Curry Blog

2009-10-21T17:05:00.001-05:00

We are now on facebook and twitter! Become a fan at facebook.com by viewing our page at Charles F. Curry Library - William Jewell College, and see our pictures of the new developments in the library! The page also lists some very helpful links, as well as our hours of operation. On twitter.com our page is at twitter.com/currylibrary, and you can follow us and find out new information first! We will be posting updated information and new pictures periodically, so stay tuned!

2009-08-27T11:00:00.003-05:00

As we gear up for another semester of school, we would like to welcome all the new students and say welcome back to our returning students. We are looking forward to an exciting year!
As you visit the library, you will notice that there are some changes coming about. Over the summer we have begun the renovation process of Curry Library, and have already received some new furniture and the start of a fresh coat of paint.
The new release rental books are now located within the Reference section, and there have been some additions to the Juvenile collection. The furniture has moved around somewhat in order to create better study areas. If you need assistance locating something, please let us know.
There have been some changes in staffing as well. In the last year we have regretfully said our goodbyes to Angela Stiffler, Kenette Harder, Virginia Hill, Hugh Stocks, and Suzanne Barrett, who have moved on to bigger and better opportunities. We are excited to welcome, however, our new Library Director, Stephanie DeClue. Mrs. Declue is joining us on September 14th from the State Fair Community College Library in Sedalia, Missouri. We look forward to having her with us!
As always, please feel free to contact us if you need any assistance with library services. Our direct phone number is 816-415-7610 or you may reach us by email at ill@william.jewell.edu.

2009-06-22T09:21:00.003-05:00

Due to the continuing transition of the Curry Library and staff, the William Jewell College Archives and Partee Center resources will not be available until further notice. We currently do not have an estimated time frame in which these resources will again be made available. If you have any questions regarding the suspension of these resources or would like assistance utilizing our many other resources, please feel free to contact the library at 816-415-7610.

2009-05-19T10:05:00.005-05:00

The Curry Library Staff hopes you have a wonderful summer break, and congratulations to our newest Alumni!
During the break, don't forget to check out our Bestseller section, located across from the Circulation Desk, for all the newest best-selling books. Be sure to make time for some fun reading this summer!

The library's summer hours are 8 to 5 Monday through Thursday, and 8 to 4 on Friday.
We will be closed on Monday, May 25th for the Memorial Day holiday.
During the summer session, beginning on June 1, the hours will be 8 to 7 Monday through Thursday, and 8 to 4 on Friday.
As always, we are happy to help you with all of your research and resource needs.

2009-04-27T11:39:00.001-05:00

We hope everyone is still hanging in there, the semester is almost over! Due to the increased demand and utilization of the library's many resources, we are expanding the study areas on the main floor of Curry Library. We will have additional room towards the back of the library across from the journal section, which will include work areas for independent and group study. Our staff is, as always, happy to help you with all of your resource and research needs. And, as always, if there is anything we can do to improve the library's services, please let us know!

2009-04-13T09:22:00.005-05:00

Curry Library is undergoing another transition! Dr. Hugh Stocks retired on April 1st as Curry Library Director. Dr. Fulop is in the process of appointing a search committee for his replacement. Elise Fisher will be serving as Interim Director until a new director is hired. Progress will not stop during this transition period. The Curry Library staff are committed to continuing the level of service necessary to support the academic needs of William Jewell students and faculty.
This is an important time for Curry Library. We are beginning our evolution into a 21st Century library. A 21st Century library means a library that not only has books and other print materials, that part will not change, but extends itself into a collaborative learning environment. This new environment will enable students to learn in the manner that best suits their personal academic needs. In keeping with the mission of Curry Library, we will continue to provide the best in library services to the William Jewell academic community.

2009-03-23T09:35:00.002-05:00

We hope you had a relaxing, fun Spring Break and are ready to tackle the rest of semester. In addition to the daily readings, you probably have a lot of projects and papers due in the coming weeks. One helpful tool available through Curry Library is EndNote Web. EndNote Web helps you keep your research resources organized and will help you format a reference list or bibliography for your papers. Please stop by the reference office to get signed up for EndNote Web and learn how this can help speed up your research process. As always, when you need help getting started with your research be sure to stop by the reference desk for that extra boost .

