ID office (remember you can't check out materials without an ID)
Thursday, August 22, 2013
Welcome New Freshmen!
...and everyone else!
Finding your way on campus the first few days can be confusing. Even if you were here last semester over the summer there have been lots of changes on campus. If you are on campus Monday the 26th or Tuesday the 27th, look for the Walker Library Question Tent in the quad in front of the library. We can answer any questions you have. We will be outside 7:30 am-1:30pm on both days. Of course, you can come in and ask questions at any desk whenever the library is open. To help you get sorted here are some links of interest-
Thursday, July 25, 2013
Catalog Downtime, part 2
On Friday, July 26 at 6pm, the library catalog will go offline for 2-4 hours for a bug fix related to our recent upgrade.
Here's how this will effect the user experience:
- The classic catalog at http://library2.mtsu.edu will be completely offline.
- The Search box on the library homepage will let you search for books, and it will show location information, but it won't show whether the item is here or checked out.
- Some ebooks and online videos may be inaccessible through the Search box during this time. See our Ebooks page and Media Resources page for alternate access.
- You will not be able to login to your Library Account during this time to pay fines, renew books, or look up checked out items.
The Library will close at 6 p.m. before the catalog goes offline, and when we reopen at 10 a.m. on Saturday morning, everything should be back to normal. We apologize for any disruption to your research activity.
If you have any questions, contact a librarian.
Tuesday, July 23, 2013
Library Orientation for Grad Students
The James E. Walker Library will offer a "Library Orientation for Graduate Students" workshop on Thursday, August 22 from 3:00-4:00 p.m. in Meeting Place 4 (on the 4th floor near Special Collections). This workshop will cover library basics for graduate students in all disciplines, including information on:- Online periodical indexes
- Circulation and interlibrary loan
- EndNote Web citation management tool
- Personal graduate student carrels
- Library assistance and help
No registration is necessary. Contact Jason Vance (Jason.Vance@mtsu.edu) or Kristen West (K.West@mtsu.edu) for more information.
Friday, July 12, 2013
Catalog downtime, July 18
What: Catalog offline
When: July 18: 10:00am-2:30pm
So what? locating books and other library items will be a little trickier during this time
On July 18 we are making some upgrades on the back-end of our catalog, so the catalog will be down from 10am-2:30pm. Here's how this will effect the user experience:
If you can't wait until the system comes back up, here's what you can do during this time.
We expect this upgrade to go quickly and smoothly, and that we will be back in business by 2:30 pm on the 18th. If you have any questions, contact a librarian.
When: July 18: 10:00am-2:30pm
So what? locating books and other library items will be a little trickier during this time
On July 18 we are making some upgrades on the back-end of our catalog, so the catalog will be down from 10am-2:30pm. Here's how this will effect the user experience:
- The classic catalog at http://library2.mtsu.edu will be completely offline.
- The Search box on the library homepage will let you search for books, but no location information will be displayed
- You will not be able to login to your Library Account during this time to pay fines, renew books, or look up checked out items.
If you can't wait until the system comes back up, here's what you can do during this time.
- You will be able to check out books at the Circulation desk.
- Looking for a book? Visit the Reference desk on the library first floor, and we may be able to approximate location information for an item held in the library.
- If you need to pay a fine or fee, you can go directly to the fee payment site, but you must already know the exact amount of your fine. Library staff will not be able to look it up during this time.
We expect this upgrade to go quickly and smoothly, and that we will be back in business by 2:30 pm on the 18th. If you have any questions, contact a librarian.
Friday, June 28, 2013
Tons of online videos to use for class
Alexander Street Press is a great streaming video collection that the Walker Library subscribes to. Some of the great features are:
- Watch videos on the go with mobile access via most handheld devices.
- Searchable transcripts run alongside each video.
- Permanent URLs let users cite and share video.
- An embeddable video player lets libraries and instructors deliver video content to other users on secure Web site pages or via course management systems (D2L).
