Celebrate Population Day: July 11, 2009

This month, the library has displayed books that relate to the United Nations Population Fund’s World Population Day’s theme: Fight Poverty, Educate Girls.

World Population Day is celebrated on July 11 and this year’s theme strives to educate the public that the education of girls/women will help eradicate poverty. Here’s a quote from the UNFPA’s website on Population Day:

“Policy responses that build on women’s roles as economic agents can do a lot to mitigate the effects of the crisis on development, especially because women, more than men, invest their earnings in the health and education of their children. Investments in public health, education, child care and other social services help mitigate the impact of the crisis on the entire family and raise productivity for a healthier economy.”

If you’re interested in this topic, check out this cool public service announcement/flash animation/video that our student assistant, Amanda  Rowley showed us, titled  The Girl Effect.

Independence Day Weekend Hours

Just a reminder that the Arlington Campus Library will be CLOSED Friday July 3rd, Saturday July 4th, and Sunday July 5th. Regular hours will resume on Monday, July 6th.

If you would like to return books or pay fines, the Law Library in Hazel Hall will be open on Friday, July 3rd from 9:00 am – 6:00pm. The Law Library will also be open on Sunday, 11:00 am – 11:00pm.

Have a safe and happy holiday!!!

Check out our Conference Room

If you are in need of a group study space, why not check out the library’s Conference Room? It’s a great place to prepare for an exam, group project, and now presentations. Plus, it has 8 comfy chairs. We’ve recently added a projector to the room that can be hooked up to a laptop,  since there are no computers in the Conference Room. The room is locked when not in use as a security precaution, so you must have a library staff member let you in. Also, it’s a good idea to call us to reserve the space, especially around finals-time. Reservations can be made for groups of 3 or more, however, smaller groups may use the space as well.  Be advised that groups of 3 or more have priority when using the Conference Room. To reserve the room, call the Circulation Desk at 703-993-8188, or the Reference Desk at 703-993-8230.

some new and interesting Infoguides

If  you haven’t visited any GMU Libraries’ Infoguides lately, here are some handy links for your research pleasure:

ODKM (Organizational Development and Knowledge Management): http://infoguides.gmu.edu/odkm

E-Reference sources: http://infoguides.gmu.edu/eref

European Union: http://infoguides.gmu.edu/eudocs

Counseling and Development: http://infoguides.gmu.edu/counseling

There are many more where these came from. Check out http://infoguides.gmu.edu for a complete list!

Zotero workshop tomorrow

Just a heads up that tomorrow at 5:30pm, the Arlington Campus Library will be holding a Zotero 101 Workshop in the Instruction lab. Find out how Zotero can help save time and stress by helping you to gather, organize, and cite your references directly from Firefox. Sign up at http://ittraining.gmu.edu or email aclref@gmu.edu.

June Display Photos Posted

Since June is recognized as National Safety Awareness Month, we’ve selected a few safety and security titles to highlight in this month’s display.

Thanks to Beth Roszkowski for preparing the bibliography and creating the awesome signage for this month’s display. Visit the library to check it out in person!

Summer Workshops

We’ve finally hammered out the Summer Library Workshop Schedule for the Arlington Campus! Download the PDF above or check out these dates below:

Grad Students’ Guide to the Library:

6/3 @ 3:00 pm – 4:15pm

6/11 @ 7:15pm – 8:30pm

Zotero 101:

6/9 @ 5:30 – 7:00pm

6/25 @ 2:30pm – 4:00pm

7/16 @ 7:15pm – 8:45pm

7/27 @ 5:30pm – 7:00pm

Don’t forget to sign up at http://ittraining.gmu.edu. All workshops will be held in the Library’s Instruction Room (101K).

GRA Elara Strand Leaving ACL

For those of you who don’t know Elara Strand (featured here), she has been the Graduate Research Assistant since Fall 2007, and today is her last day! She has spent her time at the Arlington Campus Library excelling at reference and patron services, managing special projects, and becoming our in-house expert on Zotero. Chances are, if you’ve had a pesky research question or just couldn’t get your stored citations to do this or that, Elara has assisted you in setting things right.

Elara is now moving on to bigger and better things, and we wish her luck! If you see her please wish her well in her future studies and endeavors. She will be missed as a co-worker and friend.

Do you know where your copyrights are?

Do you know where your copy rights are?
Google Book Settlement – Opt Out Deadline Extended

Millions of in-copyright books, including those of foreign authors and publishers, will be part of the proposed class action settlement between Google, the Author’s Guild, and the Association of American Publishers.

For a number of years Google has been scanning books held in libraries around the world for addition to their Google Library Project electronic database. Many of these works have been scanned without the express permission of their authors and copyright holders.

As faculty members, researchers and scholars, if you own the copyright in one of the books Google has scanned and added to the Google Library Project database without your permission, you are automatically included in the proposed settlement, unless you opt out.

The deadline for opting out was initially May 5, with the final hearing to be held on June 11, 2009. However, these dates have been extended to September 4, 2009, and October 7, 2009, respectively.

To receive cash payments from Google for use of your in-copyright work, you must submit your claim on or before January 5, 2010.

Go to http://www.googlebooksettlement.com/ for opt out or claim forms.

Contact Mason’s Copyright Resources Office for additional information.
993-2544

copyright@gmu.edu

Summer Hours Preview

Since the semester is quickly ending, here’s a little preview of what the hours at ACL will look like in the summer. For the most part, the hours will look similar to our regular semester hours, except for Sundays. View the  PDF here.