eMarketer database trial

ULM has been given free trial access to eMarketer, a market research resource that specializes in digital marketing. The trial period will be active until October 17th.

Here is the trial URL:

https://totalaccess.emarketer.com/Extranet.aspx?ulmonroe

2015 Fall Hours

The 2015 Fall Semester Schedule is now complete and you can see it here:

http://www.ulm.edu/library/hours.html

Library Closing at 11:30am, AC issues

 

Alas, the air conditioning at the ULM Library is  not working and is under maintenance. We are closing the library at 11:30am today. We will be open again on Monday, hopefully.

Stay cool this weekend!

Upcoming ProQuest Outage

Dear Customer:                     On Saturday, August 8, ProQuest will be upgrading its systems infrastructure to improve performance, security, and overall reliability of your products. The window is scheduled to begin at 10:00 PM Eastern Standard Time and will last for eight (8) hours. Regional times for this maintenance window are shown below: Eastern Daylight Time (EDT): Saturday, August 8, 2015 at 10:00 p.m. for 8 hours Brasilia Time (BRT): Saturday, August 8, 2015 at 11:00 p.m. for 8 hours Universal Coordinated Time (UTC): Sunday, August 9, 2015 at 2:00 a.m. for 8 hours Central European Time (CET): Sunday, August 9, 2015 at 3:00 a.m. for 8 hours Israel Standard Time (IST): Sunday, August 9, 2015 at 5:00 a.m. for 8 hours China Standard Time (CST): Sunday, August 9, 2015 at 10:00 a.m. for 8 hours Japanese Standard Time (JST): Sunday, August 9, 2015 at 11:00 a.m. for 8 hours Australian Eastern Daylight Time (AEDT): Sunday, August 9, 2015 at 12:00  p.m. for 8 hours During this time access to the ProQuest products listed below will not be available and users will be re-directed to a webpage explaining the scheduled maintenance: Research databases ProQuest platform (search.proquest.com) ProQuest Congressional (congressional.proquest.com) ProQuest Dialog (search.proquest.com/professional) Chadwyck-Healey databases (full list available here) CultureGrams eLibrary (all editions) ProQuest Digital Microfilm ProQuest Obituaries ProQuest Research Companion SIRS (all editions) Dissertation publishing ProQuest/UMI ETD Administrator Reference management/Research support tools RefWorks COS Funding Opportunities COS Scholar Universe Bibliographic and catalog enrichment resources Books in Print® LibraryThing for Libraries™ ProQuest Syndetic Solutions™ Resources for College Libraries Bowker TitlePage SAN (Standard Address Number) Thank you for being a ProQuest customer. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause. Please contact ProQuest Technical Support (tsupport@proquest.com) if you have questions or need assistance. You are receiving this mailing based on your ProQuest subscription preferences. Update your preferences. No longer interested in ProQuest mailings? Unsubscribe. 789 East Eisenhower Parkway Ann Arbor, MI 48108-1346  USA

ProQuest News and Newspaper Usage Survey

Do you use newspaper databases, or do you not? ProQuest wants to know! Please take a few minutes to fill out this survey:

https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/PQnewssurvey

Database outages

Due to maintenance and other issues, some services are currently unavailable:

• The library catalog
• Off-campus Access to most databases

We apologize for the inconvenience.

Library Summer Schedule

Summer's here! The Library Summer hours are online:  http://www.ulm.edu/library/hours.html

Spring Finals Hours

You're almost there!

Library hours extended April 26 -May 8

Sun  12 pm - 3 am
Tues-Thurs 7:30 am - 3 am
Fri   7:30 am - 4:30 pm
Sat 10 am - 4 pm

EBSCO System Maintenance May 1, 2015

Recently we received this message regarding EBSCO maintenance on the first of May:

We are writing to inform you that on Friday, May 1, 2015, the following services will be unavailable while we perform system updates:

•     EBSCO A-to-Z and LinkSource

•     EBSCO A-to-Z Administration Site

•     EBSCONET

•     EBSCONET ERM Essentials

•     EBSCO Usage Consolidation

•     Electronic Journals Service

The service window is scheduled to begin at 10:00 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time (-04:00 GMT) and you will be unable to access these services until the update is complete and full service resumes. We anticipate resuming full service by Saturday, May 2, 2015 at 12:00 a.m. Eastern Daylight Time (-04:00 GMT).

