Holiday Break Hours

The Libraries and Archives wish you a very happy and safe holiday break!

White Library will observe the following hours during ESU's interim period:

OPEN 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
--December 22 and 23, January 6-9, January 12 and 13

CLOSED
--December 24 through January 5, and January 10 and 11

White Library will resume its regular hours beginning Wednesday, January 14.

Holiday Celebration at the Circleview Coffee Shop

Circleview Coffee Shop is celebrating the holidays with a week of treats, discounts, and fun! Join us December 14th – December 17th for something a little different each day!

This includes:

Sweet Sunday:
Pick a candy cane and win a discount or free drink!!

Mistletoe Monday:
Buy one hot drink get one free - - share that drink with your special someone or a good friend!

Trim-a-Tree Tuesday:
Pick an ornament, win a discount or free drink, and help decorate our tree!

Winter Wonderland Wednesday:
Your half-way through the week and close to a much needed break! Celebrate with ½ off hot drinks!

Also, starting on December 14th, enter to win a Finals Stress Buster Basket filled with snacks, Coffee Shop Discounts, and much more! The drawing will be held on December 18th at 3:00 p.m. and you can place one entry in the box with every purchase you make!

So stop by and join in the fun and warm up with a nice cup of coffee or warm hot cocoa! There will also be free cookies while supplies last starting on the 14th.

Thanksgiving Deals at the Coffee Shop!

It's the time of year when we remember what we are thankful for; and here at the Circleview Coffee Shop we are thankful for you, the customer! So join us on Tuesday, November 25th as we celebrate Thanksgiving by offering 1/2 price hot drinks all day long! Stop by and warm up with a fresh cup of coffee, warm cocoa, or hot tea! And to everyone, we wish you a safe, and Happy Thanksgiving from the William Allen White Library!

University Archives

Emporia State University Archives was established by charter in 1987, and serves as the repository of record for the University and the administrative center for numerous heritage collections relevant to the University’s history or in support of the academic disciplines explored by faculty, students and others throughout the scholarly community. Significant holdings include the personal papers of William Allen White, a multiple-Pulitzer winning journalist, political advisor of nine US Presidents, and friend of hundreds of literary, art, science and political figures of the early 20th Century; and the memorial collection of art and manuscripts documenting the career and influence of May Massee, who, in the early 20th Century, established two of the first three children’s book divisions in American publishing houses, and whose stable of authors and illustrators won a higher percentage of major awards for their works than any publishing house has achieved since. Other collections include the Walter M. Andersen Collection, an extensive photography collection tracing the history of the railroad in Kansas; and such unquestionably unique items as a scrapbook of observations made of Woodrow Wilson when he was President of Princeton by a student in his jurisprudence class (later a History professor at ESU); and a scrapbook of photos and correspondence concerning the 19th Century British and American friends and associates of a large American landowner’s family, including Queen Victoria and her consort, Prince Albert, several of their children, British authors Alfred Lord Tennyson and Sir Walter Scott, US President John Quincy Adams and many, many others.
The Archives Catalog is available for research.
The May Massee Collection and gallery is open to the public from 8-5 M-F in room 308B of the White Library. It is strongly advised that researchers make an appointment with the Archivist to use the collection for research; call 620-341-5034 or e-mail Heather A. Wade at hwade@emporia.edu for additional information on using the May Massee Collection.
Pending current facilities renovation, all other collections are available through research service by e-mailing archives@emporia.edu or call 620-341-6431.

Food For Fines Starts on November 24th!

Once again, the William Allen White Library is kicking off Food for Fines! The promotion that benefits the Salvation Army Food Pantry at the same time it helps reduce or eliminate your library fines! So how does this work? It's easy! Bring non-perishable canned goods and packaged items to the Circulation Desk of W.A.W, located in the lobby, in exchange for your library fines. One food item equals $1.00 in fines and you can pay off up to $30 in fines! So when can you start bringing items? We will begin the collection on Monday, November 24 and go through December 23rd.

