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EBSCO Databases & RefWorks Are Now Customized to Accommodate Your Cell Phone or PDA

As more and more people start using their iPhones, BlackBerrys and other mobile devices to search the Internet, many Web services are customizing their interfaces to accommodate them. EBSCOhost and RefWorks are no exception.

The EBSCOhost databases you have learned to depend on for your research are now also available via ESBCOhost Mobile. EBSCOhost Mobile offers many of the same features as the non-mobile version of EBSCOhost but the interface has been optimized for use on a mobile device with a smaller screen. Your device must have javascript enabled in order to use EBSCOhost Mobile and users of BlackBerry devices require special instructions.

Similarly, RefMobile allows you access to your RefWorks account. When logging in to RefMobile, you will need to use the subscriber code that was supplied to you via email after you registered for your individual account. If you no longer have that code, please call Reference Services at (216) 687-5300.Go to Working with RefMobile for more details.

The Michael Schwartz Library is happy to provide these new services for mobile devices, and, for your convenience, have created one place where you can link to them and other such services as they become available. We have expanded our "Off-Campus Access" page to "Off-Campus Access & Mobile Devices." A link to this page appears in the green navigation bar at the right of all Michael Schwartz Library Web pages.

Permanent link to this topic. Posted 2009-11-19 14:25:55. Reply to Lauren_Felder. Categories: Library News.

Friends of the Library Honor CSU President Emeritus Michael Schwartz as Well as Nearly 80 Faculty, Emeriti, and Staff

The campus community was invited to attend the 21st Annual Scholars and Artists Reception on November 12, 2009 where former Cleveland State University president Dr. Michael Schwartz was the guest of honor. The annual event, sponsored by the Friends of the Michael Schwartz Library, celebrates the creativity of CSU faculty, emeriti and staff for their recently published books, scholarly papers, art, music, web sites, and other works. This year, almost 80 honorees were represented by 173 submissions of work.

The highlight of the well-attended event was the honored guest himself, Dr. Michael Schwartz, President Emeritus of Cleveland State University. This event was in celebration of the University Library's recent name change to the the Michael Schwartz Library and to recognize Dr. Schwartz's long support of the Library as the "heart of the University."

Renderings of signage to come in the library

Attendees to the reception were treated to a peek at the portrait of Dr. Schwartz by Rob Hartshorn, which will hang at a place of honor within the library, as well as a rendering of how the new sign for the Michael Schwartz Library will appear once it is installed across the top of the library doors in the lobby of Rhodes Tower.

During the event, Tony Bakale, President of the CSU Alumni Association, presented Dr. Schwartz with a gift, a painting by CSU Alumna Gail Laba, Class of '85 depicting the CSU campus. Other speakers included Mary Jane Saunders, Provost and Senior Vice President of Academic Affairs, Michael Wells, President of the Friends of the Michael Schwartz Library, and Glenda Thornton, Director of the Michael Schwartz Library. The reception was sponsored by Cleveland State University Advancement.

Permanent link to this topic. Posted 2009-11-19 07:32:14. Reply to Lauren_Felder. Categories: Library News.

Final Common Reading Experience Presentations this Fall: November 17 & November 18

The University’s Common Reading Experience continues on Tuesday, November 17 from 12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m. on the Library’s first floor with its Brown Bag Speaker Series. Professor Robert Wheeler, History Department, will present “Making History” based on the book chosen for this year’s program— Michael Frayn’s Copenhagen, which all first year CSU students will read as part of their orientation to University life. --THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELED--.

The final Common Reading Presentation for this semester will be held on Thursday, November 19 from 12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m. in the Theater Arts Building, Main Theater. Professor Michael Mauldin, Theater Department, will present “Copenhagen Alive: How Directors, Designers, and Actors Carry a Play from the Page to the Stage.”

Copenhagen, selected by a committee representing faculty, staff, students, and the Library is a Tony Award-winning play that soars at the intersection of science and art. It is an explosive re-imagining of the mysterious wartime meeting between two Nobel laureates to discuss the atomic bomb.

Michael Frayn shows us that these men were passionate, philosophical, and all too human, even though one of the three historical figures in his drama, Werner Heisenberg, was the head of the Nazis' effort to develop a nuclear weapon. The play's other two characters, the Danish physicist Niels Bohr and his wife, Margrethe, are involved with Heisenberg in an after-death analysis of an actual meeting that has long puzzled historians.

CSU faculty, staff, and students are welcome to attend.

For more information, visit the Common Learning Experience website at http://library.csuohio.edu/cr/ or contact Paula Bloch, Coordinator, Freshman Orientation, at 687-3734 or p.bloch@csuohio.edu p.bloch@csuohio.edu.

Permanent link to this topic. Posted 2009-11-13 16:25:37. Reply to Barbara_Florjancic. Categories: Library News.

Veteran's Day Hours

The Michael Schwartz Library will be OPEN from 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. on Veteran's Day, Wednesday, November 11, 2009. For complete Library hours, click here

Permanent link to this topic. Posted 2009-11-05 10:08:48. Reply to Tracy_Kemp. Categories: Library News.

Friends of the Library Book Discussion: Beyond the River by Ann Hagedorn

Beyond the River: The Untold Story of the Heroes of the Underground Railroad
by Ann Hagedorn
Book Discussion led by Richard Fox
Wednesday, November 18, 2009
Rhodes Tower, Room 503
Free and open to the public
Sponsored by the Friends of the CSU Michael Schwartz Library

On Wednesday, November 18, 2009, the campus community is invited to attend the Friends of the Library book discussion on Beyond the River: The Untold Story of the Heroes of the Underground Railroad by Ann Hagedorn. From the highest hill above the town of Ripley, Ohio, you can see five bends in the Ohio River. You can see the hills of northern Kentucky and the rooftops of Ripley’s riverfront houses. And you can see what the abolitionist John Rankin saw from his house at the top of that hill, where for nearly forty years he placed a lantern each night to guide fugitive slaves to freedom beyond the river.

The discussion, led by Richard Fox, Head of the Popular Library at Cleveland Public Library, begins at 3:00 in Rhodes Tower, Room 503. Refreshments will be served.

Mark your calendar:
Spring book discussions include: Lies Will Take You Somewhere, by Sheila Schwartz, Wednesday, January 27; People of the Book by Geraldine Brooks; Wednesday, February 24; and Dreamers of the Day by Mary Doria Russell, Wednesday, March 31. And as part of the Annual Local Authors Book Talk Series, Mary Doria Russell, winner of nine national and international literary awards, will visit CSU on April 14, 2010 at 3:00 in RT 503.
For more information, please call 216-875-9734 or visit http://net.ulib.csuohio.edu/scripts/blog/showtopic.php?thread=394
All books for these events are available for checkout at the Michael Schwartz Library and on sale at the CSU Bookstore.

Permanent link to this topic. Posted 2009-10-30 14:18:18. Reply to Barbara_Florjancic. Categories: Library News.

Friends of the Michael Schwartz Library 21st Annual Scholars and Artists Reception

21st Annual Scholars and Artists Reception
Thursday, November 12, 2009
3:00 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.
1st floor Library (east end)
Sponsored by the Friends of the CSU Library

The campus community is invited to attend the 21st Annual Scholars and Artists Reception recognizing faculty, staff, and emeriti creativity. The event, sponsored by the Friends of the CSU Michael Schwartz Library, will be held on Thursday, November 12, 2009 at 3:00 p.m. on the first floor of the Library.

This year, the guest of honor will be Dr. Michael Schwartz, President Emeritus. The Friends will honor him in celebration and recognition of the Library’s new name. During the reception, guests can enjoy hors d’oeuvres and browse the display of recently published books, scholarly papers, art, music, web sites, and other works by Cleveland State University faculty, staff, and emeriti. Also on display will be the portrait of Michael Schwartz that was presented to him during his Special Tribute at the Allen Theatre in Playhouse Square in June.

RSVP by November 9, 2009 to 216-687-5205 or rsvp.events@csuohio.edu.

Submissions accepted through November 5
Faculty, staff, and emeriti are encouraged to submit materials they have published in the past year. Download and complete the submission form and send as instructed with your submission by Thursday, November 5 (5:00 p.m.). Call 216-875-9734 for more information.

Permanent link to this topic. Posted 2009-10-30 13:33:34. Reply to Barbara_Florjancic. Categories: Library News.

Common Reading Experience:

Thursday, November 5, 2009
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Michael Schwartz Library
1st floor, east
Professor Evan Lieberman
Communications Department
Presenting: “The Atomic Anxieties: The Monster Explosion in Post-Nuclear Films”
Brown Bag Speaker Series

The University’s Common Reading Experience continues on Thursday, November 5 from 12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m. on the Library’s first floor with its Brown Bag Speaker Series. Professor Evan Lieberman, Communications Department, will present “Atomic Anxieties: The Monster Explosion in Post-Nuclear Films” based on the book chosen for this year’s program— Michael Frayn’s Copenhagen, which all first year CSU students will read as part of their orientation to University life.

Copenhagen, selected by a committee representing faculty, staff, students, and the Library is a Tony Award-winning play that soars at the intersection of science and art. It is an explosive re-imagining of the mysterious wartime meeting between two Nobel laureates to discuss the atomic bomb.

Michael Frayn shows us that these men were passionate, philosophical, and all too human, even though one of the three historical figures in his drama, Werner Heisenberg, was the head of the Nazis' effort to develop a nuclear weapon. The play's other two characters, the Danish physicist Niels Bohr and his wife, Margrethe, are involved with Heisenberg in an after-death analysis of an actual meeting that has long puzzled historians.

CSU faculty, staff, and students are welcome to attend all Common Reading Experience Events.

More Brown Bag Speaker Series Presentations:

Tuesday, November 17, 2009
12 p.m. - 1 p.m.,
Michael Schwartz Library, first floor east
Prof. Robert Wheeler, History Department
Presenting “Making History”

Thursday, November 19, 2009
12 p.m. - 1 p.m.,
Theater Arts Building, Main Theater
Prof. Michael Mauldin, Theater Department
Presenting "Copenhagen Alive: How directors, designers and actors carry a play from the page to the stage"

For more information, visit the Common Learning Experience website at http://library.csuohio.edu/cr/ or contact Paula Bloch,Coordinator, Freshman Orientation, at 687-3734 or p.bloch@csuohio.edu

Permanent link to this topic. Posted 2009-10-30 12:20:14. Reply to Barbara_Florjancic. Categories: Library News.

Events @ CPL this Week

Check out the great events at Cleveland Public Library DOWNTOWN at Main Library - FREE and open to the public! For more information call 215-623-2848

Thursday October 29, 2009 @ 6pm, Louis Stokes Wing Auditorium– Spectrum: The Lockwood Thompson Dialogues presents Civic Design & Inspired Infrastructure featuring Steven Litt as moderator with guests Alex Washburn & Fred Salvucci – http://www.cpl.org/?q=node/2321
Saturday October 31st, 2009 at 2pm – Music at Main featuring the Oberlin Bassoon Quartet, in the Fine Arts Dept. 3rd floor of the Main Library – http://www.cpl.org/finearts/?q=node/237

Permanent link to this topic. Posted 2009-10-28 09:52:52. Reply to Tracy_Kemp. Categories: CPL@CSU, Library News.

CSU Students--Manage and Access your Research using RefWorks

RefWorks Seminar for CSU Students
Thursday, October 29, 2009
Noon – 1:00 pm
RT 502

CSU STUDENTS—take your research methods to a new level at the Michael Schwartz Library RefWorks seminar. Meet with librarians to learn about RefWorks, a robust web-based research management tool, and tailor its many uses to fit your research needs. Librarians will demonstrate how to:

Import references from research databases
Store and organize article, web, and book citations
Import bibliographic information from a web site using Ref Grab-It
Format your bibliographies with whichever style manual your professor requires

And much more!

Moderator:, Kathy Dobda, Assistant Director Public Services.

Additional Presenters:
Diane Kolosionek, Urban and Education Librarian; Theresa Nawalaniec, Sciences & Engineering Librarian; Marianne Nolan, Coordinator, Reference; and Ann Marie Smeraldi, General Education/First Year Experience Librarian.

The RefWorks Seminar is free and open to all CSU Students. For more information or to reserve a seat, please call 216-875-9734.

Permanent link to this topic. Posted 2009-10-20 16:13:56. Reply to Barbara_Florjancic. Categories: Library News.

Library Display: Celebrating 20 Years of Diversity

Cleveland State’s Division of Institutional Diversity is celebrating 20 years of diversity, excellence and inclusion. Established in 1989 as the Office of Minority Affairs and Human Relations, the division has worked for twenty years to promote positive race and community relations within the CSU community. Learn about the Division of Institutional Diversity’s past, present and future by visiting its exhibit on display through November 13, 2009 in the Michael Schwartz Library (first floor).

Reception November 9, 2009
On Monday, November 9, from noon - 1:30 pm, join the Division of Institutional Diversity for a reception as they celebrate 20 years of diversity. Light refreshments will be served.

For more information visit www.csuohio.edu/offices/diversity or call 216-687-9335.

Permanent link to this topic. Posted 2009-10-20 11:41:57. Reply to Barbara_Florjancic. Categories: Library News.

Common Reading Experience Presentation: The Science Behind the Beginning of the Nuclear Age

Cleveland State University continues its Common Reading Experience on Tuesday, October 27 from 12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m. on the Library’s first floor. Petur Fodor, Professor, Physics Department, as part of the Speaker Series will make a special presentation titled “The Science behind the Beginning of the Nuclear Age” based on the book chosen for this year’s program— Michael Frayn’s Copenhagen, which all first year CSU students will read as part of their orientation to University life.

Copenhagen, selected by a committee representing faculty, staff, students, and the Library is a Tony Award-winning play that soars at the intersection of science and art. It is an explosive re-imagining of the mysterious wartime meeting between two Nobel laureates to discuss the atomic bomb.

Michael Frayn shows us that these men were passionate, philosophical, and all too human, even though one of the three historical figures in his drama, Werner Heisenberg, was the head of the Nazis' effort to develop a nuclear weapon. The play's other two characters, the Danish physicist Niels Bohr and his wife, Margrethe, are involved with Heisenberg in an after-death analysis of an actual meeting that has long puzzled historians.

All CSU faculty, staff, and students are welcome to attend all Common Reading Experience Events.

Brown Bag Speaker Series Presentations:

Tuesday, October 27, 2009
12:00 pm-1:00 pm
Michael Schwartz Library
1st floor, east
Professor Petur Fodor,
Physics Department
Presenting: “The Science behind the Beginning of the Nuclear Age”

Thursday, November 5, 2009
12 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Michael Schwartz Library, first floor east
Prof. Evan Lieberman, Communications Department
Presenting "Atomic Anxieties: The Monster Explosion in Post-Nuclear Films"

Tuesday, November 17, 2009
12 p.m. - 1 p.m.,
Michael Schwartz Library, first floor east
Prof. Robert Wheeler, History Department
Presenting “Making History”

Thursday, November 19, 2009
12 p.m. - 1 p.m.,
Theater Arts Building, Main Theater
Prof. Michael Mauldin, Theater Department
Presenting "Copenhagen Alive: How directors, designers and actors carry a play from the page to the stage"

For more information, visit the Common Learning Experience website or contact Paula Bloch, Coordinator, Freshman Orientation, at 687-3734 or p.bloch@csuohio.edu

Permanent link to this topic. Posted 2009-10-20 11:22:37. Reply to Barbara_Florjancic. Categories: Library News.

The Veterans Memorial Bridge Book is Now on SALE

The Veterans Memorial Bridge Book
90th Anniversary Edition by William E. Beyer

The Veterans Memorial Bridge, formerly known as the Detroit-Superior of High Level Bridge, is an unusual and outstanding example of early twentieth-century bridge engineering. The double decked structure spans the Cuyahoga River Valley adjacent to downtown Cleveland, Ohio and consists of twelve concrete arch approach spans with lengths varying between 80 feet and 180 feet, and a 591-foot long steel arch main river span. The bridge was constructed as a replacement for the old Superior Viaduct, which spanned the Cuyahoga River immediately north of the Detroit-Superior Bridge. The upper deck of the structure was designed to carry highway and pedestrian traffic whereas the lower deck was designed for streetcar traffic. The approaches to the lower deck of the structure included subway tunnels and passenger stations for the streetcars. The first traffic crossed the upper deck of the new bridge in November 1917, and the first streetcars crossed the lower deck in December 1917.

The History of the Veterans Memorial Bridge: 90th Anniversary Edition by William Beyer documents the history of the original construction of the bridge and the two major rehabilitations—the first was done from 1967 to 1969 and the second was done from 1995 to 1997. Some technical information is included, which may be of interest to some readers. However, the major emphasis of the book is the documentation of the history of the bridge and the surrounding community with photographs. The photographs offer a unique opportunity to glimpse into previous eras in Cleveland. It is hoped that the reader will enjoy a journey through the planning, design, construction and rehabilitation of this structure—and develop an understanding and appreciation for the importance of maintaining and, whenever feasible, preserving notable structures such as the Detroit-Superior Bridge, which remain today.
–excerpt from introduction to Veterans Memorial Bridge: 90th Anniversary Edition

Click here for more information or to order a copy.

Permanent link to this topic. Posted 2009-10-19 15:13:35. Reply to Tracy_Kemp. Categories: Cleveland Memory, Library News.

Open Access Day at OSU

A program to discuss open access publishing will be held from 10:30 to noon on October 21, 2009 in Room 165 at the newly-renovated Thompson Library. Topics will include the panelists' stake in open access, the role of open access within different organizations and disciplines, and the financial sustainability of open access. Participants will be:

• Opening Remarks, Jan Weisenberger, Senior VP, Office of Research
• Moderator, Tom Sanville, Executive Director of OhioLINK
• Panelist, David Huron, Professor Music and Editor, Empirical Musicology Review
• Panelist, Scot Danforth, Associate Professor of Teaching and Learning and Editor, Disability Studies Quarterly
• Panelist, Deborah Grzybowski, Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology
• Panelist, Donald Dean, Professor of Biochemistry
• Panelist, Jack Ochs, American Chemical Society
• Panelist, Daviess Menefee, Elsevier Publishing

Open access publishing is a movement that encourages making scholarly resources more freely available over the internet. The goal is to maximize the impact of research, particularly research that has been funded with public money. One of the most notable examples of open access is the National Institute of Health Public Access Policy, which requires that funded research be made publicly available after a 12 month embargo period.
The week of October 19 is Open Access Week, and this program is only one of many events that publishers, universities, and libraries all over the world are planning in order to highlight the movement. The Open Access Day program at OSU will be of interest to anyone involved in research and publishing throughout the university.
For more information, contact Anne Gilliland, anne.gilliland@osumc.edu, or visit http://library.med.ohio-state.edu/3803.cfm.

Permanent link to this topic. Posted 2009-10-13 13:27:28. Reply to Tracy_Kemp. Categories: Library News.

Call for Scholarly and Artistic Works

Guest of Honor, Dr. Michael Schwartz.

CSU Faculty,Staff and Emeriti:
On Thursday, November 12, 2009 at 3:00 the Friends of the Michael Schwartz Library will host its 21st Annual Scholars and Artists Reception recognizing faculty, staff, and emeriti creativity. The Friends of the Library will exhibit materials such as books, scholarly papers, art, music, web sites, or similar works that University faculty, staff, and emeriti have published in the past year.

This year, the guest of honor will be Dr. Michael Schwartz, President Emeritus. The Friends will honor him in celebration and recognition of the Library’s new name. You will hear more about this event soon, but at this time, the Friends of the Library are urging that you begin sending materials you have published (authored or co-authored) in the past year. In order to have your submission included in the Scholars and Artists bibliography, please complete the appropriate information on the submission form on the opposite page and send it with each submission by Thursday, November 5, 2009 (5:00 p.m.).

Please note that your submissions will be on display on the first floor of the Library for one week. Books and other valuable materials will be in a secure display case. However, journal articles will be displayed on tables, so if you are submitting an article, please send only a copy of the article and not the entire journal. Your works will be returned to you within a few weeks after the reception unless you indicate otherwise.

If there is something special that your department wants to feature, or if you have any questions, please call (216) 875-9734. Thank you in advance for your important contributions.

Sincerely,
Michael Wells
President, Friends of the CSU Michael Schwartz Library

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The Library will be OPEN on Columbus Day

The Michael Schwartz Library will be open on Columbus Day, October 12, 2009 from 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. For a complete list of the Library's hours, click here

Permanent link to this topic. Posted 2009-10-07 09:00:57. Reply to Tracy_Kemp. Categories: Library News.

President Barack Obama declares October NATIONAL INFORMATION LITERACY AWARENESS MONTH

THE WHITE HOUSE

Office of the Press Secretary
_________________________________________________________
For Immediate Release October 1, 2009

NATIONAL INFORMATION LITERACY AWARENESS MONTH, 2009
- - - - - - -
BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
A PROCLAMATION

Every day, we are inundated with vast amounts of information. A 24-hour news cycle and thousands of global television and radio networks, coupled with an immense array of online resources, have challenged our long-held perceptions of information management. Rather than merely possessing data, we must also learn the skills necessary to acquire, collate, and evaluate information for any situation. This new type of literacy also requires competency with communication technologies, including computers and mobile devices that can help in our day-to-day decisionmaking. National Information Literacy Awareness Month highlights the need for all Americans to be adept in the skills necessary to effectively navigate the Information Age.

Click here for the complete proclamation.

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OCTAVOFEST: Celebrating the Art of the Book

The OCTAVO is a traditional book format that refers to the size for pages used in the printing of early books in which a large sheet of paper or parchment is folded three times to produce eight pages. Today octavo format books include many rare, valuable, and beautiful objects. The octavo, October, eight events...it’s OCTAVOFEST, a celebration of the art of the book.

Click here for the calendar of events.

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Manage, Access, and Share your Research using RefWorks

Faculty Seminar
Presented by the CSU Michael Schwartz Library
Thursday, October 15, 2009
12:00 – 1:00 pm
RT 502

CSU faculty—take your research methods to a new level at the Michael Schwartz Library RefWorks seminar. Meet with librarians to learn about RefWorks, a robust web-based research management tool, and tailor its many uses to fit your research needs. Librarians will demonstrate how to:

Import references from research databases
Store and organize article, web, and book citations
Share and discuss your RefWorks database with colleagues and other researchers globally through RefShare
Import bibliographic information from a web site using Ref Grab-It

And much more!

Moderator: Kathy Dobda, Assistant Director Public Services.

Additional Presenters:
Diane Kolosionek, Urban and Education Librarian; Theresa Nawalaniec, Sciences & Engineering Librarian; Marianne Nolan, Coordinator, Reference; and Ann Marie Smeraldi, General Education/First Year Experience Librarian.

Light refreshments will be provided by the Friends of the Library.

For more information or to reserve a seat, please call 216-875-9734 or email b.florjancic@csuohio.edu.

Seating is limited—Respond by Tuesday, October 13.

Permanent link to this topic. Posted 2009-09-18 09:35:01. Reply to Barbara_Florjancic. Categories: Library News.

Many Turn Out to Meet the “Real Librarians of CSU”

We'd like to thank everyone who stopped by to "Meet the Real Librarians of CSU" on September 10th in the Michael Schwartz Library. Visitors enjoyed the "meet and greet" and learned just what an excellent resource our Librarians, with their wide range of knowledge and experience, are for the CSU community. We're glad you enjoyed it, and we look forward to seeing you in the Library throughout the year.

You can see more photos from this event on our Facebook page!

Permanent link to this topic. Posted 2009-09-17 09:05:19. Reply to Lauren_Felder. Categories: Library News.

Banned Books Reading

What's your favorite book? Has it ever been publicly challenged?

Come and read an excerpt of it at the
Banned Books Reading
Tuesday, September 29, 2009
12:00 to 1:00 P.M.
CSU Michael Schwartz Library
1st floor, east
Sponsored by the Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ) and the CSU Michael Schwartz Library in support of freedom of speech
Brown Bag Event

How to Participate
Submit your chosen literary passage in advance of the event to schedule your time on the microphone. Or, just come to 1st floor of the Michael Schwartz Library on Tuesday, September 29 during the common hour to hear the readings. Afterwards, peruse the Banned Books display, which will include information about free speech and ethics.

Interested in doing a reading, but not sure that you have ever read a banned book? Visit the Library’s Intellectual Freedom web page at http://library.csuohio.edu/research/portals/freedom.html or the Library’s Banned Books display for recent examples. Choose a short passage to read (or consider briefly discussing why a certain book or author was censored) then send your idea to Faith Larraine Hampton, the SPJ Cleveland State Student Chapter President, at
f.l.hampton40@csuohio.edu.

Exercise your right of free speech!

This event is open to all faculty, staff, and students.

The 2009 Banned Books Reading Week is September 26 through October 3.
During that time, the Banned Books display will be located on the east side of the 1st floor of the CSU Michael Schwartz Library (in Rhodes Tower). The Banned Books Reading will take place near the display.

Permanent link to this topic. Posted 2009-09-16 13:13:43. Reply to Barbara_Florjancic. Categories: Library News.

A Talk with Rebecca Wolff and a Reading and Book Signing with Poets Kate Greenstreet & Rebecca Wolff

Poetry Center
and the Department of English present

A Talk with Rebecca Wolff
Thursday, September 17, 2009 at noon
Main Classroom 136 (MC 136)
You are invited to attend an informal talk about editing the literary journal Fence, and publishing Fence Books.

and a Reading and Book Signing with Poets
Kate Greenstreet & Rebecca Wolff

Kate Greenstreet is the author of The Last 4 Things (Ahsahta, 2009), and case sensitive (Ahsahta, 2006). She is also the author of three chapbooks, most recently This Is Why I Hurt You (2008). Her work has appeared in such journals as Court Green, Denver Quarterly, Fence, jubilat, and VOLT.

Rebecca Wolff is the author of three books of poems: The King (Norton, 2009); Figment (Norton, 2004), winner of the Barnard Women Poets Prize; and Manderley (University of Illinois Press, 2001), selected for the National Poetry Series by Robert Pinsky. She is the founding editor and publisher of Fence and Fence Books, and a Program Fellow of the New York State Writers Institute.
Thursday, September 17, 2009 at 7:30 pm
Main Classroom 134 (MC 134), 1899 East 22th Street
Events are free and open to the public.

Permanent link to this topic. Posted 2009-09-15 15:50:03. Reply to Tracy_Kemp. Categories: Library News.

Equipment Loans to Students

Image of an eagle and flag in front of Constitution

Students are increasingly incorporating digital images, video, and audio into assignments and presentation material, but production equipment has not been widely available to them on campus. Beginning this Fall, students may borrow Canon video and still cameras, and Sony audio recorders from Library Multimedia Services (MMS) in RT 301.

Students can check out these items from the Library just as they would a book — there is a 1-day loan period on this equipment. Students supply their own DV tapes and flash media storage cards, but both tapes and flash media storage cards are available for purchase in the Library vending machine if students don't have their own.

After using the new cameras and recorders to capture the information they need, students can work on their digital files at home or use the professional video, audio and image editing equipment and software in Multimedia Services to create polished materials for presentations and other assignments. Help with equipment and software is available in Multimedia Services as well.

Students may contact MMS for more information at (216) 687-9337. Faculty wishing to borrow similar equipment should contact IMSS Equipment Circulation at (216) 687-3846.

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Constitution Day 2009

Join the celebration of our nation's heritage by participating in Cleveland State University's Constitution Day events!

Online Contest

Students can win one of two gas cards valued at $25,
one of five jump drives, or one of three $15 iTunes cards
Visit http://library.csuohio.edu/promos/constitution/ answer a few questions about the Constitution, and you could be a winner!

Event

Presentation by Mark Sundahl, Professor of Law, titled What Would Socrates Say about our Constitution?
Thursday, September 17, 2009
5:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.
Moot Court Room of the Cleveland Marshall College of Law
On free hour of CLE credit.
Reception to follow.

Displays

Visit two Constitution Day displays this fall. The first, titled “We the People” is located on the 1st floor of the Michael Schwartz Library (in Rhodes Tower) and the other, titled “Comparing Constitutions” is located at the entrance of the Cleveland-Marshall College of Law Library.

Call 216-875-9734 for more information

Permanent link to this topic. Posted 2009-08-27 09:25:59. Reply to Lauren_Felder. Categories: Library News.

The Current Periodicals and Master's Theses Have Moved

In order to improve convenience to our users, the Library has moved the Current Periodicals and Master's Theses. Previously located on the 3rd floor, the Current Periodicals have been relocated to the 4th floor and are shelved alphabetically by title with the Bound Periodicals. The Master's Theses have been moved to the west end of the 1st floor in the Library Commons.

Coming Soon: Be on the lookout for a new student study space on the 3rd floor where the periodicals and theses were located.

