Greetings! In case you have not heard, Game Night 2012 was a smashing success. Approximately 700 students attended which was far above our expectations! Students particularly enjoyed the over-sized Twister board created by Therese Walters and Rob… Continue reading
Call for Volunteers Collection Access Analysis Strategies Hub, or: CAASH! Should you volunteer? The answer is YES if you can answer yes to these questions: Do you have a strong interest in collections access and analysis? Would you like to … Co… Continue reading
What is going VT Google? VT Mail (webmail) is switching to VT Google email. If you accessed webmail.vt.edu, it is being replaced by mail.google.vt.edu. What does this mean for me, an Exchange user? Since, your email is currently being forwarded … Continue reading → Continue reading
Over the Fall Semester we’ll be testing various furniture samples– so you might see some usual things around Newman Library. The folks from Herman Miller dropped off a table and a few chairs this afternoon. The most bizarre piece is … Continue reading → Continue reading
Tyler just shared that the glass doors at the cafe are going to be replaced later this year. Facilities put the project out to bid yesterday, so hopefully by the end of October we’ll have both doors fixed. As you … Continue reading → Continue reading
As you may recall from last week, it’s National Sandwich Month. To wrap-up (pun intended) August, we have a wonderful pamphlet with nearly 100 pages of international sandwich delights. Well, nearly 100 pages of international sandwiches, at leas… Continue reading
The Circulation unit has started work on a new intiative for Fall 2012 to make textbooks more available to our students. Textbooks are identified and pulled from the Newman stacks to be placed on reserve at the Circulation Desk. Program facets in… Continue reading
The Space Committee met for the last time on Thursday, August 23rd. The work we have accomplished over the last year and a half has bode well for the library and I want to note a special thanks to all … Continue reading → Continue reading
Starting Monday, August 27, the Café door on the first floor (the one with the steps, not the one nearest the main elevators) will be open during the following hours: Sunday through Thursday 7:30am – 9:00pm Friday 7:30am – 8… Continue reading
We now have nearly 9,000 discovery records in Addison and Summon for EBL e-books. Patrons are browsing the titles, reading them online, and downloading portions of the books. The title that was downloaded most often is: Completing college : rethi… Continue reading