2007 Archive of News and events
Monday, November 19 2007
The catalog keyword search can be found HERE. You can also search the catalog by clicking on "Basic Search" or "Keyword Search" from the banner at the top of the page.
If you are trying to find articles please look HERE.
Thursday, November 8 2007
Popcorn in the lobby? Is it the library or the multiplex? YouTube or YourUniversity? Join us and find out when UMW Libraries presents the world premieres of our new ShowMe! 24/7 online help videos.
Drop by for a sneak peek and free popcorn on Sunday, November 4, from 6 to 9 p.m. in the Simpson Library Lobby or Thursday, November 8, from 4:30 to 7:30 p.m. in the CGPS South Building Lobby.
ShowMe! videos, produced by UMW librarians, guide users step-by-step through finding articles, locating books, and tracking down information in the UMW Libraries and through the Libraries’ website. Currently more than a dozen ShowMe! videos are available for viewing. Individual videos are designated in context on the Libraries' website with the 
icon. All videos are available on the ShowMe! page at www.umw.edu/showme.
For more information call Jami Bryan, CGPS Library Manager, at 540-286-8057 or jbryan@umw.edu, or Charlotte Johnson Jones, Social Sciences Librarian, at 540-654-1742 or cjjones@umw.edu.
Saturday, October 20 2007
Simpson Library Special Collections Exhibit, October 20th - December 15th
Saturday, October 20th 1:00 – 3:00
Exhibit Opening and Alumni Reception, Simpson Library Special Collections, Second Floor
Library staff will be available to assist alumni and students in researching and viewing honors theses. Refreshments will be served
Friday, October 12 2007
Through the weekend of the 13th and 14th the library may experience temporary lapses in service. This includes our network access, access to library catalogs and databases as well as printing. We apologize for any inconvenience.
Friday, September 28 2007
Constitution Week may be over, but the Constitution is working for us every day. You can still visit our Constitution Week Exhibit on the 2nd floor through October 15!
Monday, September 24 2007
Latino Life in the South: a photographic exhibition by Pulitzer Prize-winnER JOSÉ GALVEZ
SEPTEMBER 24—OCTOBER 1, 2007
SIMPSON LIBRARY
Join us Monday, September 24 for an opening reception at
10:30AM and a discussion with the artist at 11:00AM
Room 225, SIMPSON LIBRARY
Wednesday, September 19 2007
Exhibits Open
UMW Libraries and the University Bookstore invite you to stop by and see their displays for In Print: 100 Years of Faculty and Staff Publications. Each site is showcasing various publications throughout the University’s 100 year history. Simpson Library’s exhibit highlights publications from the founding years of Mary Washington to its most recent award winners. CGPS Library at the Stafford campus focuses on materials published by the graduate school faculty and staff since 1999. The UMW Bookstore has a “Spotlight on Faculty” section of current titles supplementing their regular faculty, staff, and alumni books.
The exhibitions will be on view from September 15 through December 15. For more information, call (540) 654-1752.
Monday, August 20 2007
Would you like to feel more confident when you come to the library? Take a Simpson Library mp3 tour. All you need is a computer or mp3 player. Click here to download or learn more.
Wednesday, August 15 2007
The recarpeting of Simpson Library is officially complete. All floors and stacks are now open to the public. Thank you for your patience during this process.
WEDNESDAY, august 1 2007
Friday August 3rd Simpson Library will be experiencing intermittent network outages. While this should not affect our services such as the catalog and online databases, our wireless network and our public access terminals will be affected.
Tuesday, july 31 2007
Databases and online journals are now accessible both on and off campus. We apologize for any inconvenience.
Tuesday, july 31 2007
Due to technical difficulties the databases and journals are currently unavailable to anyone off campus. Availability to those on campus is limited. Please contact the Reference Desk in person, at 540-654-1148 or contact the library webmaster here for assistance with on campus access. Please check this section for updates.
Monday, july 30 2007
The shelves on the second floor are now open to the public. The third floor shelves are still closed. If you need a book from the third floor, please ask for assistance at the Circulation Desk on the first floor.
