Library's August Hours

Summer term ends next week, and so the Library will have altered hours. Starting Monday, July 28, we will shift to Monday-Friday from 8a-5p, and we will be closed on the weekends. We will go back to our regular schedule on Wednesday, August 27. You can find a full schedule here.

Congratulations to Kevin Lurey, 2104 Library Art Purchase Award Winner!

The recipient of this year's BSC Library Art Purchase Award is Kevin Lurey, who graduated from Birmingham-Southern this spring. His untitled piece was acquired by the BSC library in May and will be displayed on the ground floor of the building.  

Kevin Lurey, Untitled

The Art Purchase Award is funded through the library's used book sales, which enable us to purchase at least one outstanding piece of art from the Juried Student Art Exhibition each year.  Wander down to the ground floor next time you're in the library, to enjoy the work of some of Birmingham-Southern's talented artists... and check out the used books for sale in the lobby, if you'd like to contribute to making the library a more beautiful and interesting space!

Happy 4th of July!

Get ready to mark your calendars! The library will be closed this weekend for Independence Day, so make sure you all use that time to celebrate!

Friday, July 4: CLOSED
Saturday, July 5: CLOSED
Sunday, July 6: CLOSED
Monday, July 7: 8am-10pm (resume normal summer hours)

We hope everyone has a fun, festive, and safe 4th of July!

(You can find the library's detailed summer schedule here.)

The new BSC Library Catalog awaits your searches!

The BSC Library is pleased to introduce our new online catalog system, powered by OCLC WorldCat!  The public catalog is available for you to search at bsclibrary.worldcat.org.

If you have ever used WorldCat.org to search the holdings of libraries worldwide, the new catalog will look familiar to you.  If you have never used WorldCat, we think you will find the new system very easy to use.  A Library Guide explaining how you can search the new system, activate your Library Account, and set up a WorldCat account is available here.

The contents of our new library catalog are the same as the old:  it holds records for the library’s physical materials, including books, DVDs, CDs, LPs, and magazine and journal titles.  It also includes records for (and links to) some of the e-books and e-journals that we own and some of our government documents.  Among the new features of this library catalog are easy options for citing items and creating bibliographies.  For fans of smart phone searching, a mobile version (still in beta mode) is available at http://bsclibrary.worldcat.org/m.

All current students, faculty and staff have accounts in the new system, and we will be checking out items to you in this system from here on out.  Please note: the library staff is still in the process of transferring lists of current check-outs from the old system to the new, so for the next couple of weeks some items may show up as "available" even though they are really checked out.  We appreciate your patience as we make this shift!

Our old library catalog (SirsiDynix Webcat) will remain available for consultation through June 30 but will no longer be updated.  The library's Discovery system, which allows people to simultaneously search the library catalog and many of the databases, will remain in place.

The new catalog system is a work in progress.  We are still learning about its many features (on both the public and technical sides) and will be adjusting local settings over the next few months.  Please let us know if you have any questions or comments about the new system: email cmarshal@bsc.edu or libref@bsc.edu, or call us at 205-226-4740.  

Happy searching!

The BSC Library congratulates
our Graduating Seniors!

  

You are now prepared for a new and exciting chapter of your lives.  Don't forget -- along the way if you find yourself in a state of befuddlement seek out your nearest library and find some answers!

BSC Library Hours until Summer School are:

Friday, May 16:  8 a.m. -- 5 p.m.
Sat. - Sun., May 17 - 18:  CLOSED
Mon. - Fri., May 19 - 23:  8 a.m. -- 5 p.m.
Sat. - Mon., May 24 - 26:  CLOSED (Memorial Day Weekend)
Tues. - Fri., May 27 - 30:  8 a.m. -- 5 p.m.
Sat. - Sun., May 31 - June 1:  CLOSED
Mon. - Tues., June 2 - 3:  8 a.m. -- 5 p.m.

Classes resume on June 4.  Check back for summer hours.

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Extended library hours for finals!

Final exams are coming up, and that means extended hours of operation for the library! (Many thanks to our awesome SGA for making this possible and also to Campus Police staff for making sure we are safe in the late hours of the night!)

The library will be open for the following hours:
Thursday, May 8: 8am - open all night (Circulation Desk closes at 2am)
Friday, May 9: 8am-10pm
Saturday, May 10: 9am-midnight
Sunday, May 11: 2pm - open all night (Circulation Desk closes at 2am)
Monday, May 12: open 24 hours (Circulation Desk closes at 2am)
Tuesday, May 13: open 24 hours (Circulation Desk closes at 2am)
Wednesday, May 14: open 24 hours (Circulation Desk closes at 2am)
Thursday, May 15: 8am-10pm
Friday, May 16: 8am-5pm

Also, as we come up on the end of the semester, please make a note that all Interlibrary Loan books will be due back on Monday, May 12, and no renewals will be given past that date! (However, we will still be able to get periodical articles and chapters in books past Monday.)

Provost's Forum: Dr. Shane Pitts

 Dr. Shane Pitts, Professor of Psychology, will present his lecture Ostracism-Motivated Perception; Disgust-Ambiguous Social Categorization; Race-Ascriptions of Humanity: A Psychological Research Potpourri this Tuesday, May 6th during Common Hour in Norton Theatre. A cognitive psychologist, Dr. Pitts' fascinating academic interests include memory distortions, implicit memories, and heuristics -- even the social cognition of stereotypes and prejudices.

This event is an EEIS credit!