Library News

Tech Alert: Elsevier Ejournals, WorldCat Outages This Weekend

Add this to your reasons to get out of Boston and go skiing (or surfing) this weekend: SciVerse, the Elsevier publishing platform that includes Science Direct ejournals and ebooks as well as the Scopus search engine, will be undergoing upgrades this weekend and will be unavailable Saturday, 2/26, from 8am to 8pm, or nearly all day. In addition, WorldCat Local, which allows you to search the catalogs of most United States and some international libraries, will be unavailable Sunday, 2/27 from 1am to 6am.  That’s basically late late overnight Saturday night. We apologize for the inconvenience, and we hope that the enforced hiatus from these two services offers you the opportunity for some rest and relaxation as we head into Spring Break!

Spring Break 2011 Hours

Snell Library Spring Break Hours 2011 Saturday, February 26, 9:00am-5:00pm Sunday, February 27, closed Monday-Thursday, February 28-March 3, 8:00am-10:00pm Friday, March 4, 8:00am-9:00pm Saturday, March 5, 9:00am-9:00pm Sunday, March 6, 10:00am-12:00 Midnight Digital Media Design Studio Hours for Spring Break Saturday and Sunday, February 26-27, closed Monday-Friday, February 28-March 4, 9:00am-8:00pm Saturday, March 5, closed Sunday, March 6, 12:00Noon-8:00pm Hours for Infocommons and Cyber Cafe Saturday, February 26, 9:00am-5:00pm Sunday, February 27, 9:00am-5:00pm Monday-Thursday, February 28-March 3, 8:00am-10:00pm Friday, March 4, 8:00am-9:00pm Saturday, March 5, 9:00am-9:00pm Sunday, March 6, 10:00am-12:00 Midnight

Submit Your Work to Our Spring Media Showcase!

To all students and faculty, your artwork (photographs, graphic images, video or audio) can be displayed as part of our Spring Media Showcase on Wednesday, April 6, 2011 which will be held from 12-1 p.m. in 90 Snell Library. All you have to do to be considered as a participant in the Showcase is drop off a storage drive of your work to the Digital Media Design Studio in 200 Snell Library between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. by March 11th. Just follow these guidelines: – Projects must have been produced within the last two academic years – Photography and graphic image submissions must be in .PDF format – Video submissions must be less than 5 minutes in length, in Quicktime format (.mov), and with a resolution of 620×480 pixels. Video submissions should include an open slate at the beginning of the video with name, project title, date and length. – Audio submissions must be less than 3 minutes long and in mp3 format For more information please contact Thomas Bary (t.bary@neu.edu or 617-373-3399) or Elizabeth Ochse (e.ochse@neu.edu or 617-373-4109). Get your creative juices flowing!

Hey Students: Tired of Waiting for an InfoCommons Computer Just to Print?

You should try wireless printing! Thanks to NU Information Services, you can download a software client to your personal computer that enables remote printing on-campus and off-campus. To get the software, log into your myNEU account while on your personal computer and follow these steps: 1. Click on the ‘Self-Service’ tab. Under the ‘Study and Course Resources,’ find  the ‘Software Downloads’ link. 2. Choose ‘Virtual Print Client for Free Print Allowance System’ for your computer (Windows or Mac). 3. Follow the installation instructions. When you print your file, select the “HP BW” printer (for jobs with 30 pages or less) or “Canon High Volume” for jobs with more than 30 pages. 4. The print job will stay in queue for 36 hours, and it can be printed at one of the InfoCommons printing stations in that 36-hour period. If you have Windows, there’s the option for a 32bit client and 64bit client. Most computers will use a 32bit, but if you’re not sure which one you need, or if you have any other questions, call the Help Desk at 617-373-4357.