Ramsey Library News

Library Book Orders for Fall Classes

Like the rest of campus and the UNC system, Ramsey Library is awaiting budget news on pins and needles. However and in spite of uncertainty, we know that fall classes inevitably loom. The library is now accepting from faculty book and media requests to support fall classes or research projects. We will go ahead and order these materials as soon as possible in order to have them in time for classes. Please limit requests to essential materials in support of this fall’s work until we know more about next year’s budget. Check the library’s web site for your department’s bibliographer.

Ramsey Library Subject Bibliographers

http://bullpup.lib.unca.edu/library/libdir/bibliographers.html

Recent News of Note You May Have Missed

· United Nations Opens World Digital Library

· How a Student-Friendly Kindle Could Change the Textbook Market

The expected introduction of Amazon's wide-format Kindle could revolutionize the delivery of textbooks, or the new product could get as lukewarm a reception as previous e-book readers.

· Physicist Set to Unveil 'WolframAlpha' Web Site, a New Kind of Research Helper

Notes From Ramsey thinks this is one amazing product. Check it out at http://www.wolframalpha.com/

· Google Books Mutilates the Printed Past

Lest Notes from UNCA ITS’ buddy Google takes this the wrong way, please note this isn’t our headline!! “Google Book Search promised to bring the world's archives to our computers. Instead, too often, we're getting the digitally mutilated remains, writes Ronald G. Musto.”

· 10 University-Press Directors Back Free Access to Scholarly Articles

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UNC Asheville has a new wireless network logon procedure. Faculty, staff & students, click here for instructions on how to connect: http://www.unca.edu/compcenter/wireless.asp


Don't forget that the ITS HelpDesk is located on the main floor of Ramsey Library and and may be contacted by calling (828) 251-6445 or by sending an email to helpdesk@unca.edu.


Also, the ITS Service Request System and online Knowledge Base are available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. These services allow you to request assistance from ITS via a simple web form, access a Frequently Asked Questions list, and browse commonly requested "How-to" articles. Service requests placed via the web will be responded to by ITS staff during normal operating hours.


Breadloaf faculty, students & staff should check at the library circulation or reference desk for wireless logon instructions.

Happy computing!

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Ramsey Library, Classroom & Instructional Technology Support (CITS), and the entire UNC Asheville community has lost the long serving and loved Rudy Moorrees to the temptations of retirement and Hawaii. Thankfully, the also talented and committed John Myers, our Moodle and course support expert, has agreed to assume Rudy’s management duties on an interim basis in addition to his own important work with Moodle.

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