December 22 2004
Library Hours - Christmas
and New Year 2004/5
Vacation opening hours (weekdays 8:30
am to 5:00 pm, & Saturdays 8.30 am to noon)
will be observed during the period December 23 2004 (Thursday)
to January 16, 2005.
The Library will be closed on
the following days:
December 24, 2004 (from 12 noon)
December 25, 2004
December 27, 2004
December 31, 2004 (from 12 noon)
The Overnight Reading Room will not open
on the following weekday nights and weekends.
December 24, 2004
December 25, 2004
December 26, 2004
December 27, 2004
December 31, 2004
January 1, 2005
January 2, 2005
December 10, 2004
Congratulations
to Library staff Graduates
Congratulations to George McGregor,
B.Sc. Accounting (major), Management Studies (minor) and Nadine
Walder, B.A. Library and Information Studies (major), Education
(minor) who graduated recently from the UWI, Mona.
December 6, 2004
Vice Chancellor's
Award for Excellence 2003/2004
Congratulations to Ms Stephney Ferguson, former
University/Campus Librarian, Mona and Dr. Margaret Rouse-Jones,
University Librarian and Campus Librarian, St. Augustine, on their
receipt of the The Vice Chancellor’s Award for Excellence
for 2003/2004. Click here for
photo
December 3, 2004
Reopening
of the Post Graduate Reading room and The Audio-Visual Room in the
West Indies & Special Collections
The Main Library is pleased to announce the re-opening of the
Post-Graduate Reading Room and the Audio-visual Room in the West
Indies and Special Collections.
The Post-Graduate Reading Room is designed specifically to support
the research needs of post-graduate students of the University.
It is equipped with chairs and tables for group and individual
study, as well as six computers for Internet research, access
to the Library's databases and word processing. Keys are available
at the Circulation Desk, Main Library.
The Audio-visual Room houses the Library?s growing collection
of videocassettes and sound recordings. Requests and enquiries
may be made at the West Indies and Special Collections issue desk.
November 23, 2004
New Campus Librarian appointed
The University of the West Indies is pleased to announce the
appointment of Mrs. Norma Amenu-Kpodo, former Deputy Campus Librarian
to the post of Campus Librarian at The University of the West
Indies (UWI) Mona, effective October 1, 2004. She succeeds former
Campus and University Librarian Stephney Ferguson who retired
at the end of September 2004.
Read more
November 3, 2004
OPAC sessions - November 4, 11, 18, 25 at 2.30pm
in the Training Room. Please sign up in MERIC.
October 25th
Mezzanine Floor Reopening
The Reading Room on the Mezzanine Floor, access to books in the
Z collections and the Academic Staff Reading Room have now been
reopened.
October 12, 2004
OPAC Training Sessions
Having difficulty finding information in the Library?
Join us from October 19-22, 2004 in the Training Room (Main Library)
at
the following times:-
10:00 - 11:30 am
3:00 - 4:30 pm
6:00 - 7:30 pm
SIGN UP IN MERIC FOR ONE SESSION.
October 11, 2004
Library Tours - Main Library
Tours will be conducted each day at 11.00am, 3.00pm
and 6.00pm from October 11 - 15, 2004. However, there will be
no 6.00pm tour on October 11 and October 15, 2004.
October 1, 2004
Hurricane Ivan Damage to Library
The Mona community would have been aware that due to damage from
Hurricane Ivan, library service in the Main Library had to be
restricted for the first two weeks beginning September 20 when
the University reopened. Although there was some damage to the
Science library from flooding in the basement and to the Medical
Library from leaks, this was not severe enough to affect regular
service.
The damage at the Main Library was caused from extensive leaking
in the extension which was erected in 1996 and from flooding of
the entire ground floor as a result of drains which became blocked
from hurricane debris. The flooding affected the lower shelves
of the ground floor stack and these books had to be removed, frozen
or air dried and treated to prevent the growth of mold. The recovery
process is continuing while increased access to open shelf collections
and other services are being phased in beginning Monday October
4. Some study areas will be inaccessible for a while yet, but
every effort is being made to restore full access as soon as possible.
