"Users
statewide have been asking to keep
OhioLINK books longer than six weeks,"
Tony Maniaci, chair of OhioLINK's
Inter-Campus Services Committee, which
sets OhioLINK borrowing policies, said.
"But OhioLINK has to carefully balance the
needs of researchers who wish to keep an
item for an extended period of time with
those who have short timeframes to meet a
deadline or complete a class assignment.
Recent improvements to the software used
for online borrowing checks for holds
before allowing a renewal. This new
functionality allows us to extend the
maximum borrowing period for items and
better meet the needs of all OhioLINK
users."
OhioLINK books
may be checked out for three weeks and
renewed up to four times, as long as
another user has not placed a hold on the
item, for a total maximum borrowing period
of 15 weeks. Users can request and renew
OhioLINK books and local library materials
online via the library's Web site at
http://library.ashland.edu/ Users can request to pick up items
at the AU Library, the Seminary Library,
the Columbus and Stark campuses or any
other participating OhioLINK library.
Items are usually delivered in just two to
three days. There is no charge for Ashland
University students, faculty and staff to
request OhioLINK items, but late fees are
charged for items kept past the due
date.
About
OhioLINK:
The Ohio Library and Information Network
is a consortium of academic libraries that
serves more than 600,000 students,
faculty, and staff at 85 institutions.
OhioLINK's membership includes 17 public
universities, 23 community/technical
colleges, 44 private colleges and the
State Library of Ohio. OhioLINK provides
easy access to information and rapid
delivery of library materials throughout
the state. Online borrowing continues to
be a core service of the OhioLINK program,
729,000 library items were borrowed
through the network in the past 12 months.
For more information, visit
http://www.ohiolink.edu/about
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LearningExpress
Library
Offers access to targeted skill-building interactive courses in math,
reading, and writing, as well as hundreds of online interactive practice
tests that prepare them for several types of exams including grade school
achievement tests, the SAT, GED, U.S. Citizenship, and civil service
positions.
SocINDEX
A comprehensive, high quality sociology research database. This index
features citations with subject headings from a sociology-specific thesaurus
designed by expert lexicographers. SocINDEX contains informative abstracts
for more than 590 "core" coverage journals dating back to
1895. SocINDEX provides data mined from more than 500 "priority"
coverage journals as well as 1,040 "selective" coverage journals.
Extensive indexing for books, monographs, conference papers, and other
sources is included.
World Data Analyst Online
Offers detailed statistical comparisons of
countries around the world, using both the
most recent statistics and historical figures.
Users can create tables, charts, and even
export the information to a spreadsheet for
printing and data crunching. Highlights:
Country Snapshots,,Comparative Statistics,
Historical Statistics, & Ranked
Statistics.
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Black
History Month Free Resources
February 1, 2005 | During Black History Month in February, Thompson-Gale
Publishing is providing free access to it's Black History Resource Collection.
Thomson Gale has assembled a collection of activities and information
to complement classroom topics. Available will be biographies of African
Americans, a black history month quiz, a time line of significant events
in African American history, activities, and the opportunity to explore
African American literature.
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Instructional Resource
Center: An LSTA Innovative Technology Grant
April 15, 2004 | An $18,704 LSTA
Mini-Grant was awarded March 25, 2004 to the Instructional Resource
Center. This technology grant is from the federal Institute of Museum
and Library Services (IMLS) and awarded by the State Library of Ohio.
The Instructional Resource Center will be enhancing existing technology
resources utilized by education students enrolled in EDUC 131/504 Instructional
Media Lab and available to library patrons for in library use. Technology
purchases with this project include new computers (12), scanners (6),
digital cameras (2), software (Print Shop Deluxe 20 and Adobe Acrobat
6), network hubs (4), and a color laser printer. Plans are in place
for resources to be available for use during the Fall 2004 semester.
For more information, contact Diane Schrecker (dschreck@ashland.edu).
New Databases
January 22, 2004 | Three new databases have been added to the library
database collection.
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