University of the Pacific Library News

The University Library is pleased to announce the availability of electronic delivery of Interlibrary Loan articles to all faculty, staff and students on the Stockton campus. Instead of picking up the requested articles in person at the library, you can now retrieve the articles electronically from your desktop.

To take advantage of this convenient service, you will need to modify your ILLiad user information to indicate that you prefer your articles to be delivered electronically. You will need to change your “Preferred Delivery Method” to “electronic delivery”, and “Preferred Electronic Delivery if Possible” to “yes”. To help us make this implementation as smooth as possible, you will need to use your Pacific e-mail address (i.e. xxxxx@pacific.edu) as your “Preferred Notification Method” in your ILLiad Profile.

For further information or questions, please contact Monica at 209.946.2196 or e-mail ill@pacific.edu.

Through the end of October, the library has access to free trials of dozens of ProQuest databases. Selections include “20th-Century Drama,” “African Writers Series,” “Civil War Collection,” “Historical Newspapers: San Francisco Chronicle,” “Communication Abstracts,” “GenderWatch,” and many more.  Visit our trial page for the link.

The trial ends Wednesday, October 29, so be sure to tell us what you think!

Begun this fall, the “Pacific Reads” book display is an ongoing exhibit that will regularly highlight a member of the campus community and a book of significance to that person.

President Don DeRosa is our first Pacific Reads feature!

Stop by the display, in the Library’s main lobby area, to find out why he recommends Team of Rivals, by Doris Kearns Goodwin, to friends and colleagues!

Our first Library book display of the semester celebrates Latino Heritage Month, and features works in English and Spanish by and about Latinos, including books about Colombia (Former Colombian President César Gaviria on-campus 10/6!), as well as works by Junot Díaz, Isabel Allende, Rodolfo Acuña, Julia Alvarez, RigobertaMenchú (this recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize will speak on campus 10/21!), Gabriel García Márquez, Adelaida Del Castillo, David Abalos, Alma Garcia and many others…For a full listing and further info., please see our LibraryThing page.These books **can** be checked out!Stop by and take a look! 

The library is testing a new electronic resource: Springer eBooks.  The full-text books from Springer cover publication dates from 2005 through 2008, as well as book series dating back to 1997. The trial ends Friday, October 31 so be sure to check it out and let us know what you think!

The Davey Café, located just off the main lobby in the library, has reopened for the 2008-2009 school year!  Stop by for refreshing hot and cold beverages, salads and sandwiches, as well as a smorgasbord  of sugary treats!

Fall 2008 hours are:

Monday - Thursday: 8:00 am - 10:00 pm
Friday: 8:00 am - 5:00 pm
Saturday: CLOSED
Sunday: 11:00 am - 7:00 pm

The Chinese Christian Center began as the Chinese Methodist Episcopal Mission in 1905, and was a supportive part of the Stockton community for several decades. The new library lobby exhibit features photographs, newspaper clippings, and newsletters related to the Center, from the manuscript collection in Holt-Atherton Special Collections.

The next faculty/staff book club discussion will feature The Golden Compass, by Philip Pullman. It will be held on August 13, from noon-1, in the Library Community Room. Your Daemons are welcome!

As usual, a light lunch will be served. Please RSVP to Sally DeLorenzo by Friday, August 8, so we can make sure we have food for everyone who comes.

The next book club discussion will feature Angle of Repose, by Wallace Stegner. It will take place on July 16, from Noon to 1, in the Library Community Room.

In addition to our usual light lunch, we will have cake to celebrate the 1st birthday of the book club. Whoo hoo! Please RSVP to Sally DeLorenzo by July 11 if you will be attending. She can be reached at sdelorenzo@pacific.edu or 209.946.2434.

The Davey Café in the University Library will be closed from July 1 until mid-August as part of normal summer closing operations.

The Library wants to thank the members of the University community for your support of the Davey Café during this, its first year of operation, and looks forward to seeing you again when we reopen!