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Celebrate Love Data Week!

February 12-16
1st Floor, Elihu Burritt Library

Interact each day with a new display about data and enter for a chance to win Valentine’s Day candy and a Starbuck’s gift card!

At the Burritt Library, we love data, and we have a number of resources to help students find, interpret, and visualize different kinds of data. All this week students can learn about those resources by visiting interactive displays located on the first floor of the library. Each day’s display includes a chance to win Valentine’s Day candy and a Starbuck’s gift card.

Students can also participate online. Just go to https://voyant-tools.org/ (an online tool for analyzing text as data) upload something you’ve written, like an old paper or story, and click “Reveal”. Voyant Tools will create a word cloud out of your text, which you can download and share with us over social media. Share your word cloud with the Burritt Library over Instagram, Facebook, or X (formerly Twitter), using the hashtag #LoveData24 for a chance to win Valentine’s Day candy and a Starbuck’s Gift Card!

For more information, visit https://libguides.ccsu.edu/love-data-week

Welcome (& Welcome Back) to the Library – Spring 2024

Welcome (or welcome back) to CCSU from the Elihu Burritt Library! If you’re new to the library, you might want to review the guide we designed for First Year (/Transfer) students or our New to the Library? brochure.

Spring hours are: Monday-Thursday 8am-10:45pm; Friday 8am-4:45pm; Saturday 9am-3:45pm; Sunday 2-9:45pm. The library will be closed on Spring Break weekends with limited hours M-F, March 9-17 & closed for the holiday weekend March 29-31. The library will be open for extended hours during the final weeks M-W, April 29-May 8. (See our full calendar/hours schedule at https://library.ccsu.edu/calendar/)

Don’t forget to check the CCSU Cancellations/Delay Page during inclement weather, when the library may close.

A list of library services and changes to those services for the 2023-24 academic year are highlighted at https://libguides.ccsu.edu/2023-24. (Note: Stack 1 will be closed throughout the construction project. Staff will be happy to retrieve materials from this section at your request. Some stacks may be closed intermittently during the construction process.)

The staff at the Elihu Burritt Library are here to support you in any way that we can, answering questions, helping you find books, and offering great places to study, in groups or individually. We have dedicated quiet spaces on the 4th floor and Stack 7.

Be resourceful (& save money)

We can help you access course and research materials at no cost to you.

  • Course textbooks for free (in-library) use through reserves. Request from our staff at the 1st floor desk, they’ll want your professor’s name and course number, if you have it.
  • Some course readings are digital and will be available online through course reserves via CentralSearch (you may need your Bluenet ID to login).
  • We offer subscription databases that allow you to get access to high-quality scholarly journals and primary resources, avoiding paywalls by authenticating with your Bluenet ID. Even if you find it through another service, outside of CCSU, if you hit a paywall with a scholarly article that you may need, try searching our CentralSearch or individual databases.
  • Get materials from other libraries with the help of our interlibrary loan department. This includes many scholarly writings/materials to which the library does not subscribe, but which may be available through ILL (i.e., using the ILLiad system) or through Resource Sharing Services which are launched from CentralSearch.

Get help (& research better)

Librarians are here to help you with your research assignments.

  • Service desks on the first and second floors are staffed during the library’s open hours. Reference librarians are working the second floor information desk while the library is open.
  • Research librarians are also available by phone, text, or through our online “Ask a Librarian” service.
  • Get in-depth help with your research papers using our online “Book a Librarian” service.

Learn at the library (& have fun)

This spring at the library, you can:

Good luck (& see you soon!)

Good luck this semester & we look forward to seeing you here at the Elihu Burritt Library!

Teaching & Learning at the Library – our Fall Newsletter is here!

Learn more about the Elihu Burritt Library’s support of CCSU’s teaching & learning mission in our Fall 2023 Newsletter (online Flipbook version or downloadable & accessible PDF)! So much is happening at the library — from faculty librarians’ scholarly work, instruction in research courses, workshops, and class visits, plus notes from the Archives, Makerspace, databases and ebooks that the library provides students and faculty, plus so much more…

In this time of giving, we are especially grateful to recognize the generous contributions that help support this important work.

DONORS TO THE FRIENDS OF THE LIBRARY FROM MAY 6 TO DECEMBER 8, 2023 INCLUDE:

