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2008

New Hours for the Area Research Center & University Archives

The Area Research Center & University Archives has changed their hours. In an effort to address patron usage patterns, the ARC will now open later in the morning, 10 a.m. instead of 8 a.m., and will remain open later in the evening, 6:30 p.m. instead of 4:30 p.m.

Hours apply to the regular semester only. Visit the ARC website.

January 2008

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LibQUAL+ Survey
The UWRF Chalmer Davee Library conducted a LibQUAL+ online survey to measure perceptions and expectations of users' overall library experience. The survey was throughout the month of April. Campus-wide feedback will be used to improve the quality of services and resources offered by the Chalmer Davee Library. All student participants were eligible to win prizes donated from local companies such as KinniCoffee, the Falcon Shop, China Moon Buffet, Sunrise Tanning, Subway, McDonalds and many more. Thank you to all who participated in the survey and to our local sponsors.

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Dr. Lynn Jermal and Patrice Marvin exhibit artwork

The Chalmer Davee Library is proud to be hosting an art exhibit featuring Dr. Lynn Jermal, of the UWRF Art Department, and local artist, Patrice Avon Marvin.

The artwork is currently on display in the Harriet Barry Gallery on the main level. A Reception and Talk with the Artists will take place on Monday, March 31, 2008 at 2 p.m. in the Harriet Barry Gallery as part of the Women’s History Month celebration on campus.

Left) Dr. Lynn Jermal in studio. Above) Patrice Marvin next to Now, When the Waters are Pressing Mightily.

p a t r i c e  a v o n  m a r v i n  
Time Bombs And Other Things That Have Been Bugging Me

Ly n n  J e r m a l
Witness To The Times

March 11- April 12  Harriet Barry Gallery, UWRF Chalmer Davee Library
Sponsored by UW-River Falls and Women’s History Month. See library hours.  

A small exhibition of new works by two local artists will open this weekend in Hammond at the Kremer Loft Gallery in the Hammond Hotel and then move to the University of Wisconsin-River Falls in the Harriet Barry Gallery, located in the Chalmer Davee Library.

Patrice Avon Marvin of River Falls is perhaps best known for her painting work which uses highly saturated color, attention to whimsy and stylized female figures.  She was also the collaborator with poet Robert Samarotto on The Vegetable Project.  Her artistic drives have been fueled by human anonymity and the fragility of life.

Within the last five years Marvin's work has shifted from commercial gallery painting to mixed-media collage that deals with social, political and autobiographical concerns, and makes use of dialectic and narrative qualities, as well as irony and provocative innuendo. Her new work for this exhibition is a small collection entitled "time bombs and other things that have been bugging me," and is presented in a multiple-window storyline format.
 
Showing with Marvin is Lynn Jermal of Hudson.  She teaches in the Art Department at UW-River Falls and has been very involved in producing collaborative and community work in the last five years.  Her own studio work is often a way of processing a visual response to personal or cultural events and issues.  In this exhibition Jermal created a new series of work, “Witness to the Times” after a conversation with Marvin on how artists can address some of the responses they have about what surrounds them in contemporary culture.  The artist sees the work as another way to provoke conversation or ideas about relevant current issues as well as giving her an outlet to respond to the world news related to us daily in the NY Times and other publications.  The work is mixed media drawing using collage’ techniques to incorporate found fragments from the newspaper or print sources.  Many of Jermal’s works may be open to interpretation, and so hopefully a dialogue will be set up with the viewer’s own response to the words or imagery.

Both artists rely heavily on material from advertising, photography, conversation and printed matter in this exhibition.  Issues include: violence; greed; entitlement mentality; environment; aging; patriotism and war.

Events taking place as part of the exhibitions include:

A Reception and Poetry Reading in Hammond on Saturday, March 8th. The reception is from 6-9 Pm and Thomas R. Smith of River Falls and Kevin Caldwell of Hudson will share the “Poems of Love and Protest” at 7 PM.

All events FREE and OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.

March 2008

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Library Tours!

The UWRF library is offering guided tours from February 26-March 6th. Learn about the many library resources and services available to you by taking a quick, casual tour of our collections and facilities. Tours are lead by friendly, knowledgeable reference librarians and are open to the UWRF community as well as members of the general public. Just show up at the Research Help Desk (main level) at any of the following dates and times.

Tues., Feb. 26th & March 4th:
10 a.m.

Wed., Feb. 27 & March 5th:
7 p.m.

Thurs., Feb. 28 & March 6th:
2 and 7 p.m.

