EDUCAUSE is a nonprofit association whose mission is to advance higher education by promoting the intelligent use of information technology. Each Fall, EDUCAUSE hosts a conference bringing together faculty, librarians, administrators, and IT professionals to consider current challenges and share recent successes.

This year EDUCAUSE is offering a portion of the conference online. The University Library, IRT and ATCS will be hosting the Live EDUCAUSE 2009 Online Conference. The online conference will take place from November 4-6, in several rooms in the Library. There is no need to sign up for the programs, you can just show up. Additional information about the programs and locations can be found at: http://library.csus.edu/educause09/

You may also want to consider participating in the Educause “Learning Commons” by joining the conference’s online community at http://educause2009.ning.com

The down escalator in the Library has been non-operational for a few days now and some patrons are wondering what’s going on…The top partion of a patron boot was pinched in the side sheet metal paneling of the down escalator.  As a result of this occurance, Thyssen Elevator Company is working with the Campus and the State Elevator inspector to reach a solution to this problem.  Until a decision is reached and for the safety of our users, the down escalator will be out of service for little while longer.  Sorry for the inconvenience.   Ed. Alston, Lib. Building Services edalston@csus.edu

September 26−October 3, 2009

Censorship: A change in the access status of material, based on the content of the work and made by a governing authority or its representatives. Such changes include exclusion, restriction, removal, or age/grade level changes.

“Libraries should challenge censorship in the fulfillment of their responsibility to provide information and enlightenment.” —Article 3, Library Bill of Rights

Banned Books Week (BBW) is an annual event celebrating the freedom to read and the importance of the First Amendment. Intellectual freedom—the freedom to access information and express ideas, even if the information and ideas might be considered controversial, unorthodox or unpopular— is a core value of the library profession. BBW stresses the importance of ensuring the availability of controversial, unorthodox or unpopular viewpoints for all who wish to read and access them.

Banned Books Week is sponsored by the American Booksellers Association; American Booksellers Foundation for Free Expression; the American Library Association; American Society of Journalists and Authors; Association of American Publishers; and the National Association of College Stores. It is endorsed by the Center for the Book in the Library of Congress.

University Library Furlough Information

The University Writing Center will again offer evening tutoring in the Library. The hours for fall 2009 are 6:00pm-9:00pm Mondays and Tuesdays and 6:00pm-8:00pm Wednesdays and Thursdays.  Sessions are held in Library 3501A.  Make your appointments through the Writing Center:  writingcenter@csus.edu

This Fall, the University Library will be constructing four new Group Study Rooms. These additional rooms will be located on the third floor near the current periodicals (see map below for exact location)

During the construction, noise and dust may be a problem near the construction site.  Alternate quiet study spaces are available on other floors of the Library.

The tentative completion date for the new groups study rooms is December 2009.

Watch for the opening of these new group study rooms sometime later this academic year.

We apologize for any inconvenience.

The campus now has a site license for Endnote software.  With Endnote you can export electronic records from databases and catalogs directly into this product which will manage them for you and create lists of citations using a wide variety of citation style manuals (e.g., APA, MLA, Turabian, Chicago etc.)  It is not listed with the other Library databases as you must download it to your individual computer to use it.  This is available only for Faculty, Staff and Students that have valid SacLink accounts.  Here’s how:

Go to:  http://software.csus.edu/
Click “Obtain Software” then agree to the terms.

Please note that Endnote is not on the list by title - you have to select the radio button “New” to see it, then you can select either the Mac or PC version for download to your computer.   There will be training available later in the term. 

To read more about Endnote you can visit the company website:  http://www.endnote.com/  They have tutorials and webinars if you can’t wait to get started.

Do you like to make sure you read all the books in a series (better yet, in the right order)?  There is a great online tool posted by the Kent (Michigan) District Library.  It is called the What’s Next database  http://www2.kdl.org/libcat/WhatsNextNEW.asp.  By entering a title, author, or series you can see all the books in a series in the order they were written.   While the Sac State Library may not have all the books in your favorite series, the Sacramento Public Library might.

Have fun!

Follow the progress of the Charter Review Committee as it readies revisions for voter approval in 2010.

The Charter Review Committee , established by the City Council in February 2009, is working on possible revisions to the City Charter.  Revisions will be voted on by residences of the City on June 8, 2010. Read a brief history of the Charter from its inception to the present, see below. 

The Library has books describing the history of Sacramento, the City, County and surrounding area as well as books on the governmental organization of cities and towns and mayoral duties, responsibilities and styles of governance.  Use the Library online catalog EUREKA to locate the call numbers for these books. [more...]

Even when the CSUS Library building is closed, you can still use the Ask-A-Librarian 24-hour chat reference service.  It is linked at the right of the Library Home Page  http://library.csus.edu/.  Just click on chat!