August 28, 2009

Welcome back! Over the summer, we’ve been busy making some changes.

The Loan and Reserve Desks in Dimond Library have merged. The newly named Circulation Desk, located near the front entrance, provides check-out services for library materials, laptops, and course reserves. We hope this will help make the Addison Reading Room, the former home of the Reserve Desk, more attractive for quiet study.

New study space is available in Current Periodicals and Newspapers on Level 2 in Dimond Library.

Gwynne H. Daggett (1907- 1969), UNH English professor and lifelong champion of intellectual freedom, was honored on June 12, 2009. Friends and colleagues gathered at the UNH Library for the dedication of the newly named Daggett Instruction Room.

We upgraded our online catalog. You can now export a list of items to email, a feature long requested by our users. Additional improvements include better “Did You Mean” search suggestions and wildcard searching support (e.g., environment*).

Finally, we completed converting library systems to use the new UNH ID numbers for students. These replace the use of social security numbers, improving security.

Good luck as we enter a new academic year!

March 16, 2009

Currently, the “Request It” links on the new library catalog do not function and generate an error. We are working to resolve this just as quickly as we can.

As a work around, click the item’s title in the list of search results, and click the “Find out more” link. This will generate a screen which includes a working “Request” link.

You can also request items through the Advanced Catalog Search.

January 8, 2009

We will be upgrading our library catalog this Sunday, January 11. Because of this, the library catalog will be unavailable from 4pm to 11pm on Sunday, including searching for library-held materials and course reserves, online renewals, and requests.

Thank you for your patience and understanding.

September 5, 2008

As we start our new year, the Library website has a new look and expanded functionality.

The home page combines the familiar library site header with some new content, including search boxes for the new library catalog, course reserves, digital collections, and the library website.

The library catalog has a new, Google-like interface. It searches the same information but presents it differently. The result list is sorted by relevance; you can also sort by date or title. Flanking the results are ways to refine your search and find newest material.

Where is the old catalog? If you want to search with the familiar, old interface, there is a link to it on the new catalog page.

If you would like a demonstration of the new catalog or any other way of finding information available to the UNH Library, please contact a UNH Reference Librarian.