As midterms approach, students are looking for a place to do some serious studying before exams or hunkerdown when writing their papers. We wanted offer some advice on how to create your own personal study space… We’ve got some tips and tricks to bring the studious atmosphere back to your home/dorm study space. Firstly, location, location, location… somewhere you can spread way out. You’ll need that room for your books, laptop and…

Is hindsight the best sight? For staffers seasoned in the library sciences, the answer is yes! We polled our multi-disciplinary team of library whizzes and asked, “What one library resource did you wish you knew about/had access to when you were a student?“ Almost immediately, David Sulz (Academic Librarian) replied back with the Oxford English Dictionary. While our holdings include physical copies, the most up-to-date edition is our online version. It contains…

Breaking news! Our canine pals at CAAWLS have entered the digital realm and we are hosting a special virtual Dogs in the Library session. Join us on October 29 between 12:00-2:00pm MST to visit with the pups and their humans in CAAWLS’ zoom meeting room. Come take a quick study break, or stay the whole two hours (after all, who can resist those cuties?). The meeting can be accessed at the link…

What is a citation management system? Why is it important? What does UA provide? Is it meeting the needs of our users? In order to find out we need your feedback. Citation management is an essential component of scholarly communication and research processes. These processes are constantly evolving in response to ongoing changes in disciplinary contexts, technology, standards and best practises, and funding opportunities. Citation or Reference Management Systems (RMS) are the…