Limited Computer Access During Break |
December 20,
2010
Library services will be limited during the semester
break because of a painting and carpeting project on the
main floor of Woodward Library.
Most of the main floor will be
blocked off, thus computers will not be available
(except for laptops for APSU students). The Learning
Resource Collection (LRC), as well as the book stacks
and study areas on 1st and 3rd floors, will be
accessible.
Inclement Weather Announcement|
December 12,
2010
Due to inclement weather conditions, the Library
will close at 10 pm Sunday Dec.12.
It will reopen at 8am on Monday Dec. 13 weather
permitting.
Trivia Night @ the Library | November 12,
2010
The final live team trivia night at the library
will take place from 7-9 p.m., Friday, Nov. 19 in the
Woodward Library.
A faculty or staff member will serve as a “captain” for
a team of up to five students. Refreshments will be
served. The top three teams will receive prizes.
Library Athenaeum: 'The Jain Religion of India' |
November
2, 2010
At 1 p.m., Wednesday, Nov. 3, Dr. Bert Randall,
professor of philosophy and religion, along with
students Harsh N. Shah and Daniel Meloen, will present
"The Jain Religion of India," focusing on its spiritual
importance to humankind and its contributions to
biology, logic and ethics.
Library Athenaeum events are held on the third floor of
Woodward Library and are free and open to the public.
Library Athenaeum: Ghost stories in the library | October
25, 2010
Hear ghost stories from many cultures at 7:30 p.m.,
Tuesday, Oct. 26 in Woodward Library.
Faculty from languages and literature will share eerie
tales from the countries of the languages they teach!
Free food for all, and free Shriek Week T-shirts for the
first 75 students who dare to listen! For a list of
faculty participating, please
click on this link.
Library Athenaeum: 'Is Continuing Military Intervention
in Afghanistan Justified?' | October 15, 2010
Dr. Jordy Rocheleau, associate professor of philosophy,
will present "Is Continuing Military Intervention in
Afghanistan Justified?" at 1 p.m., Wednesday, Oct. 20 in
Woodward Library.
To frame subsequent discussion, he will explore whether
U.S. intervention has a just cause, has a proper
intention, and is proportionate in its effects. The
Athenaeum is free and open to all; come join the debate!
Library electronic services not available Monday morning | October 15, 2010
Due to a planned electrical outage and a maintenance
update, library electronic services, including remote
database access, interlibrary loan and printing, will
not be available from midnight, Sunday to 1 p.m.,
Monday, Oct. 17-18.
Library Athenaeum: 'Political
Socialization and its Effect on Women's Political Decisions'
| October 13, 2010
Dr. Marsha Lyle-Gonga, assistant professor of
political science, will present 'Political Socialization
and its Effect on Women's Political Decisions" at 1
p.m., today in Woodward Library.
She will explore and describe how women's decisions to
seek political office are influenced by their political
socialization via such agents as the family, school,
peers, media and church.
Library Athenaeum: 'Making the
Most of Your Undergraduate Experience'| October 5, 2010
Ricky Steven Young Jr., senior theater major,
will present "Making the Most of Your Undergraduate
Experience" at 1 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 6.
Library Athenaeum events are held on the third floor of
Woodward Library and are free and open to the public.
Students are especially encouraged to attend.
The second live team trivia event of the fall
2010 semester will take place from 7-9 p.m., Friday,
Oct. 1 in the Woodward Library.
A faculty or staff member will serve as a “captain” for
a team of up to five students. Refreshments will be
served. The top three teams will receive prizes.
Library Athenaeum: 'Third Annual
Banned Book Read-Out' |
September 27, 2010
The “Third Annual Banned Book Read-Out” will be
held at 1 p.m., Wednesday, Sept. 29 on the third floor
of Woodward Library.
In honor of Banned Books Week: Celebrating the Freedom
to Read, faculty members will read from books that have
been banned from libraries or schools and will describe
why the books were challenged. Athenaeum events are free
and open to the public, and students are encouraged to
attend.
Library Athenaeum: 'The Roy Acuff Legacy' by Kyle
Cantrell|
September 17, 2010
Kyle Cantrell, host of "The Roadhouse" and
"Bluegrass Junction" for Sirius XM Radio, will present
"The Roy Acuff Legacy" at 5 p.m., Sept. 22 in Woodward
Library.
Cantrell worked with Acuff for many years at the Grand
Ole Opry. This free event is co-sponsored by Woodward
Library and the Center of Excellence for the Creative
Arts in conjunction with the 25th anniversary of the
Acuff Chair of Excellence.