Permanent link to this topic. Posted 2009-08-26 09:26:16. Reply to Tracy_Kemp. Categories: Library News.

Check out the Library’s Outstanding Book Collection

View of the Outstanding Book Collection in the Schwartz Library

In a large university library, browsing the shelves to locate a good book to read just for pleasure can be overwhelming. To help students identify well written, quality literature, CSU librarians created the Outstanding Book Collection. This unique collection was designed to foster a love of reading and encourage intellectual development among students. Conveniently located on the first floor of the Library near the entrance, this collection features both classic titles and contemporary award winners. The collection is small enough for casual browsing but offers an intriguing selection of fiction and nonfiction titles that will capture students’ imaginations and take them to new worlds.

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Friends of the Michael Schwartz Library Book Discussion: Copenhagen by Michael Frayn

Book Discussion
Michael Frayn
Copenhagen
Wednesday, September 30, 2009
3:00 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.
2121 Euclid Avenue
Rhodes Tower, room 503 (in the Michael Schwartz Library)
Free and open to the community
Sponsored by the Friends of the Library

Richard Fox, Head of the Popular Library at CPL, will lead a book discussion on Copenhagen by Michael Frayn. The Tony Award-winning play that soars at the intersection of science and art, Copenhagen is an explosive re-imagining of the mysterious wartime meeting between two Nobel laureates to discuss the atomic bomb. Copehagen is also Cleveland State University’s Common Reading book choice for 2009/2010.

Copenhagen is available for checkout at the Michael Schwartz Library and on sale at the CSU Bookstore and on Amazon.com.

The event is free and open to CSU faculty, staff, and students and to the general public. Refreshments will be served.

Call 216-875-9734 or email b.florjancic@csuohio.edu to reserve a seat or for more information.

Find out more about upcoming Friends of the Library Book Discussions as well as the Local Book Talk with Mary Doria Russell scheduled for April 14, 2010.

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One Giant Leap ...

July 20, 2009 marks the 40th anniversary of the first manned moon landing. Neil Armstrong was the first person to set foot on the moon, while many people watched the momentous event from home on their TV sets.

For more information on the Apollo mission, click here

The Library will have a display commemorating the moon landing on the first floor through September.

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Author Mary Doria Russell to be Featured at the Friends of the Michael Schwartz Library Annual Local Authors Book Talk

Wednesday, April 14, 2010
3:00 p.m.
Michael Schwartz Library at Cleveland State University
Rhodes Tower, Room 503

Mary Doria Russell, winner of nine national and international literary awards, will visit Cleveland State University's Michael Schwartz Library on April 14, 2010 at 3:00 p.m. to discuss her book Dreamers of the Day and to give a preview of her new project Eight to Five, Against.

About Dreamers of the Day: With prose as graceful and effortless as a seductive float down the Nile, Mary Doria Russell illuminates the long, rich history of the Middle East with a story that brilliantly elucidates today’s headlines.

Ms. Russell’s presentation will be followed by a question-and-answer session and a book signing. Dreamers of the Day will be available for purchase directly before and after the April event, courtesy of the CSU Bookstore.

This event is free and open to the public, but please call 216-875-9734 to register.

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Friends of the Michael Schwartz Library 2009/2010 book discussions

Richard Fox, Head of the Popular Library at Cleveland Public Library, will lead the book discussions in this series. All the events begin at 3:00 p.m. and will be held Cleveland State University in the Michael Schwartz Library, located in Rhodes Tower, room 503.

Free and open to the public — For more information: call 216-875-9734.

Copenhagen
by Michael Frayn
Wednesday, September 30, 2009
The Tony Award—winning play that soars at the intersection of science and art, Copenhagen is an explosive re-imagining of the mysterious wartime meeting between two Nobel laureates to discuss the atomic bomb. Copehagen is also Cleveland State University’s Common Reading book choice for 2009/2010.

Beyond the River: The Untold Story of the Heroes of the Underground Railroad
by Anne Hagedorn
Wednesday, November 18, 2009
From the highest hill above the town of Ripley, Ohio, you can see five bends in the Ohio River. You can see the hills of northern Kentucky and the rooftops of Ripley’s riverfront houses. And you can see what the abolitionist John Rankin saw from his house at the top of that hill, where for nearly forty years he placed a lantern each night to guide fugitive slaves to freedom beyond the river.

Lies Will Take You Somewhere
by Sheila Schwartz
Wednesday, January 27, 2010
In a voice reminiscent of Cynthia Ozick, this Jewish/Gothic novel renders the fracture and healing of the Rosen family. Jane Rosen leaves her three daughters and husband Saul, a rabbi, to care for her mother in Florida. In Jane’s absence, Saul discovers-through the deathbed confession of a man in his congregation-that his wife had an affair ten years earlier. Enraged, he ostracizes Jane from the family and strands her in Florida with her grief.

People of the Book
by Geraldine Brooks
Wednesday, February 24, 2010
From the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of March, the journey of a rare illuminated prayer book through centuries of war, destruction, theft, loss, and love.

Dreamers of the Day
by Mary Doria Russell
Wednesday, March 31, 2010
With prose as graceful and effortless as a seductive float down the Nile, Mary Doria Russell illuminates the long, rich history of the Middle East with a story that brilliantly elucidates today’s headlines.

Mary Doria Russell will visit Cleveland State University on Wednesday, April 14 at 3:00 in the Library as part of the Local Authors Book Talk Series.

Books for all the above events are available for checkout at the Michael Schwartz Library and on sale at the CSU Bookstore.

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Library designated as the Michael Schwartz Library

The Cleveland State University Board of Trustees designated the University Library as the Michael Schwartz Library. The resolution, approved by the Board on June 22, named the Library after Dr. Schwartz “in recognition of and gratitude to the man who so capably led this University and made an indelible impression on the lives of so many people who seek truth and knowledge through education.” Glenda Thornton, Director of the Library, is very pleased with the naming. “Michael Schwartz cares deeply about the University and respects the power of education and knowledge to transform a life.”

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Find Help in Tough Times

The State Library of Ohio has just launched Find Help in Tough Times, a new one-stop center on their website to help residents quickly locate important information and resources during these difficult economic times.

According to State Librarian Jo Budler, “The State Library understands that this is a challenging time for everyone. We created the Find Help in Tough Times statewide center to highlight the valuable work of state and federal agencies, as well as state and national organizations, and make it easier for people needing assistance to find their services and information.”

Find Help in Tough Times is easily accessible from the State Library website and is divided into six sections that include Employment, Financial, Health & Wellness, Housing, Parenting, and Help for Seniors. Within these sections there are links to help with topics such as finding jobs, training opportunities, services for the unemployed, insurance, home health care, childcare, tax help, and more.

The State Library welcomes feedback on Find Help in Tough Times and asks for residents to share stories about their experiences during these tough times. Some of the stories will be posted so that others may benefit.

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Virtual JFK will be showing at the Cleveland Museum of Art

An important and well-received documentary called Virtual JFK will be showing at the Cleveland Museum of Art June 12 ONLY.

Combining rare footage from numerous Kennedy press conferences, in-depth interviews and a close reading of the documentary record, the film argues that critical decisions about the use of restraint and coercive diplomacy often require greater acts of courage than the use of force. Produced by fellows of the Watson Institute for International Studies, the film applies what Harvard historian Niall Ferguson calls "virtual history" to consider what President John F. Kennedy might have done in Vietnam if he had not been assassinated in 1963 and was instead re-elected in 1964. More information about the film appears below and at www.virtualjfk.com.

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New Interfaces Launched for Scholarly & Reference and Literature E-Book Collections

A newly upgraded version of the OhioLINK Electronic Book Center software will go live on Monday, June 1, 2009. This process involves a DNS change which may take up to 24 hours to been seen by everyone.

While the main OhioLINK E-Book Center page found at http://ebooks.ohiolink.edu will not change, the upgrade allows for several improvements to the software that runs the Scholarly & Reference and American & English Literature Collections, including:

* The ability to narrow search results by subject (Scholarly & Reference Books Collection only) and date (both collections)
* The ability to limit advanced searches by a date range or single year
* Improved navigation and browse capabilities
* Persistent links for individual books
* The ability to e-mail title, date and URL of saved records

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OhioLink Library Catalog, EJC Will Be Unavailable for Maintenance

The OhioLINK Library Catalog will be unavailable while planned maintenance is performed beginning at 11 p.m. on Thursday, May 28, until approximately 1:00 a.m. on May 29. During this time you will not be able to search the catalog or request items. The Electronic Journal Center will also be unavailable for maintenance from 12:00 a.m. until approximately 1:00 a.m. on Friday, May 29. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.

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Library Web Services Will Be Offline This Weekend May 16-17

Due to a scheduled power outage across campus, services accessed through the Library's website will be unavailable from 6 pm on Saturday May 16th until approximately 4 pm Sunday May 17th.

The following services will be affected:

You will be unable to access the Library's website including Scholar, the Library's catalog.
You will be unable to access materials on Electronic Course Reserve.
You will be unable to access the Research Databases from off campus.
You will be unable to request items through OhioLINK.

Other websites that will be unavailable include The Cleveland Memory Project, Ohio's Heritage Northeast and streaming media provided through Mediasite.

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Extended Library Hours before Finals Week

The University Library will have extended hours before finals week. The Library will be open until 8 p.m. on Friday May 8th and until 10 p.m. on Sunday May 10th. For more information on the Library hours, visit Library Hours

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FREE Video Conferencing for Graduating Students

Are you applying for a job out of state? Would you like to do your interview through video conferencing? Check out the VIP Video Conference Suite located on the 7th floor of Rhodes Tower. Graduating students can receive one free session from the Library. In addition to job interviews, the room can be used by faculty, staff, and students for any presentation, meeting, etc. with anyone anywhere in the world that has an IP connection.

Please call 216-687-5206 for pricing information or for more details.

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Faculty: Have you ever wanted to tell the Library what you really think about its multimedia collection

CSU faculty is invited to participate in an online survey to help the Library evaluate its multimedia collection. Your input will give the Library valuable information that will help improve its services and purchasing decisions. Your responses will remain anonymous but the overall results will be made available to faculty after the close of the survey.

To take the survey, which will take approximately 10 minutes, visit http://html.ulib.csuohio.edu/mmsurvey/mmform.html. The survey will be open through Thursday, April 30, 2009.

If you would like further information, please feel free to contact Fran Mentch, Social & Behavioral Sciences Librarian at f.mentch@csuohio.edu or Carol Zsulya, Head Collection Management and Business/Economics Librarian at c.zsulya@csuohio.edu.

Your participation is greatly appreciated!

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Students needed for Program Review

Every 5-7 years, the University conducts a Program Review of each of the University departments. As part of this process, an External Reviewer will meet with various groups on campus to discuss the University Library. On Tuesday April 28th from 3:00 p.m to 4:00 p.m. in RT 401 students are needed to talk with the External Reviewer about their impressions of the CSU Library--What they like, what they would like to see, what their concerns are, etc.

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A reading with Mary Biddinger, Sarah Gridley and Craig Paulenich

Reading with Mary Biddinger, Sarah Gridley and Craig Paulenich
Wednesday, April 22, 2009
7:30 pm
Fenn Tower Theater (FT 102)
1983 East 24th Street
Free and open to the public
Sponsored by the CSU Poetry Center in cooperation with the Department of English

Mary Biddinger is the author of the poetry collection Prairie Fever, (Steel Toe Books, 2007). Her poems have appeared in The Iowa Review, American Literary Review, and Ploughshares.

Sarah Gridley is the author of the poetry collection Weather Eye Open (University of California Press, 2005). Her poems have appeared in such journals as Jubilat, Beloit Poetry Journal, and New American Writing.

Craig Paulenich is the author of the poetry collection The Drift of the Hunt (Nobodaddies Press, 2006). He is also the co-editor of the anthology Beneath a Single Moon: Buddhism in Contemporary American Poetry. His poems have appeared in such journals as The Georgia Review, South Carolina Review, Southern Poetry Review, Tar River Poetry, and others. Call 216-687-3986 for more information, or visit www.csuohio.edu/poetrycenter

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Thanks for Making National Library Week a Success!

We'd like to thank everyone who attended our National Library Week events. This year's National Library Week was a great success. We're glad you enjoyed it, and we look forward to seeing you in the Library throughout the year.

Author Kristin Ohlson discusses her book, The Kabul
Beauty School: An American Woman goes Behind the
Veil, as part of National Library Week at the CSU Library.

Students enjoy a variety of international cuisine while they
browse materials from the CSU Library, Cleveland Public
Library & the Study Abroad Program at "Passport to the World."

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Library Web Services Will NOT Be Offline This Weekend, April 18-19.

The electrical outage for this weekend has been canceled. Services supplied by the Library through its website will not be disrupted as a result.

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A Reading with featured poets Ted Lardner and Karen Schubert

Reading with featured poets Ted Lardner and Karen Schubert
Monday, April 20, 2009
7:30 pm
Fenn Tower Theater (FT 102)
1983 East 24th Street
Free and open to the public
Sponsored by the CSU Poetry Center in cooperation with the Department of English

Ted Lardner is the author of the poetry chapbook Tornado, published in the Wick Poetry Chapbook Series by The Kent State University Press. His poems have appeared in such journals as Arsenic Lobster, Rhino, and Pleiades.

Karen Schubert is the author of the chapbook Geography of Lost Houses (Pudding House Publications, 2008). Her poems have appeared in such journals as Water-Stone Review, The Mid-America Poetry Review, and Poetry Midwest.

Call 216-687-3986 for more information, or visit www.csuohio.edu/poetrycenter

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Library Web Services Will Be Offline This Weekend, April 18-19.

Due to a scheduled power outage across campus, services accessed through the Library's website will be unavailable from 5:30 pm on Saturday April 18th until approximately 2:30 pm Sunday April 19th.

The following services will be affected:

You will be unable to access the Library's website including Scholar, the Library's catalog.
You will be unable to access materials on Electronic Course Reserve.
You will be unable to access the Research Databases from off campus.
You will be unable to request items through OhioLINK.

Other websites that will be unavailable include The Cleveland Memory Project, Ohio's Heritage Northeast and streaming media provided through Mediasite.

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Library Facilities Seminar/Tour for Faculty: Discover what the Library can do for you

Thursday, April 23
Noon
Rhodes Tower, Room 502

Discover how the recently improved library facilities can help you enhance the learning experience for CSU students. Join us on April 23 at noon for a facilities seminar and a brief tour of select areas of the Library. The tour will include the Interactive Video Distance Learning Classrooms and Head End, Videorecording Studio, Instruction rooms, group study spaces, Writers Lab, Film Viewing room, and Presentation Practice room.

A light lunch will be provided by the Friends of the Library and there will be door prizes. For more information or to reserve a seat call 216-875-9734 or b.florjancic@csuohio.edu.

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Friends of the Library Book Discussion: The Rebel Angels by Robertson Davies

Book Discussion
Robertson Davies
The Rebel Angels
Thursday, May 7, 2009
3:00 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.
2121 Euclid Avenue
Rhodes Tower, room 503 (in the CSU Library)
Free and open to the community
Sponsored by the Friends of the Library

Richard Fox, Head of the Popular Library at CPL, will return to lead a book discussion on The Rebel Angels by Robertson Davies. In this astoundingly funny book, Davies both lampoons academia and shows his love for it and for the wisdom it produces.

On one level, Davies' novel is “about” four academics: Maria Theotoky, the brilliant, beautiful graduate student; her adviser, the ascetic Dr. Hollier; Simon Darcourt, the bon vivant priest; and Parlabane, once an outstanding scholar, now sycophant to his former classmates. Then there is the basic plot theme: Who will end up with the girl? Standard stuff. Yet the real focus here is on the spiritual and/or mystical personal explorations of the main characters (from Library Journal review).

The Rebel Angels is available for checkout at the CSU Library and on sale at Amazon.com.

The event is free and open to CSU faculty, staff, and students and to the general public. Refreshments will be served.

Call 216-875-9734 or email b.florjancic@csuohio.edu to reserve a seat or for more information.

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Celebrate India Experience Month

CSU celebrates India Experience in April. Faculty, staff and students are welcome to attend these free events, which include:

Through April 30: India Experience Exhibit
Visit the India Experience exhibit on the first floor of the library, including books, artifacts, and photographs pertaining to Indian culture.

April 9 to April 18
Indian Music and Dance Festival – Aradhana group
9:00 am - 7:00 pm
Main Class room auditorium
Visit http://www.aradhana.org for more information about the Cleveland Thyagaraja Aradhana, the largest Indian classical music festival in North America.

April 8 – April 11
Dr. George Mutholil, Former President of Loyola College, Kerala, India visits CSU and will offer five lectures in Colleges of Science, CLASS, and Business.

April 9
10:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.
Visit to Buddhist Community Center
Tzu Chi Foundation, Buddhist Women Group, 1541 East 38th Street

April 22
9:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.
Fenn Tower Ballroom
Healing Traditions of India and other culture: Colloquium
Sampling of Indian food, Indian music, drumming etc.

For more information about the India Experience events, call Professor Murali Nair, School of Social Work, at 216-687-4570 or email him at m.nair@csuohio.edu

Sponsored by: CSU Division of Institutional Diversity & India Scholar Program, College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences

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The Second Floor of the Library is the SILENT STUDY FLOOR

The second floor of the Library is the SILENT STUDY floor. Out of respect for other students, we ask that you please do not engage in conversations or use cell phones on that floor.

Conversations are permitted on all other floors of the Library.

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Worlds connect @ your library: celebrate National Library Week at the Cleveland State University Library, April 12-18

It’s National Library Week, a time to celebrate the contributions of libraries, librarians and library workers in schools, campuses and communities nationwide - and the perfect time to discover how worlds connect @ your library.

The Cleveland State University Library is celebrating National Library Week by having the following display and events:

National Library Week Display-all week. Find out more information about the Library and enter to win prizes such as gift cards, library goody bags, and more.
Book Sale on Monday, April 13th from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on the first floor of the Library,
Friends Local Authors Book Talk Series featuring Kristin Ohlson, co-author of Kabul Beauty School: An American Woman Goes Behind the Veil, on Wednesday, April 15th at 3 p.m. in RT 503,
"Passport to the World", an event featuring materials from the CSU Library, Cleveland Public Library, the Study Abroad Program, and food from around the world on April 16th at noon on the first floor of the Library.

"Everyday, libraries in big cities and small towns, colleges and universities, in schools and in businesses help transform their communities," says Glenda Thornton, Director of the Library. "At our library, people of all backgrounds come together for campus meetings, lectures and programs, to do research with the assistance of a trained professional, to find homework help, or just a quiet place to study."

First sponsored in 1958, National Library Week is a national observance sponsored by the American Library Association (ALA) and libraries across the country each April.

For more information, visit the Cleveland State University Library at 1860 E. 22nd Rhodes Tower, call (216) 687-5300, or see the library’s Web site at http://library.csuohio.edu.

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A reading with Robert Hill Long and Allison Benis White

Reading and book signing with poets Allison Benis White and Robert Hill Long
Wednesday, April 1, 2009
7:30 pm
Fenn Tower Theater (FT 102)
1983 East 24th Street
Free and open to the public
Sponsored by the CSU Poetry Center in cooperation with the Department of English

Allison Benis White is the author of Self-Portrait with Crayon, a collection of poems selected by Robert Hill Long as the winner of the 2008 CSU Poetry Center First Book Competition. Her poems have appeared in The Iowa Review, Ploughshares, and Pleiades, among other journals.

Robert Hill Long is the author of a collection of flash fiction, The Effigies (Plinth Books, 1998), as well as two poetry collections published by the CSU Poetry Center: The Power to Die, and The Work of the Bow. He taught for many years at the University of Oregon.

Call 216-687-3986 for more information, or visit www.csuohio.edu/poetrycenter

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A New Era of Responsibility: Obama Administration’s fiscal policies and major budgetary initiatives

The University Library just received a copy of A new era of responsibility : renewing America's promise This document is an overview of the full Fiscal Year 2010 Budget expected to be released this spring and the speech that President Obama made on February 26th, 2009. To access the online version, click here

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Did YOU really write this? Faculty Workshop Dealing with Plagiarism

Have you had problems with students plagiarizing? Are you worried that it could happen? Attend this panel discussion to learn strategies to deter plagiarism, how to spot it, and what happens if a student is caught plagiarizing. The discussion will be held in RT 502 on Thursday March 26 at 12:00 p.m.

The panel will include:
• William Beasley, Director, Center for Teaching Excellence
• Mary McDonald, Director Writing Center
• Kathy Dobda, Assistant Director for Public Services and Head of Instruction, Library
• Valerie Hinton Hannah, Student Judicial Officer.

A light lunch will be provided by the Friends of the Library and there will be door prizes. For more information or to reserve a seat call 216-875-9734 or b.florjancic@csuohio.edu.

Upcoming Event:
Join us on Thursday, April 23 at noon to learn about all the recent enhancements to the facilities including a brief tour of select areas of the Library.

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Common Reading Experience Presentation: Islam and Muslims: Dispelling Stereotypes

Tuesday, April 7, 2009
12:00 pm-1:00 pm
1st floor of the Library (east)
Julia Shearson, Executive Director
Council on American-Islamic Relations, Cleveland
Presenting: “Islam and Muslims: Dispelling Stereotypes”

Cleveland State University presents its final spring Common Reading Experience on Tuesday, April 7 from 12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m. on the Library’s first floor. Julia Shearson, Executive Director, Council on American-Islamic Relations, Cleveland, will make a special presentation titled “Islam and Muslims: Dispelling Stereotypes” based on the book chosen for this year’s program— Marjane Satrapi’s Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood, which all first year CSU students will read as part of their orientation to University life.

The book, selected by a committee representing faculty, staff, students, and the Library, is a graphic novel that tells the story of a young girl growing up in Iran during the time of the Shah’s overthrow and the Islamic Revolution of 1979. The young heroine struggles to make sense of her faith, her politics, and her place in society as an Islamic girl amidst political upheaval and change. Written in the tradition of works such as Art Spiegelman’s Maus (1993), the book communicates powerful social and political commentary through a combination of black and white illustrations and text.

All CSU faculty, staff, and students are welcome to attend.

For more information, visit the Common Learning Experience website at http://library.csuohio.edu/cr/ or contact Paula Bloch, Coordinator, Freshman Orientation, at 687-3734 or p.bloch@csuohio.edu

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Author Kristin Ohlson to Visit CSU for book discussion of Kabul Beauty School

Friends of the Library Local Authors Book Talk Series
Author Kristin Ohlson
Kabul Beauty School: An American Woman Goes Behind the Veil
Wednesday, April 15, 2009
3:00 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Rhodes Tower, Room 503

The Friends Local Authors Book Talk Series continues. Cleveland author Kristin Ohlson will visit CSU to discuss her experiences in Afghanistan and her New York Times bestseller book Kabul Beauty School: An American Woman Goes Behind the Veil (co-written with Deborah Rodriguez). There will also be a question and answer session followed by a book signing. Books will be on sale before and after the book talk courtesy of the CSU bookstore.

Kabul Beauty School is a remarkable tale of an extraordinary community of women who come together and learn the arts of perms, friendship, and freedom. Kristin Ohlson’s book is on sale now at the CSU bookstore and available for checkout from the CSU Library.

Refreshments will be provided. This event is free and open to the general public. Call 216-875-9734 for more information.

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Read-In Day: Celebrating Women's History Month

To celebrate writing by and about women, the Library, in conjunction with the English Department, the Poetry Center, and the Women’s Studies Program, is hosting a Read-In Day in the Library from noon to 1:00 on Thursday March 26th. The campus community is invited to hear fellow faculty, staff, and students read aloud both fiction and non-fiction prose and poetry that is significant to them.
Read-In Day is a national initiative that is sponsored by the National Council of Teachers of English that focuses on literacy by encouraging reading.
This event is open to all faculty, staff, and students.

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Please pardon the noise on the second floor

Due to necessary maintenance on the Library's HVAC system, there may be some disruption on the second floor of the Library March 12-21, 2009. We apologize for any inconvenience.

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Library Hours During Spring Break

The Library will be open the following hours during Spring Break:
* Sun. March 15 ............... CLOSED
* Mon., Tues., Fri. March 16, 17, & 20 ........ 8 am - 5 pm
* Wed. & Thurs., March 18 & 19 .............. 8 am - 8 pm
* Sat. & Sun., March 21 & 22 ...................... CLOSED

For more information on the Library hours, click here

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Get your CSU Library Flash Drive

Library Flash Drive
The Library is selling 1 GB flash drives with the Library's logo for $10 in the vending machine on the first floor of the Library. In addition to the flash drives, students can also purchase pens, pencils, notecards, headphones, batteries, and more. The vending machine is located across from the User Services Desk near the elevators.

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A Reading with Jericho Brown and Terrance Hayes

Thursday, February 26, 2009
7:30 p.m.
Main Classroom Auditorium
1899 East 22nd Street
(MC 134, across from the Howard A. Mims)
Free and open to the public

The CSU Poetry is hosting a reading with Jericho Brown and Terrance Hayes as part of their spring Writers/Reading Program.

Jericho Brown was a speechwriter to the former mayor of New Orleans, and is the author of the poetry collection Please (New Issues, 2008). His poems have appeared in such journals as Callaloo, The Iowa Review, and Jubilat. He is the recipient of a 2006 James Michener Fellowship, a Cave Canem Fellowship, and a scholarship to the Bread Loaf Writer’s Conference. He is an assistant professor of English and creative writing at the University of San Diego.

Terrance Hayes is the author of three collections of poetry: Wind in a Box (Penguin, 2006), listed as one of the top 100 books in The New Yorker; Hip Logic (Penguin, 2002) a National Poetry Series selection; and Muscular Music, winner of the Kate Tufts Discover Award. His work has appeared in such journals as Poetry, The African-American Review, Harvard Review, and The Southern Review. The recipient of a Pushcart Prize, The Whiting Writers Award, and a National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship, Hayes is an associate professor of creative writing at Carnegie Mellon University.

Call the Cleveland State University Poetry Center at 216-687-3986 for more information or visit www.csuohio.edu/poetrycenter

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Electronic Journal Center (EJC) is Offline Feb. 20, 2009

The OhioLINK EJC has been unavailable since about 9:30 this morning (Feb. 20, 2009). OhioLINK is aware of the problem and has systems engineers working on it. They apologize for the inconvenience.

Edited to Add: The temporary access page is back online as of 11:37 am.

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Book Talk on the hilarious novel, Supreme Courtship -- March 4

Friends of the Library Book Discussion
March 4, 2009
3:00 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.
CSU Library
Rhodes Tower, Room 503
Supreme Courtship by Christopher Buckley

On March 4 Richard Fox, Head of the Popular Library at CPL, will return to lead a book discussion on Supreme Courtship by bestselling author Christopher Buckley. In this hilarious novel, the President of the United States, ticked off at the Senate for rejecting his nominees, decides to get even by nominating America’s most popular TV judge to the Supreme Court.

President Donald Vanderdamp is having a heck of a time getting his nominees onto the Supreme Court. After one nominee is rejected for insufficiently appreciating To Kill a Mockingbird, the president chooses someone so beloved by voters that the Senate won’t have the nerve to reject her – Judge Pepper Cartwright, star of the nation’s most popular reality show. Will Pepper, a vivacious Texan, survive a Senate confirmation battle? Will becoming one of the most powerful women in the world ruin her love life? Supreme Courtship is another classic Christopher Buckley comedy about the Washington institutions most deserving of ridicule (excerpt from Twelve Publishers).

On sale now at the CSU Bookstore and available for checkout at the Library.

Richard Fox will return on Thursday, May 7 at 3:00 to lead a book discussion on Rebel Angels by Robertson Davies. On one level, Davies’ novel is "about" four academics: Maria Theotoky, the brilliant, beautiful graduate student; her adviser, the ascetic Dr. Hollier; Simon Darcourt, the bon vivant priest; and Parlabane, once an outstanding scholar, now sycophant to his former classmates. Then there is the basic plot theme: Who will end up with the girl? Standard stuff. Yet the real focus here is on the spiritual and/or mystical personal explorations of the main characters (from Library Journal review). Rebel Angels is available for checkout at the CSU Library and on sale at Amazon.com.

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Common Reading Experience Presentation--February 24 at noon in the Library

COMMON READING EXPERIENCE PRESENTATION: “THE INTERNATIONAL LANGUAGE OF COMICS” -- FEBRUARY 24 AT NOON IN THE LIBRARY

Cleveland State University kicks off the spring Common Reading Experience on Tuesday, February 24 from 12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m. on the Library’s first floor. James Marino, Assistant Professor of English, will make a special presentation titled “The International Language of Comics” based on the book chosen for this year’s program— Marjane Satrapi’s Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood, which all first year CSU students will read as part of their orientation to University life.

