Monthly Archive Index for KSL News Blog
BookDrop 24x7!
When you're short on time or have an unexpected change of schedule, now you can gain back some time by using the KSL outdoor bookdrop to return books...anytime of day or night!
• Reserve materials have short borrowing privileges, so those materials still need to be returned to staff inside KSL during Regular Business Hours
• Media items are fragile—protect them, and use KSL's indoor bookdrop return
• KSL staff now checks the outdoor bookdrop several times a day, so if you have time-sensitive items, return them inside.
Otherwise, please enjoy the new 24x7 bookdrop convenience. It means you don't have to carry those large stacks of heavy books quite so far anymore!
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Plain Dealer Architecture Critic at Friday Public Affairs Discussion Group
University Circle Update, a conversation with Steven Litt of the Plain Dealer, is this Friday's Public Affairs Discussion Group. We've read and heard his comments and vision of the arts for twenty years or more, and this week's forum brings an opportunity for comments on development and the arts in our Circle neighborhood.
• Fri. Dec. 2, 12:30-1:30 pm: University Circle Update
Steven Litt, Architecture Critic, Cleveland Plain Dealer
Whether it's new buildings in town, or ones under construction, University Circle also has a wealth of them, including announcements about new projects throughout the University Circle environs. Steven Litt brings his analysis of art, architecture, and urban life to this week's session. He is sure to engage the audience in related issues of accessibility as well as artistic plans like the pedestrian bridge, MOCA, and the Temple complex. Join us & hear his viewpoint on what the vision may bring to our work-lives here, plus his own commentary, vision, and questions about plans for the future development of University Circle. Make your plans to attend!
Sponsored by the Center for Policy Studies, this discussion is held in the 2nd floor Dampeer Room 12:30 pm - 1: 30 pm. Visitors are welcome to take advantage of beverages & food items at the main floor Cramelot cafe in the library & bring them to the discussion.
The KSL location map also indicates an underground parking garage for visitors (fee), and nearby metered street parking, as available.
Dec. 9: Last Discussion Group of 2011
Outsourcing and Offshoring Legal Services. Cassandra Burke Robertson, Associate Professor of Law, Frederick K. Cox International Center, CWRU.
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Thanksgiving Day Memories, from the CWRU Archivess
NE Ohioans know that for many years, Thanksgiving Day football was a highlight, often including games played in the old Cleveland Stadium. Revisit a holiday game from 1948, courtesy of our Archives Department.
The Case vs Reserve Thanksgiving Day Game begins with a Sports headline from the 1948 Cleveland Plain Dealer, on the new Archives blog. While you're enjoying that story, spend some time looking at the "Namesakes" items, as Archives highlights famous people from the university history.
You can enjoy all the Archives blog items & more, on the KSL facebook page, too. We hope to see you there!
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Campus and KSL Holiday Hours
The campus holiday hours this week for Thanksgiving also affect hours at Kelvin Smith Library. While we're always online, our building hours and 24x7 services adjust slightly:
• Early close on Wed. Nov. 23, at 5:30 pm (no 24x7)
• Closed Thurs. Nov. 24, Thanksgiving Day (no 24x7)
• Holiday Hours Fri. Nov. 25, 9 am-5:30 pm (no 24x7)
• Regular hours resume Sat. Nov. 26 9 am-5:30 pm & 24x7 resumes
Research content never takes a break—enjoy the Case online databases, electronic journals, KSL Research Guides, and OhioLINK content during the Thanksgiving holiday weekend.
KSL staff members are also here during our open hours to help you get started or finish up that research project!
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Alumni Services @KSL
Stay connected to CWRU and personal lifelong learning after graduation, with Alumni Services @KSL and a variety of information services. Alumni are always welcome in the Kelvin Smith Library and can enjoy reading, browsing our collections in the building, and refreshments in the Cramelot cafe. Whether you're nearby or elsewhere, you can also stay connected & continue your personal research interests with selected databases licensed specifically for alumni.
Online
Access to alumni databases is granted with a membership in the KSL Alumni Online Library. Online content is currently subsidized by both the Kelvin Smith Library & the CWRU Alumni Office, where your subscription process begins. Learn more details about what's available in the databases licensed for alumni and then use the convenient Sign Up link to subscribe.
