekend.

Hours:

Friday, April 16th 1-7pm
Saturday, April 17th 10am-5pm

Please come and enjoy what the Swarthmore community has to share.

Thank you to all who donated books for the event.

The Library is offering a one-year paid internship for recent graduates who are interested in librarianship as a career. Learn about and participate in the basic operations of the library; attend a professional conference; and assist with special projects such as exhibits that highlight a collection of the library. For more information, see the position description and application guidelines.

The Swarthmore College Library invites applications for library school scholarships funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation as part of the Mellon Librarian Recruitment Program.

Five scholarships of $5000 each will be awarded to recent graduates of the liberal arts colleges participating in the recruitment program: Mount Holyoke College (MA), Oberlin College (OH), Occidental College (CA), Swarthmore College (PA), and Wellesley College (MA). Seniors and recent graduates who have applied to library school are eligible to apply for the scholarships.

Successful candidates should show promise in the library field. Some preference will be given to applicants from diverse cultural backgrounds and to those who have participated in the undergraduate internship program supported by the grant. Each scholarship recipient will be selected by a committee composed of library directors from the participating schools.

Please review the guidelines for details. If you have questions about the position or application, please contact Pam Harris, Program Coordinator, for more information.

Phone: 690-8026
Email: pharris1@swarthmore.edu

Applications are due in Microsoft Word format via email by 5pm EST Friday, April 23, 2004.

The A. Edward Newton Student Library Prizes of $500, $250, and $150 are awarded annually for the three best book collections at Swarthmore. Books must be owned and have been collected by the student! Each collection will be judged by its unifying theme; for example, an author, a subject, or a group of authors.

To enter, submit an annotated bibliography of 25 titles, or more. Please attach a brief commentary describing how, when, where, and why the books were acquired. Winners will be invited to display their collection in McCabe Library.

Submit entries by March 19, 2004 to Pam Harris, McCabe Library, pharris1.

When you see the button near a citation in an online database, be sure to click on it! You’ll call up a menu of links that will allow you to connect directly to the full text of an article (if available), a Tripod search, ILL request form, or Live Help.

Tax forms for 2003 are available on the web.

Find federal forms at the IRS web site.

Find Pennsylvania forms at the PA Department of Revenue web site.

For other state tax web sites, see the LSU Libraries Tax Forms web page.

Canaday Library is now loaning out bicycles for BMC student use!

The yellow bikes you see locked up outside of Canaday can be borrowed for 24 hours at a time, and helmets are available on the honor system.

You can check which bikes are available by searching for "Bicycle Key" in Tripod. Thanks to the BMC Greens for making this program possible.

Breaking news! You can now renew your own books, videos, and other library materials without calling or coming into the library!

Simply log into "View Your Patron Record" in Tripod, click on "X Items currently checked out", and follow the on-screen instructions. (Please note that some materials may not be renewable online. These will be marked in red.)

It's fast, easy, and will save you from those pesky fines!

The results of Swarthmore's 2003 journals cancellation project is now available online. For any further questions about this project, please contact Peggy Seiden or Barb Weir.

During the summer, the libraries at Bryn Mawr experienced a complete computing overhaul!

All of the public computers in Canaday, Collier, and Carpenter were replaced with new machines: new, fast, flat-screen Dell PCs, and sleek new iMacs. All of the new computers have CD-burning capabilities, as well as the lastest software. Come give them a spin!

In other news, wireless networking is now available in Collier Science Library as well as in Canaday. Now you can search library databases and e-journals from your own cozy corner.

The Circulation Department in Canaday Library is proud to announce the availability of a new generation of laptop computers.

We have 18 new slimline IBMs with built-in wireless networking, software including Microsoft Office, Photoshop, and Dreamweaver, and combination drives that can write CDs and play DVDs.

Laptops circulate to BMC students, faculty, and staff for a four-day period. Search Tripod for the title "laptop" and click "Book this item" to see a calendar of availability. For more information, check out our Borrow a Laptop website.

The Fall 2003 edition of @library.edu, the Newsletter of the Swarthmore College Library, is now available.

The August 2003 Science Faculty Library Newsletter is now online at http://www.swarthmore.edu/Library/cornell/facnewsfall03.htm.

Information about Cornell Science Library for New Faculty Members - 2003/2004 is also online at http://www.swarthmore.edu/Library/cornell/new-faculty03.htm.

The new 2002 Swarthmore College Faculty Bibliography has just been posted. Thanks to Meg Spencer and Terry Heinrichs for a fantastic effort.

Please send any updates or changes directly to Meg Spencer.

Bryn Mawr Library's new website is up! A complete revision offers easier access to information about using the library, databases and resources, and library events. Comments and questions are welcome!

Swarthmore College Library currently has an opening for a Digital Information Services Coordinator. Please see the job advertisement for more information.

The Swarthmore College Library coffee bar is closed for the summer. See you in September!

The Tri-College Libraries are pleased to share an online form to facilitate requests for many types of journal articles between Bryn Mawr, Haverford College and Swarthmore College Libraries. The form is available at: http://tripod.brynmawr.edu/screens/interloan.html. Please ask a circulation staff member and/or a reference librarian if you have any questions about how to use the form.