The book, selected by a committee representing faculty, staff, students, and the Library, is a graphic novel that tells the story of a young girl growing up in Iran during the time of the Shah’s overthrow and the Islamic Revolution of 1979. The young heroine struggles to make sense of her faith, her politics, and her place in society as an Islamic girl amidst political upheaval and change. Written in the tradition of works such as Art Spiegelman’s Maus (1993), the book communicates powerful social and political commentary through a combination of black and white illustrations and text.

All CSU faculty, staff, and students are welcome to attend the Common Reading Experience Events:

Tuesday, February 24, 2009
12:00 pm-1:00 pm
1st floor of the Library (east)
James Marino
Assistant Professor of English, CSU
Presenting: “The International Language of Comics”

Tuesday, April 7, 2009
12:00 pm-1:00 pm
1st floor of the Library (east)
Julia Shearson, Executive Director
Council on American Islamic Relations, Cleveland
Presenting: “Islam and Muslims: Dispelling Stereotypes”

For more information, visit the Common Learning Experience website or contact Paula Bloch, Coordinator, Freshman Orientation, at 687-3734 or p.bloch@csuohio.edu .

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OhioLINK Update Tuesday, Feb. 17th

From OhioLINK Central:

While content in the Electronic Journal Center remains unavailable, OhioLINK is working diligently to provide access to the same content on each publisher's Web site. Available publishers' sites are listed here and we continue to update this list as needed. Project Muse has been added to the list today and their content is now available. Links to the listed publisher sites work for both on and off campus users.
Over the weekend OhioLINK staff were able to restore EJC content from 2008-2009 for most publishers, except Elsevier, Springer and Blackwell. We continue to work to restore the remaining EJC content as quickly as possible, but do not have all the reload processes in place yet nor the experience to provide a useful time line for full EJC restoration. We hope to be able to share a schedule in the near future.
Since we have a growing body of available content, we restored the alphabetical title links on the EJC home page. These links show only those journals that are currently available, for other journals or issues please continue to visit the publishers' sites.

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Date	Time	Workshop
Wed Oct. 29	12 p.m.	IMPROVE Your Research Strategies
Thur Oct. 30	5 p.m.	IMPROVE Your Research Strategies
Wed Nov. 5	12 p.m	IMPROVE How you Select Sources
Thur Nov. 6	5 p.m.	IMPROVE How you Select Sources
Wed Nov. 12	12 p.m.	IMPROVE Your Research Strategies
Thur Nov. 13	5 p.m.	IMPROVE Your Research Strategies
Wed Nov. 19	12 p.m.	IMPROVE Your Academic Writing
Thur Nov. 20	5 p.m.	IMPROVE Your Academic Writing
Wed Dec. 3	12 p.m.	IMPROVE your MLA/APA Citations
Thur Dec. 4	5 p.m.	IMPROVE your MLA/APA Citations

Online Contest

Students can win

One of two gas cards valued at $50
One of five jump drives
One of three $15 iTunes cards!
One of two VikingCash Cards valued at $25!

Just go to our online Constitution Quiz, answer a few questions about the Constitution, and you could be a winner!
Drawing will be held on September 17, 2008, after the discussion below.

Discussion

Wednesday, September 17
from noon to 1:00 p.m.
Speaker: Reginald Oh
Professor of Law, Cleveland-Marshall College of Law
presenting “Constitutional and Urban Transformations from
1968 to 2008 and Beyond: The Future of Civil Rights, Cities, and Democracy in America”

Event to be held in the Moot Court Room of the Cleveland-Marshall College of Law
Reception to follow in the Atrium
Drawing for the online contest to be held after the presentation

Displays

Visit two Constitution Day displays this September. One is located on the 1st floor of the University Library, just west of the User Services desk and the other, titled "The U.S. Constitution--Origins and Early Development," will be located at the entrance area of the Cleveland-Marshall College of Law Library.

For more information, call 216-875-9734 or email b.florjancic@csuohio.edu

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First Year Experience @ CSU Library

The Cleveland State University Library strives to support first year students in their transition to college by providing resources and services that will assist freshmen in achieving academic success. To help provide the support, the Library now has a web page dedicated to the needs of first year students. For more information contact Ann Marie Smeraldi at a.smeraldi@csuohio.edu.

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New arrivals from Cleveland Public Library

May 2008-Check out the latest books and audio CDs, in the CPL @ CSU collection. As new books arrive, we will be placing the list on our blog, so check back often. To browse the new additions by author, click here or by title, click here.

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Math Tutoring in the Library closed for summer session

The EPIC/PEP program will not offer math tutoring in the Library this summer, but will resume regular sessions in fall 2008. In the meantime, students can receive help in the Math Tutoring Center located in the Main Classroom, room 110.

For more information about the EPIC/PEP program, visit http://www.csuohio.edu/epic_pep/index.htm or contact Dr. Carol Phillips-Bey, Associate Professor, Mathematics and Director, EPIC/PEP Program, at 216-523-7151 or at c.phillips-bey@csuohio.edu

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Course Development Small Grants for Information Literacy Winners Announced

The University Library received 6 applications for the 2008 Course Development Small Grants program, designed to support faculty members in their efforts to integrate information literacy instruction into teaching and assignments. The following individuals will be awarded $800 each for 2008:

Dr. Lili Dong, Electrical and Computer Engineering (Fenn College of Engineering)
Dr. Cheryl Delgado, Nursing (College of Education and Human Services)
Dr. Antonio Medina-Rivera, Modern Languages (College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences)

The grant review committee consisted of Dr. Rosemary Sutton, Dr. Elizabeth Lehfeldt, and Dr. Mary Murray.

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Ohio Democratic Presidential Debate Exhibit

Photo from the democratic debate in Cleveland Cleveland State University was in the national spotlight on February 26, 2008, when it hosted the Ohio Democratic Presidential Debate between Senator Hillary Clinton and Senator Barack Obama. CSU’s Library now has photos and memorabilia from this historic showdown on display on the first floor of the Library through the month of May.

Photos by William Rieter, the University’s Senior Photographer.

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Art Attack Exhibit in the Library

"Art Attack," a student-curated exhibition hosted by CSU art education students, is on display now in the CSU Library. The goal of the exhibition is to display art in a non-traditional format that makes art accessible to all students and/or community members.

Students in EDC 311 have planned and executed 2D and 3D lesson plans throughout the semester for their fellow classmates and the work you see is the result. As future educators, the art education students will teach the lessons to their future students.

In this "Art Attack" faculty, staff, and students may encounter random acts of art while searching for a book or by walking throughout the library.

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Extended Library Hours before Finals Week

The Library will be open until 8 p.m. on Friday May 2nd and Sunday May 4th. To see all the Library's hours, visit http://www.ulib.csuohio.edu/information/hours.html

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Winners of the National Library Week Drawings

Congratulations to the winners of the drawings during National Library Week

Grand Prize Winner, Sharon C.

CSU Library Survey Winners

iPod Touch--Sharon C.
$50 in Viking Cash--James K.
iPod Shuffle--Joshua R.
Flash Drive--Robert N.
Flash Drive--Yongki C.

National Library Week Display Drawing

iPod Shuffle--Mark J.
$10 in Viking Cash--Wesley H.
$10 in Viking Cash--Linas V.
Flash Drive--India P.
Flash Drive--Jean E.
Backpack--Jeffrey F.

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India Experience on Display at the Library

The India Experience, including authentic Indian artifacts and literature, is on display on the first floor of the Library through April.

The following India Experience lectures and field visits are free and open to the campus community (sponsored by the CSU Division of Institutional Diversity and India Scholar Program, College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences).

Lectures
April 15 (Tuesday) 6:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.
Main Classroom 405
Engaged Learning – India Experience

April 21 (Monday) 9:45 a.m. – 10:45 a.m.
Chester Building 147
Reflections on India Culture by an American Anthropologist

April 21 (Monday) 12:00 noon – 1:00 p.m.
Chester Building 147
Science, Spirituality and Healing Across Cultures: Indian Context of an American Professor

April 29 (Tuesday) 6:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.
Main Classroom 405
South Asia Experience of a CSU Fulbright Scholar

Field Visits

April 23 (Wednesday) 12:00 noon – 1:30 p.m.
Visit to a Hindu Family Residence and Indian Lunch
RSVP and direction call Professor Nair at 216-687-4570

April 24 (Thursday) 10:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.
Visit to Buddhist Community Center
Tzu Chi Foundation, Buddhist Women Group, 1541 East 38th Street, Cleveland, OH 44114

For more information, contact Professor Murali Nair at 216-687-4570 or m.nair@csuohio.edu

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Get some great deals on books at the Library’s book sale

As a part of the National Library Week festivities, the Library will be having a book sale on Wednesday April 16, 2008 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on the first floor of the Library. Get great deals on both paperbacks and hardback books. The book sale is sponsored by the Friends of the CSU Library.

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Join us for an anniversary party

To kick off National Library Week, the Library will be having an anniversary party to celebrate the 50th anniversary of National Library Week and the 15th anniversary of OhioLINK on April 14th at noon on the first floor of the Library. There will be cake and ice cream and you can enter to win an iPod shuffle and more.

Visit http://www.ulib.csuohio.edu/promos/nlw/ to learn more about other events during the week.

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Dedication Ceremony to the Memory of Preston White

Join the Cleveland State University Library, Department of Health Sciences, and the College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences on Thursday, April 17, 2008 for the Dedication Ceremony of the Adaptive Technology Lab to the Memory of Preston White.
The event will be held in Cleveland State University Library Rhodes Tower, Room 103 from noon to 1:30 p.m.
Refreshments will be served following the dedication ceremony.

Please respond to (216) 875-9734 or email b.florjancic@csuohio.edu by Monday, April 14, 2008

Preston White Memorial Fund information: http://html.ulib.csuohio.edu/friends/preston.html

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Take a short survey for a chance to win an iPod Touch and more

Take a short survey and enter to win an Apple iPod Touch, $50 in Viking Cash, an iPod shuffle or one of two flash drives. This survey will be used to help the Library staff better understand your technology needs. The survey will run through April 20, 2008. Winners will be notified via e-mail during the week of April 21st. Thank you for your participation.

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Get help writing your paper!

Do you have a paper due and not know where to start? Or have you started, but wish it could be better? Come to the Library Writing Workshops to learn how to find sources, cite the sources, lengthen your paper, and more.

In order to provide students with as much research and writing help as possible during the second half of the semester when papers are due, the CSU Library and the Writing Center are collaborating in offering the following workshops.

DATE	TOPIC	TIME and LOCATION
Wed. April 2	Selecting and Evaluating Sources	12 noon, LCLC Front
Thurs. April 3	Selecting and Evaluating Sources	5 p.m., LCLC Front
Wed. April 9	APA or MLA Citation	12 noon, LCLC Front
Thurs. April 10	APA or MLA Citation	5 p.m., LCLC Front
Wed. April 16	Lengthening Your Paper	12 noon, LCLC Front
Thurs. April 18	Lengthening Your Paper	5 p.m., LCLC Front
Wed. April 23	Elegant Style and Grammar for Research Papers	12 noon, LCLC Front
Thurs. April 24	Elegant Style and Grammar for Research Papers	5 p.m., LCLC Front
Wed. April 30	APA or MLA Citation	12 noon, LCLC Front
Thurs. May 1	APA or MLA Citation	5 p.m., LCLC Front

For more information, contact Mary (Murray) McDonald at 216-687-6982 or m.murray@csuohio.edu .

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Pictorial History of Women Philosophers on Display in the Library

"Busted!! A Pictorial History of Women Philosophers from Antiquity to the Twentieth Century" is on display in the Library through Friday, April 4. The production is by Mary Ellen Waithe, Professor of Philosophy. The event is co-sponsored by the Philosophy Department and the Women's Comprehensive Program.
For more information, contact Mary Ellen Waithe at 216-687-9262.

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New arrivals from Cleveland Public Library

Check out the latest books and audio CDs, in the CPL @ CSU collection. As new books arrive, we will be placing the list on our blog, so check back often. To browse the new additions by author, click here or by title, click here.

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$800 grants available to CSU Faculty

Information Literacy is one of the basic skills of the GenEd08 curriculum and is an integral component of the capstone courses. The Cleveland State University Library invites applications for the Information Literacy Small Grants Program. Six grants of $800 will be awarded to full-time faculty for course development to integrate information literacy instruction, especially in capstone courses.

Grant applications are due Friday, April 18 for development of courses for fall 2008.

An informational session for interested applicants will be held Thursday, March 27, 2008 at Noon in RT 502.

To reserve a seat, call 216-875-9734 or email b.florjancic@csuohio.edu

A light lunch will be provided by the Friends of the Library.

Information Literacy requires individuals to recognize when information is needed and to have the ability to locate, evaluate, and use information effectively. The small grants are intended to assist faculty in updating their courses and assignments to engage students in the learning and research process.
Grant application information is available at http://www.ulib.csuohio.edu/faculty/grantann.html

Award Amount: $800 stipend (up to 6 grants will be awarded, no more than 1 per college for this grant period).

For further information and to submit the proposal, contact Kathy Dobda, Head of Library Instruction, University Library, RT 110a,k.dobda@csuohio.edu, Phone: 216-875-9738. An Information Literacy Review Panel, composed of faculty and library administrators, will review the proposals. The grants will be awarded by May 2, 2008.

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What's New on the OhioLINK Home Page?

The OhioLINK home page was redesigned to make it easier for you to find the information resources you need. A prominent search box on the new page allows visitors to quickly and easily search for: (1) articles and books, (2) books only, (3) articles only, (4) digital videos, or (5) search the OhioLINK Web pages.

There are still direct links on the left side of the home page to specific resources such as the Electronic Journal Center, the Digital Media Center and more than 140 other research databases.

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Celebrate Women's History Month with Britannica

In honor of Women's History Month, Encyclopedia Britannica is highlighting 300 women whose actions and ideas influenced history. Follow the illustrated timeline to identify developments in the lives of women since antiquity with the feature, 300 Women Who Changed The World (off-campus access). Read quotes, essays, and speeches. Enjoy biographies about Women's Rights luminaries such as Joan of Arc, Jane Adams, Phillis Wheatley and Sandra Day O'Connor. Watch video clips, use the learning activities to take an in-depth view of women's achievements, or read articles on topics such as feminism and the history of Mother's Day.

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Problems Accessing Research Databases from Off-Campus

For the past few weeks, the CSU Library has been experiencing intermittent problems providing access to research databases (particularly those provided by Ebsco) for off-campus users. Patrons encounter extremely long authentication and page loading times, and sometimes web pages (especially those in Ebsco databases) load only halfway. We are currently in the process of determining the cause of these problems.

If you experience difficulties like those described above, please try accessing the databases through the OhioLINK web site.

If you experience other problems related to the research databases or Library web site, please let us know by completing the Trouble Connecting to an Electronic Resource Form. Thank you for your patience.

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A Reading Circle in honor of Dr. William Shorrock

A Reading Circle in honor of Dr. William Shorrock on April 15--presenting Suite Française and Lest Innocent Blood be Shed

Prof. William Shorrock

The Cleveland State University Friends of the Library and the History Department will host a Reading Circle in honor of the Dr. William Shorrock, who passed away on November 17, 2007 following a brief illness. The program will be held on Tuesday, April 15, from 12:00 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. in the Library, room 503. Refreshments will be served.

Two books that Dr. Shorrock valued have been chosen for the discussion: Suite Française a national bestselling fictional novel about the German occupation of France during WWII by Irène Némirovsky and Lest Innocent Blood be Shed, the story of the village of Le Chambon and how goodness happened there by Philip Hallie. David Goldberg, Professor of History, and Michael Wells, Friends of the Library President and Associate Professor Urban Studies, and will present Suite Française and Lest Innocent Blood be Shed, respectively. Both books are available for check out in the Library and are also on sale at a discount at the CSU Bookstore.

The event is free and open to the public. The Library is located in Rhodes Tower, 1860 East 22nd Street, Cleveland. Parking is available in parking lot REC located on Chester Avenue, between East 24th and East 30th Streets.

A professor emeritus of history, Dr. Shorrock continued to teach part time after retiring from the University in 2005. During his 36 year tenure with CSU, he chaired the history department, and served as special assistant to the interim vice president for academic and student affairs, associate provost, and vice provost for academic affairs and faculty relations. Dr. Shorrock was an active member of the Retired Faculty Association and was the president of Cleveland State’s Friends of the Library.

Photo of book jacket

Dr. Shorrock’s love of French literature, both historical and fictional, are reflected in Suite Française and Lest Innocent Blood be Shed. Suite Française is an extraordinary novel of life under Nazi occupation - recently discovered and published 64 years after the author's death in Auschwitz. Holocaust victim Irène Némirovsky accomplished the daunting task of translating the unspeakable horror and chaos of war -- at the precise moment it was exploding all around her -- into luminous, coherent, and masterfully crafted fiction. Conceived by the author as two parts in a series, the stories of Suite Française were preserved by Némirovsky's daughters after the author was deported to Auschwitz in 1942. A literary treasure of enormous magnitude, these are powerful tales of grace and disgrace in the midst of crisis.

Photo of book jacket

Lest Innocent Blood be Shed is a story of courage and faith. During the most terrible years of World War II, when inhumanity and political insanity held most of the world in their grip and the Nazi domination of Europe seemed irrevocable and unchallenged, a miraculous event took place in a small Protestant town in southern France called Le Chambon. There, quietly, peacefully, and in full view of the Vichy government and a nearby division of the Nazi SS, Le Chambon's villagers and their clergy organized to save thousands of Jewish children and adults from certain death.

To reserve a seat, or for more information, call 216-875-9734.

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Common Reading Experience Continues

Book jacket Cleveland State University Library will host the Common Reading Brown Bag Speaker Series on March 20, March 25, and April 3. The talks are based on the book chosen for this Common Reading pilot program—Mark Haddon’s The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, whose main character is a mathematically-gifted autistic teenager.

If you know anyone affected by autism or that has a disability you’ll want to attend the following presentations, which will be held from noon – 1:00 p.m. on the Library’s first floor, near RT 103. The talks are open to all CSU faculty, staff, and students and to the Cleveland Community.

Thursday, March 20, 2008 —“Autism and the Brain” will be presented by Dr. Jeffrey R. Dean, Professor and Chairperson, BGES.

Book jacket for Amazing Me Tuesday, March 25, 2008—Discussing Libbi Chilia’s new book Imagine… Amazing Me! will be Dr. Anthony Menendez, Assistant Professor, Teacher Education and the author herself—Libbi Chilia, a CSU Graduate Student in Special Education. Find out how her book, inspired by her daughter who has a limb deficiency, will disband any misconceptions about people with disabilities. There will be a book signing after the presentation (books can be purchased after the presentation).

Thursday, April 3, 2008—Dr. Colleen McMahon, Associate Professor, Psychology, will present "Friendships and Autism: A Look at the Social Lives of People with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD).

Film Screenings
Film screenings on the topic of autism are also open to the campus community. All of the following screenings will be held in the Multimedia Viewing room, RT 325 from noon – 1:00 p.m. Descriptions of each film can be found at http://www.ulib.csuohio.edu/cr/events.html .

Thursday, March 6 —Autism: The Child Who Couldn’t Play
Tuesday, March 18 —On the Spectrum: A Film
Thursday, March 27—Autism
Tuesday, April 1—Rain Man

For more information about these events, call 216-875-9734

For more information about the Common Learning Experience visit the website at http://www.ulib.csuohio.edu/cr/index.html or contact Dr. Elizabeth A. Lehfeldt, Interim Director of General Education and Associate Professor of History, at 687-3935 or e.lehfeldt@csuohio.edu .

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Library Hours During Spring Break

The Library will be open the following hours during the week of March 9-March 16:

Sunday, March 9th-CLOSED
Monday-8 a.m. to 10 p.m.
Tuesday-8 a.m. to 10 p.m.
Wednesday-8 a.m. to 10 p.m.
Thursday-8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Friday-8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Saturday-8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Sunday-CLOSED

For more information on the Library's hours, visit:

http://www.ulib.csuohio.edu/information/hours.html

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Preston White Memorial Fund

The University Library in partnership with Health Sciences and CLASS has created a memorial fund in honor of Preston White. Preston, the Coordinator of the Library Computer Learning Center and the Adaptive Technology Lab, passed away unexpectedly on October 23, 2007. In addition to working in the Library, he was two-time alumnus; he received his Bachelor of Arts in Psychology in June 1992 and his Master of Arts in History in December 2000.

The fund will be used annually for the following missions:

To purchase books that reflect Preston’s interests in history, psychology, and recreation.
To support students with disabilities. This will include emergency loans, text books, tutoring or reading support, and technology for the Adaptive Technology Lab or for an individual student to support their educational pursuits.
To support information literacy.

To donate to this fund, make checks payable to the CSU Foundation. You must specify that the funds are to be deposited in the Friends of the CSU Library account in memory of Preston White.

Mail to
Cleveland State University
Department of Advancement Services
Mather Mansion 209
2121 Euclid Avenue
Cleveland, OH 44115-2454

Your donations can also be made online or as part of this year’s Faculty/Staff appeal using a one-time donation or payroll deduction. You must specify under “Library” that the donation is in memory of Preston White.

Donors who contribute $100 or more will receive a CSU Library commemorative mug: Postcards of Cleveland.

For more information, please contact Barbara Florjancic at (216) 875-9734 or b.florjancic@csuohio.edu

Save the Date
There will be a dedication ceremony of the Adaptive Technology lab in memory of Preston White on Thursday, April 17 at noon, in RT 103. All are welcome to attend.

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Original and subversively funny--Friends of the Library book discussion

Image of bookjacket Thursday, March 27, 2008
3:00 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.
2121 Euclid Avenue
Rhodes Tower, room 503 (in the CSU Library)
Free and open to the community
Sponsored by the Friends of the Library

Richard Fox, Head of the Popular Library at Cleveland Public Library, is back by popular demand to lead a Friends of the Library book discussion on a briskly original and subversively funny novella, The Uncommon Reader, by popular British writer Alan Bennett.

When Queen Elizabeth II in pursuit of her runaway puppy stumbles upon a mobile library, she feels duty bound to borrow a book. Aided by Norman, a young man from the palace kitchen who frequents the library, Bennett describes the Queen’s transformation as she discovers the liberating pleasures of the written word. With the dawn of her sensibility, mistaken for the onset of senility, plots are hatched by the prime minister and the queen’s staff to dispatch Norman and discourage the queen’s preoccupation with books. Ultimately, it is her own growing self-awareness that leads her away from reading toward writing, with astonishing results. Bennett has fun with the proper behavior and protocol at the palace, and the few instances of mild coarseness seem almost scandalous.

Refreshments will be served.
For more information, call 216-875-9734.

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Vote for your favorite "My OhioLINK" video

OhioLINK needs everyone’s help to decide which "My OhioLINK" video is the best. Visit the contest Web site at http://www.ohiolink.edu/videocontest to view the entries received and vote for your favorite video. You can vote for your favorite video once per day through February 29, 2008.

The grand prize winner will receive his/her choice of a new digital video camera or a 160 GB iPod classic. The runner up will receive the remaining prize. The winners will be announced on March 3, 2008.

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The Library will be OPEN only until 8 pm February 26th

With the Democratic debates coming to CSU on February 26th, 2008, all classes will be canceled that day. The Library will be open, 7:30 a.m. to 8 p.m.

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Pangea percussion ensemble to perform in the Fine Arts Department at CPL

Pangea will perform Bewaa (recreational), Bine (funeral), and Bagr Bine (sacred) music of the Dagara people, ritual drumming of the Ewe People, recreational drumming of the Ga people, and ceremonial music of the Baganda people. Please join us at 3pm on Saturday, February 23rd, 2008 in the Fine Arts Department at CPL!

Click here for more information.

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Get an e-mail when the Library acquires an item that you are interested in

Are you interested in a particular topic or author? Would you like to be notified when the Library acquires an item that fits your specifications?

Sign up for the new preferred searching feature in Scholar.

1. Log in to My Account.
2. From your account summary screen, search for an author, subject, etc.
3. When your results are displayed, click the button marked "Save as Preferred Search."
4. The next time you log in to My Account, click the "Preferred Searches" button to see a list of your saved searches.
5. Choose a preferred search and click the "Search" link to execute your search.

To receive e-mail notices,
1. After you create a preferred search, review the list of your preferred searches and place a check mark in the Mark for Email column.

Then, each Monday morning, the system will check for new materials that match your search criteria, and notify you by email.

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Taking a trip abroad this summer? Always wanted to learn a foreign language?

Check out the new foreign language materials in the CPL@CSU collection. There is a collection of several audio CDs that will give you an introduction to different languages for your big trip or get you started on your goal. Languages include Spanish, French, German, Italian, Chinese, and Japanese.

Click here for the list of CDs.

In addition to the CDs, there are several books and magazines written in Arabic.

Be sure to check them out!

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Study Abroad Information Sessions in the Library

Study Abroad Programs will have Information Sessions and open walk-in hours at the Library on Tuesdays and Wednesdays from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. until the first week of May 2008.

A Study Abroad advisor will be available in the Study Abroad resource/display area on the east end of the first floor of the Library to answer questions about studying abroad or to provide general study abroad advising. Students already in the study abroad process can directly submit any forms/documents to the Study Abroad adviser.

Students who cannot attend a Study Abroad Information Session can contact studyabroad@csuohio.edu to inquire via email or to schedule an appointment to talk to a study abroad adviser.

View of Study Abroad display in the Library

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Get Ready for Election Day!

The Ohio Presidential Primary is March 4th. Election Day is Nov. 4th. Be ready to vote. Here are some links to help.

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The Library will be OPEN on President's Day

The University Library will be open from noon to 10 p.m. on President's Day, February 18, 2008. Click here to view the Library's hours.

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New Date for Debra Chwast Presentation, "Turning Darkness into Light"

Due to severe weather, the date for Debra Chwast’s presentation, "Turning Darkness into Light" has been changed from Feb. 12th to Feb. 19th.

More information about the event.

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New arrivals from Cleveland Public Library

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Turning Darkness into Light: Pain, Bliss, Autism: A Special Common Reading Event Open to all CSU Faculty, Staff, and Students

Eight Griffins Above the Rainforest in Costa Rica
by Seth Chwast

To kick-off the spring Cleveland State University Common Reading Experience, featured speaker Debra Chwast will give her inspirational story of the challenges and joys of raising her son, Seth, who was diagnosed with autism as a young child and later discovers his talent to create beautiful, large oil paintings. Her presentation titled “Turning Darkness into Light: Pain, Bliss, Autism” will be held on Tuesday, February 19, at noon on the first floor of Library, located in Rhodes Tower. (POSTPONED FROM FEBRUARY 12 DUE TO BAD WEATHER)

The related painting exhibition titled “A Different Kind of Journey: The Paintings of Seth Chwast” will be on display on the first floor of the Library during the month of February.

The brown bag event is free and open to all CSU faculty, staff, and students and to the Cleveland Community.

Seth Chwast, who was diagnosed with autism as a very young child, has lived for years in a world of roller coasters, haunted houses, and classical music. A dramatic change came at age 20, when he took an oil painting class at the Cleveland Museum of Art. Seth, who rarely speaks but has a high non-verbal IQ, began describing his world in his paintings. It turned out that he has an innate ability to mix colors and create amazing, large oil paintings. Seth’s work was recently featured on NBC’s Today show and his art has been displayed in several exhibitions in the Cleveland area and is in art collections both in the Cleveland area and nationally.

To learn more about Seth's work or to purchase prints, note cards, and t-shirts, visit his website at www.sethchwast.org .

For more information about brown bag event or the exhibit at CSU Library, call 216-875-9734.

More Common Reading Experience events, including future brown bag speakers and film screenings, can be found at http://www.ulib.csuohio.edu/cr/index.html.

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Calling All OhioLINK Fans: OhioLINK Video Contest Deadline Extended to February 11!

Are you the biggest OhioLINK fan? Show us what OhioLINK means to you, how it has helped you, or how you'd explain OhioLINK to your peers in a short (five minutes or less) video and you could win a new digital video camera or 160 GB iPod classic. Your video can be serious or silly, but you need to hurry, entries to the This Is MY OhioLINK Video Contest must be submitted by February 11.

Current students, faculty and staff members at all 87 OhioLINK member institutions are welcome to submit one or more videos. Entries must be submitted by 11:59 p.m. EST on February 11, 2008. A panel of judges will narrow the entries to three finalists, and then your votes will determine the grand prize winner and runner up. The grand prize winner will receive his/her choice of a digital video camera or a new 160 GB iPod classic and the runner up will receive the remaining prize.

Visit the contest Web site (http://www.ohiolink.edu/videocontest) for complete details.

