OhioLINK Web Site

OhioLINK's User Services committee has been working to update and refresh the OL web site to, among other things, make it more easily accessible to users using mobile devices. Zoe Stewart-Marshall, Assistant Director, User Services Development at OhioLINK released the following information this morning.

With the approval of the User Services Committee, the new header bar and stylesheet are now in place on the main web site. This continues the ongoing process to refresh our user interfaces which you have seen already in the EJC and other OhioLINK services.

This refresh includes revisions to the home page, including a different layout if the page detects you're using a mobile browser (to see it, resize your browser window to less than 800px wide and go to http://www.ohiolink.edu/ - it also happens automatically if your browser identifies itself with a name that includes iPad, iPod, iPhone, Android, Blackberry, or Symbian*). This logic is also used in the map of members and the EJC article-level display.

As a lagniappe, the home page now also randomly rotates the library photo every thirty seconds. We hope you enjoy the new look and feel and that our users coming in on mobile devices find that website easier to work with.

Zoe Stewart-Marshall Assistant Director,
User Services Development

First AU Undergraduate Thesis Enters OhioLINK ETD Center

Michael Byrne, class of 2011, has become the first Ashland University undergraduate to have his thesis included in the OhioLINK Electronic Theses & Dissertations Center, home to more than 25,000 theses and dissertations written at Ohio universities and colleges.  An Ashbrook Scholar majoring in history & political science, Michael wrote "An Exploratory Analysis of Free Will in the Social Sciences" under the direction of Dr. Oscar McKnight.  With the posting of Michael's thesis, Ashland University becomes the tenth Ohio institution to showcase its undergraduate theses in the OhioLINK ETD Center.

Library Spotlight: New Books

New books are added to the library collection throughout the academic year. When shelf ready, titles are featured in the new books area on library main floor, near the computers and recreational reading.

Each title has been selected by AU librarians and is subject to the library's collection development policy which includes professional reviews and faculty recommendations. Contact your library liaison for more information or submit a suggestion via AU library catalog.

Recent additions to the library circulating collection include:

• How Intelligence Happens
  BF431 .D86 2010
• Bridging Cultural and Developmental Approaches to Psychology: New Syntheses in Theory, Research, and Policy
  BF713 .B75 2011  
• The Government and Politics of the Middle East and North Africa
  DS62.8 .G68 2011
• Capitalism 4.0: The Birth of a New Economy in the Aftermath of Crisis
  HB501 .K239 2010
• Freefall: America, Free Markets, and the Sinking World Economy
  HB3722 .S842 2010
• The Big Thirst: The Secret Life and Turbulent Future of Water
  HD1691 .F55 2011
• Cornered: The New Monolopy Capitalism and the Economics of Destruction
  HD2757.2 .L96 2010
• Rewarding Performance: Guiding Principles, Custom Strategies
  HF5549.5.C67 G74 2011
• Emerald Cities: Urban Sustainability and Economic Development
  HT123 .F58 2010

The Instructional Resource Center Blog routinely provides information regarding new additions to the IRC, juvenile, and education collections.

Library Hours Update: Memorial Day

In observance of Memorial Day, Ashland University Library holiday hours are as follows:

Friday, May 27th: Close at 5:00 pm
Saturday, May 28th: Closed
Sunday, May 29th: Closed
Monday, May 30th: Closed


Regular summer hours resume on Tuesday, May 31st.

Library Summer Hours

Library summer hours begin Monday, May 9, 2011. Exceptions to regular summer operating hours, including holidays, are posted on the library web site.

May 9th to July 31st

• Monday through Thursday - 8 am to 10 pm
• Friday - 8 am to 5 pm
• Saturday - 10 am to 5 pm
• Sunday - Closed

Instructional Resource Center hours and updates are posted on the IRC blog.

Scheduled Downtime for ProQuest Databases

ProQuest® will be performing infrastructure maintenance on Thursday, May 5th, 2011, from 10:00 p.m. to midnight.  Databases that may be unavailable during that time include:

American Periodicals Series, Dissertation Abstracts (ProQuest Dissertations & Theses), PAIS International, ProQuest Newspapers (Wall Street Journal), Safari Books Online, Sanborn Digital Maps, and parts of the OhioLINK Electronic Books Center.

Library Hours: End of Term

AU Library hours for post-finals and graduation weekend:

• Thursday, May 5th - Close 5 pm
• Friday, May 6th - 8 am to 5 pm
• Saturday, May 7th - Closed
• Sunday, May 8th - Closed

AU Library Summer hours begin Monday, May 9th.

Congratulations Graduates!