Library News 2004
This page achives Library News items from 2004.
Follow this link for the most recent library news.
December 22, 2004
Today, a significant number of databases that the Leddy Library subscribes to, now have a new interface.
This new platform is called Illumina and allows "Googlish" Quick Searches [tutorial] while maintaining traditional search capabilities through Advanced Search [tutorial]. This link provides a five-page quick reference card for both search screens [pdf].
At the end of January, Illumina will be the new search interface for @ Scholars Portal.
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New: Get it to RefWorks From JSTOR
New: Get it to RefWorks From Illumina
New: Get it to RefWorks From Proquest Databases
December 13, 2004
The Leddy Library is trialing all sorts of new products:
- WorldData (EIU)
- MLA via ProQuest/Chadwyk-Healy
- Nineteenth Century Short Title Catalog (NSTC)
December 10, 2004
The University of Windsor’s Leddy Library invites applications for a tenure-track Data Librarian position, commencing July 1, 2005.
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The Leddy Library has posted its hours of service for the Winter 2005 Term
November 30, 2004
The Leddy Library has made two adjustments to its hours of service for the days of December 21st and December 22nd.
November 26, 2004
New products on trial:
November 24, 2004
New products on trial:
- Mergent Online
- Communication & Mass Media Complete (CMMC)
November 12, 2004
Leddy Library's Art Rhyno has won an Literati Club Awards for Excellence from Emerald Publishing for an Outstanding paper in the field of Library & Information Management for his article in Library Hi Tech vol. 21 no. 3 entitled "From library systems to mainstream software: how Web technologies are changing the role of the systems librarian". Congrats Art!
November 11, 2004
The Windsor Review and the Department of English Language, Literature and Creative Writing present a poetry reading by professors emeritus Eugene McNamara and Peter Stevens, Friday November 12 at 12:15 p.m., on the main floor of the Leddy Library. This is part of the free Literary Quickie reading series.
November 10, 2004
The 2003-2004 Annual Report of the University Librarian has been posted.
November 4, 2004
New: Get it to RefWorks From WilsonWeb
November 3, 2004
New: images of the Leddy Library displays commemorating the launch of GetIt and RefWorks.
November 2, 2004
New: images of the Leddy Library displays commemorating Polish Week.
October 29, 2004
The Windsor Review and the Department of English Language, Literature and Creative Writing present A Hallowe'en Quickie - an hour of frightening poetic readings by the talented writers of the English department on Friday October 29th, 12:15 Leddy Library, main floor. There will be prizes for the most creative costume. Dress up as your favourite prof! Ooooh that's scary!
October 24-31st, 2004
The Leddy Library marks Polish Week. On Sunday, October 24th, The Consul General of the Republic of Poland, the President of the Polonia Centre, and members of the Polish community joined university librarians and invited guests to officially open an exhibition on Poland's royal treasures at the Leddy Library.
October 22, 2004
New trial:
- Value Line's Investment Survey Online and Research Center
October 20, 2004
This week the Leddy Library lobby features a display that commemorates the work of the University of Windsor's Women's Studies 2004 Distinguished Visitors, Shawna Dempsey and Lorri Millan.
October 6, 2004
The University of Windsor's writer-in-residence for 2004/2005, Margaret Christakos, will give a public reading Wednesday, October 6, at 12:15 p.m. in the Leddy Library. The event is part of the Literary Quickies series, presented by the Department of English and the Windsor Review - copies of the which will be for sale at the event.
September 27, 2004
The Leddy Library has expanded its designed Quiet Study Areas in the library. In addition to the existing quiet study floors of the second and fourth floor of the main building, the third floor of the West building of the Leddy Library have been designated as a quiet study area. This page describes the study spaces of the Leddy Library.
September 24, 2004
Printing at the Leddy Library just got easier. The Leddy Library now has its own Print Card Unit that allows users to purchase Network Laser Printing Cards for the cost of $2 ($1 for the card; $1 for printing) and to add value to these cards. More details are available in our Printing Help Guide.
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We now have new library research guides for:
September 8, 2004
Welcome and Welcome Back to the Leddy Library.
