Comments Off on Taekwondo Lessons

By bmatthie, October 28, 2006 8:30 am

Butler Taekwondo

Beginner Taekwondo Classes Forming – 1 hour on Tuesday and Thursday evenings.

Those with little or no experience are encouraged to check us out.

Tradition – Self-defense – Sport – Exercise – Fun

For more information contact Mr. Brad Matthies at 317-940-9549 bmatthie@butler.edu.

Comments Off on Interlibrary Loan Tips

By bmatthie, October 19, 2006 5:31 pm

Following these tips can speed up the turnaround time for Interlibrary Loan Processing. What this means is Butler students, faculty, and staff can get books and articles sent to the Butler campus much quicker.

• Obtaining an ILLIAD Account.
• The home library should be selected with care. 
  Selection of home library should be determined by field of study, not
  the class hosting the instruction session.  A change to home library after
  an ILLIAD account is set is not encouraged.  Tracking requests after
  changes to home library is very difficult.  Rule of thumb: Science majors should generally select the Science Library and Liberal arts should  select Irwin Library.

• When creating a User Profile to obtain an ILLIAD account, you MUST use your Butler email
  address.  No other email accounts (Yahoo, Hotmail) will be recognized.

•  Filing an ILL Request.

• File ILL requests directly from an electronic database (World Cat,
  EBSCO, etc.) whenever possible.  This limits mistakes made in entering
  information into the request.  Use the SFX Find It! button whenever
  available.

• Check the Butler Library Catalog
  and journal holdings in the Citation Linker before filing any ILL requests. 
  Databases are not always accurate in reflecting our holdings.

• Be discriminating when it comes to requesting
  items through ILL.  Even though students, graduate students, staff and
  faculty are not charged for the Interlibrary Loan Service, it can be very
  costly.  From the postage to send material to and from BU to the cost to paying
  copyright fees, a book or article may be as much as $30-$50.  When someone
  orders material and then never picks it up, or orders needlessly, it
  jeopardizes the standard of keeping this service free to all users.

• Please limit the number of dissertations you request.  Often there is only one copy available and most libraries will not loan them.

•  Renewing ILL Requests.
  
  
  • ILL materials can be renewed through your Interlibrary Loan Account. To log-on click on the ILLIAD link. Once in your account select VIEW/RENEW, and follow the directions.  Bookmarks detailing this
    information are inserted in each loan.  Not all ILL materials are
    renewable.  It is at the discretion of the lending library.  Renewals
    must be requested 3-5 days before the due date.

Comments Off on Faculty Submission of Print Reserves

By bmatthie, August 25, 2006 8:43 am

Reminder to all faculty who submit items for Print Reserves:

• If you need Print Reserves to be available for student
  use by a specific date, please be sure to submit them at least 48 hours in
  advance (M – F). 
• Print Reserves submitted on
  the weekends may take longer than 48 hours to process.
• Same-day requests are
  processed on a first-come first-served basis and usually take at least 48
  hours to process (longer during busy times).

http://www.butler.edu/library/index.aspx?pg=886

Thank you,

– Brad Matthies
   Access Services Librarian

Comments Off on Announcing Business Source Complete

By bmatthie, June 28, 2006 1:34 pm

The Butler Libraries are pleased to announce an upgrade to
Business Source Complete.

As of December 2005,
there are more than 200 active full text magazines and journals available via Business
Source Complete that were NOT available in Business Source Premier.

Through Business
Source Complete Butler students and faculty will now have access to
approximately 1,200 electronic full-text titles.

Other enhancements include:

• Select AICPA (American
  Institute of Certified Public Accountants) material
• Euromoney investor
  material
• Investment reports
• Marketing reports
• Company & industry
  information
• Business book review
  library
• Country reports
• Select full-text books
  and reference works

While this database is geared towards business, much of the
information also has applications across the social sciences.

-Brad Matthies

Comments Off on Bikes in the Library

By bmatthie, April 7, 2006 2:51 pm

FYI but bicycles are not allowed in the library. There are bike racks on the west side of Irwin. If the patron does not have a lock it would behoove them to get one.

Brad