Library News

It’s been a long haul, and you’re almost there! To help you prep for exams and finish those papers, the Library is providing extended hours for the next two weeks, so you can hunker down and study in comfort. We will stay open until 3 a.m. most nights and until midnight on Saturday. And as always, the 24-hour lounge will be available too!

We’re also working with the Campus Activities Team (CAT) to provide a stress-buster event on Friday, May 3, from 3-6 p.m. Massages and snacks for everyone!

Luisa Cywinski is the team leader of Access Services and editorial coordinator on the Communication & Publications team.

After viewing the many creative photos submitted by enthusiastic Villanova students, and discussing the merits of each, which was not an easy task, a panel of library staff and students have chosen the winners of the Falvey Memorial Library “Falvey Through Your Eyes” photo contest.

Congratulations to Amanda Borroughs, our first prize winner, for her “Falvey West Stacks” photo!

Brenden Tervo-Clemmens takes second place with his “Your Eyes” photo offering a night view of the Library entrance.

Coming in third is Christine Fossaceca‘s photo of a “Huge Webster’s Dictionary” showing the entry for ‘Villanovan.’

As you can see in the photos, each photographer showed a unique view of the Library, highlighting the importance of the Library as a place and as a resource. Amanda will be awarded a Kindle Fire and Brenden and Christine will each receive an iPod Shuffle. The winning photo will become Falvey’s Pinterest profile photo until the end of term. Congratulations to you all!

All the photos entered in the contest will be added to Falvey’s Pinterest Photo Contest board. Thank you to everyone who took the time to capture their view of the library and who entered their photos in the contest!

The Easter season is upon us. As such, it’s a good time to point out a few Easter eggs, little-known yet valuable features, waiting to be discovered in the library’s website.

Favorites—Want to keep track of an item? Save it to your personal Favorites list right from within the catalog. Simply click the “Add to Favorites” link and enter your Villanova account credentials: you’ve saved your item. To access Favorites, click “My Account” on the library’s homepage and log in using your Villanova credentials; your favorites will appear under the Favorites section of the “My Account” page. Since the catalog uses your Villanova credentials to establish your account automatically, everything is ready and waiting for you to use.

Your favorite item’s catalog record features options for saving and tracking.

Save Your Search—Sometimes, though, you want to save a whole search-results list. You have two options: first, the catalog keeps track of your searches from the current session. To access these search histories, log on to “My Account” and click “Your Saved Searches.” Save a recent search by clicking its “Save” link, which adds the search to “Your Saved Searches.” Option two: save a search directly from the search results page by clicking the “Save Search” link at the bottom of your results list.

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Having worked at the Library for the past four years while going to school at Villanova, I feel like I have seen all that it has to offer. There is never a dull moment while working at the front desk. It never stops being funny when someone walks into the turnstiles at 10mph, even though it obviously causes them some pain. A shift does not go by when the printer doesn’t jam at least once. I continue to be amazed when students hesitantly approach the desk and ask, “Am I allowed to check out books?”

When spring begins, five minutes cannot pass without a tour coming into the Library; in walks a group of eager, bright faced parents, and their children, most of whom look like they would rather be anywhere else. Every once in a while it is fun to hear a tour guide rattle off incorrect information, such as “the library is open 24 hours a day.” There are students who come into the building only once in their entire college career and ask for directions to the stairs. However, there are also the usual students who come in and out several times a day and probably spend more time in the Library, whether it is for work or for play, than many of the employees do.

Not only is the Library a great place to see while working at the front desk, but the Library also provides so many amazing services. Unfortunately, many students do not even know about them. For example, who knew you could rent a kindle or nook e-reader and take it home with you from the building? Or that on the second floor, there is a whole army of brilliant research librarians who can get you all the resources you need for even the longest of papers.

Guest lecturers come to the Library several times a week. You not only sit and listen to what they have to say, but you almost always get cookies when they’re finished talking. You can rent computers, power cords, head phones, Ethernet cords, calculators – you name it – chances are the Library will have it. Most importantly, the Library provides an environment that can be studious but social at the same time. At the heart of Villanova, the Library manages to do it all, and without it life on campus would not be the same.

Meghan Rodgers, ’13, is a political science major and Chinese minor. She works part-time for the Access Services team in the Library.

The Falvey Hall foyer has been transformed from a 1960′s style library service space into a quiet, comfortable study space. Replete with “window” box seats, Celtic-style light fixtures, acoustical panels, and new furniture, it will provide an alternative to the main Library seating areas for those who want a whole new level of quiet study space.

In addition to the main lobby, the large reading room known for its two-story high ceiling and grand windows, will also be converted into a study space. Look for news about this space in a future blog.

These photos will give you an idea of what the Falvey Hall foyer looked like before and after the “facelift.”

