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LASR unavailable until July 9thLASR will not be available until July 9th while maintenance is performed. Items requested during July and August might be delayed as the Dewey collection is loaded into LASR. Dateline: July 3, 2007OUS ResourcesResearch guides for Summer 2007 OUS classes: American School Dateline: June 25, 2007Status of Case Library CollectionsLASR requests are not available until Monday, July 9th. The new open stacks remain available for browsing and circulation, and Connect-NY is available. Date: July 2, 2007. Thanks to the hard working staff of National Library Relocations and Case Library, we are pleased to announce that most of Case Library's circulating collection is now available for browsing on levels two and four of the new Case Library & Geyer Center for Information Technology. Many government documents have returned from storage and are now located on level one. ConnectNY borrowing is back online today.MItems remaining in the LASR system are now requestable via Colgate's Library Catalog (Mondo), including films, music, software, older journals and periodicals, and some government documents. Other items will be returning from off-site storage throughout the summer, including older books classified in the Dewey Decimal system (monographs published before 1976 with minimal circulation), Special Collections, and the remainder of our government documents. A heartfelt thank you to Colgate faculty, staff and students for your patience during the last phase of our building project. Dateline: June 25, 2007 Case Collections Available Monday June 25th
* Materials currently in LASR are circulating books, music, films, government documents, software, etc. In order to insure the optimal performance of the LASR system during the unload of LC materials May 22 to June 17, we have been advised by our vendor, H.K. Systems, to move up the date of the annual maintenance so that it falls prior to the unload. Therefore, H.K. engineers will be working on LASR Thursday and Friday, May 17 and 18. This will not affect your ability to request items from LASR, but materials will not be delivered to your offices or be available at the Circulation Desk from LASR on those two days. Rather, any items requested after 4:30 pm, Wednesday, May 16 through 5 pm, Friday, May 18 will be delivered to your offices, if you so request, or will be available for pickup from the Case Circulation Desk on Monday, May 21. Also, the ConnectNY service will not be available starting Noon, Friday, May 18, and ending Monday, June 18. The ConnectNY software balances borrowing with lending and since we cannot loan materials over this time, we also cannot borrow materials. Any materials requested before Noon, May 18. will be available for pickup at the Case Library Circulation Desk when they arrive. Please send all of your subsequent requests for materials through Interlibrary Loan Borrowing. I am sorry for any inconvenience this may cause you. Please feel free to contact Frank Gavett or refer to the Ask a Librarian link with any questions you may have about this. MyLoan and WorldCat will continue to operate normally during this period. Dateline: May 14, 2007 We're Open 24/7To help you meet your end-of-the-semester obligations, Case Library will not close until May 11th at 5:00. Cooley Library is open normal hours (closing Sunday - Thursday at midnight, Friday - Saturday at 10 p.m.). Dateline: April 22, 2007 Feeling Nostalgic? YouTube Remembers the old Case LibraryWith final exams looming, some student performers let off a little steam in the old Case Library reading room, courtesy of YouTube. Dateline: April 20, 2007 Help Develop Our New WebsiteColgate Libraries are creating a new website and need your input! Receive a Colgate travel mug and two Barge coffee tokens for participating. What is involved: Come to a � hour session where you will be asked to look for a few things using our new website. When: The week of April 16th Where: Case/Geyer Suite 200 How to sign up: Email the project coordinator, Clarence Maybee, cmaybee@mail.colgate.edu, with your name, class year, and concentration. If you are selected, you will be contacted to arrange a convenient time to meet. Dateline: April 12, 2007 RefWorks WorkshopsManage your information better