2009-03-11T13:02:00.019-05:00

Spring break is traditionally a time to go somewhere with friends or catch up on those things needing attention . Unfortunately, this year's travel may be limited to the trip back home. If that is the case, you may hear the unfinished project or soon to be started paper calling. But the truth is, most of us just want to put these tasks to the side for a week and truly take a break. But, you may ask, how can one take a break at home without being 'bored out of your gourd'?

Well, here is a practical suggestion on how to stretch and relax during the next week: Read for fun. Reading is a great way to travel a bit without spending a dime. A good book will transport you to whatever world you enjoy - fantasy, history, mystery, comedy - it is up to you.

So go ahead, take that break, at least for a little while and relax. Stop by the library before leaving campus, pick up a book off the Best Seller or New Book shelf and just read.

2009-02-25T08:25:00.004-06:00

What are you telling future employers? You may be telling them one thing face to face but quite another with your online persona.

A lunchtime discussion on the online behavior of undergraduates proved very interesting. One colleague commented that she was dismayed when she got a professional email from a student with a decidedly unprofessional tagline. Here are some examples given for email names: hotmama; twinkletoes; pukewhendrunk. Another colleague said she makes it a rule to check Facebook and MySpace pages before hiring. Her experience has been that even with a stellar resume, the online behavior displayed through Facebook or MySpace pictures and posts may tell a very different story.

Check out your online image to see if that is what you what a potential employer to know about you.

2009-02-17T13:11:00.002-06:00

The Reference/Information Desk, located opposite of the Circulation Desk, has new hours for the Spring 2009 semester. As always, any member of our library staff is more than willing to help with any questions you may have during any of our business hours. The Reference Desk's new hours are:

Monday, Wednesday, and Friday: 10:15 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.
Tuesday and Thursday: 9:00 a.m. to 10:45 a.m. and 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.

2008-12-19T08:49:00.004-06:00

Have a Happy Winter Break!

I know everyone will be happy to have finals over with, and hope that everyone did as well as they expected. We will be open some days during the break, so I will post our Winter Break hours:

Closed: Saturday, December 20th and Sunday, December 21st

Open 7:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.: Monday, December 22nd and Tuesday, December 23rd

Closed: Wednesday, December 24th through Sunday January 4th

Open 7:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.: Monday, January 5th through Friday, January 9th

Closed: Saturday, January 10th and Sunday, January 11th

Open 7:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.: Monday, January 12th through Friday, January 16th

Closed: Saturday January 17th and Sunday January 18th

Open 7:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.: Monday, January 19th

We will resume regular hours on Tuesday, January 20th. If you have any questions about overdue books, fines, checking books out during the break, or anything else, please feel free to contact us.

2008-11-21T08:32:00.001-06:00

In addition to content and analysis, one of the most important factors in writing a good paper is having good reference sources. There is an excellent strategy for obtaining reference sources that I would like to share.

I have a lot of people who come in the day before, or even a couple days before, a paper is due to find reference sources for their paper. Often this leads to frustration because although Curry Library has a very healthy collection of sources, one library cannot hold all the books, journals, and peer-reviewed papers that a person needs to write a good paper. I believe that no matter what kind of paper you are writing, a research paper, a position paper, etc., the quality of your paper depends a lot on the quality of your sources. There may be many articles or books that are specific to your paper and excellent sources, but you do not have time to wait for inter-library loan because your paper is due the next day or the next couple of days and you have waited until you are ready to start writing before you collect your sources. Unfortunately, this is not a good strategy. It is important to remember that although sources may arrive through inter-library loan in as little as one day, you must always be prepared to wait up to 10 days for inter-library loan.

Here is a strategy for writing an excellent paper with excellent sources:
1. As soon as you receive a prompt for a paper, begin to choose and narrow your topic.
2. Choose a thesis, and decide what position you want to take on the issue you have chosen.
3. Read your prompt again carefully, looking for guidelines on the types and number of sources that are required for your paper.
4. Take some time to come into the library and begin collecting your sources, including requesting documents or materials through inter-library loan.

