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2006 Library News & Events
[12/14/06]The JRVP Library will be open until Midnight on Friday, December 15 and Saturday, December 16. The Reading Room will be open 24 hours.
[12/6/06]Due to holiday closings at many lending institutions the J. Robert Van Pelt Interlibrary Loan office will be unable to process new requests from Dec. 23 through January 1st. The office will remain open for other services except on days when the University will be closed. Normal business operations will resume January 2, 2007.
InterLibrary Loan [12/1/06]Think Spring? Learn about improvements to Interlibrary Loan scheduled for Spring 2007. Check out the Information Wall Featured Topic for December!
Coming Soon - Improvements in InterLibrary Loan [12/1/06]The New Grove Guide to Wagner and His Operas offers a new account of Wagner based on the acclaimed New Grove Dictionary of Opera. The December eBook of the Month provides both seasoned Wagner-lovers and neophytes with all they require for an in-depth appreciation of Wagner.
One of the most controversial figures in the history of ideas as well as music, Richard Wagner continues to stimulate debate whenever his works are performed. Drawing upon the scholarship of The New Grove Dictionary of Opera, the most comprehensive dictionary of opera in the world, the December eBook of the Month offers a concise survey and guide to Wagner and his work.
E-Books [11/10/06]The J. Robert Van Pelt and Opie Library will have reduced service and study hours during the Thanksgiving recess. Please go to Exception Hours on the Library's web page for details.
Library Exception Hours [11/1/06]Hans Kishel has joined the library staff as the new library instruction coordinator. Hans has Master's degrees in both Geology and Library and Information Science from University of North Dakota and University of Illinois - Urbana Champaign, and he already has a good understanding of Michigan Tech. If you'd like to set up an instruction session for your class, please contact Hans at 487-3118 or hfkishel@mtu.edu.
Meet Hans Kishel - Coordinator of Library Instruction [11/1/06]November eBook of the Month, "From Vietnam to 9/11: On the Front Lines of National Security", is announced.
Avoiding dry, detached analysis, the November eBook of the Month presents the revealing story of an insider's involvement with international affairs and the lessons he learned from those experiences. It was written by Congressman Jack Murtha.
E-Books [10/25/06]The Michigan Technological University Archives and Copper Country Historical Collections is offering research support awards for the 2007 calendar year. Grants of up to $750 provide support for researchers to visit and use the Archives' collections. Financial support for the travel award program is provided by the Friends of the Van Pelt Library.
The Michigan Technological University Archives and Copper Country Historical Collections is offering research support awards for the 2007 calendar year. Grants are for up to $750 and provide support for travel, food and lodging to carry out research using the collections of the MTU Archives. Financial support for the travel award program is provided by the Friends of the Van Pelt Library, a support organization for the Library and Archives of Michigan Technological University. Topical research areas include: Michigan's western Upper Peninsula; industrial history; particularly copper mining and its ancillary industries; social history, including workforce issues, immigration and ethnicity; urban and community development along the Keweenaw Peninsula; transportation; and the environment.
Review of applications will begin on January 22, 2007, and travel must be completed by December 15, 2007. For further information and an application form, please contact the Archives at copper@mtu.edu Application Form [10/18/06]The Annual Meeting of the Friends of the Van Pelt Library at Michigan Tech will take place on Tuesday, October 24, from 5-6:30pm in the Archives on the ground floor of the Library. The speaker at the meeting will be Prof.
Art Weaver, retired professor of Mechanical Engineering at Michigan Tech, who will present a slide show program on local birds. All are invited to attend and refreshments will be served.
Friends of the Library [10/2/06]The October ebook of the Month "The Stem Cell Divide: The Facts, the Fiction, and the Fear Driving the Greatest Scientific, Political, and Religious Debate of Our Time" is up on the NetLibrary.
There has been much recent debate about the merits, dangers, and nature of stem cell research. Some see in it the answer to every debilitating disease known to man, while others see it as a step away from human cloning. The Stem Cell Divide does not take sides, and the author debunks the distortions and exaggerations that come from every camp. This eBook does not tell readers what to think, but gives them the facts necessary to form their own opinions about one of the most divisive, complex, and potentially life-changing developments in history.
