Thursday, October 29, 2009

Wellness DVDs

If any staff calls about the DVDs from the Wellness Center they are at the HR offices. These DVDs can be viewed for wellness points.

A New LibGuide for Career Resources

We now have a LibGuide for Career Resources. I tried to keep it as lean and uncluttered as possible. Suggestions for improvements are welcome.

http://research.moreheadstate.edu/career

A newer edition has been ordered for the Encyclopedia of Careers and Vocational Guidance. It will be an e-book instead of a print set.

Friday, October 16, 2009

Rec. Reading - FYI

I just found out from Ray that Rec. Reading books are not in WorldCat Local.

NAXOS Records are being fixed/replaced

You may notice for a short period today that the catalog records for NAXOS streaming audio are missing. Clara is doing a global replace to fix these because the links had broken. So they be gone for a while and when they reappear they should be fixed.

Thursday, October 8, 2009

Corrections to APA 6th (first printing)

The first printing of the APA style manual has numerous errors. We are ordering copies of a second, corrected printing. In the meantime I have placed in each REF copy a 7 page list of corrections. If that list is separated from the copy then a new one can easily be printed out from this address.

http://supp.apa.org/style/pubman-reprint-corrections-for-2e.pdf

Wednesday, October 7, 2009

Encyclopedia Britannica 2010

The 2010 edition is now on the shelf. Now would be a good time to look through the front matter and brush up on the distinction between the Micropaedia, the Macropaedia, and the Propaedia. I actually had to explain it to a student not more than two weeks ago.