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Tufts professors talk research (November 19, 2008)
How do Tufts professors approach a new research topic? Find out in a newly released podcast, recorded on September 30, 2008 during EXP 19 (Research for Success: Using the library for thesis and capstone projects). Veteran professors Dr. Chip Gidney (child development), Dr. Jeanne Penvenne (history) and Dr. Michael Reed (biology) share tips, advice and reflections on their research experiences over the years. After their talks, students asked some very perceptive questions, also recorded.

David Valdes Greenwood Author Talk and Reading on November 12th (Posted: November 4, 2008)
David Valdes Greenwood will read from both of his books, Homo Domesticus: Notes from a Same-Sex Marriage and A Little Fruitcake: A Childhood in Holidays on November 12th from 3:30 – 5 p.m. in Tisch Library's Hirsh Reading Room. He also will treat the audience to a preview of his forthcoming book. Valdes Greenwood, whose resumé includes columnist for both The Boston Globe Sunday Magazine and Bay Windows, frequent contributor to the Boston Phoenix, and accomplished author and playwright, is a Tufts English department and Museum School lecturer.

NEW LOOK, NEW NAME (posted: October 28, 2008)
Database MultiSearchIn conjunction with our new identity launch at Tisch Library, we gave our library newsletter a facelift and a new name. The editorial staff of Tisch Library Connections invites your suggestions for our Spring edition. Comments are always welcome so send us an e-mail and let us know what you think.

Peter Levine - Friends of Tufts Author Talk (posted: October 9, 2008)
Peter Levine, The Future of Democracy Peter Levine, the Jonathan M. Tisch College of Citizenship and Public Service's newly appointed Director of Research & Director of CIRCLE, will be the Friends'/Parents Weekend featured speaker on 10/17/08 from 3:30 - 5 PM in Tisch Library's Hirsh Reading Room. Levine's newest book, The Future of Democracy: Developing the Next Generation of American Citizens, focuses on the urgent need for young people to become civically engaged. An exhibit about Levine and the past & future of democracy will be on display in Tisch Library lobby from September 26 - November 13, 2008.

Database MultiSearch premieres! (posted: September 30, 2008)
Database MultiSearchDatabase MultiSearch is now available for our users to search. Using Database MultiSearch, you can simultaneously search the Tufts library catalog; numerous full-text, subject-specific databases; and interdisciplinary databases covering dissertations, images, newspaper articles and reference materials. For more information about Database MultiSearch, please read the FAQ.

Students! Confused about how to start your senior thesis research? (posted: August 27, 2008)
Come to a preview of EXP 19 (Research for Success: Using the Library for Thesis and Capstone Projects) on Tuesday, Sept. 9 anytime between 6 p.m. - 7 p.m. in Tisch 223. Refreshments will be served.

Information about EXP19

When: The class runs for eight weeks, beginning Tuesday, September 16. 6:00-8:30 PM, Tisch 223. It is half-credit, pass/fail.

What: Are you thinking about writing an honors thesis your senior year? Would you like to get a head start or immediate help understanding the research process? Would you enjoy sharing what you learn as you become an expert in the subject area you are investigating? This course will introduce students to the major research tools and techniques at an intermediate-to-advanced level specific to their subject area. Each student will also develop a working bibliography of resources, as well as a plan for continuing his/her research.

Your instructors:
Regina Raboin is the Science Reference Librarian and Reference Microforms/Current Periodicals Coordinator at Tisch Library.
Laurie Sabol is the Coordinator of Library Instruction at Tisch Library.

Imagining The Elephant Book Reception (posted: July 28, 2008)
Christopher Vaughan's biography details the life of Allan Cormack, Tufts University professor in the department of Physics from 1957-1994 and a physicist, who was awarded the Nobel Prize for Medicine in 1979 for his pioneering contributions to the development of the computer-assisted tomography (CAT) scanner.  Book reception will be held on Wednesday, August 6, 2008 in the Austin Conference Room, Tisch Library, Tufts University from Noon - 2 pm.  

