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Learn Something New@CaseLearnsTake time to learn something new in a free class through CaseLearns. Take the mystery out of new tools or research topics of interest, and add to your portfolio of skills. • Mon., June 29: Learn more about text encoding in the humanities, using standards-based methods to present digital texts for research & teaching... • Wed., July 1: Find out how to set up an online meeting with an intro level class on using Adobe Connect (software available to Case individuals). Set up a meeting & use many of the features and online tools to boost your productivity & efficiency... • Tues., July 7: Spend 1 hour & learn how to manage information with RSS feeds! Hear more about what it is, how to use it, then maximize your information, learning & your time... Summer school can be fun, free, and productive, when it's CaseLearns—logon today to pre-register for a class! Posted by Karen Oye on June 24, 2009 11:36 PM
 Listen to Your Summer Reading--Audio BooksEnjoy your summer reading with audio books this year—borrow a few audio books from the CPL@Case-KSL collection & enjoy books in a new way! The Cleveland Public Library card gives you privileges to this CPL collection (KSL can issue the card to current faculty, students, & staff) and provides a wide variety of authors and topics like: ...John Grisham, or Jimmmy Carter reading his A Remarkable Mother. Try Daniel Coleman's Social Intelligence or popular novelists such as Danielle Steele or Maeve Binchy. Listen to Nancy Pelosi read Know Your Power. Try a few new recipes, exercises, meal plans and more with Randy Jackson's Body and Soul. More details about privileges and the CPL@Case-KSL service, and the special site for sesarching the collection online. Find the CPL@Case-KSL collection on the main floor of the Kelvin Smith Library, nearest Thwing Center. Look for the banners—and while you're there, browse the fiction books, too, for fun, self-help, fiction and more. From Novels to Newt (Gingrinch, in the CPL@Case-KSL collection! Posted by Karen Oye on June 19, 2009 12:46 PM
Where Did Your PIN Go?Logon to your Case library account these days & you'll see something new...or something that's not there. It's now easier to logon to your library account—all you need is your Case network ID/password, the same one you use to login to campus-protected sites, the Software Center, the staff directories, etc. Enrolled or employed at Case & have a network ID/password? Use it on the left side of the logon screen. You can login only on one side—if you're an affiliate or a guest, continue to use your Case Account Number & Library PIN, on the right side.
PINs Are Still Valuable! Tip: Get 100% of the content that Case & OhioLINK purchase for you by using VPN. (PIN only authenticates OhioLINK content.) Whenever you're asked for your Case Account Number, you'll see a url to look it up with your network ID. Call KSL's Main Service Desk 368-3506 if you've forgotten your library PIN—staff will delete it for you so you can login & create one today. Posted by Karen Oye on June 10, 2009 10:44 PM
OhioLINK Maintenance Alert Friday June 5Planned maintenance on OhioLINK equipment Friday night Midnight-1 a.m. will temporarily make some services and content unavailable. Interruptions will be brief and affect: • ELectronic Theses & Dissertations All services and content will be operational again after this brief maintenance. Posted by Karen Oye on June 5, 2009 06:04 PM
Summer Reading@KSLExhibit Cases feature Summer Reading this month—stop by to see samples of things to read beyond your regular interests. The exhibit cases on the main floor have a sample of book jackets to intrigue you, like: Reading just these titles would take you to poet laureates, mass media culture, journalistic history, historical and mystery fiction, diaries of a comedy troupe, and Amazon River travel. More awaits you in KSL's collections—try a new subject today!
Read more details on borrowing privileges & library cards for CPL@Case-KSL materials. Summer Reading...millions of things await you, at KSL! Posted by Karen Oye on June 5, 2009 01:23 PM
Summer Hours @KSLKelvin Smith Library welcomes you to summer session! KSL is open 6 days a week during the summer, with evening hours until 8:30 p.m. Monday through Thursday. • Find any day's hours: See the icon for "Today's Desk Hours" on the KSL homepage,(upper right corner) KSL keeps the summer hours throughout the month of August although the last summer session ends on Thursday, July 31. Summer hours are in effect until fall semester begins on Monday, August 24th. We'll see you soon! Posted by Karen Oye on June 1, 2009 10:43 AM
Maintenance on OhioLINK Catalog & Journal CenterThursday, May 28: Planned maintenance for the OhioLINK Central Catalog and Electronic Journal Center begins at 11 p.m. Thursday May 28 and will result in approximately 2 hours of non-access. The interruptions will be brief—both services are expected to be back online for you by 1:00 a.m. May 29. Posted by Karen Oye on May 28, 2009 06:36 PM
KSL Site on the MEM Scavenger HuntKSL welcomes the new MEM class this week on their orientation Scavenger Hunt—at KSL, they'll get a prize as well as the packet from the Master of Engineering and Management office. Kelvin Smith Library is pleased to be a stop on the Hunt, and is ready for several dozen of the newest engineering & management masters students as they complete their Scavenger Hunt. They'll notice that KSL has great spaces, services, and staff to help them find research clues in the quest for academic success, too! MEM is a program in the Institute for Management and Engineering (TiME), a joint effort of the Case School of Engineering and the Weatherhead School of Management. Posted by Karen Oye on May 28, 2009 01:02 AM
