DVD Collection Now Browseable

The DVD collection, previously housed behind the Circulation Desk, is now fully browseable on the First Floor of the library. You can find the DVDs near the CD music collection. Check out our wide selection of popular movies, art films, and documentaries.

Lots of Construction and Building Changes

Over the summer, a large-scale construction project was undertaken in the library. We had four goals for the project. They were:

· Moving all library operations into the library building for easier user accessibility
· Providing adequate space for Special Collections & Archives
· Reconfiguring the stacks in response to user concerns expressed in LibQual and other venues that materials were difficult to find
· Overall, making more effective use of the existing library space.

The final construction plan had the following pieces:

· A new instructional lab would be constructed where the Government Publications offices are currently located.
· Special Collections & Archives would have a new area constructed for them on the fifth floor.
· Related to this work, many of the stacks on the fourth and fifth floors would be reconfigured.
· A permanent wall would be constructed between 2023B and C and a folding partition providing better sound control will be constructed between A and B. An emergency door would be built between the library and old library, near the entrance to L2023B. Access to B and C would then only be available through the Old Library except when A and B are used simultaneously.
· Finally, the library loading dock area would be remodeled.

To date, most of the construction is complete. The lab is open for business, with information literacy classes already scheduled and in session. The Special Collections & Archives construction is almost done, with carpeting, furniture, wiring and drop ceilings left to complete. The fourth and fifth floor stacks have been reconfigured. We're still weeding the collections on these floors and will then shift the collection back onto empty shelves on each floor. New carpeting will also be installed off the stairwells and in the hallway going to Special Collections. The wall and door between Old Library and McIntyre has been constructed. However, the wall between 2023A and B has not been installed yet.

We expect all construction to be completed by mid-October, with the move of Special Collections & Archives happening not soon after.

Learn More -- Take a Tour!

No registration necessary. Meet in the grand corridor outside the library; tours take about 30 minutes.

Fall 2006 Tour Schedule:
Weeks of September 11, 18, 25 and Oct 2 at:
Mondays........5:30 pm

Tuesdays...... 3:00 pm

Wednesdays... 10:00 am

Thursdays..... 12:00 pm

Tours are intended for individual students (although some professors offer "extra credit" for students who take tours) . Tours answer students ' basic questions:

• What materials does the library provide?
• What do I find on each floor?
• How can I check out videos? digital cameras? group study rooms?
• How can I get help using the library (the Reference Desk, by appointment)
  

Questions? Email Betsy Richmond richmoeb@uwec.edu or call the Reference Desk (836-4076).
Tours are a good introduction to the library , but are not intended to replace library instruction sessions covering research methods, finding articles and other materials for an assignment.

For library instruction sessions for your classes, please contact an individual librarian or Karen Pope (popekj@uwec.edu). Library instruction sessions can include a short tour.

Purchase a Ticket for the United Way Basket Raffle

The library is again donating a basket to raise money for the United Way this year. The basket includes a lot of great items such as books, movies, music, gift certificates and other assorted items. A complete list of prizes is available at http://www.uwec.edu/Library/aboutus/unitedwaybasket.pdf.

Tickets, $1.00 each or 6 tickets for $5.00, will be available for purchase starting Friday, September 15 during the basket's appearance on the campus mall from 11am - 1pm. You can also purchase tickets at the McIntyre Library Reference Desk starting Monday, September 18 between 8am and 4:30pm M-F.

The drawing for winners of all the United Way theme baskets will be held at 2 p.m. on Friday, September 29 at the United Way Booth across from the Davies Service Center. You need not be present to win.

Take a Look at the New Library Web Site

Over the summer the library updated the look and structure of its web site. The project was undertaken to move the web site to the University template, and offered us a chance to:

• Provide a structure which offers easy navigation (i.e. makes things easier to find)
• Examine existing web pages and remove those that are obsolete
• Provide users with understandable terminology
• Create a new look for the site that conforms to the University template and, in so doing, establishes a clear brand identity, provides consistency across pages within the site and improves customer service
  

The redesign process, overseen by Deb Klossner, then Library Web Developer, and the library’s Web Committee, took about four months.

We hope you enjoy the new web site. If you have any problems finding information on the web site or any concerns relating to it, feel free to contact us using the form available at http://www.uwec.edu/library/webUs.htm.

