Hours & Friends of the Library

I've changed the hours on the site to show the Wintersession/Holiday hours.

I also found out today that Friends of the Library cards cost $20. So I have added that cost to the pages on the site that discuss the card.

Finals hours

The finals hours have been posted on the home page and the reference blog. The Facebook page should copy from the blog automatically.

Hours, new home page demo...

The Thanksgiving hours have been returned to normal.

Also, I'm thinking of adding icons for the blog and facebook page. This is what I have in mind:
http://www.ulm.edu/library/index-FB.html

I won't proceed without approval, of course.

MW has said that she connect the Blog's RSS feed to the Facebook page, so blog stories appear on the Facebook, but they are not the same thing, so still think it's necessary to link both and not Facebook alone.

EDIT:
I have since added small icons to the home page for the blog, Facebook, and YouTube accounts, with DS's approval.

changes, DB pages, Facebook, Credo

This week, I have...

• added Thanksgiving hours
• suggested new changes to the catalog (to open LOUIS footprints request):
  · Replace NetLibrary with EBSCO eBooks direct link http://ezproxy.ulm.edu:2048/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?authtype=ip,uid&profile=ehost&defaultdb=nlebk
  · Have the Interlibrary Loan link go to our main ILL page instead of directly to IILIAD itself (people who don't know ILL might need an explanation) http://www.ulm.edu/library/ill.html
  · Add ULM Library Facebook account to the "General Information" page, facebook.com/ULM.Library
  · Add ULM Library Blog as "Library News" to the "General Information" page, ulmlibraryreference.blogspot.com
• Added to Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals, which was recently moved from WilsonWeb to EBSCO, to Art and Construction subject DB lists. There will probably be more WilsonWeb items coming.
• Re-arranged the DBs in the DB lists so that all the EBSCO ones appear under EBSCOhost in a separate sub-list. EBSCO eBooks remains alone because of its importance.

Also, Maren has been managing the official ULM Library Facebook account recently. It can read the reference blog's RSS feed well enough for now, but Facebook might remove support for RSS in the future. But I think there will be other RSS apps we can use. Later I might try to find a place for a link to Facebook on our home page, but not without ULMLWPC approval.

The new Credo reference Literati database is in Beta stage, and  we're one of the sites testing it. Various problems have been reported, but it is more or less functional, on and off campus. The link for it on all of our DB pages refer to the new interface, but the linked Credo reference titles in the Catalog use the old interface because the new instant links to the titles haven't been completed in the new one yet. Credo says it will be done some time soon.

Map Change

The Office of Sponsored Research was moved to Hannah Hall and  Public Affairs moved in where it used to be. Added this to the library map.

EDIT:
On Oct. 20 I found out that it's actually the "Office of Public Information." I've since changed it to that instead.

Hours, Credo Reference

Today,

· changed the hours back to normal

·  added Credo reference to the library pages. It's not ready for off-campus access yet, but when we do get it, it'll probably be through the LOUIS EZ Proxy

This link should work for off-campus access:
http://ezproxy.louislibraries.org:2048/login?url=http://www.credoreference.com
But I haven't test it yet. I'll do it at home later today.

· The trial period for "Johns Hopkins Guide to Literary Theory & Criticism" is over, so I've removed it and replaced it with news about Credo Reference, which I posted to the blog

Fall Holiday Hours

Even though I'm at the LUC conference, I was able to change the hours to show that we're closed today and Sat. for Fall break using a SSH FTP program.

Also, last week I put a tutorial for Gerontology on the ulm.edu/reference space because there wasn't enough room on mine. It also uses the YouTube account.