E-Books [9/19/06]The JRVP Online Catalog will not be available Friday, September 22, from 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm due to system maintenance. We apologize for any inconvenience.
[9/7/06]Due to a scheduled power outage, the library web site will be unavailable from early morning 12:00am - 8:00am on Friday.
[9/5/06]The JRVP/Opie Library has installed a self-checkout system for library users. Patrons may now check out most library material using a valid Tech Express or Courtesy card at the 3M self-checkout unit. The self-checkout unit is located on the second floor of the library by the entrance to the bridge between the Library and Rekhi Hall. For questions or additional information contact the Circulation Desk at 7-2508 or circlib@mtu.edu.
[9/1/06]September eBook of the Month from the NetLibrary is "The History Highway: A 21st-Century Guide to Internet Resources"
Extensively revised and expanded, The History Highway, Fourth Edition (M.E. Sharpe, 2006) is widely recognized as the one essential tool for students, teachers and researchers seeking a reliable guide to history sites on the web. Now, with live links to all of the websites covered in the eBook, access to this information is just a mouse click away.
E-Books [8/21/06]REVISED ELECTRONIC RESOURCE WEB PAGE: Now databases and electronic journals can be searched and accessed separately. JRVP Library HuskyFetch Services are fully launched.
The web page includes a search tool that helps you locate potential sources for journal articles, if you know at least some of the article citation data. Also it offers one stop access to Google Scholar and Windows Live Search Academic. If you have any questions please contact Library Reference.
E-Resources [8/8/06]IM(instant messaging) and co-browsing reference services are ready for your exploration. Ask a Librarian now!
The JRVP Library has expanded its reference services to include IM(instant messaging) and co-browsing. Reference librarians can answer your questions by IM, whether you use AOL, MSN, Yahoo, or the new MTU IM service. If you'd like a reference librarian to show you how to find information, the new co-browsing software lets us do that, and you won't need to install anything. For more information, just click on Ask a Librarian.
Ask a Librarian IM Service [8/4/06]The Interlibrary Loan/Document Delivery office of the JRVP Library will be closed on Thursday, August 24th for an all day training session. ILL materials may still be picked up at the Circulation Desk located on the first floor of the JRVP library. All requests for materials will be processed when the ILL/DD office reopens on Friday, August 25th.
ILL Services [8/1/06]The August eBook of the Month, Blacked Out: Government Secrecy in the Information Age (Cambridge University Press, April 2006), addresses the issue of government transparency during this age of global terrorism threats. Check it out from the NetLibrary.
E-Books [7/19/06]Due to continued work in the archives reading room, the Archives will remain closed the remainder of the week. The department expects to reopen on Monday at 10:00am, but patrons are advised to call 487-2507 to confirm actual hours of operation. Sorry for any inconvenience.
[7/18/06]The MTU Archives will reopen to the public on Thursday, July 20, at noon.
[7/17/06]Due to flooding, the MTU Archives will be closed until further notice. Sorry for any inconvenience.
[7/11/06]The MTU Archives announces a free presentation, "Historic Mine Maps and Models: Envisioning the Underground," by visiting scholar Eric Nystrom. The talk will take on Tuesday, July 18 at 7:00 p.m. in Room 641 of the Dow Environmental Sciences and Engineering Building. The public is welcome.
Maps, photographs, and three-dimensional models are some of the methods used by mining engineers to manage complex work sites above and below ground. Visiting scholar Eric Nystrom will give a presentation on the visual culture of American mining on Tuesday July 18th at 7 p.m. in Room 641 of the Dow Environmental Sciences and Engineering Building at Michigan Tech.
