Three Staff Members Recognized for Service Milestones

Three library staff members were recognized for service milestones at Wartburg's Faculty and Staff Recognition Convocation on Friday, May 23.

• For 15 years: Paula Hemingson, interlibrary loan and periodicals supervisor
• For 20 years: Pam Madden, cataloging librarian and archivist
• For 30 years: Marnie Hubbard, acquisitions and processing supervisor

EBSCOhost unveils new search interface

This summer all EBSCOhost database interfaces will be changing. EBSCOhost will receive a brand new look and feel, based on extensive user testing and feedback, to provide users with the most powerful, clean and intuitive interface available. This is the first redesign of the EBSCOhost interface since 2002, and its functionality incorporates the latest technological advances.

Some changes have already begun such as a different narrow results sidebar. Other changes will be continually rolled up and the new interface should revealed in July. To preview the new interface, watch a flash demo here or view the EBSCOhost 2.0 web pages and learn more about its key features, click here.

Contact your liaison librarian with questions about the interface changes.

Be a READ Poster Celebrity!

Do you have a favorite book or are an avid reader? The Vogel Library is looking for students, staff, and faculty to pose with their favorite book for a READ poster to be included on the main page of library's website. You can pose alone, with friends or family members. Each poster participant will receive a complimentary poster and will be entered into to a drawing for a $25 gift certificate to the Bookstore. Those interested in being a muse for a poster should contact Kim Babcock Mashek by emailing kim.babcock@wartburg.edu.

Help with Library Website Usability Testing

We need you! Kim Babcock Mashek, Information Literacy Librarian, is looking for participants for a usability study of the library's website. The testing takes 15 to 20 minutes and involves answering some basic questions and completing simple tasks using the library's website. Your feedback is valuable. It will be used in future changes to the library's website. Interested? Contact Kim by emailing her at Kim.Babcock@wartburg.edu. Participants who complete testing will be entered in a drawing for a $25 gift certificate to the Bookstore. Help give input on the usability and functionality of the Vogel Library website.

New Director Appointed

The Vogel Library is pleased to announce that Dr. Jean Donham will serve as the next College Librarian and Professor of Education at Wartburg College effective June 20, 2008. Dr. Donham has a B.A. in English and Secondary Education from the University of Iowa, an M.L.S. from the University of Maryland, and a Ph.D. in Educational Administration from the University of Iowa. She is currently College Librarian and Professor at Cornell College and has served as a tenured Associate Professor in the School of Library and Information Sciences at the University of Iowa.

Dr. Donham has an extensive list of publications and presentations including Enhancing Teaching and Learning: A Library Media Specialist's Guide to Leadership, Graduating Students Who are Not Only Learned But Also Learners in Teacher Librarian, and Information Literacy: Transition from High School to College in Educational Technology Media and Technology Yearbook. Most importantly Dr. Donham advocates for an expanded definition of information literacy. In addition to locating information and evaluating information, she teaches the integration of information literacy, inquiry learning, and writing.

Lehmann receives research award

Karen Lehmann, interim library director and information literacy librarian, was selected as the first recipient of the Iowa Library Association’s Association of College and Research Libraries Research Award.

Lehmann’s winning article “Assessment of Student Learning at the Reference Desk” was co-authored with Jill Gremmels, former Wartburg College librarian. Lehman was presented with the award March 3, 2008 at the annual ILA/ACRL business meeting at St. Ambrose in Davenport, Iowa.

The article appeared in the November 2007 issue of College and Research Libraries.

The Iowa Library Association’s academic libraries subdivision offers the award and monetary grant for a presented or published scholarly work by a current member.

Renew Library Materials via the Web

You don’t have time to go over to the library to renew your materials? Renew your materials online through the library’s catalog! From the library’s web page (www.wartburg.edu/library)

• • Click on one of the links to the Vogel Catalog.
• • Click on the “My Account” tab at the top of the page.
• • Enter in your nine digit borrower ID which is also your ID number (ex. 000111234) and press “Login.”
• • Click on “Checked Out” on the top green tab. The materials that you currently have out should appear.
• • To select the items for renewal, click on the box at the left of the title. If done correctly, a green checkmark should appear.
• • When you have selected all the materials that need to be renewed, click on the “Renew” button.
• • The screen will refresh and a new due date will be reflected in the Due Date column.
• • Print off the web page for your records as proof of renewal; it also lists the new due date.
• • Remember to log off the site when finished. The logout button is at the top right.

Online renewals must be completed BEFORE the due date. After the due date, items can be renewed either in person or by calling #8500. Materials can be renewed up to two times via the web or over the phone. For information on Interlibrary loan renewals see http://www.wartburg.edu/library/renewal.html.