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North Hall Library 

• The North Hall Library is a great place to go in the summer. We have expanded our summer evening hours on Mondays and Tuesdays to better serve your needs. To check out any of our hours:
• The North Hall Library has purchased available films from the American Film Institute's list of 100 best films. The films are available at the North Hall Library. All videos and DVDs are located in the curriculum library on 1st floor North. You can check PILOT to see if items on the list are currently checked in.
• Check out our Popular Reading Area on the 2 nd Floor of the North Hall Library. We have best-selling books, several newspapers and magazines, and audio books.

-June 6, 2008

• Listen to music online with our new streaming audio databases:

• African American Song
• American Song
• Classical Music Library
• Contemporary World Music
• Smithsonian Global Sound

•  More full-text online journals!  We've just added Project MUSE, a collection of 380 quality scholarly Humanities & Social Science journals.

•  Effective Monday, March 17, 2008,  Dr. Jennifer Post began a leave of absence and will be out through the next academic year.  She has been presented with a unique opportunity that is a terrific match for her research interests. Please join us in wishing her the best in this venture.  Frances Garrison will be coordinating Jennifer's liaison duties while she is gone. 

News Archive

- March 2008

•  Joining our staff is Nichole Book. She is from Lancaster, Pennsylvania and graduated with a degree in Art History and Museum Studies from Juniata College in 2000.  Recently she moved to the area from State College Pennsylvania where she was the manager of an art gallery and frame shop.  In her spare time she enjoys the outdoors including hiking, camping, kayaking and canoeing and is an avid baseball fan.

•  We have had several changes to our faculty and staff:  Jamey Harris – has been hired as our Coordinator of Technical Services. Pam Achey is now our Cataloging Technician & David Guinn is now our Serials/ Archives Technician. Nichole Book is now a Reference Assistant.  Tim Seymour also has joined our team as Library Systems Administrator.

•  Check out the great collection of audio books we have in the popular reading area. We have many classic works, including the complete works of Shakespeare. Additionally, we have several children's classics.

- February 2008

•  Check out some of our collections that you might not have noticed or that are new:  Graphic novels; the newly expanded poetry collection, or our CD's.  Also, we have a great collection of Audio books.

•  We have had several changes to our faculty and staff:  Jamey Harris – has been hired as our Coordinator of Technical Services. Pam Achey is now our Cataloging Technician & David Guinn is now our Serials/ Archives Technician. Nichole Book is now a Reference Assistant.  Tim Seymour also has joined our team as Library Systems Administrator.

•  A new leadership display case has been erected in the lobby area.  "Watch as new items fill it...."

- January 2008

Ref Works. RefWorks is a web-based tool for storing, organizing, sharing, and formatting bibliographies, reference lists, and works cited. This tool is available to all MU students and employees and can be accessed from the library website or directly at: http://lib.mansfield.edu/asp/db.asp?db=refworks 

Bandwidth Triples.   Campus Technologies announced that network bandwidth to off-campus locations has been tripled to 65Mbs to address the increased processing of our students and faculty in reaching off-campus locations.  . Services provided off campus such as BlackBoard, library databases and other instructional materials, internet access, and student email will see a performance boost as a result.

April Case - Library System’s Administrator, has resigned from the University to accept another position.  Lynn Stroud – Library Technician, and Les Achey – Cataloging Librarian, have both retired.  

Two new members to the have been added to Library  - Dr. Jennifer Post, Music Librarian and David Guinn, Library Assistant.  Please join us in welcoming them to the University.  - September 2007

The North Hall Library is a great place to go in the summer. We have expanded our summer evening hours on Mondays and Tuesdays to better serve your needs. To check out any of our hours just Click http://lib.mansfield.edu/hours/hours.cfm

In response to the needs and wants of our patrons we have added some New Online Databases.  They include: The Wall Street Journal ; Grove Dictionary of Art ; and JSTOR – Arts & Sciences II

The Library has installed brand new Dell Precision Workstations on floors 1-3.  These machines are the latest technology and include more processing power and memory, the latest software packages and are topped off with new flat panel monitors.

Archives Display
The next time you’re on the 3rd or 4th floor, take a moment to view the Archives Displays located in the Atrium. On 3rd Floor North Hall Library - The leadership display featuring select alumni that have served the Commonwealth was created by our very own Library and Information Resources Division Archives Committee: Les Achey, Holly Loganbill and Sylvia Yamashita. The two displays on 4th Floor North Hall Library – were created by Steve Orner of the facilities department. - 09/20/2007

Refreshments for Finals Week: To help alleviate some of the stress you may be feeling during finals week, the Library will have snacks & refreshments available to students on Monday, May 7th @ 8:30 PM in the first floor Atrium of the Library.  Feel free to stop in & fuel up before hitting the books. - 05/24/2007

As finals approach, the Library will be open extended hours starting tonight.  To see all Library hours, click: http://lib.mansfield.edu/hours/hours.cfm

Good Luck to All! - 05/24/2007

Library Listings
These books are now on the shelves at North Hall:
The Jesus Family Tomb by Simcha Jacobovici and Charles Pellegrino
Nineteen Minutes by Jodi Picoult
In an Instant by Lee and Bob Woodruff - 05/4/2007

Display Case
Check out the new display as you enter the North Hall Library! - 05/4/2007

Library Listings
These books are now on the shelves at North Hall:
The Audacity of Hope by Barack Obama
For One More Day by Mitch Albom
The Castle in the Forest by Norman Mailer - 04/10/2007

March 27 th, 4:00pm
Opening Reception & Gallery.
Talk with Hope Zaccagni, whose recent works are exhibited in North Hall Gallery. - 04/10/2007

New Employee
Kimberly Bakley has recently joined the library staff as a Library Assistant.
Originally from New Jersey, Kim has relocated to Tioga County. Please join us in welcoming her to Mansfield University and to the North Hall Library. - 04/10/2007

Archives Display
The next time you’re on the 3rd or 4th floor, take a moment to view the Archives Displays located in the Atrium. Famous alumni and the first MU graduating class are just a few of the pictures you will find of interest. - 04/10/2007

Spring Break Hours - 04/10/2007

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