Online Jazz database – alexanderstreet.com

Did you know that Sarah Lawrence now subscribes to an online Jazz database?

The most comprehensive jazz listening collection available online, Jazz Music Library will include thousands of tracks performed by extraordinary artists including:

• Benny Carter
• Bill Evans
• Cannonball Adderley
• Charlie Byrd
• Charlie Parker
• Count Basie
• Dave Brubeck
• Dizzie Gillespie
• Ella Fitzgerald
• John Coltrane
• Miles Davis
• Sarah Vaughan
• Thelonious Monk

The collection will also include never-before-heard festival recordings and other unique content.

Access the database here: http://jazz.alexanderstreet.com/

Giant Book Giveaway Fall 2009

GIANT BOOK GIVEAWAY

When? 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. Wednesday October 28th

Where? Loading behind the Library

Don’t miss it!

Closing at 8pm on October 17

Please note that the library will close at 8:00 PM Saturday October 17th.

Feedback Welcome

We are always looking for the next great idea and we think you have it!

A Suggestion Box has been installed in the library and now the only thing it needs is your ideas.

Where?

• Look to your right when you walk in. It is mounted on the wall next to the New Books Board.

Workshop – Microsoft Excel

When – Thu, October 8, 12:30pm – 1:30pm

Where – Library E2 Classroom

Description – You’ve heard of it and have been told it will be important outside of SLC. Would you believe it can help you here at SLC? How do you use formulas? What are the tabs about? Learn some spreadsheets basics before you apply for an internship. Hurry!

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Additional workshop information:

Academic Computing Workshop Calendar

Improvements Around the Library

Welcome back to a new academic year! The library wishes a particularly warm welcome to our incoming first-year students. The library’s team of instruction librarians, Carl Reglar, Geoff Danisher, and Carrie Netzer Wajda look forward to meeting the first-year class during our bibliographic instruction classes this fall.

Returning students will be pleased to find several improvements around the library. Firstly, we have new vending machines and furniture in our cafe area on the lower level of the library. Please remember that snacks and covered drinks are permitted in the library, but sandwiches, soups, and other foods should be eaten across the street at the Pub cafe. This is to keep the library clean for all library users.

Secondly, the library now has a suggestion box near the entry gate! We invite you to fill out a suggestion card if you have ideas on how to improve the library. Results will be posted next to the box throughout the semester.

Just be aware that suggestions for titles for the library’s collection should be submitted online using the Suggest an Item for Purchase form under “Quick Links” on the library’s home page, or by following the link below. We want to hear from you, so please let us know if you have found the perfect title for the library’s collection!
http://pages.slc.edu/~library/dbforms/purchase/

While you’re visiting the suggestion box, take a moment to check the collage of book jackets from titles we have recently purchased for the collection. We invite you to check out these or any titles in the library collection. Remember that students can keep the book for the entire semester, unless the book is recalled.

Welcome to the fall semester!

Offsite Database Access is Back!

Good news! Most of the EZProxy issues have been resolved, which means that off-site access and access to databases through catalog records is restored.

There’s still a handful of records that we will need to update manually (about 600 out of 18,000+, so it really is a small percentage), so if you come across a link that still isn’t working, please let us know by emailing us at reference [at] slc [dot] edu. Rest assured that we’re working hard to fix the remaining links.

Enjoy a beautiful weekend!

Temporary Problems With Database Access

The library is currently experiencing technical difficulties with our off-site database access. Our off-site access hosting service, EZProzy, has recently come under new ownership. While the change will improve off-site access, the change has caused a few short-term technical problems. We are working to fix them, but in the meantime there is a workaround.

If you’re looking for a specific journal, you can do a title search in the library catalog to see if we have coverage. The link to the database holdings won’t work if you click on it from the catalog directly, so once you know which database has the journal, you will need to go into our list of databases to search for the content.

If you just want to search the databases without a particular title in mind, however, you can use the list as usual, or use the list of online journals. Database links located on the library website (databases and online journals) are functioning properly.

If you have any questions about database access, please contact the reference office by email (click here for access) or by calling 914-395-2225. The problem extends to both on and off-campus access, but we are working very hard to fix it before the beginning of the semester!

See you in a few weeks!

Summer Library Hours

This week the library returns to its summer schedule. We will be open Monday through Friday from 9:00 am to 4:30 pm. The library will be closed on July 3rd in honor of the July 4th holiday.

Library hours may be revised to accommodate summer programs. These changes will be posted on the blog and at the library entrance.

Congratulations Class of 2009!

The library wishes the 2009 graduating class a hearty congratulations! Each year we always feel both proud of your accomplishments and sad to lose our graduating class, and this year is no exception. We are especially sad to lose several of our student workers – you will be missed and we wish you all the best in your future endeavors!

The commencement speech featuring White House Chief of Staff  and Sarah Lawrence College alum Rahm Emanuel will be available after 5:00 pm EDT.

The library will be open from 12:30 pm to 2:00 pm Friday, May 22nd, and will be closed for the Memorial Day holiday weekend. We will reopen for our regular summer hours on Tuesday, May 26th.