This strategy does not take very much time, and if you have done steps 1 through 3 the collection and requesting of your reference sources will be fairly quick. Whether your paper is due in two weeks or two months, you should collect your sources as soon as possible. I know that everyone has a lot going on, and if you are like me, you work on your projects according to their due dates. However, I always collect my sources immediately after I have completed steps 1 through 3 above, preferrably shortly after I receive my prompt. This allows me to print out the full-text articles and check out books that are available through Curry Library. It also allows enough time to receive every book or article I would like to reference in my paper, even if I simply hold on to them until I am ready to begin writing my paper and even if I decide later that they are not pertinent.

I am always disappointed when I am asked by someone for help on finding reference sources only to find out that their paper is due before they have time to obtain inter-library loan materials. There have been many interesting topics which have excellent sources available, but often the person has waited too late to get the best sources. If you collect your sources early, and allow enough time for all your sources to become available, it will always result in a better paper.

2008-11-11T08:33:00.001-06:00

This week, on Tuesday November 11th, we celebrated Veteran's Day. and I would like to share some information about this holiday with everyone.

Veterans Day, a holiday observed annually in the United States in honor of all those, living and dead, who served with the U.S. armed forces. Unlike Memorial Day, which honors those who have died in wartime, Veterans Day honors all those who have served, in times of peace as well as in war.
Veterans Day is observed on November 11. The holiday was originally called Armistice Day, and it commemorated the end of World War I on November 11, 1918. Fighting stopped at 11 am, the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month.

In 1919, on the first anniversary of the World War I armistice (truce), President Woodrow Wilson issued a proclamation expressing pride in the heroism of those who had died during the war. Business stopped for two minutes starting at 11 am, and it later became customary to observe two minutes of silence from 11 am. Many states made Armistice Day a state holiday in the 1920s and 1930s, and in 1938 the Congress of the United States declared it a federal holiday.

In 1954 the name of the holiday was changed from Armistice Day to Veterans Day to honor those who had served in World War II (1939-1945) and the Korean War (1950-1953). Today, the holiday honors all veterans. In 1968 Congress changed the date of the holiday to the fourth Monday in October to give Americans a three-day weekend. But because of the significance of November 11 to many people, the traditional date was restored by law in 1978.

If you know a Veteran, please be sure to acknowledge their heroic service to our great country today. Because of their sacrifice, we are able to enjoy our freedoms today as Americans in a Democratic society.

2008-11-04T09:05:00.000-06:00

TODAY IS ELECTION DAY - PLEASE GO TO THE POLLS AND VOTE!
This election will be a day in history that each one of us can be a part of, no matter what the outcome. What an opportunity!

2008-10-24T07:30:00.003-05:00

This week is the Binns Lecture on the Sacred and Secular, and Power and Justice in Society. The guest speaker will be Dr. Amy Jill Levine, who holds a B.A. from Smith College, an M.A. and Ph.D. from Duke University, and an honorary Doctor of Ministry from the University of Richmond. Her most recent publications include The Misunderstood Jew: The Church and the Scandal of the Jewish Jesus (Harper San Francisco, 2006), the edited collection, The Historical Jesus in Context (Princeton University Press, 2006) and the fourteen-volume series, Feminist Companions to the New Testament and Early Christian Writings (Continuum). She is committed to eliminating anti-Jewish, sexist, and homophobic theologies.
The Panel Discussion will be in White Science Room 107 on Tuesday, October 28th, at 3:30 p.m. The moderator will be Dr. Chance, and the discussion will be "What Kind of Jew Was the Apostle Paul?"
On Tuesday October 28th at 7:30 p.m. Dr. Amy Jill Levine will be giving the lecture on "Understanding the Jewish Jesus" in Gano, and on Wednesday, October 29th at 10:15 she will be speaking on "The Women Who Followed Jesus."
We have a number of Dr. Levine's books in the library, I would like to invite everyone to come and browse some of her works before the lectures. They are on display on the counter past the circulation desk.

