Join the fun at the Second Annual Library Palooza on September 12. Visit the Zumberge Library on the Allendale Campus or the Steelcase Library on the Pew Campus between 10am and 4pm, or the Frey Library at the CHS Building between 7:30am and 10pm, and enjoy snacks and the opportunity to register to win great door prizes including MP3 Players, Gasoline Gift Cards, Bookstore Gift Cards, T-Shirts, and much more!
Archive for August, 2006
2nd Annual Library Palooza, September 12, 2006
August 29th, 2006Laptops Available for Checkout at University Libraries
August 24th, 2006The University Libraries makes laptops available for check-out and use in the Zumberge, Steelcase and Frey Foundation Learning Center Libraries.
Students are able to check the laptops out for two hours at a time and can use them anywhere in the library.
KCRC Moves into New Homes
August 24th, 2006Over the summer, there were major changes to the KCRC (the Kindergarten through Twelve Grade Curriculum Resource Center) that was located in AuSable Hall on the Allendale Campus. Now the GVSU Libraries has two centers located on two campus serving all students and faculty. The two centers are now called the Curriculum Materials Library – DeVos (located in Room 201A DeVos on the Pew Campus) and the Curriculum Materials Library – Zumberge, (located in Room 205 Zumberge Library on the Allendale Campus).
The collection consists of items pre-service and in-service teachers might use in their classrooms. Textbook sets, videos/DVDs, hands-on materials and puppets are just a few items found in this unique collection. There are also machines (i.e.: laminating or binding machines) teachers might use found in the CMLs.
CML hours are Monday through Thursday, 10 AM to 9 PM; Friday 10 AM to 4:30 PM; Saturday 1 PM to 5 PM; Sunday closed. The CML-DeVos telephone number is 331.7084. The CML-Zumberge telephone number is 331.2086.
For more information, please contact Dawn Burnaby (331.2086) or Rita Kohrman (331.2622).
New Locations for Computers in Zumberge
August 23rd, 2006The reference and computer area of the Zumberge Library in Allendale went through a major renovation this summer. As part of that renovation, most of the computers in the library were spread out among the library’s four floors. Users can now find computers in the northwest corner (overlooking the clock tower) of the second, third and fourth floors of the library, along with a dozen computers that will be in place adjacent to the new reference desk once renovations are completed on the first floor. As always, users can also check out laptops from the circulation desk.
In addition to the visible changes in the reference and circulation areas of the Zumberge Library, other changes that have taken place include moving the Government Documents collection to the 4th floor, expanding the juvenile and young adult collections along the west and north walls of the 2nd floor and the move of the Curriculum Materials Library (the former KCRC) to the 2nd floor of the library.
New Instant Messaging Reference Service
August 23rd, 2006The University Libraries are launching a new instant messaging (IM) reference service this fall. Students and faculty who use AIM, Yahoo, MSN or ICQ IM services can now chat live with a reference librarian 10-4, Monday through Friday.
Users without an IM account through one of these providers can still chat with a librarian through our browser-based chat interface that can be accessed at: www.gvsu.edu/chat.
The University Libraries’ Screen Names:
AIM: gvsulibraries
Yahoo: gvsulibraries
MSN: refdesk@gvsu.edu
ICQ: 321144273
