Welcome our new Instruction Coordinator

Please welcome Crown Library’s newest faculty member, Instruction Coordinator, Ning Zou.

Ning Zou received her Dual Master’s of Library Science and Information Science – Human Computer Interaction from Indiana University Bloomington in 2004. She’s been working as an academic librarian in reference, instruction, collection development and information services for the past five years, holding positions at Miami University (Ohio), Eastern Kentucky University and most recently Trine University in Indiana. She is originally from Beijing, China. Ning loves travel, shopping, food, and being a librarian working on a variety of things.

In addition to coordinating library instruction, Ning will be the subject specialist for Business and Social Work disciplines. Stop by and say hello – Welcome, Ning!

Ning Zou (nzou@dom.edu), Crown 113, ext 6886

RefWorks workshop dates announced

 

 

If you’re not using RefWorks, you’re working too hard!

RefWorks is a resource management tool that allows you to save citations, create a bibliography in the style of your choice, format papers, and more.

Upcoming workshop dates:

• Wednesday, September 30
  
• Monday, October 5
• Tuesday, October 6
• Thursday, October 15
• Wednesday, October 21

All workshops are held in Crown 111, 4:15 pm -5:45 pm

Presented by Rebecca Crown Library.

Go Green, Print Lean

On Tuesday the Library began a new printing system.  After sending your documents to the printer, you must log in at the printer and select your print jobs.  You can log in to and print your documents from any printer on any floor of the library.  For more information, please see the FAQs on the Library web site: http://www.dom.edu/library/PrintingFAQ.html.

A few things to remember:

• Printing is still free for current Dominican students, faculty and staff.  Even though the printer screen shows costs of 10 cents/page, Dominican students, faculty and staff will not be charged.

• You log in to the printer with the same username and password as you use to log in to the library computers and to your email.  Remember to log off at the printer, too.

• When printing a PDF, be sure to use the print icon within Adobe.  Using the Adobe icon, rather than your browser’s File-Print option, will ensure that your entire document is sent to the printer.

Using this system helps us all be conscious of how much we’re printing, and helps eliminate unnecessary printing and unclaimed print jobs.  If you have questions about how to use the new system, please ask.

Fountains of Wayne

The fountain on the library patio was started up again over the summer.  Take time to eat your lunch or study out there before it’s turned off for the season and covered in snow.  No swimming.

Information for Copying Movies and Music in the Media Center

The following FAQs are intended to inform the faculty, staff and students at Dominican University about copyright and to provide guidelines for using and reproducing copyrighted audio visual (AV) materials.  This information is also available in the Media Center and on the Center’s web site: http://www.dom.edu/library/Services/mediacenter.html.

Frequently Asked Questions

Can the Media Center make a copy of a movie or sound recording from my personal collection?
We will make a copy if you are using the material for educational purposes and only if you have written permission from the copyright holder. Columbia University has detailed information on how to seek permission from the copyright holder.  They also offer a downloadable model permissions letter.

Can the Media Center make a copy of a movie or sound recording from the Center’s collection for my personal collection?
The Media Center does not copy movies or music for personal collections.

Can the Media Center copy a VHS from the Center’s collection onto DVD?
If the VHS is damaged, deteriorating, lost or stolen AND if we cannot purchase the DVD at a fair price, we can make a DVD copy for the Media Center collection.

Can the Media Center make a copy of a DVD so there are more available for my students?
If we cannot purchase another DVD(s) at a fair price, we can make up to 3 copies for the Media Center collection.

Can I show a movie from the Media Center collection in my class?
According to the Dominican University Film Policy, you may show a movie in class IF:

• The movie is an “integral part of a class session”
• The viewing is supervised by a teacher in a classroom.
• The viewing is attended only by students enrolled in a registered class of an accredited nonprofit educational institution.

Public viewing requires a license from the copyright holder.  For information, please contact the Office of Student Involvement at 708-524-6037.

Can the Media Center digitize sound recordings and put them online?
Yes.  The digital files will only be available through computers on the Dominican University campus.

Lower Level of the Library Closed Friday, July 24, 2009

Due to flooding, the Lower Level of the Library will remain closed FRIDAY, July 24 2009.

For reference services please call (708) 524-6875 or 6876

Click here for chat and email reference services.
For assistance with Office Services, please call (708) 524-6758.

Please check the Library’s homepage for ongoing updates.

Celebrating Sr. Jeanne Crapo- University Archivist

The Library recently held a party to honor  Sr. Jeanne Crapo, University Archivist. In the Springer Suite a large crowd of well-wishers enjoyed refreshments and shared stories about Sr. Jeanne’s many contributions to the University. Speeches were given by Bella Gerlich, University Librarian, University President Donna Carroll and former Library Director Inez Ringland. The Library presented Sr. Jeanne with a wall hanging that includes an icon portrait of St. Francis de Sales, patron saint of authors. This gift is especially meaningful as Sr. Jeanne is moving on to a new stage in her professional life – author. Sr. Jeanne is writing a book about the history of Dominican University.

At the party Sister Jeanne encouraged the faculty and staff to “Think Archives” and contribute their publications, lectures, institutional records, materials related to student activities and organizations, and any other materials that may be of value to the archives. Lists of many of these materials are now available on the University’s Archives web site.  Click here to see more photos.

We wish Sr. Jeanne well in her new endeavors.

Library closed July 3 & 4

Rebecca Crown Library will be closed Friday, July 3 and Saturday, July 4. Have a safe and happy 4th of July.

New Scholarly Communication Guide

A new guide to scholarly communication resources is available on the Library web site: http://research.dom.edu/scholarlycommunication.

Use this guide for information on publishing, author rights, open access, digital scholarship, Creative Commons, subject and institutional repositories, and more.

New look for book catalog

The DU and I-Share book catalogs are getting new looks.  You’ll see a new interface and some new features.  The upgrade will begin on Sunday, June 14 and will last a few days.  During those few days, nothing new can be added to the catalog.  This means, for example, that if you check out a book, it will not appear on MyAccount until after the upgrade is complete.  And, the status of that book on the catalog record will still say “available” until after the upgrade is complete.

Most importantly, you will be unable to request books through I-Share during the upgrade.  Please use WorldCat for any requests you need during the upgrade.

If you have any questions about how to use the new interface, about using World Cat or about what books you have checked out, or if you can’t find a book on the shelf, please ask us.

New help guides are coming soon.  For now, you can use CARLI’s guides.  Go to http://www.carli.illinois.edu/mem-prod/I-Share/upgrade.html#further and click on Voyager 7.1 Web Voyage User’s Guide.  You may need to log in using your 14-digit student ID #.