August 25, 2009 – 3:09 pm
To all of our patrons: please note that we will be upgrading our website on Friday, August 28 beginning at 8:00 AM EDT. During the upgrade, the appearance of the New Item and search result pages may not appear normally. Some functions of the website may be intermittent or unavailable. Following the upgrade, descriptive content, including summaries and book covers, will be incorporated into the more than 300,000 items in our catalog.
We are sorry for the inconvenience, and will work to keep the disruption to a minimum. This upgrade will pave the way for many positive changes to our website. Thanks for your understanding and have a great semester!
Please note: The Search Library Catalog page will not be disrupted or affected during this upgrade.
Don’t let the summer pass you by without reading for the total fun of it! No matter where you go, a good book is a good companion. To get started, check out the lists on National Public Radio, Amazon.com, and Barnes and Noble.
On the local front, Pease Public Library offers a great summer reading program and a slate of activities for the young and young at heart, and students at Plymouth Regional High School can join the summer reading blog and check out their library’s new arrivals.
Want a few quick suggestions? Try Mabod Seraji’s story of young love, set in pre-revolutionary Iran on the Rooftops of Tehran; live in Leningrad during World War II in City of Thieves by David Benioff; or experience life as The Leper, author Steve Thayer’s fictional account of life in two mid-20th Century leper colonies.
Email Anne Lebreche your favorite summer read and we’ll share it here.
The Lamson Library and Learning Commons is pleased to welcome the art of Brian Moriarty who received his BFA in 2 and 3 Dimensional Design during May 2009 Commencement exercises. Of his work, Brian wrote the following:
“….My focus is on humans as destructive creatures. The way I see it, there are three main sources of this destructive nature found in human existence. Those destructive behaviors are of nature, society, and self. The focus I am working with here is the destruction of self, whether it is from depression, psychosis, rage, or other mental disabilities. The marks are meant to be visceral responses to that certain self-destructive emotion…..My quality of making the mark in my art is what helps compliment this violent behavior. The mark is intended to reflect the inner anger, sorrow, or whichever negative emotion that the piece conveys.”
Brian’s images will be on display until mid-August.
This month, PSU and the Lamson Library and Learning Commons welcomes six visitors from Houdegbe North American University, Cotonou, Benin, West Africa to observe how a modern American university operates. We will be demonstrating our processes and procedures in the Library, Admissions, and the Registrar’s offices.
Our guests include the President of Houdegbe North American University, Octave C. Houdegbe; Dr. Dare Arokoyo, Dean, School of Continuing Education & Part-Time Studies; Thelma Udo, Director of Admissions; Adeline Gai, Registrar; Genevieve Quenum, Library Administrator; and Edmond Segla, Library Technician.
PSU employees and the visiting educators recently enjoyed a reception in the Library.
The Lamson Library and Learning Commons is pleased to display the work of Benjamin Hunt who received his BFA in Graphic Design in May 2009. Benjamin describes his work below.
“I put a good amount of time into deciding what my senior thesis would be….in the end, I decided to go with an idea that would mean the most work, but would be the most enjoyable. That idea would be Volt, a superhero comic where I could combine my design education, with my love for cartooning, comics, and superheroes……in the course of this project, I have been teaching myself to illustrate digitally, to learn new forms of web programming, and to overall push my knowledge of design.”
Make sure to check out the further adventures of the Volt comic at his own website.
The works will be on display until mid-August.
We are happy to report that the library catalog upgrade completed successfully this morning. While the primary changes of this new software are internal to Lamson Library, please contact our Information Desk if you experience difficulty with our catalog. Thank you for your patronage!
Attention all patrons: On Thursday, June 4 from 5:00 AM until noon, Lamson Library & Learning Commons will be performing an upgrade to our catalog. During that time, please expect the availability of catalog items to be offline and access to databases from off-campus to be unavailable. We will work to restore full service as soon as possible. Thank you for your understanding.
You’ve done the hard part….finding the best books and journal articles for your course assignments….but the library doesn’t have what you need. Now what? Interlibrary Loan with ILLiad can help! Our cooperation with other libraries around the world means that if you need something we don’t own, we can get it!
With ILLiad Interlibrary Loan service you can:
Request items 24/7 through your personal account
Receive your journal articles electronically
View and track your current requests so that you know when items will be received
View your past requests, including complete bibliographic citations, for that all-important reference page
Welcome to the unofficial start of the summer season! The Lamson Library and Learning Commons will observe the following hours during Memorial Day Weekend.
Sat May 23rd 8:30 AM to 6 PM
Sun May 24th 1 PM to 9 PM
Mon May 25th CLOSED
The building will re-open at 7:30 AM on Tuesday, May 26th.
The Lamson Library and Learning Commons extends CONGRATULATIONS and best wishes to the PSU Class of 2009.
Summer hours begin on Monday May 18th.
Special Finals Week Hours
| Friday May 8th |
7:30 AM — 9 PM |
| Saturday May 9th |
8:30 AM — 9 PM |
| Sunday May 10th |
10 AM — 1 AM |
Monday May 11th —
Wednesday May 13th |
7:30 AM — 1 AM |
| Thursday May 14th |
7:30 AM — 11:30 PM |
| Friday May 15th |
7:30 AM — 5 PM |
The Library and Lamson Learning Commons will be open Graduation Weekend and will begin summer hours on Monday May 18th.
Don’t forget to Ask a Librarian for help and GOOD LUCK with your finals!
The Lamson Library and Learning Commons is pleased to welcome a portion of the 2009 Bachelor’s of Fine Arts (BFA) exhibit this spring. These beautiful works of art may be viewed on the Main Level and on both sides of The Commons Cafe on the Lower Level. A walking tour map of other exhibit locations on campus is available at the Information Desk.
The exhibit will run through graduation week.
Reese Cardew
The Lamson Library and Learning Commons would like to welcome the Medieval and Renaissance Forum to Plymouth State University! Congratulations on 30 years!
Spinelli Archives offers a look back at past Forums with a display of pictures and seals.
Students in Dr. Barbara Lopez-Mayhew’s Survey of Literary Masterpieces of Spain class will display their original poster creations on literary works from the Spanish Medieval and Renaissance periods.
A selection of books by keynote speaker, Dr. Carole Levin, as well as a number of other material on this year’s theme “Dreams, Imagination, Fantasy”, will be on display and available for checkout.
The Lamson Library and Learning Commons is please to offer a trial subscription to the Publishing Opportunities Database. This exciting new product “provides the most extensive listing of opportunities for professors, post-doctorates and other students interested in presenting and publishing their research papers. The database, which is updated twice each month, covers multidisciplinary subject areas.” Specific features include:
Journal Call for Papers records index – open opportunities for regularly published journals, to which content is constantly being added
Conference Call for Papers – time-sensitive content, providing from 3,000 to 4,000 records at any given time, for an annual total of approximately 12,000 records
Special Issue Call for Papers – time sensitive content with from 500 to 800 records available at any given time, for an annual total of approximately 2,000 records
The trial is available until June 20, 2009.
