Auburn University Facilities has begun construction on the Caribou Coffee shop that will be located on the Second Floor of the Ralph Brown Draughon Library just inside the Mell Street entrance.

Facilities and the libraries are working hard to minimize any disruption to library visitors and apologize for any inconvenience.  All library services and resources will remain accessible but construction barriers will require some re-routing of traffic immediately surrounding the construction area.  Signs and maps are in place to direct users to the current periodicals, the Assistive Technology Lab, and the study area and carrels behind the construction space.  For further assistance, see the Information or Reference Desks located on the Second Floor of the Draughon Library.

Seminars on EndNote citation software are being offered to faculty members and graduate students during   the Summer Semester.  Click on the Seminars link located in the middle of the Auburn University Libraries homepage for registration information, etc.  Seminars are free but registration is required.

Currently, the following EndNote seminars are being offered:

Wednesday, August 5

Friday, August 21

CAMIO (Catalog of Art Museum Images Online) is a database of works of art from around the world contributed and described by leading museums which provides high-quality art images for education, research, and enjoyment.  All content is rights-cleared for educational use.  CAMIO includes photographs, prints, sculpture, paintings, decorative arts and utilitarian objects, drawings and watercolors, costume and jewelry, architecture, textiles, and more.

Constructing Architecture:  Materials, Processes, Structures:  A Handbook

Edited by Andrea Deplazes and translated by Gerd H. Soffker and Philip Thrift, and published by Birkhauser in 2008, this is the Second Edition.  This volume is located in the Library of Architecture, Design, and Construction under call number TA 403.4 .C65 2008.

Be sure to check the Hours link located in the lower left hand side  of the Auburn University Libraries homepage to find out hours of operation during the Summer Semester.

Since 2004, the Auburn University Libraries have subsidized printing in the Media and Digital Resource Lab (MDRL) and while the Libraries will continue to subsidize large format printing, as of May 21, in response to the current economic situation, the MDRL will begin charging a 50 cent per page fee for its color laser printer.  Fees will be billed to users’ bursar accounts in accordance with MDRL printing policies.  Duplex (2-sided) printing and custom paper types and sizes will be available on this printer.  Fees for color laser printing match those of other campus services offered by OIT (the Office of Information Technology) and CopyCat.

Questions about the MDRL printing can be directed to mdrl@auburn.edu, 334-844-7398, or in person at the MDRL located on the first floor of Draughon Library.

At the same time, OIT will begin operation of a color laser printer in their lab located on the third floor of Draughon Library. Duplex printing or custom paper will not be available on this printer but it will be accessible from all of the OIT computers in the library.

Questions about the OIT printing can be directed to the OIT Help Desk at helpdesk@auburn.edu, 334-844-4944 or in person on the third floor of Draughon Library.

Self service color laser printing is also available for the same cost at CopyCat located at the Auburn University Student Union.  They may be contacted via email at copycat@auburn.edu or telephone at 844-4200.

Please join us for a reading and book signing by

Andrea Wulf

author of The Brother Gardeners:  Botany, Empire and the Birth of an Obsession

Thursday, June 4

3 p.m.

Special Collections and Archives Department, located on the Ground Floor, Ralph Brown Draughon Library

Sponsored by:  The Auburn University Libraries; the Caroline Marshall Draughon Center for the Arts and Humanities in the College of Liberal Arts, and the Auburn University Bookstore.

Refreshments will follow the program.  Books will be available for purchase and signing.  For more information, call (334) 844-4946 or visit http://www.auburn.edu/cah .

The MLA International Bibliography is now part of the EBSCOhost family of databases and has, consequently, changed its interface.  Originally available as a print index, this database is produced by the Modern Language Association of America, and consists of bibliographic records pertaining to literature, language, linguistics, and folklore, and includes coverage from 1926 to the present.  The MLA International Bibliography provides access to scholarly research in over 3000 journals and series, and covers relevant monographs, working papers, proceedings, bibliographies, and other formats.  Please NOTE:  due to licensing restrictions, this database is limited to five simultaneous users.

Published by the U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Aviation Administration, Flight Standards Service in 2008, this resources is available in both electronic format and in print.  The print copy is available in the Government Documents Collection on the First Floor of the Ralph Brown Draughon Library under call number TD 4.8/2:8083-9A.

A snack vending machine has been installed in the foyer of the Parking Deck Entrance (First Floor) of the Ralph Brown Draughon Library.