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No matter how you choose to follow us, we promise to keep you well informed.  We look forward to the conversation!

Welcome, New Students!

The staff of the Bentley Library extends a warm welcome to the Class of 2015 and all incoming graduate, transfer and exchange students.  Many of you will receive an orientation to the library during First Week, however we also encourage you to take a look at our online library orientation guide. It will only take you a few minutes to view, and it will provide you with useful information about library resources and services.

If you have any questions about the Library the please don’t hesitate to ask for help at the Library Services Desk or Reference Desk.

The Fall Semester is Coming – Submit Your Course Reserve Requests Now!

The Library is currently accepting faculty requests for course reserves, both print and electronic. As soon as you have completed your syllabus, please stop by the Library Services Desk with your material and we will place items on physical reserve or post course material to Blackboard.  As an added convenience, we are pleased to announce the launch our new online request form.  And in the coming months, be on the lookout for new features and services, all designed to improve the reserves service the library provides to faculty year-round.

Bentley Library Blogs Are Now Mobile Friendly

We’re now delivering library news in a mobile friendly way! If you point your smartphone to our news and events blog – In the Know – and our book review blog – BookBuzz – you’ll automatically be taken to our new mobile friendly sites, where you can easily scan headlines, read posts, make comments and share content using Twitter, Facebook, bookmarks and email.  If you prefer to see the full web version of our blogs on your phone you can use the mobile on/off  switch at the bottom of the screen.

Try it out, we think you’ll like it.  Please, let us know if you experience any problems or have suggestions to make.

Welcome to Orientation 2011!

A very warm welcome to those members of the Class of 2015 attending orientation this week!

We know you have a busy schedule, but come on in when you need a break.  Our welcome table is stocked with sweets, we have computers you can use to catch up on email and Facebook, and there are lots of comfy chairs where you can put your feet up and enjoy the quiet.  Don’t hesitate to ask us questions about the library or the campus while you’re here.  Most importantly, have a great time exploring and making new friends. The staff of the Bentley Library looks forward to meeting you!

Library’s Tutorials Chosen as PRIMO “Site of the Month”

Earlier this year, the library’s Research Essentials tutorials were chosen for inclusion in PRIMO (Peer-Reviewed Instructional Materials Online), a database of online tutorials and other instructional resources, maintained by the Association of College and Research Libraries. The library’s tutorials were recently featured as PRIMO’s May 2011 Site of the Month, for which reference librarian Elizabeth Galoozis, who created the tutorials, was interviewed. You can find the interview here.

PRIMO reviews materials twice a year for selection; the list of the other seven projects accepted during Fall 2010 can be found here, and includes projects from everywhere from Sacramento City College to the University of North Carolina. PRIMO’s goal is to showcase high-quality online learning resources; the PRIMO committee “hopes that publicizing selective, high quality resources will help librarians to respond to the educational challenges posed by still emerging digital technologies.”

The publicly posted Research Essentials tutorials are versions of three tutorials created for students taking GB112, and cover concepts of company and industry research. If you’d like a refresher or introduction on how to use the library’s resources to conduct company and industry research, take a look!

Revisit the Library During Reunion Weekend

What did the Bentley Library look like when you were a student? If you graduated before 2005 you may remember the bright red carpet, endless rows of towering shelves, and the so-called “Search Suite”, which housed a Bloomberg terminal (connected to a phone line, oh my!), some CD-ROM databases and a couple of cantankerous dot-matrix printers.  Thankfully, those days are long gone…  Come see what we look like now! Join us for a tour on Friday, June 3 between 2:00pm-3:30pm, or on Saturday, June 4 at 10:00am or 11:15am.  We’d love for you to stop in and share your memories of the Bentley Library with us.

The hair and clothing styles have changed, but we're still a very popular group study spot!

Unable to attend a tour? Please feel free to stop by and take a walk through the library; we’ll be happy to answer any questions you may have. We look forward to seeing you!