Georgia Tech Library News

Plans for the renovation of 2West are moving forward. Construction is set to begin in May 2009. Over the last twelve months we gathered lots of feedback and heard from well over 100 students about this group commons space. There is still one more opportunity for you to share your opinion and to help us shape the next library renovation.

On Thursday, January 8th 2009 we will be hosted a design charrette focusing on furniture arrangement from 11am – 1pm. Light refreshments will be served. If you would like to participate please plan to contribute 15 – 20 minutes of you time. Because of the nature of this design exercise we can only accommodate 10 participants at one time. If you are interested in attending please contact brian.mathews@library.gatech.edu for the full details.

Wiley InterScience Site Maintenance Status:

Due to essential site maintenance, Wiley InterScience may be unavailable beginning at 9:00 am on Dec. 27, for a period of 2-6 hours.

During this time, journals accessible via Wiley InterScience will be unavailable.

Flying High During Dead Week!

December 4, 2008
7:30pm – building planes…

8pm – contest

Location: 2 West Bridge/GT Library

We supply the paper; you supply the aeronautical talent!

Supplies will be provided and there will be a 30 minute design period (7:30 pm) prior to the contest

Prizes will be awarded for distance , design , and best flight pattern!

Got more questions? contact Lori Critz (404-385-4392; lori.critz@library.gatech.edu)

The Georgia Tech Library will close at 6:00 pm on Wednesday, November 26 for the Thanksgiving Break. The Library will remain closed on November 27th, 28th, and 29th. The Library will reopen at noon on Sunday, November 30.

Due to state budget cuts, access to the following Cambridge Scientific Abstracts (CSA) databases will be discontinued on 10/31/08. These databases were jointly funded by GALILEO and the Georgia Tech Library and Information Center. GALILEO is no longer providing support for purchasing the following databases and the Library is not able to continue to fund access without GALILEO’s contribution:

AIDS and Cancer Research Abstracts, Animal Behavior Abstracts, ASSIA: Applied Social Sciences Index and Abstracts, Aquatic Sciences and Fisheries Abstracts (ASFA), Biological Sciences Set, Biology Digest, Biotechnology and BioEngineering Abstracts, Biotechnology Research Abstracts, Calcium and Calcified Tissues Abstracts, Chemoreception Abstracts, Computer and Information Systems Abstracts, Conference Papers Index, Ecology Abstracts, EIS Digests of Environmental Impact Statements, Electronics and Communications Abstracts, Entomology Abstracts, Environmental Engineering Abstracts, Environmental Sciences and Pollution Management Set, Genetics Abstracts, Health and Safety Sciences Abstracts, Human Genome Abstracts, Immunology Abstracts, Mechanical Engineering Abstracts, Neuroscience Abstracts, Nucleic Acids Abstracts, Oceanic Abstracts, Oncogenes and Growth Factors Abstracts, Physical Education Index, Plant Science, Pollution Abstracts, Risk Abstracts, Social Services Abstracts, Sociological Abstracts, Solid State and Superconductivity Abstracts, Toxicology Abstracts, TOXLINE, Virology and AIDS Abstracts, Water Resources Abstracts

These databases will remain on the List of Databases with suggestions for alternative resources. For additional suggestions please contact your subject librarian.

Members of the GT community can still use online requesting for GIL Express, the inter-borrowing service provided to the University System of Georgia. Originally, this service was scheduled to be temporarily suspended on Oct 1, 2008, however the suspension has been postponed until the end of December 2008. More info here: http://gilexpress.usg.edu/

For additional information about borrowing from other libraries, please see:
http://www.library.gatech.edu/services/borrow/from_otherlibraries.php

Due to essential site maintenance, access will be temporarily unavailable on the indicated dates and times.

DATE: Monday – October 20, 2008
TIME: Beginning at 4:00 am
DURATION: approximately 1 hour

The Georgia Tech Library & Information Center subscribes to Knovel, an online collection of science and engineering handbooks. This fall we are participating in a contest open to all current Georgia Tech students.

How to enter:
• Go to www.info.knovel.com/challenge
• Use the Knovel search box in the widget to find answers.
• Answer 3 questions correctly.

All entries with 3 correct answers will be entered into a drawing. Prizes include Nintendo Wiis, iPod Nanos, and free music. The contest ends November 7th, 2008.

Research for all of us! The Georgia Tech Library sponsors a lecture series featuring research by Georgia Tech faculty presented for the rest of us.

Lecturers will discuss their research in laymen’s terms. The aim of the series is to make research understandable to all of us in the Georgia Tech community.

October 7, 2008
Neely Lobby (GT Library – 1 West)
2 – 3:30 pm

Speakers: Hugh Crawford and Ron Broglio
School of Literature, Communication & Culture
Poster

Title: Dwelling Studies

Abstract: Hugh Crawford and Ron Broglio will discuss dwelling studies as a set of disciplinary and pedagogical practices around growing cultural issues such as home and food. Dwelling studies examines how we engage with the earth so as to fashion a world and worldview. As a methodology, dwelling studies uses phenomenology to examine a variety of ecologies and economies of human comportment in order to further living well. The presentation will introduce the audience to this field of study and provide examples of scholarship and student work at Georgia Tech.

This presentation is free and open to all! No pre-registration is needed.

Questions? Contact: Lori Critz, Information Services Department
lori.critz@library.gatech.edu
404-385-4392

Due to essential site maintenance, access will be temporarily unavailable on the indicated dates and times.

DATE: Monday  -  September 22, 2008
TIME: Beginning at 4:00 am
DURATION: approximately 1 hour