Instructor: Peter Tagtmeyer, Associate Science Librarian Location: Batza Classroom/Lab, Room 345 of the new Case Library & Geyer Center for Information Technology Dateline: March 28, 2007 Case Library and Geyer Center for Information Technology Opens March 18thLevels 1-4 of the new Case Library and Geyer Center for Information Technology Open on March 18th. Read about it in the Library's Spring newsletter. Dateline: March 16, 2007 Library Spring 2007 NewsletterThe Libraries' Spring 2007 Newsletter provides details of the March 18th opening of Case Library and Geyer Center for Information Technology. Dateline: March 16, 2007 LibBlogWe're BLOGGING the new building! Join the conversation at http://blogtest.colgate.edu/mt/blogs/reference/ Dateline: March 16, 2007 Faculty Carrel Request formPlease submit this form to request carrel space in Case Library. Carrels will be assigned subject to the Library Faculty Carrel Policy beginning March 19, 2007 and will be available for use by April 16. Dateline: March 8, 2007 Early Closure - Case & Cooley LibrariesDue to extreme weather conditions, Cooley Library will close at 6 p.m., and Case Library at 8 p.m. No LASR deliveries will take place after 4 p.m. Dateline: February 14, 2007 Catalog (Mondo) maintenanceThe LASR system is unavailable Thursday, January 11, 2007 for maintenance. Deliveries will resume on Friday, January 12th. The Library Online catalog will be unavailable during maintenance Saturday, January 13, 2007 from 1 PM through 5PM. Dateline: January 11, 2007 Resources for Colgate StaffAn assortment of links of likely interest to Colgate staff. (from a staff development workshop) Dateline: January 11, 2007 Iraq Study Group ReportThe Iraq Study Group Report issued December 7, 2006 (160 p.) by James A. Baker III and Lee H. Hamilton (co-chairs) is available in Adobe PDF format from the Goverment Printing Office. A differently formatted version (84 p.) is also available from the United States Institute of Peace along with additional information about the Iran Study Group. Dateline: December 7 , 2006 24/7 Begins Sunday November 26th Case Library @ James C. Colgate is currently open on a 24:7 basis running through 5:00 pm Friday, December 15. Cooley is open with extended hours during this period, until 2:00 am.
Alternative study spaces remain expanded and enhanced. Check out the Study Spaces at Colgate list at the Library web page or at http://exlibris.colgate.edu/services/Studyspaces/ The Edge Dining Hall is currently open Sunday through Thursday, 8:30 PM to 2:00 AM. Starting next Sunday, December 3, Frank Dining Hall will be open as a study space Sunday through Thursday 10:00 PM to 2:00 AM. Free nightly beverages and cookies will be available in JCC, the Edge, and Frank starting Sunday, December 10, through Thursday, December 14. Goodies will be available around 8:00 pm to 9:00 pm at the Edge as well as Frank and 1:00 am to 2:00 am in the Pub area of JCC. Dateline: November 27, 2006 Thanksgiving HoursTuesday, November 21: 8 am. - 9 p.m. On Sunday November 26 Case Library @JCC begins 24/7 hours. Cooley Library will be open until 2 a.m. Dateline: November 20, 2006 Watch Your Bridge Being Constructed!A time-lapse video of bridge construction connecting the new library and center for information technology's fifth floor to the hill is now available. Choose the second video, Construction of pedestrian bridge at Case Library. Dateline: October 27, 2006 New Ebooks added337 new ebooks have been added to the catalog as part of the Books24x7 - computer and information technology - collection. A new titles added by subject list has been created. 126 new ebooks have been added to the catalog as part of the ACLS History eBook Project. A new titles added by subject list has been created. Dateline: October 24, 2006 LASR DowntimeSunday October 15th LASR will not be accepting requests after 4 p.m. so that software can be upgraded. Regular requesting and delivery should resume Monday morning. Thank you for your cooperation and understanding while we improve our services. Dateline: October 12, 2006 RefWorks WorkshopsUse RefWorks and never agonize over whether a title should be italicized or underlined again! RefWorks automatically formats bibliographies in any citation style. Shouldn't your time be devoted to the content of your paper, not formatting the bibliography? Librarian Peter Tagtmeyer will walk students, faculty and staff through the process of registering for a RefWorks account, building a database of citations, and producing a bibliography. All sessions will be held in the Clark Room across from the Hall of Presidents, in the James C. Colgate Building.
Chat Service DebutsBeginning Sunday September 3rd, chat with a librarian to get help from anywhere in the world! You can chat with a Colgate librarian
Visit our Ask a Librarian page to connect to the Live Chat service. Dateline: August 31, 2006 Colgate Libraries' Open HouseMonday August 28, 9 a.m. � 1 p.m.