October 1, 2004
Unavailablity of some Library Material
The Library regrets that as a result of damage caused by the
recent hurricane, some items in the Main Library are unavailable
for use until further notice. Areas affected are classes D,
E, F, and P of the open collections as well as some items
from all classes in the West Indies and Special Collections.
Unfortunately the status of these items will be seen as “available”
in the online catalogue (OPAC) as the records have not yet been
amended. We have however marked the shelves where items are unavailable.
Every effort is being made to rehabilitate and replace the damaged
books as early as possible.
October 1, 2004
Increased access
In keeping with our promise to improve access to library services
in the Main Library as early as possible, the following services
will be available with effect from Monday, October 4,
2004:
1. Resumption of Access to:
Open Shelf Collections
Periodicals Floor
Government Serials
2. Reopening of RESU (Reprographic Services Unit)
The West Indies and Special Collections (WI & SC)
will re-open on Wednesday, October 6, 2004.
Access to the Mezzanine Floor and Second Floor Reading Room will
not be permitted at this time as books are still being dried on
these floors. Library staff will however fetch materials required
from this area.
Any inconvenience caused is regretted.
September 18, 2004
Library re-opening
The library suffered extensive flood damage from the
effects of hurricane IVAN. As a result, we regret that we will
only be able to offer limited access and services in the Main
Library until further notice.
The following services will be available in the Main library-
: Access to RBC materials, use of MERIC and the RBC Reading Room,
access to male and female toilet facilities on the ground floor.
The Overnight reading room will continue to operate as usual.
Full library service will be available in the Medical
and Science Libraries.
Regular semester opening hours (8.30am – 10.pm)
will apply in all Libraries
We regret the inconvenience and wish to assure you that
every effort is being made to restore full service on a phased
basis as soon as possible.
September, 2004
Library Tours
The following tours will take place in the Main Library
Orientation Tours ,
September 6-17 2004, Monday to Friday 10:00am ;11:00 am; 2:30
pm and 6:00 pm. No registration needed
OPAC Training sessions: Learn how to use the
online catalogue to locate material for assignments. September
20-24 2004 10:am 2:00 pm and 7:00pm, Sign up in MERIC
July 1, 2004
Vice
Chancellor's Award for Excellence
Ms.Stephney Ferguson
- University/Campus Librarian receives the Vice Chancellor's Award
for Excellence
for 2004, for All Round Performance in the Service to the University
Community and Contribution to Public
Service.
More information.
June 24, 2004
Exhibition
in Honour of Stuart Hall(in
the Catalogue Hall, Main Library)
“Culture, Politics,
Race and Diaspora: the Thought of Stuart Hall”, theme of
the Third Annual Conference in the series: Caribbean Reasonings”
is also the theme of the exhibition currently mounted in the Main
Library, University of the West Indies in honour of Stuart Hall.
A distinguished and well-respected thinker, theorist, sociologist,
and political activist, Hall was born in Kingston, Jamaica in
1932. He attended Jamaica College and in 1950 was the recipient
of both the Jamaica and Rhodes scholarships. Some of the highlights
are his high school accomplishments, his cultural and political
activism in Britain, his scholarship, his impressive public service
record, as well as his numerous honours and awards. Copies of
some of the many works on politics and cultural studies authored
and edited by Stuart Hall, as well as several works about him,
are also on display. The exhibition was mounted to coincide with
the conference which was hosted by the Centre for Caribbean Thought
from June 17th to 19th 2004 to celebrate Hall’s achievement.
The exhibition will run until the end of August 2004.