Nystrom's talk traces the creation and use of maps, photos, and models in the American mining profession. He'll explore how maps changed over time to give engineers more information and control, even how a three-dimensional model influenced a court case and changed the law through its presentation of geological facts. Nystrom is a recipient of the 2006 MTU Archives Research Travel Award. The presentation is free and open to the public, and refreshments will be served. The Archival Speaker Series highlights current research utilizing the Archives Collection. For more information, contact the MTU Archives at 487-2505 or copper@mtu.edu [7/3/06]Is climate change really happening and does it matter? Read NetLibrary July eBook of the Month "Climate Change: Turning up the Heat" to find out.
The answer from the scientific community is a resounding yes, yet debates about the reality of climate change and what measures to take are slowing our response. In NetLibrary's July eBook of the Month, leading climate researcher Barrie Pittock argues that we need to act urgently to avoid increasingly severe climate change.
E-Books [6/22/06]'An Interior Ellis Island: Ethnic Diversity and the Peopling of Michigan's Copper Country,' a symposium on the rich ethnic history of Michigan's Copper Country will be examined during a day-long symposium in Houghton, Michigan. The event is scheduled for 10:00am-3:00pm on Saturday, July 1 in Room U115 of the Michigan Tech Minerals and Materials Engineering Building. This free event is open to the public. Check out our detailed schedule here.
This project is sponsored by the J.R. Van Pelt Library at Michigan Technological University and funded in part by Michigan Humanities Council, an affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities.
The symposium will include presentations by five speakers and a 'virtual ribbon cutting' for a new web site devoted to Keweenaw ethnic history and web-accessible collection of historical photographs from the MTU Archives and Copper Country Historical Collections that help tell the story of immigrants in Michigan's Copper Country. Symposium schedule [6/7/06]The MTU Archives will be closed Wednesday, June 7, and will reopen on Thursday, June 8, at noon. Sorry for the inconvenience.
Archive Hours [6/1/06]"Magill's Choice: Immigration in U.S. History" is featured as June eBook of the Month from NetLibrary.
Now, more than ever, questions about race, politics, and security dominate the immigration debate. For students, educators, and anyone interested in immigration reform, the June eBook of the month will provide a broad historical context on today's headlines, covering U.S. immigration from the early 17th century through to the aftermath of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks.
E-Books [5/5/06]Due to a campus wide power outage, Library services will be down from 10PM Friday until approximately 12:30PM Saturday. All times are EDT (GMT-4).
[5/1/06]"Work Less, Live More" is featured as May eBook of the Month from NetLibrary.
E-Books [4/17/06]The MTU Archives announces an encore of Bill Haller's presentation, "The Atlas Powder Company: An Explosive Story from Senter, Michigan," on Tuesday, May 2 at 7:00 p.m. in Room U115 of the Minerals and Materials Engineering Building. The public is welcome.
The Atlas Powder Company produced dynamite and nitroglycerine for local copper mines at its plant in Senter, Michigan, from 1910 to 1960. Haller, a local historian who has been researching the Atlas story for the past two years, has collected an extensive range of historical photographs relating to the site. His presentation also draws upon numerous interviews with local residents and former employees at the explosives plant. The presentation is free and open to the public. Refreshments will be served.
The Archival Speaker Series highlights current research utilizing the Archives Collection. For more information, contact the MTU Archives at 487-2505 or copper@mtu.edu [4/5/06]The Friends' Annual Book Sale is scheduled for April 19th from 10:00 am - 4:00 pm in Ballroom A of the MUB. The pre-sale for Friends' members only is April 18th from 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm. During the pre-sale, memberships will be available at the door. All proceeds benefit the MTU Van Pelt Library.
[4/3/06]The "OpenURL Connector" votes are in and we have a winner, HuskyFetch! Click for more detail.
The HuskyFetch design was a clear winner, earning more votes than the other three choices combined. The month-long poll to select a design for the "OpenURL Connector" for our OpenURL service had a total of 428 votes cast. The winning design had 253 votes, Find it earned 107, Get it 53 and the SFX default button posted 15.