There is one small catch; food cannot be used to pay off replacement costs for damaged or un-returned materials or for processing fees. Also, there are a few requirements that include the following:

Requirements for donations:

--Only non-perishable canned goods and packaged items are accepted.
--Food must not be outdated, according to date stamping on the package.
--Packages must be unopened and undamaged.
--No candy or produce.

Last, but certainly not least... you don't have to have a fine to participate! Get in the holiday spirit and help us put together a nice bundle of food items for the Salvation Army Food Pantry! Last time, we collected approximately 1,000 items. Let's see if we can beat that this time around! So get busy, go shopping, and have some fun participating in Food for Fines!

Halloween at White Library...

It's been a fun scary Halloween at White Library, and we want to share it with you! Enjoy some of our costumes...or are they really costumes? You be the judge!

Circleview Coffee Shop Offering Free Cookies with Drink Purchase on Halloween!

Join us in the William Allen White Library for Halloween on Friday, October 31st! The library will be offering free candy throughout the day and when you stop by the Circleview Coffee Shop you can get a FREE cookie with your drink purchase! Choose from a great variety of tasty cookies including: chocolate chip, oatmeal, sugar and more! And of course, don't forget all the great beverages we offer every day! So stop by and enjoy some great treats!

All about OpenURL

We're pleased to announce a new feature that has been implemented partially here at WAW Library! OpenURL is a technology that will make searching for results in databases simpler and easier.

Essentially, we subscribe to a number of databases (you find these on the A to Z list of databases on our E-Resources page) and journals (you find these on the 'journals' link on the main library page). When we subscribe to a database, our users may search it, but may not be able to access the articles they find. This could be because we only purchase access to a subset of articles from the database, or because the database only provides abstracts of articles, not the fulltext. Previously you would have to repeat the same search in multiple databases to find an article and then go to the Journals search tool to find where we have access to the journal with the article you want.

OpenURL is a standard that more and more database vendors are coming into compliance with. When a database is OpenURL compliant, and the library has activated their OpenURL function, you will see
appear with every search result. Click it, and you send the information about that one article to numerous online resources, which will then send back a result if they have that article in full text.

So with OpenURL, if a database doesn't have article access, you don't need to repeat your search in every database. A simple click will tell you if we have it in one of many online resources!

This is a new technology, and we will be progressing with it steadily over the next few months. Each database we implement, both as a starting point and as a supplier of data, needs to be individually triggered and tested. Please let us know if one of them fails to work properly. A supplier of data is improperly working if the link it provides is broken. A starting point database (called an origin) is broken if the resulting popup with links does not have at least links to catalogs for KU, KSU, and Washburn.

Keep your eyes open as you search our databases and please take advantage of this new feature!

Open Access Day

October 14 is Open Access Day. Why does this matter to you? Here is a brief description of Open Access by Peter Suber:

"Open-access (OA) literature is digital, online, free of charge, and free of most copyright and licensing restrictions. What makes it possible is the internet and the consent of the author or copyright-holder.

In most fields, scholarly journals do not pay authors, who can therefore consent to OA without losing revenue. In this respect scholars and scientists are very differently situated from most musicians and movie-makers, and controversies about OA to music and movies do not carry over to research literature.

OA is entirely compatible with peer review, and all the major OA initiatives for scientific and scholarly literature insist on its importance. Just as authors of journal articles donate their labor, so do most journal editors and referees participating in peer review.

OA literature is not free to produce, even if it is less expensive to produce than conventionally published literature. The question is not whether scholarly literature can be made costless, but whether there are better ways to pay the bills than by charging readers and creating access barriers. Business models for paying the bills depend on how OA is delivered.

There are two primary vehicles for delivering OA to research articles: OA journals and OA archives or repositories.

