Thursday, December 10, 2009
Monday, December 07, 2009
Blogs and Tweets and Follows, Oh My!!!

Obviously, there is this blog, updated frequently, which should be checked while working your shift. We also have a group page on Facebook, where you can become a fan of the LC. If you are on Twitter, you can follow our tweets:
If you ever have any ideas on how to enhance our presence in these venues, or how to spread information about the LC in other ways, please let me know.
Seeking nominations for awards...

The Book Collecting Contest celebrates reading and the pleasure of creating personal book collections around a theme or interest. UMass Amherst undergraduates and graduate students are invited to participate. Entries should consist of an essay describing the collection and an annotated bibliography. There will be two first place awards of $750 each, one for undergraduates and one for graduate students. Winners may be invited to display selected items from their collections in an exhibit in the W.E.B. Du Bois Library.
The second annual Friends of the Library Undergraduate Research Award recognizes excellence in the use of primary sources in the Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences. Undergraduate students are invited to submit papers or projects they have completed at UMass Amherst for a class or independent study during the 18months prior to the submission deadline of February 19, 2010. The first place award is $750, with two honorable mention awards at $250 each. Winning papers/projects will be displayed on the Special Collections and University Archives (SCUA) web site and added to the University Archives.
A primary source is a record of an event, an occurrence, or a time period produced by a participant or observer at the time, such as letters, diaries, writings, speeches, photographs, and scrapbooks, or the historic records (archives) of an organization (such as correspondence, memoranda, minutes, annual reports, etc.). Primary sources can also include government documents, artwork, artifacts, maps, music, audiovisual materials (film, audio and video tape), and computer files.
Submission guidelines and evaluation criteria for both the Book Collecting Contest and Undergraduate Research Award are available at: http://bit.ly/contest_award. For questions, contact Special Collections at askanarc@library.umass.edu.
The Book Collecting Contest and Undergraduate Research Award are sponsored by the Friends of the Library, the Library Director’s Council, and the Library’s Department of Special Collections and University Archives (SCUA). Prizes are made possible thanks to generous donations from Friends of the Libraries. The anonymous entries will be judged by panels of faculty and community experts.
Friday, December 04, 2009
Good Grief!! The survey is back!!

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Thursday, December 03, 2009
Wednesday, December 02, 2009
Help the library and your input will get you free pizza!!!

STUDENT WORKSHOPS – UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS
Date: Wednesday, December 9
Time: 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm – PIZZA will be provided
Place: TBA (Du Bois Library)
The University has initiated a master planning study to explore the future of the libraries and how they can best support learners, faculty and researchers for the 21st century at UMass Amherst.
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The workshops will address issues such as
Student work patterns and use of the library
Aspirations for future facilities and services, to meet collaborative and individual needs
Support for learning and research and the use of resources
Campus culture and connectivity
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Please plan on this workshop session lasting approximately 1 1/2 hour. If you would like, you may bring with you 1 or 2 others from your program or group if you feel they would offer additional points of view as part of the conversation. Please RSVP to attend this session by replying to twarner@library.umass.edu.
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Earn $ome extra coin before the holiday$!!!
period/final exams:
Fri 12/11 8:30pm-12am
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Sat 12/12 12am-8am (Fri midnight to Sat at 8am)
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Sun 12/13 12am-8am (Sat midnight to Sun at 8am)
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Fri 12/18 8:30pm-12am
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Sat 12/19 12am-8am (Fri midnight to Sat at 8am)
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If anyone is interested in picking up one or more of these shifts, please let Peter know and remember to cc the listserv.
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Also, I have been reminded by the Library office that even though there are no classes the last week of the semester (in this case Sunday, December 13 at 12am to Saturday December 19 at 6pm) and no one can work more than 20 hours (if work study) otherwise no more than 23 hours.
Tuesday, December 01, 2009
The Wall Came Down! Now What?

Cool, the temporary wall came down and the empty space just makes me want to jump over the fence and run! Or better yet, get my inlines! Anyone for a game of street hockey?
But, the space beyond the tacky orange fencing won't be open to the public until January 18. A lot has to happen before the LC will be fully open in its new arrangement. So if anyone asks, you can tell them that January 18th is the date. Workers will begin to put furniture in the off-limits space for the next two weeks...we won't see any real action in the LC space until December 18-December 21. That's when you will see the glass rooms nearest to the off-limits space (along with all the computers and tables) get dismantled and moved North! If you are really curious...ask me, Carol, or your supervisor. It's going to get very exciting around here.
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