ProQuest will be performing system maintenance beginning on Saturday, June 14th at 9:00 p.m. through Sunday, June 15th at 5 a.m.
The products and platforms listed below will not be available during this time.
• ProQuest
• ProQuest Congressional
• ProQuest Digital Microfilm
• RefWorks
ProQuest will be making improvements to its internal systems to accommodate a growing number of users and to reduce the need for future downtime. Sorry for any inconvenience this may cause.
The O’Shaughnessy-Frey Library and the Archbishop Ireland Memorial Library wrapped up their annual Food for Fines drive this past week.
UST Library patrons donated a total of 927.2 lbs. of canned food. Donations went to the Emergency Food Shelf at the Saint Paul Area Council of Churches.
Library patrons were able to donate canned food in exchange for the waiving of overdue fines (1 can = $2).
Over the past 5 years we have donated a total of 3,344 lbs. of food. Our first year in 2009 we donated 156 lbs.
Previous recipients have been the Franciscan Brothers of Peace and Francis Basket Food Shelf.
Thank you to all who participated in this semester’s drive!
Beginning June 3rd, 2014, Macalester College Library materials will no longer be findable or requestable through the CLICnet and should be requested through Interlibrary Loan.
In recent months, the CLIC library consortium conducted a process to select a new next generation integrated library system. As part of this process, schools in the consortium made a systematic comparison of the major vendors, and selected the Intota system from Proquest. Intota includes the Summon discovery search, which we’ve used at UST for the last several years, as well as other components to manage acquisitions, circulation, and the management of electronic resources. Components of the new system will be rolled out over the next 18 months.
During this process, Macalester selected a different vendor, OCLC’s WorldShare, which they are implementing immediately. It is not feasible to easily integrate these systems, and so Macalester’s content will no longer be findable and requestable through the CLICnet catalog, effective immediately.
However, UST and Macalester users can still borrow each other’s content via the Interlibrary Loan (ILL) system. Journal articles and book chapters typically come via email within two business days; physical materials may take up to a week, though items from Macalester will come via courier and may arrive faster. If you wish to search for materials you think might be at Macalester, see their website, just remember to use UST’s ILL system to request them.
The database is back up and publications are accessible (updated 6/3, 9 PM).
The Historic University Publications database (digitized Aquin newspapers, Aquinas yearbooks, etc.) is currently down.
The outage has been reported to our vendor and they are working to resolve the issue.
Third time is the charm, folks! PsycINFO is down again. Third time in less than a month! We are lucky, lucky folks.
Like we noted in all the other blog posts regarding PsycINFO being down, you can use Summon to find articles.
At the beginning of summer, it has been a long-time tradition of the UST Libraries to post recommendations by library staff for your reading enjoyment. Our Summer Reading List for 2014 is off to a good start and recommendations will continue to be included as they are submitted.
Don’t forget to visit our Leisure Reading collection for additional suggestions now and throughout the year.
Have a wonderful summer!
I’m sorry to report that PsycInfo is once again experiencing some technical difficulties.
The technical team behind the resource is aware of the problem and actively working on it. In the meantime, if you’re looking for psych articles, try using Summon. It includes all articles published by the American Psychological Association.
During the summer of 2014, the Department of Special Collections will be installing compact shelving in its archival storage area. We are very excited about this as the project as it will increase the capacity of the area by over 50%, allowing for growth of the university’s collections of archival, manuscript and rare books collections for many years to come.
To accommodate the work involved in this project, the University Archives and manuscript collections currently held by department will be placed in storage and will not be accessible for the duration of the project. We will be able to place limited amount of essential records in temporary storage for access during this project. The University Archivist is working with affected university departments to identify those materials. Access to these records will be by appointment with the University Archivist.
Additionally, the reading room for the Department of Special Collections/University Archives will close June 23, 2014 and will remain closed through the end of August 2014. During this period, there will be no access to Special Collections & University Archives materials by faculty, staff, students, and other researchers in the department’s reading room; phone and email reference service will be limited. In the interim, researchers are encourage the use of the department’s digitized collections.
The cooperation of the UST community and other researchers during this project is greatly appreciated. Please contact Ann Kenne, Head of Special Collections/University Archivist (2-5461), for additional information.
The ever-popular Therapy Pets (dogs, bunnies, and a Guinea pig!) will be in the OSF Library rotunda
Is a little snuggle from a friendly dog just what you need to rejuvenate your studying?
Would watching a few hops from a fluffy (and amazingly talented) bunny give you enough of a boost of energy to power you through finishing that page of APA citations?
You’re in luck! Everyone is welcome to take a few moments’ break from the stress of finals, receive some fluffy encouragement, and spend time with other animal lovers before heading back to work.
As always, remember that library staff are available to assist you find any information you need to complete your work. Please don’t hesitate to ask!
On Sunday from 7am til early afternoon SRDS Media Solutions will be unavailable. This is a scheduled outage for maintenance. Please plan accordingly.