Writing Center now open

The Writing Center, located in Mudd 101A is now open for the Spring 2012 semester. See the Writing Center's web site for hours and information.

RefWorks 2.0 Workshop - Thursday @ 4:30

Can't figure out what happened to RefWorks while you were on break?

Need to figure out what RefWorks is?

Join us a for 1 hour workshop in Mudd 113 on Thursday the 23rd at 4:30pm.

Koffee with Krislov tonight

Stop by Azariah's tonight at 10 pm for coffee and cookies with President Krislov and Dean Estes. 

Main Library carrel sign-up begins February 11

Sometimes you want to party in Mudd....sometimes you want to study. If it's studying that's on your mind, consider signing up for a study carrel, starting Saturday, February 11. Just bring your OCID to the circulation desk in the Main Library and get yourself settled.

All the carrels are numbered, so please scope out the ones you like in advance and make a note of the numbers. If someone got to your favorite first, you may have to accept a alternate. See details here.

Ntozake Shange exhibit

Renowned poet, performance artist, playwright, novelist, children’s book author, and educator Ntozake Shange will be in Oberlin February 9-11 for the world premiere of her newest choreopoem "why i had to dance." This piece is "an animated journey through time, over generations and across geography brought to life on stage." In celebration, a display of Ms. Shange's works will be on display in Mudd through February 15.

Added to Our Collections (while you were away!)

Take a look at the lists of new books, videos, scores, recordings, and government documents added to the Library collections during the months of December & January.

Albus came for a visit....

Albus the squirrel visited the letterpress lab during Winter Term.  And he wasn't the only one there!

Where did the time go?

Today is the last day of Winter Term!  Starting tomorrow (Tuesday) and for the rest of the week, the Main Library will be closing at 5:30 each evening.  We return to our regular hours next Monday.  Let the semester begin!

SearchOhio unavailable Friday evening, January 27

For about an hour starting at 6:15 pm on January 27, the SearchOhio catalog will be off-line for maintenance.  Are you wondering why you should care?  Because SearchOhio is a catalog of 19 public libraries in Ohio and their holdings are available to you via a direct request, very similarly to the way you make OhioLINK requests.  Read more about SearchOhio while you're waiting for the catalog to be available!

Wikipedia et al. going dark tomorrow

Staring at midnight Wednesday, January 18th Wikipedia will "go dark" for 24 hours in protest of several anti-piracy bills before congress (even though the White House has pulled support for one of the bills).

Here's a CNN interview with Wikipedia co-founder Jimmy Wales on this unprecedented political action.

Reddit, a popular social news website, also plans to go down, and one of the blog's administrators explains why they object to the pending legislation.