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New arrivals from Cleveland Public Library

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Check out the most popular ebooks of 2007

The two most read ebooks of 2007 were

"Basic mathematics for economists" by Mike Rosser

"Understanding the industrial revolution" by Charles More

To check out more ebooks in the CSU Library collection, visit http://www.ulib.csuohio.edu/research/vrd/ebooks.html

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Early A.M. Electrical Outage to Limit Some Library Services

Due to a planned electrical outage in the Library some Library services will be unavailable for approximately 1 hour from 6-7 am on Friday, Jan. 25th.

Although you will not be able to access the Library website, SCHOLAR will still be available for your use.

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New Friends of the Library President Named

Friends' President, Michael Wells Dr. Michael Wells, Associate Professor in the Department of Urban Studies, has been named President of the Friends of the Cleveland State University Library. He will succeed Dr. William Shorrock, who served as president from April 2005 until his passing in November. Glenda Thornton, Director of the Library, anticipates that the Friends will continue to grow and offer exciting programs to the CSU community and beyond under Dr. Wells’ leadership.

Wells started his career at Cleveland State in 1977 as an Assistant Director of Admissions. Since then he has been Assistant Dean of the Graduate College, Assistant/Associate Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, and Associate Dean of the Division of Continuing Education. He was Director of Undergraduate Programs for the Maxine Goodman Levin College of Urban Affairs, where he is currently an Associate Professor. At the state level, Wells chaired the Ohio Historic Preservation Advisory Board. Locally he is on the board of trustees of the Cleveland Rotary Club and President of Support to At Risk Teens, a Lutheran Metropolitan Ministry. He is the author of several single and multi authored articles. He looks forward to the Friends of the Library presidency.

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Become a fan of the Library

The Library is now on Facebook. You can become a fan of the Library and stay up-to-date with what is going on. Click here to check it out!

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The Library will be CLOSED for MLK Day

The University Library will be closed on Monday, January 21st in honor of Martin Luther King Day. For complete Library hours, visit http://www.ulib.csuohio.edu/information/hours.html

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New arrivals from Cleveland Public Library

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Display your published books in the Library

Photo of the Library Display Case

The Library invites faculty and staff to submit their published books for display in the Library. Currently, over 130 books written by Cleveland State University’s faculty and staff are showcased in four secure oak display cases on the Library’s first floor.

The display includes scholarly works from every discipline and includes such authors as David Forte, Professor, Cleveland Marshall College of Law; Ralph Mawdsley, Professor, CASAL; Murali Nair, Professor and BSW Coordinator, Social Work; Bette Bonder, Dean, College of Science; Gregory Sadlek, Dean, Liberal Arts & Social Sciences, William Bowen, Director, Ph.D. Program and Professor, Urban Studies; and Michael Schwartz, President.

Call 216-875-9734 today for information on how to add your book to the display.

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New look Scholar to be unveiled for Spring Semester

Scholar, the online catalog of the University and Law Libraries will have a new look this semester. It is the same catalog,it just has a new clean and simple look.

Scholar

For help using the new look Scholar, visit the Reference Center on the first floor of the Library, call (216)687-5300, or e-mail a librarian here.

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New Library Service: CPL@CSU RSS

Be notified automatically when new books or audio CDs are added to the CPL@CSU popular reading collection by signing up for CPL@CSU RSS feed.

Unsure how to do this? The CPL@CSU FAQ will show you how.

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Library Hours During Intersession

Library Hours During Intersession December 16th-January 11th

Monday -Friday ......................... 8 am - 5 pm
Saturdays & Sundays ............. CLOSED

Exceptional Days
Monday, December 24 ............................................ CLOSED
Tuesday, December 25 (Christmas Day) ........... CLOSED
Monday, December 31 ............................................ CLOSED
Tuesday, January 1 (New Year's Day) .................. CLOSED
Sunday, January 13 .................................................. CLOSED

For more information on the Library hours, visit http://www.ulib.csuohio.edu/information/hours.html

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Extended Library Hours before Finals Week

The University Library located in Rhodes Tower, will have extended hours before finals week. The Library will be open until 8 p.m. on Friday, December 7th and Sunday, December 9th. For more information, call (216) 687-5300 or visit us online at www.ulib.csuohio.edu.

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Searching for Theses and Dissertations Just Got a Little Easier

The OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center has been updated with a new look and a worldwide ETD search.

Save time with the new worldwide ETD search by using a single search to find ETDs from a global index of freely available electronic theses and dissertations provided by major ETD collections around the world. This index allows you to search for information about each ETD, including authors, titles, and abstracts. It does not search the full text of the ETDs.

The OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center is a free, online database of more than 14,600 theses, dissertations and honors theses from 21 participating member colleges and universities. The full text is freely available for 90% of the theses and dissertations in the ETD Center.

Ohio’s colleges and universities are invited to join the OhioLINK ETD Center and have their graduate students submit their theses and dissertations electronically. Visit the FAQ to find out more about the ETD Center and how interested institutions may join.

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Honoring Preston White's Memory

Colleagues and friends of Preston White of the Library are invited to attend a gathering on Thursday, December 6 at noon in RT 503. Preston, Coordinator of the Library Computer Learning Center, passed away unexpectedly in October. Those in attendance will be asked to help determine how to best honor his memory.

Preston began his career at the University in 1983 as a student employee. In 1986 he began working as a Library Media Technical Assistant 1 in the Law Library. He then joined the University Library in 1992 as the Current Periodicals/Microforms Unit Coordinator. He served the Library in various capacities over his 14-year career here. Most notably, he was integral in establishing and maintaining two cutting-edge labs in the Library--the Adaptive Technology Lab for students with disabilities and the Library Computer Learning Center for training students in computer software use.

Preston will always be remembered for his exemplary customer service and unwavering dedication to student learning.

A two-time alumnus, he received his Bachelor of Arts in Psychology in June 1992 and his Master of Arts in History in December 2000.

Call 216-875-9734 for more information.

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New arrivals from Cleveland Public Library

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Dave Eggers and Michael Kimmelman to speak at CPL

Dave Eggers and Michael Kimmelman will be speaking at Cleveland Public Library as part of Spectrum: The Lockwood Thompson Dialogues

Spectrum: The Lockwood Thompson Dialogues: Pen & Ink series is a collaborative effort between the Cleveland Public Library and Cleveland Public Art. Free and open to the public, this event will be held at the Cleveland Public Library’s Louis Stokes Wing on Thursday, December 13th at 7:15pm with a reception in the lobby prior to the conversation at 6:30pm.

The Pen & Ink series explores how words and images together have played crucial roles in storytelling and visual communication. Today’s artists and writers continue to push publishing in new directions while challenging the perceptions of high and low art, often with irreverence and razor sharp commentary.

Click here for more information.

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CSU Library Student Assistants Appear on Page 1 of the PD Metro Section

CSU Library Student Assistants Samarth Mehta and Uchit Shah made the front page of the Metro section in the November 15th issue of the Plain Dealer.

Samarth, who works in Library Systems, and Uchit, who works in the Library Computing Learning Center, are both members of the “Friends of India” dance troop, who performed on Wednesday, Nov. 14th as part of the International Day 2007 festivities on campus.

The caption for the photo reads:

“Friends of India” dancers cheer on their fellow performers Wednesday at Cleveland State University's University Center. The dancers, all CSU students, were taking part in International Day 2007, a festival that celebrated the university's cultural diversity. CSU has more than 800 students from 74 countries this year...

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Library Hours during Thanksgiving Break

The Library will be closed on Thursday and Friday, November 22nd and 23rd. The Library will be open from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday, November 24th and from noon to 6 p.m. on Sunday, November 25th.

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Through Students' Eyes — On Display in the Library

A view of some of the photos in the exhibit

The Through Students' Eyes photography exhibit is on display now at the CSU Library. The photos were taken by several students from Lincoln-West High School in the Clark-Fulton neighborhood. These juniors and seniors snapped pictures with point-and-shoot cameras in the effort answer these questions: What purpose does school serve in your life? What pushes you away from school? What helps you achieve academically?

Each photo bears a caption such as “Teachers that Trust You”, “The Glue in my Life”, “Working Hard”, and “People From Different Backgrounds Come Together”, and each photo includes a short explanation of what the image means. Xidi Z. writes about his photo, Teachers That Trust You:

This is Tony “Fresh” Velez, and he is part of CCB (Cleveland City Breakers), a break dancing group, and he is also in drama club at Lincoln-West. The drama teacher lets him do his break dancing and plan all the dancing in school plays, even in the Christmas Carol play. Some teachers may not trust you enough to do that. But that's what keeps guys like him in school.

Don't miss this brief glimpse into the the live's of Cleveland's school children.

The Through Students' Eyes project was conceived by local educators and community activists:

James Harmon is a veteran city teacher who was laid off recently from Lincoln-West, and now helps train new teachers at Cleveland State University.
Kristien Marquez-Zenkov is a former teacher who directs an urban teaching program at Cleveland State University.
Piet Van Lier is a reporter, photographer, and associate editor at Catalyst Cleveland.

To view all the photos in the exhibit, visit www.throughstudentseyes.org and click on "galleries."

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New arrivals from Cleveland Public Library

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Get help writing your paper at the Library and Writing Center Workshops

The end of the semester can be hectic. Stop by the Library to get help writing your paper. Here are some student workshops that offer you 1/2 hour of lecture and 1/2 hour of individualized assistance from both librarians and the Writing Center Director. All are welcome.

Where: Library LCLC Lab (first floor near Reference Desk)

Topics:
Selecting and Evaluating Sources
Wed. Nov. 14 from 4-5 p.m. or
Thurs. Nov. 15 from 12-1 p.m.

Lengthening Your Paper
Wed. Nov. 21 from 4-5 p.m.

APA/MLA Citation and Formatting
Wed. Nov. 28 from 4-5 p.m. or
Thurs. Nov. 29 from 12-1 p.m.

Elegant Sentence Structure and Grammar
Wed. Dec. 5 from 4-5 p.m. or
Thurs. Dec. 6 from 12-1 p.m.

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This Is MY OhioLINK Video Contest

As we celebrate OhioLINK’s 15th anniversary, we want to know what OhioLINK means to you, how it has helped you or how you’d explain OhioLINK to your peers. But don’t just tell us, show us, in five minutes or less, your OhioLINK story or commercial in a creative video and you could win a new digital video camera or a 160 GB iPod classic.

The Basics:
Current students, faculty and staff members at all 87 OhioLINK member institutions are welcome to submit one or more videos. Entries must be submitted by 11:59 p.m. EST on January 18, 2008. A panel of judges will narrow the entries to three finalists, then your votes will determine the grand prize winner and runner up. The grand prize winner will receive his/her choice of a digital video camera or a new 160 GB iPod classic and the runner up will receive the remaining prize.

Ready to learn more? Visit the contest Web site for complete rules and details.

Dates to Remember:

* January 18, 2008: Video entries due
* January 28, 2008: Three finalists announced
* January 28-Feb. 8, 2008: Vote for your favorite video!
* February 12, 2008: Winners announced

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In Memoriam

Preston White

Preston H. White, coordinator of the Library Computer Learning Center, passed away unexpectedly on October 23. He was 45 years old.

Preston began his career at the University in 1983 as a student employee. In 1986 he began working as a Library Media Technical Assistant 1 in the Law Library. He then joined the University Library in 1992 as the Current Periodicals/Microforms Unit Coordinator.

He served the Library in various capacities over his 14-year career here. Most notably, he was integral in establishing and maintaining two cutting-edge labs in the Library--the Adaptive Technology Lab for students with disabilities and the Library Computer Learning Center for training students in computer software use.

Preston was known for his exemplary customer service and unwavering dedication to student learning.

He received his Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from CSU in June 1992 and his Master of Arts in History from CSU in December 2000.

Preston will be missed by library staff, family, and friends.

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Sherman Alexie to speak at CPL

A Spokane/Coeur d’Alene Indian, Sherman Alexie was raised on the reservation in Washington. His mother worked at the Wellpinit Trading Post where she sold her hand-sewn quilts. Alexie draws heavily upon those experiences for both his writing and his lectures, and does not shy away from including the despair, poverty and alcoholism that often pervade the lives of Native Americans living on reservations.

He will be speaking at Cleveland Public Library on Sunday November 18th at 2:00 P.M.

Click here for more information.

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Libraries Just Aren't What They Used to Be. They're BETTER! Find out why in this Faculty workshop.

Join us for a faculty workshop about what’s new in the Library on Thursday, November 8, 2007 from noon until 1:30 p.m. in RT 502. In addition to all the traditional resources, the Library continues to improve by offering new and exciting services. Come find out how to do research while you sleep, check-out a book without leaving your home or office, keep track of all your Library materials in one place (even non-CSU materials), and much more. To reserve your seat, please call(216) 875-9734 or email b.florjancic@csuohio.edu. There will also be a light lunch and door prizes.

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Polish Americans of Cleveland Exhibit in Special Collections

Now on display in Special Collections are photographs of Polish Americans of Cleveland in celebration of Polish American Heritage Month. The exhibit includes photographs of the Polish Cultural Garden and Cardinal Karol Wojtyla’s (Pope John Paul II) visit to Cleveland in 1969.

The photographs will be on display until November 7, 2007. For more information about Polish Americans of Cleveland, visit http://www.clevelandmemory.org/polish/.

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EPIC/PEP Math Enhancement Activities and Tutoring Service returning to the Library

Starting Monday, October 22, 2007 the EPIC/PEP program will be in the Library, RT 402, offering a “tutoring/study group/homework help EPICenter” for students enrolled in MTH 167, MTH 168, MTH 181, and MTH 182. Assistance will be available on Mondays from 1:30 p.m. - 5:00 p.m., Tuesdays from 9:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. and 1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m., Wednesdays from 3:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m., Thursdays from 10:00 p.m. - noon and 12:30 p.m. - 2:30 p.m., and Fridays from 1:30 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.

EPIC/PEP is a program funded by the Ohio Science and Engineering Alliance out of the Ohio State University whose purpose is to increase the number of under-represented minorities (African-American, Hispanic-American, Native American) in careers in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics.

For more information, contact Carol Phillips-Bey, Associate Professor, Mathematics and Manager, EPIC/PEP program at c.phillips-bey@csuohio.edu or (216)523-7151. Or visit the EPIC/PEP website at http://www.csuohio.edu/epic_pep/index.htm.

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Friends of the Library Book Discussion: Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life by Barbara Kingsolver

Thursday, November 29, 2007
3:00 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.
2121 Euclid Avenue
Rhodes Tower, room 503 (in the Library)
Free and open to the community
Sponsored by the Friends of the Library

Join Richard Fox, Head of the Popular Library at Cleveland Public Library, as he leads a book discussion about the provocative new book by Barbara Kingsolver, Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life. Can we really live without junk food? Kingsolver describes how her family was changed by "deliberately eating food produced from the same place where we worked, went to school, loved our neighbors, drank the water, and breathed the air.” Barbara Kingsolver’s first nonfiction narrative will open your eyes in a hundred new ways to an old truth: You are what you eat.
Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life is available for check out at the CSU Library.

Refreshments will be served.

For more information, call 216-875-9734.

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19th Annual Scholars & Artists Reception

The campus community is invited to attend the 19th Annual Scholars and Artists Reception honoring faculty, staff, and emeriti creativity. The event, sponsored by the Friends of the CSU Library, will be held on Thursday, November 1, 2007 at 3:00 p.m. in the Special Collections room on the 3rd floor of the Library. This year's keynote speaker will be Dr. Joanne Goodell, Professor of Teacher Education. She will discuss aspects of her own research and grant activities in a presentation titled "Reforming the Teaching of Mathematics and Science Education: A Personal Reflection."

During the reception, guests can enjoy hors d'oeuvres and browse the display of recently published books, scholarly papers, art, music, web sites, and other works by Cleveland State University faculty, staff, and emeriti.

Faculty, staff, and emeriti are encouraged to submit materials they have published in the past year. Call 216-875-9734 or send an email to b.florjancic@csuohio.edu for details about submitting your works or for more information.

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Cleveland State University Library hosts Common Reading Experience activities

Cleveland State University kicked off the 2007 Common Reading Experience on Tuesday, October 16 from 12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m. on the Library’s first floor. Dr. Bette Bonder, College of Science Dean, made a presentation titled “Understanding Autism,” based on the book chosen for this year’s pilot program—Mark Haddon’s The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, whose main character is a mathematically-gifted autistic teenager.

Faculty, staff, and students are also welcome to attend these Brown Bag Faculty Speaker Series:

Tuesday, November 6th, noon - 1:00 p.m.
Library first floor
Artistic Expressions By and About Persons with Autism
by Dr. Monica Gordon Pershey
Associate Professor & Program Director,
Speech and Hearing Program

Tuesday, November 13th, noon - 1:00 p.m.
Library first floor
Autism: Characteristics and Family Dynamics
by Dr. Anthony Menendez
Assistant Professor, Teacher Education
And Elizabeth Turnage,
Undergraduate, Special Education
Cleveland State University

A list of film screenings, which are also open to the campus community, can be found at http://www.ulib.csuohio.edu/cr/events.html

Cleveland State University first year students enrolled in Introduction to University Life will join in this common reading experience with thousands of other American college students this fall. The goal of the common reading program is to create a shared learning experience that fosters student engagement, retention, and personal development beyond the classroom.

Come in and see the Library's display for the Common Reading Experience.

A committee of faculty, librarians, and administrators chose The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time based on its relationship to issues and topics that cut across different disciplines (Special Education, Communication, Diversity, Psychology, Art, Mathematics, Science, Speech and Language, Social Work, etc.) as well as issues of individual and family experiences. Participation in this common reading experience is not limited to just the Introduction to University Life students. All members of the University community are encouraged to read the book and participate in activities including film screenings, brown bag faculty speakers series, and more. Also, visit the Common Reading Experience display on the Library's first floor, through October.

For more information, visit the Common Learning Experience website at http://www.ulib.csuohio.edu/cr/index.html or contact Dr. Elizabeth A. Lehfeldt, Interim Director of General Education and Associate Professor of History at 687-3935.

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The Library will be OPEN on Columbus Day

The Library will be open on October 8, 2007 (Columbus Day) from 12 p.m. to 10 p.m. Click here for the Library hours.

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Network Outage for the Main Campus Saturday September 29, 8pm until midnight.

There will be a planned network outage for the Main Campus Sat. Sept. 29, 8pm until midnight. This downtime is necessary to apply needed maintenance to the network equipment.

During this time, SCHOLAR (the Library's online catalog), the Library Web site, the OhioLINK Databases and OhioLINK Circulation will be unavailable.

If you have any questions or concerns regarding this outage, you may contact the IS&T Call Center at 687-5050 for more information.

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Keep track of all your library books with the Library Elf

The CSU Library has just joined Library Elf.

Elf is an Internet-based tool for keeping track of what's due, overdue and ready for pickup. Users can keep track of one or more library accounts (Cleveland Public Library and Cuyahoga County Public Library are also on Elf) in one place and receive reminders (sometimes called pre-overdue or early notification). Reminders are sent when the user wants it -- before items are due (up to seven days advance notice, weekly notice or everyday reminders). For families or anyone who'd like reminders before an item is due (user-selectable number of days notice). If Elf is for you, sign up for an account.

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Answers to the Lafayette Quiz

Congratulations to Brian Peebles who won a copy of David Clary’s book, Adopted Son, by getting the most answers right on this Lafayette quiz!

ANSWERS:

1. How old were Washington & Lafayette when they first met ?
a) 45 & 19 years old

2. Where is Lafayette buried?
a) Next to his wife, Adrienne
b) Under dirt taken from the battle field at Bunker Hill
c) In a convent in Paris

3. What key did Lafayette give to his friend George Washington ?
d) The key to the Bastille

4. What does Lafayette have in common with Winston Churchill & Mother Teresa of Calcutta?
c) They were all awarded honorary American citizenship.

5. How many times did Lafayette visit America ?
a) 4

6. What was the name of the ship Lafayette purchased to sail to America on his first visit?
b) la Victoire

Flanked by Members of the Sons
of the American Revolution color guard are
Glenda Thornton,CSU Library Director;
Tama Engelking, Chair, Modern Languages Dept;
Marquis de Lafayette; Greg Sadlek, Dean, CLASS

7. What were the names of Lafayette’s three children ?
a) Anastasie, Virginie, George Washington

8. How old was Lafayette when he became a millionaire ?

b) 13

9. How did Lafayette’s father die :
a) He was wounded in a battle against the English

10. Who helped Lafayette compose « La Déclaration des droits de l’homme et du citoyen»?
c) Thomas Jefferson

11. Who is credited with giving Lafayette the name "Hero of Two Worlds"?
b) Voltaire

12. The Iroquois Indians gave Lafayette the name "Kayewla." What does it mean?
a) Intrepid Horseman

13. Lafayette’s family motto, "CUR NON" translates into English as:
c) Why not

14. Lafayette was captured & put in prison during the French Revolution by :
a) The Austrians

15. During the French Revolution, Lafayette was the head of
b) The French National Guard
c) A bourgeois militia formed to maintain order in the French capital

16. What event during the French Revolution contributed most to Lafayette’s political downfall?
c) The massacre on the Champs-de-Mars in Paris

17. Who negotiated Lafayette’s release from prison ?
a) Napoléon

18. Lafayette’s influence played a key role in helping what king ascend the throne ?
a) Louis-Philippe

19. How did America commemorate the death of Lafayette ?
a) Congress asked the American people to dress in mourning clothes for 30 days.
b) Pres. Andrew Jackson ordered that the same military honors that were given to Washington at the time of his death be given to Lafayette.
c) The chambers of Congress were draped in black.

20. How many American presidents did Lafayette personally know & correspond with?
b)7

21. During his Triumphant Tour of the United States in 1824-25, how many states did Lafayette visit?
a) 24

22. Which American writer had extended stays with Lafayette, & even wrote some of his most famous works at his house?
a) James Fennimore Cooper

23. What was the name of the manor house where Lafayette lived from 1800 until his death ?
b) LaGrange

24. Which honors or titles did Lafayette refuse during his lifetime?
a) Gov. of Louisiana.
b) The Legion of Honor

The College of Liberal Arts & Social Sciences & the CSU Library sponsored the 250th anniversary of the birth of the Marquis de Lafayette (1757-2007) on Sept. 6.

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Friends of the Library Book Discussion on acclaimed book Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close

Book cover for Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close

Thursday, September 27, 2007
3:00 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.
2121 Euclid Avenue
Rhodes Tower, room 503 (in the Library)
Free and open to the community

Mr. Richard Fox, Head of the Popular Library at Cleveland Public Library, will lead a book discussion one of the most discussed, acclaimed, and debated novels in recent memory, Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close, by Jonathan Safran Foer. Through the eyes of his nine-year-old protagonist, Foer has written what is acknowledged by many as the first great novel about September 11. The book is available for checkout at the Library.
Refreshments will be served.
Call 216-875-9734 for more information.

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New Online Overdues Inquiry Form

The Library's User Services now offers you an easier way to resolve your questions about fines for overdue materials. Simply complete and submit the online Overdues Inquiry form. The form speeds up the whole investigation process by Library staff resulting in a more timely resolution for you! Just another way we can help you @CSU Library.

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Join the Festivities--Commemoration of the 250th Anniversary of Lafayette's birth

Marquis de Lafayette Commemorating 250 Years

Find out more about the Marquis

Bon anniversaire, Monsieur le Marquis!

The Marquis de Lafayette turns 250 on September 6th.

Join us in the library on Thursday, September 6th from noon to 1 :30 on the first floor of the Library to commemorate the 250th anniversary of the birth of the Marquis de Lafayette (1757-2007)
There will be:

Free birthday cake
An appearance by the Marquis himself
Representatives of the Sons of the American Revolution Color guard
A chance to win a new book about Lafayette by taking a quiz testing your knowledge of the Marquis
Free commemorative mementos honoring Lafayette and calling attention to the important Lafayette archive housed in the Cleveland State Library Special Collections

Lafayette, who was instrumental in helping us win our independence from the British, symbolizes more than 200-years of friendship between France and the U.S. The Marquis devoted his life to defending the cause of liberty in both the new world and in France, and this became the common foundation on which our two great nations are built.

Event sponsored by the Cleveland State University Library and the College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences. The event is free and open to the Campus Community. Call 216-875-9734 for more information.

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Celebrate Constitution Day

CLEVELAND STATE UNIVERSITY CELEBRATES CONSTITUTION DAY ~ MONDAY SEPTEMBER 17

Join the celebration of our nation’s heritage by participating in Cleveland State University’s Constitution Day events! Special events and activities to recognize the importance of the U.S. Constitution include:

ONLINE CONTEST
Students can win an iPod shuffle, a jump drive, a VikingCash Card valued at $50, one of 5 Café Ah-Roma gift cards valued at $10, or one of three $15 iTunes cards! Just visit www.ulib.csuohio.edu/promos/constitution/, answer a few questions about the Constitution, and you could be a winner!

David F. Forte

DISCUSSION
Monday, September 17 from noon to 1 p.m.
A presentation titled
“Homer Plessy and the Living Constitution”
Speaker: David F. Forte,
Professor of Law, Cleveland-Marshall College of Law
Introduction: Michael Schwartz,
President, Cleveland State University
Cleveland State University Library, 1st floor
Light Refreshments

DISPLAYS
Visit two Constitution Day displays this September. One is located on the 1st floor of the University Library, just west of the User Services desk and “The U.S. Constitution — Origins and Early Development,” is located at the entrance area of the Cleveland-Marshall College of Law Library.

FILMS AND BROADCASTS

Tuesday, September 18: 12:10 p.m. - 12:45 p.m. &
Thursday, September 20: 12:10 - 12:45 p.m.
Free screening of the film: “Mandate: The President and the People”
University Library’s Viewing Room (RT 325)

Narrated by veteran CBS News correspondent Lesley Stahl, “Mandate” examines the long and complex relationship between the presidency and public opinion. Leading historians, political scientists, and public figures offer insight into presidents and the presidency from George Washington through FDR.

Monday, September 17 at 2:00 p.m.
On a television broadcast, General Colin Powell will lead the nationwide annual
traditional recitation of the Preamble to the United State
Constitution in the Library Connection
Lounge, located on the 1st floor of the Library (east side).

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New arrivals from Cleveland Public Library

Check out the lastest books and audio CDs, in the CPL @ CSU collection. As new books arrive, we will be placing the list on our blog, so check back often. To browse the new additions by author, click here or by title, click here.

Permanent link to this topic. Posted 2007-08-17 14:56:16. Reply to Tracy_Kemp. Categories: CPL@CSU, Library News.

OhioLINK Adds Thousands of Scholarly E-Books, Opens E-Book Center

Thousands of new scholarly e-books, published by Springer, are now available to students, faculty and staff at OhioLINK member institutions. These are recent (2005-2007), high-quality scientific, technological and medical books. Students can use these books to do research anytime, anywhere. Faculty can use the books for research or as course materials. Faculty can assign particular readings and link to relevant chapters or sections from course pages or Web sites. New Springer e-books will be added regularly. These recent additions bring the total number of e-books offered by OhioLINK to 25,000.

These new e-books are available as part of the new Electronic Book Center. Similar in concept to the Electronic Journal Center, the E-Book Center will allow you to find and utilize e-books from multiple publishers using one common interface. Currently, the E-Book Center contains 5,000 e-books from Oxford University Press and Springer. Additional e-books and e-book collections will be added, including the Electronic Reference Books collection. Links to OhioLINK’s other e-book collections are available from the E-Book Center’s home page.

Books in the E-Book Center will also be accessible from the OhioLINK Library Catalog. Records are being added for the new e-books.

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OhioLINK Library Catalog Downtime, August 16

The OhioLINK Library Catalog will be unavailable on Thursday, August 16, beginning at approximately 11:00 a.m., while we upgrade the system. The upgrade is expected to take a minimum of eight hours to complete.

During this time you will not be able to search the catalog or place requests for OhioLINK books and library materials.

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Electronic Course Reserves--Fall Semester 2007

CSU Faculty--It is time once again to submit materials to be placed on the Library’s Electronic Course Reserve System (ECR) for the upcoming semester. To ensure that your course materials will be available to students by August 25th it is important to submit items as soon as possible. Now is not too soon! If items are submitted late, we cannot guarantee that they will be ready at the beginning of the semester.

If you would like any materials previously on Electronic Reserve to be reactivated for this Fall, please tell us now. Otherwise, all course materials from the previous semester, including books, must be removed from reserve in order to comply with Copyright Law. Any personal copies on reserve will be returned to you.

Because materials put up on ECR must meet federal guidelines for accessibility, it is important for you to provide good quality originals so that they can be scanned effectively. Please refer to the Library’s ECR Faculty Help Guide for further information.