Black & White Photograph Courtesy of Villanova University Archives; Color Photograph by Alice Bampton

There are two self-service print stations in the Library: one on the first floor for all first floor computers and one on the third floor for computers on the 3rd and 4th floors. Villanova University students, staff and faculty can use library public workstations to print from any Internet, email or desktop application. Alternatively, items can be sent to iPrint, the University online printing service, to be picked up at Bartley Print Services.

For self-serve printing:

Choose single- or double-sided, and make sure to note which printer you are sending to (first or third floor). At the print workstation, identify and click on your print job by your username or document name. Click the Print button on the bottom left hand corner. Swipe your Villanova University Wildcard with the magnetic stripe facing to the bottom right. Remember to slide your card all the way through and make sure the card is placed firmly in the reader. This will deduct money from your VPrint account.

For personal laptop printing:

This one-time procedure allows Villanova University students, staff, and faculty to send work to the library printers from their personal (non-Apple) laptops.

• On your laptop, press and hold the Windows key and the letter R.
• In the “Run” window that appears, type \\goprint and press the Enter button.
• You will then be prompted for your (Villanova email) username and password.
• Username: type VUAD\username
• Password: type your password
• Double-click the printer you wish to access (Falvey printers have the prefix FML).

The rest is automatic. The printer has now been added to your computer’s “Devices and Printers” and will be available each time you print from your laptop.

For Graphic Services printing:

Go to the iPrint website and log in with your University username and password. Upload the document to print.  Be sure to choose Bartley as the pickup location.  Choose printing options and quantity, and approve the proof and payment information. Click “Place Order.” You will then get a receipt of your printing job.  Items can be picked up from the Bartley Print Center.

You do not need to be in the library to send items to iPrint!  You can print files from any computer and pick them up in Bartley.

Find other library Quick Tips by clicking here.

Questions? Suggestions? Let us know in the Comments below. Or give us a call at the Information Desk at 610-519-4270.

Also contributing: Gerald Dierkes, Luisa Cywinski, Judy Olsen

Course instructors, are you satisfied with the quality of the sources your students use for term papers and other research assignments? Tired of seeing references to Wikipedia?

Falvey librarians can teach your students how to access and navigate the authoritative, information-rich resources available through the library website. Full text-journal articles, national and international newspapers (current and historical), statistical reports, handbooks and raw data sets: all these resources are literally at students’ fingertips.

Unfortunately, many of our computer-savvy students, unaware that the library home page is their gateway to these high quality sources, never find these valuable tools.

Broaden your students’ research horizons by scheduling a library instruction session for your students with a subject specialist librarian. If you do not know the name of your liaison librarian, check the contact list by department, or contact Barbara Quintiliano, instructional design librarian. Sessions can be scheduled during a regular class period or at another convenient time.

You and your students are welcome to come to the Griffin Room on the library first floor for hands-on instruction, or librarians can do a demo in your classroom. Librarians are also available to prepare online course and topic guides, as well as handouts to assist your students.

Give your students the edge they need. Contact your liaison librarian today!

Above: Rob LeBlanc teaches students some strategies for fruitful searching.

Pictured here is the basket the Library contributed to the Health Promotion’s 16th Annual Basket fundraiser at the Campus Activity Team’s (CAT’s) Holiday Bazaar. Donations will give attendees the opportunity to win baskets sponsored by the Library and other campus offices.

Proceeds will purchase gifts for families through Delaware County’s Children & Youth Services.

The CAT’s Bazaar will be held in the Connelly Center Villanova Room on Thursday, Nov. 29, from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and on Friday, Nov. 30, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

The library basket includes a donation of $250 to the Red Cross’s Hurricane Sandy relief fund.

The Falvey University Staff Council  team created the basket using the generous donations from the library staff. Falvey USC team volunteers are William Greene, Gina Duffy, Becky Whidden, Marie Roman, Margaret Duffy, Jeannine Ahern, Joanne Quinn, Mary Heyman, Linda Hauck (incoming chair) and Phylis Wright (current chair).

Photograph by Alice Bampton

Carol Weiss, Villanova Institute for Teaching and Learning (VITAL) director, and her assistant, Ramona Kuczewski, planned the New Faculty Orientation program, part of which was held in Falvey Memorial Library. University Librarian and Director Joe Lucia welcomed faculty and introduced librarians and staff. Jutta Seibert, Academic Integration team leader, coordinated the Library’s portion of the orientation. Faculty were encouraged to sit in groups according to discipline for informal discussions with liaison librarians.

Lt. John Krewer, Lt. Timothy Rustico and Theodore Arapis

Patrick J. Okernick and Jutta Seibert

Sue Ottignon, Francois Massonnat and Salvatore Pappalardo