1,000 film
scripts with detailed, fielded information on the scenes, characters and people
related to the scripts--more than 100,000 scenes of human experience. Search by character, scene, race,
nationality, age, subject, year of writing, and other elements. Titles licensed
for the collection include: From Here to Eternity, Mr. Smith Goes to
Washington, Casablanca, American Gigolo, Raging Bull, The China Syndrome, The
Maltese Falcon, The Gold Rush, Unforgiven, Blade Runner, State and Main, Hotel
Rwanda, Span’glish, Gods and Monsters, Ararat, Black Hawk Down, The Last
Temptation of Christ, To Sir With Love, Witness, In the Line of Fire, The Last
Detail, Taxi Driver, Out of the Past, JFK, Platoon, Boogie Nights, The Big
Chill, Night of the Hunter, The Searchers, Rebel Without a Cause, The Hustler,
The Magnificent Ambersons, Fury, The Sting…
1,300
hours of teaching demonstrations, lectures, documentaries, and primary-source
footage of students and teachers in actual classrooms. Videos frequently used in
university-level education programs are part of the collection, including
Thoughtful Reading: Teaching Comprehension to Adolescents (Stenhouse), Successful
Teaching Practices in Action: New Media in the Classroom (Teachers
Network), Inclusion, I.E.P. and Special Needs Laws: What Teachers
Should Know (Learning Seed), Race in the Classroom: The
Multiplicity Of Experience (The Derek Bok Center for Teaching and
Learning), and Teaching Reading 3-5 Workshop: Classroom Program:
Close Reading for Understanding (Annenberg Learner).
756 hours
of classic and contemporary documentaries produced by leading video producers
in the discipline; previously unpublished footage from working anthropologists
and ethnographers in the field; and select feature films. Includes footage from every continent and
hundreds of unique cultures, and is particularly rich in its coverage of the
developing world. Thematic areas include: language and culture, kinesthetics,
body language, food and foraging, cooking, economic systems, social
stratification and status, caste systems and slavery, male and female roles,
kinship and families, political organization, conflict and conflict resolution,
religion and magic, music and the arts, culture and personality, and sex,
gender, and family roles
307 videos
created by Medcom-Trainex, specifically for the education and training of
nurses, nursing assistants, and other healthcare workers. Video
is the ideal training medium for one of the most practical of professions,
giving nursing students a way to observe highly technical procedures and
complex patient interactions before practicing in a clinical setting.
High-quality
video (750 hours by the end of the year) for the study of disease management,
injury treatment, nutrition, special populations, fitness and health
assessment, medical fitness, exercise adherence, sport science, worksite
wellness, and much more.
More than 90 percent of the content in the collection is less than five years
old, and more than 100 hours of new content are added each year.
Thursday, May 16, 2013
Where did the Media Library go?
The Media Library is still here. The collections and access to streaming video is still here in the Library, just not in room 262 anymore. Take a look at this helpful Media Library Guide to access a ton of online resources and to see how to checkout and view media here in the Library.
This summer the room (LIB 262) that was the Media Library is being returned to a large study space, with computers and a Presentation Practice Room. As always if you need help locating a source (video, book, website or journal) just ASK A LIBRARIAN!!!!
This summer the room (LIB 262) that was the Media Library is being returned to a large study space, with computers and a Presentation Practice Room. As always if you need help locating a source (video, book, website or journal) just ASK A LIBRARIAN!!!!
Friday, May 3, 2013
Check out books this summer!
Students who were enrolled in Spring 2013 may check out books over the summer, even if not enrolled for summer classes. You may have up to 50 books, each for 28 days,* and you may renew once online.+ All other regular borrowing policies apply.
Did you graduate? Alumni may check out up to 10 books at a time and have in-house use of research databases.
Also, any Tennessee resident over 18 may check out 2 books. Bring proof of residence the first time you come to borrow.
So grab some summer reading! Check out our collection of NY Times bestsellers* or grab some fiction from the 4th floor.
*The Popular Reading collection (NYT bestsellers) circulates for 2 weeks with one renewal.
+If someone places a hold on a book you will be unable to renew it and you are responsible for returning it promptly, even if you're back home in Alaska or vacationing in Bora Bora.
+If someone places a hold on a book you will be unable to renew it and you are responsible for returning it promptly, even if you're back home in Alaska or vacationing in Bora Bora.
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