Updated Info: Library Services to be Disrupted by Planned Power Outage |
September 16, 2010
Due to the campus-wide power outage for
maintenance planned for midnight to noon on Sunday,
Sept. 19, access to online library resources will be
disrupted from 11pm Saturday until 1:00pm Sunday.
Woodward Library will open at 1 p.m. on Sunday as
scheduled.
The first live team trivia event of the Fall
2010 semester will take place from 7-9 p.m., Friday,
Sept. 17 in the Woodward Library.
A faculty or staff member will serve as a
“captain” for a team of up to five students. Light
refreshments will be served. The top three teams will
receive prizes. Sign up now at
http://library.apsu.edu/Trivia/01.htm !
Library Services to be Disrupted by Planned Power Outage |
September 7, 2010
Due to the campus-wide power outage for
maintenance planned for midnight to noon on Sunday,
Sept. 12, access to online library resources will be
disrupted during this time.
Woodward Library will open at 1 p.m. on Sunday as
scheduled; however, online resources and printing will
not be available until later in the afternoon, when the
temperature in the server room reaches an acceptable
level to allow servers to be powered up safely.
Fall 2010 Library Athenaeum Series Begins|
September 3, 2010
At
1 p.m., Wednesday, Sept. 15,
President Tim Hall will be the kick-off
speaker for this year's Library Athenaeum series.
Hall's lecture, "Fractured Souls: Lawyers' Roles
and Ethics," will be presented on the third floor of
Woodward Library. Eight presentations are scheduled for
this fall and are listed on the library website.
Athenaeum events are free, and students are especially
invited to attend.
Celebration of Scholarship: Creative and
Scholarly Achievements at Austin Peay | August
26, 2010
Faculty, staff, administration,
emeriti, students and alumni are invited to participate
in The Woodward Library’s “A Celebration of
Scholarship,” a spring semester event showcasing
creative and scholarly achievement at Austin Peay.
Submissions will be accepted now
through Dec. 31, 2010. For more information
contact Gina Garber garberg@apsu.edu.
Readers wanted for 3rd annual Banned Book Read
Out | August 26, 2010
At 1 p.m., Sept. 29, the Woodward
Library will celebrate the American Library
Association’s Banned Book Week with the library’s annual
“Banned Book Read Out.”
The library is asking for people to read two to
five minutes worth of passages from various books that
have been challenged and highlight the reasons these
books have been challenged or even banned from libraries
and schools. For a list of banned books see
http://www.ala.org/ala/issuesadvocacy/banned/index.cfm.
Update: RefWorks 2.0 now available| August 16, 2010
All APSU RefWorks accounts have been
migrated to the 2.0 version.
All of your existing folders and references
should have automatically transferred to the 2.0
interface.
Alink to the classic version is still provided on the
information webpage (directly below the main
link). RefWorks has not given a specific date when
access to the classic version will end.
While some
articles in this publication have always been free,
you will now be able to access
all the articles available on the Chronicle website.
Access should be granted to
The Chronicle online
from any internet connection on campus. It can also be
accessed off-campus using the links from the library
website. It is available from the
list of
all databases, the
Find Periodicals tool, and the
News
and Current Events resource guide.
Articles published in The
Chronicle from 1989 to present can be searched
using the search box on the homepage. There is
also an
archive of the ten most recent issues
which can be browsed as complete issues,
listing all the articles available online for
each individual edition.
New Quick Search Available for Austin Library Catalog
| July 28, 2010
Austin Library Catalog Quick Search is now
available from the library website menu under
Search & Find > Austin Library Catalog > Quick Search.
TheAdvanced Search option
will direct you to the original version of the Austin
Library Catalog.
Quick Search is a new, friendlier interface for
searching the Library catalog. It acts more like a Web
search, featuring new ways to quickly and effectively
narrow your results by keywords, library location,
language, and date. It is ideal for searching a broad
topic or creating a general list of library resources on
a given topic.
Quick Search is now the default search in the search box
at the top of the library website menu. Choose one of
the other search options from the drop down menu to get
results from the original Austin catalog.
Woodward Library will be closed Saturday, August
7
due to a scheduled power outage for repairs to the
campus electrical system.
All Web-based services, including the Library Web site
and the Austin online catalog, will be down all day. TEL
databases may be accessed from the TEL Web site at
http://tntel.tnsos.org/browse.php?browse=listings.
