Library News
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Diane Graves from Trinity University led a discussion on Open Access and scholarly publishing at this year's May Faculty College.
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The library has been awarded a grant by the Northern New York Library Network to assist the library in improving its collection of digitized versions of items in its library collection.
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RefWorks has released a new interface, re-designed to put more of the useful functions at the forefront and streamline the process of organizing your research.
Services & Technology
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ODY has a new tool for collaboration. The Mediascape is a LCD panel that allows multiple laptop connections and easy switching between displays.
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The installation of our new water bottle filling station and drinking fountain is complete. Located on the main level of ODY on the left as one heads toward the MacAllaster Room.
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Refworks has changed the process for creating a bibliography from a folder. There are now two options:
New Resources
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OverDrive@SLU includes popular titles, fiction, current events titles, biography, and audiobooks to complement our Browsing Collection.
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The library now subscribes to two streaming media databases from Alexander Street Press, Silent Film Online and New World Cinema!
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Credo's Environmental Studies Collection of eBooks includes sixty-four reference works from eight academic publishers such as Berkshire, Elsevier Science and Technology, and Sage.
Special Collections
Special Collections is the place in the general library where we keep any items that are scarce, fragile, or valuable. Holdings include: printed books, journals, newspapers, maps, atlases, photographs, reports, diaries, correspondence, and more...
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Diary/journal kept by Hiram Herring in Rodman, Jefferson County, N.Y. from 1843-1860.
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Karl M. Mayhew was proprietor of Mayhew Wholesale Candy and Tobacco Company in Canton for many years. He was born in Ontario, moved to Canton as a young boy, graduated from Canton High School in 1934 and St. Lawrence University in 1938.