Countdown to GIS Day!

gisdaybannerGet ready for GIS Day!  Mason Libraries will celebrate this international event on November 18, 2009.  You can view specific presentations and the schedule for GIS Day@Mason at http://infoguides.gmu.edu/gisday.  See you there!

November 3rd, 2009

Come Write In!

nano_09_red_support_100x100_1“It was a dark and stormy night…”  Celebrate National Novel Writing Month at Fenwick!  In collaboration with the Mason English Department’s Creative Writing Program, Mason’s budding novelists can invoke their muses in the Fenwick Novel Nook.  Located in the Reference Room, the Novel Nook provides reserved space for Mason Novel Writers on Mondays (4:00 pm – 5:30 pm) and Wednesdays (10:00 am – 11:30 am)  throughout November.  Bring your laptop or your legal pad — and your story line!  For more information, contact Jen Stevens, English Liaison Librarian (jsteven7@gmu.edu).

November 2nd, 2009

Bowdoin receives University’s Outstanding Achievement Award

hurrayCongratulations to Jessica Bowdoin, Head, Interlibrary Loan/Document Delivery, who received the University’s Outstanding Achievement Award today. Jessica was recognized for her leadership role in incorporating our Intercampus Document Delivery Service into ILLiad, and for her continuing contributions in reviewing and improving workflow and process in Interlibrary Loan and Document Delivery, which resulted in increasingly outstanding performance in that department. Congratulations, Jessica!

October 29th, 2009

Database Maintenance: ScienceDirect

downScienceDirect will be unavailable due to scheduled maintenance for approximately 9 hours from 9:00PM EDT Saturday, October 31 to 5:00AM EST Sunday November 1.

October 28th, 2009

Welcome New Library Staff!

welcomegmusmallMason Libraries welcome these new colleagues:

  • Alyce Hamilton, part-time Administrative Assistant, Library Administration, Fenwick
  • Leah Donnelly, Research Services Coordinator, Special Collections & Archives, Fenwick
  • Dorothee Schubel, JCL Cataloger, Technical Services, Fenwick
  • Michele Lecuyer, part-time Assistant, Copyright Resouces Office, Johnson Center

October 27th, 2009

Database Maintenance: LexisNexis

downAll LexisNexis products will be unavailable to users from October 31, 9:00 p.m. through November 01, 2009, 5:00 a.m. Eastern Time during a scheduled maintenance outage related to the end of Daylight Savings Time. Products affected include LexisNexis Academic, Congressional, and Statistical.  (Vendor notice).

October 22nd, 2009

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