Services should be restored on Sunday, August 8 if no
complications arise.
Library Closed Saturday, July 3 | June 30, 2010
Woodward Library will be closed Saturday, July 3
due to a power outage planned as part of the campus
electrical upgrade.
All Web-based services, including the Library Web site
and the Austin online catalog, will be down all day. TEL
databases may be accessed from the TEL Web site at
http://tntel.tnsos.org/browse.php?browse=listings .
The Library will be closed July 4 & 5 in honor of
Independence Day.
ILLiad System Downtime | June 25, 2010
The ILLiad system will be unavailable June 28 -
July 12, 2010 for migration to a new server and system
upgrade.
You will be able to log-in to ILLiad from the library
main menu at Services > Requests > Interlibrary Loan -
ILLiad when access has been restored.
Wireless Web Printing Now Available | June 3,
2010
On the menu of the library homepage, visit
Services>Computer Access>Wireless Web Printing to upload
documents or web pages for printing.
The Wireless Printing Service has been unavailable for a
few weeks due to a change in vendor. Documents can
now be uploaded and printed to the Wireless Print
Release Station from any computer with an Internet
connection, including personal laptops, library laptops,
or even personal printers in your dorm room. More
information and instructions can be found at
http://library.apsu.edu/inform/21Wireless.htm.
Library Athenaeum to feature Ryan
Forsythe (Director of Admissions) | April 17, 2010
On Tuesday, April 20, 2010 at 2 p.m., Ryan Forsythe,
Director of Admissions at APSU will present "Student
Success and Faculty/Staff Mentoring"
Ryan will
explore and discuss the fall 2009 APSU faculty/staff to
student pilot mentoring program. Information shared will
include the development and implementation of the APSU
mentoring program, the selection and training of
participant mentors, a confidential review of student
participants, a review of the program’s design, and
student outcomes. The audience will be highly encouraged
to ask questions about this study and its results.
This will be
the last library athenaeum event for the Spring 2010
semester.
Library Athenaeum to feature
Dr. Tucker Brown | April 12, 2010
On Tuesday, April 13, 2010 at 2 p.m., Dr. Tucker Brown
will present "Clever Marketing or Subcultural Mantra:
Hegemonic Ideology and Thrasher Mag"
Dr. Tucker Brown, assistant professor
of sociology, will examine hegemonic processes specific
to the formation of subcultural identities among
skateboarders. (Hegemony refers to the political,
economic, ideological or cultural power exerted by a
dominant group over other groups, regardless of the
explicit consent of the latter.)
The analysis primarily focuses on
Thrasher Magazine as an agent of socialization and
the publication's role in fostering the hegemonic
ideology of commitment among skateboarders. Of
particular interest is the Thrasher generated content
including featured articles and interviews, letters to
the editor, and user submitted content and the
subsequent cultivation of hegemonic ideologies among
skateboarders. It is theorized that the hegemonic
ideology of commitment pervades the skateboarding
subculture and serves as a subtle marketing tool for the
furthering of the publication's capitalist interests.
Qualitative interviews and observations are incorporated
to further analyze relevant findings.
Library Athenaeum to feature Dr.
Bert Randall | April 5, 2010
On Tuesday, April 6, 2010 at 2 p.m., Dr. Bert Randall will
present "The Shi'a, the Sunni Wahhabi,
the Taliban and Al-Qaeda"
For over thirteen centuries the major
religious conflict in the Muslim world has been the
Sunni–Shi'a conflict that goes back to the very
beginnings of Islam. The extent and periodic intensity
of this conflict has often been overlooked, especially
by politicians. America experienced this in major ways
in Iraq, and it is a factor in Afghanistan as well as
one of the major hurdles to peace in the Middle East.
Dr. Bert Randall’s presentation will
explore this centuries old conflict as it influences the
current situation in the Middle East, especially Iran,
Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Pakistan and Afghanistan. Dr.
Randall will use the material recently developed for
training sessions with the First Squadron–32nd CAV at
Fort Campbell prior to their spring Deployment to
Afghanistan.
Library Athenaeum to feature Dr.
Jill Franks | March 29, 2010
On Tuesday, March 30, 2010 at 2 p.m., Dr. Jill Franks
will present Finding Their
Voice: 20th Century Irish Women Writers
Feminism comes later, and in a
different form, to Irish women than to either their
American or British counterparts. In part, this is due
to national struggles for independence from England, and
for creation of a uniquely Irish identity. In large
part, this lag is due to legislation against abortion,
divorce, and contraception. Dr. Jill Franks, professor
of English, will explore the lives and work of a handful
of women novelists and memoirists to describe how a
uniquely Irish women’s voice emerges in the latter half
of the twentieth century.