In Summary

•Submit materials for reserve now so they will be up by August 25
•Submit good quality originals. Electronic files are welcomed
•See online help guide for more details
•Call Joanne cornelius at 687-6954 or email at j.cornelius@csuohio.edu if you have questions or to let her know if materials currently on reserve will be needed for Fall semester

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Harry Potter is HERE

Check out the latest books and audio CDs, including the new Harry Potter book in the CPL @ CSU collection. As new books arrive, we will be placing the list on our blog, so check back often. To browse the new additions by author, click here or by title, click here.

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Look for your courtesy notices in your e-mail

The Library is now sending courtesy notices to let you know that you will have materials coming due in 3 days (one day for seven day loans). It will be just a little friendly reminder to either renew your books or return them.

Permanent link to this topic. Posted 2007-07-24 14:32:38. Reply to Tracy_Kemp. Categories: Library News.

Check out the new Terminal Tower Display

Terminal Tower display Now on display on the first floor of the Library is a wide variety of items relating to the Terminal Tower. Included in the display are large posters depicting the construction of the Tower, books about the Tower, and a replica of the Tower made up entirely of legos.

Stop by the first floor of the library and check it out.

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Bookmarking EJC Articles Just Got Easier

Now you can quickly bookmark articles found in the OhioLINK Electronic Journal Center to your del.icio.us, Google Bookmarks, Connotea, Digg, reddit, Spurl, or Windows Live Favorites account with just one click. Just look for the icon for your favorite bookmarking tool on the abstract page of any article in the EJC.

EJC bookmark

You can also save articles to your own My Articles page in the EJC. You will need to create an EJC account and log in to save articles.

The EJC also offers:

Journal alerts – Get new issue alerts via RSS feed or go to My EJC and create an account to create a list of favorite journals and set up e-mail notifications.

My Searches – Put your research on autopilot. Save your searches and set times for the system to automatically execute them and e-mail you the results.

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New arrivals from Cleveland Public Library

Check out the latest books and audio CDs in the CPL @ CSU collection. As new books arrive, we will be placing the list on our blog, so check back often. To browse the new additions by author, click here or by title, click here.

Permanent link to this topic. Posted 2007-06-18 10:20:12. Reply to Tracy_Kemp. Categories: CPL@CSU, Library News.

Jazz Concerts at CPL

Cleveland Public Library will host a series of four jazz concerts to mark the 2007 Adult Summer Reading Club. The theme of this year’s summer-long club is “Poetry, Prose, and a Passion for Reading.”

The Adult Summer Reading Club runs from June 15th to August 3rd.

The four reading club programs and concerts will feature the music of Vince Robinson and the Jazz Poets.

For more information on the concerts, click here

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Body Art: An Exhibition and Exploration of Body Art & Modification at CPL

An exhibit showcasing rare and popular items from the library's collections will be open on the second floor exhibition corridor of Cleveland Public Library's Main Library Building from June 9 through August 25, 2007. The exhibit will cover the history of body art, types of body art, cultural aspects, artists, laws, as well as the who and why of body art.

You are invited to view the exhibit and learn more about this rich and personal form of artistic expression - Body Art. There will be an opening program on June 16, 2007 from 1:00-3:00 p.m. on the second floor exhibition corridor of the Main Library Building.

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Fenn College Memorabilia on display now at the CSU Library

A view of the Fenn College display Fenn College photographs and memorabilia are now on display on the first floor of the Library through the end of June, 2007. Take a look back to the early days of Cleveland State University. Display items include a replica of the front portico of the Johnson house, Fanfare yearbooks, the swim team’s warm up suit, and a wide range of photographs. The book titled Fenn College, part of Arcadia Publishing’s Campus History Series, is also available for only $19.99. It may be purchased at the User Services desk located on the first floor of the Library or by downloading the order form .

The display is just a small sampling of Fenn College memorabilia. The Cleveland State University Archives, located on the 3rd floor of the Library, includes an exhibition area featuring displays of photographs and memorabilia from Fenn College. The archives’ spacious exhibition area features two custom-designed wood display cabinets, one of which was donated by Pi Sigma Tau Alpha members. The cabinets house an exhibit of Pi Sigma Tau Alpha fraternity treasures and a wide range of Fenn College memorabilia. Fenn Alumni can now view artifacts and documents from their college days ranging from sports uniforms and beanies to yearbooks and banners. For more information about the Cleveland State University Archives, visit the CSU archives web site .

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New arrivals from Cleveland Public Library

Check out the lastest books and audio CDs in the CPL @ CSU collection. As new books arrive, we will be placing the list on our blog, so check back often. To browse the new additions by author, click here or by title, click here.

Permanent link to this topic. Posted 2007-05-31 10:05:16. Reply to Tracy_Kemp. Categories: Library News.

Join Art Spiegelman with host Michael Kimmelman at Cleveland Public Theatre.

Join guest Art Spiegelman with host Michael Kimmelman for the 2007 Cleveland Public Library Spectrum Dialogue Series. Friday, May 18, at Cleveland Public Theatre. For more information, click here

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Spectrum: The Lockwood Thompson Dialogues--A Cleveland Public Library Event

Get in on the conversation on Friday, May 18, 2007 at 7:30 p.m. at Spectrum: The Lockwood Thompson Dialogues, a FREE and open to the public collaborative effort between the Cleveland Public Library and Cleveland Public Art. The event will be held at the Cleveland Public Theatre, 6415 Detroit Avenue, with a reception at 6:30 p.m. In its third year, Spectrum has brought influential and innovative thinkers in art and popular culture to talk about their work, ideas and theories.

This program engages the diverse Cleveland community in two public conversations per year and is supported by the Cleveland Public Library’s Lockwood Thompson Fund. The Spectrum 2007 series is Pen & Ink. Words and images have played a crucial role in storytelling and visual communication. Artists and writers continue to push in new directions while challenging the perceptions of high and low art, often with irreverence and commentary. The first dialogue will feature cartoonist and author Art Spiegelman, with host and moderator Michael Kimmelman, Chief Art Critic for the New York Times.

Art Spiegelman has almost single-handedly brought comic books out of the toy box and onto the literature shelves. He won the 1992 Pulitzer Prize for Maus and Maus II, the story of his parents’ survival of the Nazi regime and lives later in America. His work has been published in many periodicals, including The New Yorker. In 2004 he completed In the Shadow of Now Towers.

Moderator Michael Kimmelman, educated at Yale and Harvard, is the author of several acclaimed books, most recently The Accidental Masterpiece: On the Art of Life and Vice-Versa. He has written and hosted various television shows about the arts and is also a pianist. Seating is limited. RSVP by calling 216-621-5330 or e-mail contactus@clevelandpublicart.org by May 16. For more information, call 216-623-2869.

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Course Development Small Grants For Information Literacy--Winners Announced

The University Library received 13 applications for the 2007 Course Development Small Grants program designed to support faculty members in their efforts to integrate information literacy instruction into teaching and assignments. As announced, only three grants were available for 2007 (with only one available per college). Once again, however, many of the proposals were outstanding. In addition to the three winning proposals, the Interim Dean of the Graduate College also chose to fund a proposal supporting the Graduate College’s program. The following three individuals will be awarded $1,000 Course Development Small Grants for Information Literacy by the Library for 2007.

• Petru S. Fodor, Physics (College of Science)
• Oksun Lee, Art Department (College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences)
• Wenbing Zhao, Electrical and Computer Engineering (College of Engineering)

The College of Graduate Studies will also fund a Course Development Small Grant for Information Literacy. The recipient of this grant is:

• Paul Lin, Department of Mechanical Engineering (College of Engineering)

Three other proposals were of such outstanding merit that the review panel encouraged the Library Director to acknowledge them with a partial award.

These individuals are:

• Ronald S. Beebe, Department of Curriculum and Foundations (College of Education and Human Services)
• Stephen Cory, History (College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences)
• Monica Gordon Pershey, Health Sciences, (College of Science)

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Extended Library Hours Before Finals Week

The Library will be open until 8 p.m. on Friday, May 4th and Sunday, May 6th.

See our Library Hours page for more information.

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Used books needed for the Friends of the Library Book Sale

The Friends of the Cleveland State University Library needs your gently used books, CDs, videos, vinyl albums, etc. for its ongoing book sale. The Friends accept and appreciate a few volumes or a whole collection—one donor gave the Friends more than 600 volumes of books and yet another donated more than 6,000 vinyl records. Some were retained by the Library for the collection and the others went directly to the book sale. Transportation for larger collections can be arranged. All proceeds benefit the Friends of the Library. For information, contact Terri Greer at 216.687.2481.
The Friends of the Library is an independent organization whose purpose is to support the Library.

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Presentation Practice Rooms Now Available in the Library

Presentation Room A Presentation Practice Room in RT 304, located on the third floor of the Library inside Multimedia Services, may be scheduled by faculty, staff, and students wishing to rehearse group or individual presentations for class. This room is equipped with a Smart Board and PC. Additional media equipment is available upon request. To check on the availability of the Presentation Practice Room call Multimedia Services at (216) 687-9337.

Multimedia Services is open the following hours during the regular school year:

Monday – Thursday 7:30 a. m. – 10:00 p. m.
Friday 7:30 a. m. – 5:00 p. m.
Saturday 9:00 a. m. – 5:00 p. m.
Sunday 12:00 a. m. – 6:00 p. m. (during Fall and Spring Semesters)

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New arrivals from Cleveland Public Library (updated April 20)

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Friends of the Library Book Sale on Thursday, April 19

As a part of the National Library Week celebration, there will be a special book sale in the Library on Thursday, April 19, 2007 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. There will be plenty of great deals on books and records. The sale will be held on the first floor of the Library. If you would like to donate books to the Friends of the Library book sale, please contact Terri Greer at (216) 687-2481 or t.greer@csuohio.edu

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Spring Used Book Sale at CPL

Spring Used Book Sale
April 22 – 26, 2007
Louis Stokes Wing – Lower Level Lobby
East Sixth Street and Superior Avenue

Sunday, April 22
Members’ Preview and Appreciation Day
10 a.m. – 1 p.m.
Auditorium

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Come to an Ice cream Social to kick-off National Library Week

In celebration of National Library Week, the University Library will be hosting an Ice Cream Social on Monday, April 16, 2007 at noon to remind the campus to "Come together @ your library". In addition to the free ice cream, you can enter to win some great prizes. The event will be held on the first floor of the Library.

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Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist Michael Chabon to appear at Cleveland Public Library

Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist Michael Chabon will be the guest of Cleveland Public Library’s Writers and Readers Series, Sunday, April 15, at 2:00 p.m. Free and open to the public, the event will take place at the Main Library, Louis Stokes Wing Auditorium, E. 6th Street and Superior Avenue.
Chabon emerged on the literary scene with his first novel, The Mysteries of Pittsburgh, which was originally written for his master’s thesis at UC Irvine and became a national bestseller. His second novel, Wonder Boys, about a frustrated novelist, also reached bestseller status and was made into a film starring Michael Douglas and Tobey McGuire. But it was his third novel, The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay, which depicts an illustrator and writer in the comic book world of the 1930’s and 40’s, that won him fame and the 2001 Pulitzer Prize in Fiction, among other notable awards.
Among his novels, Chabon also has authored two collections of short stories including A Model World and Other Stories and Werewolves in Their Youth. He's currently working on a new novel, The Yiddish Policeman’s Union, a thriller set in an imaginary world inspired by Franklin D. Roosevelt’s short-lived plan during WWII to create a Jewish homeland in Alaska, rather than the Middle East.
Throughout his novels and short stories, divorce, fatherhood, and single parenthood became repeated themes, drawing upon his parents divorce when he was 11 years old. Chabon, born in Washington D.C., and raised in Columbia, Maryland, also draws on his Jewish heritage in his novels. His 2004 novella, The Final Solution, was awarded the 2005 Jewish Book Award. Chabon lives with his wife Ayelet Waldman, also a novelist, in Berkley, California. For more information, call 216-623-2800.

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April is Jazz Appreciation Month

The Fine Arts Department of Cleveland Public Library is pleased to direct staff and patrons to a valuable list of resources aimed at promoting the library's collection and advertising April as Jazz Appreciation Month. You will find this linked from the cpl.org home page under the heading "Highlights" (in the lower right-hand corner) or by clicking the link below:

http://www.cpl.org/events-calendar-detail.asp?id=%7B3524C4C3-7F48-413E-B990-4AE8E27F3325%7D#top

On this page you will find links to books, CDs, video recordings, web sites, and more all dealing with Jazz music. We hope you and your patrons will find this to be a helpful resource.

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Take a Library survey for a chance to win a Playstation Portable (PSP) and more!

Please take a few minutes to complete the online survey about the University Library at http://survey.libqual.org/index.cfm?ID=338472 for a chance to win a Playstation Portable (PSP). Participating in this study should only take 10 minutes of your time. Since we make decisions about which services to offer and how to allocate resources based on the feedback we receive from our users, your contribution will make a real difference.

In appreciation for your help, you may choose to enter a drawing for one PSP, one of four $50 gift certificates to local restaurants, or one of two iPod Shuffles generously provided by the Friends of the Cleveland State University Library. To enter the drawing, just remember to give us your email address at the end of the survey.

For more information about this nationwide study, visit http://www.ulib.csuohio.edu/libqual/

Thanks in advance for your continued support of the Library, and good luck in the drawing!

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Careers in Aging Display in the Library April 9 - April 13

"Careers in Aging: A World of Opportunities"
Careers in Aging Week
April 8-14 2007

INFORMATION FAIR
Hosted in the Orange Lounge in the University Center
Monday, April 9 & Tuesday, April 10
Hours are 11am - 1:30 pm
CAREERS IN AGING DISPLAY IN THE LIBRARY
Week of April 9-13
The University Library will host a unique display showcasing seven career tracks that students may enter in this diverse field. Material on career building and gerontology resource material will also be available. Students are welcome to take part in this display located on the east end of the first floor of the University Library.
FREE MOVIE SCREENING - Something's Gotta Give
Hosted in the theater of Fenn Tower
Wednesday, April 11 from 6:00-8:00 pm
The movie showcases the dating realities of Jack Nicholson's character, an older businessman while at the same time celebrating the strengths of older persons. Join us for some free popcorn and goodies.

Come and enjoy the show.

For more information about Careers in Aging week go to http://sciences.csuohio.edu/gerontology

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Hindu and Culture and Dharmic Traditions Exhibit on display now at the Library

Photo of exhibition The Exhibition on Hindu and Culture and Dharmic Traditions is on display now at the Library. This exhibition is part of the India Experience display and offers a sample of the vast Hindu cultural heritage and the Dharmic traditions of India. There are 30 posters on various themes such as Temples, Ancient Roots and Architecture, Yoga and Ayurveda, Cosmic Rhythm, Divine Nature and more. This exhibit is part of a traveling exhibit and has been displayed in at least 8 state houses throughout the United States. For more information, visit http://www.hssus.org/content/view/144/108. The India Experience display can be viewed during regular Library hours through the month of April and is located on the first floor of the Library.

If you have questions regarding the exhibition please feel free to contact Dr. Sudesh Agrawal of the Hindu Education Foundation at agrawasl@sbcglobal.net or Dr. Murali Nair of Cleveland State University at m.nair@csuohio.edu

Dr. Agrawal and Dr. Nair will also be available in the exhibition area to answer questions about the exhibit
every Friday from 12:30 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. through the month of April.

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SCHOLAR will be off-line for @30 minutes today at 2:30 pm

Services provided by SCHOLAR, the library's online catalog, will be unavailable for approximately 30 minutes Monday afternoon at 2:30 pm, April 2nd.

The following services will be affected:

You will be unable to search for Library materials using SCHOLAR.
You will be unable to access materials on Electronic Course Reserve.
You will be unable to access the Research Databases from off campus.

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2nd Annual Local Authors Book Talk Featuring Sarah Willis

Author, Sarah Willis Tuesday, April 24, 2007
3:00 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Cleveland State University Library
2121 Euclid Avenue
Rhodes Tower, room 503
Free and open to the public
Sponsored by the Friends of the Library

Critically-acclaimed author Sarah Willis will discuss her novels, Some Things that Stay, The Rehearsal, A Good Distance, and The Sound of Us. Ms. Willis will also do a book signing after the program. All four of her books will be available for purchase directly outside of RT 503 before and after her presentation. Her books are also on sale at the CSU Bookstore and available for check out at the CSU Library.

Sarah Willis’ first novel, Some Things that Stay, was listed as a New York Times Notable Book of the Year, won the Stephen Crane Award for First Fiction 2000, and was awarded The Cleveland Arts Prize in Literature 2000. Some Things that Stay was made into a movie which opened in Canada in October, 2004. Joanna Scott, of The New York Times writes, "Convincing . . . memorable . . . It would be easy to describe Sarah Willis's first novel as quiet, but I'm more inclined to call Some Things that Stay quietly defiant . . . Willis has created a feisty narrator-15-year-old Tamara Anderson, who asks herself tough questions about life and refuses to accept even the most serviceable answers."

Her second novel is The Rehearsal, an engaging drama about an egomaniacal director who has become dangerously out of touch with his family. The New York Times Book Review calls A Good Distance “an artfully defiant work of fiction that stubbornly hews to the unruliness of life...” and The Sound of Us gracefully explores the world of foster care through the eyes of 48-year-old Alice Marlowe, an interpreter for the deaf living a lonely life in Cleveland. Sarah also writes essays which can be found in the Plain Dealer Sunday Magazine. She is busy now writing her fifth novel.

Sarah has taught creative writing classes at numerous writer’s workshops and colleges, including Hiram college, John Carroll University, The Imagination Conference at CSU, The Columbus Writers Conference, The Writer’s Center at Chautauqua, and the Maui Writer’s Retreat. Sarah was born in Cleveland Heights, Ohio, where she still lives.

Refreshments will be served at event.

To reserve a seat or for more information, email b.florjancic@csuohio.edu or call 216-875-9734.

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eBook of the Month

Check out Net Library's free eBook of the month, "Ireland Adventure Guide" at http://www.netlibrary.com/eBookOfTheMonth/Promo.aspx

For more information on eBooks available at the Library, visit http://www.ulib.csuohio.edu/research/vrd/ebooks.html

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New arrivals from Cleveland Public Library

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Writing Workshops for WAC in Library Room 808

When:	Every Wednesday 5-6 p.m. and every Thursday 12-1 p.m.beginning March 28
Where:	Library Room 808
Who:	Librarians + Writing Center Director
What:	½ hour instruction, ½ drop-in help + proof for your professor that you attended
DATE:	TOPIC:
Wed. 3/28, 5 p.m.	Selection and Evaluation of Sources
Thurs. 3/29, 12 p.m	Selection and Evaluation of Sources
Wed. 4/4, 5 p.m.	Shaping and Writing a Review of Literature
Thurs. 4/5, 12 p.m.	Shaping and Writing a Review of Literature
Wed. 4/11, 5 p.m.	Help with Citation and References
Thurs. 4/12, 12 p.m.	Help with Citation and References
Wed. 4/18, 5 p.m.	Avoiding Plagiarism
Thurs. 4/19, 12 p.m.	Avoiding Plagiarism
Wed. 4/25, 5 p.m.	Lengthening Your Papers and Increasing Quality
Thurs. 4/26, 12 p.m.	Lengthening Your Papers and Increasing Quality
Wed. 5/2, 5 p.m.	Elegant Sentences, Vocabulary, and Grammar
Thurs. 5/3, 12 p.m.	Elegant Sentences, Vocabulary, and Grammar

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Take a Peek at the New Digital Media Center

OhioLINK’s new and improved Digital Media Center interface is now available.

The new DMC offers:

* A prominent area for featured collections, which allows us to highlight new additions and showcase current items
* One-click, front-page access to both individual collections and entire subject areas (i.e. Art & Architecture)
* A cleaner, updated look

Click here to check it out.

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Need help with your math homework? Come to the Library!

Tutors from the EPIC/PEP program are available on the fourth floor of the Library (outside RT 402) to help students with their math and science classes (particularly those involving algebra and calculus).

The tutors are available:
Monday 3:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.
Tuesday 11:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
Wednesday 10:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. and 3:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.
Thursday 12:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.

For more information, contact Carol Phillips-Bey at 216-523-7151 or c.phillips-bey@csuohio.edu.

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Eight Millionth Article Added to Electronic Journal Center

The eight millionth scholarly research article was recently added to OhioLINK’s award-winning Electronic Journal Center. The EJC provides students, faculty and staff at participating OhioLINK institutions with instantaneous online access to more than 7,100 journals from 101 publishers.

OhioLINK users downloaded 4.9 million articles from the EJC in 2006. A total of 25 million articles have been downloaded from the EJC since its inception in April 1998.

New journal issues are added to the EJC daily. To stay current, OhioLINK users have the option of receiving updates of new issues via e-mail alerts or RSS feeds. You can also save searches and have the results sent to you. Find instructions for these features here.

Want to find out if OhioLINK has a particular journal? Try the E-Journal Finder. The E-Journal Finder searches the EJC and several other databases to help find desired journals. If you don’t find the journal in question using the E-Journal Finder, check with your librarian as your library may provide other means of accessing the journal online.

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Current Periodicals and ILL are moving to the third floor

During Spring Break, the current periodicals and InterLibrary Loan (ILL)will be moving to the third floor of the Library. The periodicals will be located near Archives and ILL will be in RT 324.

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Friends of the Library Book Discussion on the New York Times best seller MYSTERIES OF PITTSBURGH by Michael Chabon.

Bookcover from The Mysteries of Pittsburgh
Wednesday, March 28, 2007
3:00 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.
at Cleveland State University Library
2121 Euclid Avenue
Rhodes Tower, room 503 (in the Library)
Free and open to the community

Richard Fox, Head of the Popular Library at Cleveland Public Library, will lead a book discussion on the acclaimed New York Times bestseller, Mysteries of Pittsburgh, by Michael Chabon. Set in industrial Pittsburgh in the mid-eighties, Michael Chabon’s breakthrough coming-of-age novel chronicles the last summer of Art Bechstein’s youth. Art meets the witty and beautiful Arthur Lecomte, who then introduces Art to the equally stunning Jane, her boyfriend, the legendary Cleveland, and worldly, exotic, and slightly eccentric Phlox. In the course of one summer, this band of colorful friends guides and thwarts Art in surprising ways as he confronts himself, his family, his sexuality, and the heartache of growing up.

About the author. Michael Chabon was born in Washington, D.C. and is the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of the Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay. His first novel, The Mysteries of Pittsburgh, was a national bestseller and was compared by critics to the best of Fitzgerald and Salinger. Upon publication of his second novel, Wonder Boys, he was hailed by The Washington Post Book World as “the young star of American letters.” His short stories have appeared in The New Yorker and in Gentlemen’s Quarterly.

Copies of Mysteries of Pittsburgh are available for check out at the CSU Library and on sale at the CSU bookstore.

Plan to attend this popular book discussion series. Call 216-875-9734 or email b.florjancic@csuohio.edu to reserve a seat. Refreshments will be served.

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FREEDOM: New American Perspectives

In conjunction with “FREEDOM: A Visual Arts Exhibit,” the Cleveland Public Library will present a moderated panel discussion of the new American experience featuring Panelists from 7 countries.

The discussion will be followed by the opportunity to sample foods from several continents/nations and groove to music by the reggae group The Carlos Jones Band.

Join us at the table for a cultural exchange of food and ideas!

Sunday, March 25, 2007, 2-4 p.m.
Martin Luther King, Jr., Branch Library
1962 Stokes Blvd.
216-623-7018

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An Afternoon with Erin Gruwell

This inspirational educator and author of "The Freedom Writers Diary–How a Teacher and 150 Teens Used Writing to Change Themselves and the World Around Them" visits Cleveland Public Library on March 11. She will appear at the Main Library from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m.

Click here for more information.

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The Second Floor of the Library is now the SILENT STUDY FLOOR

In order to provide better service to our students, the Library has changed the second floor of the Library to the silent study floor. Out of respect for other students, we ask that you please do not engage in conversations or use cell phones on that floor.

The fourth floor is available for group study.

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Library Hours During Spring Break

The Library will be open the following hours during the week of March 11-18, 2007

Sunday, March 11th-CLOSED
Monday, March 12th- 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Tuesday, March 13th-8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Wednesday, March 14th-8 a.m. to 8 p.m.
Thursday, March 15th-8 a.m. to 8 p.m.
Friday, March 16th-8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Saturday, March 17th-CLOSED
Sunday, March 18th-CLOSED

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Small Grants Information Session: A Success!

The Information Literacy Small Grants information session, held last Thursday afternoon, was well-attended by several faculty. They were welcomed by library director, Glenda Thornton. Kathy Dobda presented the information, while attendees enjoyed a scrumptious lunch, generously provided by the Friends of the Library. Previous recipients of the $1000 grants also spoke, sharing how they and students have benefited from the program. Several connections were made between the faculty and librarians.

There is still time to apply for the grant!
If you were unable to attend the session, please contact Kathy to discuss information literacy at CSU. Or, contact your subject librarian to begin the grant application process.

Grant applications are due on Friday, March 30, 2007 for development of courses for fall 2007.

Grant application information is available at: http://www.ulib.csuohio.edu/faculty/grantann.html

An Informational Literacy Review Panel, composed of faculty and Library administrators, will review the proposals. The grants will be awarded by May 1, 2007.

For further information contact: Kathy Dobda, Head of Library Instruction, University Library, k.dobda@csuohio.edu, phone: (216) 875-9738, fax: (216) 687-9380.

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Free Lecture on March 21: Scholarly Communication, Strategies for Change

Attend Scholarly Communication, Strategies for Change, a lecture by Ray English, Azariah Smith Root Director of Libraries, Oberlin College, on Wednesday, March 21, 2007 at 7:00 p.m. at John Carroll University. English's lecture will address questions such as:

* Why is it important for the academic community to exercise greater control of its scholarship?
* How does the current system of scholarly publishing erode authors’ rights?
* What are the alternatives for dissemination and preservation of scholarship?
* How can we ensure the retention of rights to the intellectual property created on our campuses?

In addition to being Director of Libraries at Oberlin College, Ray English chairs both the Association of College and Research Libraries' Scholarly Communications Committee and the Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resource Coalition Steering Committee. He was named Academic/Research Librarian of 2006 by the Association of College and Research Libraries.

Scholarly Communication, Strategies for Change is a free event that is open to the public. No reservations are necessary. The lecture will be held in the Muer Room of John Carroll University's Grasselli Library, 20700 North Park Blvd., University Heights, OH, 44118. For directions to JCU and Grasselli Library, follow this link. For additional information about the lecture, contact Jeanne Somers, Director, Grasselli Library and Breen Learning Center at 216-397-3053 or jsomers@jcu.edu.

More information about the crisis in scholarly publishing is available from OhioLINK's Web site, the Challenge for Ohio Higher Education – Providing Access to Scholarly Publishing.

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eBook of the Month

Check out Net Library's free eBook of the month, Freakonomics at http://www.netlibrary.com/eBookOfTheMonth/129219.aspx

For more information on eBooks available at the Library, visit http://www.ulib.csuohio.edu/research/vrd/ebooks.html

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PINs are here

The next time you go to check your library account, renew books, or authenticate for off-campus access to library resources you will notice that you will be asked for a PIN. To create your PIN, enter your name and CSU ID number and then click submit. You will be asked to create your PIN. Please choose something that you will remember and/or write it down.

In the event that you forget your PIN, you can contact the University Library’s User Services Center or Law Library’s Circulation Desk in person or by phone during regular business hours and request that they clear out your PIN so you may reset a new one.

If you forget your PIN after hours, there will be a delay in getting your PIN reset.

For more information or assistance feel free to visit the User Services Center or Circulation Desk or contact us by phone at (216) 687-2479 or (216) 687-2250.

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$1,000 Grants Available to CSU Faculty

The Cleveland State University Library invites applications for the Information Literacy Small Grants Program. Grants of $1,000 will be awarded to full time faculty for course development to integrate information literacy instruction into teaching and assignments.

Grant applications are due on Friday, March 30, 2007 for
development of courses for fall 2007.

An informational session for interested applicants will be held
Thursday, March 1, 2007 at Noon in RT 502.
TO RESERVE A SEAT CALL 875-9734 or EMAIL b.florjancic@csuohio.edu

A Light Lunch will be provided by the Friends of the Library.

Information literacy is a set of abilities requiring individuals to recognize when information is needed and have the ability to locate, evaluate, and use effectively the needed information. With the increasing prevalence of online information, students demonstrate difficulty in ferreting out materials suitable for their course assignments and research papers. The small grants are intended to assist faculty in updating their courses and assignments to reflect current changes in information retrieval and use, with the goal of strengthening students’ ability to locate, evaluate, understand, and effectively use information resources.

Grant application information is available at
http://www.ulib.csuohio.edu/faculty/grantann.html

An Informational Literacy Review Panel, composed of faculty and Library administrators, will review the proposals. The grants will be awarded by May 1, 2007. For further information contact: Kathy Dobda, Head of Library Instruction, University Library, k.dobda@csuohio.edu, phone: (216) 875-9738, fax: (216) 687-9380.

