ARTstor now allows for group exporting into powerpoint!

ARTstor has released a new feature to Instructor-level users that streamlines the process of exporting images and descriptive data from ARTstor. You may now export image groups to Microsoft PowerPoint 2007 in just a few clicks. When viewing an image group, look for the Export to PowerPoint icon (  ) in the utility bar or click Tools > Export to PowerPoint. The resulting PowerPoint file will include:

• A title slide displaying the name of the image group.
• Individual slides for each image in the group, in the order in which they appear in the image group.
• ARTstor descriptive data for each image, appearing in the notes field of each slide.
• Embedded hyperlinks in each image that will launch the ARTstor Image Viewer when clicked in presentation mode (requires web access).

ARTstor has instituted certain export limits during the Beta period and will be evaluating the performance of this new feature over the fall semester. For more information, visit ARTstor Help (http://help.artstor.org/wiki/index.php/Presenting#Export_to_PowerPoint_.28Beta.29) or contact User Services at userservices@artstor.org

UCI Libraries Change in hours for summer and intersession starting Monday, Aug. 24

Change in Summer Hours for the Libraries, effective this Monday, August 24, 2009.

The Science Library and the Langson Library building hours:
Mondays-Thursdays 8am-6pm
Fridays 8am-5pm
Saturdays Closed
Sundays Closed

Grunigen Medical Library:
Mondays- Fridays 7am-8pm
Saturdays 1pm-5pm
Sundays 1pm-5pm

The Science Library Study Center:
Mondays-Thursdays 8am-6pm
Fridays 8am-5pm
Saturdays Closed
Sundays Closed

The Libraries Gateway Study Center:
Remains closed for the rest of the summer

MRC:
Mondays-Thursdays 1pm-5pm
Fridays 1pm-5pm
Saturdays Closed
Sundays Closed

ILC:
Closed for the remainder of the summer

Langson Reference:
Mondays-Thursdays 1pm-5pm
Fridays 1pm-5pm
Saturdays Closed
Sundays Closed

Science Reference:
Mondays-Thursdays 1pm-5pm
Fridays 1pm-5pm
Saturdays Closed
Sundays Closed

Labor Day Weekend: Saturday 9/5 Closed; Sunday 9/6 Closed; Monday 9/7 Closed

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The UCI Libraries’ New Hours for Intersession.

The Science Library and the Langson Library building hours:
Mondays-Thursdays 8am-5pm
Fridays 8am-5pm
Saturdays Closed
Sundays Closed

Grunigen Medical Library:
Mondays- Fridays 7am-8pm
Saturdays 1pm-5pm
Sundays 1pm-5pm

The Science Library Study Center:
Mondays-Thursdays 8am-5pm
Fridays 8am-5pm
Saturdays Closed
Sundays Closed

The Libraries Gateway Study Center:
Closed during Intersession

MRC:
Mondays-Thursdays 1pm-5pm
Fridays 1pm-5pm
Saturdays Closed
Sundays Closed

ILC:
Closed for Intersession

Langson Reference:
Mondays-Thursdays 1pm-5pm
Fridays 1pm-5pm
Saturdays Closed
Sundays Closed

Science Reference:
Mondays-Thursdays Closed
Fridays Closed
Saturdays Closed
Sundays Closed

Librarian Terminology…DIY

Reposted from Barnard: http://barnard.edu/library/boolean-pippi.html

Image by Jenny Makofsky, Have You Seen the Dog Lately? “She’s a Bad Mamma-Jamma” issue, 2001
(Barnard call number: Zines M234h Pajamas). Published by permission of Serena Makofsky.

UCI Libraries on Second Life!

In 2007 the UC Irvine Libraries purchased and developed an island in the virtual world of Second Life (SL).  Second life is an interactive space where content is created, built and owned by its residents.  So far Anteater Island has been used for social interaction, events, as an aid to learning programming and computing, and as a site for some other instruction. Second Life may be used as a place of work, object of study and site of intellectual content.   We are interested in helping to make Second Life a more useful space reflecting interests of the UCI community of a curricular and research nature.  Please note:

1. There is a learning curve to become familiar with the SL platform and how to structure your learning and teaching space.
2. Land parcels on Anteater Island in Second Life are available through the library. These parcels are available to UCI faculty on a quarterly land lease (gratis) for the purposes of instruction or research.
3. The UCI Libraries can discuss your ideas with you, based upon their experience give you feedback on successful SL endeavors, and lease you a parcel of the island for an academic term for you to use.

The library cannot accommodate all requests but are looking forward to learning about your ideas and potential needs, the assignments you may make for a class currently being held or are planning for the future.  We invite you to visit Anteater Island at http://slurl.com/secondlife/Anteater…and/106/160/23 to see the landscape and the current library presence there.  Just remember, it is a work in progress, to be refined and developed as islands evolve in the natural “first life.”

