Volume 6 | No. 1 | January 19, 2012 New Services, New Book, New Semester and Happy New Year!

Library Room Reservation – Reservation StationWith the Academic Center’s great support, Library patrons can now use Rich75.com/sjcny to reserve any Library space – Groups Study Rooms, Seminar Rooms and LITC (only for faculty). If this is your first visit, you have to register for an account. If you have used the system before, you may log-in directly. For the convenience of our patrons, a Reservation Station, dedicated solely to the Library Room Reservation, has been set up at the Circulation Desk. Library Room Reservation – Brochure
New Service: ILLiadStarting 01/19/12, the library will be using ILLiad for all of its interlibrary loan services (as the Callahan Library currently does.) This will simplify the request process, and allow for quick and convenient turnaround for requested materials. Ask us for more specific information. • ILLiad at a Glance • ILLiad – Brochure
Course ReserveIf any faculty member is interested in updating an existing, or creating a new, course reserves page, please contact Lauren Kehoe in the Library at lkehoe@sjcny.edu or x5877. The reserves system is used both to provide relevant hard-copy texts and A/V materials for students to use in the Library, as well as electronic versions of assigned readings available for use from anywhere there is an internet connection. . More…
Library InstructionThe Library has taught 20 classes for Library 100, 27 classes for SJC 100 and 28 classes as Faculty Requested, a total of 821 students attended the instruction. If you need to schedule an instruction session or one-to-one consultation, please contact Robert Lasner at rlasner@sjcny.edu or x 5880. Instruction Request Form
A New BookThe Information: A History, a Theory, a Flood by James Gleick, selected by CHOICE 12/2011 as “Outstanding Academic Titles : 2011” . Reviewed by New York Times: “The Information,” using the definite article we usually reserve for totalities like the universe, the ether — and the Internet. Information, he argues, is more than just the contents of our overflowing libraries and Web servers. It is “the blood and the fuel, the vital principle” of the world. Human consciousness, society, life on earth, the cosmos — it’s bits all the way down. More…