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!

Starting the week of November 5, look for Librarians to visit the dorms to provide “on the spot” help with that research assignment. Tentative plans include Flather on Nov. 8 and Millenium on the 13th. South campus will be visited right after Thanksgiving.

Librarians will be in other campus buildings, too - wherever wireless connections are available.

Of course Librarians are always available in the libraries or via phone, email, or IM.

Ask us!

The main web page for Religious Studies and Humanities has been updated! The main page has been separated into two sections: Religious Studies, Philosophy and Canon Law and the Humanities.

Major changes include:

• a news blog for each section that deal with timely, subject specific topics
• new and revised research handouts
• how to do effective research on the Web
• how to search effectively for dissertations
• how to make donations to the libraries
• updated contact information.

If you have any comments or suggestions for further improvements to our web site, please contact Kevin Gunn, Coordinator of Religious Studies and Humanities Services, at 202-319-5088 or gunn@cua.edu.

The Libraries have just added a collection of online encyclopedias and other titles to their collections. The Gale Virtual Reference Library at CUA includes 10 titles: American Decades Primary Sources; Cambridge Dictionary of Scientists; Encyclopedia of American Religions; Encyclopedia of Bioethics; Encyclopedia of Crime and Justice; Encyclopedia of Education; Encyclopedia of Religion; Encyclopedia of Science and Religion; Encyclopedia of Science, Technology, and Ethics; and New Catholic Encyclopedia. You’ll find all of these titles in the ALADIN Catalog and through the list of Databases. They’re available on campus or off to anybody with a CUA computer account. If you have questions, contact the Reference and Instruction Department at 202-319-5070 or IM cualibrarian1.