Attend these Upcoming Events

The library will be hosting and sponsoring a number of upcoming events. Here is a sample of what awaits:

Tuesday, October 3, 4:30, 6:00pm
UW-Eau Claire Authors' Reception
Tamarack Room, Davies Center

Honor the scholarly and creative work of faculty and academic staff at this event co-sponsored by the library and the Office and Research and Sponsored Programs. Faculty works will be exhibited in the library following the event.

Thursday, October 5, 6:00 pm
Costa Rica: Inside and Out, Aaron Schasse, Graphic Design
McIntyre Library Grand Corridor

Chippewa Valley Book Festival Author Readings
McIntyre Library Second Floor Breezeway

Tuesday, October 17, 7:00pm
Marge Piercy

Piercy is the author of seventeen novels including The New York Times Bestseller Gone To Soldiers; the National Bestseller The Longings of Women and the classic Woman on the Edge of Time. Co-Sponsored by the library, College and Arts and Sciences, College of Education, Office of Student Development and Diversity, Department of English, and Department of Women's Studies.



Wednesday, October 18, 7:00pm
Patricia Hampl

Hampl is Regents Professor at the University of Minnesota and the author of three highly acclaimed memoirs-- A Romantic Education (1981), Virgin Time: In Search of the Contemplative Life (1992), and I Could Tell You Stories: Sojourns in the Land of Memory (1999)--all of which were selected as New York Times Notable Books of the year, as well as two volumes of poetry. Co-sponsored by the library, the English Department, and the Chippewa Valley Book Festival.


Friday, October 20
4:30 pm
Janis Amatuzio and Katherine Schneider

Amatuzio, MD, author of Forever Ours and known as the "compassionate coroner" is the founder and president of Midwest Forensic Pathology, P.A. She serves as Coroner and provides forensic pathology services for several counties in Minnesota and Wisconsin.




Schneider's book To the Left of Inspiration: Adventures in Living with Disabilities was published by Dog Ear Publishing in March of 2006. A UW-Eau Claire senior psychology emerita, Schneider received her bachelor of science in psychology from Michigan State and her doctorate in clinical psychology from Purdue University.







Friday, October 20
7:30 pm
Bill Holm and Cathy Sultan

In a compact collection of two dozen short essays and prose poems Bill Holm explores his life and, by extension, our lives, and how they flow together to make the life of a community, and then a country, and then a world.





Sultan, a native of Washington, D.C. lived in Beirut, Lebanon, from 1969 to 1983. Her memoir A Beirut Heart: One Woman's War, published by Scarletta Press in November 2005, recounts her family's survival during the Lebanese civil war. In her second book, Israel and Palestinian Voices: A Dialogue with Both Sides, published by Scarletta Press in March 2006, Cathy attempts to open eyes to the human realities of life in Israel-Palestine through interviews she conducted in Jerusalem and the West Bank.

Check Out our New Logo

The library has adopted a new logo designed by UW-Eau Claire students. In the fall of 2005, we asked students in Professor Christos Theo’s Advanced Graphics Communications class to design a logo for the library to use on our Web site and our print advertising.

The logo chosen was designed by Jesse Sutherland, Dave Bromeland and Seth Koslowski. According to Sutherland, the logo is meant to “show the library as a dynamic research environment.”

The library was thrilled to work with students to complete this project, and we are very pleased with the result. Look for the new logo to begin appearing on our various print and online publications this semester.

Members of the marketing committee, along with others in the library, have a great many ideas for student/library staff collaboration in the form of course projects or service learning opportunities. Feel free to contact Carol Lonning or Chris Cox with your ideas.

See Who's on a READ Poster

Building on the success of last spring’s READ campaign in honor of National Library Week, during orientation we raffled off chances for new faculty and students to have their faces on a READ poster. The READ poster campaign was begun by the American Library Association to promote libraries, literacy and reading. Usually depicting celebrities from movies, music, and television, many campuses have used the campaign effectively using campus celebrities. READ poster winners are pictured with a book or their choice

Faculty READ Poster winners:
Ethan Wickham, Music
Tanya Falbel, Biology
William Benson, Emeritus Art

Student READ Poster winners:
Samuel Wernberg
Devin Barnes
Adrienne Raffesberger

Look for their READ posters to begin appearing in buildings around campus.

Welcome to the McIntyre Library Advantage Blog

Welcome to this year's first issue of the McIntyre Library Advantage e-newsletter. The library offers countless advantages to faculty and staff, and we hope that each month you'll let us share some of them with you through this e-newsletter - which is also a blog. We'll keep you up-to-date with the latest library doings, as well as offer research tips to save you time. Feel free to comment on the posts and let us know what you like and don't like.