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Requesting CLIC books over Spring Break? Don’t use the Bag function!

Your trusty library circulation staff have isolated a problem in CLICnet with selecting pickup locations when placing holds using the “Book Bag” function.  Please avoid using this button until further notice.

Instead we recommend using the Request button on individual book pages (see below).  Through this path you will be able to select where you want to pickup your book (or CD or …)

RequestButtonPoint

It will be putzy if you have a long booklist you want to get your hands on and we apologize.  Staff at the library consortia office are working with the vendor to get the Book Bag working again. 

If you have questions about where your book is, when it will arrive, or anything else, please drop us a line at circulation@stthomas.edu, give us a call, or stop by and chat with us!

  • O’Shaughnessy-Frey Library:  651-962-5494
  • Keffer Library:  651-962-4642
  • Ireland Library:  651-962-5450
March 22, 2013 by
Archbishop Ireland Library, Uncategorized

Introducing our three newly sainted computers

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.

May 14, 2012 by
Archbishop Ireland Library

It’s time to vote for your favorite saint!

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!

May 7, 2012 by
Archbishop Ireland Library

More computers at Ireland … help us name them!

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
April 23, 2012 by
Archbishop Ireland Library, Library Week

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

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!

April 14, 2012 by