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Put a book in your ear (or your iPod) and on your Kindle (or Nook)

June 20, 2012 by
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Middlebury students, faculty, and staff can “check-out” from the Library eBooks for Kindles (or the Kindle app), Nooks, or other eReaders and audiobooks for your iPod (or any other mp3 player).

Visit our eBook & AudioBook Home, or visit go/bookstogo (go.middlebury.edu/bookstogo).

(Very soon, all of these books with be in our library catalog too.)

You can also download a special app for your Mobile device (Android, Blackberry, iPhone/iPad, etc.) and check-out eBooks and audiobooks directly. Download the right mobile app here. From the app, search for “Middlebury College” when you’re asked to Add a Library.

These eBook and audiobooks are available with support from an ACE/Alfred E. Sloan Faculty Career Flexibility Award to promote Work/Life Balance at the College. So download a book, and then relax, or take a walk, go for a run, cook a meal, or take a very long drive, all with a book playing in the background.


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Lisa Terrier named Helpdesk Manager – Service Requests

May 30, 2012 by
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Lisa Terrier has been promoted to Helpdesk Manager – Service Requests. Lisa has been working in Service Requests for several years, and she was previously the manager of the Labs and Distribution workgroup. The other members of the Service Requests group, Nate Burt, Cindy ‘Pij’ Slater and Mack Roark will report to Lisa, along with the successful candidates for our two open positions. Lisa joins the team of managers in User Services: Peggy Fischel, Joe Durante, Dan Frostman and Petar Mitrevski.
Please join me in congratulating Lisa on this well deserved promotion.

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Library and Helpdesk Hours for Memorial Day Weekend

May 23, 2012 by
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The Davis Family Library and Helpdesk is open 9-5 for the rest of this week, including Saturday and Sunday. The library and Helpdesk will be closed Monday for Memorial Day, then open 9-5 the rest of next week.

The Armstrong Library is open 9-5 the rest of this week, then closed Saturday, Sunday, and Monday.

For a full listing of library and/or Helpdesk hours, please consult go/hours.

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Download library ebooks to the Kindle Fire

May 4, 2012 by
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In addition to the iPad, iPhone, Android devices, and Nook, tens of thousands of our ebooks can be downloaded directly to the Kindle Fire with the free Bluefire app.

Here are the steps:

  1. With the Bluefire app on your Kindle Fire, access our ebooks at go/ebooks.
  2. If you don’t have the Blurefire app installed, our ebook site automatically links to Bluefire instructions for download.
  3. Once the Bluefire app is installed and authorized, click ‘download’ and your ebook will download and open.
  4. You can also transfer downloaded content from your PC or Mac to your Kindle with Adobe Digital Editions.
  5. We’ve got step-by-step directions on downloading ebooks to your desktop here. Or, if you’d rather not download, you can read ebooks online through the Kindle browser.

Enjoy, and look out for LIS’s very own Kindle Fires, available at a library circulation desk near you. (Sometime this summer we hope.)

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Manage Your Publications in our Website

May 2, 2012 by
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I have added Drupal’s Bibliography Module to the main website. This allows you to enter structured information about your publications, which you can then have appear on your Profile. The information will also appear in a central, searchable database of publications and may be displayed on other sites, like MiddLab.

Additionally, each person now has a space on the college website where they can post information about themselves and maintain a profile. To get to your page, go to http://www.middlebury.edu/middlebury_site/USERNAME where USERNAME is the first part of your email address, before the ‘@’ symbol. You can add a profile to this page if you’d like, or copy one here that already exists elsewhere on the Middlebury website.

A guide to using these new features is available on the LIS Wiki.

Once you’ve added publications, you can choose to have them appear on your profile using the citation style of your choice.

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Discover new books, without stepping foot in the library

April 25, 2012 by
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Though we love to see you in the library, we’ve added a new website where you can view a changing sampling of new books, DVDs, and other materials as we acquire them for the College’s Libraries. Check out our new feature and then check those books out and start reading. You’ll have to come to the library for that.



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