Breakfast at the libraries! Stop by between classes to fuel up and learn how to do research that will make your professors smile ▫ tour the libraries to become eligible for prize drawings ▫ view the latest plans for the new Case Library and Center for Information Technology ▫ learn how to access over 450 databases that can answer most any research question ▫ see our state-of-the-art robotic storage and retrieval system in action ▫ grab a handful of freebies from library vendors ▫ most important, learn how to get answers via �Ask a Librarian� � our e-mail and chat service lets you ask a question from anywhere in the world 24/7
Librarians at Cooley Science Library (McGregory basement) and Case Library @JCC (Student Union/James C. Colgate Hall building) will be on hand to welcome you from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Drop by for five minutes or fifty minutes � your path to Colgate success passes through the libraries, so whether you stay for a full tour or just drop by for a quick coffee and take a brochure home, get to know your libraries! Dateline: August 24, 2006 Looking for a Movie?Did you know that the Colgate Libraries added hundreds of popular films to our collection last year? Finding videos, DVDs & films is easy with guidance from our Video Browsing Guide and our How Do I Find Films? guide. All films have records in Colgate's Library Catalog (Mondo) and are physically located in the LASR system. Have your Friday night film request in by 2:30 p.m. that day for 4:00 pickup at the Case Library @JCC Circulation Desk. Dateline: August 23, 2006 No LASR DeliveriesService restored - Thursday, July 27, 2006 There will be no books retrieved from LASR until after 3:00 p.m. on Tuesday, July 25, 2006 while hardware maintenance is performed. LASR downtime extended through all day Wednesday, July 26. Please check with Circulation (x7300) for updated statuses. Dateline: July 20, 2006 [updated: July 25, 2006] Remote Access and Email ProblemsService restored for remote access - Thursday, July 27, 2006 - email problems continued. Problems continue with remote access to databases and journals as well as email from the online catalog (Mondo). Service is not expected to be restored for several days. Local users may come to campus or use the VPN (Virtual Private Network) which unfortunately will not work with dialup connections. Dateline: July 25, 2006 LASR Hardware problemsAn electrical problem on Aisle 1 of the LASR facilty, Wednesday July 19th, will limit access to materials until the problem is resolved. Repair is estimated to be accomplished by midday on Thursday, July 20th. [Corrected: July 20, 2006] Dateline: July 19, 2006
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| Friday April 28 | 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. |
| Saturday April 29 | 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. |
| Sunday April 30 | open at 10 a.m. and remain open |
Alternative study spaces on campus are available, some with expanded hours for this period. Learn about them here.
Night owls will enjoy cookies, coffee, tea and hot chocolate courtesy of the Dean's Office.
The library will close on Friday, May 12th at 5 p.m. and will reopen on the normal summer schedule.
Dateline: April 23, 2006
Serials Cancellation update
List of proposed cancellations . (Excel spreadsheet) Please return comments by May 1, 2006.
Dateline: April 10, 2006
Archive of Americana
The access to Archive of Americana has been purchased using primarly non-material budget money which was only available this fiscal year. It includes Early American Imprints, Series I - Evan, Early American Imprints, Series II - Shaw-Shoemaker, Early American Newspapers Series I-III . Early American Newspapers II and III will be released later this year.
Dateline: April 10, 2006
Serials Cancellation
Information for faculty review of serials. Project deadline April 1st.
Dateline: February 23, 2006
New Library Photocopier
A new copier has been delivered to the Case Library @ James C. Colgate Circulation Desk area for faculty use. There are 29 department codes placed in the copier computer for individual departmental use only. Science codes and administrative codes are not programmed in for use, however, there are copy cards and photocopy sheets to fill out should any other department need photocopy privileges they can ask at the Circulation Desk for a card.
Dateline: February 20, 2006
SOAN 102
Plagiarism test from Indiana University
Dateline: February 20, 2006
Libraries Gear Up for the End of the Semester
1. Case Library @ James C. Colgate opened on a 24:7 basis beginning Sunday, November 27, and running through 5:00 pm Friday, December 16. Cooley is open with extended hours during this period, until 2:00 am, Sunday through Thursday and midnight, Friday and Saturday.
2. Alternative study spaces have been expanded and enhanced. Check out the list on the Library�s web site at /services/Studyspaces/ for other spaces and their availability, including whether there is wireless access to the network. Note that Library Reference Desk staff will monitor spaces in JCC, Cooley, O�Connor, Cutten, Lawrence and the Commons via webcams recently installed by ITS and update this page with information on seating availability every 30 minutes each night.
