From the Bulletin Today: “The Interprofessional Center for Counseling and Legal Services will move from leased space near the Minneapolis campus to Opus Hall in 2012, and Keffer Library services will be consolidated on the second floor of Opus Hall.” Full article here.
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The problem with the CLICnet Catalog renewals has been fixed. Feel free to log in to your account and process any renewals as before. If you have questions, contact your friendly library circulation desk staff: http://www.stthomas.edu/libraries/about/default.html
We’re not afraid of a little stinking snow!! Barring the unforeseen, the O’Shaughnessy-Frey Library on the St.Paul campus will be open during Saturday’s “snowpocalypse” for our scheduled hours, 10 AM-10 PM. And as a bonus, the Coffee Bene shop will be open as well to help you warm up after your trek in. Our intrepid weekend staff and student workers will be rarin’ to go! Our other locations will attempt to open as well, subject to staff’s ability to make it to campus–call ahead to verify if you’re not sure.
Yes, you’ve all been waiting for it – the annual CPI. Consumer Price Index? Oh, no. It’s the Christmas Price Index®!
Compiled every year by the PNC Financial Services Group, this CPI tracks how much it would cost to buy each of the gifts in “The Twelve Days of Christmas” (did you know, there are 78 of them?)
Despite the down economy, the 2010 CPI increased a surprising 9.2% over last year. Big increases were seen in the Five Gold Rings (30%), as well as higher costs for wages and benefits for some of the entertainers. The Twelve Drummers and Eleven Pipers both went up 3.1%, Lords-a-Leaping increased 8%, and the dancing Ladies saw a 15% rise (note that none of these performers had a raise last year.) The Maids-a-Milking did not receive an increase, as the federal minimum wage stayed flat at $7.25 an hour.
What about the wildlife, you ask? Bird prices increased due to rising costs of feed and demand for certain fowl. The biggest increase was for the Three French Hens (up 233%) and the Turtle Doves (up 78.6%.)
Interestingly enough, if you do a Summon search on the Twelve Days of Christmas, there are over 22,000 items, including classic New England activities for the holidays, a newspaper article on cruise lines, an article from Mathematics Teacher, and an article from Australian Doctor. And there are 45 books, from such authors and illustrators as Anne Geddes, John O’Brien, Jack Kent, and one of my favorites, Jan Brett.
Happy Holidays!
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Library hosts holiday sing-along Dec 7 at Noon and excellent research assistance always – take it all in
Annual Christmas sing-along and concert
Sing some; listen some. Get in the holiday spirit with carols and cookies at the O’Shaughnessy-Frey Library Center. The UST Women’s Chorus, directed by Robert Vickery, will perform at noon Tuesday, Dec. 7, in the O’Shaughnessy-Frey Library atrium.
Guests will have the opportunity to sing along with familiar carols and listen to works performed by the choir. Refreshments will be served.
For more information, call Susan Price, (651) 962-5011.
Research assistance available for students
As fall semester reaches the home stretch, students are reminded that research assistance is available at all UST libraries. Contact a reference librarian in person, via phone, e-mail or instant messaging for help locating books, articles or DVDs for term papers and projects. Stop by one of the UST libraries or check the UST Libraries website for details.
All are invited to visit the undergraduate display of posters highlighting scholarship from their English classes and individual research on Friday, Dec. 3. The forum will be held from 3 to 4 p.m. in the O’Shaughnessy Room 108, O’Shaughnessy-Frey Library Center and everyone is welcome.
This event is co-sponsored by the English Department and the UST Literary Club.
For more information e-mail Dr. Alexis Easley.
You are all cordially invited to hear UST faculty members, John Holst and Stephen Brookfield, speak on their recent book – Radicalizing Learning: Adult Education for Just World. Part of the UST Libraries’ Noon Conversation series, this talk is co-sponsored by the Education Department and UST Libraries and will take place on the Mpls campus at Noon on Tuesday, November 30, in Terence Murphy Hall, Room 301. You are welcome to bring your lunch. Refreshments will be provided, and a book signing will follow the talk. If you have questions or would like more information please contact Julie Kimlinger at 962-5014 or visit school of education news at http://www.stthomas.edu/education/news/books.html .
News & Events, O'Shaughnessy-Frey Library
Winning Study Abroad Contest Photos add beauty to the library coffee shop
On your next visit to the library, you will see displayed on the coffee shop walls several winning photographs from the Study Abroad Photo Contest taken by St. Thomas students.
These are beautifully compelling photographs that document the varied and unforgettable experiences of our students while studying and visiting abroad with the International Studies Department.
We are excited to display this series of photos through the winter months and we plan to update them with new photos in the spring.
The current display features the work of Tony Bombardo, Ashley Ciborowski, Amanda Devins, Brin Hanson, Erin Lyle, Ben Michel, Rachel Nichols and Chelsea Seys. The photo contest gave awards in two categories: Sense of Place and Intercultural Experience.
Study Abroad Photo Contest selections
We are grateful to the Art History Department for covering the costs of preparing these photos for display and encourage all to stop by and enjoy the show. For more information about the display call Julie Kimlinger in the library, (651) 962-5014, or Shelly Nordtorp-Madson, university curator, (651) 962-5877.
News & Events, O'Shaughnessy-Frey Library
Grand-scale weeding of duplicates taking place now at the O’Shaughnessy-Frey Library
Libraries are not throwing away books!
After years of collecting journals in electronic form, UST Libraries now is removing the print equivalents of thousands of volumes of those journals. If you walk by containers filled with bound journals, do not worry – everything in those containers is duplicated online in the libraries’ collections.
There are significant advantages to electronic journals. They are available to the entire community 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Electronic journals can be used by multiple people at the same time and can never be lost or vandalized. The libraries are confident that the collections UST now has in electronic form are stable and permanent and from reliable providers (such as JSTOR and the American Chemical Society).
Since UST Libraries is not composed of libraries of record (these journals will continue to be available in print from larger research libraries), St. Thomas will free up shelf space in the libraries by recycling rarely used bound print journals. This project will take several months to complete.
For more information, e-mail Dan Gjelten, director, University Libraries.
News & Events, O'Shaughnessy-Frey Library
Free, direct mobile access to Chronicle of Higher Education now available
Do you want access to the Chronicle of Higher Education from your mobile communication device? Want to skip the library login process for gaining access? The Chronicle of Higher Education now provides direct and mobile service to its content (UST Libraries is covering the extra fee for this) in addition to campuswide access through the library website.
Any current UST faculty, staff or student who has or creates a free Chronicle account with their “@stthomas.edu” address now will be able to do the following:
- Access premium content posted at Chronicle.com from any location
- Access premium content from one’s smart phone
- Sign up for free e-newsletters such as Academe Today and the new Global Edition
- Sign up for job alerts
- Participate in Chronicle forums
- Comment on Chronicle articles
- E-mail Chronicle content to colleagues
All that is required is a free Chronicle account, which can be created by going to Chronicle.com and clicking on the “create” link at the top, right-hand side of the page.