LEVEL UP: Discussions on Video Games and Socialization
JC Cinema
April 22, 2009
3:00 pm – 5:00 pm
April 22, 2009
3:00 pm – 5:00 pm
April 17th, 2009
Archive for April, 2009
Celebrate Preservation Day!
As part of National Library Week, George Mason University Libraries, in partnership with the Washington Research Libraries Consortium (WRLC), are designating April 15, 2009 as Preservation Awareness Day. Mason Libraries will unveil an exhibit, “Prolonging our Treasures through Preservation”. The exhibit is on display in Fenwick Library, 2nd Floor, Wing A through the end of May.
To also celebrate Preservation Awareness Day, Special Collections & Archives will unveil a short film, The FUNdamentals of Book Care in 5 Easy Lessons featuring a special guest appearance by Mason Men’s Basketball coach, Jim Larranaga. The film provides informative lessons about preservation and proper book care, and offers a special behind the scenes look at the Libraries’ preservation lab.
Johnson Center Library, Arlington Campus Library and the Mercer Library/Prince William will be participating as well; each library will have a poster outlining the Top Ten Reasons to Preserve the Library Collections and will be showing The FUNdamentals of Book Care in 5 Easy Lessons. Check us out on April 15th!
April 14th, 2009
Fenwick – the future: what’s in it for YOU?
The university community is invited to participate in planning for the new Fenwick Library addition. The following Open Forums for students, faculty and staff members are scheduled at the Johnson Center Library Instruction Room, Room 228:
Faculty & Staff
- Wednesday, April 15th, 11:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.
- Tuesday, April 28th, 1:00 – 2:30 p.m.
- Wednesday, May 13th, 2:00 – 3:30 p.m.
Undergraduate Students
- Wednesday, April 15th, 1:30 – 3:00 p.m.
- Monday, April 27th, 12:00 – 1:30 p.m.
Graduate Students
- Thursday, April 16th, 2:30 – 4:00 p.m.
- Monday, April 27th, 1:30 – 3:00 p.m.
Open Forum participants will meet with the project team, consisting of representatives from the University Libraries, Facilities and the architectural firm Shepley Bulfinch. If you cannot attend the Open Forum meetings, please tell us what you think by posting your comments to newlibrary.gmu.edu.
April 13th, 2009
Congratulations!
University Libraries staff members were recognized for their years of University service at the annual Service Awards breakfast celebration on April 7, 2009. Library honorees are:
- 25 Years: Faith Cannon
- 15 Years: Bob Vay
- 10 Years: Theresa Kan, Heather Leadingham, George Oberle, John Zenelis
- 5 Years: Deb Hogan, Kristen Myers
Congratulations, best wishes and thanks for all you do for the Libraries and the University!
April 7th, 2009
ticTOCS: Journal Table of Contents Service
ticTOCs Journal Tables of Contents service provides
- Free access to more than12,000 scholarly journal Table of Contents (TOCs) from 435 publishers
- The latest TOCs and links to the full text of more than 350,000 articles (where Mason Libraries subscriptions, personal subscription or Open Access permit)
- Ability to (tic)k and save journal titles to view future TOCs
- Free registration to ensure your MyTOCs are permanently saved
- Ability to export TOC feeds to popular feedreaders
The ticTOCs Consortium includes the University of Liverpool Library (lead), Heriot-Watt University, CrossRef, ProQuest, Emerald, RefWorks, MIMAS, Cranfield University, Institute of Physics, SAGE Publishers, Inderscience Publishers, DOAJ (Directory of Open Access Journals), Open J-Gate, and Intute. ticTOCs is a creation of JISC (UK).
April 2nd, 2009