Remote Access to Electronic Resources & UH Library Catalog will be unavailable on 5/25/10, from 8 PM-11 PM

The UH Library Catalog will be unavailable on Tuesday, May 25, 2010 between 8:00pm and 11:00pm for scheduled maintenance.  Remote access to Electronic Resources will be unavailable while maintenance is underway.

Summer Book Club will read Divakaruni novel and Patti Smith memoir

The University of Houston Libraries and the Women’s Resource Center will co-sponsor their third annual Summer Book Club this year.  The club is open to all UH affiliates, faculty, staff, and students.  The group will meet in the Women’s Resource Center (now located on the second floor of the University Center) at noon on June 16th to discuss UH creative writing professor Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni’s novel Sister of my Heart.  Light refreshments will be provided.  Readers will gather again at noon on July 23rd to discuss Patti Smith’s memoir Just Kids which recounts her life with artist Robert Mapplethorpe in New York during the late sixties.  Ms. Smith recently spoke and performed on campus in the Cullen Performance Hall.

The UH Libraries will provide copies of both books on a first come, first served basis.  To inquire about borrowing one or both titles, contact the Women’s, Sexuality, and Gender Studies Librarian Catherine Essinger at cwessinger@uh.edu.  For questions about the book club and other Women’s Resource Center programs, contact Beverly McPhail at  bmcphail@uh.edu.

Pharmacy Library to close

At the request of the Dean of Pharmacy, the Pharmacy Library will be closed at the end of business Friday, May 14. The collection, computers, and furniture will be relocated to M.D. Anderson with the move scheduled for completion by May 28.

This request was based on the College of Pharmacy’s need for space. The quality of service provided by the Pharmacy Library staff was acknowledged to be excellent by the Dean, the faculty, and the students.

Derral Parkin will continue as liaison to the College of Pharmacy.

If you have any questions about the Pharmacy Library’s closing, please contact Derral Parkin, dparkin@uh.edu or 713-743-1240.

Water Pressure Has Been Restored

Water has been restored to the building at this time.  If you encounter and fixtures malfunctioning or overflowing please inform the Information Desk.

Brief Service Interruption to UH Library Catalog (5/3/10 @ 6 PM)

Access to the UH Library Catalog will be briefly interrupted from 6:00 PM to 6:15 PM on Monday, May 3, 2010.  We apologize for the inconvenience.

Remote Access Unavailable, 7am – 10am, Sunday

Due to a scheduled power outage, remote access to the Libraries’ resources will be unavailable between 7am and 10am on Sunday, May 2nd. We apologize for the inconvenience.

Sincerely,

Lee Andrew Hilyer
Head of Information and Access Services

No Water Pressure in the Library

Water will be out in the building for an indeterminate amount of time today as a water main leak is being repaired.  Water is also out at the University Center, but in other buildings on campus it is normal.

New Whiteboard Walls In 2nd Floor Study Rooms

Special paint has been used to create a very large whiteboard wall in each of the study rooms on the 2nd floor (near the staircase and next to the Blue wing hallway).

Dry-erase markers and board erasers are available at the Information Desk for use with the study rooms.

We hope you find these upgrades useful and please let us know what you think about them! Stop by the Information Desk with your comments or fill out a survey.

Thank you!

Lee Andrew Hilyer
Head of Information and Access Services
UH Libraries

Ovid databases down today at 9am

Ovid is announcing that the April enhancements to OvidSP are scheduled for deployment on Tuesday, April 6th at 9:00 am. If you are using an OVID database on April 6th, your session will continue uninterrupted until you log out or your session times out. Ovid did not report and end time for the scheduled deployment of enhancements. Please remember that this includes the Lippencott electronic journals.

POWER INTERRUPTION, Saturday, March 20th

There will be a brief interruption to building power on Saturday, March 20th, some time between 3-4pm. The interruption is expected to be momentary, but all computers in the building will shut down. Please read posted notices in the building and listen for the announcement which will give the actual time for the power interruption.

As always, users are cautioned to save their work frequently, and to complete tasks before the power interruption. We expect users to be able to resume normal work following the power interruption.

We apologize for the inconvenience and thank you for your patience.

Sincerely,

Lee Andrew Hilyer, MLIS, M.Ed.
Head of Information and Access Services