ETBU Library Blog

You may or may not have noticed, but we have a new area on the Library home page labeled "Comments" - and if you haven't noticed it take a look at the upper left hand corner under the library banner and you'll see the graphic shown to the left. We have put this here to enable you to send us feedback - whether you have a complaint or a congratulations on a job well done - this is the place to do that.  While we would rather have a kudos than a complaint we realize that they are extremely valuable to us in finding out what is working and not working for you the user.  So if you have a complaint or a concern or simply a suggestion on improving the library we want your feedback. These are completely anonymous - we don't ask for your email or your name - we just ask for your input at any time, now or in the future. Rest assured these comments will be going directly to Cynthia Peterson, the Director of Library Services and will be taken with the utmost seriou

This time of the year the library ends up with crazy hours.  Between Thanksgiving break and Christmas nothing seems to be "normal" - at least as far as the times we are open!  So here's a taste of what our hours are like between now and December 21st! Exam Week As usual, we extend our hours during exam week and stay open until 2 am for four of those days.  Here's that schedule: Sunday-Monday, December 3-4: 4:00 PM - 2:00 AM (Card access only) Monday-Tuesday, December 4-5: 7:30 AM - 2:00 AM (Card access 6PM-2AM) Tuesday-Wednesday, December 5-6: 7:30 AM - 2:00 AM (Card access 6PM-2AM) Wednesday-Thursday, December 6-7: 7:30 AM - 2:00 AM (Card access 6PM-2AM) Thursday, December 7: 7:30 AM - 5:00 PM Friday, December 8: 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM Saturday-Sunday, December 9-10: Closed December Mini-Term Our December Mini-Term hours are shorter than regular semester hours, so please note the hours during this time: Monday, December 11: 7:3

JSTOR now has open content, including a growing collection of over 2,000 open access e-books.  In addition there are 500,000 early journal articles in the public domain as well as a large number of other journal content made freely available by JSTOR's publishing partners. This freely available content is fully searchable and accessible to anyone, but you can take fuller advantage because of the more traditional JSTOR content with which you are already familiar. All open content includes downloadable full-text PDF files.  There are also free research tools available on the platform.  

On March 7, 2017 members of the ETBU community will gather to listen to readings from favorite books.  The event, entitled "Beginnings and Endings" will feature selections from beginning or ending chapters and will be read by ETBU students, faculty, and staff. Currently approximately fourteen people are slated to read selections from books as diverse as two of the Harry Potter books to Ulysses by James Joyce.  Other readings will include A Dog's Life by Ann M. Martin, A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens, and The Bridge of San Luis Rey by Thornton Wilder.  To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee will have two different readers - one reading the beginning chapter and another the ending chapter.  About seven more selections will also be included.  Each selection will run from three to five minutes. So join us for readings and refreshments on March 7th at 3:30 PM in the Jarrett Library Heritage Room!