Self checkout for DVDs! Longer loans! No book fines! (but yes a missing item processing fee if returned way late)

Campus Weekly just summarized a pile of great library news. Read all about it!

About fines 

• there are still late fees for books & other items on Reserve, also for DVDs, Tech Lending and AV Equipment
• there is a $20 lost item processing fee for anything returned very late: 8 days for Reserves, DVDs, Tech Lending and AV Equipment; 40 days for Stacks, Current Literature, Audiobook and Paperback books PLUS the cost of replacing that item

 DVD self checkout
 If you use the machine to check DVDs out to yourself, don't forget to UNLOCK them!  Slide the DVDs through one of the small black boxy things that look like this

There are a couple just inside the ramp leading up to the EUC, and a couple just inside the door leading out to College Avenue.

Free talk by Doug Elliott, woodsman & storyteller, Monday 9/8 in the EUC

I invite you, your colleagues and friends, to join the University Libraries at UNCG for our annual Children's Book Author and & Storyteller program, which features woodsman Doug Elliott.  Doug's visit, which is free and open to the public,  is coming up on Monday, September 8 in the Elliott University Center Auditorium on the UNCG campus.  You can catch a feature story about him by the Our State TV program here.

Doug Elliott has been described as "extremely knowledgeable...entertaining...appeal(s) to adults as well as young people."  See a blog post about him here.

Designing research assignments that include information gathering?

 Instructors!  Kathy Crowe would like to remind you that there is a "Research Assignment Toolkit" with

• advice on designing assignments
• services that librarians can provide for you

Jackson Library Display Cases

Kathy Crowe would like to remind UNCG groups outside the library that you can reserve library display cases:

Jackson Library has several display cases that student and campus organizations and offices may reserve to display information about your group or specific events.  Over 1 million people walk through the Library each year so it's a great place to advertise!

Click here for more information and to reserve a case. 

Online Scopus Workshop - Tuesday 8/5, 12 pm-12:50

 Want to learn more about Scopus before the semester begins?

Elsevier will provide an online introduction to Scopus on Tuesday 8/6 from 12 pm - 12:50 pm.

How can you participate?

• Visit Jackson Library to watch and ask questions with a group.  We'll be in conference Room 216 (Library Administration area, in the main/shorter side of the library). If you haven't been there before, come to the Reference Desk 5 minutes early and ask where it is.

OR

• Follow the directions below to join the online workshop from your own computer.

What if you're interested but can't attend? No worries!  Contact your subject liaison librarian to get an introduction to this database.

About the online workshop:

Topic: UNCG Scopus Training
Date: Tuesday, August 5, 2014
Time: 12:00 pm, Eastern Daylight Time (New York, GMT-04:00)
Meeting Number: 748 819 723
Meeting Password: (This meeting does not require a password.)

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To start or join the online meeting
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Go to https://reedelsevier.webex.com/reedelsevier/j.php?ED=270631687&UID=499648617&RT=MiMxMQ%3D%3D

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Teleconference information
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Provide your phone number when you join the meeting to receive a call back. Alternatively, you can call:
Call-in toll-free number: 1-855-733-3266  (US)
Call-in number: 1-937-610-2663  (US)
Show global numbers: http://www.mymeetingroom.com/cnums.asp?bwebid=6862754&ppc=6299602738&num=1855-733-3266&num2=1937-610-2663
Attendee access code: 629 960 2738


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For assistance
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1. Go to https://reedelsevier.webex.com/reedelsevier/mc
2. On the left navigation bar, click "Support".
To add this meeting to your calendar program (for example Microsoft Outlook), click this link:
https://reedelsevier.webex.com/reedelsevier/j.php?MTID=m34280e040dc8395b7bf764a482db4a58

To check whether you have the appropriate players installed for UCF (Universal Communications Format) rich media files, go to https://reedelsevier.webex.com/reedelsevier/systemdiagnosis.php.

http://www.webex.com

CCM:+19376102663x4891315651#

Scopus!

We're welcoming Scopus to our list of library resources!

• Guide to science, social science, and some arts & humanities literature
• Peer reviewed, scholarly articles, trade articles, book chapters, conference proceedings, and more!
• Citation analysis

Check out the library guide to Scopus for more info.

And mark your calender!  Elsevier trainers will be giving an online orientation to this resource on Tues August 5th from 12-12:50 pm. Visit Jackson Library administrative conference room 216.

Want an intro directly from your subject librarian?  Just ask!

I'll be adding Scopus to library workshops for health science students and faculty; if you don't catch one, give me a shout.

Sat 7/12/2014 downtime for UNCG library resources

Due to scheduled upgrades most of the Libraries' online resources will not be available Saturday, July 12 from 5:30 AM - 12:30 PM.

Click here for details.