Thanksgiving Week Hours

The Thomas Tredway library will be open for the following hours during Thanksgiving Week:

Monday & Tuesday, Nov. 23rd & 24th: Open 7:30 am – Midnight (Regular Hours)

Wednesday, November 25th: Open 7:30 am – 5 pm (Brew closes at 4 pm)

Thursday – Saturday, Nov. 26th – 28th: Library is closed for the Thanksgiving holiday

Sunday, Nov. 29th: Open 6 pm – Midnight (Brew open 5 – 10 pm)

Regular hours resume on Monday, Nov. 30th.

Happy Thanksgiving!

Published in:  on November 23, 2009 at 12:13 pm Leave a Comment

End of term extended hours

The library will be open extended hours during 10th and Finals week. Happy studying!
End of Term Hours

Sat, Oct. 24th 10:00 a.m. – 9:00 p.m.
Sun, Oct. 25 10:00 a.m. – 2:00 a.m.
Mon, Oct. 26 – Thurs, Oct. 29 7:30 a.m. – 2:00 a.m.
Fri, Oct. 30 7:30 a.m. – 7:00 p.m.
Sat, Oct. 31 (Halloween) 10:00 a.m. – 9:00 p.m.
Sun, Nov. 1 10:00 a.m. – 2:00 a.m.
Mon, Nov. 2 – Wed, Nov. 4 7:30 a.m. – 2:00 a.m.
Thurs, Nov. 5 7:30 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Published in:  on October 22, 2009 at 10:45 am Leave a Comment

I-Clickers in the library

iclicker  Over the summer, the library purchased a set of “clickers” to use in library instruction sessions. These clickers allow students to interact with the librarian and instructor by selecting an answer to a posed question. It’s kind of like voting. The librarian will ask a question, and students anonymously submit their answer by clicking A, B, C, or D. Then a graph appears, showing the distribution of answers. This new system will be used in some of the LSFY courses throughout the year. It’s a fun way to participate in library instruction — and to see how your classmates answered a question!

Published in:  on September 11, 2009 at 10:04 am Leave a Comment

Farewell, Kathy Jackson

Kathy

The library celebrated Kathy Jackson’s 31 years of service as Acquisitions Specialist with a retirement party on Monday, Aug. 31. Kathy worked “behind the scenes” to order books and videos for the library. Library Director Carla Tracy estimates that Kathy ordered over 130,000 materials during her years in the library! Kathy shared that when she first started her job, it took about 6 – 10 weeks for books to arrive. Now, fortunately, they come much faster than that!

The library wishes Kathy all the best as she moves into retirement. Thanks, Kathy, for all your hard work over the past three decades!

Published in:  on September 3, 2009 at 10:46 am Leave a Comment

Welcome to Fall Term!

Tredway Library wants to welcome everyone to the start of the Fall Term!

As you’ll soon find out, there is a lot going on in the library: instruction sessions, displays, events, studying, celebrations, etc. Here are a few highlights of things to watch for:

  • Special Collections will hold a reception next Thursday, Sept. 3. Details coming soon!
  • New technology in instruction sessions. Over the summer, we purchased a system of hand-held remotes to encourage more interactive teaching and learning.
  • Greater access to archived newspapers through a new database called Newspaper Archive.
  • A fall display created by the “Environmental Literature and Landscape” Learning  Community class.
  • Professor Rebecca Wee will read from her poetry in the River Readings series on Sept. 10.
  • And much more!

–Amanda

Published in:  on August 24, 2009 at 1:19 pm Leave a Comment

Closing in on the crane goal

A student worker tries desperately to rescue our largest crane from the jaws of the library's resident dinosaur.

A student worker tries desperately to rescue our largest crane from the jaws of the library's resident dinosaur.

I am delighted to announce that we have been able to hang 823 cranes in the Circulation department.  The majority are hanging from the ceiling, but there are a few (like the enormous crane pictured) which are simply on display.  Please make it a point to stop by and help us reach our goal of 1000 before the end of term!

~Christine Aden

Published in:  on May 5, 2009 at 5:50 pm Leave a Comment