Find it Faster: Google Book Reader Alert Icon Now on Case CatalogIn April, you could read inside some books on the Case Catalog, but if the book you search has a long table of contents, it can be easy to miss the Google Book Reader that's at the bottom of the page. Not any longer—now if Google Book Reader exists for the record you've chosen to display, you'll know it without scrolling to look for it! Just look for the small icon on the top right of the page when you display a book's record. If you see the small open book & "Google Preview" you'll find the full Google Preview Reader at the bottom of the record. Development of Emotions and Emotion Regulation:an internalization model, Kluwer International Series in Outreach Scholarship (2006) now looks like this, with the small book icon on the upper right: Save time—read more! Posted by Karen Oye on May 25, 2009 11:40 PM
KSL & Campus Closed for HolidayThe university and the library are closed Monday in observance of Memorial Day holiday. Please join us on Tuesday as we reopen at 9:00 a.m. for summer hours. Always get a quick look at "Today's Desk Hours" with the icon on our homepage in the upper right corner. It indicates when you can get assistance from library staff, take care of business transactions, and more: Posted by Karen Oye on May 25, 2009 12:10 AM
KSL Honors Staff AnniversariesKSL staff honors staff members with 10 & 25 years of service—and those who recently have completed their graduate degrees. This week the entire library celebrated with a morning event that honored staff experience. • 10 years of service for (left to right) Ella Shurr Library Assistant/Acquisitions; Janet Klein, Main Service Desk Supervisor; and Dr. Joanne Eustis, University Librarian. • 25 years of service for Sharlane Gubkin, Head of Preservation Librarian; Gina Midlik, Project Manager; Helen Conger, Archivist, and Earnestine Adeyemon, Electronic Services Librarian. (not pictured) • New graduates were also recognized: Shu Guo (MLIS), Science Librarian; Jin Zhang (MBA), Analyst Programmer; and Cheryl Seme (MLIS) Library Assistant in Public Services. In celebrating these long-term and newest graduates in the information industry, Kelvin Smith Library is appreciative of their dedication to learning, customer services, technology initiatives & licensing, preservation of current & historical collections, new projects and directions, growth of the research collections, research expertise, leadership & innovation, and much more! Posted by Karen Oye on May 13, 2009 09:29 PM
Graphic Novels@KSL--May 09 Research SpotlightGraphic novels as Pulitzer Prize winners, Newbery Medal awards and more await you, in the May 2009 KSL Research Spotlight! •Find out how long they've been around & how they've gained respect and popularity.
Posted by Karen Oye on May 4, 2009 06:30 PM
Team KSL Tops Goal in Relay For Life 2009Team KSL walked the Case track last weekend in the Relay for Life American Cancer Society event. Case Western Reserve University raised over $88,000—and generous contributions to Team KSL nearly doubled their original $400 goal to $785.00! The race began as the team walked the KSL Banner around the track for the first 3 laps, on Friday night April 17th: Long into the night, team members, family, and friends walked. Two team members ran in the early morning hours, & one team member ran almost 18 miles! They all participated in a collaborative effort to raise awareness and funds for cancer research, and team members are listed on the Team KSL page. See them in action in this movie, a quick video of day/night team & event photos created by team captain Brian Gray. Posted by Karen Oye on April 27, 2009 05:09 PM
Digital Library Lecture Series--Watch & Listen OnlineNow you can enjoy Digital Library Lecture series presentations online, with program information & videos so you can see and hear the invited scholars in the series that KSL began in Fall 2005. Revisit or enjoy the lectures for the first time, as presenters have talked about the convergence of computing & information, how it has enabled dramatic changes (or paradigmatic changes [Kornbluh—Michigan State U, Nov. 2007 lecture]) in teaching and scholarship, and more. Sampling of lecturers & their research in the digital landscape: High Quality Video Presentations
Posted by Karen Oye on April 24, 2009 09:08 PM
Earth Day 2009--KSL Research SpotlightFrom DDT bans, burning rivers, Three Mile Island & EnergyStar programs, KSL's Research Spotlight for April 2009 helps you track our green progress! • In the EPA Timeline, you can see events like the 1972 US/Canadian agreement to clean up the Great Lakes (with 95% of America's fresh water supply for 25 million people) or how EnergyStar helped Americans save $16 billion on their energy bills in 2007. • Watch videos, see photos, listen to podcasts from the Research Spotlight sites gathered for you, and plan now for the 40th anniversary of Earth Day in 2010. • Then discover more about the green economy and our sustainable future by doing research on the environment databases listed in the April 2009 KSL Research Spotlight! Access to the Case databases requires a Case network ID logon or (remote access) an activated VPN connection. Posted by Karen Oye on April 19, 2009 05:40 PM
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