Library Databases: Remote Access Temporarily Not Available, Connection Still Available from Wired Campus Computers

Due to a hardware failure, several systems are currently unavailable at BSC. This includes the EZProxy system, which allows access to library databases from off-campus and wireless connections.

However, you can still access the databases from a wired computer on campus. To access the databases from a computer on the BSC campus, click on the database name, go to the box in your browser that displays the webpage address (or URL), and remove this initial part of the URL:

http://ezproxy.bsc.edu/login?url=

Then press enter or the "go to" arrow. You should connect to the database. If you have questions, please contact a librarian at 205-226-4766.

As reported by the IT department, the other systems affected include:

• TheSIS (registration for students)
• All math software (Matlab, Maple, Minitab)
• SPSS
• All printing via print servers - some printing may work if not going through a print server
• Pcounter system (for student printing)
• Copiers

IT is hopeful that access to these systems will be restored by tomorrow, April 12. Thank you for your patience as they work to resolve this problem.

Provost Forum, April 12, Common Hour -- Dr. Randy Law

A single terrorist

but millions would die

The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria in Sarajevo, June 28, 1914

Insights from the History of Terrorism

by Dr. Randy Law, Associate Professor of History

Provost's Forum

Thursday, April 12

Common Hour

Norton Theater

April is National Poetry Month!

National Poetry Month was first introduced in April 1966 by the Academy of American Poets. It aims to raise awareness and appreciation for American poetry.

According to poets.org, the Top 5 Love Poems in the U.S. are: “How Do I Love Thee? (Sonnet 43)” by Elizabeth Barrett Browning, “My mistress’ eyes are nothing like the sun (Sonnet 130)” by William Shakespeare, “When You Are Old” by W.B. Yeats, “Love” by Elizabeth Barrett Browning, and “The Definition of Love” by Andrew Marvell.

For more ways to celebrate National Poetry Month, visit: http://www.poets.org/page.php/prmID/94

Feeling ILL--the scholar's cure

Spring break's over and now you're feeling a bit ill. Could it be because you can't find that book? Try ILL.

You can still get that book or article you want even if it's not available in our BSC Library, by simply going through ILL--InterLibrary Loan. There's a quick link to the InterLibrary Loan form on the Library's home page. Just go to the "Request Forms" link and select InterLibrary Loan.

After you tell us what materials you need, our ILL department will search for other libraries that will provide them. It usually takes about a week and often articles will be delivered electronically. Books must come through the mail and so they take a bit longer. The ILL office will notify you when your materials are available. But don't delay--the earlier you place your requests, the better.

So let your Library help cure your ills with ILLs.

Library Hours for Spring Break

Spring break is just around the corner! But before you grab your sandals and hit the beach, please take a moment to note the library's hours for this most glorious of times.

March 17-18 (Saturday and Sunday) : CLOSED
March 19-23 (Monday-Friday) : 8AM-5PM
March 24 (Saturday) : CLOSED

The regular schedule will resume on Sunday, March 25. Enjoy your well-deserved break!

QEP 3.13 ?!?!

The mystery behind the QEP 3.13 signs that have been appearing around campus will be revealed on Tuesday, March 13, at 4:00, in the Bruno Great Hall. Please plan to attend the all-campus gathering to learn about QEP and its role in BSC's upcoming reaffirmation process with SACS, the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools. In the words of President Krulak, "a successful reaffirmation of our SACS accreditation is the foundation upon which we all stand. Nothing we do over the next 18 months will be more important." Come find out why!

Darkness into Life Guest Speaker

During the month of February, BSC hosted an art and lecture series entitled "Darkness into Life: Alabama Holocaust Survivors through Photography and Art". The last in the line of guest lecturers is Jennifer Lindsay, Faulkner State Community College Professor of World History. Lindsay will be presenting her lecture "Bystanders from Birth: Genocide, Social Justice, and the Process that Transforms Good Citizens into Bad Neighbors" on March 8 at 11:00 in the Norton Theatre (EEIS credit!)

For more information on the Holocaust series, please visit http://www.bsc.edu/communications/news/2012/20120123-holocaust.cfm.