Library Athenaeum to feature Dr.
Jill Eichorn | March 21, 2010
On Wednesday, March 24, 2010 at 2 p.m., Dr. Jill Eichorn
will present V-Day 2010: A Season of Courage and Joy
Dr. Jill Eichhorn, associate
professor of English and coordinator of the Women’s
Studies program, will deliver a presentation about Eve
Ensler’s The Vagina Monologues and the V-Day movement.
The presentation would draw on Ensler's evaluation of
the work of V-Day and the projects it funds, and will
survey the history of V-Day nationally, internationally,
and locally. The presentation will conclude with a
performance of one of the monologues, “I Was in the
Room.”
Art
professor to focus on future of creativity as part of Library Athenaeum | March 1, 2010
Mark DeYoung, art professor at
APSU, will share his views on the future of creativity
next month as part of the Library Athenaeum speaker
series on campus At 7 p.m., Wednesday, March 3.
DeYoung, also a graphic artist, will
focus on the role creativity in design will play in the
future of the economy. He will examine and discuss
creativity and the economy in terms of evolving business
models and vital quality-of-life issues, such as
environmental health and stable communities that are
culturally rich and vibrant.
Spring
2010 LIBRARY ATHENAEUM to begin next week | February 19, 2010
The spring Library Athenaeum
speaker series will begin at 2 p.m., Tuesday, Feb. 23
with Dr. Korre Foster, assistant professor of music,
presenting “Colors of Charpentier,” a look at the French
baroque composer known for breaking the rules.
Eight weekly events are scheduled this
semester on such diverse topics as creativity, the
theater as therapy, V-Day, Irish women writers, the
Taliban and al-Qaida, Thrasher magazine and faculty
mentoring and student success. Athenaeum events are held
on the third floor of Woodward Library and are free and
open to the public. Students are highly encouraged to
attend.
Trivia Night is tonight at the
Library (Friday, February 12 at 7pm)
Trivia Night at the Library is funded by SASI Grants
in partnership with the Woodward Library and the Honor
Society of Phi Kappa Phi, Chapter 191.
Click
here for more information.
New Database: MathSciNet |
January 20, 2010
MathSciNet is now available from the A-Z list of
databases and the Mathematics resources webpage.
MathSciNet is an electronic publication
offering access to a carefully maintained and easily
searchable database of reviews, abstracts and
bibliographic information for much of the mathematical
sciences literature. Over 100,000 new items are added
each year, most of them classified according to the
Mathematics Subject Classification.
See the info
page at http://library.apsu.edu/inform/21MathSciNet.htm
for instructions on searching MathSciNet.
Overviews on the Austin Library Catalog
Available Soon |
January 14, 2010
Woodward Library has launched a new online
catalog, titled Austin: The Library Catalog of Austin Peay or "Austin" for short. Austin has replaced Felix
and has its own URL (http://iiiserver.lib.apsu.edu), so
your bookmarks and links to the catalog will need to be
updated.
At the top of each hour from 11 a.m.-2 p.m.,
Jan. 21, 22, 25 and 26, the library instruction team
will present 15-minute overviews in the library, Room
114.
New Library Catalog Now Available |
January 5, 2010
Austin: The Library Catalog of Austin Peay State
University, or Austin for short, is replacing the Austin
(Library Catalog) beginning January 5, 2010.
Austin
is the APSU Library’s database of all the materials
located in the Library.
It contains over 200,000 records describing books,
periodical titles, audiovisuals such as videos,
cassettes, CDs, and LPs, a limited number of government
publications as well as selected web sites. Items in
Austin may be searched by author, title, or subject.
Austin
also contains records for materials that professors have
placed on reserve for their classes. The records are
searchable by Instructor name or Course number.
Change
to Remote Access Log-in Credentials |
January 5, 2010
On January 5, 2009 the log-in credentials for
remote access to library resources and for initial
access to d will change from the Banner (A) number
to the same user name and password used to log-in to AP
One Stop.
If you have forgotten your AP OneStop login credentials
you may find your username in AP Self Service. If you
need additional assistance please contact the APSU Help
Desk at (931) 221-4357 or
helpdesk@apsu.edu.
