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Winter Break Hours

December 15, 2015 by Amanda VerMeulen

Starting Monday, December 19, the Library and Media Center will have different hours during the winter break. Of course, the Library website is open for business 24/7 if you need access to databases or e-books during the break!

Have a safe and happy break and we’ll see you next year!!!

LIBRARY AND MEDIA CENTER

WINTER BREAK HOURS

(LOBBY BOOK DROP WILL BE OPEN)

December 21-23, 2015: 8:00 am – 5:00 pm
December 24, 2015 – January 3, 2016: CLOSED
January 4-8, 2016: 8:00 am – 5:00 pm
January 9-10, 2016: CLOSED
January 11-15, 2016: 8:00 am – 5:00 pm
January 16, 2016: CLOSED
January 17, 2016: (Library only) 2:00 pm – 9:00 pm
January 18, 2016: (Library) 8:00 am – 9:00 pm (Media Center) 8:00 am – 5:00 pm
January 19, 2016: Library and Media Center return to regular hours

Library & Media Center Hours: Exam Edition

December 9, 2015 by Amanda VerMeulen

Starting Friday, December 11, the Library and Media Center will have extended hours for all the ~~crying~~ studying you need to do to prep for exams.

As an added bonus, Library classrooms 306, 307, and 321 (which is technically a theater, but whatever) will be open for student use through Thursday, December 17, during open hours. So if you can’t find a spot, check the classrooms for open space! And of course there are the 2nd floor study rooms.

Best of luck!!!!!!!!!

Library & Media Center: Fall 2015 Exam Hours

December 11 – December 23

	LIBRARY	MEDIA CENTER
Friday, Dec. 11	8 AM – 9 PM	8 AM – 5 PM
Saturday, Dec. 12	9 AM – 9 PM	12 PM – 3 PM
Sunday, Dec. 13	11 AM –2 AM	6 PM – 9 PM
Monday – Wednesday, Dec. 14 -16	8 AM – 2 AM	8 AM – 12:00 mid.
Thursday, Dec. 17	8 AM – 9 PM	8 AM – 8 PM
Friday, Dec. 18	8 AM – 5 pm	8 AM – 12 noon
Saturday and Sunday, Dec. 19 – 20	CLOSED	CLOSED
Monday – Wednesday, Dec. 21 – 23	8 AM – 5 PM	8 AM – 5 PM

Thanksgiving Hours

November 18, 2015 by Amanda VerMeulen

Image: Evan Amos [CC BY-SA 3.0], via Wikimedia Commons

The SMCM Library and Media Center will have reduced hours / be closed for the Thanksgiving holiday (mmmm….pie). The Library website, databases, and ebooks will still be available if you need to some scholarly research to settle an argument around the Thanksgiving table.

Library

Tuesday, November 24: 8am-9pm
Wednesday, November 25: CLOSED
Thursday, November 26: CLOSED (Happy Thanksgiving!)
Friday, November 27: CLOSED
Saturday, November 28: CLOSED
Sunday, November 29: 2pm-1am

Media Center

Tuesday, November 24: 8am-5pm
Wednesday, November 25: CLOSED
Thursday, November 26: CLOSED (Happy Thanksgiving!)
Friday, November 27: CLOSED
Saturday, November 28: CLOSED
Sunday, November 29: CLOSED

Have a safe and relaxing break!

Database Trial: oaFindr from 1science

November 4, 2015 by Amanda VerMeulen

Until November 30, SMCM Library has trial access to oaFindr from 1science.

oaFindr makes finding Open Access articles that are freely available on the internet a breeze. Instead of performing a number of different searches on different sites and different platforms, oaFindr offers one-click access to article PDFs from the search results.

And oaFindr is not just for the Sciences! Use it to find Open Access articles in the Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences as well.

If you like Google Scholar, you’ll love oaFindr!

Find oaFindr on the O tab on the SMCM Library Databases page.

Wanted: Your Opinion About the Library

September 29, 2015 by Amanda VerMeulen

Image: Love Sign by David Robert Bliwas on Flickr [https://flic.kr/p/4qr6Kw]

Have you ever been in the library and thought, “It sure would be awesome if the library had/was/did [fill in the blank]?” Well, this semester is your chance to share all your brilliant ideas and opinions about the SMCM Library!

ANTH 306 (Principles of Applied Anthropology) is collaborating with the SMCM Library on a research project to understand how students (that’s you!) do research and use the library to create a better library experience for everyone. (YAY!)

