University Libraries

Smart Search will be undergoing maintenance for the next couple days, and results may be incomplete.  The repair may be finished by Sunday, January 18.  We will post an update when it is ready to use.

We recommend using

• InfoHawk classic catalog to search for books or print journals
• E-Journals to search for titles of electronic journals
• PubMed or other databases to search for individual articles or subjects

Come and see the exhibit on Paper Engineering at the Lichtenberger Engineering Library. Paper Engineering, closely allied with chemical engineering, deals with application of math, chemistry, physics, and engineering to the pulp and paper industry; design and analysis of equipment and processes used in the manufacture of paper. The fascinating part of paper engineering is paper art including pop-up books, miniature books and origami (paper folding). These interesting things are in the exhibit case.

Alice’s Adventure in Wonderland from the University’s Special Collections is a pop-book made by Robert Sabuda who is a pop-up book artist and paper engineer. Before Alice arrived at the Engineering Library, her knee was fixed by the University Libraries Conservation Lab. 
Amazing miniature books in the exhibit case are also from the University’s Special Collections. These miniature books are selected from the Charlotte M. Smith Collection. The suitcase is beyond cute! Inside there are three tiny books (in the white circle container), a magnifying glass to read them and larger copies of these tiny books.

Among these miniature books in the exhibit case, you may be interested in seeing picture books: a children’s calendar in Meiji period (over 100 years ago), the Tale of Genji (源氏物語) and Accordion to zither : a musical ABC.

Stop by and find something more!

References

Paper Science and Engineering at the University of Wisconsin Stevens Point. Retrieved from https://www.uwsp.edu/papersci/Documents/NewFiles/Recruiting%20Panels2.pdf

The Charlotte M. Smith Collection of Miniature Books. Retrieved from http://www.lib.uiowa.edu/sc/smith/

While their total downloads was not the highest in IRO, these items had the greatest percentage increase of use in December compared with November.

• Compulsory Homosexuality and Black Masculine Performance
• Massacre of the innocents: poems
• ACT process measures : specificity and incremental value
• The Educational Weekly, Number 021, May 24, 1877
• Class Struggle at the Door: The Origins of the Portal-to-Portal Act of 1947

These five items include a dissertation, a book from UI Press, an issue of 19^th century magazine and a two journal articles. One of the journal articles come from our locally published journal, Poroi.

Our most downloaded items in December were very similar to the top items for November:

• Twitter Data Stream: Obama McChrystal
• Design of wind turbine tower and foundation systems: optimization approach
• Three essays on the customer satisfaction-customer loyalty association
• Nurse manager competencies
• Chemical, physical and mechanical properties of nanomaterials and its applications

The twitter data stream had the most use by far.

ADA access via the North entrance of the Main Library will not be available during construction of the new Main Library Exhibit Space next to Shambaugh Auditorium. Regular access will be available through one of the North entrance doors. Patrons needing ADA access are directed to use the East and South doors. This restriction will remain in place throughout construction, projected to be completed by August/September, 2015.

We apologize for any inconvenience.

We were notified today by the Project Manager for the Main Library Exhibit Space renovation that the north entrance will be closed for construction. Workers today are putting up barriers and signage indicating that patrons and staff must enter and exit the Library via the east and south doors. The closure is effective today, December 23rd, and is scheduled to remain in place until the project is completed (projected to be August/September 2015).

Workers are currently installing a temporary door that will enable exit through the north doors in the event of emergency. This door is to be used for emergencies only.

We apologize for any inconvenience.

Along with the positive aspects of open access publishing, there are some negatives too: work, time and, of course, money. Rose Eveleth, in her article “Free Access to Science Research Doesn’t Benefit Everyone” (The Atlantic, 22 December 2014) notes that it’s often graduate students and early career professionals who deal with the problems.  Read the article here.

Along with the positive aspects of open access publishing, there are some negatives too: work, time and, of course, money. Rose Eveleth, in her article “Free Access to Science Research Doesn’t Benefit Everyone” (The Atlantic, 22 December 2014) notes that it’s often graduate students and early career professionals who deal with the problems.  Read the article here.