Category Archives: around the library

Universal Borrowing will be unavailable

Posted on July 10, 2009 by Barbara

Universal Borrowing (UB), the service that allows UWW students, staff, and faculty to borrow books and videos from other UW campus libraries, will be down for a software upgrade: Stout and Superior will be unavailable starting July 13. All UW … Continue reading →

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2nd-floor work

Posted on June 29, 2009 by Barbara

You may have noticed some activity and noise on the Library’s 2nd floor lately, as the staff sorted through the large Reference Collection and moved the titles we’re keeping into large shelving stacks behind the Reference Desk. The remaining Reference … Continue reading →

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OECD economic and development data

Posted on June 25, 2009 by Barbara

The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development’s goals are to support sustainable economic growth, boost employment, raise living standards, maintain financial stability, assist other countries’ economic development, and contribute to growth in world trade. In support of its goals the … Continue reading →

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Mind Your Intercultural P’s & Q’s

Posted on June 18, 2009 by Barbara

The CBS News World Watch blog entry “Some Israelis Insulted by Obama Picture” on June 9th showed a photo of President Obama with his feet up on the Oval Office desk while talking on the phone with Israeli Prime Minister … Continue reading →

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Art History – best research tools

Posted on June 17, 2009 by Carol

Since Google pretty much dominates the search engine world, it seems to set the gold standard for web searching. A recent blog entry mentioned the article that compared the scholarliness of Google Scholar content vs. library database content. “How Scholarly Is … Continue reading →

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Summer Library Hours start May 26

Posted on May 25, 2009 by Barbara

Exceptions: CLOSED on Sunday, July 5th & Sunday, August 16th For details see http://library.uww.edu/hours.html.

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Memorial Day weekend library hours

Posted on May 22, 2009 by Barbara

The Library will be closed Saturday-Monday, May 23-25. Summer hours will start on Tuesday, May 26th (7am-9pm). Remember that even when the Library is closed: The Library’s article databases are available…just login when prompted with your campus Net-ID (same as … Continue reading →

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The Library is the Place to Be!

Posted on May 13, 2009 by kyle

Finals have started, and we know that without looking at the calendar. According to Patty, our Circulation Coordinator, our numbers have been through the roof. Tuesday’s gate count (the number of individuals leaving the library) totaled 2,689 – the largest … Continue reading →

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Federal Gov’t Information is Diverse

Posted on May 11, 2009 by Barbara

While reviewing some recently-received U.S. Government publications, I was struck once again by the great variety of topics on which the Government publishes: A Basic Guide to Exporting English Teaching Forum Enforcing Religious Freedom in Prison Medical Aspects of Chemical … Continue reading →

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Library Exam Hours

Posted on May 8, 2009 by Barbara

The Library will be open special hours for exams: Mon., May 11: 7:30am-2am Tues.-Thurs., May 12-14: 6am-2am Fri., May 15: 6am-10pm Sat., May 16: 9am -10pm Sun., May 17: 9am-2am Mon., May 18: 6am-2am Tues., May 19: 6am-6pm Good luck, … Continue reading →

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