Hi \u2013 As the librarian for your department, I have a few library-related items to share with you. I know this fall (and probably the whole year) will be quite different, but I am happy to meet via Zoom with you or your students to talk through any questions you may have (and email always works too).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Library Orientation for New Grad Students<\/strong> \u2013 Your fall new graduate student orientations likely look a little different from other years. I know I won\u2019t be able to visit your orientations in person, but the library has short videos covering tips and information about essential library services that you could share with your new graduate students. The videos can be found on this New Graduate Student Virtual Orientation<\/a> website. Videos cover:<\/p>\n\n\n\n Course Reserves<\/strong> – Please submit your course reserve requests ASAP before classes start to ensure course materials are available for your students when term begins. Please use the reserve request form (http:\/\/library.oregonstate.edu\/reserves\/request<\/a>), and send any questions to valley.reserves@oregonstate.edu<\/a>. To help prevent the spread of the COVID-19 virus, OSU Libraries is continuing to provide scans of course reserve materials. The COVID-19 library guide<\/a> has additional information.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Ebooks<\/strong> \u2013 Access to ebooks is increasingly helpful during COVID-19. Our ebook license rights vary from vendor to vendor in terms of how many users can access the book and whether or not users can download the book to their own device. If you plan to use ebooks in your classes, you can explore the rights for the book you\u2019re interested in by searching for the book in 1Search<\/a> and then opening the book up to see what the download rules are (these rules are often found on the left side of the page). If you\u2019re confused about an ebook\u2019s access options, feel free to ask me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Library Building Access<\/strong> \u2013 As you may have heard, access to the Valley Library building will be restricted primarily to the main (second) floor for most of fall term. And our hours will be shorter than usual (10 a.m. \u2013 5 p.m.). We will continue offering electronic delivery of articles through interlibrary loan<\/a> and home delivery of books<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Library Workshops<\/strong> \u2013 Library workshops<\/a> on topics like Git, Zotero, Researching the Literature Review, and EndNote will be held online via Zoom this Fall (schedule coming soon). Feel free to attend yourself, or suggest to your students. I\u2019m also happy to lead workshops via Zoom specifically for your lab groups or classes. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Please let me know if you have any questions. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Take care,<\/p>\n\n\n\n Diana<\/p>\n\n\n\n —<\/p>\n\n\n\n Diana Park<\/p>\n\n\n\n Science Librarian<\/p>\n\n\n\n Oregon State University Libraries & Press<\/p>\n\n\n\n Pronouns: she, her, hers<\/p>\n\n\n\n Remote availability: Mon-Fri, 9am – 5pm (PDT)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Hi \u2013 As the librarian for your department, I have a few library-related items to share with you. I know this fall (and probably the whole year) will be quite different, but I am happy to meet via Zoom with you or your students to talk through any questions you may have (and email always… Continue reading