(Information on Dr. Levine taken from http://www.vanderbilt.edu/gradschool/religion/faculty/facultypages/levine.html).

2008-10-16T10:30:00.000-05:00

Happy Fall Break!

Since I think everyone is ready for a break, today's blog will be about some fun and interesting facts about books and authors. I am always excited to learn something new, and share the knowledge with others, and these are some things I never knew:

Agatha Christie's fictional character Hercule Poirot is the only fictional character ever to be honored with an obituary on the front page of The New York Times.

Agatha Christie is the top-selling English-language author of all time. She wrote 78 mystery novels that have sold an estimated 2,000,000,000 copies.

Author Dr. Seuss wrote the book "Green Eggs and Ham" because the editor made him a bet that he could not write a book, which contained less than fifty words.

During his entire lifetime, Herman Melville's timeless classic of the sea, "Moby Dick," sold only 3,715 copies.

Ernest Vincent Wright wrote a fifty thousand-word novel, "Gadsby," without any word containing the letter "e."

General Lew Wallace's best seller Ben Hur was the first work of fiction to be blessed by a pope.

George Orwell's book "Animal Farm" was turned down many times by different publishers. One of them actually said, "it was impossible to sell animal stories in the U.S.A."

In 1998, Ten Speed Press publishing company published a book, "The Eat A Bug Cookbook" by David George Gordon that contains over 33 bug recipes.

Keeping Warm With an Axe, is the title of a real how-to book.

The Library of Congress in Washington, D.C. has the world's largest collection of comic books with over 5,000 titles and 100,000 issues.

The Main Library at Indiana University sinks over an inch every year because when it was built, engineers failed to take into account the weight of all the books that would occupy the building.

Shakespeare used around 29,000 different words in his plays. About 10,000 of those words had never previously been used in any surviving English literature. Around 6,000 words only appear once.

The Guinness Book of World Records, first published in 1955, got into itself nineteen years later, in 1974, by setting a record as the fastest-selling book in the world.

Emily Dickinson wrote over 1,800 poems. Only seven were published in her lifetime, all without her consent.

Sources Cited:
http://www.interesting-facts.net/
http://www.dysan.net/weird/show/646.html
http://www.sentex.net/~ajy/facts/literature.html

2008-10-08T09:39:00.001-05:00

Dr. Niall Ferguson is the guest speaker for the Hall Distinguished Visiting Professor Lecture on October 16th at 7:30 p.m. His topic will be "Sinking Globalization: What Could Go Wrong?" In Curry Library, we have a section featuring Dr. Niall, who is the Laurence A. Tisch Professor of History at Harvard University and William Ziegler Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School, in anticipation of the upcoming event. Five of his books are on display, which are part of the Curry Library's collection. There are also articles he has published, and a book and magazine in which he is featured.

We have had some questions lately regarding EReserve, so I wanted to take some time this week to explain how to access the EReserve collection. EReserve is a collection of PDF documents that are made available to students by the professors. The professor can upload an article or other material to EReserve through Curry Library. Here is the process to access these documents:

To access this material, you will go to Curry Library's home page online, and click on "EReserve" under "Quick Links." This will take you to the EReserve log-in page.
Once you are on the page, you will click on "the "Electronic Reserves and Reserves Pages" link. It will take a few seconds for the pages to load.
Once the page has loaded, you can search by "course page," or choose by "Department," or "Instructor." I have generally found that browsing by Department is the easiest.
When you have found the course you are looking for, click on the course link under "Course Number." At this time, it will ask you for your password. The password is always the current semester abbreviation followed by the last two digits of the year. For example, the password to access documents in this semester would be FA08, for Fall of 2008.
These documents are in PDF format, and you will be able to open and print the document. Adobe Acrobat Reader is available in a free download at http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html if you do not currently have the software loaded on your computer.
Then click on the "Accept" button, and the list of EReserve documents for the course selected will be listed. Click on the document you would like to open, and the dialog box will open asking you whether you would like to open or save the document. If you only want to print the document, I recommend clicking "Open," if you want to save the document, save it and you can open it from your computer later on.

