We have moved our blog!

Thank you for following our Boise State library news and resources blog for the past 10 years here on Blogger. Now another chapter begins as the Albertsons Library blog, "At The Library" moves to its new home at WordPress. Our new site is located at https://library.boisestate.edu/at-the-library/

Memo Cordova,
Associate Professor/Librarian

Goodbye Blogger! Hello WordPress!

After 10 years of using Blogger to disseminate news and information about Albertsons Library, we are excited to make the move to WordPress and become part of a unified campus-wide branding platform.

We will unveil the new Albertsons Library blog in the coming weeks once the migration of our content is completed. The URL http://albertsonslibrary.blogspot.com/ will no longer be updated.

Stay tuned for our new web address coming soon!

Library hours during the Summer break

And from said lovely spot you can gaze at the #AlbertsonsLibrary & be glad you're outside enjoying the #sun. #BoiseState ^MC

A photo posted by Albertsons Library (@albertsonslibrary) on Apr 20, 2016 at 1:34pm PDT

Now that the Spring 2016 semester is over it's time to gear up for Summer classes! Our hours will be different during the Summer. We will be closed Saturday, May 7 (Commencement day!) and Sunday, May 8. Starting May 9 we will be open:

• Monday thru Thursday: 7AM - 7PM
• Fridays: 7AM - 6PM
• Saturdays & Sundays: 10AM - 6PM

Our online resources are available 24/7 at http://library.boisestate.edu/ . Our hours can be found at http://library.boisestate.edu/about/hours/

Or you can connect with us via Twitter, Facebook, or at our Help & Services page: http://library.boisestate.edu/help-services/

We hope you have a fantastic Summer!

Library hours during Dead Week & Finals Week

"OPEN 24 HRS" by Tom Magliery is licensed under CC BY 2.0

It's about time! The Albertsons Library will be once again be open 24 hours a day for dead week AND Finals week starting on Monday, April 25. Here's the schedule (1st & 2nd floors only):

• Dead Week: 
• Monday, April 25 open 24 hours until Friday, April 29 when we close at 7 pm.
• Saturday, April 30: 10 am to 7 pm.

• Finals Week:
• Sunday, May 1: open 24 hours starting at 10 am until Thursday, May 5 when we close at midnight.
• Friday, May 6: 7 am to 5 pm
• Saturday & Sunday, May 7 & 8: Closed

During the late night hours staff will be on hand to answer questions and check out first-floor reserve materials. Our instruction classroom (L203) and its bank of computers will be open and available to students during dead and finals week.

Free coffee and treats will be provided each night (while supplies last!) by the Associated Students of Boise State University (ASBSU). An officer from the Boise Police Department will be on duty in the library all night and can provide escort service as needed.

Library Closed Presidents Day

The Boise State campus, and Albertsons Library, will be closed for the Presidents Day holiday on Monday, February 15th. Our hours and online collections can be accessed at http://library.boisestate.edu/.

In the meantime, spend some time reading about "Surveying Instructions from George William Fairfax to George Washington, October 13, 1750":

Access the George Washington Papers 1741-1799 at http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/gwhtml/gwhome.html

Intersession hours at the Albertsons Library

"Landscape with Snow and Fog" by Nick Page is licensed under CC BY 2.0

The library and the rest of the Boise State campus will be closed during the Winter Break. The library will be open limited hours during the Winter Intersession:

Friday, Dec. 18: 8:00 am to 5:00 pm
Saturday, Dec. 19 & Sunday, Dec. 20: CLOSED
Monday, Dec. 21: 8:00 am to 5:00 pm
Tuesday, Dec. 22: 8:00 am to 5:00 pm
Wednesday, Dec. 23: 8:00 am to 5:00 pm
Thursday, Dec. 24 through Saturday, Jan. 2/2016: CLOSED

Intersession hours will begin on Sunday, Jan. 3 when we will be open from 10 am to 6 pm. See our calendar page for our complete list of operating hours.

Congratulations to all our graduates, and Happy Holidays to our extended Boise State family!

Albertsons Library: computer system maintenance over Winter Break

During Winter Break, Albertsons Library will be performing maintenance on its main computer systems.

From 6-8:00 a.m. Monday, Dec. 21, most library online services will be offline for regular maintenance. This includes the library web server, interlibrary loan and the library catalog.

On Dec. 21 and 22, the back-end library catalog will be offline for a software upgrade. Patrons will be able to search for items held by the library by using the search box on the library’s homepage, but will not be able to place holds, renew books or see availability of items.

