Library News

Get Started today with SimplyMap-A New Snell Library Trial

simplymap SimplyMap is a very exciting new web-based mapping application that lets you quickly create professional-quality thematic maps and reports, using thousands of US demographic, business and marketing data variables. Want to know the top 10 wealthiest ZIP codes in Massachusetts or Maine? How about the top 25 counties in California with the most elderly residents? With SimplyMap, the answers are at your fingertips. SimplyMap includes all kinds of variables such as consumer expenditures, quality of life, retail sales, CPI, employment, education, income, housing, population, race, language, ethnicity, ancestry and transportation.  All can be built into your map! Note: In order to save your work on SimplyMap, you need to create a free account.  All Northeastern students, faculty and staff are welcome this month to get started and create their accounts and save their work, or download it!  Please create your accounts from on-campus to get started, and then you will be able to use it from home. To get started today, visit the Library’s trial page for SimplyMap

Great Name = $100!

Win $100 for the NU Bookstore in a naming contest for a new comfy reading area in Snell Library. Thanks for your interest, but as of midnight December 9th we are no longer accepting submissions. We’ll choose a new name and notify the winner by December 21st, and please come visit the new collection when it’s done! We’re excited to announce a new better-than-ever leisure reading collection right in the heart of Snell Library. Coming in Spring 2010, you will star gaze upon bestsellers, literary fiction, graphic novels, DVDs, and prize-winning non-fiction all in the same place. We hope this new area becomes your first stop when you need an ohhhm break, are searching for that special book to challenge you, expand your horizons, or simply to make you laugh out loud. The winning name will be used on the Library’s website as well as on signs. The winner receives: A) immense personal satisfaction and B) $100 gift card to the NU Bookstore. To enter, see rules and submission form at http://www.lib.neu.edu/namingcontest. Thanks for your participation! Questions? Contact Maria Carpenter at m.carpenter@neu.edu or 617-373-2821.

Is Everything Black and White?: Art Exhibit Nov. 12

The pleasure of your company is requested at the opening of the art exhibition:

IS EVERYTHING BLACK AND WHITE?

Selected works from the Arthur S. Goldberg Collection

 Thursday, November 12 @ 6 pm

 Gallery tour with Arthur S. Goldberg, MEd’65

Gallery 360, Ell Hall

Art preview and reception at 421 Snell Library to follow

Complimentary parking validation will be provided for the Gainsborough Parking Garage.  

Please reply to Sylvette Di Martino at 617.373.7630 or s.dimartino@neu.edu.

Visit http://www.northeastern.edu/campusmap/ for directions.  

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Spring Reserves Deadline

Reserve requests for the Spring semester are due by December 4th. Please submit all reserve requests by this date to ensure that items are on reserve for your students by the start of the term. You can submit a request by filling out the electronic form under the Library tab at myneu.neu.edu or by turning in a manual request form, which is available at the Circulation Desk in Snell Library. If you would like to request an item for reserves that is not currently in the library’s collection, please see http://www.lib.neu.edu/services/course_reserves/documents/TextbooksCourseReserves.pdf. If you have any questions, please contact Reserves Supervisor Stephanie Knutson at s.knutson@neu.edu or 617-373-4646.

Recording Studios open for business at the DMDS

The Digital Media Design Studio (DMDS) has two recording studios available for student use. Based on your equipment needs, you may be required to book an appointment with a DMDS staff person while using the audio and video recording studios. Studio Guidelines 1. No food or beverages are allowed in the studios. 2. All users of the studios must have a current NU ID. Audio Recording Studio- Room 208 The soundproof studio seats up to five people comfortably. Software includes GarageBand and Logic Pro. Hardware includes a MacPro, a 4-channel Mackie mixing board, an Oxygen 8 USB midi keyboard, and a condenser microphone. Video Recording Studio- Room 210 The soundproof studio accommodates individuals and small groups. A green screen is mounted on the wall. A professional quality three-point lighting kit is also available for use by appointment only, in the DMDS. The Video Recording Studio can be used simultaneously with the Audio Studio, depending on your production needs. Copyright and appropriate use Use of the DMDS is governed by NU’s appropriate use policy and by copyright law. For more information consult this link: http://www.lib.neu.edu/about_us/digital_media/