You can access these documents from any computer, you do not have to be on a Curry Library computer or even the Jewell network. As always, if you have any questions feel free to contact us for help!

2008-10-02T08:40:00.001-05:00

We have new bestsellers!

Curry Library contracts with a company to "rent" newly released books for our Jewell faculty and students. The new books are rotated through our library about every three months, and can be checked out for the same amount of time as books in our regular collection. Some of the authors include Keith Olbermann, Stephen King, Dean Koontz, Janet Evanovich, Karl Rove, James Patterson, and Kurt Vonnegut. For all you Vonnegut fans out there, the new Vonnegut book is called "Armageddon in Retrospect" and is a collection of previously unpublished stories, published just this year. So if there is a newly released bestseller on your reading list, make sure you check out our new book section to the left of the front doors. We may just have what you're looking for.

We also have a new book section that Curry Library has purchased, which is located behind the information desk. When Curry Library purchases a new book, it is shelved in the New Books section until it is incorporated into our main collection. This section has many newly released books and bestsellers. There are a lot of interesting new titles, such as Theories of Everything, Arab Comic Strips, and What's so great about Christianity, as well as others that are sure to spark your interest. Come browse these new additions to our collection and you'll be sure to find a great read!

2008-09-25T12:11:00.000-05:00

This week's topic: Research Databases

I hope everyone feels confident in using the research databases available through Curry Library. If you have not had the opportunity to utilize these resources, I would like to talk about a few basics.

First, a database is a collection of data that is compiled, organized, and is usually searchable. Curry Library subscribes to companies who have collected the data and created a database for research purposes. This data includes full-text citations, magazine articles, journal articles, book excerps, newspaper articles, and abstracts, to name a few. What the company has done is taken a number of these resources and electronically formatted them for viewing online.

For example, if you wanted to look up articles on John Stuart Mill you could search through JSTOR (a literature-oriented database), which is one of the databases we subscribe to. It will return approximately 3500 articles about or referring to John Stuart Mill. If you would like to narrow the field further, you could modify the search to include On Liberty. This narrows the results to around 1350 articles. Then maybe you want to write a paper that specifically examines Mill and minority rights , so you add "minority rights" to the search and it returns around 300 articles. Truly amazing.

Curry Library currently subscribes to 85 databases, the results above were just from one. The articles are peer-reviewed, which means they are considered to be reliable sources. So the next time your instructor informs you that you have to have x number of reliable sources, you can feel confident that you will have no further to look than your library's databases.

As always, if you would like help on the databases or have any questions, you can always come to the library information desk or email libinfo@william.jewell.edu.

2008-09-11T11:56:00.004-05:00

This week I would like to point out the copy services the library has to offer. Copies are 10 cents each, but if you buy a copy card you can get 100 copies for only $5.00. At 5 cents a copy this is a very good deal. Copy services do not have to be used solely for your academic work, you may use the copiers for any of your copying needs. The copy room is located to the right of the circulation desk, and if you have any questions, someone will be happy to help you.

I would also like to encourage everyone to attend the learning sessions that Elise Fisher, our Reference Librarian, is holding in the library. You will learn about the many useful tools that the library has to offer, accessible through the Curry Library website. If you think you know it already, I guarantee you will learn at least one new thing. Please sign up early by coming to the library or send an email to fishere@william.jewell.edu prior to the day of the class, and come learn how to make your academic work shine!

Remaining sessions:
Session 2 – Print or Online materials (Week of Sept 22)
J period Tuesday 9 – 9:50 or Thursday 10 -10:50
or L period Tuesday or Thursday 2-3:00

Session 3 – Efficient Searching Techniques (Week of Oct. 13)
J period Tuesday 9 – 9:50 or Thursday 10 -10:50
or L period Tuesday or Thursday 2-3:00

Session 4 – Ethical use of Information (Week of Oct. 27)
K period Tuesday or Thursday

NOTE: Sessions 2 and 3 will be held in Marston 306, session 4 will be held in Curry Library.

2008-09-04T08:45:00.001-05:00

We hope everyone's classes are going well so far! With almost one week over already, the semester will fly by. We have already had a lot of questions in the library, which makes us very happy.