Searching for and downloading articles from databases or journals will be available. Downloading of ebooks will be available from the ebook vendor databases: EBL EBOOKS LIBRARY, EBRARY, and OVERDRIVE EBOOKS.

Cinema Night @ Albertsons Library

"Rashomon (1950)" by japanesefilmarchive is licensed under CC BY 2.0

The Cinema Society at Boise State (CSBS) is a student group interested in bringing the world of cinema to Boise State. Each month, in coordination with Albertsons Library, this student club will show a different film from around the world accompanied by optional readings and discussions hosted by Boise State students and staff.

The goal of these readings/discussion is to provide a platform for students interested in the culture, theories, and analysis of filmmaking. Attendees are not required to have any knowledge of films or filmmaking in order to join in our film community. Love talking about movies with your friends? Come hang out with us. A get-to-know-you session will be held before the movie so come on in and enjoy good company, fascinating conversation and snacks.

Cinema Night will start at 6pm in library room 201C. Here’s the schedule for fall semester:

Thursday, October 1st: Following, directed by Christopher Nolan
Thursday, October 29th: Rashomon, directed by Akira Kurosawa
Thursday, November 19th: The Spirit of the Beehive, directed by Victor Arice
Thursday, December 10th: Close-Up, directed by Abbas Kiarostami

Learn more about the club and the movies that will be shown with this guide http://guides.boisestate.edu/cinema.

Shelly Doty & Elizabeth Ramsey,
Albertsons Library 

Library hours during the Thanksgiving holiday

"Pie II" by Sarah is licensed under CC BY 2.0

The Albertsons Library will have reduced hours during the Thanksgiving holiday break. The library will be open:

• Sunday, Nov. 22: 10 am - 6 pm
• Monday, Nov. 23: 8 am - 5 pm
• Tuesday, Nov. 24: 8 am - 5 pm
• Wednesday, Nov. 25: 8 am - 5 pm
• Thursday Nov. 26 through through Saturday Nov. 28th: CLOSED

Regular hours resume on Sunday, Nov. 29. You can find updated library hours at http://library.boisestate.edu/about/hours.php

Have a safe and happy Thanksgiving Break!

Thank you to our Veterans!

Check out other Veterans Celebration events being held November 9-13. To celebrate Veterans Day, I’d like to share some information about resources, at Boise State and beyond, which are available to veterans.

Boise State University Veteran Services Center
In 2015, Veteran Services was awarded a $500,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Education, which is being used to establish a Center of Excellence for Veteran Students. Congratulations to the amazing staff who work hard to make Boise State such a great environment for student veterans!

ΩΔΣ (Omega Delta Sigma)
Student veteran and Veteran Services Education and Event Coordinator Travis Hayes founded the Idaho Alpha Chapter of this co-ed college fraternity for veterans when he began his education at Boise State. Travis was recently featured on the Vice President’s Faces of Student Affairs blog. For more information about chapter activity at Boise State University contact pres.ida@omegadeltasigma.com.

Boise State University Veterans Upward Bound
This office is officially dedicated to helping veterans (both students and community) achieve academically by offering free assessments, instructional programs, and career planning, but the caring staff make it feel like a community center of sorts.

Boise Vet Center
The Boise Vet Center is available to all combat veterans, and is staffed with some awesome therapists who care about the well-being of veterans.

Library Research Guide - Veteran Services
You can find all of the resources I mention (and more) here. My contact information is also listed on this page, and please don’t hesitate to use it. I’m great at finding resources, whether academic or otherwise, so if I don’t know the answer to your question, I’m pretty sure I can find out who does!

Ellie Dworak is the library liaison for Veteran Services, Veteran’s Upward Bound and Military Sciences.

Keyboard Kits Available at the Library

We now have four new Keyboard kits in our reserves collection. These kits are available to checkout for two weeks. Included in this stylish bag is: 1 Keyboard, 1 mouse, 1 4-port USB hub, and 1 SD card adapter. They have been put together to compliment our Arduinos and Raspberry Pi kits, but anybody in need of these accessories is welcome to borrow the kit.

Michael Mitchell,

Access Services

   

New Issue of BOGA, Basque Studies Consortium Journal Published

BOGA, the Basque Studies Consortium Journal, has just published its next issue. The multi-disciplinary, peer-reviewed, academic publication provides a forum for the scholarly study of all aspects of Basque culture. As an English language journal, the publication not only benefits the academic community, it also provides a valuable avenue for non-Basque speakers to learn about this unique and important culture.

