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Archive for September, 2009
front yard veggie plots in our hood
September 26th, 2009(click image for larger size)
Donohue Rare Book Room on Flickr
September 25th, 2009
One can now follow the Donohue Rare Book Room on Flickr! The Rare Book Room’s Flickr account documents recent exhibitions, receptions and other Library activities. As the site continues to develop, it will also feature images of collection materials thus representing a visual archive of the Donohue Rare Book Room and special collections at the University of San Francisco. To access the Flickr account, please visit:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/42175177@N03/sets/
John Hawk
Head Librarian, Donohue Rare Book Room
Virgil, Works (Nuremberg: Anthon Koberger, 1492)
Banned Books Week
September 22nd, 2009
Banned Books Week is September 26 to October 3 this year. Banned Books Week began in 1982 to promote intellectual freedom and to make the public aware that access to books and other materials was being challenged on a regular basis especially in libraries. The American Library Association is one of the sponsors of Banned Books Week. The envelope above is a First Day Cover for the America's Libraries postage stamp which was issued at the American Library Association annual conference in Philadelphia on July 13, 1982. Someone created a unique cover by pasting a newspaper article about book banning attempts on the envelope. The article begins, "There is a new 'hit list' sweeping the country. Unlike gangland murders, though this hit list does not involve people, but ideas. With increasing frequency, books and magazines of all kinds have become the target of self-appointed censors of both the left and right."
Google Fast Flip
September 22nd, 2009In addition to their usual Google News, Google is trying a new way of presenting news with their Fast Flip. It comes closer to the sensation of standing at a newsstand, just browsing, looking at different articles, different publications. You can click on the arrow on the side of the page to flip through other news stories.
If you want to read more about it, they have an FAQ. It is currently in Google Labs, the part of their website where they have the things they are still experimenting with or developing.
It is an interesting way to present the news–check it out.
Introducing ILLiad
September 22nd, 2009
Did you know Gleeson Library/Geschke Center’s Interlibrary Loan Department can help you borrow books or journal articles that the library doesn’t have and that aren’t available through our Link+ service?
On Monday, September 28th, the Gleeson’s ILL Department will be launching a new online Interlibrary Loan system called ILLiad (InterLibrary Loan internet accessible database), an electronic system used to request and manage Interlibrary Loan materials.
ILLiad is simple to use and provides a number of benefits to researchers. If you are a currently enrolled USF student, faculty, or staff member*, you will be able to create an ILLiad account and submit requests in Gleeson’s ILLiad system. Having an ILLiad account at the Library allows you to obtain information about the status of ILL requests through the web and email at any time from any location. Requests for photocopies of journal articles and book chapters will be delivered as PDFs to your personal ILLiad account. Through ILLiad, you will also be able to keep a history of your ILL requests.
Look for information from us about how to set up your ILLiad account soon. We look forward to your ILL requests!
*Law School students, staff, and faculty are not eligible to use ILLiad. Law School student, staff, and faculty members can request ILL materials through the Law Library’s ILL department here: http://www.usfca.edu/law_library/circ.html#interlibrary.
