We’ve moved!
In the process of juggling servers, we decided to integrate the blog into our website, which has also moved.
Our website now lives at http://library.usao.edu/home/
From now on you will see any news right on the front page!
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This seems to be a question ask people ask themselves more than they ask us. It’s a shame too, because we lose an opportunity for shameless self-promotion to show you a lot of helpful information. As of June 11, 2007, the website is getting a new look as well as new features that should see a lot of tweaking and additions as time passes. As we improve the site, we will update this post to let you know what’s new.
In case you didn’t know, the site is at:
Update — June 22, 2007
Update — June 15, 2007
Updates — June 11, 2007
Have you lost something important and can’t think where else to look? If you spend a lot of time in Nash Library, be sure to ask at the Circulation Desk. Whenever we find something without an owner, we put it in Lost and Found here in the Library. Typical items include cell phones, jump drives, CDs, notebooks, workbooks, textbooks, gloves, hats, and student IDs. We always send Student IDs to Student Services but we keep the other items in case you come calling for it. Be sure to ask us if you’ve lost something.
Items in Lost and Found as of February 3, 2007 include a cell phone, a jump drive, a CD that accompanies a textbook, a course workbook, an umbrella, three notebooks, a pair of gloves, and a couple of hats. If you think you belong to any of these items, come check it out. You will be asked to describe any item you attempt to claim.
You’ve found just the article you’ve been looking for. Excitedly, you click the print icon and bolt to the front desk. As the workstudy pulls the still-warm sheet out of the print tray you see…
…one page of nothing!
So what went wrong?
Most scholarly articles are in the portable document format (or pdf) and don’t work like normal web pages. A special plugin lets you view them in your web browser; this plugin has its own printing button which you must use:
If you try to use the browser’s print button, you will not get the article, you will waste paper. There are other ways of printing from within the plugin as well, but this is the easiest.
Happy printing!
Rumor has it that a few of you complain every time you have to flash your ID to check out a book or pick up your printout. If your ID picture is like mine, then I don’t blame you for not wanting to show your ID. But (there’s always a but, isn’t there?) we have to make sure you are who you say you are for two very important reasons.
First, we have to make sure that we are checking out items to the right person. The library staff does not know everyone on campus so you could give us any name when you check out books and we wouldn’t know that you weren’t who you said you were. That’s why you have to show your ID.
Second, YOU, you lucky USAO student (unlike students at some other universities in Oklahoma who will remain nameless), don’t have to pay for you printouts if you show us your ID. So, ID = free printing, no ID = no free printing. Surely a freebie like that is worth showing us your ID, no matter how bad you look in the photo.
Nash Library hours depend on the trimester. If it’s the spring or fall semester, then we’re open
Monday – Thursday 8am – midnight
Friday 8am to 5pm
Saturday 11am – 5pm (selected Saturdays only)
Sunday 4pm – midnight
If it’s the summer trimester, then the hours are
Monday – Thursday 8am – 8pm
Friday 8am -5pm
Saturday 11am – 5pm (selected Saturdays only)
Sunday 2pm – 8pm
If you want to come to the library when school is not in session or if a holiday is involved, you should check this web page first.
You’ll soon be noticing a lot of questions on the blog. That’s because we’re asked a lot of questions about Nash Library over and over. So, we’re going to answer them on the blog and put them into the “Frequently Asked Questions” category. If you need an answer, look in the “Categories” (it’s over on your right) area and find “Frequently Asked Questions”. Got it? Good. Now just click on it and you’ll see the list of questions we’ve answered so far. I’ll try to answer one or two questions a day. It’s not like I’m Shakespeare 
