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Introducing our three newly sainted computers

By: Conie Borchardt

Published on: Monday, May 14th, 2012

Ireland Library would like to introduce the namesakes of the three new computers in the Reference Room.  They are Saint Jerome, Blessed Kateri, and Saint Lucy.

Saint Jerome

Saint Jerome

Saint Lucy

Saint Lucy

Blessed Kateri

Blessed Kateri

 

It was a hard fought race but these three candidates rose to the top to receive the honor of having a Personal Computing device named after them.  This might seem insignificant to some, but these indivduals will be implored every time a patron has only a prayer in completing a paper.

Thank you to all Ireland Library users who participated in the democratic process of nominating and voting for saints.  You make Ireland a unique place.

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Favorite Saints Polls now closed

By: Conie Borchardt

Published on: Saturday, May 12th, 2012

The poll of favorite J, K, and L named saints is now closed.  Please check in with us next week for the results!  Feel free to come in use the computers when we’re open!

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Jacks in the Pulpit

By: Carolyn DeLuca

Published on: Thursday, May 10th, 2012

In the mornings that I bike to work I notice a field/crop/murder/herd of Jack in the Pulpits growing along the path.  Does anyone know the correct term to define a group of plants?  I have been tracking their progress throughout the spring.  Their size and color varies greatly.  And each day it seems like more and more little Jacks are joining in with the others.  Whenever I see them I think of ministers preaching from the pulpit.  And whenever I think of ministers preaching from a pulpit, I think of the chapter called “The Sermon” in Moby Dick.  Cuz EVERYTHING always returns to Moby Dick.

Speaking of Moby Dick (cuz the voices in my head are ALWAYS talking about MB), Maurice Sendak told Stephen Colbert in his last interview that Moby Dick was his favorite book.  Moby once, Moby twice, Moby chicken soup with rice.  RIP Maury, RIP.

Also, hilarious!!

Oh, Jack in the pulpits, oh yeah.  For botany info, use BioOne for articles and for background info, use the plant science section of the Encyclopedia of Life Science.

Maybe I should do a challenge blog like 6 degrees of Moby Dick next year.  Hmm… now that’s a good idea! Imagine the exploding readership should that happen.  Well, at least I know Alec Baldwin will become a fan of it (see “hilarious” above).

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Hard Core

By: Carolyn DeLuca

Published on: Tuesday, May 8th, 2012

I don’t know who out there needs to know this, but if you’re TOTALLY hard-core when it comes to using library resources, please note that on Saturday morning from 1-5am the following Gale resources may be unavailable.  That’s only a maybe and that’s a pretty low-use time of day, but still, I thought I’d mention it.

 

 

 

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It’s time to vote for your favorite saint!

By: Conie Borchardt

Published on: Monday, May 7th, 2012

Ireland library has three new reference room computers — this comes with its benefits and challenges. On the one hand, people will no longer have to wait in long lines to check Facebook, but these new additions are nameless! While naming a child can in turn dictate the rest of their lives; naming our computers will allow staff to report problems with ease.

As the astute Ireland patron knows, each one of our computers is already named after a great saint in alphabetical order. The next letters up are J, K, and L.  The Ireland staff solicited names from the wider community and these are the top responses we received!  Below are the candidates with links to descriptions of each saint or blessed person. Also, check out the Reference room book The Book of Saints (BX 4655.2 .B66 1989) for a quick blurb on each candidate. And tell your friends to vote too! 

Under the J’s we have:

In the K’s, these names have been raised up: 

For the L’s, here is what was brought forward:  

As for voting, you have two options: 1) you can fill out the white slip of paper on the reference desk, and drop it in the jar there; or 2) go to the following Doodle polls and vote electronically.  Please cast one vote for each individual letter.  Polls close on Friday, May 11, 2012 at 5 p.m.  The new names for the computers will be announced during Finals Week.

  • Cast your online vote for your favorite “J” saint here
  • Cast your online vote for your favorite “K” saint here. 
  • Cast your online vote for your favorite “L” saint here. 

 Thanks for voting!  Rock the vote!

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RefWorks News: The Good, the Bad, and the Funky

By: Kari Petryszyn

Published on: Friday, May 4th, 2012

ATTENTION LATE NIGHT PAPER WRITERS:

Sadly, the bad news is for you…but only if you were planning on writing that paper (or 7) this Saturday night, May 5th.  Sometime in between 11pm and 2 am, RefWorks and its services including RefMobile and Write-N-Cite will be unavailable for up to 2 hours.  Please use this as an opportunity to take a nap… or a scheduled Facebook break. Whichever. (But please do get some sleep.)