• OA archives or repositories do not perform peer review, but simply make their contents freely available to the world. They may contain unrefereed preprints, refereed postprints, or both. Archives may belong to institutions, such as universities and laboratories, or disciplines, such as physics and economics. Authors may archive their preprints without anyone else's permission, and a majority of journals already permit authors to archive their postprints. When archives comply with the metadata harvesting protocol of the Open Archives Initiative, then they are interoperable and users can find their contents without knowing which archives exist, where they are located, or what they contain. There is now open-source software for building and maintaining OAI-compliant archives and worldwide momentum for using it.
• OA journals perform peer review and then make the approved contents freely available to the world. Their expenses consist of peer review, manuscript preparation, and server space. OA journals pay their bills very much the way broadcast television and radio stations do: those with an interest in disseminating the content pay the production costs upfront so that access can be free of charge for everyone with the right equipment. Sometimes this means that journals have a subsidy from the hosting university or professional society. Sometimes it means that journals charge a processing fee on accepted articles, to be paid by the author or the author's sponsor (employer, funding agency). OA journals that charge processing fees usually waive them in cases of economic hardship. OA journals with institutional subsidies tend to charge no processing fees. OA journals can get by on lower subsidies or fees if they have income from other publications, advertising, priced add-ons, or auxiliary services. Some institutions and consortia arrange fee discounts. Some OA publishers waive the fee for all researchers affiliated with institutions that have purchased an annual membership. There's a lot of room for creativity in finding ways to pay the costs of a peer-reviewed OA journal, and we're far from having exhausted our cleverness and imagination."

For more information, check out the Open Access display at the library or click here to see annotated links to useful resources for Open Access projects.

Warm up In the William Allen White Library!

As the temperature continues to drop and the chilly, winter months get closer and closer; stop by the Circleview Coffee Shop to warm up! Choose from a selection of hot teas, coffee, and of course creamy hot chocolate! Then grab a book and kick back and relax! Also, as we near the Fall Holidays look for a variety of deals and discounts coming soon!

William Allen White Book Awards

The library is going to be very busy on Saturday. Why? Because it's time for the William Allen White Children's Book Awards.

From the WAW Award website:

Opportunities to meet a favorite author don’t happen every day. But for a group of Kansas third- through eighth-graders, that opportunity will happen Saturday, Oct. 4 in Emporia.

Authors of this year’s two William Allen White Children’s Book Award winners will be spending the day in Emporia, attending the celebration and ceremony that accompanies the long-running recognition program for literature aimed at young readers.

The winners of this year’s awards, Ann M. Martin, author of “A Dog’s Life,” and L. D. Harkrader, who wrote “Airball: My Life in Briefs,” will participate in autograph sessions, meet with students, and receive their awards during a ceremony Saturday afternoon in Emporia’s William Lindsay White Auditorium.

Activities for the 56th annual celebration begin Friday, Oct. 3, with read-ins and sleepovers for third through eighth-grade students at the Emporia Recreation Center, 313 W. Fourth. Students will have an opportunity to meet and talk with the visiting authors during the read-ins. Space for this event is limited to 100 students and adults.

Saturday’s activities move to the second floor of Emporia State University’s Memorial Union. There, participants can purchase copies of the winning books and have them autographed by the authors from 8:00 to 11:00 a.m. Other souvenirs of the event will also be available for purchase.

At the same time, author Beverley Buller will also be autographing her new book, “From Emporia: The Story of William Allen White.”

Additional children’s activities will take place from 8:30 to 11:00 a.m., also on the second floor of the Union.

The authors and celebration participants will join a parade from ESU to the William Lindsay White Auditorium at 12:15 p.m., preceding the awards ceremony at the auditorium at 1 p.m. There, Martin and Harkrader will be presented with their White Award medals, and will answer questions from the audience.

Tickets for the awards ceremony are $5 per person, and will be available at the door at White Arena or they may be purchased in advance, registration forms are available on the William Allen White Children’s Book Awards website www.emporia.edu/libsv/wawbookaward/ . For more information, call 620-341-5208.