All EBSCOhost databases and interfaces will be available for the duration of the updates. We appreciate your patience. Please feel free to contact us if you have questions or need any assistance.

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U.S. / Canada: (800) 758-5995

Outside U.S. / Canada:  (Int'l access code) + 800-3272-6000
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Spring Holiday Hours

Spring Break is almost here!

Due to electrical maintenance on campus, the library will be closing at 5:30 pm on Thurs. April 2.

Thur, Apr 2   7:30am - 5:30 pm
Fri - Mon, Apr 3-6   CLOSED
Tues-Thur, Apr 7-9 7:30am -5:30pm
Fri, Apr 10  7:30 am -4:30 pm
Sat, Apr 11   CLOSED
Sun, Apr 12   12 pm - 2 am

2am closing is back!

Great news, night hawks! 👍

The library is once again closing at 2am on Monday through Thursday during normal operating hours!

Library resumes hours

 The university was closed due to poor weather this week, Mon. Feb 23rd to Thurs. Feb. 26th. But the ULM Library was open 9am - 6pm throughout the snows!

We now return to our regular hours, but we'll still be closing at 12am Mon-Thurs for a while instead of 2am.
Mon - Thurs 7:30a – 12a
Fri  7:30a – 4:30p
Sat  10a - 4p
Sun  12p - 12a

Mardi Gras Hours 2015

 

The library and ULM will be closed Feb. 14-17 for Mardi Gras. Have a good time!

Thurs  7:30 am - 12 am
Fri  7:30 am – 4:30 pm
Sat - Tues Feb 14-17  CLOSED
Wed - Thurs 7:30 am - 12 am

Attention Night Hawks!

Due to staff changes the ULM Library will close at 12:00 am Sun-Thurs starting  Feb. 8th!

Sorry for any inconvenience this may cause. We will return to full hours in the future.

MLK Holiday Hours

 

The library will be closed this weekend and on Monday in observance of Martin Luther King Day (Jan. 17-19). We will re open to normal hours on Tues. Jan 20.

Spring Semester 2015 Hours

Happy News Semester! The Library will being its Spring Hours on Monday, Jan. 12th. We'll be closed this weekend, but will be open on weekends starting on the 17th.

Sat & Sun (Jan 10-11)  CLOSED
Mon - Thurs  7:30 am– 2:00 am
Fri  7:30 am – 4:30 pm
Sat, Jan 17  10 am - 4 pm

You can now see the full Library Schedule for Spring Semester 2015 here:
http://ulm.edu/library/hours.html

Holiday Hours

Happy holidays!

The ULM Library will be open for wintersession until Dec. 23. The Library will close on Dec. 24 and re-open on Friday Jan. 2.

Mon Dec 22 - Tues Dec 23  7:30am–5:30pm
Wed Dec 24 - Thurs Jan 1 CLOSED
Fri Jan 2 -   7:30 am – 4:30 pm
Sat & Sun  CLOSED

Full Schedule & Hours

Thanksgiving Library Hours

Wed Nov 26 7:30 am – 1 pm
Thurs-Sat, Nov 27-29  CLOSED
Sun Nov 30  12 pm – 2 am

The Library will close today at 1pm for Thanksgiving Break, and will remain closed until Sunday when we return to normal hours.

Happy Thanksgiving!

Andrew Augustus Gunby Photograph Collection

ULM Library Special Collections curator Cyndy Robertson has released a new collection of photographs, the Andrew Augustus Gunby Photograph Collection. You can see it in the Louisiana Digital Library here:

http://cdm16313.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/landingpage/collection/p16313coll1

The Andrew Augustus Gunby Photograph Collection chronicles the life, family and times of Andrew Augustus Gunby (1849-1917) who was a lawyer, educator, author, and Louisiana appeals court judge (1881-1892) from Monroe, Louisiana. Gunby founded the Louisiana Chautauqua near Ruston, was active in the anti-lottery campaign of 1892 and authored Colonial John Gunby of the Maryland Line and From A.A. Gunby's Scribendus Book.

New Library Annual Report

The new ULM Library Annual Report is now available here:

http://www.ulm.edu/library/documents/ular-current.pdf