NOTES FROM RAMSEY LIBRARY; 2007-9

EXTENDED LIBRARY HOURS

Based on student interest and library night supervisor Jon Wheeler’s willingness, Ramsey Library extended evening hours to 1 A.M. beginning Sunday, April 29. Updated library hours for the end of semester are as follows:

Sunday, April 29
1 pm – 1 am
Monday, April 30 – Thursday, May 3
8 am – 1 am
Friday, May 4
8 am – 9 pm (Final exams begin)
Saturday, May 5
10 am – 9 pm
Sunday, May 6
11 am – 1 am
Monday, May 7 – Wednesday, May 9
8 am – 1 am
Thursday, May 10
8 am – Midnight (Last day of final exams)
Friday, May 11
8 am – 6 pm

Many thanks to Jon and the Public Services staff serving our students in this way.

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The Chronicle’s daily report now available to everyone

As you’ll recall, the Chronicle of Higher Education is available to everyone on campus via a library site license (http://chronicle.com/). Until now, however, you had to receive a personal subscription in order to receive Academe Today, the Chronicle’s daily e-mail report. We’re very pleased to announce that Academe Today now available free, with no restrictions. You can sign up for this popular e-mail newsletter, which summarizes the latest news in higher education and provides links to the complete news articles posted on The Chronicle’s Web site every day. The daily briefing also summarizes the news, career advice, and essays published in the current issue of The Chronicle’s print edition and provides links to the full text of each week’s issue on the Chronicle’s Web site.
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Lessons from student engagement

On Monday, 30 April the Chronicle noted an article in peerReview that reported that “Large numbers of students avoid engaging in educationally purposeful activities that research shows will help them succeed in college, according to the Beginning College Survey of Student Engagement. But there are ways to increase the odds that students will engage in productive activities, the survey center’s director writes.” Check it out at:

“A glance at the current issue of Peer Review: Lessons from student engagement”
http://chronicle.com/daily/2007/04/2007043001j.htm