Monday, March 21, 2011

University-wide Earth Day Art Exhibition 2011

Who: Samford artists: students (graduate or undergraduate), staff or faculty

What: Any piece of art that is framed/matted and ready to hang, or sculpture suitable and ready to be displayed. (No outdoor installations please.) If you are in doubt, ask Naomi.

Where: Exhibition in the University Library

When: April 18 – 25, 2011

Why: Receive two weeks of fame and a fabulous Earth Day Art T-shirt.

To participate in the show, you MUST do the following:
Deliver artwork between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m., Wednesday, April 1 through Wednesday, April 15 to:

Naomi Gold, Reference Librarian
Room 224, University Library
ngold@samford.edu

Your submissions must be accompanied by the appropriate paperwork. Please download the paperwork instructions from this link.

Friday, March 11, 2011

EARTH DAY ESSAY CONTEST. GRAND PRIZE: NOOK eREADER!

The Communication Resource Center is sponsoring an essay contest for Earth Day. The grand prize is a Nook e-reader. Visit the CRC site to learn more, and visit the library's Earth Day book display, which also includes details about this great writing opportunity!

Monday, March 7, 2011

TRIALS AND MOBILE-FRIENDLY DATABASES

Please take a moment to have a look-see at the database trials we are now offering--
http://samford.libguides.com/trials--as well as our list of mobile-friendly databases now available at http://samford.libguides.com/mobile.

Friday, March 4, 2011

MOBILE-FRIENDLY DATABASES!

We have created a page that lists all the databases with mobile-friendly interfaces. It is available here: http://samford.libguides.com/mobile.

We would really appreciate hearing your feedback about this page and the resources on them. How well do they work with your mobile device? Feel free to comment on our Facebook page, here on the Library News Blog, or with the comment feature on the mobile-friendly device page.

Thank you!

Wednesday, March 2, 2011

Women's History Month

The library's Government Documents area has a display of numerous materials related to Women's History Month, including materials dealing with women's involvement with the American trade union movement 1824-1976; Women in Congress; Women marines in World War II; and a document titled "Equal Pay: A Thirty-Five Year Perspective."

Please visit the Government Documents area on the second floor of the University Library. Thank you.

FREEBIES! DATABASE TRIALS!

Thanks to Lori Northrup for providing the material for this posting.

I hope that heading got your attention. What term works better, do you think?" "Freebies? Or "database trials?"

Whatever your preference, we're glad you're reading this, because the University Library is hosting many trials at the moment, and we’d love your feedback. On our database trials page at http://samford.libguides.com/trials, you’ll find collections of ebooks, article databases, image databases, databases of films and music, and more! There’s a tab on the page that links to surveys about each product.

There is a survey for each trial. The surveys are short. We are genuinely interested in your feedback and would really appreciate hearing from you. Let us know what you think of these resources, especially as they relate to your respective disciplines.

Getting your feedback helps us to be better informed as we search for resources that will meet your needs and those of our students. Thank you for your assistance.