The South Dakota Oral History Center is moving!

As of November 20, 2013, the SDOHC will be located in the University Library, room 231. Contact information will remain the same. Phone number: 605-677-6386. Email address: sdohc@usd.edu OR Jessie.Neal@usd.edu.

"Play" Student Installation on 2nd floor

"Play" - Nov. 21 - End of Semester

Please check out the new installation exhibit, “Play” by USD art student, Ashley Lemon.  It’s at the top of the stairs on the west side. Now until the end of the semester.         

Play
“Play” is a table built to promote not only ‘play’ but also stress relief in the form of creation for adults. In a gallery the viewer is not supposed to touch the art; however, touch is a sense that we all used while growing up to learn about and understand different things. As a child we touch, we play, and we create with no worries, however as an adult many people lose the child like whims of touch, play and creation to jobs, bills, and many worries. “Play” was built in the hopes that when a viewer approaches it, they can escape the worries of an average adult and be pulled back to a time when the important part of the day was doing something that would make you smile. 

Database Trials - ending Nov 27

Philosopher's Index.Trial ends Nov 27, 2013
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• The Philosopher’s Index, considered the most thorough index of journal literature on the subject, features author-written abstracts covering scholarly research published in journals and books, including contributions to anthologies and book reviews.  

Native American Archive. Trial ends Nov 27, 2013 (Use the pull down menu at the top of the page to choose this database)
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• Whether tracing your heritage or learning about Native American history, original records shed new light on the people and events of the past. Over 1.5 million images available for the first time on the Internet. 

Library Hours - Thanksgiving Weekend

Tuesday - Wednesday (11/26-27)	7:30 am - 5 pm
Thursday - Saturday (11/28 - 30)	Closed

EBSCO digital historical archives trials

TRIALS available now until November 27, 2013

1. African American Historical Serials Collection

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This collection was developed in conjunction with the American Theological Library Association (ATLA) as part of an effort to preserve endangered serials related to African American religious life and culture.

2. American Antiquarian Society (AAS) Historical Periodicals Collection: Series 1

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This collection includes digitized images of American magazines and journals never before available outside the walls of the AAS, and is not available for acquisition in digital form from any other source.

3. African American Archives 

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These unique original documents reveal a side of the African American story that few have seen before.

Withdrawn exhibition in Gallery 110

Please check out Alix Suckstorf's “Withdrawn” exhibition in Gallery 110.
On display through December 1, 2013.
 She used the library’s withdrawns!

Veteran's Day Library Hours

Veterans  Day Hours

Sunday (11/10) 10 am -11 pm

Monday (11/11) 10 am - 2 am

Art Reception - Nov. 1st

Please join us for a reception celebrating our current art exhibits Friday Nov. 1,   4-6 pm.

University Libraries are exhibiting a unique collection of altered books at the University of South Dakota with “Bound and Unbound II: Altered Book Exhibition,” on the second floor of the I.D. Weeks Building.

Reanna Schultz's Dressed and Repressed is being displayed first floor University Libraries Galleries.

Both exhibits are up through Friday, Dec. 20.

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Participate in Corroborations 2014

CORROBORATIONS 2014
Exhibition Concept
This exhibition will pair University of South Dakota visual arts and poetry majors in order to create new collaborative work and to both broaden acceptance and appreciation of alternative art disciplines. Up to sixteen pairs will be selected by the former South Dakota Review poetry editor, Jenny Yang Cropp, and Director of University Art Galleries, Alison Erazmus. There will be no set theme to this exhibition, however, all work created as a result of these collaborations must be new and original. Selected pairs are free to choose how they approach the collaborative process.

Venue
University Libraries, 2nd Floor Exhibition Cases

Exhibition Dates
January 16 - May 2, 2014

Reception
Thursday, April 17, 2014, 4:30 – 6 pm
A reading of each poem will be given during the reception.

Eligibility
The exhibition is open to University of South Dakota undergraduate and graduate students majoring in art and undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral students majoring in poetry. Acceptable visual media include ceramics, illustration, graphic design, painting, photography, printmaking, sculpture, and mixed media. Electronic media will not be accepted.

Entry Information
Visual artists will submit three-five digital images (jpg format, high resolution – 300 dpi) of their artwork on disk. Images must be of artwork that has been completed in the last two years. Visual artists should also include a short, one paragraph artist statement. Poets will submit three poems on disk. Poems must have been completed in the last two years. Entrants must include their name, address, phone number, email address, and year in school. Disks of artwork and poetry should be sent to:

Alison Erazmus, Director of University Art Galleries
University of South Dakota
Warren M. Lee Center for Fine Arts, Room 103E
414 East Clark Street
Vermillion, SD 57069

Entry Deadline:
November 8, 2013

Pairings Announced:
November 15, 2013

Collaborations Due:
January 13, 2014 (Bring to Libraries, Rm 131C)

Coordinators
Jenny Yang Cropp, PhD Student in English
Alison Erazmus, Director of University Art Galleries

Citation frustration? We can help!

Survey of Reference Management Tools Workshop

Oct. 22  10-11 am in MT 110

Submit your questions beforehand to: bit.ly/CitationQA

Library Voicemail Unavailable

Please be advised that voicemail services for any phone numbers starting with the prefix 677 are down.  At this point there is no timeframe on when it will be back up. 

Data-Planet Trial

Trial:  8-November, 2013

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