New this semester from CIS:

a tool that allows students to check the availability of computers in the Student Computing Clusters with a single mouse click.

And that includes those in Dimond Library!

And if the computers aren’t free, remember that there are more in BioSci, EngMath, and Chemistry branch libraries; as well as laptops to borrow and wireless network access.

The UNH Mural Project: What Does Diversity Mean to Your Generation?
University Museum, Level 1, Dimond Library
Feb. 2- March 2, 2007
Opening reception Friday, Feb.2, 5-7:00PM

Last semester, thirteen students representing several campus residence halls participated in a unique project with Richard Haynes, artist and Associate Director of Admissions for Diversity, and the Department of Residential Life. They designed a mural for Devine Hall based on the question: “What does diversity mean to your generation?” From the finished drawings, the students chose one to represent their efforts. Together, with Richard Haynes, they painted the final mural that was installed in Devine Hall on December 8. The University Museum’s display of all thirteen drawings shows the exquisite variety of student responses to the diversity issues of our day.

Campus Journal story on the murals

Over the holiday break, Telecom technicians were busy in Dimond Library adding wireless hubs so that the entire building now has wireless access – from the reading rooms to the study carrels to the remotest corner you can find! Of course, wired jacks are still available in every room – just look for the orange hood to plug in.

Student Group Shares Parents Grant Bounty with the Library… and the Library Reciprocates!

A student group interested in movies, the Film Underground, has been successful in applying for a Parents Grant for $2500. Working with a faculty advisor, Delia Konzett, the students have been awarded a fall grant that will ultimately benefit both the campus film affecianados and the Library.

The Library, through the video budget line, will match that award. The students will choose the films, based on our current collection and their interests, and the library will order, catalog, and house these videos in multimedia. They will become part of the Library’s regular video collection.

As of mid-December, Judith Brink, Head of Collection Development, met with one of the students from this group already (they learned late last week that their application would be funded), and she has urged them to get at least an initial list of requests to her early in the Spring semester. The students are interested in using some of this money to buy the dvd versions of some of the films that the Library owns only in VHS; they are also keen on enhancing foreign and independent film holdings.

Starting Tuesday, January 16th, the Milne Special Collections Department will be open for walk-in reference services from 10-4 M-F and from Noon-4 on Saturdays when Dimond Library is open. Special Collections offices will continue to be open from 8-4:30, so members of the university community and researchers are encouraged to call for appointments if services and/or collections are needed outside posted reference times. If you have any questions about Special Collections hours, collections, research or instruction services, please contact us.