Monthly Archives: February 2013

Transfer Students! Interested in learning about library services and resources? Sign Up Now!

Library Instruction - UMass Dartmouth LibraryThe Claire T. Carney Library is offering sessions for transfer students who wish to learn about services and resources. Freshmen get an introduction to the library in first year English classes. This is your opportunity.

Classes will be held in one of the Claire T. Carney Library‘s classrooms:   2nd floor: Room 225 or 226
1st floor: Room 128

While these sessions are geared to transfer students, anyone may sign up.

  • Wednesday March 6, 2013 10 am or 4 pm
  • Thursday March 7, 2013 10 am or 4 pm
  • Friday March 8, 2013 9 am or 2 pm
  • Wednesday March 13, 2013 4 pm
  • Thursday March 14, 2013 9 am or 2 pm

For further information, please contact Elizabeth Winiarz at
ewiniarz@umassd.edu or by calling x8696.

 

Library Orientation for Students in Fully-Online Programs – Two days – February 19th & 22nd

Library Systems & Digital Services

Librarians at Claire T. Carney Library are offering an orientation to online library services. Sign up for one of two sessions designed especially for students in online programs. Find out how the Carney Library’s staff and resources can help you succeed. The orientation will cover key library services, including the library’s new Primo discovery search, free home delivery of books and electronic delivery of articles, registration for a library card/university ID, and the availability of research help and technical support (read samples of student feedback).

The orientation sessions are scheduled for Tuesday February 19th from 6 to 6:45 pm and Friday, February 22nd from 10 to 10:45 am. The sessions will be conducted using Wimba, an online teaching and learning tool. We will email attendees the link to the Wimba classroom and directions for accessing it.

If you’re interested in attending one of the sessions, please complete the online registration form by Monday, February 18th.

Please don’t hesitate to contact us if you have questions!

Presenters

Matt Sylvain, Library Online Support Coordinator
Charlie McNeil, Library Systems and Digital Services Librarian

Technical Requirements

  • Windows 7, Vista, or XP; Mac OSX 10.4+
  • 256 MB RAM
  • IE 7.0+, Safari 3.0+, Firefox 3.0+ (Browser must be Java and JavaScript enabled)

You need speakers or a headset to listen to the presentation. We also recommend that you have a microphone to ask questions and make comments. If you don’t have a microphone, you may use Wimba’s text-based chat to communicate with the presenters and fellow participants.

We recommend that you use a broadband connection or higher. Dial-up and wireless may not provide an uninterupted connection.

Feedback from previous attendees:

“The orientation was a wonderful experience and a great way to interact with online students. Thank you”

“Lastly, the availability of the library liaison is very useful to an online student and shows how serious you are about delivering a first-class online education experience.”

“The important thing to me is that the orientation made me feel that full on-line students are also part of the library and that you care about us…now I have something else to love about UMassD.”

“Being a returning student with minimal computer resource knowledge, this instruction has made me more comfortable to pursue information and provided the avenues in which I would be able to obtain it.”

Weather Alert — University closed Friday and Saturday — Parking restrictions

Snow Falling @ UMassD. Snow Day! University ClosedDue to winter storm Nemo, UMass Dartmouth will be closed Friday and Saturday, effective at 6 a.m. Friday. All classes and events at all UMass Dartmouth sites are canceled.

See full University Notice Here: Weather Alert – University Closed Friday & Saturday

PARKING RESTRICTIONS

There will be a parking ban on Ring Road, and in in Lots 4, 5, and 6, from 6 a.m. Friday to 8 a.m. Sunday.  Any vehicles left in these areas or impeding snow removal operations will be towed at the owner’s expense.

Because some campus services may be interrupted due to the impacts of the storm, residential students are encouraged to leave campus before the storm begins. For students who remain on campus, housing will remain open and the university is fully prepared to provide the food and services to keep our students safe.

See full University Notice Here: Weather Alert – University Closed Friday & Saturday

Architectural Record Magazine Highlights the Transformation of the Claire T. Carney Library Renovation and Addition

Architectural Record Article Image of Claire T Carney Library

Wrestling with Rudolph: Changing an important complex by a major (but difficult) architect poses both dangers and the chance to keep his work alive.

By Fred A. Bernstein
Architectural Record

February, 2013

https://archrecord.construction.com/projects/building_types_study/adaptive_reuse/2013/1302-Claire-T-Carney-Library-Renovation.asp

Highlights the difficulties and successes of the transformation of the Claire T. Carney Library Renovation and Addition projects.