Library Buzzz

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

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.

As a result of the scheduled power outage affecting the Library building (and many other campus buildings) due to the construction of the Recreation and Wellness Center, the following library systems will be unavailable on Saturday, November 1st from Midnight until 7:00am .

• Library Website
• EUREKA
• ILLiad
• Proxy Server (Off-campus access to e-resources)
• A-Z & Subject Listing of Article Databases
• LOCUS
• Digital Collections

PROSPECTOR and the Locate Print &eJournals will not be affected since they are hosted at the Chancellor’s Office in Long Beach, CA.

We apologize for any incovenience this may cause you.