Stockwell-Mudd Library http://campus.albion.edu/library Thu, 23 May 2013 14:06:24 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 Come See Maggie the Therapy Dog! http://campus.albion.edu/library/2013/05/come-see-maggie-the-therapy-dog/ http://campus.albion.edu/library/2013/05/come-see-maggie-the-therapy-dog/#comments Mon, 06 May 2013 14:02:03 +0000 moneill http://campus.albion.edu/library/?p=6525 [...]]]> Feeling a little stressed by finals? Need a smile break? Stop by the Library and meet Maggie!

Maggie is a therapy dog and she would love to meet you. She plans to be on campus (with her owner, Stacey Mitchell, ’91) today (Monday afternoon and evening), and Tuesday afternoon. She will be in the Library part of the time, and will also spend some time roaming campus. If you see her, be sure to say hello! Maggie the Therapy Dog

]]> http://campus.albion.edu/library/2013/05/come-see-maggie-the-therapy-dog/feed/ 0 Library Open 24 Hours for Finals http://campus.albion.edu/library/2013/04/library-open-24-hours-for-finals-2/ http://campus.albion.edu/library/2013/04/library-open-24-hours-for-finals-2/#comments Mon, 29 Apr 2013 19:31:30 +0000 moneill http://campus.albion.edu/library/?p=6499 [...]]]> Time to invest in coffee futures? Maybe! In keeping with tradition, the Library will once again be open 24 hours during final exams, beginning Friday, May 3.

The Library will open at 8:00 am that day and will stay open continuously until 5:00 pm on Wednesday, May 8th. Please note that a College ID card will be required for access from midnight to 7:30 am. Each night at midnight the doors will be locked, but students, faculty, and staff will be able to open the door with their ID cards using the card reader located outside the main entrance.

The Friends of the Library will be providing refreshments, including popcorn, coffee, hot chocolate, and cookies. In addition, Read Between the Grinds cafe will be open their normal hours so you can purchase specialty coffees, pastries and more.

Library Hours During Finals:
Friday, May 3rd —24 hour access begins at 8:00 am*
Saturday, May 4th — open 24 hours*
Sunday, May 5th — open 24 hours*
Monday, May 6th — open 24 hours*
Tuesday, May 7th — open 24 hours*
Wednesday, May 8th — Library closes at 5 pm

*College ID card required for access after midnight

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Mar 29 (Good Friday): 8am – 5pm
Mar 30 (Saturday): 1 – 5pm
Mar 31 (Easter Sunday): 6pm – 2am

Normal hours resume on Monday, April 1st (no fooling!).

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Speaker: Mr. Jeff Taylor, Director of the American Museum of Magic in Marshall, MI
Title: “Magic in Michigan”
Date: March 27, 2013
Time: Noon – 1pm
Place: Mary Sykes Room

Please join us for what is certain to be a magical experience (we couldn’t resist just one…). Please check back in the fall for next year’s schedule. We hope to see you in Mary Sykes!

]]> http://campus.albion.edu/library/2013/03/final-odd-topics-society-luncheon-of-the-year/feed/ 0 Albion’s Stockwell-Mudd Library partners with Better World Books http://campus.albion.edu/library/2013/03/albions-stockwell-mudd-library-partners-with-better-world-books/ http://campus.albion.edu/library/2013/03/albions-stockwell-mudd-library-partners-with-better-world-books/#comments Thu, 07 Mar 2013 20:31:28 +0000 moneill http://campus.albion.edu/library/?p=6374 [...]]]> The library collection is constantly changing…one could even say it is being “renewed.” Every year, through our purchases and donations, we add thousands of volumes to our holdings. At the same time, we try to properly manage our collection by removing materials that are outdated or no longer necessary or appropriate. Among the hundreds of books we receive through donations each year, some are not suitable for our collection or duplicate materials we already have. What to do with the books removed from the collection or donated books we don’t add to our holdings?

In the past, we’ve tried to sell these volumes through the annual Friends of the Library book sale, although this was a very labor-intensive task with little financial benefit, and which always left us with thousands of volumes to be recycled. We have recently found a better approach. We are now partnering with Better World Books, an online book seller which uses its profits to support global literacy efforts and libraries. In our case, the profits from the sale of our withdrawn books are shared with the National Center for Family Literacy and with the Albion College Library. According to their website (http://www.betterworldbooks.com/), Better World Books has provided $10.4 million in funding for literacy programs and libraries, has donated more than 5 million books to partner literacy and education programs, and has diverted more than 40,000 tons of books from landfills.

As the end of the school year approaches, if you have books you no longer need, please consider donating them to the Library. We will review them carefully for possible inclusion in our collection where they will enrich our holdings and support Albion College students, faculty and staff in research as well as recreational reading. The books we don’t add will be picked up by Better World Books and given a chance to find another home, while supporting libraries and literacy!

