Library News 2008-07-15T17:46:40Z tag:weblogs.uni.edu,2008:/libnews//34 Movable Type Copyright (c) 2008, bunz Try It, You'll Like It! Course Reserves 2008-07-15T17:46:40Z 2008-07-15T17:35:26Z tag:weblogs.uni.edu,2008:/libnews//34.7007 2008-07-15T17:35:26Z Course reserves provides materials such as books, articles, sample tests, lecture notes, videotapes, DVD's and other items that UNI faculty wish their students to read or view. Thousands of items are placed on reserve every semester, throughout the semester. UNI Faculty can request that the library place on electronic reserve chapters from books, articles, sample tests or papers, lecture notes, journal articles, and other items for their students to read or view. The Reserve Desk will place items on electronic reserve following the "fair use" provisions of Title 17, Section 107 of the Copyright Act. Rod Library reserves the right to have more restrictive guidelines than stated explicitly in the U.S. Code. The Electronic Course Reserve service enhances the print course reserve service currently offered through the UNI Rod Library. Electronic Course Reserves allow UNI students access to scanned reserve materials through UNISTAR. Items can be viewed and printed by users, both on and off campus, 24 hours a day/7 days a week. What student wouldn't love that? Submit your request by August 11 to have it available for the day of class at: http://www.uni.edu/library/reserverequest/.... bunz gail.bunz@uni.edu Services Course reserves provides materials such as books, articles, sample tests, lecture notes, videotapes, DVD's and other items that UNI faculty wish their students to read or view. Thousands of items are placed on reserve every semester, throughout the semester.

UNI Faculty can request that the library place on electronic reserve chapters from books, articles, sample tests or papers, lecture notes, journal articles, and other items for their students to read or view. The Reserve Desk will place items on electronic reserve following the "fair use" provisions of Title 17, Section 107 of the Copyright Act. Rod Library reserves the right to have more restrictive guidelines than stated explicitly in the U.S. Code.

The Electronic Course Reserve service enhances the print course reserve service currently offered through the UNI Rod Library. Electronic Course Reserves allow UNI students access to scanned reserve materials through UNISTAR. Items can be viewed and printed by users, both on and off campus, 24 hours a day/7 days a week. What student wouldn't love that?

Submit your request by August 11 to have it available for the day of class at: http://www.uni.edu/library/reserverequest/.

]]> Same Book, Different Semester? 2008-07-15T17:35:13Z 2008-07-15T14:02:37Z tag:weblogs.uni.edu,2008:/libnews//34.7006 2008-07-15T14:02:37Z Want to keep the same book you had on course reserves this past summer semester on for the fall semester? -- That's easy!! -- Go to the course reserve reinstatement form and submit your request online at: http://www.uni.edu/library/reinstatement/. But be sure to submit your request by July 30, 2008 to make sure it gets transferred over before the end of the summer semester and everything is removed.... bunz gail.bunz@uni.edu Services Want to keep the same book you had on course reserves this past summer semester on for the fall semester? -- That's easy!! -- Go to the course reserve reinstatement form and submit your request online at: http://www.uni.edu/library/reinstatement/. But be sure to submit your request by July 30, 2008 to make sure it gets transferred over before the end of the summer semester and everything is removed.

]]> Sidewalk Work Beginning Friday 2008-07-11T14:55:56Z 2008-07-09T15:27:03Z tag:weblogs.uni.edu,2008:/libnews//34.6997 2008-07-09T15:27:03Z The sidewalk reconstruction project will begin July 11th and should be completed by August 22nd, weather permitting that is. This project will be similar to last year's project in that they will remove the concrete from the line of bricks just slightly south of our entrance to an area around the reflecting pool in front of Maucker Union and replacing it with bricks. Friday they will begin erecting fencing around the reconstruction area and then will begin work on Monday, again weather permitting. Possibly beginning as early as Friday this week access to the library's entrance from the south will not be possible. All entrances to the Union will remain open however. When approaching from the south... 1. Enter the Union through the southwest door, which is close to Essentials, and exit through the Union's northwest door, which is across from our entrance. or 2. Take the stairs beside the southwest door of the Union over the top of the Union and exit down the ramp across from the library's entrance. or 3. Go around the library to the west and approach the entrance from the north. Thanks for your patience! This walkway will be very attractive once all parts of the project are complete.... basye susan.basye@uni.edu General The sidewalk reconstruction project will begin July 11th and should be completed by August 22nd, weather permitting that is. This project will be similar to last year's project in that they will remove the concrete from the line of bricks just slightly south of our entrance to an area around the reflecting pool in front of Maucker Union and replacing it with bricks.

Friday they will begin erecting fencing around the reconstruction area and then will begin work on Monday, again weather permitting.

Possibly beginning as early as Friday this week access to the library's entrance from the south will not be possible. All entrances to the Union will remain open however. When approaching from the south...

1. Enter the Union through the southwest door, which is close to Essentials, and exit through the Union's northwest door, which is across from our entrance.

or

2. Take the stairs beside the southwest door of the Union over the top of the Union and exit down the ramp across from the library's entrance.

or

3. Go around the library to the west and approach the entrance from the north.

Thanks for your patience! This walkway will be very attractive once all parts of the project are complete.

