May 3rd - Last Day!

Thursday, May 3rd, at 6:00 pm, is the last day to turn in any and all completed assignments. No exceptions! Finish them all and turn them in. If you do have corrections you'll have additional time to work on them AFTER this deadline...but everything has to be turned in tomorrow!

Good luck!
Memo

The crunch begins!

May 3rd! This Thursday. That's the day you will need to turn in all your completed assignments. After May 3rd we will not accept any unfinished assignments!

Now, if you turned in everything by May 3rd you will still need to check with the reference desk to make sure you have no corrections to make. If you do have to correct any mistakes you have until 6:00 PM, May 10th--again, a Thursday--to finish them up.

The good news is that the first floor of the library will be open 24 hours starting Sunday, May 6 at 10:00 AM through Thursday, May 10 until 6:00 PM. An officer from the Boise Police Department will be on duty in the library all night and can provide escort service.

Of course, there will also be coffee, graciously provided by the Associated Students of Boise State University (ASBSU).

Good luck!
Memo

Assignment 19 shenanigans

Please note: assignment 19, question 4 for set 4 asks the following question:

Using the GALE DIRECTORY OF PUBLICATIONS AND BROADCAST MEDIA, (ask at the Reference Desk) find the complete mailing address of the newspaper entitled Laramie Daily Boomerang published in Laramie, WY

It's been brought to our attention that this newspaper is no longer in business, sooo...you can go ahead and skip this question as we're working to replace this answer with something different.

However, you can only skip it if your assignment 19 has a "Set 4" next to the title of "General Bibliographies".

Questions? Let me know!
Memo

Assignments are pouring in. Now, part 2

Now that you're working hard to get all your assignments in before the May 3rd deadline, please remember to double check at the reference desk to see if you have any corrections--the turnaround time for returning your checked assignments to your individual folders is fairly quickly (overnight, maximum).

Remember, you won't get credit until you successfully finish all UNIV 106 assignments & final project correctly. And May 3rd is scarily close at hand!

If you have any questions and/or concerns please see me or e-mail me ASAP.


Keep at it!
Memo

Target Dates FYI

TARGET DATES

• Course begins............January 16, 2007
  
• Assignments 1-7..........February 9, 2007
  
• Assignments 8-13........March 9, 2007
  
• Assignments 14-18......April 6, 2007
  
• Assignments 19-22......April 27, 2007

Course deadline: THURSDAY, MAY 3 by 6:00 pm
(Classroom instruction ends)

Corrections deadline: THURSDAY, MAY 10 by 6:00 pm
(last day of Finals)

Finals are coming...

We’re now in the middle of April, which means that finals are just down the hall, salivating at the prospect of psychologically trampling your homework-addled minds

The deadline for UNIV 106 is May 3rd. Any and all completed assignments have to be turned in by that date. If you haven’t started you better cram for it now as we will not accept your assignments—completed or otherwise—after the May 3rd deadline.

If you have any questions or concerns related to UNIV 106 please contact me right away.

Good luck!

Memo Cordova
memocordova at boisestate dot edu
426-1270

Target Date: April 6th

Today marks the date where you should, ideally, be finishing assignment 18. If you're lagging, I strongly encourage you to pick up the pace as the semester is quickly winding down and before you know it, Christmas will be here. Well, you get the idea...

Questions? Issues? Concerns? You know where to find me.

Memo
Office: 107D (Library)
426-1270

Target Date: March 9th

March 9th marks the third target date for UNIV 106. This means that, by March 9th, you should be finishing up assignment 13.

If you are keeping track with the Target Dates you are comfortably keeping pace with the course. Keep it up!

If you're falling behind you still have time to get going before the assignments crowd out any free time you might have before finals.

If you are done then I give you a hearty "Well done!" Feel free to pick up your assignments, take them home, frame the good ones, use the rest for insulation...whatever.

If you haven't started then you better get going!

So, where are you?

How goes it?

How is everyone doing? Have you started your assignments yet? Are you asking questions? I hope you are asking questions! As you work on your assignments you will notice the library has a vast collection of items, spread over several thousand feet of floor space.

Librarians are there to help you explore this abundant world of information, both to clarify where things are located and to help you beef up your research prowess.

So next time you come across something about the library you don't understand, please let us know! That's why we're here.

Memo

Library Closed on Monday, February 19th.

The Library will be closed Monday, February 19th for President's Day. Check out the Library's Hours page for a complete list of semester and holiday hours.

Revision Shenanigans

Please note: assignment 10, question #3 has been updated. The old question read:

• "From the list of indexes, select Newspaper Source, and search for articles..."

The database Newspaper Source is no longer available. Instead use the Custom Newspapers database. So now the revised question reads:

• "From either Find Articles or Online Databases, select Custom Newspapers, and search for articles..."
  

