Goodbye from ILL

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!

Pop-Up Books . . . not just for kids anymore

Ramaker Library recently purchased 3 books that would put your childhood pop-up books to shame.  These books include truly amazing paper engineering.  Yes, paper engineering.  Once you see them you’ll understand why it’s called engineering.

Wikipedia mentions the recent pop-up book revival . . . Traditionally, pop-ups have been seen as little more than children’s books but beginning in the 1990s, they have grown in prominence, chiefly due to the innovations of Robert Sabuda, Matthew Reinhart, and other great paper engineers.

Here is where you can find them if you would like to take a look.

 America the Beautiful- PS1077.B4 A8 2004b - Children’s Library (Robert Sabuda, paper engineer)

 Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland- PZ7.S1178 Al 2003 - Children’s Library (Robert Sabuda, paper engineer)

 Dinosaurs: Encyclopedia Prehistorica - QE861.3 .S33 2005 - Children’s Library (Robert Sabuda & Matthew Reinhart, paper engineers)

Local Newspaper Archives Is Now Online

If you are researching local history, the process just became easier. Many Sioux County newspapers have recently been digitized for online access. The Newspaper Archives of Sioux County is available to learn more about the region’s past, including your own family’s history in Siouxland.

Area newspapers, dating back to 1872, are searchable by keyword, by date and by newspaper. The database includes over 180,000 newspaper pages from Sioux County, and pages are still being added to the database. Papers available include:

• Alton Democrat
• Alton Review
• Boyden Reporter
• Hawarden Independent
• Hospers Tribune
• Hull Index
• Independent
• Ireton Clipper
• Ireton Weekly Ledger
• Maurice Times
• People’s Friend
• Reporter
• Rock Valley Bee
• Sioux Center News
• Sioux Center Nieuswbland
• Sioux County Capital
• Sioux County Herald
• Sioux County Index Reporter
• Sioux County Index

The project was made possible by a grant from the Sioux County Community Foundation and by the efforts of the Sioux County Library Association. Visit the Newspaper Archives to see this great resource.