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Wondering where things are in the University Library? We now have a self-guided podcast tour available at http://liblogs.albany.edu/podcasts/ . Just download it and listen to it on your mp3 player while you follow the map on the brochure (available on the podcast page or in the library lobby).
Also check out the rest of our tours here: http://library.albany.edu/usered/tours/index.html
The University Library will be open with regular services available on Fountain Day, Sunday, April 22. However, there will be only escorted access from the northeast corner of the University Library building, closest to the Arts and Sciences building. Go to that area and wait for an escort. Library users and employees will be escorted to the library entrance since it will not be directly accessible from 11 am - 4 pm during Fountain Day activities. In addition, library users and employees will be escorted out of the University Library building during the Fountain Day event. There will be no direct access to Fountain Day activities from the University Library. A security guard will assist in maintaining a climate conducive to research and study. Users can anticipate noise from Fountain Day within the Library since events are occurring directly outside. We recommend the Science Library as a quiet alternative during Fountain Day.
What's New in Minerva:
* The Call number search displays the title after the call number.
* The GovDoc call number search also displays the title.
* More cross references display.
* The Search Option of "Computer Software" now includes software shelved in the book stacks, as well as in our media collections. (Previously it consisted solely of software in our media collections.)
* The "Brief Recs" button as a result of a Title or Series Browse search may hold helpful information for you. Try searching "Garland Shakespeare bibliographies." (You do not see "Brief Recs" buttons if you perform a keyword search.)
* All monographic series titles are now indexed in both Series and Title Browse. (Until now Title Browse lacked some monographic series titles.)
The Library catalog, Minerva, will be unavailable beginning at 5:15 pm on Saturday, April 7 and lasting until early morning Monday, April 9 due to re-indexing. We apologize for any inconenience this may cause.
Access to Safari Tech Books Online http://proquest.safaribooksonline.com/ is now available for the University at Albany community. Safari Tech Books Online is a joint venture of O'Reilly Media and The Person Technology Group. Our collection contains about 150 online books on a variety of computing, programming, and information technology subjects from publishers like O'Reilly, Addison Wesley, Sams, Prentice Hall, Que, Microsoft Press, and Peachpit Press. Our collection can be searched on the Safari Web site http://proquest.safaribooksonline.com/ by selecting "my content" in the search area, or individual books can be accessed using Minerva.
ITS will be applying a patch to the Oracle server today at 5:15. The Library catalog, Minerva, will be unavailable from 5:15 to 7:00 pm. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.