This design will begin appearing in library databases in April. Click on the HuskyFetch button and the new HuskyFetch service will provide you with choices for locating full text or print versions of an article, book or document. More about HuskyFetch [4/3/06]Information Technology has installed a payment kiosk in the Reading Room of the John and Ruanne Opie Library.
Students may pay their Michigan Tech accounts at the kiosk using a credit card or by personal check.
[4/1/06]"Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine 16th Edition" is featured as April eBook of the Month from NetLibrary.
The Harrison's name is synonymous with internal medicine. Now in full color, the new 16th Edition Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine continues to define the practice of medicine and includes timely, thoughtful and supremely useful coverage of every major internal medicine related update and current controversy of note.
[3/14/06]The MTU Archives presents Bill Haller on "The Atlas Powder Company: An Explosive Story from Senter, Michigan," Tuesday, March 28 at 7:00 p.m. in the Archives reading room. The public is welcome.
Atlas Powder Company produced explosives for local mines at its plant in Senter. In 1956, a malfunction caused an explosion that leveled the nitroglycerin shed, and is still talked about today. Haller, an avocational historian with an interest in the Atlas story, will present images from an extensive collection of photographs and talk about the history of the Atlas Powder Company, its development, and the manufacturing complex at Senter.
The Archival Speaker Series highlights current research utilizing the Archives Collection. The presentation is free and open to the public. Refreshments will be served. For more information, contact the MTU Archives at 487-2505 or copper@mtu.edu [3/13/06]"OpenURL Context-Sensitive Services" web poll seeks your input for the design of the "OpenURL Connector" this month.
J. Robert Van Pelt Library is implementing OpenURL software(SFX) to help you get to full text articles or context-sensitive services from indexing and abstracting databases like those in FirstSearch, Web of Sciences, CSA, etc.
The Library has some choices for the design of the 'OpenURL Connector' that will be used. Your opinion counts. The poll will be open during March. Go to the library homepage and vote now! More about the OpenURL [3/2/06]The library's Opie Addition will re-open today, Thursday. Thank you for your patience.
[3/1/06]"Bad: Infamy, Darkness, Evil, and Slime on Screen" is featured as March eBook of the Month from NetLibrary.
Bad: Infamy, Darkness, Evil, and Slime on Screen examines the long line of thieves, rapists, varmints, codgers, dodgers, manipulators, conmen, killers, liars, demons, and cold-blooded megalomaniacs that populate cinematic narrative. From Nosferatu to Tom Ripley, from evil villains to empires of evil, from psychotic slashers to blood thirsty aliens, the contributors consider a wide range of genres and use a variety of critical approaches to examine evil, villainy, and immorality in twentieth-century film.
E-Books [2/27/06] Due to severe weather conditions, a pipe on the Opie third floor burst on Sunday. Currently the Opie Library is off limits until carpeting, furniture and computers have had a chance to dry. There will be no 24-hr study space available until further notice. Archives is open regular hours and all group study rooms are available with the exception of the five on the third floor that open from the Opie side. Access to the main library services, collections, and study spaces remain available.
[2/23/06]"Early Days on the Gogebic Iron Range" a presentation by Matthew Liesch, a recipient of the MTU Archives Travel Award, is scheduled for Thursday, March 16 at 7:00 p.m., in the Archives reading room.
An underlying theme of the Gogebic Iron Range of both Michigan's Upper Peninsula and Wisconsin during the 1880s was its reputation, whether as a geographic region of fortune and wealth-a place of hope-or as a place of sin. The presentation will feature analysis of newspapers and bird's eye view lithographs from the Gogebic's mining era. Liesch's presentation and research visit are supported by an MTU Archives Travel Award provided by the Friends of the Van Pelt Library.
This free event is part of Michigan Tech's 'Archival Speakers Series,' which highlights current research utilizing the Archives collections. For further information contact the MTU Archives at 487-2505 or via e-mail at copper@mtu.edu MTU Archives Travel Award [2/14/06]Looking for a job? Doing research on a company? Need a resource list leading to company and industry information such as addresses, phone numbers, officers, news, history, financial data, statistics and trends? The JRVP Library Information Wall is currently highlighting "Company Information For Job Seekers" which also can be found on the Library's web page by clicking on "Course Guides", then "Other Useful Guides". Use this guide to boost your job searching experiences before and after your Winter Career day! Check it out!
