Just a reminder that the first convocation of the year is on Thursday, September 25 at 11:10am in the Chapel. The Library will be closed for this and all convos during the academic year. See you in the Chapel!
Author: Peter Gilbert
Welcome Ye New Deck-Swabbers!
If it’s between 1 and 4 bells on Friday, September 19, all hands had better be in the Aye-brary, for it’s the Aye-brary Open House. Any snaggle-toothed son of a sea dog missin’ this event will be meetin’ up with Davy Jones forthrightly. And avail yerselves of the Aye-brary’s “New Swabbie” page if ye know what’s good fer ya.
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Constitution Day!
Members of the Constitutional Convention signed the United States Constitution on September 17, 1787 in Philadelphia.
Public Law 108-447, signed into law on December 8, 2004, mandates all educational institutions receiving federal funding to do something educational about the U.S. Constitution on September 17 each year. This year’s Mudd Library exhibit features a variety of library materials related to the Constitution. Check it out in one of the first floor exhibit cases.
IM a Librarian!
Need a quick answer to that research or library-related question? IM a reference librarian from our Ask a Librarian page. You can use our convenient chat box or add our screen name to your buddy list. It’s handy — and it’s geeky.
Welcome Alumni!
It’s Reunion Weekend and the Library invites alumni to visit the Mudd. We’re open Friday the 20th, 8am to 4pm and Saturday the 21st, noon to 4pm.
While you’re here (and even while you’re not), you can search the library catalog for books by alumni authors or visit the Lawrence Archives Digital Collections to view photos and documents that document Lawrence’s past.
Stop by and say hello. We look forward to seeing you again.
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RSS Day!
Hey kids! May 1st is RSS Awareness Day!
What’s RSS, you ask? Check out this Lawrence University page about it and subscribe to Lawrence University RSS feeds. You’ll especially want to subscribe to the feed for this blog, of course…
Suggestions for a greener Mudd
For Earth Day 2008. we asked visitors to suggest ways to make the Mudd Library more environmentally friendly. As usual, we got a bunch of good suggestions (the number of times something was mentioned is in parentheses):
- Make all student/faculty printers double sided and make this the default setting. (3)
- Make the urinals flush themselves less often.
- Turn down the heat. (3)
- Motion sensor lights in the bathrooms. (3)
- Turn off the lights at night. (2)
- Turn off the computers at night. (2)
- Use energy efficient light bulbs… the lighting is horrible here.
- Bring your own thermos/coffee mug to go at Lucy’s Breakfast.
- Solar panels and/or gardens on the roof.
- Charge for printing (or give each student a quota). 3 agreed, 5 disagreed to the idea of charging directly.
- Replace bathroom fixtures/toilets with more water efficient models.
- Get a copier that works. (2)
- ID swipes for elevator use – encourage students to take the stairs for less than two floors. (2)
Do you have other ideas? Post them in the comments!
LibraryThing!
LibraryThing is “an online service to help people catalog their books easily” and lots of people are using it — including some Lawrentians! If you’re a LibraryThing user, join the Lawrentians LibraryThing group and catalog your Freshman Studies books, your favorite 19th-century poets, or your entire library…
It’s National Library Week!
Celebrate National Library Week by becoming a Facebook fan of the Seeley G. Mudd Library! It’s easy, it’s fun, and it’s good for you…
Reid Scholarship
The Estelle Ray Reid Scholarship in Library Science is meant to assist a female student, past or present, planning to pursue the graduate study of Library Science. To apply, or for more information, please see the Estelle Ray Reid page. The deadline for applications is Friday, March 21, 2008.