Technical Difficulties with Chat Reference Service
We are currently experiencing technical difficulties with our Chat Reference Service. If you cannot connect directly with uhlibrarian via chat, please use our Ask-A-Librarian email service (http://info.lib.uh.edu/services/aska.html) or contact us directly by phone at 713-743-1050, (select option 4 to reach the Information Desk).
We apologize for the inconvenience and are working to fix the problem quickly.
Thank you,
Lee Andrew Hilyer,
Program Director for Research & Reference Services
Learning Commons OPEN for Business!
We are pleased to announce that the UH Libraries’ Learning Commons has officially opened! The Learning Commons is a new space in the M.D. Anderson Library with equipment and resources to help you create multimedia projects or analyze data.
The LC has 17 high-end PCs and 5 iMacs, all equipped with the latest in digital media creation software (think Adobe Creative Suite) and the best in statistical analysis software (MATLAB, SPSS, SAS and Mathematica). In addition, the LC has five digital cameras, five digital video cameras and five “pen-scanners” available for checkout.
Additional services include color and black/white printing (with wide-format poster printing available Spring 2009) and a presentation “practice room” for you to put the final polish on your class presentation.
The Learning Commons will be open anytime the M.D. Anderson Library is open and staff will be on duty to assist you.
For more information, stop in for a quick tour of the LC or contact Mr. Nathan McKee (npmckee@uh.edu) for more information. We look forward to seeing you soon!
Library Quick Search Down 10/25 - 10/26
The library’s Quick Search (or federated search) will be down this weekend 10/25 - 10/26 for upgrades. We apologize for the inconvenience the Quick Search will be back up Monday 10/27.
Chat Reference Service - Technical Difficulties
We are currently experiencing technical difficulties with our Chat Reference Service. If you cannot connect directly with uhlibrarian via chat, please use our Ask-A-Librarian email service (http://info.lib.uh.edu/services/aska.html) or contact us directly by phone at 713-743-1050, (select option 4 to reach the Information Desk).
We apologize for the inconvenience and are working to fix the problem quickly.
Thank you,
Lee Andrew Hilyer,
Program Director for Research & Reference Services
Post-Ike resources
Here are some links to help you:
FEMA
Centerpoint Energy
Reliant Energy Storm Center
City of Houston
State of TX Comptroller - Tax Information
Houston Chronicle
Stay safe!
Online Exhibit Celebrating the U.S. Constitution
Senator Robert Byrd (D-West Virginia), considered by many of his Senate colleagues the most learned student of the nation’s founding documents, accomplished a long-standing goal by getting a rider passed in the 2005 Appropriations Bill. The law designates September 17 as Constitution Day. It requires schools and federal agencies to hold educational programs on the Constitution on the anniversary date when, in 1787, the 55 delegates to the Constitutional Convention signed the document.
Of those 55 signers, the University of Houston Libraries’ Special Collections Department owns a number of books written by, and original documents signed by, some of those delegates to the Constitutional Convention: Benjamin Franklin, Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, Charles Pinckney, and George Washington. This online mini-exhibit is presented during the time in which Constitution Day falls, this year from September 15 — 26, on the TV monitor in the library lobby.
For further information about the U.S. Constitution and Constitution Day, see www.constitutionday.us and www.constitutioncenter.org.
New look and feel for the UH Libraries Blogs
We have updated the blogs to a newer platform offering more features. It also provides consistency with the look and feel with our current website.
If you have any questions or comments regarding the UH Libraries Blogs, please contact Karen Coombs (kacoombs@uh.edu) or Rachel Vacek (revacek@uh.edu).
