Library and Information Studies

A couple weeks ago, I attended the annual meeting of the Music Library Association, which was held in Chicago. This was my first time going to MLA, and I’m happy to report that it exceeded all of the excellent hype I have heard about it over the last 15 years.

Have you ever found yourself without a piece of paper or a pen after finding a call number in the library catalog?

Now, if you are searching in Magnus, you can send a text message to your phone which will include the title, author and call number for your book.

Just click the “Send via Text Message” button found in the middle of most Magnus item displays (here’s an example), then enter your phone number and select your cell provider — it’s that simple!

The texting service is available for the following cell providers:

• Alltel
• AT&T/Cin

Magnus now has the ability to display example citations for many of the books, journals, videos, and music in the Luther Library Collection.

When looking at a full item record in Magnus (here’s an example), on many records you will now see a link immediately below title and imprint information, labeled “Cite this Item (from WorldCat).” Example citations will be given in the following formats:

• APA
• Chicago (Author-Date)
• Harvard
• MLA
• Turabian

“Cite this Item” is provided by OCLC, and is also available from WorldCat.org

The library has collected a number of tools which introduce the research process and provide help in using common library tools.

From NITLE:

Professional Development Events

A full list of NITLE events lives at http://www.nitle.org/www/events. Register participants online from the event web page, or send an e-mail to participate@nitle.org with the event title and registrant’s name, job title, and e-mail address.

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A posting to the College Libraries Listserv this week introduced www.academia.edu, a site for members of colleges and universities to post information about themselves, their studies and research interests.

Luther College now has access to the content of journals included in JSTOR’s Arts & Sciences VI Collection.

“With a minimum of one hundred twenty (120) titles, the Arts & Sciences VI Collection will extend JSTOR’s coverage in disciplines across the social sciences, with clusters focused in economics, education, linguistics, political science, and area studies.”

Here is a list of the new titles currently available (http://www.jstor.org/action/showJournals?browseType=collectionInfoPage&s...), more will be added during 2009-2010.

It will be a few weeks before bibliograph

Now you can search Encore from Facebook!

The Preus Library QuickSearch Facebook application has been updated to be compatible with the new style of Facebook profile. PreusLQS can be added at this address: http://apps.facebook.com/preuslqs

To add to your wall, click the “Add to Profile” button on the page linked above.

Also available is a link to resource guides by subject featured on the Library Research page.