Tisch receives Graduate Student Council Service Award (posted: May 20, 2008)
Tisch Library is proud to have received the 2008 Graduate Student Council Service award! This award is presented to those staff, faculty, groups, or graduate students who have made extraordinary contributions to graduate studies and to graduate student life at Tufts.

The announcement from the Graduate Student Council reads: “Through focus groups, pilot programs for extended library hours, encouragement of graduate participation in the formation of Tisch’s strategic plan, and a host of other avenues, Tisch Library has shown time and time again that it sees graduate students as an important and vital constituency that should be listened to.”

The staff of Tisch Library deeply appreciates this recognition. Over the past fiscal year, the graduate student community has been a particular focus of our outreach efforts. Tisch Library will continue to seek the best service possible to graduate students, undergraduates, faculty, staff, and community members.

Summer Leisure Reading Recommendations from Sophia (posted: April 25, 2008)
Check out the blog "What Sophia Recommends" for summer reading ideas! The theme for this posting is graphic novels...better known as comic books.

Extended Library Hours (posted: April 25, 2008)
Friday, May 2nd
8:00AM - Midnight

Saturday, May 3rd
10:00AM - Midnight

Special Library Hours (posted: April 25, 2008)
Friday, May 9th
8:00AM - 5:00PM

US Presidential Elections Exhibit(posted: April 2, 2008)
A new exhibit is on display in the Tisch Microforms and Current Periodicals Department. It showcases the front pages of the New York Times after the United States presidential elections, arranged in chronological order beginning from the 33rd president, Woodrow Wilson, in 1916 to the 55th president, George W. Bush, in 2004. This display illustrates the evolution of the US presidential race through the century. The newspaper selections were obtained from microform MFR1, which is a comprehensive collection of the New York Times newspaper from 1851 to the present. Tisch Microforms and Current Periodicals department is proud to house these essential archives.

Exhibit Prepared by: Philip Chan
Microforms/Current Periodicals Student Library Assistant
Undergraduate Student, Chemistry Department 2010

Special Holiday Hours (posted: April 1, 2008)
Monday, April 21st
10:00AM – 1:00AM

Spring 2008 Late Night Study in Hirsh Reading Room
Sunday – Thursday
April 27th – May 8th
1:00AM – 6:00AM

Friday and Saturday
May 2nd – May 3rd
Midnight – 6:00AM

Maxine Kumin speaks at the Fourth John Holmes Memorial Poetry Reading (posted: March 26, 2008)
Please join us on Wednesday, April 9, 2008 from 3:30 - 5:00 pm in Tisch Library's Hirsh Reading Room for the fourth John Holmes Memorial Poetry Reading featuring Maxine Kumin, prolific prize-winning poet and author. Ms. Kumin’s work embraces themes ranging from religious and cultural identity; the relationship between humankind and nature; the relationship between men and women; love, loss, and survival; aging and mortality to political choices and consequences. The Maxine Newberg Gordon Book Prize ceremony will precede the reading. A book signing sponsored by the Tufts bookstore and a reception will follow.

READ FOR FUN over spring break! (posted: March 11, 2008)
Visit Tisch Library's new leisure reading blog, "What Sophia Recommends." Before each academic break, we will post leisure reading recommendations, sometimes based around a theme, sometimes by a guest compiler. We hope you find time to relax with a book when you travel from campus…and maybe also in those rare spare moments you might have on occasion while you’re on campus!

Spring Break Hours (posted: March 11, 2008)
Saturday & Sunday, March 15th and 16th
CLOSED

Monday - Wednesday, March 17th - March 19th
9:00AM - 5:00PM

Thursday, March 20th
9:00AM - 8:00PM

Friday, March 21st
9:00AM - 5:00PM

Saturday, March 22nd
CLOSED

Student Presentations – Research for Success Class (posed: March 5. 2008)
We invite you to attend final project presentations of students in Tisch Library's class, EXP 19 (Research for Success: Using the Library for Senior Thesis or Other Capstone Projects). The projects are the culmination of this 8-week course. Students will discuss their research topic, lessons learned in the class and will review the annotated bibliography they developed for the thesis or other major research project. The presentations will take place on Tuesday, March 11, 6pm-8:30pm in Tisch 223

EndNote Workshop with an EndNote Professional Trainer (Posted: March 5, 2008)
Interested in learning EndNote? Or do you need a refresher course?

