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TREXLER LIBRARY SCUTTLEBUTT ARCHIVE: FALL 2008
August 29 | September 12 | September 26
Trexler Library Scuttlebutt
Bi-weekly Update from the Library
8/29/08
MDID Art Images Database
A new online repository for high-resolution art images is now available campus-wide to all faculty, staff, and students. The repository, called MDID, can store images, and display them in high resolution for teaching and research, including use in Powerpoint presentations at conferences.
Currently Muhlenberg's MDID database contains several thousand carefully chosen images of world art and architecture, purchased outright from the image vendor Scholars Resource.
To access the database and its contents from anywhere on campus visit http://mdid.muhlenberg.edu and choose Guest Login, then Browse. You can browse the existing collection by title, artist, etc. Click on the thumbnail to view the larger image.
How can I view an image in the highest resolution possible in MDID?
To go beyond the viewing capabilities of your Internet browser, MDID offers a free-to-install viewer that allows superb resolution of the digital image, plus magnification of detail and comparison of images side by side. For information about the viewer, call x3602 or reply to this email.
What if the artist or work I'm interested in does not already appear in the database?
Images can be purchased using a portion of a department's library funds. To find out what is available for purchase from our current vendor, or to discuss alternative sources for image purchases, call x3602 or reply to this email.
E-reserves
Last spring, Trexler Library began offering a new service called E-Reserves. The service enables professors to post reserve items online so that students can access them from anywhere. Library staff take care of any copyright concerns related to the items posted to e-reserves, paying permission fee with funds authorized by the Provost's Office. At this time there are already 525 items in the system, three times the amount there were at this point last semester. We're excited to be offering this service and are thrilled to see the faculty taking full advantage it.
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Calendar of Events
9/1: Homecoming/Parents' Weekend Display (Trexler Library Level A Terrace). On display through October.
9/2: Local Candidates Display (Trexler Library Level A). On display through Election Day.
9/5: Meditation Group (Trexler Library Rare Books Room, 5:00PM-6:00PM)
9/9: Zotero Workshop for students (Trexler Library Computer Lab B-01, 4:30PM-5:30PM).
9/12: Meditation Group (Trexler Library Rare Books Room, 5:00PM-6:00PM)
9/14: Jewish Literature Discussion Group. Discussion on "Satan in Goray" by Isaac Bashevis Singer (Trexler Library Current Periodicals Section, 3:30PM-4:30PM). Discussion led by Hartley Lachter.
9/14: Poll Workers Sign Up Table (Front of Trexler Library, 7:00PM-10:00PM).
9/15: Faculty/Author Reception for J. Pooley (Trexler Library Fulford Room, 4:30PM-6:00PM).
9/16: Poll Workers Sign Up Table (Front of Trexler Library, 7:00PM-10:00PM).
9/18: AAUW Book Group (Trexler Library Fulford Room, 12:30PM-2:00PM).
9/18: Writing & Information Consultation Center open house and ribbon cutting (Trexler Library Level A, 4:30PM-5:30PM).
9/19: Meditation Group (Trexler Library Rare Books Room, 5:00PM-6:00PM)
***Reply to this email with any questions about these events.**
Trexler Library Scuttlebutt
Bi-weekly Update from the Library
9/12/08
The New Writing and Information Consultation Center
The grand opening (and ribbon-cutting) of the new Writing and Information Consultation Center will take place on September 18 at 4:30 p.m. on level A of the library. Please join us to celebrate, tour the space, and enjoy some refreshment.
The WICC is a one-stop shop for all your students' writing and research needs. We look forward to this new collaborative venture between Trexler Library and the Writing Center.
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Calendar of Events
9/12: Meditation Group (Trexler Library Rare Books Room, 5:00PM-6:00PM).
9/14: Jewish Literature Discussion Group. Discussion of I.B. Singer's "Satan in Goray," led by Hartley Lachter. (Trexler Library Current Periodicals Section, 3:30PM-4:30PM).
