Extended library hours begin Saturday, May 3.
Saturday 8:30am - 10:00pm
Sunday 1:30pm - 2:00am
Mon-Wed 7:30am - 2:00am
Thursday 7:30am - 8:00pm
Friday 8:00am - 5:00pm
Sat/Sun CLOSED
Coffee, lemonade, and snacks served Sunday-Wednesday, 6:00 - 9:30 pm
Good luck on finals! Have a great summer!
JSTOR, one of the journal databases available to students, recently made significant changes to its web site.
In addition to a new look, JSTOR also changed some functional aspects of the site:
The Quick Tips box on the search page is helpful and is a great place to go if you want to learn more. And, of course, you can always ask a reference librarian if you have any questions about JSTOR.
I’d like to take this opportunity to say that it has been a pleasure to serve you this past year in all your interlibrary loan needs. As we wind down the end of the year, please make sure that you are aware of the following important dates:
LAST DAY TO REQUEST BOOKS
Monday, April 28
LAST DAY TO REQUEST ARTICLES
Wednesday, April 30
ALL BOOKS BORROWED THROUGH ILL DUE BACK
Friday, May 2
Good luck in all your finals, term papers, projects, etc. during the next couple weeks, and best wishes to all those who are graduating and moving on!
To those who are returning, ILL will have a very different look next fall. Over the summer we will be implementing a new ILL management system called ILLiad. (See what they did there? They used ILL, which stands for Interlibrary Loan, and then added the ”-iad” to create the word Illiad, just like the story by Homer.) This program also uses a document delivery system called Odyssey. (Isn’t that all so clever?!)
This software will streamline the way you request and receive items, and will put more control in your hands (i.e. you will be able to track every request you make from the time you submit the request, until the time it is ready to be picked up).
When you return to campus in the fall, you will have the opportunity to create your own ILLiad account, and start to see and use the benefits of this new program. We’re very excited to have this wonderful system coming to Ramaker and NWC!
Enjoy your summer, and God bless in whatever you may do!
Congratulations to our National Library Week winners!
Jesse Nieuwenhuis (student)
Ardith De Jong (staff)
Thank you to everyone who participated in our drawing
and/or attended our open house!
~ Ramaker Library Staff ~
National Library Week is April 13 - 19
Ramaker Library will be celebrating with prize drawings and refreshments.
We encourage faculty, staff, and students to register for $25 to Barnes & Noble at any time during the week.
(Register in the library OR type your name and campus email in the following form and click submit.)
Join us for cake, cookies, & coffee on Wednesday, April 16 — 1:30 - 4:30 pm in the library lobby.
We hope to see you there!
On Northwestern’s first Day of Learning in Community, Ramaker Library is hosting two sessions of its own:
Now, in reality, there is nothing routine about libraries. They are places of discoveries and adventures, adventures in the life of the mind. Thus, it is fitting to set a mystery in a library. The notion of a mystery in a libray symbolizes the reality that behind the quiet and seemingly placid state of affairs there is much that is not ordinary or routine as readers encounter the world of knowledge and ideas.
We look forward to hosting these sessions, and we welcome your participation!
Minding Place - Day of Learning in Community
Workshop Session 2
Hear fond memories about libraries from . . . .
Michael Kensak Dean Jasper Lesage Joonna Trapp
Ella Jameson Brenna Lura Carri Manifold
Library Staff
This will be an interactive workshop where together we can explore why libraries are “the best places in the world!”
The library has recently published a web site called Northwest Iowa Vietnam Veterans: An oral history project. The site grew out of an assignment in History 351: America and the Vietnam War, taught by Professor Doug Carlson. In the course, students interview area veterans about the experiences in the Vietnam War.
Nine interviews, conducted in the spring of 2007, are currently available on the web site.
The library hopes to continue to grow a digital collection about the Vietnam experience from the perspective of northwest Iowans. The library is grateful to the veterans who willingly shared their experiences with students, and now share them with the larger Northwestern community. Hear their stories by visiting the web site.
Dakota: A Spiritual Geography by Kathleen Norris was one of the first books I read when returning to South Dakota after graduating from college in Illinois. Frankly, I did not want to be back in my home state, yet pressing family needs made my return necessary. The book helped give me a new perspective on a place I always thought of as the middle of nowhere - and certainly nowhere I wanted to be. Rather than rejecting the solitude and insularity of small town rural life, Norris shows how that solitude can be the environment that teaches us to do what Christ asks of us most: to love.
As you may know, Kathleen Norris will be visiting campus on April 9 for Northwestern College’s first Day of Learning in Community. I’m looking forward to reading this book again in preparation for her visit; it’s definitely a book that deserves a re-read.
Norris’s books, including Dakota, and works by symposium guest Jim Heynen are available at Ramaker Library. Most are currently on display in the first floor Browsing Collection.
Congratulations to Shateen Lichter, the winner of our Love Your Library Quiz!
Shateen wins a $10.00 gift card to Mr. Movies and valentine chocolates.
Winner of the honorable mention for most creative answers goes to Taylor Mugge. Thanks for the laughs, Taylor.
Thank you to all who participated in our quiz! Here are the correct answers.
1. Anita Vogel’s official job title is Senior Reference and Information Literacy Librarian.
2. Ramaker currently has 1 electronic reference book in the area of political science. It is The Encyclopedia of U.S. National Security.
3. There are currently 21 different material types in RaiderLink, 22 if you count ANY.
4. To find out which books you currently have checked out, go to the My Millennium link in RaiderLink.
5. The online forms for InterLibrary Loan are Request a Book/Media, Request an Article, and Request a Renewal.
6. The Children’s Library is housed in the Stegeman Room. It was started with books purchased from Westmar College.
Happy Valentine’s Day from Ramaker Library!
Win $10.00 gift card from Mr. Movies plus some valentine chocolates just for learning about Ramaker Library!
All of the quiz answers can be found using the library’s website and RaiderLink (Ramaker’s online catalog). Here are the quiz questions . . .
1. What is Anita Vogel’s official job title?
2. How many electronic reference books does Ramaker Library currently have in the area of Political Science? List the title(s).
3. How many different material types are currently used in Ramaker’s online catalog, RaiderLink?
4. Where (online) could you look to find out which books you currently have checked out?
5. Name the online forms available for use with Interlibrary Loan.
6. What is the name of the room which houses the Children’s Library? This collection began with books purchased from which college?
**Please put your answers, along with your name and email, in the box @ the Reference Desk by February 13.** The winner will be announced on February 14.
