Category Archives: Collins Library Links

Welcome Back Edition:  Part II Collins Counts We thought it might be interesting for you to have an idea about the activity in the Library during the last academic year.  Collins is a busy place and we look forward to … Continue reading →

A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words – but where can I find a good one, to spark up my presentation or to illustrate a crucial point? Probably everyone has used Google Image search at one time or another. It … Continue reading →

March 2012 An Introduction to Academic E-Books Tell us what you think: Take our short opinion poll about e-books:   https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/CVZ66TF. Collins Library provides University of Puget Sound users access to 1000’s of full-text e-books from a number of academic publishers.  … Continue reading →

April 2012 125 Years in the Stacks In anticipation of our 125th anniversary in 2013, we are embarking on a  project to identify 125 items from our library collection that will provide a view of the University of Puget Sound … Continue reading →

May 2012 Counting Down to Summer with some Year End Facts Number of visitors to the library this school year: 41,190 Busiest day of the school year (in visitors): Monday, April 30, 2012 – 2,296 visitors Library Snapshot:  Learn more … Continue reading →

Fall 2011 – Welcome Back Issue: Part II Research Skills –  Tips to Help Your Students Succeed It’s time to dust off the books (literally in Collins Library after a summer of construction) and get ready for the fall semester.  … Continue reading →

Welcome Back Issue Fall 2011 Take your learning to new heights!: The library now has an elevator that goes from top to bottom.  The new elevator is located adjacent to the circulation desk and now provides easy access to our … Continue reading →

The Dashboard provides information on the number of visitors to our building, searches on our web site, the most frequently consulted journals and databases, as well as the number of books purchased and circulated, and much more.   The Dashboard is … Continue reading →

FROM THE ARCHIVES – DECEMBER 2010 From Chuck Luce, Arches Magazine – A Todd portrait comes home: “We received a cordial phone call from Eunice Robeck ’58, M.A.’74, remarking on the “From the Archives” item about Todd Hall (summer 2010) … Continue reading →

September 2010 INFORMATION LITERACY PART 1: WHERE ARE WE NOW? During the April 2009 reaccreditation visit, the university received a recommendation for faculty and librarians to continue to work to integrate information literacy throughout the curriculum. In addition, LMIS submitted … Continue reading →