Idaho Wildlife Resources & Display

This image is from a poster in the library’s Curriculum Resource Center
collection and available for check out.

You see them almost everyday. Cute, furry little things. No, not Tribbles, red squirrels! You can learn more about red squirrels and other Idaho wildlife through these websites:

Nature Guide for Boise Parks http://parks.cityofboise.org/vo-learn-teer/boise-parks-community-education/nature-guide-for-boises-parks/mammals/

Boise Green Belt https://parks.cityofboise.org/parks-locations/parks/greenbelt/

Idaho Governor's Office of Species Conservation http://species.idaho.gov/

World Center for Birds of Prey http://peregrinefund.org/visit  and, closer to April, watch nesting falcons and kestrels live http://www.peregrinefund.org/webcams

Idaho Fish and Game MK Nature Center

https://fishandgame.idaho.gov/public/education/?getPage=234

Or, check out one of the resources from the Idaho Wildlife display designed by Laura Coleman, Access Services, at the Circulation desk. We also have library resources for those interested in the unique Raptor Studies program here at Boise State:

Raptor Studies Guide  http://guides.boisestate.edu/c.php?g=74084&p=476203

Falconry Pinterest Board https://www.pinterest.com/albertsonslib/falconry/

Audrey Williams,

Access Services

Making room for the College of Innovation and Design

Did you read the Update news blurb about changes and improvements to Albertsons Library this summer? We're making room for more than just the MakerLab! The last paragraph states, "The library will also host the College of Innovation and Design (COID) offices on the second floor. In order to make room for the new college, the library will be relocating furniture and collections."  

Well, what does that mean? It means the Curriculum Resource Center (CRC) on the second floor of the library is shifting and moving to make space for the COID dean's office, associate dean's office, administrative assistant area, conference room, and a collaborative lab space. These offices will be located on the North side of the 2nd floor. This construction project will begin next week, and conclude sometime during the Fall semester.   

What is moving where?

Here is a what will remain the same:

• Dewey​/Curriculum​ collection (​p​K-12) will remain on the 2nd floor, just shifted a little bit
• ​p​K-12 Idaho adoption textbooks will ​still be on the 2nd floor near the Dewey collection
• You can still check-out ​p​K-12 materials at the circulation desk on the 1st floor​ (and return them there)​

Here is what will change:

• Non-K-12 DVDs and CDs will move to the 3rd floor
• Margie Ruppel's office will now be on the first floor, near Starbuck's. She will continue to be the library liaison to the College of Education.
• Roberta Pena's considerable experience and skills are being transferred to a new position in our Technical Services unit
• Assistance with K-12 materials will now be provided from the 1st floor reference desk, where there are a variety of ways to contact us, or just stop by!

Margie Rupple and Mary Aagard waiting to assist you at the reference desk

Library faculty members and staff are excited to partner with and host the COID. We can't wait to see what this new college brings to Boise State!

Follow along with this project, and construction on the first floor, as Albertsons Library makes room for the MakerLab (and the COID).

Student illustrator: Perry's Secret

Book cover used with permission by the author.

Alyssa Guy is a student majoring in Psychology at Boise State, a work study student helping process inter-library loan requests at Albertsons Library, and, as of May, also a published illustrator of a children's book. The book, Perry's Secret, was written by Jill Roberson-Blatt and published by Panacea Press in Tennessee.

The book's author, friend of a family member, connected with Alyssa after seeing her work on her Facebook page and deviantART, a sort of social media site for artists and art enthusiasts. Alyssa has been a fan of Japanese illustration styles in anime and manga, and the influence shows in her work, but for Perry's Secret she went for a slightly more realistic look for the pen and colored pencil drawings.

Perry's Secret is the second in a series of children's self help books by Roberson-Blatt. Alyssa has already been contracted to do illustrations for the next book in the series and hopes to begin work this summer. Perry's Secret will be available in the Curriculum Resource Center of Albertsons Library, and in Special Collections.

Elizabeth Ramsey
Assistant Professor, Reference & Instruction Librarian