News and Events
June
Now available: TWO image databases! (Getty & Corbis)
June 2008
The NEiA Library now provides access to two image databases: Getty Images and Corbis. Both provide high-resolution stock images for use in your school projects, and are accessible from school, home, or anyplace with a 'net connection!
To use Getty, visit the circulation (front) desk at the library and ask to sign up! We’ll need you to sign a license form, and then we’ll give you an instructional handout that includes username and password.
To use Corbis, grab an updated "Electronic Resources from Home" handout from the kiosk near the reference desk (in back of the library). Use the subscription code to create a Corbis account for yourself.
Any questions? Any library staff person would be happy to help you!
June 2008
I am pleased to announce that Judith Maas is the new Evening Librarian at the NEiA Library.
Judith will provide the NEiA community with reference and user service assistance, coordinate interlibrary loan transactions, teach library instruction sessions, manage the serials collection, and participate in collection development and special projects.
I invite you to drop by to meet Judith Maas, to seek her assistance with a research project, to schedule a library instruction class with her, or just to chat! Her phone number is 617-582-4421 and her email is jmaas@aii.edu
Wishing you all a successful summer semester!
- Dr. Mary Ann Tricarico, Library Director
April
COFFEE, DONUTS & FEE-FREE AT THE LIBRARY: ALL WEEK! (APRIL 14TH - APRIL 18TH)
April 2008
It's National Library Week!* Stop by for some coffee and donuts in the NEiA library at 9:00 every morning this week--a lil' celebration of our fabulous community of library patrons. (That's you!)
Also: got fines? Your overdue charges will be forgiven for all books, DVDs and CDs that you return--this week only!
...And of course, as always, we're here to help you finish up those last papers. Need an article? Looking for a book but don't know where to start? Can't understand those mysterious call numbers on the shelves? Trouble with a citation? Just drop by (or call or email) and we'll get you going in no time! We've got quiet study space and computers, too.
Good luck with finals--and see you in the library!
* National Library Week history: http://www.ala.org/ala/pio/mediarelationsa/factsheets/nationallibraryweek.cfm
March
March 2008
The NEiA library website is evolving! Check out the site's new look and improved navigability. We'll soon be adding even more content and functionality, making the site your one-stop-shop for information about library services and resources, research and assignment tips, library catalog and e-resource access, and more! If you have any suggestions, questions or comments about the new site, please visit Emily Belanger, the Reference & Instructional Services Librarian, at the Reference Desk in the library (or send an EMAIL!). We hope you enjoy the new site!
(To access the previous version of the library website, Click Here.)
February
WE'RE IN! - THE FENWAY LIBRARY CONSORTIUM, THAT IS!
NEiA students, faculty and staff now have access to the rich resources owned by other colleges in the area.
"To use the other libraries, NEiA students, faculty and staff must have a NEiA library barcode affixed to their current college ID. This will allow our users to register for library cards at FLC libraries," says Library Director Dr. Mary Ann Tricarico. She also notes, “Library privileges vary at each institution and are determined by the local library’s policies."
Check the FLC website at http://www.fenwaylibraries.org for the complete list of members with links to their catalogs and policies and for directions to the libraries.
The New England Institute of Ar's library is now designated as an official NEDMA (New England Direct Marketing Association) Library. Cheryl Amantea, Chair of Advertising,started to build an updated collection of 61 direct marketing books and sources thus far that students in the metro Boston / greater New England area can use when they study direct marketing.
Also called direct response or direct selling, this specialized form of advertising campaign is driven by databases and it targets very narrow consumer segments and has measurable, ' trackable ' results. Direct marketing seeks to elicit an action (such as place an order or visit a website) from a prospective consumer. Media formats for direct marketing include postal mail, telemarketing, direct email marketing, point of purchase activities, and more.
http://www.nedma.com/resources/foundation-scholarships.asp
FACULTY AND STAFF PICKS @ NEiA LIBRARY
By Jason Clarke, Library Assistant
What NEiA library items do faculty and staff members love to read, watch, and listen to? The library now shares these with you in our "Faculty and Staff Picks" window display.
Whose items are we displaying this semester?
January: Jen Deaderick
February: Dorthee Shamonsky
March: Jason Donati
April: Tim Jackson
Would you like to see your items on display in April? Search for your 10 to 12 favorite library books, DVDs, music CDs, and periodicals in the library catalog at http://lib411.aisites.com/catalog.html We'll do our best to fit all your favorites in our window display. Please let us know what items you absolutely want us to display and which ones we can remove in case they don’t all fit in the window display. If you’d like us to display a description to accompany your favorites,
please send that along as well. Drop off at the library your list, description, and a photo of yourself. Send questions to Jason at
jfclarke@aii.edu.
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