We've got two very new and very exciting developments at The Leddy Library:
- RefWorks - a personal database and bibliography creator
- Get It ! - a service that provides superior linking between research and library resources
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A link to the library's call number locations has been added to the library's front page under the heading of Collections.
September 2, 2004
Beginning today - Thursday, September 2nd - until Tuesday, September 7th, 2004, access to the 2nd Floor of
the West building of the Leddy Library will be limited due to renovations that are being completed. We thank you for your patience.
September 1, 2004
LibQUAL is an annual, web-based survey sponsored by the Association of Research Libraries. This survey is designed to measure library users' perceptions of service quality, and to identify gaps among desired, perceived, and minimum expectations of service. In 2004, over 200 libraries in North America participated including the Leddy Library in March 2004 when a total of 840 surveys were filled in and submitted.
The LibQUAL survey results will provide the Leddy Library with essential information to help plan for the future. As well as identifying the level to which our services meet user expectations, we will also compare our service quality ratings with those of peer institutions - in an effort to develop benchmarks and gain an understanding of best practices across institutions.
August 31, 2004
The Leddy Library will be offering library tours on the hour on September 21, 22, and 23rd beginning at 10 am and ending at 7pm.
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A set of job postings from the Leddy Library were posted today on the Daily News.
August 24, 2004
The Leddy Library hours for Fall 2004 through to Christmas break have been posted.
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New trial:
- Gale Virtual Reference Library
August 20, 2004
Library staff positions are advertised through the University of Windsor's Daily News at the Leddy Library. The Leddy Library recently has advertised for three job positions.
August 17, 2004
The Leddy Library offers Safari Tech Books Online to its students, faculty and staff. Safari is produced by publishers O'Reilly and Pearson Technology and is a searchable collection of IT books that allows users to even search code fragments if need be.
August 5, 2004
The University of Windsor's Leddy Library invites applications for a tenure-track Information Literacy Librarian position, commencing no later than January 1, 2005.
June 30, 2004
Leddy Library has added the Philosopher's Index to its collection of electronic indexes. The Philosopher's Index is a current and comprehensive subject and author index to articles, books, anthologies, and contributions to anthologies in philosophy.
June 17, 2004
Another new database trial:
June 14, 2004
New database trial:
- International Political Science Abstracts
May 27, 2004
[from the Daily News]
Head Starters Hit Campus
For Kennedy high school graduates Kourtney Davis and Lama Alsafi, the University of Windsor is convenient because it's so close to home. But that's not the only reason they made it their choice.~
The two were on campus yesterday to participate in Head Start, the academic orientation program for incoming students. About 700 new students are expected to participate this week and next.
"There's really a wide selection of programs," says Davis, who plans to study French in September.
Alsafi agrees, adding she will major in international relations. "The University of Windsor has a good reputation," she says. Both are looking forward to beginning their university careers, and believe the Head Start program is a good introduction.
Kourtney Davis and Lama Alsafi of Windsor learn about the Leddy Library from reference assistant / pirate Karen Needham.
April 27, 2004
Librarians acknowledged at President's Equity Assessor Reception, April 26.
Peter Zimmerman, Leila Wallenius, Johanna Foster
Librarians Joan Dalton, Johanna Foster, William Jackson, Leila Wallenius and Peter Zimmerman were recognized for their service as Equity Assessors.
Leila Wallenius was presented with the President's Employment Equity Award, which is designed to recognize an individual's outstanding contribution to the Employment Equity Program. Since volunteering to be an Equity Assessor in 2002, Leila has served on a total of 29 Appointments and Promotion, Tenure and Renewal Committees.
In 2003, Leddy Librarians have served as equity assessors on a staggering 42 appointment and PTR committees.
April 26, 2004
The Leddy Library is introducing a new service for University of Windsor Faculty that will become implemented on May 15, 2004: Proxy Borrower Authorization
April 22, 2004
The Leddy Library now has online access to the periodicals and databases of the OECD.
"The OECD groups 30 member countries sharing a commitment to democratic government and the market economy. With active relationships with some 70 other countries, NGOs and civil society , it has a global reach. Best known for its publications and its statistics, its work covers economic and social issues from macroeconomics, to trade, education, development and science and innovation."
New addition to the Leddy Library website: Endnote Connection & Filter Files
On April 19, 2004 The Leddy Library threw a party to celebrate its recent accomplishments and honour those whose contributions lead to our success.
