Archive for the ‘Library Palooza’ category

2009 Library Palooza Puzzler Winners

September 17th, 2009

Congratulations to Christine Drewel, Amy Frazee, & Laura Kate Morse!

For those of you who are curious, you’ll find the answers to the puzzle clues below, in italics.

  • This C database contains hundreds of reference books, including English dictionaries, foreign language dictionaries, encyclopedias, biographies, and more. (Credo)
  • PN6737 .M66 W38 2005 (Watchmen)
  • The Zumberge library is now open until two am Sunday through Wednesday.
  • One of our new librarians, Pete Coco, is liaison to this department. (English)
  • The Curriculum Materials Libraries at Zumberge and Steelcase are both located on the second floor.
  • This library location (or learning center) is located on the second and fourth floors of the Cook-DeVos Center for Health Sciences. (Frey)
  • 1531-2542 is the ISSN for this journal. (portal)
  • This building holds the University Archives as well as the libraries’ special collections, including the Veterans History project. (Seidman)
  • One of the most useful Nursing databases, this resource is a service of the National Library of Medicine. (PubMed)
  • GVSU’s Steelcase Library is located on this street. (Fulton)
  • This new research tool works a bit like Google, but searches library content. (Summon)
  • This online service is a great way to store and organize your citations. It can automatically create a bibliography for you as well! (RefWorks)
  • The first name of our other new librarian, who is the liaison to the School of Public and Non-Profit Administration. (Hazel)
  • The new library building in Allendale will be named for Mary Idema Pew.
  • If you look out of the west windows of Zumberge Library, you will see one of these. (pond)
  • Scholar Works, the library’s institutional repository, is home to articles, papers, and other scholarly works written by GVSU students, faculty, and staff.

The hidden phrase was puzzleohnine.

Library Palooza! – September 10th

August 27th, 2009

Puzzled? Let the University Libraries help put all the pieces together. Come to the Fifth Annual Library Palooza on Thursday, September 10 and get acquainted with University Libraries’ faculty, staff, and services. There’ll be games and snacks at all three locations so stop by

Zumberge Library on the Allendale Campus from 11am – 3pm
Steelcase Library
on the Pew Campus from noon – 6pm
Frey Foundation Learning Center at the Cook-DeVos Center for Health Sciences from noon – 6pm

Don’t forget to download and solve the 2009 Library Palooza Puzzler. Correct submissions will be entered into a drawing for an iPod Shuffle!

4th Annual Palooza, September 9

August 12th, 2008

The University Libraries are hosting the 4th Annual Palooza on September 9, 2008. Come see the fun side of the libraries! Play a game, win a prize, impress your parents that you spent time in the library at the beginning of the term.

Stop by the Zumberge Library in Allendale (between 10am and 4pm), the Steelcase Library in DeVos (between 10am and 6pm), or the Frey Foundation Learning Center (also between 10pm and 6pm) in the CHS Building. We are looking forward to meeting you!

A short list of prizes that you can sign up to win:

  • 20″ LCD TV
  • Digital Cameras
  • Dorm Refrigerator
  • Photo printer
  • Ipod Shuffles
  • Ipod Nano
  • Itunes gift cards ($25 each)
  • $10, $25 & $50 Meijer Gift Cards
  • $50 UBS gift card
  • GVSU Camp chairs
  • GVSU Stadium Seats
  • GVSU flash drives 1GB

2nd Annual Library Palooza, September 12, 2006

August 29th, 2006

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!