Starting tomorrow (7/17) the WU Libraries' website will have a brand new look.
Most of the changes are a direct result of feedback from library users during surveys and focus groups. We hope you find this site easy to use.
For those who are curious, a sneak peek of the new site is available: http://library.wustl.edu:800/
Let me know if you have any questions. Brian
Take a SNEAK PEEK at the new subject guide for Germanic Studies:
http://libguides.wustl.edu/germanic
Please let me know if you have any questions or comments.
Reset your own password - 24/7!
If your password for the proxy server, ILLiad, and the library public computers is not working, it's now possible for you to reset your password via a webform, rather than contacting the Help Desk. After resetting it to your temporary password, use the change your password form to set it to one of your choosing. More info.
Due to vacation and a library conference later in June, I will be away from 5/29-6/18 & 6/26-7/1.
I will hold office hours on 6/19, 9:30-10:30 in Ridgley 123. And I'll be happy to meet with faculty and students at other times from 6/19-6/25. My regular Thursday office hours will resume the first week in July.
For immediate reference assistance during my absence, please contact Olin Reference--email: ref@wumail.wustl.edu; IM: WULibraryAskUs; or phone: 935-5410. I will respond to email upon my return.
Thanks, Brian
If you questions about off-campus proxy options, please see the following:
Effective immediately, my drop-in office hours for the summer will beTHURSDAYS, 9:30-10:30am in Ridgley 123. If you can't make this time, I'll be happy to meet with you at other times. I'm also available for help via email, phone, or IM.
Please contact me if you have questions about library resources or services; or general research questions. I especially encourage research assistants to stop by.
Brian
Note: exceptions to the above hours:
More information, including hours of library departments and other WU libraries
You may have noticed some recent changes to the Catalog. Through Library Thing, some records for books include: "Recommended reads", a listing of other editions and translations, and descriptive tags from LibraryThing users.
In the future, you'll be able to rate books and add your own tags to catalog records. More info
From the blog Search Engine Showdown: http://www.searchengineshowdown.com/blog/2008/03/language_limit_showdown.shtml
Language Limit Showdown.
But don't forget--you have access to Oxford Online Language Dictionaries.
WU Libraries will host focus groups in April on how to reconfigure Olin Library and better meet student needs for space and for technology. Undergraduate and graduate students are invited to give feedback about how they currently use and would like to use Olin space. Do you need more quiet study space? More group study space? What are your software and hardware needs? Let us know what you think!
Undergraduate groups (start at 5pm): Wed., April 2 or Tues., April 8
Graduate Students groups (start at 4pm): Thurs., April 3 or Wed., April 9
Attendees receive a $10 gift card to the WU campus bookstore. All sessions are one hour, meet in Olin Library, and food is provided.
Register online to help us plan for food, chairs, & space (!). However, if you're unsure of your schedule, show up at the start time in Olin's lobby and we'll fit in as many participants as we can.
Questions: dkatz@wustl.edu (Debbie Katz) 314-935-4822