ATTENTION EVERYONE ELSE:

And now the good news! ProQuest is again able to directly export to RefWorks. (See SERVICE INTERRUPTION – Proquest to RefWorks.) That means you can forget all those handy workarounds you figured out and go back to the 2-click export directly from your favorite ProQuest databases.

The funky news, though, is that only one of the links in your RefWorks citation will work if you are off campus.


The reason the second link won’t work is because it doesn’t include a code that lets ProQuest know you have the right to access the content if you are not within our campus IP range. Just know that you can get back to your article by using the Get It button for now, and ProQuest is working on fixing that second link for the future.

ATTENTION FACULTY:

This same funkiness will affect you if you are on campus and are trying to add a permanent link to ProQuest content on your BlackBoard page or syllabus. The ezproxy code string will not appear in the persistent link field in Proquest citations whether you are on or off campus, so you will have to add that code string manually to allow your students access to the content if they are off campus.

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Please take our web site redesign survey

By: John Heintz

Published on: Thursday, May 3rd, 2012

surveyThe Library is working on a new design for the web site.  After a number of years, UST is moving to a new web content management system, and we’ll be taking the opportunity to redesign our site.

Please help us out by taking our short online survey.

Thanks!!

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Congrats Kia Johnson and Chloe Lawyer!

By: Carolyn DeLuca

Published on: Wednesday, April 25th, 2012

A huge congratulations go out to Kia Johnson and Chloe Lawyer for receiving Goldwater Scholarships!  We are all very proud of your accomplishments.  Hopefully the libraries’ resources were of some benefit to you as you conducted your research.  If you did not find the types of materials you needed to conduct your research at the library, please let us know and we’ll try to get what you need. We’re here to help and support you in your research, classes, and further pursuits.  Who knows, one of us may directly benefit from the work you do down the line.  So I’ll also throw in a “way to go” and “thank you.”

For those of us not entirely familiar with radiopaque polymers, here are a few resources that may shed light on Kia’s work:

Radiopaque objects block radiation rather than allow it to pass through. Metal, for instance, is radiopaque…

Articles on radiopaque catheters

For those of us not entirely familiar with dopamine, here are a few resources that might give you insight into Chloe’s work:

Dopamine is a neurotransmitter that serves as a chemical messenger in the nervous system and permits…

Dopamine receptors are synthesized from five different genes and, based upon sequence homology and pharmacological specificity…

Articles on dopamine receptor expression and associative learning

Shout outs for Ryan Augustin and Robert White who were also nominated for the scholarship.  Once again, we at the libraries are all very proud of our Goldwater Scholarship winners and nominees.

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More computers at Ireland … help us name them!

By: Conie Borchardt

Published on: Monday, April 23rd, 2012

Sick and tired of waiting to use a classic Ireland Library computer, well wait no more…WE GOT THREE NEW COMPUTERS…
 
But as the wise man once said, “more computers more problems.” We need to name each of the new additions to the reference room. As observant patrons, you might have noticed that each of our computers are named after a great Saint but in Alphabetical order, kinda like naming hurricanes but way cooler. The next letters are J, K, L.
 
So post your suggestions on this wall, or drop a note at the circulation desk and leave your legacy at the Ireland.
 
^dbh

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Drumroll, please! Announcing Library Week’s “Search for the Holy Grail” winners!

By: Conie Borchardt

Published on: Saturday, April 14th, 2012

During National Library Week, we had a “Search for the Holy Grail” Treasure Hunt every day and invited everyone to participate. 

Here’s the winners and the “Holy Grail” treasure they found:

Student Workers modelling the new Ireland Library T-Shirt

  • Brandon Wanless was the first to find Tuesday’s Holy Grail:  John Henry Newman’s book, The Difficulties with Anglicans.
  • Christian Washburn was the first to find Wednesday’s Holy Grail in the 2012 Catholic Almanac in the Reference Room.
  • Kelsey Willits was the first to find Thursday’s Holy Grail, an Latin-English edition of the Code of Canon Law.
  • Brandon Wanless was the first to find Friday’s Holy Grail, Chevalier’s Repertoire des sources historiques du moyen âge in the Oversize Collection.

These winners recieved $5 on their Express card. 

At the end of Library Week, we had a drawing for this year’s Ireland Library T-shirt of all the people who found the Holy Grail.  The winner of the Grand Prize is Kelsey Willits. 

All 10 items on the Silent Auction found new homes.  Over $300 was raised for adding new books to Ireland Library collections. 

Library Week began with two full tables of used theology books.  Now it’s down to one and all of them are free.  Come and grab some titles to fill in your bookshelves.

Thanks to everyone who visited Ireland Library and made National Library Week great.  The used theology book sale, silent auction and “Search for the Holy Grail” Treasure Hunt were a success!

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