Library Closed Monday, September 3rd.

The library will be closed Monday, September 3th for Labor Day . Check the library's hours page for a complete list of Fall semester hours.

Free Bus Service!

Thought this might be useful to you all, if you haven't read it yet, particularly for those of you traveling from Nampa & Caldwell. From the Parking & Transportation Service at BSU:

This is a reminder about new bus services for the BSU community to begin August 27th:

1) All bus routes require a current BSU ID and BUS sticker to ride for free. The BUS sticker can be obtained for free at the Campus ID office, SUB info desk, and Parking office.

2) Route 44 from Middleton, Star and Eagle is now free with your BSU ID and BUS sticker. A map and schedule of route 44 is available on-line at http://www.valleyride.org/Portals/1/Rt44MapSked.gif

3) Route 40 and 42 are both free. These routes are combined with a new route 45. These three routes will serve as a link between BSU West and BSU Main Campus and operate from 5:51 AM to final routes just after 9:00 PM. A copy of the schedule can be viewed at http://www.boisestate.edu/parking/BSU%20Enhancement%20Summary%20Revised%20Aug2_1.pdf

Parking for those riding the 40, 42, and 45 routes is available for free at the West Campus, no permit needed. Three important things to remember about this new service:

* Schedule may vary depending upon weather, road conditions, construction, or other event. Riders are encouraged to allow adequate time for such variability
* Last route leaving BSU West departs at 9:15 PM and arrives at BSU Boise at 9:40 PM
* Last route leaving BSU Boise departs at 9:20 and arrives at BSU West at 9:48 PM

4) Route 43 from Caldwell to Boise is also now free, a copy of the map and schedule can be found on-line at http://www.valleyride.org/Portals/1/intercountyskeds/route43info0406.pdf

If you have any questions about bus routes you can call Valleyride at 345-RIDE or http://www.valleyride.org/

Memo

Welcome to UNIV 106 - Library Skills for Fall 2007

I'm excited to start a new semester and look forward to meeting most of you. I say "most of you" because this course is self-paced, meaning you can do as much or as little of it as you see fit--as long as you finish it by the deadline.

We have what we call "Target Dates" that simply point to specific dates when you should have finished certain assignments. You could also finish the course in one weekend. It's up to you.

But, with such freedom comes great responsibilities! While the course is not hard it is time consuming (you're in college now, huh?), so I urge you to pace yourself and use the Target Dates as a guide so you can have time to enjoy the course and your other responsibilities.

Everything about the course is available online at http://library.boisestate.edu/skills/ . You'll need to come to the library's Reference Desk so we can give you a quick orientation. Most questions about the course can be found at the Getting Started page, or ask anyone at the Reference Desk.

Or course, I'm available too. You can e-mail me at memocordova[at]boisestate.edu, you can IM me at freerangelibrarian (Yahoo IM), you can visit me at the Library in room 107D, you can call me at 426-1270, or you can reach me via Facebook. Whichever is easier.

I will use this blog to keep you updated about the course, library closures and/or events, or anything that may impact your access to the library.

Hope you have a great semester!

Memo

Just so you know...

This has been a summer of change at the Library: materials have moved, the new Starbucks will open in mid-August, the Library's birthday celebration is September 5th, and most of the Library computers now require Bronco Web authentication.

Other changes include:

• The Current Periodicals (for new journals and magazines) is now located on the north side of the Library (1st floor).The paperback browsing collection will move next to the Starbucks space (1st floor).
• New computers have been added and most will require login in with your Bronco Web user name and password (all floors).
• Starbucks' grand opening will be August 27th, the first week of classes. You can see the construction progress at our Flickr page.
• Print indexes have been rearranged and are still located north of the Reference Desk (1st floor).
• The Career collection, college catalogs and phonebooks are now located north of the Reference Desk, next to the Current Periodicals collection (1st floor).
• The Library catalog now shows you the floor location of all titles. A new Spanish interface will be available soon!
• New hires at the Library include four new librarians and one Head of Public Services.

The folks at the Reference Desk would be glad to give you a tour or answer any of your questions.