University Author Reception

Albertsons Library is proud to host the fourth annual Faculty and University Author Recognition reception to honor the scholarship of Boise State University faculty and staff.

The university community is invited to a reception Wednesday, February 4th from 3:30 to 5:00 pm in the McCain room, second floor of Albertsons Library.

The author bibliography is available online at: http://library.boisestate.edu/faculty/ .

Please join us to celebrate and recognize the scholarship and research accomplishments of Boise State University faculty and staff!

It's a New Day.

I shudder to think what kind of life you must lead if you haven't seen or heard about the 44th Presidential Inauguration for the United States of America. That is, assuming you are American. And even if you aren't, it really is amazing how excited foreigners are about the swearing in of President Obama.

I've been getting emails from my customers all over the world congratulating me on our new President. Like it's my birthday or like I just got married. I've found it pretty exciting that everyone is turning to see where we are going to go next with our new President. I am personally looking forward to repairing our relationship with the rest of the world. As a World Traveler the reaction to "I am from the United States" changed drastically over the last six years. I remember feeling a sense of pride from the reaction of others when I said I was American. Now, in the last few years, I've had to really keep quiet and refrain from saying I am from America out of fear for my safety.

I do not expect that everyone is happy about the changing of the guards, but I do think we are all hopeful of what new changes are going to take place and will those changes repair our broken economy AND our relationship with the rest of the world.

Will.I.Am wrote a song that I feel is a good reflection of how most of America (mainly the middle class haha) is feeling. His video can be seen on youtube.com at:

It's a New Day

Elaine
(writing from Valencia, CA today)

Welcome to your library, Spring 2009

Albertsons Library welcomes you to another exciting Spring semester! We work hard to make the library a comfortable place to study and a resource to power up your research endeavors.

Here are some of the things we have in store for you for this semester:

• New research databases! Access articles from thousands of journals and magazines in our growing collection of online resources, such as the new suite of databases from ProQuest (ProQuest Central, ProQuest Research Library, ProQuest Social Science Journals, and dozens more--the majority which offer full text). Check out the A-Z list for a list of all the databases available at your disposal.
  


• Find research resources using our extensive interactive subject guides in fields such as Public Administration, Economics, Kinesiology, Philosophy and many more via Alberstons Library's LibGuides system.
  


• We're up to some 110 desktop computers in our student lab, with machines on the first and second floors. Included are two multimedia stations with additional hardware and software so that students can use to create and edit multimedia projects.

• Get in touch with your personal librarian to help guide your research.
  

• Want to use a laptop? Check one out from the library's Circulation desk and use them in the library. We have 10 ready to go. Coming soon (thanks to a small grant): Mac laptops!
  


• Digital screens in presentation rooms on the first and second floors, so you can plug in your laptop and view your presentation on the big screen.
  


• A friendlier and revamped Frequenty Asked Questions (FAQ) page.


• We're creating more helpful video tutorials on how to use library resources.
  
  
• Helpful pages just for Faculty and Graduates.


• A revamped UNIV 106 course, a.k.a. Library Research, is now available as a distance course as well as several in-person courses.
  


• Implementation of the button across a variety of core databases to search and locate full text articles across multiple databases.

We hope you find these features help you succeed here at Boise State University. Let us know if you have questions or suggestions on how to improve your scholarly persuits.

It's as Easy as FDLP

Have you ever heard of the FDLP? It's the Federal Depository Library Program and the Albertsons Library is a selective depository for federal government publications. Watch a new video below about the program:




For higher resolution, see the FDLP website.

Happy New Year!!

Yet another year has come and gone. I swear the older I get the faster they go by.

So my blog question today, for all of you, is, "Have you set your New Year's Resolution"? I find there are two types of people. The type that set Resolutions and those of us whom don't.

For me, the word is kind of synonymous with "temporary". And can give us all a feeling of failure. While I've never been one to set a "resolution" I certainly have been a life long goal setter.

You do not have to limit it to your personal life. In fact, I find that we tend to keep our goals more realistic in our professional life. So my first suggestion is to keep it real. Don't set yourself up for failure. Baby steps. I like to set several goals that are simple and can be completed in a shorter time line. Then I set one big juicy goal that will take some commitment on my part, but the rewards are totally worth it. So I really would love to hear what kind of goals you've set for yourself for 2009. Perhaps something you've decided to do could become a great suggestion for someone else.

My simple goals professionally will be:
Keep my desk organized. I am KNOWN for my disorganized desk (even though I know where everything is).
Increase my education contribution to the industry. For example, I'm about to finish our Star Nail DVD (a HUGE undertaking) and am looking to help a friend launch her new Association for the Nail Industry.
Be more consistent with my blogging.
Step up my artwork and continue to try to come up with new innovative ideas for my shoots.

(there's more of this stuff)

My big Juicy Goal:
To increase Cina Sales. I just missed my 2008 Goal by about a teeny tiny margin. This goal kind of goes hand in hand with my education goal. I need to step up my seminars to show techs that they A) do not need to be artistic at all and B) can make a ton of money doing nail art. Awareness is key for me to do this. Cina is my baby here at Star Nail. It gives me such a thrill to see it continue to grow. It gives me an even greater thrill to see Mr. Tony Cuccio excited about "Nail Art"!!!

And ...my constant goal... Always LOVE what I am doing. I have been blessed with a career that I absolutely LOVE!!! And I am thankful for that with each passing day.

Elaine
(writing from Valencia, CA today)