List of Publications
and Papers
Photograph of Stuart Hall
June 7, 2004
Summer School Opening Hours
Main Library (To
July 29, 2004)
Mondays to
Thursdays 8:30am to 10:00pm
(West Indies Collection and RESU open until 6:30pm)
Fridays 8:30
am to 6:30pm
Saturdays 8:30am to 12noon
From
August 3 to August 27, 2004
Weekdays
8:30am to 6:30pm
Saturdays 8:30am to 12noon
Medical
Library (To August 27, 2004)
8:30am to 10:00pm
Science
Library (To August 27,
2004)
8:30am to 5:00pm
Overnight
Reading Room (To July 15,
2004)
Mondays to
Thursdays 10:00pm to 6:00am next day
Fridays 6:30pm to 6:00am next day
Weekends Saturdays 1:00pm to Monday 6:00am
From
August 3 to August 27, 2004)
Mondays to Fridays 6:30pm to 6:00am next day
Weekends Saturdays 1:00pm to Mondays 6:00am
April 1, , 2004
Job
Opportunities - Campus Librarian
April 1, 2004
Library Inaugural Awards Presentation
Ceremony
As part of
its programme to recognize outstanding performance, to motivate
staff towards higher levels of productivity, and to build morale,
the Library held its first awards ceremony on March 22, 2004 in
its Multifunctional Room. The Customer Service Group, led by Ms.
Sandra Stubbs, received the Library Team Excellence Award for
achieving quality improvement to systems, processes and services
in the Library while Mr. Anthony Bushay received the Bold Idea
Award for contributing an idea that has improved services and
is income generating. One of the Campus Librarian Special Team
Excellence Awards for 2003 was presented to the Administrative
Support Group- Staff Development Committee, led by Mrs. Karlene
Robinson, for conceptualizing and implementing the awards. The
Research for Development Core Group, led by Mrs. Leona Bobb-Semple
and Mrs. Amenu-Kpodo earned the other special award for untiring
efforts and outstanding teamwork in documenting, editing and publishing
Research for Development Vol. 2: A Bibliography of Staff Publications
1998-2002.
Campus Registrar, Mr. G.E.Falloon in an address to the
staff, challenged them to aspire to excellence in customer care
in the interest of the Library and the University as a whole.
Ardenne High
School student entertaining staff
Bold Idea
Award
Campus Librarian
Special Team Excellence Award - Administrative Support Group-Staff
Development Committee
Campus Librarian
Special Team Excellence Award - The Research for Development Core
Group
Library Notes entertaining
staff
Library Team
Excellence Award
Mr
G. E. Falloon addressing Library Staff
March 19, 2004
Closure of MERIC (Main Library)
The Mona Electronic Reference and Information Centre, MERIC in
the Main Library will be closed between 8:30 and 11:30 am Wednesday
March 24, 2004 to facilitate an online instruction session.
We regret any inconvenience this may cause and remind students
that, computers in the Overnight Reading Room will be available
during this period.
March 2, 2004
Library's Open Day
The UWI Library is pleased to invite you to a special Faculty/Library
Session on Thursday, March 4, 2004, starting at 2:30 p.m.
The programme begins with a hands-on session, 'Online Search
Strategies: Using Academic Databases'. This will be followed by
a get-together with Library staff for refreshment; sharing of
ideas, concerns and needs; as well as mini-displays on some of
our services -- electronic reserves; online submission of entries
to Research for Development: bibliography of staff publications;
Acquisitions (collection development; reading lists); the Mona
Information Literacy Unit (MILU); Biomed Central open access publishing,
and more.
For more information and event schedule, click on link :
http://www.mona.uwi.edu/notices/2004/openday.rtf
February 24, 2004
Academic Staff Reading Room
Dear Faculty Member,
Do you need a quiet place to read, write, mark or set papers,
use the Internet, hold a small meeting? The Main Library invites
you to use its Academic Staff Reading Room on the first floor.
The room is equipped with 4computers, a conference table and chairs.
Please ask at the Circulation Desk. As of March 1, 2004, you
will be issued a barcoded key to enter the room. The key should
be cleared from your record DAILY by returning it to the Circulation
Desk.
Please give us your feedback and suggestions using the suggestion
box provided. We look forward to being of assistance to you!
February 23, 2004
Research for Development: a bibliography of staff publications:
1998-2002
The Library has received requests for the above publication to
be made available on CD ROM. The Library is willing to produce
these CD’s for sale, if at least 200 orders are received
by March 5th 2004. The estimated cost will be between $500 and
$800.00.
Interested persons are requested to respond by e-mail to manlibry@uwimona.edu.jm
with the subject line “Research for Development 1998-2002”
giving details of quantity required and contact information by
5th March 2004.
February 18, 2004
Sessions on
Citation Styles
The Library will be offering limited sessions on Citation Styles
to assist students in documenting sources used in essays and research
papers.
