Doing research can be expensive

It is probably hard to believe but we cannot Google everything. Here's an interesting example of how expensive it can be to do research.

Last November, 2006, new copyright fees from American Scientific Publishing Company were released and their scientific information got a bit more expensive. The copyright fees for articles in their journals increased from $118 to $250 per article. Yes – you just read that correctly. It was double checked with the Copyright Clearance Center.

Below you will find a list of their titles.
Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology

Journal of Computational and Theoretical Nanoscience

Journal of Biomedical Nanotechnology

Journal of Nanoelectronics and Optoelectronics

Journal of Low Power Electronics

Sensor Letters

Journal of Bionanoscience

Journal of Biopharmaceutics and Biotechnology

Journal of Biobased Materials

Journal of Scanning Probe Microscopy

Journal of Holography and Speckle

Journal of Autonomic and Trusted Computing

Journal of Ubiquitous Computing and Intelligence

Journal of Genome Science and Technology

Finals week Free Coffee Experiment Results are in

With a sign on the Circulation service desk on Sunday, Dec.10th, 2006, Polk Library quietly began an experimental free coffee bar during finals week for students pulling ‘all-nighters.’

Five days later, we had made approximately 988 cups of coffee.
And, we exceeded last fall's total for All Night Study users by 336! Our grand total was 2,368.

So we are going to assume that our coffee experiment was a success by the numbers and the smiles. Quite possibly we’ll try that again in Spring.

Never having to buy coffee supplies we had to guess what the demand would be.
We used:
5 large cans of coffee
12 pounds of sugar
2 1/2 large creamers
700 coffee cups
1 large pkg. napkins
5 pkgs. stir sticks

Say it isn't true!

In a recent international library organization publication, NextSpace,* there was a statistic that seemed unbelievable.

It stated that 42% of college graduates never read another book after college.

*NextSpace analyzes industry trends and technology developments.
As its name implies, NextSpace is about the next idea or the next trend affecting libraries. It is also about the next step that will help libraries create value and shape their future.

Scanner in the library

There is a self-service scanner hooked up to a PC computer available for student use in the Polk Computer Lab.

Lab hours are posted on the Academic Computing website
http://www.acs.uwosh.edu/acslabs/polk.shtml

Spring semester hours* for the Polk general access computer lab are:
Monday-Thursday 7.45 am-11.30 pm
Friday 7.45 am-5.30 pm
Saturday 11.30 am-5.30 pm
Sunday 11.30 am-11.30 pm.
*Reduced hours during Spring break week.

Authorize your research assistant

If you are busy and want to save research time you can authorize someone to pick up your items, including InterLibrary Loans.

One easy step:
Print and fill out the Proxy Patron Authorization form
below and send to Polk Circulation.
Fill out one form this year and the Circulation staff will send you a reminder for next year.
http://www.uwosh.edu/library/pdf/proxypatron.pdf

This form is also found on the Library home page by clicking on the ‘online forms’ link.

Without this form your items cannot be picked up by anyone else besides you.

This one step ensures that you will get email reminders when your items are due and need to be renewed.

UB is back :-)

Universal Borrowing (UB) is back in business.
All UW System libraries have completed their upgrades.
Thank you for your patience during this period.

Group Study Room

Brainstorming room available.

If you need to work on a group project or practice giving your group speech there is a special room on 2nd floor, north, that is set up like a classroom with all the equipment.

There is a blackboard, whiteboard/easle and computer hooked up with an additional flat screen which is mounted on the wall for projection.

This room can be reserved at the Circulation desk for up to 2 hours.