Information Update Fall 1998

First Search Unleashes the Power of Interlibrary Loan: Faculty, staff, and students using the Weinberg Memorial Library will not notice it at first, but a powerful new resource in the pursuit of information has now been unleashed. The ability to send interlibrary loan requests quickly, easily, painlessly to the Library's interlibrary loan department just got easier with ILL via FirstSearch! > Full story

Library to Study Journal Use: The journal Use Subcommittee of the Library Advisory Committee and the staff of the Weinberg Memorial Library will conduct a study of the use of journals from September 1, 1998, until May 31, 1999. The purpose of the study is to determine the frequency of use and cost-per-use of current periodicals, bound volumes and microfilm/microfiche. Young patrons want to surf the web unattended. > Full story

First Phase of NEH Grant Concluded: The Weinberg Memorial Library has recently migrated to an Internet-based version of the popular business database Compact Disclosure.> Full story
Building Bridges: Sometime you don't realize that you are doing something unusual until you come across an article written about a project similar to yours.> Full story
Did You Read the Novel? No, But I Saw the Movie: Researching one's ancestors is an Internet use, which is rapidly gaining in popularity.> Full story
From The Library Director

Archivist Attends Rare Book School: Rare Book School is an intense but rewarding experience where one receives a thorough introduction to an aspect of rare book methodology, meets colleagues, and participates in, what one student termed, "summer camp for book geeks." > Full story
Lewis and Clark Exhibit at Library: Library Collection Development seeks to provide users with the materials they need to support the curriculum at the University of Scranton. > Full story
Newsbank Now on the Web: The World Wide Web has had a significant impact on how library users expect to access information.> Full story
The Library's Best Kept Secret
1998 Friends of the Library Endowment Gifts
Leaves of Class Drawing
The 1999 Book Lovers Page-A-Day Calendar on Sale
Friends Booksale a Great Success
A Special Thanks to Our Newest Friends
Staff Changes