Environmental Display

The James B. Duke Library invites you to browse a display of library materials
which celebrates "The Year of the Environment."
Now through Spring Term in the Rinker Research Commons to the left of the atrium stairs

New Associate Director of Libraries

Pongracz Sennyey has been appointed Associate Director of Libraries. Mr. Sennyey has served as Head of Collection Management Services at the University of Vermont from 2004-2006. He served as Collection Development Librarian at Western Carolina University from 2000-2004 and also as Collection Development and Collection Management Librarian at Bradley University. He received a Bachelor of Arts in History from Middle Tennessee State University, a Masters in Medieval Studies from Western Michigan University, and a Masters in Library and Information Science from University of Illinois.

Library Invited to Join The Oberlin Group

The Furman Library has been invited to join The Oberlin Group. It is an informal consortium of the libraries of 80 selective liberal arts colleges. "The primary purposes of the consortium are to discuss library issues of common concern, share information on best practices in library operations and services, license electronic resources of interest to member institutions, and to cooperate in resource sharing."

Noodlebib: Back by Popular Demand!

This past fall the library started a subscription to RefWorks, a bibliographic management tool, to meet the growing research needs of Furman faculty, staff, and students. Noodlebib, our old bibliographic management software was sorely missed, and asked for by name. In response to popular demand and in recognition of the various levels of user needs, the library has re-started its subscription to Noodlebib. See a librarian at the Research Assistance desk for assistance with Noodlebib or RefWorks.

Survey Indicates Satisfaction with the Furman Library

The results of a survey taken by Furman seniors in June of 2006 indicated that this group of students was satisfied with library facilities, resources and services. The library received a rating of 95% "satisfied" or "very satisfied" with library facilities and resources. A rating of 93% "satisfied" or "very satisfied" was attained for library services. These ratings show an increase in satisfaction from 2005 by several percentage points and a significant increase from 1997 when the ratings were 59% and 55%. Ninety-three percent of Furman seniors completed the survey.

Science Library News

During the renovation of Plyer the collection of the Science Reading Room will be housed in both Plyler and the Main Library. The Bound Journals will be housed in the Science Reading Room in Plyler, Rm 121A until they are moved to the new basement in Plyler in August '07. All other science materials, including reference materials, books, and current journals, will be housed in the Main Library until the new Science Library opens in August '08. Victoria Welborn, the Science Librarian, will be working out of the Main Library and can be reached there or at x2342.

Library Acquires Scopus

After an extended 6 month trial, the library has aqcuired Scopus, an abstract and citation database of research literature and quality web sources. While heavily covering the sciences, Scopus provides citations to scholarly research materials on a broad range of subjects. The database covers over 15,000 peer-reviewed tites. A unique feature of Scopus is the ability to track citations, allowing users to view where articles have been cited and by whom. The new subscription bgeins January 1, 2007.