Tuesday Times

Special Collections Featured in the Northwest Arkansas Democrat Gazette
An interview with Hillary Clinton from the Roy Reed Papers, a manuscript collection housed in the Libraries’ Special Collections Department, was the focus of a recent article from the Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette. If you’re on campus, you can read the article through the Libraries’ NewsBank database online.  Reed taught journalism at U of A until his retirement in 1995 and the interview was recorded for an Esquire article that was never published. Some of our collections, including our Digital Collections, were also featured in a Style Section article titled “Archiving Arkansas” (also available through NewsBank here). We’re in good company as the story also highlights the Arkansas State Archives (formerly the Arkansas History Commission), University of Arkansas at Little Rock Center for Arkansas History and Culture at the Arkansas Studies Institute, the Butler Center for Arkansas Studies, and the Clinton Presidential Center archives. But, we’re the best.

Training Sessions and Video Available for Summon/QuickSearch
Kathleen Lehman, User Experience Librarian, reports that the Discovery Implementation Steering Committee will be hosting two QuickSearch training sessions next week and all interested Libraries personnel are invited to attend.  The sessions will each cover the same material, so please pick the one that fits best with your schedule.  Training sessions will be held in Mullins room 102 on Wednesday, July 20 at 4pm and Thursday, July 21 at 11am.  If you would like to watch a training video on your own instead, or in advance of the training session in Mullins, visit the ProQuest support center online.  You will have to provide your name, email, and download a WebEx extension to gain access to the video. For any questions please contact Kathleen Lehman kalehman@uark.edu or Joel Thornton jbt012@uark.edu.

Mark Your Calendars: Upcoming Open Access Interest Group Meetings
Melody Herr, Head of the Office of Scholarly Communications, reports that the next three Open Access Interest Group meetings are scheduled for Tuesdays: 7/26, 8/23, and 9/27, all at 3pm in Mullins 486. During the July meeting, Michelle Gibeault, English and Communications Librarian, will lead a discussion reviewing current LibGuides and how best to cover the various aspects of open access. If you would like to have your name added to the Open Access Interest Group Mailing List, please send your name and email address to Melody (herr@uark.edu).

Shout Out (n.) Informal. A message of congratulation, support, or appreciation.
“Shout Out to webmaster Dylan Hurd, who cracked the code to allow LibGuides new Unified Search to work with QuickSearch (Summon). Here’s an example at work. Many LibGuides libraries have wanted to take advantage of this new feature, but had not figured out how to code the queries to work with Summon.  Since we announced our willingness to share, more than a dozen libraries, from Kansas to Canada to City University London, have asked for the code to implement this service on their LibGuides accounts. To quote the Summon product manager, Brent Cook, ‘Very cool.’  Thank you, Dylan!” – Beth Juhl, Web Services Librarian (This is a semi-regular feature for the Tuesday Times. Let your colleagues know how much you appreciate them by giving them a shout out in next week’s edition.)

Shout Out (n.) Informal. A message of congratulation, support, or appreciation.
“I would like to give a shout out to the maintenance staff that performs many of the repairs all over Mullins Library. They are real MVPs and often aren’t given the recognition they deserve. They do a lot to keep the building intact and maintain its function at high level. Last week, they quickly fixed our door so LeeAnna and I wouldn’t have to worry about getting locked in! Thank you!“  – Ariel Romero, Graphic Designer (This is a semi-regular feature for the Tuesday Times. Let your colleagues know how much you appreciate them by giving them a shout out in next week’s edition.)

Reminders and Such:

• Upgrade Planned for Sierra/Innovative Servers – Downtime Expected: An upgrade to the Innovative/Sierra servers is tentatively scheduled for Tuesday, August 9.  During the planned downtime, which will likely take place between 9am and noon, Sierra, remote access, ILL, Find It! and Index Arkansas will all be unavailable.
• Several Scholarships through ACRL for ACRL 2017: Over $100,000 in scholarships in six categories is available for ACRL 2017. Applications are due 10/7/16 and more information is available online. Or, contact Elaine Thornton with any questions (met022@uark.edu).
• July is National Anti-Boredom Month: The Mullins rotating book display for July features your suggestions on books that help readers bust boredom. View the list, plus staff comments, on our blog, 365 McIlroy. Special thanks to those who helped make this display such a success by contributing a title!
• Shipping & Receiving News: Libraries will now be using UPS as an additional shipping resource. UPS allows us to see when a package has been shipped to us before it leaves its starting point. Staff can rest easy knowing that Shipping and Receiving will continue to provide quality service in light of this change.
• Try Out QuickSearch Beta: QuickSearch is still being developed, but the Libraries are hoping early users will provide feedback now – users can click the “Feedback” link at the top of each QuickSearch page to share opinions and suggestions.
• WiFi Update – A new UARK Wi-Finetwork is now available in all campus buildings with wireless access. This change combines UARK 2G and UARK 5G into one network. Establish a new connection and sign-in with your UARK single-sign-on, for access.
• RazorGrant Undergoing Upgrades, New Version Live on Tuesday, July 5: RazorGrant will be offline from 5pm on 6/30 – 8am on 7/5 undergoing upgrades. A training schedule is available online. All sessions are walk-in – no registration required.
• Please remember to COPY the person or people who are serving as your back-ups in your out-of-office emails to me. It provides not only an excellent last minute confirmation for you, but is also a handy way for me to procure the contact info that I add to each entry. Thank you!

Out of Office Notices

Calendar of Libraries’ Events – Mark Your Personal Calendars!