Library News & Events

1st, 2nd, and 3rd floor galleries of the Library Technology Center

An exhibit from the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum focusing on the 1945 bombing of Hiroshima and its aftermath. Included is a station on the first floor where you can learn to make a paper crane and contribute to the exhibit!
The exhibit runs throughout February.

Double Exposure: Reflections on Dropping the Atomic Bomb
February 22, 2010, 7-8 pm
Library Technology Center Special Collections Room 382

Speakers from the History & Philosophy department include Professors Sung Shin Kim, Troy Catterson, Richard Byers, and Augustine Meaher with Dean Christopher Jespersen moderating.
This event is free and open to students, faculty, staff, and the community.

The exhibit and the panel are sponsored by the School of Arts & Letters and the Library Technology Center.

JSTOR recently added these scholarly publications.
American Art Illustrated
Art & Life
The Artist: An Illustrated Monthly Record of Arts, Crafts and Industries (American Edition)
Browning Institute Studies
Cahiers de musiques traditionnelles
Canadian Journal of Philosophy
Center House Bulletin
Chasqui
The Clearing House
Comparative Literature Studies
The Connoisseur
Educational Technology Research and Development
For the Learning of Mathematics
Hispamérica
The Illustrated Magazine of Art
The Illustrated Wood Worker
International Journal of the Classical Tradition
Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health
The Journal of International Relations
Journal of Medical Ethics
Materiali e discussioni per l’analisi dei testi classici
Mathematics in School
The Monthly Illustrator
New England Review
The New Path
Philosophy & Rhetoric
Revista de libros de la Fundación Caja Madrid
The Soil
Studies in the American Renaissance
Women’s Studies International
Yale Law & Policy Review

More detailed information, including years and volumes added, is on the JSTOR Available Collections page.

The Library Technology Center will be open 7:30 am – 4 pm on Saturday, February 6, 2010.

The 2010 LibQUAL+® Library Survey is coming to your e-mailbox next week. This survey will take 10-15 minutes of your time, but it speaks volumes!

The Library Technology Center is one of hundreds of academic libraries across the country administrating this survey, including some USG institutions. The survey is especially useful because we can benchmark our results against those of other campuses and identify best practices. Some of you might remember that we conducted LibQUAL+® in 2006 and had over 900 participants.

The survey this spring will allow us to compare data and assess where the library has made progress or if there are widening gaps between your expectations and the services and information resources the library provides. Please be assured that your answers are confidential. No identifying links between responses and the individual is retained and only aggregated data is reported.

As we plan for the future of the Library Technology Center, it is essential that we understand your perceptions and expectations. Please help by completing the 2010 LibQUAL+® survey!  For more information about LibQUAL+® visit the library’s website at http://www.northgeorgia.edu/library/libqual or contact me at 706-864-1514 or libqual@northgeorgia.edu.

Shawn Tonner

P.S.  Did I mention the prizes?
Survey participants are eligible for a drawing for some great prizes. If you choose, you can enter your e-mail address at the end of the survey. This year’s prizes include:

• two Sony Readers (Touch edition PRS600)
• ten $25 gift certificates to Campus Connection
• lots of JavaCity beverage coupons

Saying, “The library doesn’t have the book I need!” is a thing of the past with GIL Express and Interlibrary Loan.

GIL Express allows students, faculty, and staff members to borrow books from other state universities and colleges. If we do not have the book you want, use the GIL Universal Catalog to request it from another school. Books usually arrive in 4-5 weekdays.

If you can’t get your book using GIL Express, you can use Interlibrary Loan (ILL). ILL allows you to borrow books from other libraries, even those out-of-state. Books usually arrive in 10 weekdays.

Need help finding the books you need? Contact a librarian.