Call the Research Help Desk at 715-425-3343 if you would like additional information or if you would like to schedule a class tour or an individual training session.

March 2008

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Celebrating Research, Scholarship & Creative Achievement (CRSCA) 2008

CRSCA is an annual event, sponsored by the Offices of the Provost, Grants and Research and the Chalmer Davee Library, to honor the intellectual and creative output of the faculty and staff of UW-River Falls.  Books, journal articles, academic posters, artwork, performance art, funded grants, and other items created by UWRF faculty and staff are collected and published in a bibliography and exhibited throughout the library every February. The deadline for submissions for this year's event was February 1, 2008. Visit the CRSCA website for complete information.

February 2008

2007

Book Sale-Prices Drop

The ongoing book sale, located in the front of the library’s main level, has lowered prices.

Paperbacks are now 25 cents;
Hardcover are now 50 cents;
Videos are now $1.

Titles are added to the sale on a daily basis.

November 2007

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Author Reading

UWRF alumna, prize-winning poet, and teacher at the Loft Literary Center in Mpls, Evelyn Klein, will be reading from her latest book, From Here Across the Bridge, Wednesday, Oct. 17th, 2007 from 3-4 p.m. in the library's upper level breezeway. A reception will follow during which Klein will be selling and signing copies of her book. All are welcome to attend.

October 2007

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SuperSearch

Beginning October 1, 2007, the UWRF library is rolling out a new and improved search interface called SuperSearch. SuperSearch is a tool with advanced features making researching more efficient and personalized.

With SuperSearch you can:

• search multiple types of informational resources simultaneously using a single interface. Instead of using the library catalog to find books, individual journal databases to find articles, and various e-resources and web portals for supplemental research materials, you can search for all of these all at once
  
  
• Save individual records or lists of entire search results in your own personal e-shelf
  
  
• Set up and save your own customized Search Sets or use sets already configured for specific disciplines

Beginning Monday, October 1st SuperSearch will replace the Journal Articles link. All resources formerly found through this link will be redirected to SuperSearch.

Visit 5 Ways to SuperSearch Happiness at for demos and tips or contact the Research Help Desk at 3343. If you would like to schedule an instructional class contact Tom Smisek at 3312.

October 2007

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Masha Hamilton Visit & Camel-Mobile Library Book Drive

In conjunction with a visit to campus by author Masha Hamilton on September 28-29, the UWRF Library is participating in a book drive. Masha Hamilton, author of The Camel Bookmobile, is one of many who are involved in an effort to make reading materials accessible to the impoverished, semi-nomadic people living in northeastern Kenya. Donated books are transported via camel throughout the region and distributed by traveling librarians. Book drives have taken place across the world enabling these mobile libraries to expand into more and more remote areas of Kenya where reading materials are in great demand. Faculty, students, and community members are asked to consider donating books to this incredible effort. A drop box is located on the main floor of the library near the Research Help Desk.  For more information on the Camel Bookmobile contact Cate Dodson or visit camelbookdrive.wordpress.com.

Masha Hamilton, award-winning novelist and international journalist, will give a presentation in the Chalmer Davee Library's upper level breezeway at 3:30 pm on Friday, September 28. She will be selling and signing copies of her books and a reception will follow. For more information on Masha Hamilton, visit her website. For more information on her campus visit please contact Dr. Jenny Brantley.

September 2007

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Extended Library Hours

Thanks to a recent undergraduate differential tuition initiative, the UWRF library is extending its hours. The new hours, which begin Tuesday, September 4, 2007, are as follows:

Monday – Thursday: 7:45 am – 1 am
Friday: 7:45 am – 7 pm
Saturday: 9 am – 7 pm
Sunday: Noon – 1 am

Thank you to the students and administration who, in passing this initiative, recognize the integral role of the Chalmer Davee Library in helping our students learn.

Note: Hours vary during interim sessions.  Extended hours do not apply to other departments within the library building such as the computer labs, archives and textbook services.  Please visit http://www.uwrf.edu/library/info/hours.php for more information.

September 2007

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New Printing Procedures

Beginning with the Fall 2007 semester, the library has changed its printing procedures. Patrons will now be required to bring their own paper for printouts at all public printers, just as all IT computer labs require. Recycled paper (with one side filled) will be supplied for patrons who simply wish to print an article citation or other item and do not require new, blank paper. Library patrons also have the option of sending print jobs to KinniCopies in the University Center (UC). To do so, choose the KinniCopies printer from the file > print menu from any computer in the library. Fill out an online order form. You will then be able to pay for and pick up the print job at KinniCopies, located near the Information Desk on the main level of the UC.

