NOTES FROM RAMSEY LIBRARY; 2011-8

END OF SEMESTER LIBRARY HOURS

Please note and share with your students that Ramsey Library began end-of-the-semester extended hours on April 20. On this schedule the library opens at 8AM and closes at 2AM, Monday through Thursday, opens at 8 AM and closes at 9 PM on Friday, opens at 10 AM and closes at 9 PM on Saturday, and opens at 1 PM and closes at 2 AM on Sunday. For the day-by-day schedule please see the library’s web hours info at
http://bullpup.lib.unca.edu/library/cal/index.html.
FALL RESEARCH TOOLS SYMPOSIA

Ramsey Librarians are planning a series of research tools symposia for fall 2011. These will focus on some new and at least one more familiar tool and how they can be used to enhance undergraduate research. These will likely include two brand new statistics resources, Statistical Datasets ~ Basic and Statistical Insight, our new membership inICPSR, and enhanced use of the Web of Knowledge (recall that we recently restored the Social Sciences Citation Index and the Arts & Humanities Citation Index components). Watch for notices over the summer and at the beginning of the fall semester.
HELEN WYKLE TO RECEIVE SONDLEY AWARD

NOTES FROM RAMSEY has just learned that that on 11 May Helen Wykle, Curator ofSpecial Collections in Ramsey Library, will receive the Sondley Award, ” . . . given by the Historic Resources Commission of Asheville and Buncombe County to an individual or individuals in the community who by word or deed has kindled among the citizenry of Asheville and Buncombe County an appreciation for the history or historic resources of the area.”

Please join NOTES FROM RAMSEY LIBRARY in congratulating Helen on this distinction and the recognition of her contributions to the community and in support of UNC Asheville’s mission of outreach to the community.
UNC ASHEVILLE YEARBOOKS AVAILABLE ONLINE

Take a look and take pride in our University’s illustrious heritage as the first 19 University of North Carolina Asheville yearbooks are now available online. Digital access is brought to you, and the world, via Ramsey Library’s collaboration with the North Carolina Digital Heritage Center, “. . . a statewide digitization and digital publishing program housed in the North Carolina Collection at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (and working ) with cultural heritage institutions across North Carolina to digitize and publish historic materials online.” The Center operates in conjunction with the State Library of North Carolina’s NC ECHO (North Carolina Exploring Cultural Heritage Online) project. It is supported by the State Library of North Carolina with funds from the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act.The project’s site notes that “Student yearbooks provide a window into college life in North Carolina from the 1890s to the present. From sports teams to sororities, fashions to hairstyles, these volumes document the changing attitudes and culture of college students year by year.”
UNC Asheville’s Institutional Page
http://digitalnc.org/institutions/university-north-carolina-asheville
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