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Entries from March 2007
Wednesday, March 21. 2007
The Mardigian Library will remain open 24 hours a day during final examinations this term. The library will be open from:
Noon Sunday April 22nd - 7:30pm Saturday April 28th
A current UMID will be required to enter the library between 10pm - 8am (10am on Saturday)
The 24 hour study is a trial for this term. We are conducting this trial in response to feedback obtained from the recently formed Student Library Advisory Committee and due to the results of a petition circulated by the Student Government earlier this year.
Extra security will be on hand during these extended hours.
Thursday, March 8. 2007
We received the comment:
When searching the library catalog, if a word is misspelled, the search returns no results. If the system could include a prompt, similar to Google's "Did you mean ..." suggestion, the system would be much more user-friendly for those of us who can't always remember how to spell "Nietzsche" or "Dostoyevsky".
We couldn't agree more, especially since most of us also have problems spelling or typing accurately! Library staff are investigating ways of implementing a product that can provide alternate suggestions when a keyword search returns no results. Our automation vendor is also developing a new interface that will hopefully be more user-friendly and provide options such as this. So help is hopefully on the way.
In the short term, if a keyword search returns no results, you might want to perform the search as a subject search or author search, if applicable. In some cases these searches will help you find correct terms for misspelled words. Please feel free to contact librarians in the Library Research Center if you have more questions about searching: http://library.umd.umich.edu/services/ask.html
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Monday, March 5. 2007
Periodicals on the library’s second floor can now be checked out for 1 week instead of 3 days. The library is making this change because students and faculty are on campus fewer days per week than in past years and students often ask for a longer loan. Since many journals are available online, a longer loan for print copies will not adversely impact access to materials.
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