We're pleased to announce the Spring Research Colloquium to be held Wednesday, April 26th 12:45 pm in the Brawner Boardroom.
Dr. Charles Adelberg will present his research on "The Entrepreneur's Indispensable Function in Economics."
Join us to learn more about his research.
Missed the presentation? Listen to the recording.
Earth Month
April is Earth Month. Visit the library's Earth Month exhibit and check out a book about environmental issues that most impact our planet.
National Poetry Month
Poetry soothes the soul and inspires the mind.
Visit the library's poetry exhibit and check out a work by a poet you haven't read before!
Thank you, LSAC!
The Library Student Advisory Council met for the last time this academic year on April 12th. Bowman Library sincerely thanks the students who served on the LSAC for their service. Your advice is so important to a well-functioning library! It's what makes your library great!
Chieri Abe (Co-Chair)
Samantha Carter
Lianwei Deng (1 semester)
Samael McCormick
Kanani Packer
Shama Wahba
Nicholas Winn (Co-Chair)
Student advisors provide invaluable input, review data about library services and prepare recommendations for the library. This year LSAC advised on topics such as: library hours, social media, and library support for oral communications.
Bowman Library met with the Faculty Senate yesterday to review the E-Resource Cancellation list which was proposed by the Library with advice from the Faculty Library Advisory Council to meet specific budget reduction targets. While the decisions were difficult and will involve future adjustments to curriculum, the Library must reduce its recurring operating expenditures by about 30%. The final list of cancellations is below.
Depending upon the resource and the publisher, access will discontinue some time in the next 18 months. Licenses will be cancelled now and final subscription invoices will be paid over the next few months to close out our contracts. Preliminary end dates are listed below. You can expect to see certain flags in the library's e-resource A-Z List over the next couple of weeks, with specifics about when access will end for each resource. We hope this is helpful as you plan your final projects and uses of these resources. While e-resources are the higher cost items that we must reduce to achieve the budget target, other areas of the library collections and services will also be affected. We will communicate about those in the future.
A reminder, Menlo funds cannot be used by any department to acquire books, journals, datasets, databases and other subscriptions. Please see the "Wish List" blog entry for how to suggest purchases or subscriptions in the future. Soon, instructions will be sent to campus leadership for a future funds transfer mechanism to support library acquisitions.
If you or someone you know is interested in supporting the library collections, please consider donating to the library. Use the library giving page to learn about areas of need and to make a donation.
Faculty, staff and students can request books, journals and databases for purchase by the library. Recommendations from you are an important part of building your library.
This is the primary avenue by which the campus gathers institutional needs for published content and data.
The library keeps a wish list of all requests from faculty, students and staff. Periodically, and budget permitting, the Faculty Library Advisory Committee reviews and recommends priorities on the wish list for acquisition.
Books, databases and journals that are cancelled this Spring will be put on the wish list for future re-consideration and prioritization.
