Spring Break reference

Reference services will be available electronically at libanswers.usd.edu during Spring Break, March 5-9.

APPLY - Books for the Human Library

Library Hours - Spring Break

Friday (3/2) 7:30 am - 5 pm*
Saturday - Sunday (3/3-4) Closed*
Monday - Friday (3/5-9) 8 am - 5 pm*
Saturday (3/10) Closed*
Sunday (3/11) 10 am - 2 am

Takeover

Students in Joe Schaeffer’s Publication Design course in the College of Fine Arts are displaying a social media campaign titled “Takeover” from February 13 to March 30, 2018 in the second floor of the library. In this display, the students wish to inform the campus about the every growing threat of antibiotic resistance and preventative measures they can take.

NEW URL - Digital Library of South Dakota

The Digital Library of South Dakota has moved!  New URL - http://explore.digitalsd.org/

No reference services - Feb. 17-19

The reference desk will close at 5 p.m. today, February 16 and reopen Tuesday, February 20. We will not be monitoring electronic questions over the holiday.  

Library Hours - Presidents Day

Saturday (2/17) 10 am - 5 pm
Sunday (2/18) 11 am - 5 pm
Monday (2/19) 10 am - 2 am

Current subscription to Annual Reviews Cancelled

The publisher, Annual Reviews (AR), introduced a new pricing structure as of January 2018 which would increase our AR subscription cost by 19%. USD librarians needed to seriously consider the continuation of our subscription to this resource because a typical increase for an ongoing subscriptions is 3-6 %. USD Libraries made the decision to cancel AR.

Access to volumes published prior to 2018 will remain available. For content published after January 1, 2018, users can generally obtain articles via interlibrary loan. Much of the health and medicine related content becomes available in PubMed Central (PMC) after a 6 – 12 month embargo.

Trial - NYTimes.com

NYTimes.com covers a variety of topics with unsurpassed quality and depth through breaking news articles, blogs, videos and interactive features. In addition, you will be able to share content on social networks, save articles of interest, subscribe to email newsletters and set up personalized alerts. Your access to NYTimes.com is available from any location, on or off campus.

Fill out our feedback form and let us know what you think about this resource: http://libguides.usd.edu/trial

Link to trial: https://login.ezproxy.usd.edu/login?url=https://www.nytimes.com/grouppass

• The trial will expire on 5 February, 2018.
• Information on how to set up access can be found in this guide: http://libguides.usd.edu/NYT

Library Hours - Martin Luther King Day

Saturday (1/13) 10 am - 5 pm*
Sunday (1/14) 11 am - 5 pm*
Monday (1/15) 10 am - 2 am

New Library Phone Numbers

In January 2018, the library will be transitioning from our current analog phone system to a digital phone system—Voice over IP (VoIP).

During January, the current analog phone system will remain available. 

Phone numbers for the Circulation Desk and Inter library Loan have not changed.  

Phone numbers on the Library website have been updated.

A listing of updated staff phone numbers can be found at http://www.usd.edu/library/staff

Reference Desk hours

The Reference Desk will resume desk hours on Jan. 8.   Until then, we will have limited online coverage. 

Library Hours - Christmas and New Years

University Libraries will be closed Dec. 23- 26 and Dec. 30 - Jan. 1

Library Hours - Winter Interim

Winter Interim - Dec. 14 - Jan 7*

Monday - Friday 8 am - 5 pm*
Saturday and Sunday - Closed

One Search/Primo maintenance Dec. 10

One Search/Primo will be down for maintenance on Dec. 10 from Midnight to 4am.  One Search maybe unenviable during this time.   

2017 Library Annual Report

Please find the FY2017 library annual report at this link:
 
http://apps.usd.edu/administrative/flip/university-libraries-annual-report-2017/

Ulrich's Upcoming System Downtime

Ulrich's Periodical Directory will be down for maintenance on Thursday, Dec. 7 at noon. 

Library Hours - Finals

Finals Week Dec. 7- 13

Thursday (12/7) 7:30 am - 2 am*
Friday (12/8) 7: 30 am - 11 pm*
Saturday (12/9) 7:30 am - Midnight*
Sunday (12/10) 10 am - 2 am*
Monday (12/11) 7:30 am - 2 am*
Tuesday (12/12) 7:30 am - 2 am*
Wednesday (12/13) 7:30 am - 5 pm

Taylor & Francis Online: scheduled downtime Dec. 2

Please be advised that Taylor & Francis Online will be unavailable, for up to 1 hour, on Saturday 2nd December  @ 6 pm. This is due to a scheduled improvement to the platform infrastructure.

Snacks and Coffee - Dec. 6