Did you know that you have a personal library online account for Curry Library?
You can access your personal account by clicking on WJC Catalog from our home page. There is a link called "View Your Library Account." If you click on this link, it will take you to a log-in page, where you will enter your first and last name. Your password is your full social security number followed by "wj".

From your account, you can see what materials you have checked out, and renew them online!
You can also view the materials that you have requested through inter-library loan, and see the status of your request. "Mobius Request" means your request is still being processed, and "In Transit" means that your material will be in soon.

You can also search the catalog after logging into your account, and save the search. This is an excellent tool if you know you will be doing a lot of research on a specific subject, or maybe you have a favorite author or topic that you check out on a regular basis.

We are always happy to help with any questions you may have. Don't hesitate to click on the Ask a Librarian link on our page, or send an email to libinfo@william.jewell.edu.

2008-08-25T15:21:00.001-05:00

Welcome Back!

Welcome back to all our returning Jewell students, and a big welcome to our new students who are joining our Jewell family this year.

The fall library hours resume on September 1st and are:
7:30 a.m. to 11:00 p.m. Monday through Thursday
7:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Friday
10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Saturday
1:00 p.m. to 11:00 p.m. Sunday

As always, our computer lab is open 24 hours a day, accessible with your student ID.

Curry Library also has a very interesting display on Jewell’s unique history. I encourage everyone to stop by and take a look, I’m sure you will learn something new!

I would like to point out that in addition to our library’s fine collection of books we also have many more resources that enable you to find reliable and scholarly information. These include journals and magazines, electronic research databases, reference materials like encyclopedias and dictionaries, and government documents. I encourage you to browse our website and try out the 360 Search, or try searching our catalog and databases for subjects you are interested in.

Our Information Desk will be staffed the majority of the time this fall. If you need help with any of our resources, please do not hesitate to ask, either at the Information Desk or the Circulation Desk. We are happy to assist you with all of your research needs!

Did you know…?
Did you know that a vast number of materials in Curry Library cannot be obtained online because of copyright laws? Your library is a valuable resource!

Jeopardy, anyone?
If you like to play Jeopardy, and think you have the skills to win (or just want to have some fun), check out this link for the Jeopardy! College Championship:
www.jeopardy.com/emailcampaigns/20080819onlinetestCollege_online.html

**this blog will be updated weekly**

2008-01-07T15:23:00.000-06:00

The library on the move

At the Curry Library we’re constantly looking for new and improved ways to help you find the right information more efficiently. We continue to add databases (check out Web of Science and MathSciNet), but we’re also trying to make the use of our resources more user-friendly:

We’re introducing a new tool called 360 Search, which will allow you to search all or any group of our databases in a single search. You can either search by database or by subject. Either way, the program can display articles or books wherever they appear in our collection.
To help you keep up with the ways our print collection stays up to date, we’ve set up a New Book Shelf next to the Information desk. This shelf will always contain the books we’ve received in the preceding few weeks. Of course the books are available for checkout.
The Chronicle of Higher Education (which continues to be available free from any campus computer) has developed a new electronic newsletter drawn from the Chronicle Review. As they say, “Every week, the newsletter delivers quick summaries and links to articles and essays on intellectual debates and controversies, along with critical commentaries and maniacal musings on the arts, books, culture, politics, religion, and pretty much any topic that is worth some thoughtful discussion and reflection.” Go to http://chronicle.com/help/emails/review?s10108 to sign up

Finally (and this isn’t quite so new), go to our Research Guide on the library web page and find out from 10 of your favorite faculty members Why the Library is Better than Google! Both enjoyable and informative

2007-08-24T14:53:00.001-05:00

There’s Something New at the Library

We haven’t been idle over the summer. You’ll find several changes around the place, besides new databases and new books:

Computers on the second floor. There are now two computers near the head of the stairs and another in the Curriculum Lab. All are available for checking the catalog and searching library databases, without the need to go back downstairs.
Access to the Computer Lab. We’re reopening the stairway access to the computer lab downstairs. Please remember to check out any materials before you take them downstairs.
The Information Desk is a little more visible and we are working to make it more usable in helping you find resources that are helpful.
Library renovation plans. We’ve spent a lot of the summer devising plans for a significant renovation of Curry Library. You’ll find displays of some of the draft plans and other considerations. As ideas are finalized, we’ll update the displays. We benefited by the input many of you provided on sticky notes last spring and other comments we received. Thank you.

