Fall 2011

Inside this Issue: Sharyn McCrumb 11/3A Few Words from Dean HerringA Note from the ChairFriends of Dacus Library Membership Application

Summer 2011

Inside this Issue: Sharyn McCrumb 11/3Business Meeting Items, 10/7/2011 Dorothy M. MedlinMap and Parking for Events of Oct. 7 and Nov. 3 Membership FormA Note from the Chair

Spring 2011

Inside this Issue: Dean’s WelcomeChanges in the Library: Physical and MetaphysicalLibrary Board Members Board Actions 3/2/11 Shetuni BookDDA, not Dada Bi-Lo BoostersMembership List Membership FormNote from the Chair

Fall 2010

Inside this Issue: Dean’s WelcomeBallot for 2010: Board Members and OfficersBylaws RevisionNew LibrariansBi-Lo Boosters New Online RenewalCampus MapEvent Parking Decal2011: Friends turn 15Message from Chair

Fall 2009

Inside this Issue: Dean’s WelcomeProgram highlights, reception, contTwitter!Online renewal optionBi-Lo BoostersBoard meetings, workNew library tools1,001 Books!About the Friends2011: Friends turn 15Message from Chair

Fall 2008

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Using Technology to Increase Collaboration Between the Library, Teaching Faculty, and the Campus at Large

This article outlines many different ways of using technology to better link academic librarians and faculty, focusing particularly on how the appropriate use of technology in Acquisitions can improve the image of the library. The article presents a comprehensive overview of how technologies can be used to make Acquisitions not just a book purchasing department, but a department that works proactively to impress consituents, helping to make the library a central and prestigious part of the campus community. While the article's primary focus is on academic libraries, much of the discussion is also applicable to other types of libraries.

Library Permanently Closed: See Google

magine if you will the near perfect statefunded program. Yes, I know, such words sound like an oxymoron, given the track record of both state and federally-funded programs, past, present and undoubtedly in the future. Indeed, such words sound almost mythological in light of recent attempts by the federal government to spend us out of the current recession with still doubtful results (so far, a record deficit). Yet, you’re an imaginative individual and can put aside petty political persiflage and visualize such a program. Not only does this program do precisely what it said it would do, it does it so surprisingly well that, as a taxpayer, you’re completely astonished and whole-heartedly impressed.

PASCAL

PASCAL is not about the famous French philosopher, but is a pensee of which he would approve

A PASCAL Primer

PASCAL is the Palmetto State's new academic consortium. But can it survive in a state committed to exiguous state funding for higher ed?

"Well, There It Is"

While PASCAL meet all the requirements of a collaborative funding source, the Palmetto state still starved it of funds.

Impacto das tecnologias digitais nas bibliotecas universitárias: reflexões sobre o tema

MOREIRA, Luciana Moreira; SILVA, Armando Malheiro da. Impacto das tecnologias digitais nas bibliotecas universitarias: reflexões sobre o tema. Informaçao e sociedade: estudos. Joao Pessoa, v.19, n.3, p. 125-132,2009.