Tuesday Talks @ the Libraries

Join Professor Classen in the final Tuesday Talk of the spring semester in a lecture titled "Medieval Studies Forge Ahead: The New Handbook of Medieval Studies as a Representative of New Interdisciplinary and Collaborative Research." Classen's lecture will explore the new Handbook of Medieval Studies, a book that gives scholars all over the world a great opportunity to gain a quick and comprehensive overview of what the history of research has been in their specific field. <more>

Who: Dr. Albrecht Classen, Distinguished Professor of German Studies at the University of Arizona
What: "Medieval Studies Forge Ahead: The New Handbook of Medieval Studies as a Representative of New Interdisciplinary and Collaborative Research."
When: April 5, 2011, 11am to noon
Where: UA Main Library Lobby

On-Demand Information Delivery

Beginning April 4, the University Libraries will provide enhanced access to books directly through the library catalog. In addition to titles the Libraries currently own, the catalog will include titles that are available to UA students and faculty but have not yet been purchased. For titles available as ebooks, you will have immediate access. For titles only available in print, you will be able to initiate a request directly from the catalog for delivery to the Main Library within 3-7 days. We welcome your feedback, feel free to contact librarysupport@email.arizona.edu. For more information visit the On-Demand Information Delivery FAQ: <more>

UA Campus Repository

Faculty and researchers - Make your scholarly works available in a stable digital repository, while promoting open access to your scholarship. By depositing your work in the UA Campus Repository, you can store, archive and provide persistent access to your work, now and in the future. To learn more about establishing and managing your own digital collection in the repository, see: <more>

Mobile Access to Your Library

The Library’s catalog and many of your favorite online resources have websites or applications designed for mobile devices. For more information, see our new Mobile Access page or go directly to the Library’s mobile website.

LibQUAL Lite Survey

The Libraries will conduct our annual LibQUAL+® Lite survey from March 30 through April 22. E-mail invitations will be sent from The Dean of Libraries to random samples of UA faculty, graduate students, undergraduate students and staff. If you receive an invitation we hope that you will respond and encourage your colleagues to respond as well.

The survey measures three dimensions of the Library's support for the University: 1) quality of our services, 2) access to information needed for your research and teaching, and 3) the library as place. The new Lite version of the survey has only 13 questions compared to 27 in the old version and takes an average of less than 10 minutes to complete. For additional information, please contact Chestalene Pintozzi, Director of Project Management & Assessment, pintozzic@u.library.arizona.edu, 621-6392.

For UA Graduate Students (and their Advisors!)

Are you interested (or do you advise grad students who would be) in improving your library research methods in preparation for your thesis or dissertation work?

Do you need to learn how to identify key resources, researchers and terminology in areas in and beyond your major discipline? Instructional librarians are creating an online one credit course - ULIB 696: Advanced Library Research Strategies - to be offered Fall semester 2011. Watch for this course listing in the UA Catalog in the coming weeks. For more information contact: Jill Newby, newbyj@u.library.arizona.edu

I'm for Stew: The Life & Times of Stewart Lee Udall Exhibit

Special Collections at the University Libraries announces its newest exhibition, “I’m for Stew: The Life and Times of Stewart Lee Udall,” on display from Jan. 10 – June 15, 2011 in the gallery at Special Collections, 1510 E. University Blvd. A lecture series will be held throughout the spring in conjunction with the exhibit. <more>

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