Company Information For Job Seekers [2/7/06]The JRVP Library and 24 Hour Reading room will be closing Wednesday night at midnight in celebration of Winter Carnival festivities. Regular hours will resume Thursday, 2/9 at 7:45 AM.
[2/6/06]Take a break from the WIND CHILL of Winter Carnival? Friends Winter Carnival Sale and FREE HOT chocolate come to the library lobby on Saturday, Feb. 11 from 10:30AM to 3:00PM.
The Friends of the Van Pelt Library will be holding a Winter Carnival Sale on Saturday, February 11 from 10:30 am to 3:00 pm in the Van Pelt Library lobby. The Friends will be offering FREE HOT chocolate and cookies and will be selling the MTU heritage souvenir blankets, Copper Country historic photo note cards and used books. All proceeds go to support the Library.
[2/2/06]Super Bowl Study Break?
On Sunday, February 5th, the Super Bowl will run on the Information Wall in the Library. This is a test to see whether studying and study break activities can co-exist in the same space. Please follow the Library's Food and Drink Policy. Third floor is still reserved for quiet study.
Library's Food and Drink Policy [2/1/06]The Little Book That Beats the Market is featured as February eBook of the Month from NetLibrary.
Using basic math skills and simple concepts, Columbia Business School Professor and hedge fund manager Joel Greenblatt shows how successful investing can be made easy for investors of any age. Through entertaining anecdotes and practical pearls of wisdom, The Little Book That Beats the Market explores the basic principles of successful stock market investing and reveals the secrets to buying good companies at bargain prices.
E-books [1/13/06]Markers and erasers for the study room white boards are now available for checkout from the Circulation Desk located on the first floor.
22 Study Rooms are available. [1/13/06]Shaft-Rockhouses of Michigan's Keweenaw Peninsula presentation is scheduled for Monday, January 23, at 7:00 p.m. in the Archives reading room.
The distinctive architecture of mine shaft houses in Michigan's copper district will be the topic of a public presentation at the MTU Archives and Copper Country Historical Collections. Scott See, a master's candidate in the industrial archaeology program at Michigan Tech, will report on his graduate research concerning shaft-rockhouses. Illustrated with numerous historical photographs, See's presentation will examine the evolution of shaft-rockhouse design over time.
This free event is part of Michigan Tech's 'Archival Speakers Series,' which highlights current research utilizing the Archives collections. For further information contact the MTU Archives at 487-2505 or via e-mail at copper@mtu.edu [1/9/06]Faculty! Are you considering a new topic for UN1001 next Fall? The JRVP Library Reference and Instruction Department would be happy to help you to research a topic.
Contact us at 487-2507 or click Ask a Librarian link on the library homepage.
[1/9/06]The Nobel Prize: The Yooper Connection is this month's featured topic on the JRVP Library Information Wall.
Do you know when Nobel Prize winners are announced each year? Do you know how many winners have connections to the UP? Do you know which winner graduated from the former Michigan College of Mining and Technology(MCMT), now known as MTU?
Find out at JRVP Library. Glenn T. Seaborg, an Ishpeming native, discovered plutonium and won the 1951 chemistry award. Melvin Calvin, a 1931 graduate of the former MCMT, won the 1961 chemistry award for research in the area of photosynthesis. The Nobel Prize: The Yooper Connection is this month's featured topic on the JRVP Library Information Wall. Information Wall [1/9/06]New to the JRVP Library? Library tours are available Monday through Friday, at 1:00 p.m., starting in the First Floor lobby inside the main entrance. Please ask the circulation desk to contact the library director's office for arrangement.
[1/2/06]Absolute Beginner's Guide to a Lite and Healthy Lifestyle is featured as January eBook of the Month from NetLibrary.
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