Due to inclement weather our National Library W
eek Event outdoor event will be held on Thursday April 14 from 1-4pm.
eek Event outdoor event will be held on Thursday April 14 from 1-4pm.
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We asked the students to show us what they like about the library, now vote for your favorite photo!
April 10th
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Join us to celebrate the DiMenna-Nyselius Library in our "Connect at the Library" events:
1. Help us reach 1,000 followers on Facebook- click here to LIKE us . Or follow FairfieldUlib
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For more information about the contest, visit the library Facebook page and click on "Contests" on the left hand side. Check out our current entries while you're there!
Don't want to enter the contest? You can still participate!
"Like" the library Facebook page, and help us reach 1,000 followers on Facebook!
Questions? Contact Laura Weber,
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For faculty and staff: You're invited to a
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The blog Lifehacker has some good recommendations for getting ready--at least technologically--for your first year of college.
You may also want to check out Fairfield's Computing and Network Services' (CNS)
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Listen to Jimmy Wales, a co-founder of Wikipedia,
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Library material can be used in unusual ways. Meet Phil Levin, a biologist at Northwest Fisheries Science Center in Seattle, who scoured libraries in the Pacific Northwest for local cookbooks to determine the changes in rockfish availability over the past century. This is a great example of research using preserved material available in libraries. Want to know more? Listen to the National Public Radio podcast:
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Happy New Year! Doesn't 2010 sounds so futuristic? And yet here we are!
This year, we'll be watching new trends in computing, most importantly how social networking continues to effect our students' lives and how it is changing the way they learn. The paradigm of social networking is the EQUAL sharing of
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from the Library of Congress website,
In an ongoing effort to make its digital educational, historical and cultural resources available to web users across a broad spectrum of platforms, the Library of Congress today launched "The Library of Congress on iTunes U." At its inception, the Library’s iTunes U site includes historical videos from the Library’s moving-image collections such as original Edison films and a series of 1904 films from the Westinghouse Works and original videos such as author presentations from the National Book Festival, the "Books and Beyond" series, lectures from the Kluge Center, and the "Journeys and Crossings" series of discussions with curators. It also includes audio podcasts, including series such as "Music and the Brain," slave narratives from the American Folklife Center, and interviews with noted authors from the National Book Festival; and classroom and educational materials, including 14 courses from the Catalogers’ Learning Workshop.
Access LOC on iTunes directly at:<!--[if gte mso 9]> Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE <![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]> <![endif]--> http://deimos3.apple.com/WebObjects/Core.woa/Browse/loc.gov
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The Library of Congress has a YouTube Channel where you can see early animation films, such as Krazy Kat and Ignatz Mouse 1916 cartoon. Visit the Library of Congress YouTube Channel at www.youtube.com/user/LibraryOfCongress.
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If you were inspired by our convocation speaker Diane Wilson, please check out the Summer Reading Blog centered around her book An Unreasonable Woman.
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The Connecticut Library Association (CLA) recently awarded the DiMenna-Nyselius Library a 2009 Publicity Award for their Facebook page. Jackie Kremer, senior reference and outreach librarian, and Brittany Martin, a sophomore and library work study, created the page, which won in the non-print category of CLA
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The Connecticut Library Association (CLA) recently awarded the DiMenna-Nyselius Library a 2009 Publicity Award for their Facebook page. Jackie Kremer, senior reference and outreach librarian, and Brittany Martin, a sophomore and library work study, created the page, which won in the non-print category of CLA
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"Create your own Blog" workshop at the Library on Monday, May 4 at 1:00 p.m. in Room 114 on the lower level of the Library. Please join us for an action-packed hour where librarians Curtis Ferree and Jackie Kremer will walk you through the creation of a blog using University software. This blog can be useful for your classes next semester, for sharing scholarly communication and so much more.
To sweeten the deal - homemade goodies will be served! Bring your own lunch if you would like.
Please register by e-mailing Jackie Kremer at jkremer@fairfield.edu by April 27. It is important that you register beforehand so we can set up an account for you prior to the workshop. Attendance is limited. If you are unable to make that date/time, feel free to contact Jackie Kremer to set up an individual appointment.
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"Create your own Blog" workshop at the Library on Monday, May 4 at 1:00 p.m. in Room 114 on the lower level of the Library. Please join us for an action-packed hour where librarians Curtis Ferree and Jackie Kremer will walk you through the creation of a blog using University software. This blog can be useful for your classes next semester, for sharing scholarly communication and so much more.