April 15, 2004
The Leddy Library is taking part of an Ontario-wide trial for the index called INSPEC. Inspec covers the fields of physics, electrical engineering, information technology and related sciences. We are investigating acquiring INSPEC from one of six different companies.
April 13, 2004
E*Subscribe / EDRS is back!
April 8, 2004
New library trial:
April 6, 2004
E*Subscribe / EDRS is currently unavailable. Check Leddy News for updates.
April 2, 2004
CNSLP has negotiated additional backfile content for Web of Science.
This means that the Leddy Library has expanded our backfile of these important citation indexes by ten years:
- Science Citation Index: 1965-
- Social Sciences Citation Index: 1965-
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More good news: Leddy now has online access to the journals of Nature Publishing. These titles are:
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To reflect the new titles above, the A to Z list of online journals have been updated. This updates also include new titles that Leddy has access to through subscribing to JSTOR's Arts & Sciences IV and Arts & Sciences Complement as well as some new titles (to us) from IOP (Institute of Physics) and AIP (American Institute of Physics) through a provincial consortial deal. These titles are:
April 1, 2004
Some changes have been made to the Leddy Library Hours page.
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Highlighting excellence in library research: Peep Research: A study of small fluffy creatures and library usage.
March 19, 2004
New addition to the Leddy Library website:
The Merck Index describes significant chemicals, drugs, and biological substances
March 10, 2004
New trial:
- Women and Social Movements in the United States, 1600-2000
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The Leddy Library's A to Z list of online journals has been updated.
This update includes journals with free backfiles from HighWire Press and titles from the Directory of Open Access Journals.
March 5, 2004
New Trial :
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Library hours have been posted for Final Exams, Spring Recess, Inter and Summer Session, Summer Recess, and Labour Day Weekend.
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The Leddy Library APA Citation Guide has been updated
March 4, 2004
Minister of Training, Colleges and Universities, The Hon. Mary Anne Chambers, visited The Leddy Library during her whirlwind tour of Windsor. She had a brief stop in the Williams Coffee Pub, viewed our first floor renovations and had a demonstration of our Digital Resources on the Leddy web site:
Discussing students' tuition concerns, outside of the Library:
Viewing Ground floor main Computer Classroom, with Neil Gold, Provost and Gwendolyn Ebbett, University Librarian
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The Leddy Library now offers a database called the Women Writers Online, a project of the Brown University Women Writers Project devoted to early modern women's writing and electronic text encoding. Their goal is to bring texts by pre-Victorian women writers out of the archive and make them accessible to a wide audience of teachers, students, scholars, and the general reader. Women Writers Online presents all WWP texts currently available online covering a period from 1400 to 1850.
February 25, 2004
The University of Windsor’s Leddy Library invites applications for a 12 month limited term Public Services Librarian position commencing July 1, 2004. Complete applications and letters of reference should be submitted by April 15, 2004.
Feburary 18, 2004
This year Freedom To Read Week is during February 22 to 28, 2004 which just happens to coincide with the University of Windsor's Reading Week break.
Local activities commemorating this event include a 6 Hour Freedom to Read Marathon being held Februrary 19th from 6pm to midnight at the Grad House at the University of Windsor.
The Freedom to Read Week is promoted by the Freedom of Expression Committee of the Book and Periodical Council.
Their website that supports the week's events includes:
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In 2002, the Leddy Library in collaboration with the other Ontario universities belonging to the Ontario Council of University Libraries (OCUL) consortium, initiated a new collaborative service called Scholars Portal. This month the Leddy Library will begin participating in an Ontario-wide survey to evaluate the service.
Scholars Portal is, in essence, a central and shared system for storage, search and retrieval of over 5 million online journal articles from over 4 thousand online journals.
The Scholars Portal service is being evaluated over the next year and a major aspect of the evaluation is a web-based survey of a random sample of users of the service. Several times throughout the year, based on randomly selected two-hour time periods once a month, users will be asked to answer five short questions through a web form as one accesses electronic journals from Scholar's Portal.