Please let your liaison librarian know of your interests at your earliest convenience.
Further resources are available at:

• Top Twenty Educational Locations in Second Life: http://www.simteach.com/wiki/index.php?title=Top_20_Educational_Locations_in_Second_Life
• Undergraduate Field Research Course in SL: http://sl.nmc.org/2007/01/24/summary/
• Second Life Best Practices in Education: http://wiki.vwbpe.org/index.php?title=Presentations
• Distance Learning Moves into Second Life Virtual Science Classroom: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/02/070207193301.htm
• View from Second Life Trenches: http://www.nmc.org/podcast/view-from-sl-trenches
• The Story of My Second Life: http://www.storyofmysecondlife.com/

ANNOUNCING 2009 LIBRARY RECEPTION FOR NEW GRADUATE STUDENTS

If you have trouble reading this e-mail, view the online version at:

http://www.lib.uci.edu/features/news/grad09.html

Welcome to the 2009 UCI Libraries Graduate Student Reception  The UC

Irvine Libraries cordially invite all new graduate students to the Annual

New Graduate Students Reception.  Please share this invitation with the

students in your School/Department /Division.

DATE: Wednesday,   September 23, 2009

TIME: 4:30 – 6:30 pm Reception

PLACE: Langson Library Room 203,Roger C. Holden Faculty and Graduate

Student Reading Room (near Loan Desk)

Light refreshments will be served

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FYI… a link from the Library’s new website about the room,

http://www.lib.uci.edu/about/visit/study.html

The Roger C. Holden faculty and graduate student reading room is located

on the second floor, LL 203.  The Reading Room offers an attractive and

comfortable space for UCI faculty and graduate students to conduct

research in the library.  The Reading Room includes quiet research space

with study carrels, library tables, and two pcs.Please speak to a Loan

Desk staff member for additional information on using this facility.

UCI Libraries New Website

UCI Libraries has launched a new web site available at http://www.lib.uci.edu/

While our old web site worked fine, we identified areas in which we could improve through user testing. The new site aims to help you find what you need quickly. We also paid special attention to your students’ needs by providing them with just-in-time help and easy access to the resources they need to help them succeed. Our new site features: – easier access to our most popular tools and resources – RSS feeds of library news, events and new materials – more prominent information about our collections – streamlined and more graphically-interesting design.

Please feel free to send us any comments and/or suggestions by filling out the short survey available from our new home page.

Grants

• The Rythm Road: American Music Abroad Program
  Jazz at Lincoln Center
  Deadline: 2009-08-10
• ASCAP Foundation Announces New Guidelines for 2010 Grant Funding for Music
  ASCAP Foundation
  Deadline: 2009-08-01
• Cultural Exchange Fund
  Organization of Performing Arts Presenters
  Deadline: 2009-07-31
• The California Documentary Project
  California Council for the Humanities
  Deadline: 2009-10-01

Project Muse: New Addition

Project MUSE is pleased to announce that an additional title will join the Project MUSE online journal collections for 2010.

- Visual Arts Research: University of Illinois Press

Springer EBook Textbooks

Members of the UCI Faculty,

Many of you are now aware of the (2005-2009) Springer ebook content that the UC Libraries have licensed and provided for your use. We hope that you have found it useful and as always welcome your feedback.

In light of rising textbook costs and the convenience of electronic textbooks, we wanted to share that part of the Springer ebook collection includes texts that you could use for classes: [http://www.cdlib.org/inside/projects/springerebooks/Textbooks_Since_2005.xls].

If you are exploring new textbooks for your classes, and would like tooffer your students the convenience of a free electronic textbook, we welcome you to check this list to see if there is anything useful. To review all of the available ebooks from this publisher, visit http://www.springerlink.com.  They may offer ebooks that are suitable for instruction, but which they have not classified as textbooks.

In addition to online access, students can also purchase black-and-white printed copies of the 2005-2009 ebooks through the Springer MyCopy service available on the Springer website. This service is available for books with up to 832 pages and each book would cost $24.95 including shipping and handling.

If you are already using a textbook published by Springer, and it is available online, please feel free to share the link with your students and inform them of the MyCopy option for inexpensive print copies. You can also post the link to your course website or eReserves. We hope that this enhanced convenience will be beneficial to you and your students, and we would very much like to hear your experiences.

For more information on the UC Libraries Springer Ebook Pilot visit:

http://www.cdlib.org/inside/projects/springerebooks/

And if you have any questions, feel free to contact me.

Thank you,

Virginia

Tools for teaching with images

Great Blog Entry about Teaching with Images. Provides several tools:

http://smarthistory.org/blog/125/nmc-conference-teaching-with-images-pre-conference-workshop/