The White Awards Program is directed by ESU and is supported by the Trusler Foundation. The program was founded by Ruth Carver Gagliardo, a children’s literature specialist, to honor the memory of one of the state’s most distinguished citizens by encouraging Kansas schoolchildren to read and enjoy good books.

New Items at Coffee Shop

Circleview Coffee Shop
is proud to announce that we have added a few new items to our selection!
So stop buy and enjoy a refreshing beverage today!

Pepsi....................................................$1.25
Diet Pepsi......................................................

New! Dr. Pepper..................................................

New! Diet Dr. Pepper............................................

Mt. Dew.........................................................
Code Red Mt. Dew........................................
Aquafina Water..............................................
Lipton Green Tea with Citrus........................
Diet Lipton Green Tea with Citrus.................
Orange Juice........................................$1.69
Apple Juice....................................................

New! Starbuck's Frappachino's Caramel.......$1.99

Starbuck's Frappachino'sand Vanilla............
Starbuck's Frappachino'sand Mocha............
Hot Tea (Black and Chi)......................$0.75

Also, don't forget to pick up your very own punch card! Get a stamp with every purchase and your 10th drink is free!

Banned Books Week

If you have time, stop in and check out the display. We've provided some book lists and more information about the week.

Or check out these websites to learn more about Banned Books Week and why it's important:
ALA Banned Books Week Information
Banned Books Week
Article in LA Times about Banned Books Week
The Forbidden Library

Circleview Coffee Cafe Card - Buy 9 Hot Drinks, Get the 10th Free!

Everyone needs a good economic deal in this day and age, right? So, here's one way from the White Library Circleview Cafe!

Stop by today to pick up your free Coffee Card. Every time you buy a hot drink (coffee, tea, cocoa), be sure to have your card marked. Once you buy nine hot drinks, turn in your card to get the 10th hot drink free!

ESU Archives is on the Move!

Due to planned HVAC and electrical renovations in the William Allen White Library, ESU Archives will be moved soon to the Anderson Memorial Library on C of E Drive. Archives personnel are currently packing collections, office equipment and supplies to be ready for the move. During the week of September 22, a local moving company will transport our collections from the White Library to the Anderson Library. In order to focus completely on the move, the Archives Reading Room (White Library, room 119) will be unavailable to on-site researchers from September 22-25.

Beginning October 1, the Archives Reading Room will be closed for the duration of the renovations. The May Massee Gallery in room 308B of the White Library will remain open, and the May Massee Collection will remain open to on-site researchers during the renovations. Researchers can still access all of the collections via Research Service. For more information or to submit a Research Service request, e-mail archives@emporia.edu or call Archives personnel at (620)341-6431. We are happy to make copies, scan items or help with your archival research needs in any way that we can.

You can access many of our finding aids online through the Archives Catalog (http://www.emporia.edu/libsv/) or the “Libraries and Archives” tab in Buzz-In.
Because the collections are being warehoused during the renovations, the amount of time it takes to process research requests will increase. Your patience and understanding is appreciated!

Coffee Shop Open House Days

This week in the Coffee Shop we have been celebrating the Open House by offering a variety of prizes and fun games! The turnout was tremendous and we have one final day to go. Students, faculty and all are invited to enjoy half-price hot drinks all day long. This includes coffee, hot cocoa and tea. So come on by for a warm drink, (or other beverage if you prefer), and then take a look at the newly furnished first floor that everyone is talking about! Also, feel free pull up a seat and stay awhile...after all, there's nothing quite like a good book, a relaxing space and refreshments at half price. The perfect way to start the weekend!