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Praying Grounds Exhibit in the Library

An exhibit containing materials from "Praying Grounds: African American Faith Communities, A Documentary and Oral History Project" is on view during the month of February, as part of the University Library's observance of African American History Month. The first floor exhibit includes photographs, newspaper articles, record albums, concert program booklets, memorabilia, and other materials from the growing "Praying Grounds" archives.

Dr. Regennia N. Williams, Assistant Professor of History at Cleveland State University and founder of the "Praying Grounds" initiative, worked with library staff members to prepare the exhibit. Dr. Williams will also be the featured speaker for "Piano Praise," a complementary program on African American Sacred Music. This program will be held on Wednesday, February 28, 2007, at 11 a.m. in Library Special Collections, on the third floor of the University Library. This event is co-sponsored by the Department of History, and admission is free and open to the public.

Additional information on the "Praying Grounds" initiative is available at http://www.clevelandmemory.org/pray. For more information on the February activities, please call Dr. Williams at (216) 523-7182.

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PIN Numbers Will be Required for Online Library Use

Coming soon, the Libraries of CSU will implement the use of PIN numbers. The PINs will be used to insure the privacy of your library account and that you, and only you, has access to the information maintained in your account. You select your own PIN. You will be prompted for your PIN when checking your library account, renewing books, and authenticating for off-campus access to library resources.

For more information on the use of PINs, please contact either the University or Law Library or visit http://www.ulib.csuohio.edu/pin.html.

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The Life and Loves of the Marquis de Lafayette--A Friends of the Library Event

To honor the 250th anniversary of the birth of Marquis de Lafayette, Tama Engelking, Associate Professor of French at Cleveland State University will speak on "The Life and Loves of the Marquis de Lafayette." Professor Engelking's presentation will be based on the personal correspondence between the Marquis, his wife Adrienne, and some of the other women in his life.
Wednesday, February 21
3:00 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Rhodes Tower, room 503

This event is free and open to the community.
Call 216-875-9734 to reserve a seat.

Information about the Lafayette Microfilm Collection, including "The Story Behind CSU's Lafayette Collection OR: How a French Aristocrat Brought Two 'Ohio Sons' together," by Tama Engelking, can be found at the Library's Lafayette website.

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New arrivals from Cleveland Public Library

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Library Survey Winners

The Cleveland State University would like to thank those CSU Faculty members who participated in the nationwide survey on faculty use of digital resources and search strategies on the topics of teaching and professional development. Faculty input will help the Library determine how to provide materials to support research and teaching in the most effective manner.

The winner of the grand prize, an iPod Nano, was William Lundstrom, Marketing Department. Claire Powell of Teacher Education and Tanya Browne, Counseling Center both won a jump drive, and Edward Haymes, Modern Languages; Dan Horton, Economics; Chris Sagers, Cleveland-Marshall College of Law; Sanda Kaufman, Urban Studies; and Rob Ferguson, Teacher Education all won a Viking Cash card valued at $20. Congratulations to all the winners. Prizes provided by the Cleveland State University Friends of the Library.

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Tax forms available online

Need a form to do your taxes? Visit the Library's Virtual Reference Desk for links to federal, state, and municipal tax forms.

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The Fire Inside: The Story and Poetry of Nikki Giovanni

Cleveland Public Library will host the debut stage reading of the Karamu House production of “The Fire Inside: The Story and Poetry of Nikki Giovanni,” on Saturday, February 17 at 3:00 p.m. in the Louis Stokes Wing Auditorium, the Main Library, 325 Superior Avenue.

Written by Susan Watson Turner and directed by Terrence Spivey, artistic director of Karamu, “The Fire Inside” presents an ensemble cast in a dramatization of the life and works of the dynamic African American poet. The script follows Giovanni’s career from her early years in the Black Arts Movement through her writing and life today.

The play will make its world debut in July at Cleveland’s annual Ingenuity Festival.

Giovanni was born in 1943 in Knoxville, Tennessee, but grew up in Cincinnati, Ohio. She graduated with honors from Fisk University and has been on the faculty at Virginia Tech since 1987. Her fiery first book of poems, Black Feeling, Black Talk (1968) sold more than 10,000 copies. That book and others such as Re: Creation (1970), Poem of Angela Yvonne Davis (1970) and The Women and the Men (1975), comprised a powerful statement on African-American womanhood and established her as one of the leading figures of the Black Arts Movement

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An Afternoon with Keith Beauchamp

Sunday, January 28th at 2:00 P.M.
at the Main Library, downtown
Louis Stokes Wing Auditorium
East 6th Street and Superior Avenue.

Keith Beauchamp was a 10-year-old boy growing up in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, when he first encountered the story of Emmett Till, the black teenager murdered in Mississippi in 1955 for whistling at a white woman. Beauchamp had been leafing through a copy of Jet magazine when he saw two photographs that shocked him: “Here was this angelic face” on one page, “and on the other side was this disfigured face…”

Those images stayed with Keith Beauchamp throughout his upbringing in the Deep South and well into his adulthood. Indeed, Beauchamp has recounted his own encounters with the evils of racism. Those experiences and his subsequent research into the Till case led to his award-winning 2004 documentary, “The Untold Story of Emmett Louis Till.”

And Beauchamp’s documentary led to the reopening of the case almost 50 years after the heinous crime was committed.

There were 14 white men who jumped on and beat Emmett Till senseless that day in 1955, then shot him dead. But only two men were charged with the crime. They were found not guilty. A few months later, both arrogantly admitted to a reporter from Look magazine that they had committed the crime.

The case remained yet another dark chapter in American history until Beauchamp, after reading newspaper articles referring to the uncharged participants and witnesses who had not been questioned by police, decided to head to Mississippi to speak to those who’d been there that day. The interviews he obtained were cited by the United States Department of Justice as a major factor in reopening the investigation nearly half a century later.

Keith Beauchamp is currently collaborating with Pulitzer Prize winner James Alan Macpherson on a novel about his quest for answers in the Till case and its impact on American society.

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OhioLINK Student Assistant Position Available in University Library

Skills needed:

Organizational skills
Customer service skills
Comprehensive skills

Duties include:

Printing daily notices
Opening delivery bags and sorting books
Searching for books
Processing OhioLINK requests
Bagging books to be sent and completing daily manifest
Discharging CSU and OhioLINK returns using automation system

Details:

Pay Rate/Range: $7.00 per hour
All eligible (NWS and FWS) students may apply
Days & Times Needed: M-F 8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Hours Per Week: 10-20

To apply, please fill out our online application.

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Scheduled Disruption of Library Services Thursday Morning, Jan. 11th

Due to scheduled maintenance, services provided by SCHOLAR, the library's online catalog, will be unavailable Thursday morning, January 11th until noon.

The following services will be affected:

You will be unable to search for Library materials using SCHOLAR.
You will be unable to access materials on Electronic Course Reserve.
You will be unable to access the Research Databases from off campus.

Permanent link to this topic. Posted 2007-01-09 10:32:06. Reply to Lauren_Felder. Categories: Library News.

New Digital Videos Covering Art, Film & History

OhioLINK’s Digital Video Collection now offers 1,960+ digital, educational videos that you can show in class, link to from course pages and utilize for research. The new videos, which were purchased from Ambrose Video Publishing, cover a variety of subjects, from art to film to history.

Some of the newest digital videos include:

* Bosch (Art of the Netherlands series)
* 18th Century Turning Points in U.S. History: 1767-1776 (18th Century Turning Points in U.S. History series)
* Michelangelo (Great Artists series)
* 19th Century Turning Points in U.S. History: 1866-1870 (19th Century Turning Points in U.S. History series)
* Waiting for Godot (Beckett on Film series)

The OhioLINK Digital Video Collection is available to all students, faculty members and staff at OhioLINK member institutions. The videos are available for viewing and downloading (for temporary storage only). Free software from RealNetworks is needed to view these videos. The current version of this software, called "RealPlayer," is available.

Looking for more digital videos? Try these other OhioLINK resources:

* Foreign Language Digital Videos (freely available to anyone worldwide)
* Encyclopedia of Physics Demonstrations

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More Than 48,000 Medical Images Now Available Online

You now have access to images.MD , the online encyclopedia of medical images.

images.MD features more than 48,000 high-quality medical images, each one accompanied by authoritative text from 2000 of the world’s leading medical experts. More than 90 subject collections can be found on the site ranging from allergies to cardiology, from neurology to urology, making this an essential resource for all researchers, students, and practicing medics.

Features on the site include:
Create your own image library
Personalize your collection
Add, edit, or delete text, rename or add personal notes to the images
Create your own PowerPoint® presentation
Browse and search the image database by specialty, collection, keyword, or image type
Email images to colleagues
Order CD-ROMs of your presentations

If you encounter any technical problems or have any feedback on the layout or the content of the site, please contact the library.

Log on today to make the most of this great resource!

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New arrivals from Cleveland Public Library

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Going Away for the Holidays? OhioLINK Delivers.

Going away from campus for the holidays and still need research materials? No problem. You can always pick up your OhioLINK books and other library materials at any participating OhioLINK library, including two public libraries: Cuyahoga County Public Library and Westerville Public library.

Here’s how:
1. Request an item from the OhioLINK Library Catalog.
2. Select Cleveland State University. Enter your name and ID.
3. Select a pickup institution from the list.
4. Select a pickup location at the pickup institution.

You’ll need to take your CSU ID with you when you pick up your requested materials.

If you’re going out of the state for the holidays, remember you still have access to more than 100 research databases, thousands of full text articles, 19,000+ e-books, 1,900 digital videos and much more from OhioLINK and your library. All you need is your name and ID information to access OhioLINK online anywhere, anytime.

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Student Assistants Needed to Work in Multimedia Services

Attention Art, Education or Music Majors:

The Library is in need of an enthusiastic, energetic student to assist other students and faculty in our Library Multimedia Services department. Our most urgent need is for a student to help open our department at 7:30 a.m.

The duties include:

Providing circulation services for Multimedia Services collections which include music, education, curriculum materials, curriculum media, juvenile and audio/visual materials
Answering telephones for the Multimedia Services
Giving informational and directional assistance to patrons
Assisting patrons using Scholar, the Library's on-line catalog, and in locating materials
Arranging for the use of listening, viewing, and multimedia equipment and software
Assisting with faculty video/film/DVD requests

Applicants must:

Be able to work days and/or evenings and weekends
Possess accuracy and attention to detail skills
Possess basic computer skills
Possess good verbal communication and interpersonal skills
Be able to provide courteous service to patrons
Art, Education or Music majors preferred!

Please apply at: http://www.ulib.csuohio.edu/forms/apply.html

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New EJC Interface Coming January 8

The OhioLINK Electronic Journal Center will have a new interface for the New Year beginning January 8, 2007. Faculty, students, staff and librarians at OhioLINK member institutions can catch a sneak peek of the new interface now.

The new interface will look familiar to current EJC users, but it will also offer better performance and more functionality. New features include:

My Articles – A function of My EJC, the My Articles features allows you to create and save your favorite articles for easy reference later.
Password retrieval – In the old interface forgotten passwords were irretrievable. Now you can automatically generate a new one.
Find similar articles in the EJC with just one click.
Collapsible/Expandable panels allow for faster browsing of titles with extensive numbers of issues or long back files.
Quick links to the complete article from both the issue and article level page helps you get the full-text article more quickly.

These oldie-but-goodie features are still available and worth trying out if you haven’t already:

Journal alerts – Get new issue alerts via RSS feed or go to My EJC and create an account to create a list of favorite journals and set up e-mail notifications.
My Searches – Put your research on autopilot. Save your searches and set times for the system to automatically execute them and e-mail you the results.

It will be possible to migrate your saved searches from the old system to the new one.

If you have any questions about the EJC, or problems to report with the new interface, please use this form to contact the OhioLINK staff.

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Share your OhioLINK story

We're searching for a few good stories from OhioLINK users. So tell us, how has OhioLINK helped you? Were you able to finish a research project that would not have been possible otherwise? Did you get an A on a class assignment? Did you teach your students something new? Perhaps you found that rare resource you had been searching for?

If you have a story or testimonial that provides a clear picture of the value of the OhioLINK program, please share it with us. Your story might be featured on the OhioLINK Web site and/or in future publications.

While we’re always happy to get your stories, we're on the lookout for some great stories and testimonials by January 12 for use in the 2006 OhioLINK annual report.

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Extended Library Hours before Finals Week

The University Library located in Rhodes Tower, will have extended hours before finals week. The Library will be open until 8 p.m. on Friday, December 8th and Sunday, December 10th. Starting at 5 p.m. there will be free coffee while supplies last. For more information, call (216) 687-5300 or visit us online at www.ulib.csuohio.edu.

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Holiday Concerts at Cleveland Public Library

Cleveland Public Library will be hosting several concerts throughout the holiday season.

On Friday, December 8th, the Cleveland Public Library Holiday chorus will be performing at 12 noon in the Louis Stokes Wing Auditorium at Superior Avenue and W. 6th St.

The Isis String Quartet from the Oberlin Conservatory of Music will perform classical works and selections from the music of the holiday season at Cleveland Public Library on Saturday, December 9 at 3:00 p.m. in the 2nd floor lobby of the Main Building, located at 325 Superior Avenue. Click here for more information.

The Celtic Clan will play an acoustic selection of ancient and modern seasonal music at Cleveland Public Library on Sunday, December 17 at 2:00 p.m. in the 2nd floor lobby of the Main Building. Click here for more information.

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Presentation Practice Rooms Now Available in the Library

Presentation Room A Presentation Practice room in RT 304, located on the third floor of the Library inside Multimedia Services, may be scheduled by students, faculty, and staff wishing to rehearse group or individual presentations. This room is equipped with a Smart Board and PC. Additional media equipment is available upon request. To check on the availability of the Presentation Practice room call Multimedia Services at (216) 687-9337.

Multimedia Services is open the following hours during the regular school year:

Monday – Thursday 7:30 a. m. – 10:00 p. m.
Friday 7:30 a. m. – 5:00 p. m.
Saturday 9:00 a. m. – 5:00 p. m.
Sunday 12:00 p. m. – 6:00 p. m.
(during Fall and Spring Semesters)

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CSU Library Student Assistant on Front Page

Samarth Mehta, a CSU Library Student Assistant who works in Systems, made the Plain Dealer's front page when he and other Indian students performed the Bhangra, a traditional dance from Punjab in northern India, as part of the International Day festivities on November 15th. The photo appears in the November 16th issue.

The caption in the Plain Dealer reads:

"The Friends of India dance team fused traditional Indian music and dance and contemporary music in their fusion dance routine Wednesday at Cleveland State University. It was all part of CSU’s International Day. Students from many countries including Albania, Germany, Hungary, India, Japan, Sweden and Turkey participated in the event, which also included ethnic food and cultural exchanges."

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Get Help Writing Your Paper!

Starting November 15 through December 7, 2006 on Wednesdays from 3-4 p.m. and Thursdays from 12-1 p.m., the Library will be hosting writing/research workshops for all CSU students wanting tips on improving their writing and research skills. This collaborative effort between the Writing Center, Composition Program, and the Library allows students to drop into the Library Computer Learning Center on the first floor of the Library, where there will be help available to students at each stage of the paper writing process, from vague idea to finding sources, to revising a completed draft.

Permanent link to this topic. Posted 2006-11-09 08:47:02. Reply to Tracy_Kemp. Categories: Library News.

Unveiling of Michael Naranjo’s bronze sculpture “Eagle Man” and reception honoring Trevor and Jennie Jones

Eagle Man
Michael Naranjo

The Cleveland State University Board of Trustees, President Michael Schwartz, and the Library will hold the official unveiling of “Eagle Man,” an original bronze sculpture created by the renowned artist, Michael Naranjo. The event will include a reception in honor of the donors, Trevor and Jennie Jones. It will be held on Thursday, November 16, 2006 from 2:00 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. on the first floor of the Library, located at 1860 East 22nd Street. All members of the University community and the public are invited to attend.

Trevor & Jennie Jones

Michael Naranjo, a Tewa Indian of the Santa Clara Pueblo, lost his sight in Vietnam, but he did not lose his dream of becoming a sculptor. His works are diverse in theme, fluid in their movement, each telling a story all its own. Michael’s pieces are included in the collections of The Vatican, The White House, and The Heard Museum. Robert Thurmer, Director of the Art Gallery at Cleveland State University, will discuss the artist and his work during the program.

Parking is available at the corner of Chester Avenue & East 24th Street. To reserve a seat or for more information, call 216-875-9734 or email b.florjancic@csuohio.edu.

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New arrivals from Cleveland Public Library

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OhioLINK is Now Providing 10 Million Unique Titles

The OhioLINK Library Catalog now includes 10 million unique titles and a total of 45.5 million copies of books and other libraries materials. Ohio students, faculty, staff and others from participating libraries can request these items online and pick them up at any participating OhioLINK library in just two to three days.

To visualize how many items 45.5 million is, imagine a bookshelf that stretches from Columbus to Portland, Maine. That would be 878 miles of shelf space, just twenty miles short of the amount needed to accommodate all 45.5 million items.*

The 10,000,000th title is Mexican Modern: Masters of the 20th Century, essays by David Craven and Luis-Martin Lozano. It was added by The Ohio State University Libraries this month.

But don’t forget, these 45.5 million physical library items are just the beginning of what OhioLINK and Ohio’s academic libraries offer students, faculty and staff. We also have a robust virtual library of 7.5 million scholarly journal articles, 19,000 electronic books, 2,000 digital videos and more. These items are accessible online 24 hours a day, seven days a week at www.ohiolink.edu and our library’s Web site.

*Using an average book width of 1.25 inches, 45.5 million books lined up side-by-side on a bookshelf would cover a distance of 898 miles. The distance from Columbus, Ohio to Portland, Maine is 878 miles according to MapQuest.com

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Cultural Crossings Lecture Series featuring John Esposito

Renowned Muslim Scholar, John Esposito, from Georgetown University will be speaking as a part of the Cultural Crossings Lecture Series on Wednesday, November 15, 2006. The lecture will take place at 5:30 p.m. in the University Center, Auditorium 6. Presented in support of the new Middle Eastern Studies Program at Cleveland State, Esposito's talk is based on his forthcoming book, "Can You Hear Me now? Listening to the Voices of One Billion Muslims". Click here for more information.

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Return your books to the new Library book drop

Have books to return and can't make it before we close? That's ok, return them to our book drop located outside of the lobby of Rhodes Tower. Books can be returned to the book drop 24 hours a day/seven days a week.

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Faculty, take a library survey for a chance to win an iPod or other prizes

The University Library invites CSU faculty to participate in a nationwide survey, which is designed to collect information on how faculty from a variety of disciplines and institutions use collections of digital resources and search for information about teaching and professional development. Faculty input will help the Library determine how to provide materials to support research and teaching in the most effective manner. This study is funded by the National Science Foundation.

At the end of this survey, you may choose to provide your name and email address in order to be entered into a random drawing. This information will not be associated with survey responses. Participants could win one of the following prizes: the grand prize of an iPOD Nano (one available), a jump drive (2 available), or a "Viking Cash" card worth $20.00 (5 available)—prizes provided by the Friends of the CSU Library.

Click this link to get started: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.asp?u=324332637529

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Find out how to get over 20,000 books at your fingertips!

Do you love books like we do? Can you imagine being able to access more than 20,000 books with just a click of a mouse? Would you like to be able to access Reference books, computer books, government documents, and so much more without leaving your home or office?

The University Library will be holding a faculty seminar to show you some of the advantages of e-books and how to access our collections.

The seminar will be held on November 9, 2006 from 12:00 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. in RT 502. There will be light refreshments and door prizes.

To sign up, please call Barbara Florjancic at (216)875-9734 or e-mail at b.florjancic@csuohio.edu.

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Margaret Atwood at Cleveland Public Library

On Sunday, November 5, 2006, the Cleveland Public Library will be hosting Margaret Atwood as a part of their Writers and Readers Series. An international literary star, Atwood, through her thematically diverse and best-selling novels has anticipated and explored the popular and problematic preoccupations of our time.

The event occurs at 2:00 p.m. at the Main Library, Louis Stokes Wing Auditorium, East 6th Street and Superior Avenue. Click here for more information.

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Cleveland Public Library Fall Book Sale

The Cleveland Public Library will be holding its annual fall book sale October 22-26, 2006. Click here for more information.

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Scholars and Artists annual event

Thursday, October 26, 2006 at 3:00 p.m. in the Special Collections room on the 3 rd floor of the Library. This year's keynote speaker will be Dr. Dan Simon, Associate Professor in the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department. He will discuss aspects of his own research in a presentation titled "Truth, Fuzzy Logic, and American Culture."

During the reception, guests can enjoy hors d'oeuvres and browse the display of recently published books, scholarly papers, art, music, web sites, and other works by Cleveland University faculty, staff, and emeriti.

Faculty, staff and emeriti are encouraged to submit materials they have published in the past year. Call 216-875-9734 or send an email to b.florjancic@csuohio.edu for details about submitting your works or to reserve a seat for the event.

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Change of hours for EPIC/PEP

The hours for the EPIC/PEP program are now Monday-Thursday 12:30 p.m. to 6 p.m. and Friday 12:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. Please contact Carol Phillips-Bey at (216)523-7151 for more information.

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New Arabic materials from Cleveland Public Library

In support of the new Middle East Studies program at Cleveland State, the Library has recieved materials from Cleveland Public Library all written in Arabic. The materials include fiction, non-fiction, media items and periodicals. The items are located on the first floor of the Library near the display area. These materials may be checked out with a CPL greater access card at the CPL@CSU self check out machine. If you do not have a greater access card, please apply for one at the User Services Desk.

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EPIC/PEP math enhancement activities and tutoring service is coming to the Library

Starting Monday, September 25, 2006 the EPIC/PEP program will be in the Library in RT 402. This program provides enhancement activities and tutoring for students needing help with their math courses. Assistance will be available Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays from 12:30-5:00 p.m., Tuesdays from 3:00-8:00 p.m., and Thursdays from 1:00-6:00 p.m.

For more information, contact Carol Phillips-Bey, Assistant Professor, Mathematics and Manager, EPIC/PEP program at carolphillipsbey@yahoo.com or (216)523-7151.

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Live Gubernatorial Candidate Debate about Education

On Wednesday, September 20 th , the two candidates for Ohio Governor will be in Cleveland, participating in a one-hour debate concerning education. One of the primary focuses for Democrat Ted Strickland and Republican Ken Blackwell will be the rising cost of tuition in higher education. The University Library will broadcast the debate live at 12 noon in the Library Connection Lounge in Rhodes Tower.

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Congratulations to the winners of this year's Constitution Day quiz

iPod winner Jean Boutros Congratulations to the winners of this year's Constitution Day quiz contest. The winners were:
iPod-Jean B
Viking cash-Brigid C
Jump drive-Carrye D
iTunes-Kristen D
Rebecca G
Mary C
Thank you to all who participated and we hope to see you again next year.

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OhioLINK Update

OhioLINK reports that problems with remote authentication have been fixed. Off-campus users should be able to access OhioLINK databases with the proper login.

Permanent link to this topic. Posted 2006-09-13 08:53:44. Reply to Lauren_Felder. Categories: Library News.

Problems Using OhioLINK Databases from Off-Campus

You may be experiencing difficulties logging on to OhioLINK databases from off-campus. OhioLINK has reported state-wide problems authenticating users and is currently working on a solution.

If you wish to use OhioLINK databases from off-campus, we suggest that you access the databases directly from the University Library's website and not from the OhioLINK website.

As previously stated, the problem with OhioLINK:

only affects off-campus users
is a state-wide problem -- it's not just the CSU Library
OhioLINK is aware of it and is working on a solution

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Friends of the Library Book Discussion--Thurs. Sept. 28 at 3:00 in RT 503.

Friends of the Library Book Discussion

Save your seats now for the Friends of the Cleveland State University Library book discusion to be held in Rhodes Tower room 503 from 3-4:30 pm Thursday. Sept. 28th.

Richard Fox, Head of the Popular Library at Cleveland Public Library, will lead a book discussion on the title, The Year of Magical Thinking, by Joan Didion, a master essayist and great American novelist.

Light refreshments will be served. Please call (216)875-9734 to reserve a space for this free event.

Several copies of the Year of Magical Thinking are now available at the CSU Library and on sale at the CSU Bookstore.

Find out more.

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Welcome to the Library! Fall 2006

The University Library would like to welcome all new and returning students.

If you're on campus, visit the Library and you'll find a collection of 2 million resources to answer your questions. Once inside, you'll discover a beautiful facility that is the ideal place for all your study needs.

But you don't have to come to us. The Library and many of its vast resources are available to you 24/7 through the Library's website at www.ulib.csuohio.edu

For a complete list of all the library services and resources, click here

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Win an iPod, $50 in Viking Cash, and more

As a part of the celebration of Constitution Day, the University Library is sponsoring a contest where you can win an iPOD nano, $50 in Viking Cash, a jump drive, or one of three $15 iTunes gift cards.

Just answer a few questions about the Constitution using the Library's home page and you can be a winner.

Click here to enter.

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Institute for Scientific Information Citation Databases Unavailable 1-3 pm Sat. Aug. 26th

OhioLINK will be migrating accounts for the Institute for Scientific Information Citation Databases (also known as ISI Web of Science) and, as a result, the three databases involved will be unavailable to users between 1 and 3 pm on Saturday, August 26th.

Permanent link to this topic. Posted 2006-08-24 07:29:15. Reply to Lauren_Felder. Categories: Library News.

OhioLINK Central Catalog Will Be Unavailable 6-8 Hours Thurs. Evening Aug. 24th

Due to a hardware upgrade, OhioLINK's Central Catalog will be unavailable for 6-8 hours on Thursday, Aug. 24th starting at 6pm.

During this time you will not be able to search OhioLINK's catalog or make requests for OhioLINK books.

CSU Library's Scholar catalog will continue to be available during this time.

Permanent link to this topic. Posted 2006-08-23 11:04:52. Reply to Lauren_Felder. Categories: Library News.

New Reference E-Books Added

Need a quick fact, illustration or overview of a topic? Try the Electronic Reference Books Collection, which now contains 490 reference books, including encyclopedias, handbooks, biographical collections and guides.

OhioLINK has recently added eight new e-books to the Electronic Reference Books Collection:

* Gun Control in the United States: A Reference Handbook
* Hip Hop Culture
* History in the Media: Film and Television
* Human Rights Worldwide: A Reference Handbook
* The Rehnquist Court: Justices, Rulings, and Legacy
* Revolutionary Movements: From 1750 to the Present
* Women and War: A Historical Encyclopedia from Antiquity to the Present
* World Population: A Reference Handbook

Looking for more e-books? OhioLINK has several other e-book collections including the History E-Book Project, netLibrary, Oxford Reference Online Premium Collection and the Safari Tech Books Online Collection.

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Cleveland Memory Exhibit at Cuyahoga County Fair

This year's Cuyahoga County Fair (Monday, Aug. 7 - Sunday, Aug. 13) will feature an exhibit on Memories of Cleveland.

In collaboration with local businesses, the Library has prepared an impressive display of approximately 100 historical photographs and artifacts depicting various aspects of Cleveland history. The photos feature famous Clevelanders from the worlds of sports, politics, and entertainment, as well as ordinary Clevelanders doing interesting things.

The display will also include several oversized panels depicting the construction of the Terminal Tower building at various stages of completion.

Library staff will be on hand at all times to answer questions about the exhibit in particular and about the Library in general. They will also encourage fairgoers to tell about their own favorite Cleveland memories by making brief voice recordings, some of which will later be available at the Cleveland Memory website.

Also, the Library and the County Fair have put together an online photograph contest on the Flickr website , where folks can enter photos to win a digital camera. It is not necessary to attend the Fair in order to win. Click here for details.

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GATT documents available online

On 15 May 2006 the General Council decided to make public all official documents issued under the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT). Many of these documents did not exist electronically, and have been scanned to create a digital archive. This is a work in progress — cataloguing is not completed, and refinements to structure and help files will be added at a later date. Of the roughly 88,000 documents issued under GATT, about 51,000 are available. Click here to access the documents.

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Scheduled Disruption of Library Services Tuesday Morning, Aug. 1st

Due to a scheduled software upgrade services provided by SCHOLAR, the library's online catalog, will be unavailable Tuesday morning, August 1, until noon.

The following services will be affected:

You will be unable to search for Library materials using SCHOLAR.
You will be unable to access materials on Electronic Course Reserve.
You will be unable to access the Research Databases from off campus.

Permanent link to this topic. Posted 2006-07-27 09:08:13. Reply to Lauren_Felder. Categories: Library News.