]]> Building Hours for Holiday Weekend 2008-07-03T15:14:49Z 2008-07-03T15:12:25Z tag:weblogs.uni.edu,2008:/libnews//34.6989 2008-07-03T15:12:25Z Rod Library's building hours will be the following this Fourth of July weekend. Thursday, July 3: 7:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Friday, July 4: Closed for the Holiday Saturday, July 5: 12:00 noon - 5:00 p.m. Sunday, July 6: 12:00 noon - 8:00 p.m. Have an enjoyable and safe Fourth of July!... basye susan.basye@uni.edu Hours Rod Library's building hours will be the following this Fourth of July weekend.

Thursday, July 3: 7:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.

Friday, July 4: Closed for the Holiday

Saturday, July 5: 12:00 noon - 5:00 p.m.

Sunday, July 6: 12:00 noon - 8:00 p.m.

Have an enjoyable and safe Fourth of July!

]]> Wiley/Synergy Workarounds 2008-07-03T14:00:31Z 2008-07-03T13:43:40Z tag:weblogs.uni.edu,2008:/libnews//34.6988 2008-07-03T13:43:40Z A number of workarounds are being adopted by library users to deal with the problems linking to the Synergy content that was migrated to Wiley Interscience last weekend. Here are some things you can do to get to Synergy journal articles. If you have a DOI (digital object identifier) for the article in question, plug it into the DOI resolver at the following address: http://dx.doi.org/ If this does not work (and it won't for some titles), plug the DOI into the Wiley resolver by cutting and pasting the DOI onto the end of the following URL: http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/resolve/doi?DOI= If you don't have a DOI, but do have a full citation or the article's author and title, plug them into the free DOI lookup at CrossRef. Then use the DOI to link to the resource. http://www.crossref.org/guestquery/ If you have questions about either process, please Ask Us!... caswell caswell@uni.edu Electronic A number of workarounds are being adopted by library users to deal with the problems linking to the Synergy content that was migrated to Wiley Interscience last weekend. Here are some things you can do to get to Synergy journal articles.

  1. If you have a DOI (digital object identifier) for the article in question, plug it into the DOI resolver at the following address:

    http://dx.doi.org/

    If this does not work (and it won't for some titles), plug the DOI into the Wiley resolver by cutting and pasting the DOI onto the end of the following URL:

    http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/resolve/doi?DOI=

  2. If you don't have a DOI, but do have a full citation or the article's author and title, plug them into the free DOI lookup at CrossRef. Then use the DOI to link to the resource.

    http://www.crossref.org/guestquery/

If you have questions about either process, please Ask Us!

]]> Blackwell Synergy ending June 27 - merging with Wiley Interscience 2008-06-25T14:50:17Z 2008-06-25T14:44:50Z tag:weblogs.uni.edu,2008:/libnews//34.6967 2008-06-25T14:44:50Z As of Monday, June 30th 2008, all Blackwell journal content—including all full-text HTML and PDF versions of articles from current issues, backfiles, and issues published online before print—will be incorporated into Wiley InterScience. Blackwell Synergy will close at the end of business (Pacific Standard Time) on Friday June 27th with the migration completed by Monday June 30th. Over the weekend of June 28th and 29th, there will be a period when both Blackwell Synergy and Wiley InterScience will be unavailable during the re-indexing of data. As of June 30, 2008, all journal content on Blackwell Synergy will be merged into Wiley InterScience. After June 30th, Blackwell Synergy will no longer be available.... coulter cynthia.coulter@uni.edu Electronic As of Monday, June 30th 2008, all Blackwell journal content—including all full-text HTML and PDF versions of articles from current issues, backfiles, and issues published online before print—will be incorporated into Wiley InterScience.

Blackwell Synergy will close at the end of business (Pacific Standard Time) on Friday June 27th with the migration completed by Monday June 30th. Over the weekend of June 28th and 29th, there will be a period when both Blackwell Synergy and Wiley InterScience will be unavailable during the re-indexing of data.

As of June 30, 2008, all journal content on Blackwell Synergy will be merged into Wiley InterScience. After June 30th, Blackwell Synergy will no longer be available.

]]> Library Catalog and Off Campus Access Update 2008-06-18T22:39:01Z 2008-06-18T22:26:59Z tag:weblogs.uni.edu,2008:/libnews//34.6961 2008-06-18T22:26:59Z UNISTAR, our online catalog, will be unavailable from 9:00 p.m. - midnight tonight, June 18th, due to work on our server. Access to databases and to some electronic resources from off-campus will also be affected during this time. We apologize for the inconvenience. Thank you for your patience.... basye susan.basye@uni.edu Electronic UNISTAR, our online catalog, will be unavailable from 9:00 p.m. - midnight tonight, June 18th, due to work on our server. Access to databases and to some electronic resources from off-campus will also be affected during this time.

We apologize for the inconvenience. Thank you for your patience.