In this latest issue, researchers have explored Ernest Hemingway’s experience with the Basque, Basque diaspora within the academic community, and the globalization of the Basque culture. Also featured is a look back at the Oñati study abroad program. Oñati, Gipuzkoa is home to the Basque Country’s first university built in 1548 and the first location for Boise State’s Basque study abroad program in the 1970s.

Gozatu! Enjoy!

Michelle Armstrong,
Scholarly Communications and Data Management Librarian

Honoring Our Veterans in November

"Vietnam War Memorial" by Donald Morrison is licensed under CC BY 2.0

Albertsons Library invites the community to view two special displays and a lecture to be held in honor of Veterans Day. Starting November 2nd, a display of Vietnam War artifacts from the collection of Dr. David Walker, professor in the Department of History, will be available in the library lobby. From November 5th, the library will also display a collection of resources related to veterans, including some items from a collection donated by Vietnam War veteran Jim Barker.

On Veterans Day, November 11th, Dr. Walker will speak about The Battle of Ia Drang, the U.S. Army's first battle with the North Vietnamese Army. The lecture is free and will take place in the Frank Church Room of Special Collections and Archives, 2nd floor of the library.

Elizabeth Ramsey,
Assistant professor/Librarian

“History of Idaho Comics” presentation at Albertsons Library

Join local comic book artist Al Asker for his “History of Idaho Comics” presentation on Wednesday October 7th at 6pm in Special Collections and Archives on the 2nd floor of Albertsons Library. 

Asker is the leading authority on the history of comic books in Idaho and has given presentations all over the Gem State. He wrote an article for Boise State University's The Blue Review titled “The Wild West of Sequential Art: A History of Comic books in Idaho” (https://thebluereview.org/idaho-comic-book-history/) and an article for Idaho Magazine called “Tarzan Loves Idaho” (https://www.idahomagazine.com/article/tarzan-loves-idaho/). He is the editor and publisher (and sometimes writer/artist) of Idaho Comics Group, the purveyor of the officially licensed Tarzan and the Comics of Idaho anthology and Idaho Comics.

Asker’s presentation coincides with the Idaho Comics exhibit currently on display in the Library. The exhibit feature selections from Boise State’s collections including works by Dennis Eichhorn, Jay O’Leary, Shanae Lavelle, Al Asker, Randall Kirby, Scott Pentzer, Allen Gladfelter, Jon Kiethley, and Todd Clark.

Special Collections and Archives maintains a growing collection of comic books, graphic novels, zines and small press publications by Idaho artists, authors, and poets.

Everyone is welcome to explore the collections in Special Collections and Archives, and Asker’s presentation is free and open to the public.

For more information contact archives@boisestate.edu.

Campus Read @ The Library 2015-2016

This year’s Campus Read selection is A Deadly Wandering: A Tale of Tragedy and Redemption in the Age of Attention by Matt Richtel. It’s available in print http://boisestate.worldcat.org/oclc/889949815 or electronic formats http://boisestate.worldcat.org/oclc/890913503 at Albertsons Library.

If you come across this stuffed car in the library stacks, bring it to the Circulation Desk for an entry into a drawing for a $10 Starbucks gift card. Find the car as many times as you can -- entries will remain in the box till the end of the scheduled drawings. The drawings will take place on 10/16, 10/30, 11/13, and 12/4. Winners will be notified via email, and need not be present to win.

Good luck!
Access Services Crew

Meet Amy, one of our new librarians!

Hello! I’m Amy James and I am the newest Assistant Professor/Librarian here at the Albertsons Library. Not only am I brand new at Boise State, but I am also new to this area. I was born and raised in Michigan (just outside of Ann Arbor—Go Blue!). I have lived in Michigan my entire life, so coming out to Boise was a huge adventure for me. My husband, Grant, and our cat, Sutton, were excited to come along for the ride (well…not so much the cat—but that’s another story!).

I received my undergraduate degree in English Literature and my Masters in Library and Information Science from Wayne State University in Detroit, Michigan. As a graduate student, I concentrated my coursework on academic librarianship and emerging technologies. When I graduated in 2012, I worked as a librarian and branch manager for one of the Genesee District Library’s 18 branch locations in Flint, Michigan. But, I always wanted to work in academia…so I decided to continue to pursue academic librarianship. About a year later I ended up with a tenure track Emerging Technologies Librarian position at a small private Christian Liberal Arts College in south central Michigan called Spring Arbor University. SAU was a great place to launch my career as an academic librarian. I was there for two years before ending up here at Boise State.

