http://catherin.blog.usf.edu News about services and resources offered by the USF Poly Library Wed, 18 Nov 2009 18:28:10 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Announcing Credo Reference as a new a multidisciplinary collection of online reference resources. Funded by USF Sarasota/Manatee, the content in Credo is selected by USF librarians. Credo Reference provides access to one hundred reference resources, such as encyclopedias, dictionaries, and biographical sources chosen to meet a broad range of research ... http://catherin.blog.usf.edu/2009/11/18/new-resource-credo-reference As our Children’s Books collection expanded, the stack where they reside was getting too crowded. We reshelved the last part of the collection (mainly fairytales and nonfiction/science books) on the back of that stack, thus the need to around the corner to find them. As always, don’t hesitate to ask ... http://catherin.blog.usf.edu/2009/11/17/childrens-books-are-turning-a-corner In observance of Veterans’ Day, the USF Polytechnic Library and the Open Use Lab will be closed on Wednesday, November 11th. LTB 1115 will reopen on Thursday, the 12th at 8:00 AM. http://catherin.blog.usf.edu/2009/11/09/veterans-day-closing Informaworld will not be available Tuesday, November 10th, from midnight to 5:00 a.m. We use the Informaworld database to access the full-text of articles from scientific publishers like Taylor & Francis and Routledge. http://catherin.blog.usf.edu/2009/11/09/downtime-for-informaworld-2 We are currently experiencing difficulties with our NetLibrary e-book collection. We are seeing a copyright message appear every 4-5 pages and we are getting reports that users are getting bumped out of NetLibrary with the message: “This eContent is not included in your library’s collection and is unavailable for viewing.” ... http://catherin.blog.usf.edu/2009/11/04/netlibrary-outages Our apologies! Here are the items newly arrived at the USF Polytechnic Library during the month of September and October. Yes, we inadvertently skipped a month in the flurry of activity in the Library. So this list will combine items receive during both. As always, new circulating books and children’s ... http://catherin.blog.usf.edu/2009/10/30/new-resources-at-the-usfp-library-4 Looking for an Halloween-themed book? The USF Poly Library has set up a display of all our books about Halloween, ghosts, witches, creepy-crawlies and such for you to choose from. Pick up a book and a piece of candy on your way out. http://catherin.blog.usf.edu/2009/10/26/halloween-at-the-library The University of South Florida Polytechnic is currently advertising the following position: Social Sciences and Education Librarian (Open Rank) Faculty rank, non-tenure earning Full time, 12-month contract Duties: Developing and maintaining strong relationships with some of the programs in the College of Human and Social Sciences (Counselor Education, Criminal Justice, Criminology, Early Childhood Development, ... http://catherin.blog.usf.edu/2009/10/19/position-available-social-sciences-and-education-librarian-open-rank The University of South Florida Polytechnic is currently advertising the following position. Business Librarian (Open Rank) Faculty rank, non-tenure earning Full time, 12-month contract Duties: Developing and maintaining strong relationships with the Division of Business; designing and presenting instructional sessions and tools; developing the library’s collection of discipline-related materials; providing research assistance to undergraduate ... http://catherin.blog.usf.edu/2009/10/19/position-available-business-librarian-open-rank The SLA Florida and Caribbean Chapter Fall Workshop and Awards Luncheon will take place at USF Polytechnic on Friday, November 13 2009, from 9 AM to 4 PM. The workshop theme is “Libraries of the Future”. The program speakers are Paulette Hasier (DARPA Library, Library Task Manager), Jonathan Reichental (US IT ... http://catherin.blog.usf.edu/2009/10/16/libraries-of-the-future-program-at-usf-polytechnic