The Chronicle of Higher Education is now available online from anywhere on campus or off

The Chronicle of Higher Education’s current issues are now available online from anywhere on campus or off. You can connect through the Library’s Journal Finder or our catalog, Scholar, or go there directly with the link. You also might want to set up an RSS feed to be notified of availability of a new issue by clicking here. Older issues will continue to be available online through several of our EBSCO indexes, but current issues are embargoed for a month or so. The Chronicle is published every weekday and its Web site "features the complete contents of the latest issue; daily news and advice columns; thousands of current job listings; articles published since September 1989; vibrant discussion forums; and career-building tools such as an online CV's, salary databases, and more.”

Permanent link to this topic. Posted 2006-07-21 13:50:31. Reply to Tracy_Kemp. Categories: Library News.

The Nance College of Business received the 2006 Governor’s Excellence in Exporting Award—on display now at the CSU Library

The Nance College of Business Administration at Cleveland State University was one of 29 companies and organizations honored with the Governor's Excellence in Exporting Award (“E” Award), presented by Governor Bob Taft. The award is now on display near the entrance of the Library.

“We’re very pleased to join the ranks of Ohio organizations that receive this distinguished honor,” said Robert Scherer, Ph.D., SPHR, Dean of the Nance College of Business. “Over the last three years, we have strategically focused our academic and outreach efforts on international trade issues to help improve the economy of our state. We’re delighted that our programs have generated such a positive response from both the business community and our students.”

Click on the image at the right to see a larger view.

For full news release visit ... http://www.csuohio.edu/news/releases/2006/06/14045.html

Permanent link to this topic. Posted 2006-07-20 08:56:22. Reply to Lauren_Felder. Categories: Library News.

Blackboard Upgrade May Disrupt Library Services Thurs. Morning, July 13th

Due to an upgrade to the Envision server starting at 8:00 am Thursday, July 13th by IS & T, all Blackboard devices will be off line during this upgrade. This may briefly disrupt printing & copying services using VikingCards in the Library.

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Journal of 9/11 Studies available online

The Journal of 9/11 Studies is a peer-reviewed, open-access, electronic-only journal covering the whole of research related to 9/11/2001. All content is freely available online.

Permanent link to this topic. Posted 2006-06-29 12:17:06. Reply to Tracy_Kemp. Categories: Library News.

Changes to OhioLINK Databases

In July and August, the CSU libraries will experience a significant realignment of research databases provided by OhioLINK. We will be losing access to several databases, but simultaneously gaining access to a sizable list of titles we did not previously have. For some of those titles lost, new titles from a different vendor are available and will be provided. For others, there is no specific substitute. In the case of a few discontinued databases, we will retain access to the previous years’ files, to which we had subscribed. Most of the cancellations will take effect on August 1, 2006. The libraries will make every effort to provide a smooth transition for students, faculty and staff.

For more details, call the University Library Reference Center at (216) 687-5300, or check the complete list of database changes.

Permanent link to this topic. Posted 2006-06-26 15:19:38. Reply to Marianne_Nolan. Categories: Library News, Reference.

Summer book sale at Cleveland Public Library

The Friends of the Cleveland Public Library will be holding their summer used book sale from July 10-14, 2006 in the Louis Stokes Wing lower lobby. Click here for more information.

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Seven Millionth Article Added to EJC

The seven millionth journal article was recently added to OhioLINK’s award-winning Electronic Journal Center. The EJC provides students, faculty and staff at participating OhioLINK institutions with instantaneous online access to more than 6,900 journal titles from 90+ publishers.

OhioLINK users downloaded 4.81 million articles from the EJC annually. A total of 21.9 million articles have been downloaded from the EJC since its inception in April 1998.

More EJC stats may be found on the EJC Fast Facts page.

Tip: Try OhioLINK’s E-Journal Finder to see if OhioLINK offers a particular journal online. The OhioLINK E-Journal Finder searches the EJC and several other databases to help find desired journals. If you don’t find the journal in question using the E-Journal Finder, check with the Reference Center or call (216) 687-5300 as there may be other means of accessing the journal online.

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Google announces new U.S. government search

Google announced Google U.S. Government Search, a new search product that will make it easier to find U.S. government information and keep up to date on government news. With Google U.S. Government Search, millions of U.S. government employees, various contractor organizations, as well as the general public can easily search across content on official federal, state and local government sites from a single search box. They can also keep current on government-related news with constantly updated content from government and commercial news sources, including the White House, Department of Defense, The Washington Post, and Google News."

Click here for more information about Google U.S. Government Search.

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The Cleveland Public Library presents Best-Selling author, Phil Town, America's most widely sought-after speaker on investing

Phil Town, author of Rule #1: The Simple Strategy for Successful Investing in Only 15 Minutes a Week will be speaking at the Cleveland Public Library on June 22, 2006 at 5:30 P.M.(Seating begins at 5:00 P.M.) in the Auditorium of the Louis Stokes Wing of the Main Library, East 6th Street and Superior Avenue - Downtown Cleveland. The event is free and open to the public. For more information, click here.

Permanent link to this topic. Posted 2006-06-15 08:43:53. Reply to Tracy_Kemp. Categories: Library News.

Unpuzzling Your Past: A Closer Look at the Genealogy Resources at Cleveland Public Library

A literature table with free Genealogy Research Guides and family tree charts accompanies the exhibit. Exhibit also features a continuous showing of Henry Louis Gates’ 4-hour genealogy documentary African American Lives.
When: Monday-Saturday, 9-6; Sundays, 1-5 (Closed Sundays May 28-September 3), through September 20, 2006.
Location: Main Library Building, Second Floor Corridor. For more information, click here.

Permanent link to this topic. Posted 2006-06-09 08:35:23. Reply to Tracy_Kemp. Categories: Library News.

Scheduled Disruption of Library Services 8 pm - 6 am Sat. June 10 -Sun. June 11

Due to scheduled maintenance of air conditioning equipment on the 10th floor of Rhodes Tower, services provided by SCHOLAR, the library's online catalog, will be unavailable from 8pm through 6am from Saturday evening to Sunday morning June 10-11.

The following services will be affected:

You will be unable to search for Library materials using SCHOLAR.
You will be unable to access materials on Electronic Course Reserve.
You will be unable to access the Research Databases from off campus.

Permanent link to this topic. Posted 2006-06-07 10:21:18. Reply to Lauren_Felder. Categories: Library News.

Check out the latest additions to the Library's collection.

Each month the Library distributes a list of its newest additions to the Library collection. Click here to see the entire list, browse by subject, or search for a specific topic.

Permanent link to this topic. Posted 2006-05-31 13:51:28. Reply to Tracy_Kemp. Categories: Library News.

Newly Cataloged Balkan Slavic Music Tapes

Interested in Slavic heritage and culture? Did you ever travel with, or know someone who participated in, a “junior tammy” – a tamburitza orchestra – as a teenager?

At the Multimedia Services Desk on the third floor, you can now listen to live recordings of tamburitza concerts, as well as traditional folk instruments, by American Balkan Slavic groups ranging from the upper Midwest to Canada.

These recordings were made for the Greater Cleveland Ethnographic Museum in the 1980’s on a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts. Ethnomusicologist Walt Mahovlich, founder of the eastern European music band Harmonia, and folklorist Walter March, used the recordings to make the UNESCO-award-winning album “Nova Domovina: Balkan Slavic Music of the Industrial Midwest.”

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Documenting the Past: The BIPA Project

Please join us on June 9 at 2:00 in RT 502 for a talk titled Documenting the Past: The BIPA Project presented by Dr. Ralph DiFranco, Recipient of Cleveland State University’s Distinguished Alumni Award 2006.
Find out more >>>

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Schedule Video Conferencing with Prospective Employers

Did you know that if you are a senior at CSU you can schedule video conferences or interviews with a prospective employer at no cost to you? New CSU Graduates and seniors may use the Library's VIP Video Conference System to schedule calls with prospective employers up to 3 times without incurring charges. Click here for more information.

Permanent link to this topic. Posted 2006-05-19 15:30:48. Reply to Tracy_Kemp. Categories: Library News.

Library's New Website to Make Its Debut Monday, May 22!

Just in time for summer semester! The CSU University Library is pleased to announce the launching of its new website on Monday May 22. The new Library website will now look more like the CSU website and has been designed to be welcoming and friendly to use.

If you have any questions about the new website, please contact Library Systems at 216-523-7476 or email o.felder@csuohio.edu.

Permanent link to this topic. Posted 2006-05-18 07:10:18. Reply to Lauren_Felder. Categories: Library News.

MLA International Bibliography has expanded

MLA has provided EBSCO with nearly 40 years of retrospective content for this database covering the years from 1926 to 1962.

To access this database, click here.

Permanent link to this topic. Posted 2006-05-15 14:39:39. Reply to Tracy_Kemp. Categories: Library News.

Congratulations to the Library Student Assistants of the Year

Jason and Bruce Jason Hovis and Bruce Edwards were honored with the 2006 Library Student Assistant of the Year awards. Jason works in the Stacks Management unit and Bruce works in the Digital Production unit.

Congratulations to both our winners!

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Celebrate Occupational Therapy Month!

OT display in Library Occupational Therapy (OT) is an allied health profession focused on improving a person's ability to participate in the everyday activities of living at home, at school, at work, or at play. Birth defects, injuries, illnesses, diseases, and the effects of aging can cause people of all ages to have difficulty performing everyday activities like personal self-care, playing, homemaking, and working. Occupational Therapists offer creative solutions to help these adults and children so they can participate more fully in the daily activities that are meaningful to them. OT assists people in developing the "skills for the job of living" necessary for independent and satisfying lives.

Visit the display on the first floor of the Library to learn more about Occupational Therapy.

Permanent link to this topic. Posted 2006-05-09 12:17:21. Reply to Tracy_Kemp. Categories: Library News.

Extended Library Hours before Finals Week

The University Library located in Rhodes Tower, will have extended hours before finals week. The Library will be open until 8 p.m. on Friday, May 5th and Sunday, May 7th. Starting at 5 p.m. there will be free coffee while supplies last. For more information, call (216) 687-5300.

Permanent link to this topic. Posted 2006-04-27 09:29:42. Reply to Tracy_Kemp. Categories: Library News.

Course Development Small Grants for Information Literacy--Winners Announced

The University library received 11 applications for the 2006 Course Development Small Grants program designed to support faculty members in their efforts to integrate information literacy instruction into teaching and assignments. Although originally only three grants were announced (with no more than one per college), there were such excellent proposals from five colleges that the library has decided to fund all five. The following individuals will be awarded $1,000 Course Development Small Grants for Information Literacy for 2006.

Dr. John Jeziorowski, Health Sciences, (College of Science)
Dr. Eddie T.C. Lam, HPERD, (College of Education and Human Services)
Dr. Joyce Mastboom, History, (College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences)
Dr. C. Helen Takacs, Management & Labor Relations, (James J. Nance College of Business Administration)
Dr. Fuqin Xiong, Electrical and Computer Engineering (Fenn College of Engineering)

The grant review committee consisted of Dr. Mark Tumeo, Dr. Mary Murray, and Dr. Glenda Thornton.

Permanent link to this topic. Posted 2006-04-26 08:18:05. Reply to Tracy_Kemp. Categories: Library News.

Another Rhodes Tower Power Outage to Disrupt Library Services Sat. April 29, 9:30 PM

There will be another electrical power outage of Rhodes Tower on Saturday April 292, 2006. The power outage will start at 9:30 p.m. Saturday night and it will last 6 hours.

Please note that during this time, the Library Website and SCHOLAR will be unavailable as will access to OhioLINK research databases and borrowing from the OhioLINK central catalog.

Questions about the power outage should be directed to Chris Wilson, Director of Utilities, 216-687-5009.

Permanent link to this topic. Posted 2006-04-25 07:19:34. Reply to Lauren_Felder. Categories: Library News.

Learn how to use the new electronic voting machines at Cleveland Public Library

April is Voter Awareness Month at the Cleveland Public Library.
Are you aware that beginning with the primary election on May 2, 2006 new electronic voting machines will be used?

To find out how to use these new machines the Cleveland Public Library, in cooperation with the Cuyahoga County Board of Elections, is hosting training sessions. Free and open to the public.

Click herefor dates and locations.

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Check out the new additions to the Library's collection

Want to keep track of what new items are coming into the Library? Visit our new acquisitions web page to see what we have. You can look at the whole list or sort by specific subject.

Permanent link to this topic. Posted 2006-04-20 15:59:21. Reply to Tracy_Kemp. Categories: Library News.

Rhodes Tower Power Outage to Disrupt Library Services Sat. April 22, 9:30 PM

There will be an electrical power outage of Rhodes Tower on Saturday April 22, 2006. The power outage will start at 9:30 p.m. Saturday night and it will last 8 hours.

Please note that during this time, the Library Website and SCHOLAR will be unavailable as will access to OhioLINK research databases and borrowing from the OhioLINK central catalog.

Questions about the power outage should be directed to Chris Wilson, Director of Utilities, 216-687-5009.

Permanent link to this topic. Posted 2006-04-19 09:33:51. Reply to Lauren_Felder. Categories: Library News.

Get access to popular magazines such as Time, Newsweek, Sports Illustrated, Parenting, and more

Twenty-six magazines are now available to all OhioLINK users from the America’s Newspapers database. The magazines include: Business 2.0, Fortune, Fortune International, FSB: Fortune Small Business, Money, Entertainment Weekly, People Weekly, Teen People, Baby Talk, Essence, Family Life, In Style, Life, Parenting, Real Simple, Foreign Affairs, Newsweek, Time, Time for Kids, Time International, U.S. News & World Report, ON Magazine, Popular Science, Sports Illustrated, Sports Illustrated for Kids, and Sports Illustrated for Women.

To access these magazines go to the America’s Newspapers database (on-campus access | off-campus access), then click on the link to “America’s news magazines” on the left-hand navigation bar (under more resources). Once you see the list of magazines you can choose to search within one or more titles, or click on the title of a particular magazine to browse by issue.

America’s Newspapers also offers 17 newspapers from Ohio, national newspapers and special reports on a variety of topics from Iraq to women’s history.

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Writing Center Offers Weekly Writing & Research Help Sessions During April

The Writing Center offers writing and research help each Thursday in April from noon-1:00 in the Library Computer Learning Center.

For more information, contact Dr. Mary Murray at 216.687.6982 or email her at m.murray@csuohio.edu.

Permanent link to this topic. Posted 2006-04-17 08:09:54. Reply to Lauren_Felder. Categories: Library News.

CPL Spectrum Series: CULTURAL AND CREATIVE MIGRATIONS

Spectrum: An annual program of public conversations focusing on issues that impact visual and popular culture. Presented by the Cleveland Public Library in partnership with Cleveland Public Art, these events will generate innovative, unexplored, and provocative dialogues that will become part of Cleveland’s cultural inventory.

For more information on this year's event, click here.

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New café area on the 5th floor

Need a quiet place to relax, read a book, or enjoy a cup of coffee? Faculty, students, and staff are invited to come up to the Library’s fifth floor stairway landing to find a new place to take a break or study. This new area features café style tables and chairs where patrons can visit with friends, get lost in a new book, or just unwind.

Permanent link to this topic. Posted 2006-04-06 13:38:02. Reply to Tracy_Kemp. Categories: Library News.

India Experience: a Month Long (April) Celebration at Cleveland State University

Global Learning is an ongoing activity at Cleveland State University.
April is designated as India Experience Month.
Major highlights include:

India Experience display in Library April 1 – April 30:
A month long Indian Experience exhibit on the first floor of the main library including books, artifacts, and photographs pertaining to Indian culture and CSU’s Study Abroad in India.

April 6
Healing Across Cultures: Learning from Traditions Day long Symposium lead by traditional healers including an expert from India and researchers of modern medicine.
Free registration and free lunch – Mather Mansion. To register, please call 216-687-4656.

April 15 – April 23
Indian Music Festival, Waetgen Auditorium, University Auditorium, and other locations on campus. Free program.

Other programs include:

A visit to Cleveland based Buddhist temple, Hindu temple, and an Indian family’s home for a free lunch.
Attend a yoga and meditation demonstration session, mendi (temporary hand tattoo) demonstration; learn to wear Indian dress (dhothi and saree), and attend a series of colloquiums on different aspects of Indian culture.

More information on any of these India Experience programs, contact Professor Murali Nair who is the Director of CSU India Experience program and the Chairperson of CSU Global Learning Advisory Committee.
Telephone: 216-687-4570 or e-mail: m.nair@csuohio.edu

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National Library Week Events: Book Sale, Prizes, and more

National Library Week, April 2-9, 2006 is a time to celebrate the contributions of libraries, librarians and library workers to their schools, campuses and communities.

As part of this annual event, the Cleveland State University Library will be hosting the following programs and events:

April 2-9, 2006 Food for Fines
Have a Library fine? Help the community by donating non-perishable items in order to reduce it. For every item donated, $1 of your fine will be eliminated—up to $20 (cannot be used for replacement fees). Drop items off at the first floor User Services Center.

April 2-9, 2006 Library Facility Survey
Take a few minutes to fill out our survey and enter for a chance to win an iPOD nano, jump drive, iTunes gift card, and more. To take the survey, come to the Library and log in to one of our computers. Click on the Take the Library Facility Survey icon.

Tuesday April 4, 2006 National Library Worker’s Day
Stop by the University Library and tell your favorite librarian or staff member how much you appreciate what they do.

Tuesday April 4, 2006 12 p.m. Library Facilities Open House for Faculty
Come to the Library Facilities Open House and enter to win an iPOD. Check out our instruction rooms, viewing room, computer labs, and more and see how our technology enhanced areas can be used for classroom instruction, presentations, meetings, and WebCT. All attendees will be entered into a drawing for an iPOD nano. Refreshments will be served. The Open House will begin in RT 808.

Thursday, April 6, 2006 12 p.m. to 1 p.m. Writing and Research Help Drop-in Session
Each Thursday in April, from 12-1:00 pm, the Library will be hosting writing/research workshops for all CSU students wanting tips on improving their writing and research skills. This collaborative effort between the Writing Center and University Library allows students to drop into the Library Computer Learning Center where Writing Center Director, Dr. Mary Murray, and Library Staff will assist them with writing revisions, planning and research. Dr. Eric Gardner, Director of Composition, will also be available to help students with English 102 essays. Help will be available to students at each stage of the paper writing process, from vague idea to revising a completed draft.

For the first session, April 6th, in honor of National Library Week, we will offer light refreshments.

Friday April 7, 2006 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Friends of the Library Book Sale
Help support the Friends of the CSU Library and find some great books at great prices. The Book Sale will be held on the first floor of the Library in Rhodes Tower.

For more information, please visit, www.ulib.csuohio.edu or call (216) 687-2375.

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Friends of Cleveland State University Launch Local Authors Book Talk program, featuring Thrity Umrigar.

Copies of Thrity Umrigar’s book The Space Between Us are available for check out at the Cleveland State University Library.

The Friends of the Cleveland State University Library will launch a "Local Authors Book Talk" program, with novelist and journalist Thrity Umrigar, author of The Space Between Us. The program will be held on Wednesday, April 26 at the Cleveland State University Library, 2121 Euclid Avenue, Rhodes Tower, room 503, from 3:00 p.m. until 4:30 p.m. The book talk is free and open to the community.

Ms. Umrigar will read from her new novel, which will be followed by a question and answer session. The Space Between Us tells the story of the lives of two women, one a upper middle class Bombayite and the other a domestic servant who has worked in her home for many years. It's a story about the bonds of gender and the divisions of class. Her book was the number one BookSense pick for February 2006 and has been on several regional bestseller lists.

Copies of The Space Between Us will be available for purchase and signing after the lecture. Light refreshments will be served. Copies are also available for check out at the Cleveland State University Library.

Thrity Umrigar is also the author of the novel Bombay Time and the memoir First Darling of the Morning. A journalist for 17 years, she now teaches creative writing at Case Western Reserve University. She has a Ph.D. in English and was a Nieman fellow at Harvard in 1999-2000.

The Space Between Us was the number one BookSense pick for February 2006 and has been on several regional bestseller lists. The Cleveland Plain Dealer writes, “A ruminative novel . . . layered with keen, feminine insight into class and family, betrayal, guilt and love. Umrigar is at her best conveying the small moments that sustain or degrade the minuet of intimacy.”

Permanent link to this topic. Posted 2006-03-24 15:52:55. Reply to Tracy_Kemp. Categories: Library News.

Network Outage Saturday March 25th, 8pm until midnight.

There will be a planned network outage for Saturday March 25, 8pm until midnight. This downtime is necessary to apply needed maintenance to the network equipment.

During this time, SCHOLAR (the Library's online catalog), the Library Web site, the OhioLINK Databases and OhioLINK Circulation will be unavailable.

If you have any questions or concerns regarding this outage, you may contact the IS&T Call Center at 687-5050 for more information.

Permanent link to this topic. Posted 2006-03-23 11:26:02. Reply to Lauren_Felder. Categories: Library News.

Quick Search Now Available!

OhioLINK is now providing us with a new tool called QuickSearch. This product allows students to search from more than one of the research databases at one time. Students may also choose to search databases and the OhioLINK Central Catalog in one search.

It’s a lot like using Google, only the results come from selected library resources, not the whole World Wide Web. There are also ways to customize searches in Quick Search. It’s a great tool to use when you are working on an assignment and only need a few articles, not the most complete exhaustive scholarly results.

Just follow the link found in the “Find Articles” section of the library homepage or under QuickLinks >> OhioLINK Quick Search, type a keyword search, pick a subject area, and click GO.

For more help on this new service, call the reference desk at 216-687-5300.

Permanent link to this topic. Posted 2006-03-16 15:18:49. Reply to Lauren_Felder. Categories: Library News.

UNESCO World Poetry Day Celebration

K’inal Winik Cultural Center, University Library, Poetry Center, and Office of Minority Affairs and Community Relations co-sponsors

The CSU community and the Greater Cleveland community is invited to attend the UNESCO World Poetry Day Celebration at Cleveland State University Library.

The first event, Poetry in Translation, will be held in the Library’s 3rd Floor Special Collections room from 2:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. Dr. Karen Kovacik, Director of Creative Writing, Indiana University- Purdue University Indianapolis, and alumna, Cleveland State University English Department is the keynote speaker who will present “Casting Violets into a Crucible”: The Art of Translating Three Contemporary Polish Women Poets.

Dr. Kovacik provides insights into the delicate, often treacherous process of bringing a poem from one language into another. She will read a selection of poems in English translation by three Polish women poets with whom she worked during her sabbatical year on a Fulbright Research Grant to Warsaw. A reception will follow the lecture.

Want to learn more about poetry? Register now for the World Poetry Workshops, which will be held in Rhodes Tower, room 401 from 7:00 p.m. -8:30 p.m. Enjoy the panel discussion, World Poetry: An Introduction to Diverse Cultures and Poetic Forms, from 7:00 p.m. – 7:30 p.m. The panelists are Karen Kovacik (IUPUI), Robert Miltner (KSU), Joanne Cornelius (CSU), Guofang Yuan (CSU). Following from 7:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. are the poetry workshops:

Responding to the Poetry of Eastern Europe: Karen Kovacik

Ghazal, an Ancient Persian Formal Poem: Robert Miltner

The Beat Poets and d.a. levy: Joanne Cornelius

Ancient and Modern Chinese Poetry: Guofang Yuan

Free Poetry Workshops
Registration Required
contact kinalwinik@csuohio.edu, 216-687-4797
http://www.csuohio.edu/kinalwinik; fax 216-687-4650

Events are free and open to the public. They take place at the Cleveland State University Library in Rhodes Tower, located at 1822 East 22nd Street.

Parking: Metered street parking or handicapped-accessible parking in Visitor Lots ($5) at University Center (off E. 22nd St.) and Lot A (south side of Euclid near E. 24th St.)

Cleveland State University is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer.

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Library Hours for Spring Recess

The following hours will be in effect for the Library during Spring Recess March 12-19:

Sun. March 12: CLOSED
Mon., Wed. & Fri. March 13, 15, & 17: 8 am - 5 pm
Tues. & Thurs. March 14 & 16: 8 am - 8 pm
Sat. & Sun. March 18 & 19: CLOSED

See Library Hours for more information.

Permanent link to this topic. Posted 2006-03-09 09:28:45. Reply to Lauren_Felder. Categories: Library News.

How has the library changed your life?

It’s long been acknowledged that libraries have the power to transform lives. Through May 10, Woman’s Day magazine wants to hear about it.

As part of its latest editorial initiative, Woman’s Day magazine is collecting stories on how the library has changed its readers’ lives. The magazine announced the initiative in its March 7 issue, which reached subscribers in mid-February. In the issue, it declares that "libraries are magical places" and asks readers to submit their stories in 700 words or less. Stories can be sent to womansday@ala.org from now until May 10, 2006, when the promotion closes.

The initiative is part of ALA and Woman's Day's Put it in Writing @ your library® program.

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$1,000 Grants available to CSU Faculty

The Cleveland State University Library invites applications for the Information Literacy Small Grants Program. Grants of $1,000 will be awarded to full time faculty for course development to integrate information literacy instruction into teaching and assignments.

Grant applications are due on March 31, 2006 for development of courses for fall 2006.

Information literacy is a set of abilities requiring individuals to recognize when information is needed and have the ability to locate, evaluate, and use effectively the needed information. With the increasing prevalence of online information, students demonstrate difficulty in ferreting out materials suitable for their course assignments and research papers. The small grants are intended to assist faculty in updating their courses and assignments to reflect current changes in information retrieval and use, with the goal of strengthening students’ ability to locate, evaluate, understand, and effectively use information resources.

Grant application information is available at http://www.ulib.csuohio.edu/faculty/grantann.shtml

An Informational Literacy Review Panel, composed of faculty and Library administrators, will review the proposals. The grants will be awarded by May 1, 2006. For further information contact: George Lupone, Associate Director, University Library, g.lupone@csuohio.edu, phone: (216) 687-2475, fax: (216) 687-9380.

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Friends of the Library Book Discussion-- On Bullshit

On Tuesday, February 28th, Richard Fox, Head of the Popular Library at Cleveland Public Library, will lead a book discussion on the title, On Bullshit, by Harry G. Frankfurt. The author, Harry G. Frankfurt, is a renowned moral philosopher and Professor of Philosophy Emeritus at Princeton University. Several copies of this very small, pocket-sized tome, are available for check-out now in the Library. So pick up your copy and plan to attend this book discussion on Tuesday, February 28th, at 3:00 p.m. in the Library, RT 503. Light refreshments will be served. Sponsored by the Friends of the Library.

“A gem of psychological insight, social commentary, philosophical analysis, and good humor. This is the work of an extraordinarily acute, attentive, and versatile philosopher who has succeeded in addressing an audience comprised of both other philosophers and the general public on a topic of considerable human interest in a characteristically wry and engaging way. It is one of the most enjoyable and humanly illuminating short pieces of philosophy produced in the past fifty years."--Raymond Geuss, University of Cambridge

"The most audacious of the ancient alchemists desired to transmute lead into gold. They never succeeded. Who would have known that they should have started not with a base metal, but with bullshit? Harry Frankfurt offers a philosophical analysis of bullshit that is golden. The prose by turns employs irony, broad humor, and tongue-in-cheek high seriousness while at the same time manages to have a rigorous logical coherence that is always impressive. One leaves the essay not merely thinking it was a delight. One leaves it realizing that one has engaged the accomplishment of a great analyst and thinker."--William Chester Jordan, Professor of History, Princeton University

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Electrical Repairs to Cause Interruption of Some Library Services Wed. Feb. 8

Due to planned electrical repairs in the Library some Library services will be unavailable for 4-6 hours beginning 5:30 am on Wednesday, Feb. 8th.

Although you will not be able to access the Library Web site, SCHOLAR and OhioLINK will still be available for your use.

All services are expected to be restored by mid-day.

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New Resource for Theatre & Dance Research

The International Bibliography of Theatre & Dance (IBTD), is now available to all students, faculty and staff at OhioLINK institutions. IBTD is an index to journal articles, books, book articles and dissertation abstracts on all aspects of theatre and performance in 126 countries.

IBTD is available to OhioLINK users through 2006 as a one-year trial.

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Library open until 6:00 p.m. Fridays!

For spring semester 2006, when classes are in session, the University Library will be open until 6:00 p.m. on Fridays. Increasingly the library staff have noticed that many more students are using the Library late on Friday afternoons. Also, we have students and faculty who need to make the Library their last stop of the day before the weekend, and frequently arrive just as we are locking up. So, we are offering this extended hour on Fridays as a pilot program to determine whether or not it is beneficial to the University community.