  • MR. ROBERT S. BANACH, ‘71
  • MR. ANDREW G. BARD, ‘79
  • MRS. KAREN A. BARD
  • MR. STEVEN F.C. BERIAN, ‘95
  • MR. FRED E. BERNER, ‘74
  • MR. ANDREW J. BRADY, ‘77
  • MR. W. FRAZIER BRINLEY, ‘75
  • MRS. BRENDA M. BULA, ‘02
  • MR. MICHAEL D. BULA, ‘96
  • MR. DAVID A. CARLSON
  • MRS. NANCY M. CARLSON, ‘58, MS ‘68
  • MR. MARIO R. CAVALLO, ‘58
  • CONNECTICUT EXPLORED INC.
  • MRS. PAMELA A. FALCONE, ‘65
  • MR. PAUL J. FALCONE, ‘67, MS ‘70
  • MRS. BETTY FEIGENBAUM
  • ATTY. SETH D. FEIGENBAUM
  • MISS NANCY FINCH, ‘65
  • MRS. PATRICIA D. FREDERICK, ‘58, MS ‘68
  • MRS. FRANCES F. GALLAGHER, ‘70, MS ‘76
  • MR. PATRICK J. GALLAGHER, ‘70
  • MR. PAUL B. GUIMONT, ‘86
  • MR. THOMAS E. HEMSTOCK, JR., ‘03
  • MR. GEORGE N. HOLLAND, ‘67
  • MRS. SUSAN F. HOLLAND, ‘67
  • MS. CHERYL A. HOLTHAM, ‘96
  • MR. TIMOTHY B. HUBER
  • MR. EDWARD G. KIERKLO
  • MRS. KAREN KOSCAK
  • MR. PAUL P. KOSCAK, ‘73
  • MS. JACQUELINE C. LEWIS, ‘69
  • DR. V. EVERETT LYONS, JR., ‘72, MS ‘75
  • MRS. DONNA MAGNER
  • MR. FRANKLIN H. MAGNER, ‘75
  • MR. WILLIAM J. MANN, ‘84
  • MR. JOSEPH P. MASCOLO, ‘73
  • MRS. DIANNE V. MCHUGH, ‘69
  • DR. RONALD J. MOSS, ‘67
  • MS. CATRONA S. NICHOLAS, ‘89
  • MRS. JANE R. PALLOKAT, ‘67
  • MRS. MICHELE S. PANCALLO, ‘69, MS ‘75
  • MS. JANICE M. PATZOLD, ‘68, MAT ‘75
    SY ‘84
  • MRS. CLAIRE D. REILLY, ‘73, MS ‘78
  • MR. CURTIS J. ROESSLER, ‘04
  • MRS. PATRICIA C. RONALTER, ‘75
  • MR. GREGORY J. SLUPECKI, ‘83
  • MRS. PAMELA F. SUTKAITIS, ‘77
  • MS. RENATA C. VICKREY
  • MRS. BARBARA A. WAITE, ‘68
  • MR. THOMAS R. WARREN, ‘74, BSED ‘85
  • MS. SARAH E. WHITE
  • MR. S. DAVID WILSON, ‘76
  • MRS. SUSAN H. WILSON
  • MRS. MARY ANN ZIEGER
  • DR. ROGER T. ZIEGER, ‘69

Winter Intersession Hours

From December 17, 2023 until January 16, 2024, the library will be on a limited winter intersession schedule with the following hours:

  • Monday-Friday: 8am-4:45pm
  • Saturday & Sunday: CLOSED

The library will be closed for holidays on:

  • December 25, 2023
  • January 1, 2024
  • January 15, 2024

Have a peaceful winter break!

Research on the Run final session – November 29: Equity & Diversity in Scholarly Publishing

This semester’s Research on the Run workshops are wrapping up, with just one session left for Wednesday, November 29th, at 3:05pm (in person at the library classroom or online, more information on our registration page). Who Wrote That? Equity & Diversity in Scholarly Publishing – (NEW DATE) Wed., Nov. 29 (3:05 pm) Register now!

Miss any of these other great sessions? See our guide at https://libguides.ccsu.edu/researchontherun for recordings:

  • Ready-Set-Research
  • Getting R.E.A.L. About AI
  • Tech Tips for Student Researchers
  • All About Open
  • Seeking the Truth
  • “Trust Me” Evaluating Claims in News & Political Speech
  • Pain Relief: Using Zotero to Create Citations & Bibliographies
  • Becoming Privacy Literate

Intermittent stack closings during construction

During the Library Annex construction project (for the remainder of the Fall semester), there will be intermittent closures in some of the library’s stacks. The contractors will put up signs for those stacks that are temporarily unavailable.

Staff will be able to retrieve materials on your behalf from those locations.

Use the CentralSearch – Request option or ask the library staff for assistance.

Message about library stack closures

We apologize for the inconvenience!

Trick or Treat & Learn @ the Library!

TRICK OR TREAT @ THE BURRITT LIBRARY

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Join us on Tuesday, October 31st from 1-3 pm for candy, food, and prizes, while we take the FRIGHT! out of Electronic Resources.

The library will hold an E-Resources fair, in which we will do short demonstrations of some of the library’s great tools for research.  And here is the greatest part!  For every demo that you attend, you will receive a raffle ticket.  Attend all 5 demos and get 2 bonus tickets for 7 chances to win great prizes, including a brand new Samsung Galaxy Tab!

Learn more at https://library.ccsu.edu/wp/trickortreat/

Makerspace @ the Library: Now Revamped & Reopened!

We are excited to announce that the library’s Maker Space, which has been closed since the COVID-19 campus shutdown, is once again open to the CCSU Community.

The Maker Space has been completely revamped with all new equipment!

The Maker Space now includes:

Location and Access

The Maker Space is in Room 209 of Elihu Burritt Library.  As this is an office space, use of the Maker Space is limited to normal business hours.  We recommend that you book an appointment to make sure that a staff member will be available to assist you.

  • 3D printing jobs are managed by library staff and can be submitted through a form found on the Maker Space webpage.
  • Users creating projects using the Cricut Maker 3 must provide their own materials.

Collaboration

We would love to work with you on integrating these tools into class projects.  Please contact Steven Bernstein at bernsteinstj@ccsu.edu or X2-2079 to get the ball rolling.

More Information

All this information and more can be found on the Library Maker Space’s Web page: https://libguides.ccsu.edu/makerspace