The UST Libraries invite all UST staff members to Open Houses on both the St. Paul and Minneapolis campuses. We would like to share the wealth of resources and services that are available to you! Learn about accessing online journals and e-books, requesting interlibrary loans, visiting special collections, media library materials, and discover our new leisure reading collection. If you have any kind of question about library services please drop in for as long or short of a time as you would like! And remember, you can make an appointment for a future one-on-one session with a librarian at any time during the year.
The Open Houses will be on Thursday, January 29th from 11:30 until 1:00 — in Room 102 in the O’Shaughnessy-Frey Library AND on the first floor of the Keffer Library in Minneapolis. Treats and beverages will be provided.
For more information please contact Jo Ann Toussaint, O’Shaughnessy-Frey Library, at 962-5409 or Andrea Koeppe in the Keffer Library. at 962-4647.

On your next visit to the O’Shaughnessy-Frey Library be sure to notice the new carpeting installed over the Christmas and New Years Holidays. Second floor, 1st floor, and Lower Level all are being treated to new carpeting in key areas. Some movement of computers and furnishings is going on to help this all happen, but it seems to be going very well. The photos below show some of the temporary arrangements we are working around. Come see us soon – we hope you like the new look!

Student performances will fill your noon hour with beautiful music, both piano and guitar, from Noon to 1pm today, Thursday, December 11, in the O’Shaughnessy Room of the O’Shaughnessy-Frey Library. Bring your lunch if you wish – light refreshments will be provided.
Music in the Library provides opportunities for musicians in the UST community to perform in an informal and friendly atmosphere. Any student, faculty or staff member interested in participating in future musical offerings is invited to contact Conie Borchardt at 651-962-6874.

The O’Shaughnessy-Frey Library Media Resources Collection is hosting a trial for streaming educational videos. The trial consists of 10 online videos, selected randomly and provided by the distributor, Films for the Humanities and Sciences. This distributor offers hundreds of university-level videos in all subject areas.
If there is enough positive feedback, UST Libraries could offer online videos on a variety of subject areas in a pilot project beginning in February, 2009.
To find the online video trial, go to the UST Libraries web page and look for Films for the Humanities and Sciences database trial in the right hand column. This trial ends Friday, January 30.
Send your comments or questions to media resources librarian, Cindy Badilla-Melendez, cbadillame@stthomas.edu or call her at 962-5464.

Get in the holiday spirit with carols and cookies at the O’Shaughnessy-Frey Library on Tuesday, December 9 from Noon until 1:00 pm. You’ll find the Women’s Chorus, directed by Dr. Angie Broeker, on the main floor of the library. Sing along with familiar and favorite carols and enjoy works performed by the chorus. Refreshments available too! Hope you will be able to stop by.

Get in the holiday spirit with carols and cookies at the O’Shaughnessy-Frey Library on Tuesday, December 9 from Noon until 1:00 pm. You’ll find the Women’s Chorus, directed by Dr. Angie Broeker, on the main floor of the library. Sing along with familiar and favorite carols and enjoy works performed by the chorus. Refreshments available too! Hope you will be able to stop by.

The Leisure Reading Collection is available for your enjoyment. This new collection includes popular fiction and materials generally not considered scholarly or appropriate for an academic library’s permanent collection. We have 50 books now, will be getting 150 more very soon, and then monthly we will be adding 10 to 12 books. One fourth of this collection will be available at the Keffer Library.
The loan period is three weeks, and the collection will be available for check out only to students, staff, faculty, and Friends of the UST Libraries. The books are searchable in the library’s CLICnet online catalog.
You’ll find these books on the first floor of the O’Shaughnessy-Frey Library in the middle of the reference collection surrounded by some comfy and inviting chairs. For a complete list of titles visit the Leisure Reading Collection page.

The Leisure Reading Collection is available for your enjoyment. This new collection includes popular fiction and materials generally not considered scholarly or appropriate for an academic library’s permanent collection. We have 50 books now, will be getting 150 more very soon, and then monthly we will be adding 10 to 12 books. One fourth of this collection will be available at the Keffer Library.
The loan period is three weeks, and the collection will be available for check out only to students, staff, faculty, and Friends of the UST Libraries. The books are searchable in the library’s CLICnet online catalog.
You’ll find these books on the first floor of the O’Shaughnessy-Frey Library in the middle of the reference collection surrounded by some comfy and inviting chairs. For a complete list of titles visit the Leisure Reading Collection page.