Having trouble finding material in the WRLC catalog? Getting help is now easier than ever! When you are in a search results page in ALADIN, look at the blue bar at the top of the screen. You’ll see a link to Ask a Librarian. Clicking will open a Meebo “widget” that allows you to choose your school and then send an instant message directly to a reference librarian. No downloads or IM account needed. It’s like having your own personal librarian in the online catalog!

If you have questions about using this new service, contact the reference desk at 202-319-5548, send an IM message or just stop by the reference desk on the main floor of Mullen.

Effective January 14, CUA faculty, students and staff wishing to borrow materials through Interlibrary Loan will have one less step to complete. A “single sign on” is being instituted by the WRLC. What this means is that you can sign into MyALADIN once, using your last name and university ID, then move smoothly into an ILL request without having to log in again.

This change is being implemented at all of the Consortium libraries simultaneously. If you have questions, contact the Mullen Access Services department at 202-319-5060.

Starting January 14, 2008, there will be a change to the laptop borrowing policies at Mullen Library. Laptops will be loaned for a 4-hour period, rather than the current 2-hour loan period. No renewals will be allowed. If there are laptops available when you return yours on time, you may be able to borrow it for another 4-hour period.

We are making this change - at the same time that we are adding new computers - to try to meet the increasing demand for laptops while also recognizing that two hours is not an adequate loan period. If you have any questions about this, please feel free to contact the Mullen Library circulation desk at 202-319-5060.

On Monday, January 14 the CUA libraries will change to their spring service hours.

Mullen Library regular hours are:

For holiday hours please see Mullen Library Hours. You can also download a PDF of the 2007-08 schedule.

The campus libraries post their hours and holiday schedule separately at Campus Library Hours.

Please read the latest issue of CUA Libraries Online at http://libraries.cua.edu/issue8.html

Please note that most WRLC libraries are closed for the holiday period from Saturday Dec. 22 through Tuesday January 1, 2008. The libraries at American, George Washington, and Georgetown will be open from Wednesday Dec 26 through Friday December 28. There may be delays in filling CLS requests during this time.

Listen to a Clip of the November 1938 CUA Anti-Nazi Broadcast

We’ve modified the programming “behind the scenes” of our monthly new book lists . Not only can you see what’s been added in a subject, you can click on the title and go directly to the catalog to see if the book is available before you come to Mullen. If a book you need is charged out you can place a hold on it (the person who has it can’t renew it and you’ll be notified that it is available to pick up) or a recall (the person who has it will be asked to return it and you will be notified when it is available). Or you can borrow it from another WRLC library (if it’s available). Ask at Circulation for more information about these options.

Starting in January 2008, there will be a change to the laptop borrowing policies at Mullen Library. Laptops will be loaned for a 4-hour period, rather than the current 2-hour loan period. No renewals will be allowed. If there are laptops available when you return yours on time, you may be able to borrow it for another 4-hour period. We are making this change - at the same time that we are adding new computers - to try to meet the increasing demand for laptops while also recognizing that two hours is not an adequate loan period. If you have any questions about this, please feel free to contact the Mullen Library circulation desk at 202-319-5060.

Need help with that final research paper? In addition to being available to you in the Libraries, on the phone, via email and even IM, Librarians are taking their expertise “on the road.” Watch for them the following times and places:

November 27 from 2:30 to 4:30 in Spellman Hall

November 28 between 2 and 4 in the Leahy Hall computer lab

November 29, 2:30 to 4:30, Conaty Hall
December 4 in Millennium North from 2:30 to 4:30

From 11:30 to 1:00 on December 5 in the Pryz (look for our table as you head for lunch)

and on December 6 from 2:30 to 4:30 in Flather.

Ask us!