8/28 - Library Catalog Upgrade & Downtime

PALS (http://www.mnpals.org/) is upgrading the online catalog for all MnPALS Libraries, including the Darrell W. Krueger Library, to improve database quality and search consistency. In order to accomplish this, portions of the online catalog will be down from 5:00 pm, Friday, August 28 until 8:00 am, Monday, August 31, 2009.

Although students, faculty, and staff will be able to search the catalog, some features and functionality will be unavailable during this time. Patrons will be unable to log-in to renew books, place holds, or view the current status of individual records. In order to make the catalog available during the upgrade, a snapshot of the catalog was taken on Friday, August 21, which means that items placed on Course Reserve since Friday, August 21, will not be reflected in the library online catalog. Circulation (item check-out) and Interlibrary Loan service will be available through alternate means. Interlibrary loan requests may be entered using the blank form. All requests will be forwarded to an email account. The requests will be on hold in that account until Monday morning after 8 am when the staff will manually input each request in the order in which it was received.

Thank you for your patience during this upgrade.

8/24 Where is my class? WSU Building Abbreviations

WSU Campus Map
http://www.winona.edu/parking/2843.htm

WSU Building Abbreviations:
GI: Gildemeister Hall
LO: Lourdes (West Campus)
MA: Maxwel Hall
ME: Memorial Hall
MI: Minne Hall
MR: Maria (West Campus)
NL: Darrell W. Krueger Library (New Library)
PA: Pasteur Hall
PC: Performing Arts Center (PAC)
PH: Phelps Hall
SL: Science Lab Building
SO: Somsen Hall
ST: Stark Hall
WA: Watkins Hall
WR: Wabasha Recreational Center

HO: Howell Hall (no longer exists; razed in the summer of 2009)

8/17 Getting started: Information for New Faculty

Check out the Library's page for new faculty:
http://www.winona.edu/library/guides/informationfornewfaculty.html

Please contact your librarian liaison for more detailed information and research sessions for your students: http://www.winona.edu/library/liaisons/



For more information and returning faculty:
http://www.winona.edu/library/guides/informationforfaculty.html

8/17 WSU Orientation Week: Information Here

From the WSU homepage you can find a link to WSU Orientation schedules for new and transfer students and for faculty/staff.

Student WSU orientation information: http://www.winona.edu/advising/orientation.asp

Faculty/staff WSU orientation information:
http://www.winona.edu/academics/index.asp