]]> Library Due Dates 2008-06-13T14:56:09Z 2008-06-13T14:53:45Z tag:weblogs.uni.edu,2008:/libnews//34.6952 2008-06-13T14:53:45Z Due to some computer hardware problems any transactions on Friday 6-6-08 may not have recorded correctly. Checked in or renewed items may still appear on your library account. If you believe you have returned/renewed an item and it is not correctly listed on your library account please contact the circulation desk at 319-273-2462.... bunz gail.bunz@uni.edu Due to some computer hardware problems any transactions on Friday 6-6-08 may not have recorded correctly. Checked in or renewed items may still appear on your library account. If you believe you have returned/renewed an item and it is not correctly listed on your library account please contact the circulation desk at 319-273-2462.

]]> Off-Campus Access to Databases Restored 2008-06-09T17:27:19Z 2008-06-09T17:24:53Z tag:weblogs.uni.edu,2008:/libnews//34.6931 2008-06-09T17:24:53Z Access to our research databases and additional online resources from off-campus has been restored. Thank you for your patience while we dealt with technical problems. If you encounter any errors or problems, please contact the library.... basye susan.basye@uni.edu Electronic Access to our research databases and additional online resources from off-campus has been restored. Thank you for your patience while we dealt with technical problems.

If you encounter any errors or problems, please contact the library.

]]> Off-Campus Access to Databases Out 2008-06-07T19:58:10Z 2008-06-07T19:51:29Z tag:weblogs.uni.edu,2008:/libnews//34.6928 2008-06-07T19:51:29Z Access to our research databases from off campus is currently not functioning. After submitting a login and password the system returns a "502 Bad Gateway" for each of the databases. We anticipate restoring off-campus access this evening by 10:00 PM. Sorry for any inconvenience this may have caused you.... wynstra john.wynstra@uni.edu Access to our research databases from off campus is currently not functioning. After submitting a login and password the system returns a "502 Bad Gateway" for each of the databases. We anticipate restoring off-campus access this evening by 10:00 PM. Sorry for any inconvenience this may have caused you.

]]> Library Catalog and Off Campus Database Access Restored 2008-06-07T13:36:57Z 2008-06-07T13:30:55Z tag:weblogs.uni.edu,2008:/libnews//34.6927 2008-06-07T13:30:55Z The Library Catalog which also facilitates off campus searching of our databases is back in service.... wynstra john.wynstra@uni.edu The Library Catalog which also facilitates off campus searching of our databases is back in service.

]]> Library Catalog and Off Campus Database Access Down 2008-06-07T02:03:22Z 2008-06-07T01:58:40Z tag:weblogs.uni.edu,2008:/libnews//34.6926 2008-06-07T01:58:40Z As of 6:00 on Friday, June 6th the Library Catalog which also facilitates off campus searching of our databases is down. We currently do not have an estimate of when it will be operational again, but we will provide updates as we have more information. Sorry for the inconvenience.... wynstra john.wynstra@uni.edu As of 6:00 on Friday, June 6th the Library Catalog which also facilitates off campus searching of our databases is down. We currently do not have an estimate of when it will be operational again, but we will provide updates as we have more information. Sorry for the inconvenience.

]]> June Displays at Rod Library 2008-06-06T21:47:01Z 2008-06-06T21:37:48Z tag:weblogs.uni.edu,2008:/libnews//34.6925 2008-06-06T21:37:48Z June exhibits at Rod Library include the following displays: A Century of Helping People - Sponsored by: Design, Textiles, Gerontology, & Family Studies Department - Main Floor Display Case located in the Library Lobby. Iowa Wildflowers - Sponsored by: Rod Library - First Floor Display Case located across from the MultiService Center near the main staircase. Rod Library on YouTube - Sponsored by: Rod Library - Flat Display Case located in the Reference Area. For more information about exhibits at Rod Library see our exhibits web page.... neuhause Ellen.Neuhaus@uni.edu Exhibits June exhibits at Rod Library include the following displays:

A Century of Helping People Photo
 A Century of Helping People - Sponsored by: Design, Textiles, Gerontology, & Family Studies Department - Main Floor Display Case located in the Library Lobby.
Iowa Wildflowers Photo
 Iowa Wildflowers - Sponsored by: Rod Library - First Floor Display Case located across from the MultiService Center near the main staircase.
Rod Library on YouTube Photo
 Rod Library on YouTube - Sponsored by: Rod Library - Flat Display Case located in the Reference Area.

For more information about exhibits at Rod Library see our exhibits web page.

]]> Hot Water Restored to the Building 2008-06-05T20:03:53Z 2008-06-05T20:03:03Z tag:weblogs.uni.edu,2008:/libnews//34.6916 2008-06-05T20:03:03Z Hot water is now available in the building. Thank you for your patience!... basye susan.basye@uni.edu General Hot water is now available in the building. Thank you for your patience!

]]> No Hot Water in the Building 2008-06-05T14:37:02Z 2008-06-05T14:33:43Z tag:weblogs.uni.edu,2008:/libnews//34.6914 2008-06-05T14:33:43Z Hot water is not available in the building until further notice due to a water leak on the third floor. We apologize for the inconvenience.... basye susan.basye@uni.edu General Hot water is not available in the building until further notice due to a water leak on the third floor. We apologize for the inconvenience.

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