Tuesday, July 24 2007
All shelves on the second and third floor are closed. If you need a book, please ask for assistance at the Circulation Desk on the first floor.
Tuesday, July 17 2007
All services and shelves are now available on the first floor. The shelves on the second floor are still wrapped in plastic. If you need a book from the second floor, please ask for assistance at the Circulation Desk on the first floor.
Monday, July 16 2007
As of this morning, the shelves on the second floor are wrapped in plastic to prevent dust and other debris from the carpeting project from damaging the books. If you need a book from the second floor, please seek assistance from the staff at the Circulation desk on the first floor.
Monday, July 9 2007
Simpson Library will be experiencing a number of disruptions of service for the next six or seven weeks because of the re-carpeting of the library. The installation will occur one floor at a time. The stacks will be shrink wrapped to protect the books and shelving from the fine dust created by the removal of the 20-year-old carpet. Access to the shrink-wrapped portions of the collection will be very limited.
Currently the Reference Desk, Circulation Desk, as well as the second and third floors of the collection are open. The periodicals, microfilm, microfiche, reference books and computers on the first floor are not accessible at this time.
Please check back regularly. As the work progresses this page will be updated.
Tuesday, June 19 2007
Simpson library is closed today. Library catalog and database services are available. Interlibrary loan is still currently unavailable.
Monday, June 18 2007
Some Library Services Unavailable, Simpson Library closing at 11AM
An air conditioner failure at Simpson Library has made it necessary for some library servers to be shut down. Some library services, including InterLibrary Loan, will be unavailable until further notice. As of 4PM on Monday, June 18th, access to the Library's catalog and online databases is available, but there may be interruptions to those services this evening or in the morning.
Simpson Library will close at 11AM on Monday June 18th. The CGPS Stafford Library will remain open for normal operating hours.
Monday, June 11 2007
Due to air conditioner failure, the Simpson Library will have the following hours until the issue is resolved:
Monday - Thursday: 8am - 1pm
Friday: 8am - 12pm
Sunday, april 8 2007
SIMPSON Library Hours Changed
For Sunday, April 8th Simpson Library will be open from 7pm to Midnight. Regular hours will resume on Monday, April 9th at 8am.
Monday, march 26 - Friday, march 30, 2007
Great Book Giveaway
Throughout the week of March 26th, UMW Libraries will be offering to the public books that have recently been withdrawn from the Libraries' collections. We are also including donations of personal books from Library staff members and private individuals.
Materials are withdrawn from the Libraries' collections only after careful review by the Collection Development Librarian, the subject specialists, and the faculty within the particular discipline. Many matters are taken into consideration during this review; for example, physical condition, items replaced by fresher copies, multiple copies and items determined by subject specialists and faculty to be out-of-date or superceded by more current information.
Beginning early Monday morning, book trucks will be located along the front wall of the Simpson Library. At the CGPS Stafford Library, book trucks will be located near the Library's front doors during opening hours. Please come by and browse!
Wednesday, January 31, 2007
Interlibrary Loan (ILL) System unavailable Jan. 31, 2007
Due to maintenance and upgrades on the Interlibrary Loan (ILL) System, it will be unavailable on January 31, 2007 for submission of electronic requests and retrieval of delivered articles. This planned outage will affect Interlibrary Loan service on both campuses. If you have been notified that ILL book materials are ready for you to pick up or if you have items to renew or return, these activities will continue as usual at both library locations. Please plan accordingly and we do apologize for any inconvenience.
Monday, February 5, 2007
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The Long Struggle |
18th National African-American Read-In
Monday, February 5
Simpson Library,
11:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m.
CGPS Stafford Library,
4:30 - 5:30 p.m.
Faculty, staff, and students will join community members in reading selected poems and passages by African-American writers. Participants may read from a book by their favorite African-American author for five to ten minutes as part of the effort to join readers nationwide. Refreshments will be served.
Read-Ins are sponsored annually by the National Council of Teachers of English to honor African-American authors and to
promote literacy as a significant part of Black History Month.