You still have to answer the question, just use the Custom Newspapers database to do so.

Questions? Let me know!

Memo

First Target Date: Friday, February 9th

Hey, the first target date approaches! February 9th is the first target date for UNIV 106. What does this mean? It means you should have finished assignments one through seven by this Friday.

Target dates are not deadlines but indicators to help you chart your progress and maintain a healthy pace. You will not get in trouble if you miss a target date. Similarly, you will not get in trouble if you finish the entire course in one day. It can be done! Just make sure you check for corrections if you do attempt to complete the course in one go.

The list of target dates is available at the UNIV 106 course website. If you haven't done the first seven assignments yet you should at least check with the reference desk so you can get started.

Assignment 7

Hi folks,

I'm back from a cold and windy Seattle, but before I get to the slide show I wanted to direct your attention to Assignment 7, question 5A: for those of you that printed the assignment, please skip this question.

The catalog is not displaying the "Current periodicals" record for you to answer correctly, so I deleted it from assignment 7 and changed it so now you only have to answer a new 5A and 5B.

If you haven't gotten up to assignment 7, then don't worry about it.

Questions? Let me know!

Memo

I'm away until Tuesday

I will be in Seattle from Friday, January 19 thru Tuesday, January 23 but will periodically check my e-mail and IM (Yahoo ID: freerangelibrarian) accounts if you need help.

You can also ask anyone at the Reference Desk for help (get used to asking librarians, it's what we're good at...the answering, not the questioning :-).

Or go to the Library Skills web page for course information or the "Getting Started" page for a refresher.

Memo

Library Closed January 14 & 15

Albertsons Library will be closed Sunday, January 14 and Monday, January 15 (Martin Luther King, Jr. Day). Regular hours will go into effect on Tuesday, January16, when classes begin.

A complete list of library hours for the semester is available in the library's Hours page.

Welcome to UNIV 106 for Spring 2007

Library Skills (UNIV 106) is an introductory course to the many wonders of libraries. I hope to see you and/or meet you when classes start January 16. If you are taking this course I would like to point a couple of things to you:

• > The course is available on the web at http://library.boisestate.edu/skills/
• > You need to come to the Reference Desk to "check in" so we can introduce you to the course.
• > Get started by reading the "Getting Started" page.
• > If you use Facebook you can check my profile: http://www.facebook.com/p/Memo_Cordova/52304655
• > The course is one credit, go-at-your-own-pace kinda class. We have no meetings or classroom. You use the library to complete the course.
• > If at any time you have issues/problems, please see me. I'm in the first floor of the library, room 107D.
• > Last, enjoy the class. It'll make you a smarter researcher.

Cheers,
Memo

The Fall 2006 UNIV 106 is Over

Congratulations on finishing UNIV 106! This blog and the course are over for the Fall 2006 school year, but will surface again for the Spring 2007 semester.

Grades are due to the Registrar's office by noon on Wednesday, December 20. I will probably post them by Monday.

Have a great holiday.
Memo

The Last Day!

This is it, folks. Tomorrow (Thursday, December 14, at 6:00 pm) marks the last day to turn in your corrected assignments. If you fail to successfully complete the course, you will fail the class.

If you passed the course you are welcome to take your assignments home with you. Cherish the memories and use the assignments as guides in your future research forays.

I hope this course was helpful. Or at least, that it made you aware of the breadth of information resources available to you, and that there are librarians willing and able to help you navigate an ever-growing universe of data.

Happy holidays!
Memo

New Course Deadline

If you turned in all your completed UNIV 106 assignments last Friday, December 8, you now have until 6:00 pm, December 14 to make your corrections.

Please note: this new deadline is only for students who have completed all UNIV 106 assignments but might have to make corrections on some of them.

And on the freaky side, the library had to close 15 minutes early on Friday due to an unforeseen incident. If you were at the library trying to finish your assignments when this happened, please let me know.

Cheers,
Memo

Course Deadline

Hi everyone,

As you may have guessed this Friday, December 8, marks the end of regular classroom instruction throughout campus. It's also the day you have to turn in any and all completed assignments for UNIV 106 by 6:00 pm.

Remember, to pass the course you have to successfully complete all assignments without mistakes. After December 8 you can check at the Reference Desk to correct any mistakes you may have incurred in your rush to beat the deadline.

If you have corrections to make you have until 6:00 pm, Thursday, December 14, to get them done. No assignments will be accepted after this day.

Note, also, that the library will be open 24 hours (first floor only) during finals week (12/12 - 12/14).

If you have any questions, please call me at 426-1270, IM me at my Yahoo! id: albertsonsthelibrary, or stop by my office in the first floor of the library, room 107D.

Good luck!
Memo