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Science Fair in the Library

Students from the Early College High School, currently housed in the Corlett Building, have set up their Science Fair projects on the 4th floor of the library outside rooms 401 and 402. The projects will be available for viewing throughout the afternoon of January 11th with the actual judging taking place Thursday morning, January 12th. The public is welcome to stop up and have a look.

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The SCHOLAR Catalog will be down Friday, January 13th

This Friday, the Library will be replacing its current SCHOLAR Catalog server in order to better serve your needs. Beginning 9 am and continuing throughout the afternoon, Library services will be interrupted. Some of the services that will not be available are access to SCHOLAR, the Library's catalog (although general searching can still be done though the OhioLINK catalog), requesting materials through OhioLINK, access to Electronic Course Reserves, etc. If you have any questions about a particular service, please contact (216) 687-5300.

We apologize for the inconvenience and thank you for your patience.

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Planned Internet Outage

There will be a planned Internet Outage for the Main Campus, East and West Centers on Friday January 6, 2006 from 8pm until midnight. The outages will affect all Internet access from on campus and modem dial in users. This Internet Outage is required to perform necessary maintenance on the network.

Information Services & Technology thanks you for your patience and cooperation. Should you have any questions concerning this matter, please contact the IS&T Call Center at 216-687-5050

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Your Technology Fee Funds at Work in the Library

The following Library services & facilities have been made possible with funding from the Technology Fee Funds:

Instruction Room—RT401
Laptops for use in Library instruction rooms
Multimedia Lab
Media equipment, such as DVD player, CD player, and headphones
Listening stations
Distance learning rooms—14 rooms
Combo carts, to provide a laptop with projector in classrooms
Electronic Course Reserve
Audio Course Reserve

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Library hours during Intersession

During intersession, the Library will be open 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday. We will be closed on Saturday and Sunday. We will also be closed on Monday December 26th and Monday January 2nd. Click here for more information.

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The HUGE Record Sale has been extended

The Friends of the Cleveland State University Library will continue their amazing vinyl record sale throughout the month of December. Browse through more than 5,000 LPs, mostly classical, that date from the mid-1950s to the mid-1980s. Major labels include Mercury Living Presence, RCA Red Seal (Shaded Dogs), Columbia Masterworks, and Philips. Records will sell for $1 each. The sale is located in Rhodes Tower, on the first floor of the Library, near the Circulation Desk.
For more information, call 216-687-2475.

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Check out popular reading materials courtesy of CPL at the CSU Library

Now that the semester is winding down, how about reading some books just for fun. The Library, located in Rhodes Tower, has many of the current popular fiction and non-fiction books, courtesy of the Cleveland Public Library, available for checkout. These materials can be checked out using the Cleveland Greater Access Library Card. If you do not have one, you may apply for one at the Circulation Desk. Call (216) 687-2479 for more information.

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Going Away From Campus for the Holidays? OhioLINK Delivers.

Going away from campus for the holidays and still need research materials? No problem. You can always pick up your OhioLINK books at any participating OhioLINK library, including two public libraries: Cuyahoga County Public Library and Westerville Public library.

Here’s how:
1. Request an item from the OhioLINK Library Catalog.
2. Select your institution. Enter your name and ID.
3. Select a pickup institution from the list.
4. Select a pickup location at the pickup institution.

You’ll need to take your Viking card with you when you pick up your requested materials.

If you’re going out of the state for the holidays, remember you still have access to more than 100 research databases, thousands of full text articles, 18,000+ e-books, 1,500 digital videos and much more from OhioLINK and your library. All you need is your name and ID information to access OhioLINK online anywhere, anytime.

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Extended Library Hours Before Finals Week

The University Library will have extended hours before finals week. The library will be open until 8 p.m. on Friday, December 9th and Sunday, December 11th.

Starting at 5 p.m. there will be free coffee while supplies last.

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1,529 Educational Videos Available @ Your Desktop

With the addition of 250+ new digital videos, OhioLINK’s Digital Video Collection now offers 1529 educational videos that you can show in class, link to from course pages, utilize for research or just view for fun. The new videos cover a wide variety of subjects: art and photography, business and economics, communications, foreign language - literature and culture, literature and language arts, psychology and mental health, religion and philosophy, social studies and more.

Some of the newest digital videos include:

* African Art
* Big Mac Under Attack
* Biomedicine and Biotechnology
* Cinema History
* Classical Greek Philosophy
* Computer-Generated Images
* Lesson 10: Expressing Likes and Dislikes (O-suki Desu Ka) (Japanese for Beginners series)
* L'Impromptu de Versailles
* Ten Great Writers: The Seminar
* World War: The Deaths of Franz Ferdinand and Adolf Hitler

The OhioLINK Digital Video Collection is available to all students, faculty members and staff at OhioLINK member institutions. The videos are available for viewing and downloading (for temporary storage only). Free software from RealNetworks is needed to view these videos. The current version of this software, called "RealPlayer," is available.

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Need help writing your paper?

The CSU Library and the Writing Center are teaming up to offer students assistance in completing papers. The following workshops will be held in the 1st floor LCLC back lab: bring your paper on disk and work on it during the workshop.

Tuesday Nov. 29 1-2 Editing Your Paper Workshop

Wednesday Nov. 30 12-1 APA Workshop

Tuesday Dec. 6 1-2 APA Workshop

Wednesday Dec. 7 12-1 Editing Your Paper Workshop

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HUGE Record Sale

The Friends of the Cleveland State University Library will hold an amazing vinyl record sale on Thursday, December 1, 2005 from 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. Browse through more than 6,000 LPs, mostly classical, that date from the mid-1950s to the mid-1980s. Major labels include Mercury Living Presence, RCA Red Seal (Shaded Dogs), Columbia Masterworks, and Philips. Records will sell for $1 each. The sale will be located on the first floor of the Library, near the Circulation Desk.

For more information, call 216-687-2475

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Network Outage for the Main Campus Saturday November 19, 8pm until midnight.

There will be a planned network outage for the Main Campus Sat. Nov. 19, 8pm until midnight. This downtime is necessary to apply needed maintenance to the network equipment.

During this time, SCHOLAR (the Library's online catalog), the Library Web site, the OhioLINK Databases and OhioLINK Circulation will be unavailable.

If you have any questions or concerns regarding this outage, you may contact the IS&T Call Center at 687-5050 for more information.

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New E-Books Cover Ancient Astronomy, Hurricanes, History and More

OhioLINK has added seven new e-books to the Electronic Reference Books Collection:

Ancient Astronomy: An Encyclopedia of Cosmologies and Myth
Hispanics in the American West
Hurricanes: A Reference Handbook
Juvenile Justice: A Reference Handbook
Mysteries in History: From Prehistory to the Present
Native Americans and Political Participation: A Reference Handbook
World War I: Student Encyclopedia

The Electronic Reference Books Collection-- encyclopedias, handbooks, biographical collections, guides--is perfect for when you need a quick fact, illustration of overview of a topic. The collection now contains 457 reference books.

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The Library will be CLOSED Thursday and Friday November 24-25, 2005

In observance of the Thanksgiving holiday, the Library will be closed on Thursday, November 24th and Friday, November 25th. The Library will be open normal hours on Saturday (8 a.m. to 5 p.m.) and Sunday (12 noon to 6 p.m.)

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Sunday afternoon with Susan Orlean at CPL

Susan Orlean will appear as a part of CPL's "Sunday Afternoons for Writers and Readers" on November 27, 2005 at 2 p.m. in the Louis Stokes Wing Auditorium of the Main Library.

Born in Cleveland, Ms. Orlean has had a career as a writer that has taken her from the surf girls of Maui to the Florida swamps. Each topic she covers leaves the reader better informed and wanting more. The story of John Laroche and the culture that surrounds orchids, The Orchid Thief read like beautifully constructed fiction. The Orchid Thief was adapted into the film entitled Adaptation in 2002.

For more information, visit http://www.susanorlean.com or www.cpl.org

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Library hours for November 11, 2005

In observance of Veterans' Day, the Library will be open from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Friday, November 11th.

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Faculty Seminar: E-Journal Update

The Library is presenting a Faculty Seminar on E-Journals on Thursday, November 10, 2005, from noon to 1:30 p.m. in RT 502. The seminar will focus on recent changes and additions to e-journal content available through the Library. The main topics will include the OSearch interface for OhioLINK databases and the Alerting services available in EBSCO databases, the Electronic Journal Center, and Ingenta. For questions or to reserve seats, please call (216) 875-9734.

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Get Connected @ the Library with Subject Portals

We've selected the best research sources for you! Surfing the web may be fun, but it's not an efficient way to do quality research. For more focused research, and for free access to many expensive sources the library purchases for use of our students, use our subject portals as a starting point. Each portal pulls together paid databases and OhioLINK resources, indexing services, full text e-journals, a list of current periodical subscriptions, and links to reputable web sites. These collections of resources have all been chosen by CSU subject librarians with your research needs in mind.

Click here to find your subject.

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Two Historical E-Books on Slavery Now Available

Two historical electronic books from the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center are now freely available to anyone online at http://rave.ohiolink.edu/ebooks/nurfc.

The two titles in this collection are: “Letters on American Slavery” (1833), by John Rankin and “A Portraiture of Domestic Slavery in the United States” (1817), by Jesse Torrey.

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Anne Garrels to speak at Cleveland State

Anne Garrels, roving foreign correspondent for National Public Radio's foreign desk, will appear at Cleveland State University on November 17 at 6:00 p.m. in Drinko Hall. (Drinko Hall is located in the Music and Communication Building, 2001 Euclid Avenue). Cleveland Public Library and Cleveland State University are partnering in this free and open to the public program to promote the new Cleveland State University Middle Eastern Studies program. Parking is available in the visitors' parking lot on Euclid Avenue just east of the campus book store and on the parking deck off East 21 Street. There will be a book signing after the lecture for her book, Naked in Baghdad.

For more information, call (216) 623-2831

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Get Connected @ the Library with the Cleveland Press Collection

The Cleveland Press Collection consists of the former editorial library (or "morgue") of The Cleveland Press, the last of Cleveland's daily evening newspapers. The subject-sorted collection includes thousands of newspaper clippings and photographs dating from the 1920's until 1982.

For further information call (216) 687-2449 or visit the Cleveland Press Collection page

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Get Answers to Business, Health Sciences and Law Research Questions!

Sometimes you really need help from an expert. That’s why OhioLINK librarians provide special online assistance from librarians who are experts in business, health sciences and law research. Plus, chatting online with a librarian saves time and frustration and allows you to get help no matter where you are.

Need help with business research?
Get help with business research questions from a business librarian at a participating OhioLINK library. Business librarians are available Monday through Thursday, from 2:00-4:00 p.m. during the main academic year (September through mid-May).

Need help with health, allied or life sciences research?
Chat online with a health sciences librarian from a participating OhioLINK library Monday through Thursday, from 3-5 p.m. and 7-9 p.m. during the academic year (September through mid-May).

Need help with law research?
Chat online with a law librarian from a participating OhioLINK library during the academic year (September through mid-May) on these days and times: Monday through Wednesday, 9 a.m. - 8 p.m., Thursday and Friday, 9 a.m. - 4 p.m.; Saturdays, 2-4 p.m.; and Sundays from 1-5 p.m.

Need help with other research questions?
Visit Chat with a Librarian to get online help with any and all research questions from a librarian at a participating OhioLINK library. Chat with a Librarian is available for more that 70 hours a week during the academic year (September through mid-May) and 40 hours a week in the summer. Check here for current hours.

More About OhioLINK’s Chat with a Librarian
Chat with a Librarian provides free, real-time, online assistance from a librarian at a participating OhioLINK library. You do not need to download special software to chat. You do need to disable pop-up blockers.

OhioLINK’s Chat with a Librarian is available to all students, staff and faculty at member institutions.

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Get Connected @ the Library: Guide to Library Services

Have you ever wondered what all the Library has to offer? Click here to find out.

Periodically throughout the year, we will highlight a specific service and let you know how we can help you with all your academic and research needs. So check back often.

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17th Annual Scholars and Artists

The campus community is invited to attend the 17th Annual Scholars and Artists Reception honoring faculty, staff, and emeriti creativity. The event, sponsored by the Friends of the CSU Library, will be held on Thursday, October 27, 2005 at 3:00 p.m. in the Special Collections room on the 3rd floor of the Library. This year's special guest speaker is Dr.Steve Slane, Professor of Psychology and Interim Chair of the Department of Health Sciences. Dr. Slane will discuss aspects of his own research in a presentation titled, "Pollyannas, Ostriches, Control Freaks, and Flip-Floppers: The Role of Personality in Coping with Stress."

During the reception, guests can enjoy hors d'oeuvres and browse the display of recently published books, scholarly papers, art, music, web sites, and other works by Cleveland State University faculty, staff, and emeriti.

Call 216-875-9734 to reserve a seat for the event.

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Cleveland Public Library Presents TRUTH, TECHNOLOGY AND THE VISUAL / VIRTUAL WORLD

Cleveland Public Library in partnership with Cleveland Public Art presents TRUTH, TECHNOLOGY AND THE VISUAL/VIRTUAL WORLD. The moderator will be Jaron Lanier, with Paul D. Miller aka DJ Spooky That Subliminal Kid.

The event will take place in the Louis Stokes Wind Auditorium on Sunday, October 23, 2005 at 2 p.m.

Click here for more information.

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Cleveland Public Library's Used Book Sale

CPL's Fall Used Book Sale will be held October 16-20, 2005 in the Louis Stokes Wing Lower Lobby. Click here for more information.

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Ten NEW Electronic Reference Books Added

Need to find a quick fact, an illustration for a paper or presentation, or an overview of a subject? Turn to OhioLINK’s Electronic Reference Books Collection for special-topic reference books--including encyclopedias, handbooks, biographical collections, guides--from ABC-CLIO, an educational reference publisher. Ten new e-books have been added to this collection, bringing the total number of available e-books to 450.
Click here for more information.

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A Sunday Afternoon with Luis Rodriquez at CPL

Luis Rodriguez, author of Always Running: La Vida Loca-Gang Days in LA will be at The Cleveland Public Library Main Library on Sunday October 9, 2005 at 2:00 p.m. as a part of Hispanic Heritage Month. Click here for more information.

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The Library will be closed Monday, October 10th

In observance of Columbus Day, the Library will be closed on Monday, October 10, 2005. For a complete listing of the Library's hours, click here

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Highlights From Friends of the Library Book Talk

President Schwartz & Professor Bowen CSU President Michael Schwartz and CSU Professor of Public Administration and Urban Studies William Bowen discussed their thought-provoking and relevant new book, The Chief Purpose of Universities: Academic Discourse and the Diversity of Ideas (Edwin Mellen Press, 2005) at a special Library program on Thursday, September 22 sponsored by the Friends of the CSU Library.

The program, moderated by Friends of the Library President and CSU History Professor Emeritus, William I. Shorrock, began with a brief overview by the authors of their book in which they discussed their belief that "the highest priority within universities is to create, preserve, transmit, and find new applications of knowledge to extend free choice through society" ("Reference & Research Book News", May 2005, p. 220). They went on to outline briefly what they contend to be the enemies of universities and to explain the seven requisites for success. The authors then fielded questions from CSU faculty, staff and students in attendance. A brief reception followed.

Note: Two copies of the book are available on reserve at the Circulation Desk on the first floor of the University Library.

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Getting connected:

Does your laptop wireless card not work in the library? Is your USB drive too large to fit comfortably in the USB ports of the library computers? No worries! Be happy! You can check out lan wires to connect to the library laptop connection stations from the circulation desk in the library entranceway. USB extenders are available for short-term check out at the Reference Desk and in the LCLC computer lab on the first floor of the library and in the Multi Media area on the third floor.

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“d.a. levy & the 1960s Literary & Cultural Scene in Cleveland: a Symposium & Celebration” October 29 & 30th, 2005

The CSU Library, in collaboration with The CSU Poetry Center, Trinity Cathedral, Bottom Dog Press, deepcleveland llc, Mac’s Backs Books and supported by the Ohio Humanities Council are sponsoring a two day event to celebrate and explore the work of poet d. a. levy and the 1960’s literary & cultural scene in Cleveland. The weekend-long event will include an assortment of activities, including panel discussions, film showings, poetry readings, exhibits and more. All events are free and open to the public. For more information and for a complete schedule, please visit: http://deepcleveland.com/levyfest.html

As part of the celebration, CSU Library Special Collections will present an exhibit of d.a. levy materials, from the Library’s d.a. levy Collection. The exhibit will acknowledge levy’s historical significance as an innovator in Cleveland’s poetry & alternative press scene. levy’s own works of poetry and art along with selected works of his contemporaries, will be on display in the Special Collections room, located in RT321 from mid-October through the end of November. For more information on d.a. levy and to view the Library’s digital collection of his materials on ClevelandMemory.org, please visit: www.ClevelandMemory.org/levy

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Friends of Library Book Talk with President Michael Schwartz and Professor William Bowen

President Michael Schwartz and Professor William Bowen will discuss their important new book, "The Chief Purpose of Universities," at a special Library program on Thursday, September 22, 2005 at 3:00 p.m. in the Special Collections area on the third floor of the Library in Rhodes Tower.

The program is sponsored by the Friends of the CSU Library. All faculty, staff, and students are invited to attend to hear what the President and a senior faculty member in the College of Urban Affairs really think about the state of academic discourse in the nation's universities.

Light refreshments will be served.

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Take a tour of Cleveland Public Library's Special Collections

The Friends of the Cleveland Public Library are celebrating our region’s rich history with “Treasures: Experience the Magic”, a hands-on premier of an exhibit highlighting the Library’s Special Collections. Explore the magic and be transported to other worlds through rarely seen books and artifacts with Library curators, and delight in a silent auction and reception, all set in the enchanting atmosphere of the landmark Main Library.

Click here for more information.

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The September 2005 OhioLINK Update newsletter is now online

Find out more about what is going on with OhioLINK. Click here

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Constitution Day events

Constitution Day is celebrated every September 17 to commemorate the signing of the United States Constitution on that date back in 1787 in the State House (now Independence Hall) in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania by the 55 delegates to the Constitutional Convention.

Special events and activities are planned for the University’s celebration of the U.S. Constitution, including:

* An online contest in which students can win an iPod mini, jump drive, $50 bookstore gift certificate, and five $5 copy cards. Visit http://www.ulib.csuohio.edu/constitution/quiz to take the quiz.
* Free screening of films with a Revolutionary War or Constitutional theme in the library’s viewing room (RT 325) on Tuesday, Sept. 13 and Thursday, Sept. 15 from noon to 2 p.m., and a live broadcast from the National Archives, “Free Speech in the Digital Age,” on Friday, Sept. 16 at 1:30 p.m. in the new Library Connection Lounge on the first floor.
* Speaker Lloyd Snyder, Associate Dean and Professor of Law, Cleveland-Marshall College of Law will be discussing "The U.S. Constitution: An Amazing Document, Warts and All on Tuesday, Sept. 20 from noon to 1 p.m. on the third floor of the library, outside the archives.

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Author Tim O'Brien visits Cleveland Public Library

Tim O'Brien author of The Things They Carried will be at Cleveland Public Library-Main Library September 28th at 7:00 p.m.

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Cleveland Public Library Presents: ROCK MY SOUL:The Black Legacy of Rock and Roll

The Cleveland Public Library, in partnership with The Arts League of Michigan,the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, and Sankofa Fine Art Plus will be hosting events throughout the fall celebrating the black legacy of rock and roll. Click here for more information.

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FREE 60-MINUTE LIBRARY MULTIMEDIA WORKSHOPS

Learn about multimedia technologies you can use to enhance your research projects and class presentations through this series of one-hour workshops featuring technology available in the Library's Multimedia Lab (RT 301).

The workshops include:
-INTRODUCTION TO SCANNING
-USING CD-RS AND CD-RWS
-USING ADOBE PHOTOSHOP TO EDIT SCANNED IMAGES I
-USING ADOBE PHOTOSHOP TO EDIT SCANNED IMAGES II
-CREATING MULTIMEDIA POWERPOINT PRESENTATIONS
-DIGITIZING VIDEO AND CREATING DVDS

For more information or to sign up, click here

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Fall Semester Library Hours

Click here for the library's hours and a listing of areas with restricted hours.

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OhioLINK offers additional renewals

Students, faculty and staff at Cleveland State University and across Ohio can now keep the books they borrow from other OhioLINK libraries for up to 15 weeks, as long as another user has not requested the materials.

Users statewide have been asking to keep OhioLINK books longer than six weeks,” Tony Maniaci, chair of OhioLINK’s Inter-Campus Services Committee, which sets OhioLINK borrowing policies, said. “But OhioLINK has to carefully balance the needs of researchers who wish to keep an item for an extended period of time with those who have short timeframes to meet a deadline or complete a class assignment. Recent improvements to the software used for online borrowing checks for holds before allowing a renewal. This new functionality allows us to extend the maximum borrowing period for items and better meet the needs of all OhioLINK users.”

OhioLINK books may be checked out for three weeks and renewed up to four times, as long as another user has not placed a hold on the item, for a total maximum borrowing period of 15 weeks. Users can request and renew OhioLINK books and local library materials online via the library’s Web site at www.ulib.csuohio.edu

**This does not apply to media materials. This type of material will continue to check out for 7 days with no renewals.

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The Modern Language Association (MLA) International Bibliography has a new look!

OhioLINK is now making it available through the EBSCOhost interface. This makes it a lot easier to use, especially for students. Here’s a brief summary of the new enhancements:

-Default search is a “keyword” search.
-A superior display of “subject” terms and “General subject areas,” with cross-searching (clickable).
-Useful limits for Genre and Period
-Multiple-database searching is easy! Combine your search with any other EBSCO database, e.g. Academic Search Premier, American Humanities Index, or Religion and Philosophy Collection. (Select “Choose Database” option)
-The valuable MLA Directory of Periodicals is easily accessible. This Directory provides bibliographic identification for thousands of publications indexed by
MLA.

Click here to see the new look.

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Changes to some OhioLINK databases

Many OhioLINK library databases have changed their search interface from Dataware to the new OSearch. While the basic functionality of OSearch remains the same, improvements have been made, the most noticeable of which is a dramatically simplified default view. On the Library’s homepage, the terminology has been simplified by changing the category “Indexes and Abstract” to the broader “Research Databases.”

Click here to access the list of Library databases.

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New OhioLINK resource: American National Biography Online

American National Biography Online is a biographical resource on more than 18,000 people from all eras who have influenced and shaped American history and culture. The ANB Online features thousands of illustrations, more than 80,000 hyperlinked cross-references, links to select Web sites, and powerful search capabilities.

Access American National Biography online here.

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Study for the GRE, GMAT, LSAT, and more online

LearningExpress Library offers unlimited, 24/7 access to targeted skill-building interactive courses in math, reading, and writing, as well as hundreds of online interactive practice tests that prepare you for several types of exams including the GRE, GMAT, LSAT, TOEFL, U.S. Citizenship, and civil service positions. Complete answer explanations accompany each response to help you understand why a particular answer is correct or incorrect.

Click here to access the LearningExpress Library.

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New resource allows users to analyze countries and regions online

World Data Analyst Online is a resource from Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc. that lets users analyze countries and regions at a glance. It offers detailed statistical comparisons of countries around the world, using both the most recent statistics and historical figures. Users can create tables, charts, and even export the information to a spreadsheet for printing and data crunching. Highlights include: country snapshots, comparative statistics, historical statistics, and ranked statistics.

Access World Data Analyst online here

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The Writing Center has moved to the Library

The Writing Center, formerly located in Main Classroom 321, has moved to the library RT 105. The Writing Center provides assistance to all members of the university community, from first-year students to full professors. Through tutoring and workshops, the Writing Center can answer any questions about writing, including generating ideas, drafting and revising your papers, improving your writing style, and handling technical details of grammar, documentation, and formatting.

Click here for more information on the Writing Center

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Audio reserves now available online

The University Library is very pleased to announce the availability of selected audio course materials through the Electronic Course Reserve system. The system allows audio materials from a variety of sources (CDs, cassettes, LPs) to be digitized and then accessed by CSU students via the Library’s Electronic Course Reserve System from any computer in the Library, on campus, or from home. Headphones for use in the Library are available at the 1st and 3rd floor service desks.

For instructions on accessing audio ECR and on downloading the necessary software for use on non-Library PCs visit: ECR User guide

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University Archives has a new home

Formerly located inside Special Collections, the Cleveland State University and Fenn College Archives has moved to its new location in Rhodes Tower 319. The CSU Archives serves as the repository for the University’s permanent records and also maintains copies of publications by CSU and its predecessor, Fenn College. This new area includes an exhibition area and state-of-the-art archival storage.

For more information about Archives, visit: University Archives

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Grand Opening--Library Connection Lounge

The Cleveland State University Library, in partnership with the Cleveland Public Library, will hold a grand opening of the Cleveland State University Library Connection Lounge on Tuesday, August 30. The grand opening reception and ribbon cutting begins at 12:30 p.m. on the first floor of the University Library. Michael Schwartz, President of Cleveland State University, and Andrew A.Venable, Director of Cleveland Public Library, will be featured speakers. Guests can explore the new area and sign up for a Cleveland Public Library card after the program and ribbon cutting ceremony. The event is free and open to the public.

The new Library Connection Lounge will provide the campus community with contemporary and popular books, courtesy of the Cleveland Public Library. Anyone with a Greater Access Card can check out these titles using the CPL self-checkout station located near the Lounge.

The Lounge will provide library users with a place to relax, read the latest books, and meet with friends. It will include comfortable lounge furniture, electricity, and LAN connections for students with laptops, and eventually a large screen TV with continuous news coverage (captions only, no sound).

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Viking card update/outage

On Monday, July 18th starting at 10:00am the Envision system will be unavailable due to an Oracle 9i upgrade. All cash registers, value adding and verification machines (CMC, Omnis and web) will be offline. Patrons will not be able to add funds to their cards. The VIKINGCARD office will not be able to make Ids. Those with workstations will not be able to access Envision. For the library, Viking card payments for Uniprint can not be made; the cash payments system will be in operation.

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Viking Card Office Hours for Summer 2005

Viking Card Office Hours for Summer 2005

Monday-Friday 8am - 5pm
Extended Hours May 23-26 Mon-Thurs 8am-6pm
Closed May 30 & July 4th

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New database: the Inspec Archive

The library has added a new database, the Inspec Archive, which contains scientific and technical literature in physics, electrical engineering, electronics, communications, control engineering, computers, computing, information technology, and manufacturing and production engineering, dating from 1898 to 1968. From the library's home page, follow the link to Indexes and Abstracts, then choose Inspec Archive.

Permanent link to this topic. Posted 2005-04-18 17:08:26. Reply to David_Lodwick. Categories: Library News, Science and Technology.

National Library Week

National Library Week, April 10-16, is a time to celebrate the contributions of libraries, librarians and library workers to their schools, campuses and communities. As part of this annual event, the Cleveland State University Library will be hosting the following programs and events:

Sunday, April 10 through Saturday, April 16: Food for Fines
Have a Library fine? Reduce your fine while helping the Cleveland Foodbank by donating nonperishable food items. For every item donated, $1 of your fine will be eliminated - up to $20. Drop items off at the first floor circulation desk.

Monday, April 11, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.: Friends of the Library Book Sale
Help support the Friends of the Cleveland State Library and find some great books at great prices. Paperbacks will be on sale for 50 cents each or three for $1. Hardbacks will be $1 each or three for $2. Fenn College, a just-published book that depicts, through photos, the Fenn campus and its students, faculty and staff, will be on sale this day only for a special price of $15 – nearly $5 off the retail price!

Tuesday, April 12: National Library Worker’s Day
Stop by the University Library and tell your favorite librarian or staff member how much you appreciate what they do.

Wednesday, April 13, 2 p.m.: Euclid Corridor Transportation Project Presentation
Learn about the $168 million transit improvement project stretching from Public Square to East Cleveland with Dr. Mark Souther, assistant professor of history. Learn how Cleveland State faculty and students are working to capture, preserve and archive the stories of Euclid Avenue neighborhoods and the people that live within them through audio-based oral histories. A small reception will follow the presentation.

Thursday, April 14, noon: Landscapes of Memory: The Cleveland Cultural Gardens
Dr. Mark Tebeau, associate professor of history, will discuss the history behind the Cultural Gardens and how he, in collaboration with students, teachers and colleagues, has created an e-journal dedicated to the Cultural Gardens that includes sound portraits, oral histories, research essays, and historical images. Following the presentation, sample authentic foods from cultures represented by the gardens.

All events will take place near the first-floor Circulation Desk of the University Library in Rhodes Tower. There will be daily drawings for prizes such as Cleveland Indians tickets, Playhouse Square tickets, movie passes and more. Stop by to sign up for your chance to win.

National Library Week 2005 marks the fifth year of The Campaign for America’s Libraries, a multi-year public education campaign sponsored by the American Library Association and libraries across the country.

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