Chicago Style Thursday March 4, 2004 10:00am
APA Style Friday March 5, 2004 10:00 am
Students may also join sessions on MLA Feb
23-March 3 at 10:00am,
3:00pm and 7:00pm each day
Sign up in MERIC NOW!
February 18,2004
Library
mounts exhibition in honour of Prof. Rex Nettleford for Commemoration
Week
The Main Library
has mounted an Exhibition titled “Celebrating excellence:
Prof. The Honourable Rex Nettleford” as part of the Commemoration
Week celebrations. The exhibition traces Prof. Nettleford’s
rise to the Vice Chancellorship from his roots in rural Trelawny.
It highlights some of his many achievements - both local and foreign
- as well as his accomplishments in the Arts. The Exhibition will
run from February 16 - 29, 2004 in the Catalogue Hall.
February 2, 2004
Student Assessment of Teaching and Courses
Course/Lecturer assessment
reports by students are available for consultation in the Campus
Library as follows:
February 2, 2004
Haitian Bi-Centenary
An exhibition to commemorate the
bi-centenary of the Haitian Revolution has been mounted in the
link-way to the Elsa Goveia Reading Room in the Main Library.
The Exhibition will run until the middle of February.
February 2, 2004
Academic Staff Reading Room
Dear Faculty Member,
Do you need a place to read, write, mark or set papers, use the
Internet, hold a small meeting? The Main Library invites you to
use its Academic Staff Reading Room on the first floor. The room
is equipped with 4 computers (with internet access, word processing
software, etc.), a conference table, as well as some easy chairs.
Please book in at the
Circulation Desk. You will be issued a barcoded key to enter the
room. Please return the key to the
Circulation Desk by the end of the day so that it can be cleared
from your record.
January 19, 2004
Library Tours
Still having problems finding your way around the library?
Well, we have good news for you. The Main Library will be conducting
tours just for you.
Date: January 26,
28 and 30, 2004
Time: 11:00 a.m.,
2:30 p.m. and 7:00 p.m.
No need to sign up. Simply join us in the Multifunctional Room.
January 19, 2004
Online Catalogue Training
So you think you know all about the OPAC? But can you:-
- Find digitized full text articles?
- Find online past exam papers?
- Find out what your lecturer has put in RBC?
- Search a combination of keywords to find information?
Book early in MERIC for OPAC training sessions in the
Main Library. Learn to search for relevant resources,
retrieve digitized articles, past papers online and much more.
Date: January 26 - 30, 2004 & February
2 - 6, 2004
Time: 10:00am, 3:00pm and 6:00pm
We also offer small group sessions (3 persons or less) at the
Help Desk in the Main Library from 10 am –6pm daily.
January 19, 2004
Damaged UWI ID Cards in the Library
The library is encouraging all students
with defaced/damaged UWI ID cards to have these replaced
as soon as possible to ensure continued access to the Library
and library services. In the automated environment, it has become
increasingly difficult to issue library material with damaged
ID cards. We, therefore, anticipate your cooperation.
Regrettably, as of, February 1, 2004, the
Library will not accept damaged ID cards.
January 19, 2004
Collaborative Instruction Sessions
Library Support for Teaching and Learning: Information Literacy
Instruction
The Mona Information Literacy Unit (MILU) invites Faculty
to request collaborative instruction sessions for students in
their courses. We are very interested
in working with you to help your students in their academic pursuits.
MILU offers customized instruction on exploiting library material
(including online resources); evaluating information; research
strategies; Citation styles. We can also participate in your class
in other ways, such as by .helping you identify Library and online
resources.
Please make your requests at least two
weeks in advance.
January 14, 2004
Increase in Photocopying Costs
Effective January 19, 2004, the cost of photocopy
cards will increase to $100.00 per card
per 20 exposures. Photocopying (black/white)
that is done by RESU staff will now cost $6.00 per copy. You
may continue to purchase your photocopy cards at the Circulation
desks or from the Reprographic Services Unit (RESU) in the Main
Library.
Please remember to return your empty cards
for a $20.00 refund.
Library
news archives 2003
Library news archives 2002
Library
news archives 2001