]]> http://campus.albion.edu/library/2013/03/albions-stockwell-mudd-library-partners-with-better-world-books/feed/ 1 14th Annual Poetry Fest, Thursday April 11th 3pm http://campus.albion.edu/library/2013/03/14th-annual-poetry-fest-thursday-april-11th-3pm/ http://campus.albion.edu/library/2013/03/14th-annual-poetry-fest-thursday-april-11th-3pm/#comments Thu, 07 Mar 2013 19:40:22 +0000 moneill http://campus.albion.edu/library/?p=6371 [...]]]> The Library will celebrate National Poetry Month by hosting its 14th annual Poetry Fest on Thursday, April 11, from 3 p.m. to approximately 4:30 p.m. in Stockwell Library’s Wendell Will Room. Audience members are welcome to read aloud an original or favorite poem. Appreciative listeners are also vital. The festivities include deluxe refreshments, prize drawings with a poetic twist, and a grand finale performed by a campus “celebrity couple.” Free and open to the public. Please join us!

The details again:
Poetry Fest
Thursday, April 11th
3 – 4:30pm
Wendell Will Room
Stockwell-Mudd Library

]]> http://campus.albion.edu/library/2013/03/14th-annual-poetry-fest-thursday-april-11th-3pm/feed/ 0 ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Full Text Trial http://campus.albion.edu/library/2013/02/proquest-dissertations-theses-full-text-trial/ http://campus.albion.edu/library/2013/02/proquest-dissertations-theses-full-text-trial/#comments Tue, 19 Feb 2013 14:43:47 +0000 moneill http://campus.albion.edu/library/?p=6360 [...]]]> ProQuest is offering free access to the ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Full Text database through the end of February. To take advantage of this offer, connect through this link:

http://0-search.proquest.com.library.albion.edu/pqdtft/advanced?accountid=8252

If you are unable to connect to this database or have questions, please email mvanhouten@albion.edu.

Publisher’s database description:
ProQuest Dissertations and Theses — Full text is the world’s most comprehensive collection of dissertations and theses. The official digital dissertations archive for the Library of Congress and the database of record for graduate research. PQDT — Full Text includes millions of searchable citations to dissertation and theses from around the world from 1861 to the present day together with over a million full text dissertations that are available for download in PDF format. Over 2.1 million titles are available for purchase as printed copies. The database offers full text for most of the dissertations added since 1997 and strong retrospective full text coverage for older graduate works.

More than 70,000 new full text dissertations and theses are added to the database each year through dissertations publishing partnerships with 700 leading academic institutions worldwide and collaborative retrospective digitization of dissertations through UMI’s Digital Archiving and Access Program. Full Text dissertations are archived as submitted by the degree-granting institution. Some will be native PDF, some PDF image.

Each dissertation published since July 1980 includes a 350-word abstract written by the author. Master’s theses published since 1988 include 150-word abstracts. Simple bibliographic citations are available for dissertations dating from 1637. Where available, PQDT — Full Text provides 24-page previews of dissertations and theses.

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http://www.portal.euromonitor.com/Portal/Default.aspx

The trial will be active until February 18th.

Database Description:
Passport is an award-winning market research database used by the world’s top academic institutions and Fortune 500 companies to understand the global business environment in a time of rapid change and increased globalization.

Passport features millions of statistics and in-depth reports on 27 industries with demographic, macro and socioeconomic data and analysis on consumers and economies in 210 countries worldwide.

Passport Features:

  • Forward-looking analysis of consumer and industrial markets
  • Market performance of leading companies and brands
  • Comprehensive population, socioeconomic and lifestyle data
  • Timely and topical commentary on factors influencing the business environment
  • Surveys exploring consumer opinions, attitudes and behaviours
  • The same research approach for all countries to allow cross-country comparisons
  • Historic data from 1997 and forecasts to 2020
  • An unrivalled level of detail across all categories
  • Powerful and easy-to-use analysis and visualisation tools
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SAGE Premier provides online access to 648 peer-reviewed, full-text journals, including high-impact research titles published on behalf of more than 245 scholarly and professional societies. Journals in Psychology, Communication, Sociology, Business, Education, Political Science and many other disciplines are part of the collection – coverage for most titles is from 1999 to the present. A list of the journals included is attached as an Excel spreadsheet.

Links to these titles can be found through the Library’s Journal Finder service – click on the “Journals” button on our home page, or go directly to the service through this link:
http://wm6sn7rt5y.search.serialssolutions.com/

Please share this information with your students, and let us know if you have questions about this new collection.

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Halloween Costumes
Benjamin Orjada as Titus Andronicus – Seventh Place Winner Lisa Lewis as Snow White’s Stepmother – Sixth Place Winner Alysandra Ganem as Harry Potter – Fifth Place Winner
Guy Cox as Robur the Conqueror – Fourth Place Winner Carson Garety as Rosie the Riveter – Third Place Winner The Kinesi OZ ogy department – Second Place Winners
Cara Delaney as Rainbow Fish – FIRST PLACE WINNER Allison Navarra as Eeyore Andy Boyan as Merlin
Danielle Crittenden as Hester Prynne Ethan Brock as the 11th Doctor Ian MacInnes as Charles Dickens
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Katie Oldenburg as Hanna Abbot Melissa Wright as Jing-Mei Woo Shelby Fox-Purrier as Private Angelo Maggio
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