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Monthly Archives: September 2008

GIL Express service will now continue through fall semester

By David | Published: September 30, 2008
UPDATE: The GIL Express suspension has been postponed. GIL Express services will now continue through the fall semester.
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New resource: Historical Atlanta Constitution

By William | Published: September 30, 2008
The Library recently purchased access to the Historical Atlanta Constitution from ProQuest.  From the publisher: ProQuest Historical Newspapers–The Atlanta Constitution, historically known as “The Voice of the New South”, is a unique full-image archive offering complete coverage from 1868-1939. As part of the ProQuest Historical Newspapers program, every issue of this title includes the complete paper –cover [...]
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GIL Express On-Line Requesting and Delivery will be Suspended Effective October 1, 2008.

By Doug | Published: September 19, 2008
UPDATE: The GIL Express suspension has been postponed. Service will now continue through the fall semester. The recent decline in state tax revenues has forced the University System of Georgia (USG) to implement budget cuts for the current fiscal year, including the suspension of GIL Express On-Line Requesting and Delivery Service effective October 1, 2008.  This [...]
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Automatic Book Machine

By Sarah | Published: September 19, 2008
According to a University of Michigan press release, the university library is the first academic library to install the Espresso Book Machine. The machine “produces perfect-bound, high-quality paperback books on demand” and has been called “the ATM of books.” Read the full press release. (originally posted by Bernie Sloan to the COLLIB Listserv)
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Student PantherMail

By Sarah | Published: September 17, 2008
The Division of Information Systems and Technology (IS&T) is pleased to announce that PantherMail, a new student e-mail system, will launch on October 2, 2008 for all Georgia State University students. After October 1, all official student e-mail correspondence and broadcast messages will be delivered to the new PantherMail accounts. With PantherMail, students will keep the [...]
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The Academic Library in a 2.0 World

By admin | Published: September 16, 2008
This ECAR research bulletin provides a context for the current state of academic libraries and the issues they face in a Web 2.0 world. The literature suggests that library services in higher education will continue to be crucial to the core processes of learning, teaching, and research as long key library structures, processes, services, and [...]
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Need an EndNote X2 Product Key?

By admin | Published: September 11, 2008
You need to unzip the EndNote installation package before you run the installation file, otherwise you will be asked for a product key. When you download EndNote, it comes in a zipped package (endnoteX2win.zip). Simply right click on the package, select the “extract all” option and follow the prompts. This will create a new folder [...]
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Second Life

By admin | Published: September 10, 2008
Due to an incompatibility with the graphics card in some Dell computers, Second Life only works on the GX 520 models.  These are the 70 computers located on Library North 1.  There is an effort underway to find a solution, but in the meantime please refer patrons to those computers.
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New Google Browser

By admin | Published: September 3, 2008
Google has recently launched Google Chrome. This new browser is still in (very) beta mode, but is intended to integrate all your computer activities (including word processing) into one browser. Read about it in comic book form, here.
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Child Welfare Information Gateway added to list of electronic resources

By William | Published: September 3, 2008
The library had offered access to the Child Abuse, Child Welfare and Adoption Database, but that product is being discontinued.  In its place, we have added a link to the Child Welfare Information Gateway.  From the announcement from NISC: The two clearinghouses that compiled the data for the Child Abuse, Child Welfare & Adoption Database, National [...]
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