Are you a visitor to Cowles Library or the Drake Campus? Need instructions on how to connect to the “Guest” wireless? Find them below!
1, Connect to the network “DUGuest” from your computer or tablet. This screen displays:
2) Visitor should choose “Register as Guest”
The following screens display:
3) You’ll note you can get your registration code (PIN) by email or text message.
4) Once you get your code, enter it on the last screen:
It should log you in very rapidly.
Professor Teri Koch spoke to the Print Archive Network (PAN) forum at the American Library Association Midwinter meeting in Chicago on January 30, 2015. Her presentation reflected the ground-breaking work occurring in the Central Iowa Collaborative Collections Initiative.
In 2013 five libraries from Central Iowa formed a collaborative called the Central Iowa Collaborative Collections Initiative (CI-CCI). The goals of the collaborative are to reduce duplication among our respective collections, to create and maintain a shared collection, to coordinate acquisitions, and to establish additional areas of collaboration (such as technology, etc.).
We will soon be entering the second year of our collaboration, and we have made substantial progress towards these goals. In order to reduce duplication among our collections we needed to verify that the titles that are eligible for withdrawal have been assigned to at least one institution and have been verified as available and in good condition for loaning. We are just completing that work. The second phase of the collaboration relates to shared collection development. The group is exploring sharing a common vendor to facilitate that process.
Additionally, we are extremely excited to announce that the University of Northern Iowa has joined CI-CCI as the 6th member of the group (they joined in November 2014). The addition of UNI will significantly increase the size of the shared collection, thus providing faculty and students with a greater depth of materials to draw upon for their research.
Due to anticipated inclement weather, the Library will close at 5:00 p.m. today (Monday January 5) rather than 7:00 p.m. as originally scheduled.
Escholarshare may be unavailable for a brief period early on the morning of Wednesday, December 31, 2014, between 3:00 AM and 5:00 AM for scheduled maintenance.
A list of pointers to various items referenced:
1) MPA Capstones: First submission: http://escholarshare.drake.edu/handle/2092/2076
2) Cabell’s: https://library.drake.edu/find/article-databases/goto/cabells-directories-of-publishing-opportunities
3) Statistics Resources: https://library.drake.edu/find/article-databases/search/stat/
4) NYTimes: Possible campus-wide subscription
5) Textbooks: Alternatives http://researchguides.drake.edu/textbooks
6) “Watch-listed” journals: http://researchguides.drake.edu/content.php?pid=384077&sid=4429868
7) Position Review process within Cowles
8) BONUS #1: One other VERY positive thing: Tutoring Services for Writing and Speaking are now all located on the ground floor of the Library! Students (and faculty and staff!) may reserve the Speaking practice area and capture their presentation for later review. And the Writing Workshop welcomes referrals from your students! Details (including links to online registration) about the Speaking Center are here: https://library.drake.edu/get-help/services-for-students/speaking/ and details about the Writing Workshop (including registration) are here: https://library.drake.edu/get-help/services-for-students/writing-workshop/
9) BONUS #2: As always, encourage your students to stop by for help, OR they can schedule a session with a librarian that would suit their schedule! https://library.drake.edu/consultation/
Professor Teri Koch of Cowles Library, along with Cyd Dyer of Simpson College and Pam Rees of Grandview University, made a presentation at the international Charleston Conference on November 6, 2014 titled: “Good Things Come in Small Packages: Getting the Most from Shared Print Retention & Cooperative Collection Development with a Small Group of Libraries.” The presentation covers the groundbreaking work of the Central Iowa Collaborative Collections Initiative (CI-CCI). Learn more about the evolving shared collection among Iowa academic libraries at the ci-cci.org website.
With the new outbreak of Ebola in West Africa, there has been much misinformation and speculation in the media. If you are interested in looking at reputable resources that will provide you with factual and up to date information on signs and symptoms, transmission, new research, news, and diagnoses etc, you can view the five websites listed below:
http://www.cdc.gov/vhf/ebola/index.html CDC – Ebola
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ebola.html MedlinePlus Ebola
http://www.cdc.gov/vhf/ebola/outbreaks/2014-west-africa/united-states-imported-case.html CDC – Cases of Ebola Diagnosed in the United States
http://disasterinfo.nlm.nih.gov/dimrc/ebola_2014.html#a11 USDHHS Ebola Outbreak 2014: Information Resources
http://guides.lib.uiowa.edu/ebola University of Iowa LibGuide
The online version of Cowles Library’s 2013 – 2014 Annual Report is now available. This report covers the period from July 1, 2013 – June 30, 2014.