Archives Orientation Sessions

Archives Orientation Sessions
Please join ESU Archives personnel for one or both of the Archives Orientation sessions scheduled on Friday, September 5.
The sessions will take place in room 119 of the William Allen White Library, from 7:30-8:30 a.m. (Session 1) and 1:00-2:00 p.m. (Session 2).
Particularly directed toward new faculty and staff, the Archives Orientation is suitable for anyone who has never used ESU Archives, or who would like more information on the Archives' holdings, research facilities, on-line catalog and collections, and the pending move of the Archives' offices. Participants will also be invited to tour the Archives' facilities. The one-hour session will end in the May Massee Gallery, room 308B of the White Library.
Please remember, no food or drink in the Archives!
For further details about the orientation sessions, please contact Heather A. Wade, University Archivist at x 5034.

Current issues to be checked out!

We are excited to announce that henceforth, graduate students and faculty can check out current issues of periodicals from the library! The issues may be checked out for 24 hours before fines begin accruing. We hope you enjoy this new feature. If you have questions, please contact the Circulation Desk at 620-341-6680.

Logging In is Easier than Ever!

Need to access an electronic reserve article for your course? How about remote access to electronic resources for research. or checking "My Library Account" for any fines or holds on a book? White Library has upgraded the login process to make the login process easier than ever!

Currently enrolled ESU students, faculty, and staff can log in using their Buzz-In user names and passwords. If you are not affiliated with ESU but have a Kansas Resident card, you can log in to "My Library Account with your name, ID, and a PIN you create for yourself.

Questions? Don't hesitate to contact the library's Reference/Information Desk at:

• Ext. 5207 (on campus)
• 620-341-5207 (local)
• 1-877-613-7323 (toll-free)

Also, check the "Ask a Librarian" link at http://library.emporia.edu/ to contact us via IM or E-mail!

White Library's TCS Kiosk

White Library is pleased to announce that beginning Monday, August 25, ESU's Technology and Computing Services will feature a kiosk in the library for expanded computing services. The kiosk will be located on the library's 2nd floor, next to the Reference/Information Desk.

Hours for the library kiosk will be:

• Mondays -- Thursdays, 6:00 to 11:00 p.m.
• Saturdays, 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
• Sundays, 12:00 noon to 11:00 p.m.

Please stop by in person for help with E-mail, Buzz-In, and Blackboard account issues, on-campus wireless access, and general PC and computing questions.

Suggestions and Comments

Did you know that it's easy to send suggestions and comments to White Library (besides this blog, that is)?

Just go to http://library.emporia.edu/ and click on "Library Catalog". You will see this screen:

To make a comment or suggestion about the library, click on "Comments". Type your comment, and please include an E-mail address for a direct reply. The "Comments" link can be used by anyone, whether affiliated with ESU or not.

Click on "Suggest a Purchase" if you would like us to consider buying a book, media resource, or other item. Please note: This link is limited to current ESU students, faculty, and staff. You will need to sign in with your name, University ID, and library PIN.

We welcome your comments and suggestions as we continuously improve our services and resources!

How Do I Use E-Reserves or E-Resources Off Campus?

If you have accessed any of our electronic resources from off campus, or needed an item on electronic reserve, you know that you must enter some information first. Here are some helpful hints:

When you click on a link for an e-resource or an e-reserve, your screen will look like the one posted here. Enter your first and last name (and be sure to add a space between the first and last name.)

Your University ID number is the number that begins with E. If you don't know your number, go to http://studentaccess.emporia.edu/ and click on "Look Up Student ID". Your user name and password are the same as for Buzz-In.

For "Enter your PIN", you will create a library PIN. The PIN needs to be six or more characters, and a combination of letters and numbers. When you create the PIN for the first time and click on "Submit", you will be prompted to "Please Enter a New PIN". Type your new PIN two more times, and you are set.

What if you forget your PIN? No problem. Click on the link "Forgot Your PIN?" and type your name and ID number. Within a few minutes, you will have a message sent to your ESU E-mail address. That message contains a link that is good for three hours. Click on the link and you can reset your own PIN.

Questions? Don't hesitate to contact the Reference/Information Desk at 620-341-5207 or 1-877-613-7323. Or, E-mail us at libref01@emporia.edu , or send us an IM.

Celebrate our 1st Floor with an Open House!