3. Free nightly beverages and cookies will be available in JCC, Frank, and the Edge starting Sunday, December 4 through Thursday, December 15. Goodies will be available around 8:00 pm to 9:00 pm in Frank and the Edge along with 1:00 am to 2:00 am in the Pub area of JCC.
4. Wireless access has been restored to the HOP and the Clark Room. Also, some additional lighting will be added this week to the Clark Room.
5. Read the Library�s fall newsletter that directly responds to queries made by students regarding how to virtually browse MONDO, whether it is possible to renew ConnectNY and Interlibrary Loan materials (frequently, it is) and how to do so, and where to find the list of new digital materials acquired by the Library. This should be placed in all campus mailboxes today or tomorrow.
Dateline: December 1, 2005
Case Library @JCC now open 24/7
Beginning Sunday November 27th and continuing through the end of exams, Case Library @JCC is open 24 hours per day, 7 days per week.
Alternative study spaces on campus are available, some with expanded hours for this period. Learn about them here.
Dateline: November 27, 2005
RefWorks, the best thing to happen to bibliographies since Wite-Out
Colgate Libraries offer students, faculty and staff complementary access to the bibliographic management program RefWorks. Beat the citation blues! Let RefWorks format your bibliography, footnotes and/or in-text citations in a style of your choice.
Training is offered upon request and at sessions organized in the second half of every semester. This fall's group classes are offered:
| Week of November 14th | Tuesday November 15th | 11:30-12:30, Clark Room |
| Wednesday November 16th | 4-5 p.m., Clark Room | |
| Thursday November 17th | 4-5 p.m., Clark Room | |
| Week of November 28th | Tuesday November 29th | 11:30-12:30, Clark Room |
| Wednesday November 16th | 4-5 p.m., Clark Room | |
| Thursday November 17th | 4-5 p.m., Clark Room |
Dateline: November 10, 2005
Expanded LASR Delivery Schedule!
More LASR deliveries begin this weekend (November 4, 2005) :
| Friday | deliveries until 10:00 p.m. |
| Saturday | 12:00 noon to 4 p.m. |
| Sunday | until 12:00 midnight |
Dateline: November 3, 2005
Expanded Library Hours
You asked for it, you got it! Case Library @JCC hours are now restored to what they were last semester:
| Monday - Thursday | 8 a.m. to 2 a.m. |
| Friday | 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. |
| Saturday | 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. |
| Sunday | 10 a.m. to 2 a.m. |
Dateline: October 16, 2005
Hurricane Katrina
The Librarians' Index to the Internet has a comprehensive set of links for information about Hurricane Katrina and the ongoing relief efforts, including volunteer opportunities.
Read a statement by Colgate President Rebecca Chopp in response to the disaster.
Dateline: September 8, 2005
See LASR in Action
Colgate University's own Library Automated Storage & Retrieval system is working efficiently and effectively to serve the community during the library construction project.
View a short film about the operation of the system and the temporary library facilities.
Dateline: September 7, 2005
Open House at the Colgate Libraries
Monday August 29th from 1-4 librarians will be on hand to welcome you to Case Library @JCC and Cooley Science Library. Full information here.
Many changes will be in place during the 2005-'06 school year in the libraries. Read about them.
Dateline: August 23, 2005
Try Our New Assignment Calculator
Colgate librarians help you succeed by scheduling your academic work with this nifty online tool, the Assignment Calculator.
Dateline: August 22, 2005
New Faculty Orientation & Handbook
The Colgate Libraries and Information Technology Services will host a joint orientation session for new Colgate faculty on Monday, August 22nd. Please join us in the Clark Room (2nd floor of the James C. Colgate/Student Union building) from 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. for an informative session and a luncheon. Welcome to campus!
Library Handbook for Faculty 2005
Dateline: August 19, 2005
For Faculty: Fall 2005 Reserve Reading
Faculty have received an e-mail message with deadlines for print and electronic reserves at both Case (now Case Library @JCC) and Cooley Libraries. Read it here.