Have an opinion? Want to share it? Join a focus group and/or be on the look out for ANTH 306 students tabling outside the Great Room where you can participate in quick exercises looking at different areas in the library and how they are used.

Want more information? Interested in participating in the project? Contact Meghan Lang at mtlang@smcm.edu

Book Sale Oct. 6 & 7!

September 29, 2015 by Amanda VerMeulen

Brace yourselves, the book sale is coming…

The annual library book sale is next Tuesday and Wednesday, October 6 & 7. We will be selling books from 9am-4pm, rain or shine outside the entrance to the library. We have books in a range of subjects, so come early and often to get your favs!

Book Prices are $0.50 for paperbacks and $1.00 for hardcovers. Cash only! Sorry no OneCard, debit or credit cards 🙁 [Thankfully there’s an ATM conveniently located in the library lobby. Coincidence or conspiracy????? You decide.]

Get A Public Library Card at SMCM Library!

September 14, 2015 by Amanda VerMeulen

by Conrad Helms, Patron Services Librarian

September is National Library Card Sign-Up Month, and the SMCM Library has once again partnered with St. Mary’s County Public Library for our annual library card exchange!

Just stop by the front desk of the SMCM Library to fill out an application (students use your campus address). For that ~1 minute investment of your time, you’ll get access to all their online databases, including Mango Languages and a wide selection of e-books and audiobooks. Not to mention their great print collection, including DVD’s, Blu-Ray’s, and thousands of titles.

All of it is quickly and easily searchable via COSMOS – the online gateway to St. Mary’s County Public Libraries.

The exchange is running from September 14-30, but why wait? Stop by today and sign up!

Questions? Contact Conrad Helms or Pamela Mann! Or just give us a call at 240-895-4264.

Research Guides Update

September 11, 2015 by Amanda VerMeulen

Image credit: “berlin alexanderplatz” by Till Krech [https://flic.kr/p/fQwck]

This Fall, the SMCM Library will be hard at work moving our Research Guides to a shiny new platform.

During the process you may notice the Research Guides looking a little ~~raggedy~~ ~~sparse~~ different as we prepare them for the big move.

If you need research help (at any time!) send us an email at ask@smcm.libanswers.com or stop by the reference desk Monday – Thursday, 10:00am – Noon and 1:00pm – 5:00pm.

Thanks for your patience!

Fall Library Hours

August 24, 2015 by Amanda VerMeulen

School’s (almost) back in session (ONE WEEEEEEEEEK!) and we know y’all can’t wait to get to the library!

Library summer hours officially end on Sunday, August 30 – the library will be open that day from 12:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.

And starting Monday, August 31, (AKA the First Day of Class) the library will resume regular semester hours:

Monday, 8:00 a.m. – 1:00 a.m.
Tuesday, 8:00 a.m. – 1:00 a.m.
Wednesday, 8:00 a.m. – 1:00 a.m.
Thursday, 8:00 a.m. – 12:00 a.m.
Friday, 8:00 a.m. – 9:00 p.m.
Saturday, 9:00 a.m. – 9:00 p.m.
Sunday, 11:00 a.m. – 1:00 a.m.

Come on in! We can’t wait to see you!

SMCM Library Welcomes New Librarian

August 14, 2015 by Amanda VerMeulen

Exciting news! The SMCM library has a new Research and Instruction Librarian.

Amanda VerMeulen joined the library team on August 3, giving her a few weeks to get her bearings on a way too quiet campus before the excitement of the start of the Fall semester.

Science is fun! Photo credit: Veronica Arellano Douglas

Amanda (last name pronounced vur-MULE-in, because we were all wondering) comes to St. Mary’s from the College of Southern Maryland, where she worked as a librarian for almost three years.

At SMCM you might see her in your first year seminar or hanging out with the science types as the library liaison to Biology, Chemistry & Biochemistry, Environmental Studies, Mathematics & Computer Science, Neuroscience, and Physics (plus Economics, for good measure).

And because everyone wants to know: Amanda has a BA in English from the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, an MFA in Writing from the School of the Art Institute in Chicago, and an MLIS (<–that’s the library one) from Dominican University (it’s in Illinois).

Come see Amanda in her office (Library 125), at the Reference Desk, send her an email, or give her a call to get research help, wax nostalgic about CSM (for all those transfer students out there!), or discuss the finer points of naming your pets after minor character on The Wire (her dog’s name is Mr. Cheese, after Cheese Wagstaff, so…ya know).