Please Help Us Save Paper and Toner

The cost of paper and toner to supply the open computer labs on campus is soaring. Did you know that in Grasselli Library alone, students printed almost 1million pages last year and that it cost over $15,000.00 to keep the printers supplied with toner?

Here are some ways YOU can help cut down on wasted paper and toner:

1. Use print preview before printing from MS Office or Internet Explorer. Be sure that what you’re about to print is what you really want.

2. Printers 1 and 2 in the Grasselli Library Computer Commons and both reference computers are duplexing, i.e. they print on both sides of the page. Please use these printers by default

3. If you are making corrections to a paper, print out only the corrected pages rather than reprinting the entire document.

4. Printer 3 in the Computer Commons will print single-sided copies. You can use this printer to print a final copy of a paper to turn in to your professor if a one-sided copy is required.

5. Please urge your instructors to accept assignments electronically through Blackboard so you don’t have to print them in the first place.

6. Urge your instructor to post your PowerPoint presentations on the class Blackboard site rather than printing multiple copies in the computer lab as class handouts.

7. If you must print PowerPoint slides, be sure to print them six slides per page and duplexed (2 sided printing).

8. If you are downloading articles from Grasselli Library Electronic Reserves or from our online journal collections, consider downloading the electronic file to your laptop, flash drive or network folders rather than printing them out. You can keep these copies for personal use and they will be much easier to carry around. You can also email copies of these articles to yourself to retrieve or download later.

If you need help understanding any of these, see the student assistant in the Computer Commons or ask one of the reference librarians.

Leisure Reading Collection Returns October 2nd with Heights Library Partnership

Two years ago we were forced to discontinue our leased leisure reading collection due to budget considerations. Since then we have heard from many that they missed being able to browse recent popular fiction, non-fiction and biographies at Grasselli Library as leisure reading selections. We received many of these comments in our Lib-Qual+ survey last year. We heard you!

We’re happy to say that we’ve entered into a partnership with Heights Libraries who will provide us a leisure reading collection at no charge to be available to the JCU community through Grasselli Library. The initial collection is several hundred books and audio books. The selection can be adjusted as we get to know your preferences.

To check out these books, you will need a local public library card. If you don’t have one, or need to check the status of an unused card, stop by the Grasselli Circulation Desk and we can help you to be ready for our October 2^nd launch date. JCU students can use their campus address to be eligible for a local public library card.

340 Titles Added to the Library Catalog During August

During the month of August 2006, 340 new titles were added to Carrolline, the Grasselli Library and Breen Learning Center online catalog. The titles cover all areas of the collection. Use this link to browse the titles. The list is organized by Library of Congress call number. Titles are linked to the record in Carrolline.

Bookmark the link and check each month for new titles in your areas of interest.

http://library.jcu.edu/ftlist

30-Minute Info Sessions for Fall 2006

Grasselli Library offers a selection of 30-minute info sessions throughout the academic year to highlight library services and explore new technologies. This fall’s first series will offer info you need to know to get off to a good start this year. Faculty can learn about linking E-content to course pages. Graduate students who have been away from library research for a number of years can drop in on a refresher course that will explain some of the ways research is done in the 21st century. Students and all JCU community members can learn about Interlibrary loan and electronic journals. A series of Technology Tuesdays for all campus users will look at finding digital media, wikis, and techniques to improve one’s use of photos, videos, and graphics. Each half hour session will provide basic info and allow time for your questions and some hands on practice. No need to sign up in advance, just come and learn something new!

Click Here for Schedule and Class Descriptions

Technology Tuesday Class Series

Technology Tuesdays begin next week. This will be a series of short informal classes presented in conjunction with the Grasselli Library Instruction Team to help library users take advantage of Grasselli Library's online media collection and improve their presentation skills.

Classes include
What's a Wiki?
Finding Digital Media
Using Video, Photos and Other Graphics in PowerPoint
Basic Photo and Graphics Editing Using MS Office Tools
Improve Your PowerPoint Presentations
Basic Animation Techniques in PowerPoint
Using RSS Feeds to Keep Up With the News.

All classes will be held Tuesdays, 12:15 or 4:30, in the Grasselli Library electronic classroom on the upper level. No pre-registration is necessary.

Click Here for complete schedule and class descriptions.

Complete Online Access to The Chronicle of Higher Education for the entire JCU community

The Chronicle of Higher Education is the number one news and job-information source for college and university faculty members, administrators, and students. The Grasselli Library and Breen Learning Center now has an online subscription to The Chronicle of Higher Education for the entire John Carroll community.

It is now possible for JCU faculty, staff and students to browse the Chronicle Online and read all of the articles without the use of a Chronicle user name and password. You can find links to The Chronicle in the database area of the library website and in the news links on the Grasselli Browser Toolbar.

In addition, you can search past issues of the Chronicle since 1989 and read full text of articles since 1995 through the same site. Click here for a summary of what you can access.

You can also subscribe to several Chronicle news and job-related RSS feeds through your RSS news aggregator.

This service is available both on campus, and from off campus by authenticating with your name and the library barcode from the back of your JCU ID.