Mark your calendars for Tuesday through Friday, September 2-5. The Libraries and Archives are planning an open house and activities that week to celebrate our NEW remodeled 1st floor.

On Wednesday, September 3, a reception and ribbon-cutting ceremony will be held at 3:30 p.m. on the 1st floor. Everyone is invited to attend!

The remodeling began last summer and fall, when our bound periodicals, theses and dissertations, and microfilm were moved to compact shelving on the 1st floor. This move opened up the rest of the floor to a large sunny space. New carpet and paint freshened up the floor, and comfortable armchairs, sofas, and booths were the final touch along with tables and rolling chairs for group study.

Our Browsing Fiction collection is also located on the 1st floor. Pull up a chair, grab a good book, and enjoy the new space!

Kansas Notable Books, 2008

The Kansas Center for the Book has announced the Kansas Notable Books list for 2008. To be eligible as a Kansas Notable Book, a book must be:

--About Kansas or written by a Kansas author;

--Of high quality in research and writing; and

--Published in the calendar year prior to the award year.

The books below highlighted by hyperlinks are owned by White Library. We encourage you to check them out for some good reads!

1. American Shaolin: Flying Kicks, Buddhist Monks, and the Legend of Iron Crotch: An Odyssey in the New China, by Matthew Polly.

2. The Boy Who Was Raised by Librarians, Brad Sneed, illustrator.

3. Can I Keep My Jersey? 11 Teams, 5 Countries, and 4 Years in My Life as a Basketball Vagabond, by Paul Shirley.

4. The Curse of Catunkhamun, by Tim Raglin.

5. The Farther Shore, by Matthew Eck.

6. From Emporia: The Story of William Allen White, by Beverley O. Buller.

7. Hellfire Canyon, by Max McCoy.

8. Hunger for the Wild: America’s Obsession with the Untamed West, by Michael L. Johnson.

9. The Kitchen Sink: New and Selected Poems, 1972-2007, by Albert Goldbarth.

10. A Matter of Justice: Eisenhower and the Beginning of the Civil Rights Revolution, by David A. Nichols.

11. The Middle of Somewhere, by J. B. Cheaney.

12. The Rest of Her Life, by Laura Moriarty.

13. Sea Monsters: Prehistoric Creatures of the Deep, by Michael J. Everhart.

14. Storm Chaser: A Photographer’s Journey, by Jim Reed.

15. Writing in an Age of Silence, by Sara Paretsky.

Ask a Librarian -- we are here to help!

Have you ever been frustrated doing research at home, and can't figure out how to find the full text of an article or even which database to use for your topic? Help is on its way, whether you are on campus or at a distance.

Our instant messaging service is a quick way to get an answer to your question. Check the window below and if it says "wawlibrary is online", just type your question and we'll respond immediately.



You can also find our instant messaging at http://library.emporia.edu

For other ways to contact us via E-mail, phone, and in person, click on the "Ask a Librarian" link at http://library.emporia.edu The most current hours for the IM service are also listed there.

Under construction...

When you come over to White Library, you might find that certain areas are under construction! The library's 1st floor has been remodeled to become an inviting study area. Our Browsing Fiction collection has also been moved to the 1st floor. Comfortable furniture will be added, and the bound periodicals, microfilm, and theses and dissertations are now in compact shelving for better access.

Stay tuned! We are planning an Open House soon after the start of the fall semester to highlight not only the 1st floor, but also other services and resources to help you.

New Items at White Library

Did you know that you can see lists of new books and new media resources added by White Library? Here's how:

Go to the library's Web site at http://library.emporia.edu and click on "Library Catalog". Then, click on "Featured Items List".

You can then click on lists for "New Book Shelf", "New Media Materials", and "New Government Documents". Any of these items can be checked out immediately, unless they are noted as "Library Use Only."

Also, be sure to browse other lists for the most current William Allen White Children's Book Awards Masterlist and the White Children's Book Awards winners from 1952 to present.