Local Benefits
If you're in NE Ohio and would like to borrow library materials, sign up for a free CaseLearns class, or work in the Freedman Center, a KSL Alumni library card is required. Read more about it & fill out the online application form, and we'll see you soon!
Questions & Comments are always welcome at kslalumni@case.edu
Tip: If you're unsure about your network ID as you start the subscription process, or if you graduated before there were network IDs, this CWRU network ID tool helps you get started.
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National Philanthropy Day 2011
On National Philanthropy Day, the Kelvin Smith Library celebrates its philanthropic partners. KSL recognizes and is grateful for the generosity that's so important for our research environment.
From enhanced collections to digital learning, a fellows program for faculty, or professional growth opportunities for library staff, our philanthropic partners make it possible for faculty, students, and staff to develop new interests and skills that will take them to tomorrow.
Read more about making a gift to the library, and then browse a sampling of Gift & Endowments projects.
We hope you'll enjoy the breadth of disciplines that are affected by gifts, as well as its span from our preservation services to the research environment of the future.
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Wikipedia in the University--Friday Public Affairs Discussion Group
It's ubiquitous but is Wikipedia acceptable as a reference resource for scholarly work at the university? Join us this week as the Public Affairs Discussion Group talks about using the free, open access encyclopedia instead of traditional reference tools.
• Fri. Nov. 18: Wikipedia in the University.
Peter Shulman, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of History, CWRU.
Technology meets communication in new ways for Peter Shulman as his students cite Wikipedia in their research assignments. Join in a lively discussion with Peter as he shares how he's encouraging his students to develop their critical thinking skills about basic sources...including Wikipedia.
Sponsored by the Center for Policy Studies, this week's venue is changed to the Guilford House 1st Floor Lounge 12:30 pm - 1: 30 pm. Stop in the Cramelot cafe in the library & pick up beverages and lunch items for the short walk to Guilford and this week's discussion.
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Win in the Knovel University Challenge!
Each fall, Knovel® issues an University Challenge to the universities that subscribe to their electronic content. Any Case student can use the Knovel widget to correctly answer 3 questions, and can win great prizes. Challenge yourself—you might win $500 cash, an iPad2™ cash awards, or bags of Cool Stuff, and more!
• It's Easy: enter the Challenge & use the Knovel database to correctly answer 3 questions. The contest continues through Dec. 1st.
• Contest-within-A-Contest Guarantee: when Case reaches 100 correct entries, we're guaranteed to win an iPodNano, and Case has won before!
• Start now & you can win. Work in a group and you can all complete 3 questions and be entered.
Knovel has full text of over 2,000 leading reference handbooks, conference proceedings, databases and statistical data for researchers in the applied sciences. Analysis tools and other features & 40 international publishers and professional societies give you cross disciplinary research results from a single page. Enjoy added features like webinars (Engineers' Use of Social Networks), cases, news, tools, MyKnovel for saved searches, and more.
The Knovel database is licensed for Case researchers; off campus or wireless access requires an activated VPN session. Find Knovel on the Research Database list.
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Successful Companies and Universities--Friday Public Affairs Discussion Group
KSL hosts the weekly discussions on Fridays, where guest speakers, the university community, and the public engage in topic presented by the Public Affairs Discussion Group. Join in this week's discussion about leadership qualities in both academe and corporations that might be more similar (and beneficial) than at first glance.
Richard E. Boyatzis, Ph.D. Distinguished University Professor, H.R. Horvitz Chair of Family Business, Departments of Organizational Behavior, Psychology, Cognitive Science, CWRU.
Hear more about hallmarks of effectiveness that translate across organizational types. Keys to understanding how to remain successful as change occurs in the organization, country, and world will stimulate your thoughts as Richard Boyatzis talks about his Intentional Change Theory (ICT) and shares his latest research in further exploring resonant leadership and performance.
Sponsored by the Center for Policy Studies, this discussion is held in the 2nd floor Dampeer Room 12:30 pm - 1: 30 pm. Visitors are welcome to take advantage of beverages & food items at the main floor Cramelot cafe in the library & bring them to the discussion.
The KSL location map also indicates an underground parking garage for visitors (fee), and nearby metered street parking, as available.
November 18: Wikipedia in the University. Peter Shulman, Assistant Professor of History, CWRU. Special location: The Guilford Lounge, first floor Guilford House.
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