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Saturday, December 4th, 2010 - Kristin Nielsen
If you use government documents in your research, the Government Printing Office wants to hear from you. Please take their brief survey at http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/HSLCRRB.
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Monday, September 13th, 2010 - Kristin Nielsen
Looking for ways to enliven a class presentation or add content to your eLC course site? Films on Demand, the Libraries' new database from GALILEO, offers streaming video for over 7,000 educational films. Films are broken into segments for easy linking and viewing. Producers include Films for the Humanities & ...
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Thursday, September 3rd, 2009 - Kristin Nielsen
Last week the U.S. Government Printing Office's (GPO) PURL server failed, disrupting access to online U.S. government documents. "PURL" stands for persistent URL - these are the links that start with http://purl.access.gpo.gov... and are listed in associated GIL records as "Online Text." While GPO is in the process ...
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Tuesday, August 4th, 2009 - Kristin Nielsen
In an ongoing effort to eliminate all non-essential uses of the Social Security Number, logging in to your GIL “My Account” using the SSN is no longer available. To login, use the complete barcode number on your UGACard or UGA ID. Most barcodes begin with 627541 810. Questions? Please ask ...
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Wednesday, July 1st, 2009 - Kristin Nielsen
We wish Virginia Benjamin, Faculty Liaison for Electronic Library Services and EndNote trainer extraordinaire, a fond farewell and congratulations upon her retirement. Virginia has been with the UGA Libraries in different capacities for forty years.
Thanks to Virginia's efforts, the Libraries will continue to manage the site licenses and training ...
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Thursday, December 7th, 2006 - Kristin Nielsen
Hoping to keep that brain of yours active over the holiday break? Come to the University Libraries and check out one of the recently announced National Book Award nominees or winners. Our National Book Awards Featured Titles page provides links to reviews and ...
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Monday, May 22nd, 2006 - Kristin Nielsen
The University Libraries are pleased to introduce two new subject librarians:
Carla Wilson Buss is the new Education Librarian and head of the Curriculum Materials Center in Aderhold Hall. Carla can be reached at cbuss @uga.edu or 706-542-2996.
Deb Raftus is the new Psychology Librarian. Deb can be reached at ...
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Friday, May 19th, 2006 - Kristin Nielsen
Are you looking for a good book to read?
Check out our "Featured Titles" pages from the Main Library and the Science Library. Each book has links to a review and to GIL, the Libraries' Catalog.
Get started on your summer reading!
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