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More News About End of Semester Hours: FOOD!

During select hours of the 24 hour open period (4 PM on Sunday, 4/27 - 4:30 PM on Thursday, 5/1) the School of Business will be running a concession stand in the library. From late evening (approximately 9 or 10 PM through the midnight and early morning hours) ETBU users studying for exams will be able to purchase drinks and snacks to take you through the night. Food and drink will be allowed in all areas of the library - except at the computers. Due to the potential damage to the electronics we ask that you not eat or drink there. The only other rule is to please throw out any trash and clean any crumbs or spills off the tables. The one thing we DON'T want visiting the library are varmints! We hope that lots of students take advantage of the library during exams. If you'll be at 1st Baptist taking advantage of their study hall come on over when they close up shop - we'll have just started!

Featured Titles of the Month - Credo Reference

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Credo Reference, one of Jarrett Library's premier databases has announced the featured titles for the month of April. They are Notable American Women: 1607-1950 and Notable American Women: The Modern Period . Both vo lumes document women's contributions that were previously overlooked in the study of American history. Notable American Women: 1607-1950 covers the lives of exceptional women throughout three and a half centuries of American history. Here are artists, lawyers, reformer, educators, entrepreneurs, physicists, writers, pioneers, first ladies, film stars. Here are those known for their deeds and those famed for their looks -- the genteel and the disreputable, the highborn and the slave-born. Just a few of the names covered are Ruth Benedict (anthropologist), Jane Addams (settlement founder, social reformer and peace worker), Willa Cather (author), Isadora Duncan (dancer), Sojourner Truth (abolitionist and reformer), and Texas Guinan (actress and night club hostess).

Library Announces End of Semester Hours

Each regular semester Jarrett Library extends its normal hours during the final week of classes through final exams. In the Fall of 2007 the Friday hours of the last day of class were extended until 8 PM. This year, due to demand, we are extending both the Friday and Saturday hours, and we are implementing several days of 24 hour building use for study groups or individuals. The end of semester hours will be as follows: Sunday, April 20: 4 PM - 12 Midinight (Additional 2 hours) Monday-Thursday, April 21-24: 8 AM - 12 Midnight (Addition hour each night) Friday, April 25: 8 AM - 10 PM (Additional 5 1/2 hours) Saturday, April 26: 9 AM - 5 PM (Additional 3 hours) 24 Hour Service Begins Sunday, April 27 Sunday-Thursday, April 27 - May 1: Open 4 PM on Sunday, 4/27 - 4:30 PM on Thursday, 5/1* Friday, May 2: 8 AM - 4:30 PM *For safety and security reasons, the library will lock the front doors at 12 Midnight each night of 24 hour service. The front doors will be open briefly at 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 a

Journal Holdings Update Report

Many of you know that we are trying to improve our journal holdings list by adding URLs that will take you directly to those journal titles. This is taking quite a while as you can imagine and halfway through the process we finally figured out how to embed the URL for the proxy server so that if you are off-campus it takes you directly to the remote access login first, so even the first set of lists we worked on will have to be retooled somewhat. The P section has just been completed, and the M section will be next. After that all that will remain are the I, S, and J sections. These larger sections take longer of course, so we appreciate your patience while we continue to work on this project. In the long run it will be well worth it!