Your phone is dead but you left your charger at home. What do you do? Oomf it! The library now offers Oomf device chargers at various locations in Hunt Library. Read the FAQ.

Welcome back and Happy New Year! Take a look at our updated borrowing privileges.

An 80,000 word thesis would take 9 hours to present. Their time limit…3 minutes!

PhD. Students! Think you can discuss your thesis in plain language in three minutes for a chance to win technology or travel grants?

Sign up for the 2017 Three Minute Thesis Competition and find out: http://www.library.cmu.edu/3mt. Registration ends February 17th.

Preliminary rounds will begin Monday, February 27th.

NEW DATABASE: S&P Capital IQ

• In-depth financial/valuation data resource, including information on equities, credit ratings, transactions, and more
• Use hundreds of data points to generate lists of companies, markets, executives
• Includes an Excel plug-in for data analysis

Only available on the 4 public computer terminals, Hunt Library 1st floor.
Questions? Contact Ryan Splenda, rsplenda@andrew.cmu.edu

Technology Lending will be suspended during winter break starting December 16.

• Last day to borrow: Thursday, December 15
• Regular lending will resume: Tuesday, January 3

Contact Chris Cramer about exceptions.

New Course for Spring 2017
99356 IDeATe: Digital Media Literacies: Great World Challenge, 9 units
 
Instructor: Jill Chisnell, Integrated Media & Design Librarian
Email: jillianc@andrew.cmu.edu
 
Tuesday & Thursday
12:00pm-1:20pm
Hunt Library – Studio B
 

Visit the new Posner Center exhibit, "Visualizing the Cosmos," created by Pierce Williams, Posner Center intern and PhD candidate in the Department of English.

Die Musik in Geschichte und Gegenwart (MGG) is a general encyclopedia of music. MGG is encyclopedic in the true sense of that term: it offers in-depth articles on every aspect of music as well as many related areas such as literature, philosophy, and visual arts. MGG Online contains the second print edition of MGG, published from 1994 to 2008, as well as current, continuous online updates and additions.

Research and install an exhibit in the Posner Center in Spring 2017 for 15 hours a week for 15 weeks for a $3000 stipend. Submit your online application by 11:59 p.m. on November 28, the Monday after Thanksgiving. 

For questions, contact Mary Kay Johnsen, Special collections Librarian, at mj0g@andrew.cmu.edu or 412-268-6622.

At the Posner Center, to honor the 400th anniversary of William Shakespeare’s death, see the Carnegie Mellon’s Shakespeare exhibit on promoting Shakespeare as a cultural icon and enduring source for theatrical performance.

Posner Center Exhibit hours: Monday-Friday, 1-4 p.m., evenings by appointment.
For classes and tours, contact Mary Kay Johnsen, Special Collections Librarian, 412-268-6622, mj0g@andrew.cmu.edu