Tuesday, January 18, 2011
Are You Being Served?
Morris Library used the LibQual+ Lite instrument to conduct a survey of the campus community about how the library is doing. The results have been posted in the OpenSIUC for all to see. The library did this as part of a larger strategic planning process to help us establish priorities for the next few years.
Monday, January 4, 2010
New Semester, New Schedule
When classes start again for the spring 2010 semester, Morris Library will have new hours. The library will close at midnight Sunday - Thursday. Saturday hours will be 11 AM - 7 PM. The library will stay open 7:30 AM - 9 PM on Fridays.
The library also has a new delivery schedule for items in the McLafferty Annex. Now there are two deliveries per day Sun. through Fri. and no deliveries on Saturday.
These changes are happening out of concern for the university's and the library's budget situation.
The library also has a new delivery schedule for items in the McLafferty Annex. Now there are two deliveries per day Sun. through Fri. and no deliveries on Saturday.
These changes are happening out of concern for the university's and the library's budget situation.
Friday, December 18, 2009
Trying again for a new SIUCat
Last summer, Morris Library, along with the other libraries that are part of I-Share, switched to a new version of the library catalog. That upgrade turned into a minor fiasco for CARLI, the consortial organization responsible for I-Share. By the end of summer, the public views of the catalog were reverted back to the old version.
CARLI is slowly, tentatively trying again with the new catalog interface. Sometime next week, it will be possible to go to https://i-share7.carli.illinois.edu to access I-Share or to https://i-share7.carli.illinois.edu/sic to access SIUCat. The old look for SIUCat will still be available, but Morris Library may make the catalogs default to the new interface during part of winter break.
Please let me know if you have comments about the new interface.
CARLI is slowly, tentatively trying again with the new catalog interface. Sometime next week, it will be possible to go to https://i-share7.carli.illinois.edu to access I-Share or to https://i-share7.carli.illinois.edu/sic to access SIUCat. The old look for SIUCat will still be available, but Morris Library may make the catalogs default to the new interface during part of winter break.
Please let me know if you have comments about the new interface.
Thursday, October 29, 2009
One million served?
Steve Sawyer, a senior library specialist who works at the circulation desk sent the following message to library staff this morning,
"Thought everyone would be (mildly) interested in the fact that somewhere between yesterday morning and this morning, the counter on the north-end security gate rolled over one million.
We now have proof that the renovated library IS popular and people DO like us.
(never mind the fact that this number includes those of us who work here and counts people leaving as well as coming)"
"Thought everyone would be (mildly) interested in the fact that somewhere between yesterday morning and this morning, the counter on the north-end security gate rolled over one million.
We now have proof that the renovated library IS popular and people DO like us.
(never mind the fact that this number includes those of us who work here and counts people leaving as well as coming)"
Friday, October 23, 2009
Open Access Week
Open Access Day expanded to Open Access Week this year. The big news in Open Access this year is the Federal Research Public Access Act (FRPAA, which unfortunately sounds like FERPA). FRPAA is still in committee in the Senate. If enacted, it would require researchers receiving grants from the major federal funding sources to supply their manuscripts that have been accepted for publiction to the funding agency and would require free, online access to the manuscripts six months after publication. Similar requirements already apply to NIH grantees, but FRPAA would expand the requirements to include NSF, DOE, DOD, HHS, and NASA grantees, among others. Chief academic officers at many universities, including SIUC have expressed their support for FRPAA.
The other local news regarding Open Access is that there will be a forum on open access in Morris Library's auditorium at 3 PM on Thursday, November 19. The working title for the event is "Tollway or freeway: Which road leads to your research?" David Shulenberger will give a keynote presentation, followed by a panel of SIUC faculty discussing their experiences with open access.
The other local news regarding Open Access is that there will be a forum on open access in Morris Library's auditorium at 3 PM on Thursday, November 19. The working title for the event is "Tollway or freeway: Which road leads to your research?" David Shulenberger will give a keynote presentation, followed by a panel of SIUC faculty discussing their experiences with open access.
Thursday, October 15, 2009
Outstanding Teacher Lecture Oct. 26 at 3:30 PM
The Outstanding Teacher Lecture has been rescheduled. It will be held on Monday, Oct. 26 from 3:30 - 4:30 PM in the library's auditorium, followed by a reception. Kim Harris will present "What Works at Work: Six Lessons for the Classroom."
Wednesday, October 14, 2009
Another Morris Library Blog
The Special Collections Research Center (SCRC) at Morris Library has begun a blog to note interesting items that SCRC staff find while processing or cataloging materials held in SCRC.
The blog is called Raiders of the Lost Archives: Behind the stacks at the Special Collections Research Center, Morris Library, SIUC. I can only speculate that the rare book librarian's visit to Petra, Jordan during her summer vacation helped to inspire the title.
The blog is called Raiders of the Lost Archives: Behind the stacks at the Special Collections Research Center, Morris Library, SIUC. I can only speculate that the rare book librarian's visit to Petra, Jordan during her summer vacation helped to inspire the title.
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