Dateline: August 16, 2005
Announcing ARTstor
New to Colgate's ever-growing collection of digital resources is ARTstor, a database that offers visual images for educational use. Like its sibling, Jstor, ARTstor is a project of the Mellon Foundation:
ARTstor is a non-profit organization created by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. ARTstor has developed a digital library of images (including art, architecture and archeology) and descriptive data. ARTstor also provides software tools to enable active use of the images. The tools support a wide range of uses including analyzing images, saving groups of images online, and creating and delivering presentations both online and offline. This is a resource available only for non-commercial, educational uses.
ARTstor's definition of "art" is encompassing. It includes architecture, painting, photography, prints, drawings, sculpture, decorative arts and design, as well as archeological and anthropological objects.
The database includes digital images of art, architecture and archeology browsable by collection, category, and Image Group. Descriptive data about each digital image including such information as creator, title, object date, creator birth/death dates. Most data include subject headings allowing searching by topics.
Librarian Rebecca Hewitt and Slide Curator Carol Van Schaack have already held one standing-room-only training session for ARTstor; a second will be offered on Tuesday, August 23rd in the Clark Room at Case Library @JCC. Please RSVP to rhewitt@mail.colgate.edu
Dateline: July 13, 2005
Case Library Services Resume June 30th
Beginning Thursday June 30, 2005, library services will be available in James C. Colgate Hall (Student Union), now referred to as �Case Library @JCC.�
As always, summer hours are Monday � Friday, 8 a.m. � 5 p.m.
Reference Desk and Reference Collection hours are 9 a.m. � 4:30 p.m.
Library collections stored in the LASR facility can be requested through Colgate�s Library Catalog (Mondo) and picked up at either Case Library @JCC or delivered to faculty offices. Summer faculty delivery is new this year.
Items requested:
- before 10 a.m. Monday through Friday will be available for pickup at Case Library @ JCC by noon
- after 10 a.m. but before 2 p.m. Monday through Friday will be available for pickup at Case Library @ JCC by 3:30 p.m.
- after 2 p.m. Monday through Friday or on weekends will be available for pickup at Case Library @ JCC by noon of the next business day
Phone numbers and e-mail addresses for service points have not changed. Some personnel have new contact information which is available through our online directory .
The renovated and expanded library is scheduled to open December/January 2006/2007.
Dateline: June 29, 2005
LASR Load Completed June 13th!
In true Colgate fashion, the loading of the new Library Automated Storage & Retrieval system was completed at 7:15 p.m on June 13, 2005. This marks a new phase in the construction process of the new Case Library and Center for Information Technology - all library collections and personnel are now out of the building (or housed in the protected LASR vault) and the renovation and expansion activities can kick up to high gear.
Congratulations to all library staff, student workers and floaters who made this effort a complete success and finished the task ahead of schedule. 22,000 volumes were taken from the shelves at Case and loaded into LASR bins every weekday beginning May 9th.
Items housed in the LASR system can be requested via Colgate's Library Catalog (Mondo) when library services resume. We anticipate accepting LASR requests for pick-up at Cooley Science Library beginning June 27th, and full library services will be available in James C. Coglate Hall (Student Union) before the end of the month.
Dateline: June 14, 2005
Welcome Joanne Schneider
Colgate is proud to welcome new University Librarian Joanne Schneider. Joanne comes to Colgate from Saint Michael�s College in Colchester, Vermont, where she was Director of Library and Information Services, a position she held since 2002. Prior to that she held a senior position in the Middlebury College Library. Please join us in welcoming Joanne and her husband, Gary, to the Colgate community.
Dateline: June 13, 2005
Video Cataloging Complete
Congratulations to the dedicated folks in the Colgate Libraries Cataloging Department. All of the university's videos, DVDs and films are now included in Colgate's Library Catalog (Mondo). Previously these materials were housed in the Media Services Department within ITS and had brief records in the Other Collections on Campus database. After three years of hard work full catalog records have been created for all of these items.
Dateline: April 2005
With Phase I of construction complete, the new Library Automated Storage & Retrieval system has been brought online! Lesser used library materials such as LPs, CD-ROMs, microfilm and Special Collections are being added to the system in April 2005. At the end of the semester most of the Case collections will be relocated to LASR for continued circulation next year when the building is closed. More details about collection locations can be found on the LASR webpage, and library construction information is also available.
Dateline: April 2005