To sweeten the deal - homemade goodies will be served! Bring your own lunch if you would like.
Please register by e-mailing Jackie Kremer at jkremer@fairfield.edu by April 27. It is important that you register beforehand so we can set up an account for you prior to the workshop. Attendance is limited. If you are unable to make that date/time, feel free to contact Jackie Kremer to set up an individual appointment.
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"Create your own Blog" workshop at the Library on Monday, May 4 at 1:00 p.m. in Room 114 on the lower level of the Library. Please join us for an action-packed hour where librarians Curtis Ferree and Jackie Kremer will walk you through the creation of a blog using University software. This blog can be useful for your classes next semester, for sharing scholarly communication and so much more.
To sweeten the deal - homemade goodies will be served! Bring your own lunch if you would like.
Please register by e-mailing Jackie Kremer at jkremer@fairfield.edu by April 27. It is important that you register beforehand so we can set up an account for you prior to the workshop. Attendance is limited. If you are unable to make that date/time, feel free to contact Jackie Kremer to set up an individual appointment.
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02/23/2009
Brian Solis and Jesse Thomas created an amazing visual representation of all the ways we now communicate via the Internet.
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Exciting things are happening at the Library and we want all our students, faculty and staff to know about it. That's why we have devoted our exhibit space to feature new initiatives of the Library.
New Catalog Interface Encore
It is with great excitement that we unveil our new beta version of our Library catalog. This new more user-friendly product, entitled Encore, allows for easier searching by format, by tags, by publication date and much more. Give it a whirl and let us know what you think!
Search for books and other materials using Encore
Become a fan!
Text Messaging Help
Need research help? Got a question that a librarian can help you with? Well now you can text a librarian during most library hours. Text staghelp:your question to 265010 And don't forget the colon after staghelp!New Databases
We've added some unique databases to our research offerings.To see them, go to http://library2.fairfield.edu/newdatabases.php. You may be especially interested in:- Oxford Language Dictionaries online
- Westlaw
- JSTOR Arts and Sciences (collections 5 and 6)
New Ebooks
Over the month of September, we will be adding over 100,000 electronic books to our collection. Stay tuned.New Staff
We welcome Philip Barr as our new Reference and Media Librarian. Got a recommendation for a film? Stop by and let Philip know. We say goodbye to a value member of our circulation staff, Devin Hagan. As Devin begins a new chapter, he will be missed greatly by students and staff here at Fairfield.New Books, Videos and Music
- Among the items on display are Curriculum Collection materials and international film festival award-winning movies.
- See a list of books and other material recently acquired. Or stop by the New Books display on the main level.
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On July 8, 2008, Google Labs announced the launch of
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Wikipedia - students love it and many faculty hate it!
According to the Pew Internet and American Life Project,
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10/23/2007
The international report Sharing, Privacy and Trust in Our Networked World examines
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06/05/2007
Social Networking Session
Blogging, RSS feeds, social bookmarking, folksonomies, collaborative document creation and editing! In this 1-1/2 hour session, Library presenters Curtis Ferree, Jackie Kremer and Leslie Porter will discuss:
We'll give an overview of the fascinating technologies our students are using in their own lives, and discuss how faculty might consider using them in their own teaching and research.
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04/16/2007
Blogging, social bookmarking, folksonomies, collaborative document creation and editing! In this one-hour session, Library presenters Curtis Ferree, Jackie Kremer, Peter Morris, and Leslie Porter will discuss:
We'll give an overview of the fascinating technologies our students are using in their own lives, and discuss how faculty might consider using them in their teaching. Attendees will be given the opportunity to sign up for a hands-on personal appointment on a particular product of their choice to be held at a later date.
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01/02/2007
YouTube? MySpace? Wikis? Flickr? Come learn about these exploding social networking tools and more in a quick one hour presentation on Thursday, Jan 11 from 10-11 a.m. in the Library. In this one-hour session, Library presenters Curtis Ferree, Susan Marcin, Peter Morris, Leslie Porter, and Roxann Riskin will discuss:
We'll give an overview of the fascinating technologies our students are using in their own lives, and how faculty might consider using them in their teaching. Attendees will be given the opportunity to sign up for a hands-on personal appointment on a particular product of their choice to be held at a later date. To complement the presentation, the Library has just launched a new blog on Social Networking.
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