Category Archives: Services

Harvey Center changes

To accommodate the new Department of Occupational Therapy in Waldron College, the Harvey Center collections and personnel have been moved to McConnell Library.  Integration and locations of collections are still being determined, so please call the Reference Desk at 540-831-5696 for assistance.

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Faculty: Request library instruction for your students for Spring 2009

Do your students have difficulties finding, evaluating, or citing appropriate sources?  The instruction librarians are here to help!

BOOSTER SHOTS
If your students just need a refresher on plagiarism or APA, or an overview of a new-to-them database, consider having an instruction librarian drop in to your class.   We go to your classroom and give a [...]

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ILL schedule during break

Because of excessive shipping delays, increased risk of losing items in the mail, and staffing shortages due to vacation schedules for staff and students, most lending libraries will NOT fill interlibrary loan requests from mid-December through the first week or two of January. Also, out of consideration for the RU community, the ILL staff in [...]

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We want to know what you think!

McConnell Library is currently asking undergraduate students to complete a library services survey so the Library can better serve their needs.  Participation is voluntary and students may withdraw at any time.  Responses are confidential.  Undergraduate students can take the approximately 10-minute survey (one time only!) at
 
http://lq.libqual.org/survey/RWSRJQ5ZAERFZEZ.aspx
 
Upon completion of the survey each participant is invited to [...]

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Library Survivor Workshops: PowerPoint and Excel 2007

By popular demand, Cliff Dumais from Academic Technologies will be offering student workshops on PowerPoint 2007 and Excel 2007.
No registration is required. The doors to Library Classroom B open ten minutes before the start of the session, and close when we either have 20 people or the workshop begins.
Powerpoint 2007
This workshop is designed to expose [...]

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