Help with Library Improvement

We’re interested in forming a student advisory group to help with plans for improving Curry Library services and facilities. If you’re interested in serving on such a group, send an email to Hugh Stocks, stocksh@william.jewell.edu.

2007-04-25T09:07:00.000-05:00

Daily Updates from the Chronicle

The Chronicle of Higher Education has just announced a new option for all members of the campus community:

Academe Today, The Chronicle's daily e-mail report, is now available free, with no restrictions. Starting immediately, anyone at your institution can sign up for this popular e-mail newsletter, which summarizes the latest news in higher education and provides links to the complete news articles posted on The Chronicle's Web site every day.

The daily briefing also summarizes the news, career advice, and essays published in the current issue of The Chronicle's print edition and provides links to the full text of each week's issue on our Web site.

Signing up is simple. Here are instructions that anyone on your campus can use:

* Go to https://chronicle.com/services/?slm to create a free
Chronicle account, or log in if you already have an account.

* Choose the format in which you want to receive Academe
Today--either HTML or plain text.

* Once you have confirmed your e-mail address, you'll receive your
own copy of Academe Today the next weekday morning (Eastern Time).

When you sign up for Academe Today, you can also subscribe to other free Chronicle e-mail newsletters. A list of our e-mail newsletters is available at http://chronicle.com/help/emails/?slm

As you know, the full online text of the Chronicle of Higher Education is already available, either from campus computers or from other locations, through the Curry Library website. Access to the daily email update has previously only been available to individual subscribers; this change, making it available to all, provides greater opportunity to keep on top of news from the higher education community.

2007-03-15T14:20:00.001-05:00

Holocaust Remembrance

We hope everyone will come to the library to view the touching photographs commemorating the history of the Warsaw Ghetto from its establishment in 1940 to its destruction and the final deportation of its inhabitants in 1943. This exhibit, created for the Midwest Center for Holocaust Education by the Jewish Historical Institute of Poland, is on display through April 18, as part of the community commemoration of Holocaust Remembrance Day. On April 15, the Liberty Community Chorus will present a concert in Gano Chapel, also as part of this commemoration.

2007-03-15T13:52:00.000-05:00

Latino History Month

Another group of free trial databases, this time for Latino History Month. These are available through April 30. Give them a try and let us know which ones you think we should have on a permanent basis:

Latino Literature

Latin American Women Writers

2007-03-07T10:52:00.000-06:00

Women's History Month

Last month we had access to a number of valuable databases relating to Black History Month. We hope you found them interesting and useful, and we hope you'll let us know which ones you would like to see as permanent offerings of the Curry Library.

Now, for the rest of March, we have another set of databases available, this time in honor of Women's History Month. Take a look at these and let us know what you think:

British and Irish Women's Letters and Diaries

North American Women's Letters and Diaries

Women and Social Movements

2007-03-07T10:47:00.000-06:00

At Last!

We're glad finally to have the new Curry Library web pages up and running. We hope you'll enjoy the new look. We also hope you'll try out the new databases and the new features for finding and using the older databases. And that you'll take the opportunity to Ask A Librarian for assistance with searches or any other research need.

We're here to help and look forward to hearing your suggestions as well as your questions.

2007-02-08T10:02:00.000-06:00

Black History Month

From now through February 28 we have free trials of three databases:

Black Thought and Culture

Black Women Writers

Black Drama

These can be accessed from any computer on campus, but they aren't available from off-campus.
If you use them, please let the library know what your impression is. Are they databases we should add to our permanent offerings?

2007-02-05T14:11:00.000-06:00

Displays and Exhibits

One part of the Curry Library that hasn't gotten much publicity is our ongoing program of offering timely displays from our collection. We invite you to Come to Curry to see our offerings in this regard. Right now there are two displays up and another is on the way in another week or so.