9/14: Poll Workers Sign Up Table (Front of Trexler Library, 7:00PM-10:00PM).
9/15: Faculty/Author Reception for Jeff Pooley (Trexler Library Fulford Room, 4:30PM-6:00PM).
9/16: Poll Workers Sign Up Table (Front of Trexler Library, 7:00PM-10:00PM).
9/18: AAUW Book Group (Trexler Library Fulford Room, 12:30PM-2:00PM).
9/18: Writing & Information Consultation Center open house and ribbon cutting (Trexler Library Level A, 4:30PM-5:30PM).
9/19: Amze Emmons' Students' Art Display installed (Trexler Library Information Commons).
9/19: Meditation Group (Trexler Library Rare Books Room, 5:00PM-6:00PM).
9/21: Poll Workers Sign Up Table (Front of Trexler Library, 7:00PM-10:00PM).
9/22: Notables Book Group. We will be discussing "The Worst Hard Time" by Timothy Egan (Trexler Library Rare Books Room, 12:00PM-1:00PM).
9/24: Poll Workers Sign Up Table (Front of Trexler Library, 7:00PM-10:00PM).
9/25: Google Docs Workshop for students, faculty, and staff (Trexler Library, 4:00PM-5:00PM).
9/26: Homecoming Weekend
9/26: Google Docs Workshop for students, faculty, and staff (Trexler Library, 10:00AM-11:00AM).
9/26: Meditation Group (Trexler Library Rare Books Room, 5:00PM-6:00PM).
***Reply to this email with any questions about these events.***
Trexler Library Scuttlebutt
Bi-Weekly Update from the Library
9/26/08
Applying Fair Use in the College and University Setting
You won't want to miss the live audio conference on copyright and fair use running in Seegers 113 from 1 to 2 p.m. on Tuesday, October 7, 2008. Attorney and professor Laura (Lolly) Gasaway from the University of North Carolina will discuss best practices for using copyrighted materials in the classroom in light of recent legal and technological developments. For a complete description, click on the following link: https://www.higheredhero.com/audio/main.asp?G=2&E=1572&I=1.
Seating is limited. Email Terry Collings, collings@muhlenberg.edu to sign up now. The conference is being facilitated locally by Terry Collings (OIT) and Kelly Cannon (Library).
Classic Board Games Now Available on Library Terraces
Is the stress of the semester already getting to you? Come into the library to relieve some of that stress by playing some board games. Grab a couple of colleagues and indulge in a game of Apples to Apples. Challenge your department head to an intellectual game of Chess or Scrabble. All of the games are located on the library terraces and include: Boggle, Scrabble, Checkers, Chinese Checkers, Apples to Apples, Chess, Backgammon, and Uno. There are more to come...
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Calendar of Events
9/28: Amze Emmons' student art is now on display (Trexler Library Information Commons, rotating display through the semester).
9/28: Meditation Group (Trexler Library Rare Books Room, 5:00PM-6:00PM).
9/28: Poll Workers Sign Up Table (Front of Trexler Library, 7:00PM-10:00PM).
9/29: Poll Workers Sign Up Table (Front of Trexler Library, 7:00PM-10:00PM).
10/1: "National Coming Out Day" display (Trexler Library Level A, on display through October).
10/3: Zotero Workshop for faculty and staff (Trexler Library Computer Lab B-01, 10:00AM-11:00AM).
10/3: Meditation Group (Trexler Library Rare Books Room, 5:00PM-6:00PM)
10/6: Faculty/Author Reception for Larry Hass (Trexler Library Fulford Room, 4:00PM-5:30PM).
10/12: Jewish Literature Discussion Group. Discussion on "The Dybbuk and Other Writings" by S. Ansky. Discussion led by Hartley Lachter (Trexler Library Current Periodicals Section, 3:30PM-5:30PM).
***Reply to this email with any questions about these events.***