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It’s Welcome Week 2015 @ UST Libraries!

Welcome to campus for the 2015-16 year. We at UST Libraries are looking forward to a great year, and we’ve put together a series of fun activities for this first week back on campus to help you remember all the ways we can be part of your UST experience. Stop by daily to learn more!Libraries

Saturday –Monday, 9/5-9/7: Looking Forward @ UST Libraries
Take a break from moving in to help start our first “white board conversation” (a UST Libraries tradition!) in the OSF Rotunda. This week’s question:  “What are you looking forward to this year?” Lemonade and cookies will also be available

Tuesday, 9/8:  Ask Us @ UST Libraries
Did you know the libraries have research assistance available 24/7? Stop by to meet YOUR librarians, and learn more about all the ways we can assist you.

  • Library tours at 1 and 3pm
  • Pick up a free magnet with important UST Libraries numbers and contact info.

Wednesday, 9/9: Technology Day @ UST Libraries
Find out more about the technology available for your use at UST Libraries. Drawings will be held at each of the library tech desks for flashdrives and other tech goodies.

Thursday, 9/10: Groupie Day @ UST Libraries
The UST Libraries are a favorite place for Tommies to study for a reason! Take a tour of our group study areas, learn how to reserve the rooms, and enter a drawing for large Davanni’s pizza coupon.

Friday, 9/11: Movie Day @ UST Libraries
The library has so much more than books! Visit an open house hosted by the Media Resources Collection and enter to win a voucher for movie tickets.

Saturday, 9/12: Stress Less @ UST Libraries
The UST Libraries and staff are here to help you – including finding a way to relax and take healthy study breaks.

  • Stop by for free “Welcome” snacks and hang out in our back-to-campus Stress Free Zone
  • Pick up a schedule of Fall 2015 Therapy Pets visits
  • Enter to win some relaxing Tommie gear!
September 4, 2015 by
Circulation, Faculty News, O'Shaughnessy-Frey Library, Services

New Service: Faculty Book Delivery!

Faculty members on the St. Paul campus can now opt to have books requested from CLICnet or Interlibrary Loan delivered to their on-campus mailbox.

To participate, fill out this form first, then select OSF as your “pickup location” when making requests.

Delivery Service Policies:delivery

  • This service is only available on the St. Paul Campus.
  • When requesting items via CLICnet and ILLiad you must specify OSF as your pickup location.
  • Upon arrival, CLICnet and ILLiad items will be checked out to your library account and delivered to your on-campus mailbox.
  • Once the items have been delivered to your mailbox you assume all responsibility for them.
  • DVDs and VHS are excluded from this delivery service.

 

 

Questions? Send an email to circulation@stthomas.edu or call 651-962-5494.

August 24, 2015 by
Circulation, O'Shaughnessy-Frey Library, Services

UPDATE: O’Shaughnessy-Frey Rearranging its Books and Periodicals Collections

It has been a little over a year since the O’Shaughnessy-Frey Library started shifting its book collection up out of the Sub Level.

The purpose of this project is so that we can move ALL bound journals to the Sub Level of the library and start the book collection on the Lower Level, extending up to Level 4.

As the Fall semester begins the following book call number ranges will be on these new floors:

Level 4: PQ – Z ll

Level 3: HX – PN

Level 2: E – HV

Lower Level: A – D, this will be an ongoing shift throughout the fall semester

Note that Periodicals with titles that begin S – Z have been shifted from Level 4 to Sub Level. 

If you have questions or comments about this project, please let us know.

See the Library’s March 12th, 2014 blog post for more details on the project

August 20, 2015 by
Database Highlights & Trials

SCHEDULED SERVICE INTERRUPTION: ProQuest Databases (Including RefWorks) Down for Maintenance Saturday Night

ProQuestLogoOn Saturday, August 8, ProQuest will be upgrading its systems infrastructure to improve performance, security, and overall reliability of its products. The window is scheduled to begin at 9 p.m. and will last for eight (8) hours.

During this time access to the ProQuest products listed below will not be available:

Research databases

  • Databases on the ProQuest platform (search.proquest.com)
  • Databases on the ProQuest Congressional platform (congressional.proquest.com)
  • Databases on the Chadwyck-Healey platform
  • ProQuest Digital Microfilm

Reference management

  • RefWorks

Bibliographic and catalog enrichment resources

  • Books in Print®
  • ProQuest Syndetic Solutions™
  • Resources for College Libraries

We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause!

August 7, 2015 by
Database Highlights & Trials

RefWorks access restored

Over the weekend we experienced downtime with RefWorks. The parent company, Proquest, mishandled our renewal and let it be known that St. Thomas decided not to renew our subscription. That is not true. We most certainly renewed the subscription but there was a mix-up at the parent company. We in the libraries apologize for any difficulty this may have caused. Please know that RefWorks has been fully restored and no one lost any content.

August 3, 2015 by
Libraries, O'Shaughnessy-Frey Library, Special Collections and Archives

Treasures from the Rare Books Collection – Foxe’s Book of Martyrs

 

The Rare Books collection in the UST Libraries Department of Special Collections holds a number of rare, unique and just plain interesting books in its collection.  One item that was pulled out recently for a researcher to examine was the Ecclesiastical History Conteynyng the Actes and Monuments of Martyrs, popularly known as Foxe’s Book of Martyrs.   Written by the English historian John Foxe, this title was first published in English in 1563.   It is a polemical account of the sufferings of Protestants under the Catholic Church (particularly those living in England and Scotland). The book was highly influential in its time and helped shape long lasting popular notions of Catholicism in those countries.

The 1563 edition of the book was to that time the largest publishing project ever undertaken in England. One of the most interesting features of this work are the sixty distinctive woodcut impressions found on its pages (see an example below).

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The UST Libraries’ copy of this book is from the third edition, published in 1576.  What makes this edition different from the previous two versions is that the book is printed on smaller size paper and with a smaller type font than the earlier editions.

For more information on the UST Libraries rare books and manuscripts collections see : http://www.stthomas.edu/libraries/special/rare/ .

July 31, 2015 by
News & Events

John’s test post

Sorry folks, there’s a ghost in the machine and it requires a test exorcism.  We now return you to our regularly scheduled programming.

July 23, 2015 by
Database Highlights & Trials

Technical Difficulties – Gale RESOLVED

RESOLVED. And just like that, all of the Gale databases have returned.  Please let us know if you are experiencing otherwise.

We have over 30 databases from a company called Gale and they just informed us that they are having technical difficulties on their end.  If you are trying to use the following and are experiencing problems, we apologize on behalf of Gale. Please contact a librarian to see if there’s an alternative source or watch this page for updates on when the resources are working again.

July 22, 2015 by
Database Highlights & Trials, Libraries

Oxford Online Products Down

OxfordWe’ve just been notified that all of our Oxford University Press databases are out of commission for the time being.

Their tech support reports:
“We apologize for the error.
We are currently experiencing technical difficulties with our sites.
We ask that you please try again later and we will update you as soon as we have been told that the error is corrected.

Sincerely,

Customer Support – Online Products
Oxford University Press”

We’ll post an “all clear” message when we can.

July 9, 2015 by