4/29 - 3rd Annual Library Root Beer Floats!

Starting at 1:00pm on Wednesday, April 29th, the Darrell W. Krueger Library will serve Root Beer Floats in the Library's Atrium. Floats will be served until the 1919 root beer is gone.

4/23 Library Hours Extended for Finals

Check out the WSU Library's hours for your extended study needs.

Library hours for finals: http://www.winona.edu/library/about/hours.html#finals

Spring 2009
April 24 Friday 7:30am-10:00pm
April 25 Saturday 10:00am-10:00pm
May 1 Friday 7:30am-10:00pm
May 2 Saturday 10:00am-10:00pm
May 3 Sunday 1:00pm-2:00am
May 4 Monday-Wednesday 7:30am-2:00am
May 7 Thursday 7:30am-7:00pm
May 8 Friday (Commencement) 7:30am-5:00pm

NEW! Access WSU databases with your WSU username & password

NEW! Access WSU databases, from off-campus, with your WSU username & password.  

You can also continue to access the WSU databases from off-campus with your WSU Library barcode (and last name as your password)..

4/20 Library Hours Extended for Finals

Check out the WSU Library's hours for your extended study needs.
Library hours for finals: http://www.winona.edu/library/about/hours.html#finals

Spring 2009
May 1 Friday 7:30am-10:00pm
May 2 Saturday 10:00am-10:00pm
May 3 Sunday 1:00pm-2:00am
May 4 Monday-Wednesday 7:30am-2:00am
May 7 Thursday 7:30am-7:00pm
May 8 Friday (Commencement) 7:30am-5:00pm

Research Help Available! Check out our schedule...

Research help is available from librarians. Stop by the reference/research help desk or check our schedule for the hours help is available.

Research Consultation Hours Approximately 8-12 hours a day, a librarian will either be available at the Reference Desk or on-call in the library. If a librarian is on-call, please see one of the service desks to have the librarian called to assist you with your research. You are also encouraged to contact a librarian for a particular subject area.
Please visit the library's liaisons web page for further information.

Research Consultation Hours for the Academic Semesters*
Monday-Thursday 9:00am-9:00pm
Friday (Librarian on-call) 9:00am-4:00pm
Saturday 10:00am-6:00pm
Sunday 1:00pm-8:00pm

*Research consultation hours change according to the WSU's Holiday closings, semester breaks, and interim hours. For further information on dates, please consult the Library's Hours web page.

4/15 Last Athenaeum at 1pm - Elements and Natural Processes: Designing a Sustainable Path for Large, Complex Systems by Marilyn Klinkner

Join us Wednesday April 15, 2009 at 1:00pm for a presentation by Marilyn Klinkner titled "Elements and Natural Processes: Designing a Sustainable Path for Large, Complex Systems."

"Fixing problems” at the level of detail in complex systems, is an almost certain way of solving one problem by inventing another.” - Karl Henri Robert

Reductionism and Compartmentalization demolish on-going essential processes in art, poetry and nature. This talk will present a powerpoint on sustainable development, where analysis and competence are more essential than values, because the development is success and action-based, back-casted from a vision of the future.

The more rigorously “sustainability” is defined, the easier it is for levels of planning to be built upon. All involved need a shared mental picture of what we want to correct, no matter what their discipline.

“Nobody can look into the future”, Einstein said, “but we can invent it. “ The goal of the talk is to present a model of arriving at a holistic campus initiative dynamically oriented toward planned economical and sustainable action. The audience will see a developed and tested intellectual and institutional structure for inventing and integrating processes to achieve goals in communities.

4/9 Thursday Library Hours - before spring break day

On Thursday April 9, 2009 the Library is open from 7:30am to 12midnight. The Library is open regular hours on from 7:30am to 6:00pm, the WSU spring break day - Friday April 10, 2009. Please check the Library's Hours web page if you have additional questions.

Library Hours: http://www.winona.edu/library/about/hours.html

4/8 Athenaeum at 1pm - The Art of Winona's Drinking Water Fountains: Celebrating Our Water Commons by Joan Francioni and Vicki Englich

Join us for this week's Library Athenaeum on Wednesday April 8, 2009 for The Art of Winona's Drinking Water Fountains: Celebrating Our Water Commons, a presentation by Joan Francioni and Vicki Englich. , The Athenaeum is located on the second floor of the Darrell W. Krueger Library.

The presenters will discuss the inspiration for and process of creating “Clean Water Brings Life,” the bronze sculpture of otters playing.Power’s fountain will be placed at the Lake Park by the Band Shell and will serve as an emblematic symbol of a community committed to the honor, protection and celebration of clean water as central to the health and wealth of the city.

Computer Science professor Joan Francioni will also speak on the drinking water project in general. It was collaborative effort by city, county and university groups to inspire stewardship of our public local water and to promote a broader understanding of regional, national and international water issues.More than 800 people in the Winona community participated in the online voting to choose the artist with the favored drinking fountain design.

Please note: the drinking fountain project winner, Lynette Power, will not be able to attend.

The event is free and open to the public.For more information and event descriptions, visit: www.winona.edu/library/athenaeum.

4/3 Friday 3:30-4:30pm -Library course pages will not be available

On Friday April 3, 2009 from 3:30-4:30pm the customized Library Course pages will not be available due to an upgrade for the server. Thank you and sorry for any inconvenience.