Due to a sudden staffing issue, Bartle Library will be closing at 10pm Friday, November 20th and 10pm on Saturday, November 21th. We apologize for any inconvenience.
Posted by erushton at 12:08 PM | Permalink |
You can now export records from the Library Catalog to RefWorks. Select the titles you would like to export and click on the save/mail/export link. Then click on the Export tab. The default is to export to RefWorks but you can also export records to EndNote. If you have any questions, please contact refquest@binghamton.edu.
Posted by erushton at 09:01 PM | Permalink |
The list of proposed journal cancellations that I referred to in my email of April 20, 2009 is now available for review. Departmental Librarians will contact their departments for further consultation.
John M. Meador, Jr.
Director of University Libraries
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To: University Faculty
From: John M. Meador, Jr.
Director of University Libraries
Date: April 20, 2009
Subject: Journal Subscription Cancellations for 2010
As each of you is aware, our University is coping with significant budgetary challenges. Despite strong support from the University Administration to limit our library budget’s exposure to crippling reductions, we must cancel $100,000 in scholarly journal subscriptions for the 2010 calendar year.
During FY 2008-09 our libraries absorbed a budget reduction of $100,000 as well as the increased cost of existing journal subscriptions by utilizing lapsed salary from vacant positions and IFR funds. (We were the only SUNY doctoral center library to avoid journal cancellations during 2009.) For FY 2009-10, we must cut an additional $320,000 from our budget and cope with anticipated inflationary expenses of $269,175 (5% on monographs; 7.6% on journals; and 2.0% on electronic databases). I believe the library can absorb most of these budget reductions and additional expenses by eliminating vacant staff positions and spending our remaining IFR funds. However, we need your assistance in canceling $100,000 of journal subscriptions to successfully balance the library budget.
Library bibliographers will be contacting each academic department to identify titles proposed for cancellation. The proposed cancellation list will be shared with the campus community before any action is taken. Our desire is to work with all concerned parties to minimize disruptions to research and curricular programs. Thank you for collaborating with us in this difficult, but necessary, endeavor.
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2010 cancellations by departmental fund code.
2010 cancellations in title order.
Posted by erushton at 10:50 AM | Permalink | General News
Microforms, A/V and Reserves Move
This past summer, the Microform Collection and equipment (formerly located on the third floor of Bartle Library), and Audiovisual and Reserves Collections and services were relocated to the Newcomb Reading Room in Bartle Library. The move will allow us to provide more direct and better service for the use of our Microform collection and will accommodate the increase in the use of our print course reserve and audio visual materials. Staff working at the Newcomb Reading Room Service Desk are available to help with reserve materials, locate microform material and use the equipment. The newspapers and current journals are also located in the Newcomb Reading Room. The photocopier from the Bartle reference area was moved to the Newcomb Room to facilitate copying of course reserves material and articles from current journals. The Newcomb Room is located in the north end of Bartle Library near the Coffee Kiosk.
For more information on when the Libraries are open, see the posted hours.
Collections moved to Library Annex@Conklin
Binghamton University Libraries are dedicated to preserving our print collections, which continue to grow at a rate of over 23,000 items per year. In order to house our newly acquired and cataloged materials, this summer we identified a number of low use materials in the Bartle and Science Libraries which were moved to our Library Annex@Conklin. The goals of the moving project were to alleviate crowded stack areas and to create adequate growth space, which in turn supports long-term, steady growth of the library collection. Materials selected were chosen in consultation with subject librarians. Materials included large multivolume sets as well as bound volumes of journals available in electronic format.
The Library Annex@Conklin offers an electronic desktop delivery service, a public reading room open 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM Monday – Friday and a delivery service to Bartle, Science and the Downtown Center. More information about the Library Annex.
Posted by erushton at 04:09 PM | Permalink | General News
A Binghamton University Science Library student assistant is blogging about the Libraries on the BU admissions blog. Read his first post: http://blogs.binghamton.edu/index.php/admissions/comments/there_is_a_science_library_at_binghamton_university/.
Posted by mulligan at 10:10 AM | Permalink | General News
Follow BU Libraries for updates and information about library services and collections. Go to http://twitter.com/bulibraries. We recently posted about new database trials, SciFinder Scholar on the web, and how you can access SPSS in the Information Commons.
Posted by mulligan at 01:16 PM | Permalink | General News
We realize you're busy so we want to make it as easy as possible to access scholarly resources and keep up to date with what's happening in the Libraries. That's why you can now search for books and articles on Facebook, text message a librarian from your cell phone and find your way out of the stacks by viewing a library tour on Flickr. Visit our new social networking page to learn more about other ways to keep in touch with the Libraries.
Want to see us somewhere else online? We welcome your suggestions.
Posted by erushton at 09:56 AM | Permalink | General News
Due to infoLINK maintenance and possible hardware issues, infoLINK will not be available until further notice.
Patrons will be able to use our test server in the meantime.
Posted by admin at 05:06 PM | Permalink | Technology Alerts
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