Libraries@Wooster

Health Care Reform

mgooch — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:32:55 +0000

Health care reform is in the news as legislation works its way through Congress. The Library of Congress’ Thomas site has links to the House and Senate versions of the legislation. Additionally, the New York Times has a Times Topic on the Health Care Reform issue. This site includes an overview of the topic as well as link to relevant resources and the legislation.

It is the Cold and Flu Season…

mgooch — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 19:52:00 +0000

One of our database vendors, EBSCO, has developed an Influenza Information Portal with information drawn from some of their medical databases. Take a look and find out more about the flu. In addition, ebrary has created an H1N1 Searchable Information Center which contains various documents pertaining to H1N1.

New Exhibit in Special Collections

mgooch — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 15:48:45 +0000

The exhibit “Designing Women: Three Early American Book Artists” is currently on display in Special Collections, The College of Wooster Libraries. This exhibit highlights work by three of the earliest professional artists enlisted to provide designs for publishers’ cloth bindings in the late 19th century. Book designs by Margaret Armstrong, Sarah Whitman, and Amy Richards illustrate the changing aesthetic of 19th century America towards the modern design philosophies that emerged with the Arts and Crafts Movement and, later, Art Nouveau. As women had long been involved with the traditional aspects of bindery work that included stitching and case making, women were also among the first artists who provided designs for the cloth covers that flourished at the turn of the 20th century as part of the growing movement that appreciated the book as art, as well as the book as text. These materials will be on display October 23, - December 23, 2009. For more information about the exhibit, contact Denise Monbarren at ext. 2527 or Elaine Smith Snyder at ext. 2155. Special arrangements can be made for classes or small groups to view more materials from our collection.

OhioLINK Services Unavailable Sat., Oct. 3

mgooch — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 18:00:21 +0000

This Saturday, October 3rd, the Ohio State computing facility is fixing a major electrical problem from damage it sustained on June 26, 2009. They have been using a workaround since then but need a permanent fix and must install a new high- voltage electrical switch. Because of that, they will have the power off to the facility starting around 5:30 in the morning and lasting until around 8 p.m. in the evening. Since this is the facility where all of OhioLINK’s database systems are located, they will be forced to take their equipment off line starting around 4 a.m. Saturday. No backup generator power will be available during this time. They will bring their systems back online as soon as it is safe to do so after the work is completed. CAVEAT: If it is raining that day, this electrical work cannot be completed so this will be canceled and the systems will remain up. It is the understanding of OhioLINK that this is emergency repair work and has to be done now as opposed to putting it off until a less busy time. This affects the OhioLINK Central Catalog as well as any databases that have Ohiolink in the URL. It will not affect other resources such as the EBSCOhost databases, LexisNexis, etc. Please contact the Libraries if you have questions.

“Early Primers and Textbooks” in Special Collections

mgooch — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 16:05:51 +0000

“Early Primers and Textbooks” is currently on display in Special Collections, The College of Wooster Libraries. This exhibit includes the Early University of Wooster Textbook Collection—a collection of core textbooks used by the university during its first 20 years (1870/71 through 1889/90). 19th-century reading, spelling, grammar, and mathematics texts published in the United States are also included, highlighting well-known works, such as the McGuffey Readers and Ray’s New Primary Arithmetic texts. These works were published as part of the Eclectic Series by The American Book Company and document an important period of our publishing history. Several of these textbooks were published in Ohio to meet the growing demands for education that accompanied westward expansion in our own state.

The exhibit is available for viewing Monday – Friday 8 a.m. - 5 p.m., August 24 – October 2, 2009. Special arrangements can be made to view additional works from our collections. For more information, contact Denise Monbarren (ext. 2527) or Elaine Smith Snyder (ext. 2155).

CONSORT Downtime Over the Weekend

mgooch — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 15:02:10 +0000

The CONSORT library catalog may be down for approximately 30 minutes on Sat. evening or Sun. morning. The system will be updated during this downtime. If you have questions please contact Mark Gooch mgooch@wooster.edu

Libraries URL change

mgooch — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 13:27:40 +0000

The new College of Wooster web site was launched over the weekend. As a result, the Libraries site has a new URL: http://www3.wooster.edu/library/

New Resource on Supreme Court Nominee Sonia Sotomayor

mgooch — Fri, 29 May 2009 18:32:42 +0000

The Law Library of Congress has launched a new resource on Supreme Court Nominee Sonia Sotomayor. The site contains information on articles and books by Sotomayor, Congressional documents, cases, and web resources.

Looking Back on the Class of 1959

mgooch — Wed, 27 May 2009 17:54:50 +0000

“Looking Back on The Class of 1959” is currently on display in Special Collections, The College of Wooster Libraries. This exhibit features photographs, programs, and memorabilia from The College Archives Collection circa 1958- 1959. Theatre productions from the W. Stanley Schutz Theatre Collection highlight ”Arms and the Man” and the faculty production of “Abie’s Irish Rose,” starring Howard F. Lowry, Eve Richmond, Ralph Young, William Taeusch, William C. Craig, and Winford B. Logan. Guest actor John Beal also appeared in a campus production of “Everyman Today.” Materials from Color Day 1958 celebrate the crowning of Color Day queen Nancy Ann Gopel (1959). The exhibit is available for viewing Monday – Friday 8 a.m. - 3 p.m., May 22 – June 30, 2008. Special arrangements can be made for small groups to view additional works from this collection. For more information, contact Denise Monbarren (ext. 2527) or Elaine Smith Snyder (ext. 2155).

Follow us on Twitter

mgooch — Wed, 06 May 2009 15:37:40 +0000

The Libraries have set up a Twitter account. We will initially be using it to post quick updates if systems or databases are experiencing problems. To follow us you can find us at http://www.twitter.com/cowlib or our hash tag is #cowlib.