Truman Memorabilia celebrates both the recent gift to WJC of personal communications from Harry Truman to Jack Capps and the upcoming visit to campus for Achievement Day of historian David McCullough. We're showing Truman letters, pictures and autographed books, as well as books by McCullough.

Michael Osterholm will present the Cope Lecture in Gano Chapel on February 7. We have put up a display introducing him and his topic, Pandemic Flu: Facing the Threat.

The Faces of ... is a display of art work focusing on the problem of violence against women, which will be installed during the second week of February as part of the larger campus program associated with the production of The Vagina Monologues.

Later in the semester, look for the announcement of a display in connection with Holocaust Remembrance.

2007-01-24T08:04:00.000-06:00

Curry Blog

Welcome to the new Curry Library website. While parts of it are still under development, we think we already have a more attractive, more usable, more friendly and more complete site now.

We hope you’ll check in here regularly for new information, new services, and general library news. We promise to keep adding information on a regular basis (or at least tell a new joke, if we run out of news). Lots has been happening since the end of the fall semester, so check out the items below.

2007-01-24T08:01:00.000-06:00

Want to ask a question?

The library information desk has adjusted its hours for this semester. There’ll almost always be a librarian sitting there, waiting for a chance to help with your research problems or other questions, during the following hours:

Mon-Thurs: 9-12 and 1-3
Friday: 9-12

Besides those hours, we’re available at libinfo@william.jewell.edu (or just click on the “Ask a Librarian” link on the web page).

AND (moreover) we’re always willing to help out even if we’re not at the information desk.

Just ask.

2007-01-24T07:56:00.000-06:00

New stuff

One of the more interesting additions to the web page is a link called “New Data Bases”. Here you can get acquainted with the newest additions to our research resource package. This month we’ve sort of gone overboard adding new databases, so there are quite a few formerly unknown sources to investigate:

2006-11-16T13:27:00.000-06:00

Curry Libary Hours

Thanksgiving Week

Regular Hours Sunday & Monday

Tuesday 7:30 AM - 5:00 PM

Wednesday 8:00 - NOON

Closed Thursday, Friday Saturday

Sunday, November 26 6:00 PM - 11:00 PM

2006-10-02T07:44:00.000-05:00

Curry Library

Fall Break Hours

Friday, Oct. 20 7:30 AM - 5:00 PM

Saturday-Sunday Oct. 21-22 Closed

Monday Oct. 23 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM

Tuesday Oct 24 7:30 AM - 11:00 PM

2006-09-11T14:19:00.000-05:00

Reference Service is now available at a desk directly across from the Circulation Desk.

Reference Hours have been extended. A librarian will be present at the desk to help you with questions

M-Th 8 a.m.-noon, 1-5 p.m., 6-9:30 p.m.

Fri 8 a.m. – noon, 1-5 p.m.

Sun 6-9:30 p.m.

Reference access is now available by email to referencedesk@william.jewell.edu and by telephone to campus extension 5087.

2006-09-11T13:39:00.000-05:00

Chronicle of Higher Education is now available online to the William Jewell community.

Just go to www.chronicle.com.

No login is required for either current or older issues of the Chronicle.

2006-08-28T14:19:00.000-05:00

Curry Library Hours- Fall, 2006

Monday-Thursday 7:30 AM - 11:00 PM
Friday 7:30 AM - 5:00 PM
Saturday 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Sunday 1:00 PM - 11:00 PM

Curry Library is closed on Wednesday 10 AM - 11 AM for Chapel

2006-07-06T10:40:00.000-05:00

On July 3 we welcomed Dr. Hugh Stocks as the new director of Curry Library. Dr. Stocks comes to William Jewell from Gateway Technical Community College in Kentucky where he was director of library services.

2006-06-21T14:47:00.000-05:00

Summer Library Hours

Monday - Thursday 8 AM - 5 PM
Friday 8 AM - 4 PM
Saturday-Sunday Closed

2006-06-21T08:36:00.000-05:00

Welcome to the Curry Library Blog. We will be posting news and updates about happenings in and around the library.