September 2007

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New York Times Historic

The Chalmer Davee Library has acquired access to a resource known as the New York Times Historic.  Differential tuition funds paid for this unique acquisition.

The New York Times Historic is a large-scale, ongoing digitization project that involved converting more than 3,400,000 pages from microfilm into computer files.  The New York Times Historic database covers every issue, cover to cover, from the very first issue in 1851 through 2004—a span not presently covered by any existing electronic resource. The library will continue to add content each year. 

Using ProQuest Newspapers database you can narrow your NYT Historic search to front page stories, photos, editorials, weather, stock quotes, obituaries, advertisements, legal notices, and even lottery numbers.  You can also use a date-range search tool to search only a specific day, before a certain date, or to search a range of issues between 2 dates.  Items in the database can be viewed as individual “clippings” or as a downloadable PDF full page images that can be flipped through page by page.

UWRF students, faculty and staff can access New York Times Historic
via the library’s SuperSearch Find Resources.

Click here to see a research guide for this database.

Once again a sincere thanks goes to the students and administration who, in passing the undergraduate differential tuition initiative, recognize the integral role of the Chalmer Davee Library in helping our students learn.

Call or visit the Research Help Desk for more information (x3343).  To schedule an instruction session please contact Brad Gee at (x3312)

September 2007

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Curriculum Materials Collection Gets a Facelift

The Curriculum Materials Collection (CMC) has a brand new look! Sections of the CMC have been rearranged in order to make the collection more browseable.

• All CMC reference materials and CMC journals have been removed from the upper floor and integrated into the reference collection and journal stacks on the main level of the library.
  
  
• The CMC Historical books have been integrated into the regular CMC collection.
  
  
• CMC textbooks are now grouped by grade level and subject.
  
  
• CMC kits have been moved to the CMC Teaching Materials shelves.
  

See the CMC area map.

August 2007

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Scrabble Club Forms in River Falls

Word-lovers, take note! The Chalmer Davee Library and the River Falls Public Library have collaborated to form a River Falls Scrabble Club. If you enjoy a casual game of Scrabble or prefer the more competitive nature of a timed game following National Scrabble Association rules, join fellow Scrabble aficionados for games at the River Falls Public Library on Thursday, Sept. 13, at 6:30 p.m.; Wednesday, Oct. 10, at 1 p.m.; Thursday, Oct. 11, at 6:30 p.m.  Additional game dates will be scheduled as the group gets organized. Please bring along your own board if you have one; a limited number of games and timers will be available. Take this opportunity to stretch your word power while meeting others who enjoy a good game of Scrabble. Contact Valerie Malzacher at ext. 3224.

August 2007

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New & Improved Way to Search for New Titles

The library has recently added a new search feature to the online catalog. Now, along with the Simple Search, Advanced Search, and Course Reserves tabs, you’ll see a “New Books” tab. This tab allows you to see all new items the library has received over the past four weeks. Searches can be limited by location (Reference Stacks, Curriculum Materials Collection, Government Documents, AV Room, etc.) and by time span (up to 4 weeks). You can sort the results by call number, title, or author. There is also an optional search that will let you look for terms in the title and author fields.

Click to see an enlarged image of the New Books search screen.

July 2007

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Visiting Professor Shows Artwork in the Library

Dr. John Jacobsen, a visiting professor from Chicago, held an art exhibition in the library Thursday, April 5, 2007.  In nearly 20 years as a physicist, artist and software engineer, John Jacobsen has indulged his fascination with strange spaces, both real and imaginary. His artwork is inspired by the austere structures of science, the playful logic of dreams, and the beautiful desolation of the White Continent.  Jacobsen's images will be on exhibit from 2-4 p.m. Thursday, April 5th in the library. A reception in the atrium will accompany the show.

On Wednesday, April 4th, Dr. Jacobsen, accompanied by UWRF physics Professor James Madsen, will be speaking in the University Center’s Kinnickinnic River Theater from 7-8:30 p.m.  Madsen and Jacobsen will address the IceCube project, what was once known as AMANDA (Antarctic Muon and Neutrino Detector Array). IceCube is an international effort to learn about neutrinos, mysterious particles produced by the decay of radioactive elements. For additional information on the South Pole research or Jacobsen's artwork, visit Dr. Madsen's or Dr. Jacobsen's web pages.

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Laptop Checkout

Laptop computers are now available at the Circulation/Reserve Desk for loan to registered UWRF students. For additional information visit the Laptop Checkout Program website.

January 2007