The survey will provide anonymous data on both in-library and remote usage of these resources which will help us determine why patrons are using electronic resources (for funded or non-funded research, for curricula preparation, for coursework, etc) and to track the differences between in-house and web usage, comparing the location of the user and their status (graduate student, undergraduate student, faculty, etc.) with the purpose of that use.
We at the Leddy Library are asking for your patience, cooperation, and - most importantly - for your participation in this endeavour so that OCUL can cooperatively improve the collections and services provided by Ontario university libraries.
February 13, 2004
Leddy Library Loves You!
February 12, 2004
The Centre for Studies in Social Justice has named University of Windsor librarian Tad Venkateswarlu as its Social Justice Person of the Year.
Tad will be honoured at a reception today at 5 p.m. in Vanier Hall's Katzman Lounge.
From the University of Windsor's Daily News, 'In its second year, the award was unanimously approved for Venkateswarlu's great contribution to the education of children in his native India, said Tanya Basok, director of the Centre for Studies in Social Justice.'
In October, 2003 Tad was awarded a Governor General's Meritorious Service Medal for his work with the Tenali School for orphaned, handicapped and abandoned children, which he founded in 1993.
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There are two new databases available from the University of Windsor Law Libray that may be of interest to non-law students:
Canadian Criminal Law Library
Includes Martin's Annual Criminal Code, as well as fulltext decisions from the Canadian Criminal Cases (C.C.C.)
going back to the early volumes in 1898. Links between a Criminal Code section, to summaries ("Annotation") of cases
interpreting that section, and then to the fulltext of the cases, are a very useful approach in this research tool.
Canadian Human Rights Reporter (CHRR Online)
Fulltext decisions from the Canadian federal and various provincial human rights commission tribunals, from 1980 onward. The Law Library has the printed volumes of this reporter as well (XC 4483 .C5 C325 on the Ground Floor, with the index and subject compilations of decisions, on reserve).
February 10, 2004
Two new products on trial:
February 6, 2004
When you are hungry for literature, take time for a literary quickie.
Today at 12:15 pm at the Reading Lounge on the main floor of the Leddy Library, we will have two authors from the West Coast who will be reading from their work:
D.C. Reid, President of the Federation of British Columbia Writers and past editor of Dandelion, has authored several books, including How to Catch Salmon, Knife Behind the Gills, and Women Who Surround Me.
Harold Rhenisch has published eleven collections of poetry, including The Blue Mouth of Morning. His book of essays, Tom Thomson's Shack, was nominated for two B.C. Book awards.
Feburary 5, 2004
Webpage update: Theses and Dissertations
January 28, 2004
New to the Leddy Library website: Library Behaviour Code
January 26, 2004
New product on trial:
MLA via OCLC FirstSearch. Try it out and let us know what you think.
January 16, 2004
The Leddy Library is pleased to announce that its users now have access to the entire online journal suites from the publishers, Blackwell Synergy, Cambridge University Press and Oxford University Press.
January 15, 2004
As of January 2004 the library has three wireless access points up and running. For more information in regards to using this service please go the campus wireless website at http://www.uwindsor.ca/wireless or see the student IT Consultants in the library. Access points are as follows
- Main Building - northwest corner of the main floor
- West Building - north end of the second & third floors
January 7, 2004
Leddy Library's very own Art Rhyno has been awarded the Ontario College and University Library Association's Academic Librarian of the Year award!
The award "is given in recognition of an individual member of the library profession in Ontario who has made an outstanding contribution to academic or research librarianship and library development". From the OLA website:
"Art is well known and highly praised by his peers. He has been repeatedly invited to make presentations at library conferences (notably OLA Super Conference, CLA, and Access) and his expertise has been sought by libraries in Canada and beyond. He is well respected, not only by his fellow Systems Librarians, but by Librarians of all types, who appreciate his expertise, wit and skill at communicating complex concepts in non-technical terms. Art's extensive work in the information field is forward thinking and truly on the edge. Who else could have written an article titled: "The Quantum Physics of Cataloguing" (Access. Fall/Winter 2003)? Art recently started a blog called LibraryCog and has written a book on Open Source Software and Digital Libraries. His record of volunteering, partnering, publishing, and presenting is truly impressive. Art is keenly interested in solving the problems of information retrieval and digital libraries, and in his own words, spends "way too much time pondering the Internet".
Congrats Art!
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