WORKSHOP: Tuesday, March 11, 9am – 12 noon (late arrivals and early departures perfectly acceptable) Tisch Library Room 223
Trainer: Donna Kirking of Thompson/EndNote

Refreshments will be served!
Please RSVP to Connie Reik

For more information on EndNote visit their website.

Course Management Alternatives Explored (posted: February 20, 2008)
Tisch Library and the Association of College and Research Libraries are pleased to sponsor a timely panel discussion of the pros and cons of migrating to a new course management system or incorporating different technology.
Hear panelists from Boston University, Brandeis University, Roxbury Community College and Tufts University discuss their experiences with Blackboard/WebCT, Moodle, Sakai, and the Spark suite of communication and collaboration tools.

March 14 (snow date March 17)
9am-Noon

Electronic Resource Center
Tisch Library
Tufts University

The program fee is $10, to help defray the cost of lunch.
Kindly RSVP by March 7 to beth.rohloff@tufts.edu . Checks payable to: ACRL-NEC may be mailed to

Beth Rohloff
c/o Tufts University Tisch Library
35 Professors Row, Medford, MA 02155.

See the ACRL-NEC LOCI page for more information

Fernández-Armesto Authors Talk, Feb 13th, 3:30 pm (posted: January 31, 2008)
Tufts Professor, Felipe Fernandez-Armesto, the featured Authors Talk speaker, will discuss his book, Amerigo: The Man Who Gave His Name to America on February 13, 2008 from 3:30 – 5 PM in Tisch Library’s Hirsh Reading Room.  Discover Amerigo Vespucci’s explorations, vocations, and influences; discover the route that led to the naming of the Americas after an obscure Florentine explorer.

Log-in to Databases and ILLiad Changing (posted: January 23, 2008)
Beginning January 22, 2008 you will be asked to sign into the proxy server using your UTLN and password (your Trumpeter username and password) instead of your ID number.

If you are in the Tufts directory, then you are entitled to a UTLN and password. If you do not have a UTLN and password or you do not know it please take the time to obtain this information. Click UTLN for more information on what the UTLN is.

If you are not in the Tufts directory but are entitled to use remote resources, you will continue to login with your assigned Tufts ID. If you do not have an ID and believe you are entitled to access remote resources, please contact staff at your home library to register as a library patron.

With UTLN and password as our new authentication method you will have to login much less to access remote resources and you will no longer have to use your Tufts ID for access.

If you have any questions, please e-mail: tulips@tufts.edu

Boston Library Consortium Exhibit (posted: January 16, 2007)
As a member of the Boston Library Consortium, the Tufts Libraries offers its patrons (students, faculty and staff) speedy access to first-class resources across and beyond the Boston area.  Check out the exhibit in the Tisch Library lobby for more information on the BLC's history, the Virtual Catalog, the BLC Card, and the Open Content Alliance.

Late Night Study in Hirsh Reading Room(posted: January 15, 2008)
January 16th - April 24th
Sunday - Thursday
1:00AM - 3:00AM

Fridays and Saturdays
9:00PM - Midnight

Please note there will be no late night study hours March 14-March 22, 2008 due to Spring Break

Tisch Library announces its spring research workshops (posted: January 15, 2008)
Sign up for as many as you like and feel free to forward this message to anyone who you think will benefit. All workshops take place in Tisch 223 (Electronic Resources Center). Direct any questions to Laurie Sabol (Laurie.sabol@tufts.edu, 617-627-5167). To view the current workshops and to register, please see http://www.library.tufts.edu/tisch/ra/class_descriptions.htm.

 

 

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