Could the Supreme Court outlaw your library's right to lend?...not this time.

The Supreme Court has been examining the first sale doctrine in regard to Kirtsaeng v. John Wiley & Sons, Inc. The ruling is detailed here. Let's hope the first sale doctrine is always upheld, as it was this time. Your libraries' right to lend depends on it.

To learn more:
District Dispatch Article
Supreme Court of the United States Blog - Kirtsgeng v. John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

Or, watch this video for a summary of what the case is about:

Useful Information from the College Library

What is EBSCO A-Z?

It's a powerful tool for searching our online, full-text journal
collection. 

You can use it to:

• Browse or search for full-text electronic journals by title.
• Search for a specific title to see whether we have electronic full-text access.

If we do have access, there will be a list of 1 or more links to the database(s) that carries
it. Click the database title, and it will take you to that journal in the database. You can then search the entire resource or navigate to a specific article.

VERY CONVENIENT!

Something to Keep in Mind...
Many journals are not available online for a period of time after publication date (6 months, 12 months, etc...). This is called an embargo, and the embargo period will be listed, if applicable. You can also check the list of print journals (found under Library Resources on the library’s
website or Portal) to see whether the Library has a title on the shelves. If there is an article that isn't in our
online or print collection, don't worry. We can obtain most articles through our interlibrary
loan service.
To request an article(s) through iterlibrary loan, just bring your request to the library or email it to
library@ololcollege.edu. For Interlibrary Loan information, including FAQs and more details on submitting a request, check our Library Services page.

Want to Use A-Z?
To get to EBSCO A-Z, first log in to the College Portal. Click the "Connect to Library Databases" icon in the Launch Pad (it looks like a blue cylinder). This will take you to the "Library Resources" page. From here, just click on "EBSCO A-Z" and begin your search.

A Great Free Resource
When searching for articles, check out www.freemedicaljournals.com. This site has links to quality medical journals that provide free articles (most on this site are free after one year).

Finals & Holiday Hours

Library Hours for Finals

The Main Library building will have extended hours this Monday - Wednesday, December 3rd - 5th. 

Main Library

M - W 8:00 AM - 11:00 PM

TH 8:00 AM - 9:00 PM

FRI 8:00 AM - 4:30 PM

SAT-SUN 10:00 AM - 6:00 PM

The Library Commons will maintain regular hours.

Library Commons

M - TH 8:00 AM - 9:00 PM

FRI 8:00 AM - 4:30 PM

SAT-SUN CLOSED

Library & Commons Holiday Hours
December 17th - January 13th 

Main Library

M - TH 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM

FRI 8:00 AM - 4:30 PM

SAT-SUN 10:00 AM - 6:00 PM

Library Commons

M - TH 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM

FRI 8:00 AM - 4:30 PM

SAT-SUN CLOSED

BOTH BUILDINGS WILL BE CLOSED ON CHRISTMAS EVE, CHRISTMAS DAY, NEW YEAR'S EVE AND NEW YEAR'S DAY (DEC 24, 25, 31 & JAN 1).

If you have any questions, please call the circulation desk at 768-1730.

Welcome to the Fall 2012 Semester

Welcome Students!

The Library is happy to announce a new college supply vending machine. Students will be able to purchase packs of scantron test sheets from this machine, located in the Library Commons. Other items that will be available in the machine include:  a variety of pens & pencils, erasers, remedies, wite out, headphones, batteries, hi-liters, and more...



Lunch at the Library returns this semester with a great line-up of trucks. This service is provied to give students an on-campus lunch option. Check the Library webpage twitter widget or twitter page (LibraryLunch) for up to the minute updates. Trucks scheduled for this semester include: Taco de Paco, Curbside, Bon Repas, Garcia's Taco & Grill, Dolce Vita Pizza, Chicken Shack Express and possibly others. Come support this great service!

The wonderful SGA is providing free coffee for students (2 boxes/month). The coffee is located in the back break room of the Library Commons. Condiments are not provided.

Don't miss out on all the FREE welcome week activities, August 20 - 24th! Free food & games will be at the Library Commons & Main Library parking lots. Also, come check out the display in the Main Library lobby!

Wishing you a great semester,

Your Library Staff

Library Week After Action Report

Thanks to everyone who participated for helping make Library Week last week such a great success!  The pizza and snowball day had an excellent turn out and there certainly wasn't any leftovers.  Many people also took us up on the offer of fine free book returns to their great advantage.  :)

On Friday the library had a drawing for the Library Week Raffle, and the winner of the Kindle e-book reader was Anita Gautreaux.  Congratulations Anita!

raffle prize presentation

Thanks again to all who enjoyed the Library Week events.  Hope you all had an excellent time!

Celebrate Library Week - April 16 - 20

The Library is celebrating this week. Come join us! For our raffle, look for the Library flyers. Each flyer displays a quote from a book in the Library. Decipher the quote by searching our online catalog with the call number (located at the bottom of the flyer) or scan the QR code (also at the bottom of the flyer) with your smart phone. If you don't have a code scanner, there are a few great free apps: Red Laser Barcode Scanner, AT&T Code Scanner and ScanLife Barcode Reader are just a few. Good luck to everyone who enters!
Also, don't miss the pizza and snowballs on Wednesday, 12-2 in the Library Commons parking lot. Details of Library Week are below.

Database Access Change

As of March 30th, the electronic resources - specifically the databases for finding academic journal articles - are now only available through the Portal.

To access the databases, log in through the Portal (same as you do for Moodle) and you'll see an area to the left called the dashboard.  In this icon clump there will be an icon with mouseover text that reads: “Connect to Library Databases.”  The icon looks like three blue stacked disks.  Click there to gain access to the library databases.  It no longer matters if you are on or off campus for database access, the way to get on is the same.

If you are having trouble accessing your Portal account for any reason, please contact IT by emailing portal@ololcollege.edu or by calling 225-768-1720.

Good luck on exams!  And have a great spring break next week. :)