We’re Going Mobile
At the beginning of the Spring semester, you’ll be able to use any web-enabled phone to view Library hours; get instant message research assistance; find info on study space, computers and printing; and locate Library phone numbers and email addresses.
By the end of the semester, you should be able to find and request books, search for articles, and, perhaps, read eBooks on your phone.
Useful?
Let us know what you think.
Add comment November 30, 2009
Lost? Use a Libguide!
Need library help during the week of Thanksgiving furloughs? Use a research guide custom created by librarians for SF State students.
Add comment November 20, 2009
Books not Retrieved Thanksgiving Week
Request books for next week now.
The Library will not be paging materials during Thanksgiving week when the campus is closed. Beginning Monday, November 30, items requested during Thanksgiving week will be filled in the order they were received.
Because there will be a backlog of requests, turn around time may be more than 24 hours.
2 comments November 16, 2009
One Laptop per Child Lending Library
The Library is now lending One Laptop per Child (OLPC) Laptops, the cutest little laptops on the planet!
If you’re not familiar with the OLPC project, this excerpt from their mission statement provides some background:
“Mission Statement: To create educational opportunities for the world’s poorest children by providing each child with a rugged, low-cost, low-power, connected laptop with content and software designed for collaborative, joyful, self-empowered learning.”
The XO laptops, as they are called, run open source software designed for children.
The OLPC Lending Library is a collaboration between the OLPC-San Francisco Bay Area Group and Leonard Library. Students can checkout an XO laptop from Library Media Services, HSS 127, for 48 hours, while staff and faculty can get one for 2 weeks.
Add comment November 12, 2009
Thanksgiving Week Hours
| Library Annex I | ||
| Nov. 22 | Sun. | Closes at 10PM |
| Nov. 23 – 27 | Mon. – Fri. | Closed |
| Nov. 28 | Sat. | Opens 24 hours at 10AM |
| Library @ HSS | ||
| Nov. 21 | Sat. | Closes at 5PM |
| Nov. 22 – 27 | Sun. – Fri. | Closed |
| Nov. 28 | Sat. | Opens at Noon |
| Labor Archives Closed Nov. 21 – 29 | ||
Add comment November 12, 2009
Veterans Day Holiday Hours
| Library Annex I | ||
| Nov. 10 | Tues. | Closes at Midnight |
| Nov. 11 | Wed. | Closed |
| Nov. 12 | Thurs. | Opens 24 hours at 8AM |
| Library @ HSS | ||
| Nov. 10 | Tues. | Services close at 7PM Study room closes at 10PM |
| Nov. 11 | Wed. | Closed |
| Nov. 12 | Thurs. | Opens at 8AM |
| Labor Archives Closed Wed., Nov. 11 | ||
Add comment November 6, 2009
Library Retrieval System – Sneak Peak
The Library Retrieval System (LRS) component of the Library expansion and renovation project is nearing completion between the old Library and Creative Arts. If you’re curious about what an LRS looks like and how it works, take a look at this video from Long Beach State. It’s a tongue-in-cheek dramatization. A high gloss romance of books, steel and robotics. Watch the Video
An LRS holds 10 times the books per square foot compared to open shelves. To attain this level of efficiency the books are stored in large metal bins stacked 40 feet high and the bins are retrieved by high speed robotic cranes. We’ve been told that once the LRS is fully operational and the new Library building is open requested books should be ready to pick up in about 5 minutes!
Add comment November 4, 2009
LexisNexis Scheduled Downtime
All LexisNexis online products will be unavailable during a scheduled maintenance outage related to the end of Daylight Savings Time. Products affected include LexisNexis Academic, Congressional, and Statistical.
LexisNexis online products will be unavailable to users from October 31, 9:00 p.m. through November 01, 2009, 5:00 a.m. Eastern Time.
Add comment October 28, 2009
Library Closed on Friday, Reduced Hours
| Library Annex I | |||
| Oct. 22 | Thurs. | Closes at 2AM (Fri. morning) | |
| Oct. 23 | Fri. | Closed | |
| Oct. 24 | Sat. | Opens 24 hours at 10AM | |
| Oct. 25 | Sun. | Open 24 hours | |
| Oct. 26 | Mon. | Open 24 hours (No Research Assistance) | |
| Oct. 27 | Tues. | Services resume at 8AM | |
| Library @ HSS | |||
| Oct. 22 | Thurs. | Distribution HSS 102 | Closes at 7PM |
| Media Services HSS 127 | Closes at 7PM | ||
| Comp. & Copiers HSS 107 | Closes at 10PM | ||
| Oct. 23 | Fri. | Closed | |
| Oct. 24 | Sat. | Opens at Noon; Closes at 5PM | |
| Oct. 25 -26 | Sun. – Mon. | Closed | |
| Oct. 27 | Tues. | Reopens regular hours at 8AM | |
| Labor Archives Closed Friday, Oct. 23 through Monday, Oct. 26 | |||
Add comment October 21, 2009
Book Retrieval Delayed due to Storm
Book pick up may be delayed due to storm.
Continue Reading Add comment October 13, 2009
