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NEW STUDENTS: Your NetID username is:firstname.yourlastname
FOR CONTINUING-RETURNING CORTLAND STUDENTS:

Please make note. Starting July 21, 2008, you will need your NetID username to gain access to webmail and any computers in our labs on campus. In the past, your NetID was your C#, now your NetID will be , in most cases, firstname.lastname , if you would like to see your NetID please log into https://bannerweb.cortland.edu and view the message. Your password will not change, nor will your email address

FOR FACULTY:

Your NetID will not be chaning.
What is my NetID for?

A NetID is your online identity at SUNY Cortland, and will enable you to access most online resources at SUNY Cortland. You will need your NetID to logon to computers in any of our labs on campus, webmail, eLearning (webct), and BannerWeb (coming soon).

* Security of your NetID is YOUR responsibility, do not share it with anyone! If you think your NetID has been compromised, or if your NetID is not functioning properly, please call the Technology Help Center at 607-753-2500.

Memorial Library will close on Friday, August 1, 2008 at 5:00 PM. The library will be closed on Saturday, August 2. The library will re-open on Monday August 4 at regular hours.

Access to library databases off campus are experiencing connectivity issues.   You may time out before reaching the databases.    We are working to resolve the issue.

update 6/11/08 -  Access to library databases from off campus has been restored

Coming in the fall to Memorial Library!

Let’s Talk About It will be back in the fall with more book discussions on Jewish literature. This year we will be looking at Modern Marvels, a series of graphic novels, including A Contract With God by Will Eisner; The Complete Maus: A Survivor’s Tale by Art Spiegelman; Julius Knipl, Real Estate Photographer: Stories by Ben Katchor; The Quitter by Harvey Pekar; The Rabbi’s Cat by Joann Sfar. Once again, sessions will be conducted by Nicky Morris of the English Department and held in the Reading Area of the Teaching Materials Center at Memorial Library. Projected dates for the discussions are: August 27, 2008, September 24, 2008, October 15, 2008, November 12, 2008 and December 3, 2008; all at 7:00 P.M. Refreshments will be served. Please join us!

For more information please contact Ellen McCabe (753-4051; mccabe@cortland.edu ).

This program is made possible by a grant from the American Library Association and Nextbook

April 17th  (Thursday)
Literature Circle in Action with Fahrenheit 451
TMC, Memorial Library, 1:30 - 2:15pm

April 19th   (Saturday)
Read-A-Thon: Fahrenheit 451 (Join us for a marathon read)
While adults read, there will be supervised activities with books for children
Center for the Arts, Homer, 9:00am-4:00pm

Event Sponsors: English Department, Literacy Department, Office of Sponsored Programs, Memorial Library Staff, National Endowment for the Arts, Arts Midwest, National  Institute for Museum & Library Services.

Mark your calendars for April 15, 2008 at 1:15 PM and 2:50 PM.  Suzanne Bloom, noted author and illustrator, will be presenting in the Children’s Reading Area in the Teaching Materials Center, Memorial Library in conjunction with The Big Read.  Her theme will center on “Dare to Read:  The act of reading to a child creates a powerful connection between the reader and the child and between the child and a larger world.”  Ms. Bloom was an illustrator before she became a writer.  She notes, “..as much as I love writing the story, drawing the pictures is like dessert.”  She went to Cooper Union College, an art school, where she painted, made sculptures, and drew throughout her four years there.  She uses everyday details in her illustrations and lets the reader get to know who lives in each of her books.  Some of her books include A Family for Jamie: An Adoption Story, Girls A to Z, No Place for a Pig, The Bus for Us, A Splendid Friend Indeed, and Treasure.

Stop in at the Children’s Reading Area for a lively, energizing visit with Suzanne.  You will be glad you did!

Sponsored by the Friends of the Library in conjunction with The Big Read.

Memorial Library will be conducting an intensive quantitative study of reactions of fear, horror, and terror in response to the new stapler at the reference desk.   Funded by a grant from the Department of Defense, assessment will occur over a period of six months at the library reference desk.  Data will be collected via a comprehensive survey of library users and by analysis of closed-circuit television using the Dartfish software package.  The findings will be crucial for the experimental weapons program for the Army’s Psychological Warfare unit, which will establish whether staplers equipped with extension cords should be parachuted into hot zones to demoralize the enemy.

Thank you for your cooperation,

Mr. April Fool

GreenFILE offers well-researched information covering all aspects of human impact to the environment. Its collection of scholarly, government and general-interest titles includes content on global warming, green building, pollution, sustainable agriculture, renewable energy, recycling, and more. The database provides indexing and abstracts for approximately 295,000 records, as well as Open Access full text for more than 4,600 records.  

Jennifer Hoover
Electronic Resources Librarian
SUNY Cortland Memorial Library

The library winter and intersession hours are available at: http://library.cortland.edu/hours_winter.asp

Memorial Library has many great databases – but did you know you can get more for free?

The New York State Library and the New York Public Library can help you with your research. A card can get you access to thousands of articles from your home or office, saving you time and gas.

New York State Library

Databases available: Project Muse, AnthroSource, Sanborn Maps, New York Times-Historical, Civil War: A Newspaper Perspective, and more. Check here for a list of databases, and here for a list of journals.

Get a card: Write nyslcirc@mail.nysed.gov and ask for a state employee borrower’s card. An application will be mailed to you. Send it back with a photocopied pay stub and a copy of your Cortland ID.

New York Public Library

Databases available: Columbia Granger’s World of Poetry, African American History Online, Chinese E-Journal Collection, Project Muse, more here

Get a card: Any NY resident or student is eligible. Start on their website here. Under the picture of the “Branch Libraries – Circulating Collections” card, click on “Apply for a library card”.

Don’t forget to ask a librarian at Memorial Library if you need any help with your research!

Dan Harms
Coordinator of Instruction Librarian