My position here focuses mostly on instructional design for information literacy sessions. I also help to incorporate technology into library curriculum, create library instruction video tutorials, and help students and faculty with their information needs! I am currently serving as the liaison to the Organizational Performance and Workplace Learning (OPWL) department.

Okay, okay…so besides working, I love to run. I have enjoyed running through the foothills and on the greenbelt since arriving. I am excited to run in the City of Trees Half Marathon here in Boise this October. I also love hiking, biking, kayaking, reading, drinking coffee…lots of coffee, learning about different cultures and trying new foods! Please stop by the library and say ‘hi’ if you get a chance—I’d love to meet you!

Library Closed on Labor Day

The university and the Albertsons library will be closed on Monday, September 7th for the Labor Day holiday. Regular library hours resume on Tuesday, September 8th.

Have a safe and happy Labor Day!

New: 2nd Floor Computer Space

Our space innovations continue with a new computer lab space on the second floor of the library. The space includes:

• 12 new computers
• A group study table with central plug-in for your laptop and the HDMI (High Definition Multimedia Interface) connector for the monitor. You can check out adaptors and a remote at the Circulation desk on the first floor
• An all-in-one Printer/Copier/Scanner (Black & White or Color printing)

Let us know what you think of these and other changes to your library spaces at
http://bit.ly/library_space. #3rdspace

Bill English,
Head of Library Computing & Information Services

The Library Welcomes You to Fall 2015!

The #GIMM Lab's getting new furniture & will also sport a DIRTT (Doing It Right This Time) wall. #3rdSpace #construction2015 #MakerLab #BoiseState ^MC

A photo posted by Albertsons Library (@albertsonslibrary) on Aug 4, 2015 at 12:07pm PDT

We're excited to have you back on campus! The library has gone through several transformations during the summer to accommodate several new campus ventures: the new GIMM (Gaming Interactive Media, and Mobile Technology) space, located on the first floor of the library (where Microforms used to be); the College of Innovation and Design, located on the 2nd floor of the library; and the library's own MakerLab, which will house our 3D printing, audio & video editing, microcomputing, and more.

To integrate these changes library staff shifted and moved about 850,000 volumes from the stacks, which means some things have been relocated--our audiovisual materials (DVDs, VHS, books on tape/CDs) are now on the third floor, and Government Documents will be located on the fourth floor. We will be adapting and updating you throughout the semester as projects are completed.

Other services you can enjoy at the library include:

• Wireless networking choices throughout the building 
• A computer lab on the first & second floors running the latest Microsoft Office suite
• Interested in 3D printing? We have them and we'll show you how to use them!
• Scanners and multiple BroncoPrint stations, including wireless printing
• Access to over 320+ research databases
• Library hours for the semester are listed in our calendar
• Browse Boise State research and scholarship via ScholarWorks
• Check out Mac and PC laptops, as well as iPads, chargers, headphones & other gear from the Circulation desk on the first floor
• Huge collection of eBooks via the library catalog
• Reserve study rooms in the library
• Streaming video databases on a wide range of subjects--watch online or on your portable device
• Subject guides in fields such as Digital Humanities, Raptor Studies, Management, Anthropology, and many more via the library's subject guides
• A Starbucks on the first floor, next to the library's main entrance
• Have questions about research, campus, or anything at all? We’re available to help you via our Help page or our social media channels like Facebook, and Twitter. We're well represented on Pinterest and Instagram too. 
• In a rush? Text us your questions at (208) 546-9982

We strive to make your research and study spaces as comfortable and useful as possible. Welcome to your Boise State Library. We hope you have a fantastic fall semester!

Try Out Your New Library Study Spaces

View of the Greenbelt, from the Library's 3rd floor.

Summer has been a busy time for Albertsons Library. While preparing space for the College of Innovation and Design, and GIMM Lab we have made a lot of changes to the library study spaces.

For several years, the 3rd and 4th floors of the library were considered quiet floors. As we have been opening up more study group rooms on those floors, we have found that the volume levels have (not surprisingly) increased in those areas. We want to develop study spaces that would accommodate multiple types of learners and the different ways students work. The 4th floor has the most group study rooms, so starting Fall 2015 semester, it will be opened up as a collaborative space. The 3rd floor will remain a quiet floor. We have also added an additional quiet space -- the McCain Room will now be designated as a quiet study area.

With all the changes we’ve been making, we want user feedback! These changes are experiments to see what works and what does not. We need to know how YOU use the library. Where is your space? Let us know via our survey or tweet us at @BSULibrary.

Mary Aagard,

Access Services