• Oh, the Places You’ll Go: March Break 2010

    04Mar

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    By Lisa Laughy - Library Web Services
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    March break brings  a variety of travel opportunities to members of the SPS community.  Here are some of the travel plans for student groups this year:

    • Baseball Team – traveling to Florida for spring training and early games
    • The Dominican Republic Volunteers – traveling to the Dominican Republic to teach English to children
    • St. Timothy’s Appalachian Mission – traveling to Kentucky for service learning
    • Habitat for Humanity – traveling to Mississippi
    • Greece Classical honors students – traveling to Greece for cultural excursion
    • French students – traveling to Paris to study at Ecole Alsacienne
    • England Cultural Exchange students – traveling to London to study at Eton College and St. Paul’s Girls School
    • Also good luck to students heading out to term exchange: Seikei, Ecole Alsacienne and British Royal School

    We wish everyone, whether traveling near or far, a safe and enjoyable journey!

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    The Library hours for March break are as follows:

    Sunday, March 7th:  Library closed

    Monday, March 8th – Friday, March 12th: 8:30 am to 5:00 pm

    Saturday, March 13th – Saturday, March 27th: Library closed

    Sunday, March 28th: 1:00 pm to 10:00 pm

    Monday, March 29th: Regular Library hours resume

    Click HERE for the complete calendar.

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  • New Archives Online Exhibit: The Rectors of SPS

    02Mar

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    By Lisa Laughy - Library Web Services
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    Ohrstrom Library is pleased to announce the addition of a new archives online exhibit: The Rectors of St. Paul’s School.

    Since its founding in 1856, St. Paul’s School is fortunate to have enjoyed strong leadership in its Rectors.  The Rectors exhibit in the Archives section of Ohrstrom Library’s website presents the succession of these leaders through photographs and short biographies, and serves as a brief introduction to the fascinating history of leadership at St. Paul’s School.

    Much of the text and perspectives shared in the brief biographies that accompany photographs of the Rectors were drawn directly from two authoritative and well-loved volumes about St. Paul’s School: A brief history of St. Paul’s School, 1856-1996 by August Heckscher (located in Ohrstrom at: 373 Sa2H) and St. Paul’s School, 1855 – 1934 by Arthur Stanwood Pier (located in Ohrstrom at: 373 Sa2). In addition to reading these two volumes, you can find even more fascinating detail on each of the Rectors by searching the Alumni Horae digital archive, accessible online by clicking HERE.

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  • Ohrstrom Library Asks: Will You Be Mine? With (S)PS I Love You

    11Feb

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    This Sunday evening, February 14th, Ohrstrom Library will host a very special event: (S)PS I Love You: A Musical Valentine from Ohrstrom Library.

    Beginning at 7:30 PM (sharp!) in the Baker Reading Room, Ohrstrom Library will present the SPS community with a living, breathing, singing, acting, musical Valentine’s Day card in the form of collaborative performances by many of St. Paul’s School’s biggest talents.  The evening’s program will include appearances by all of the a cappella groups, many student actors and actresses, a rock band, a jazz quartet and Madrigals. The evening will also feature many students and a few faculty members reading memorable lines, both very funny and poignant, from Hollywood films. Other contributors will read love poems, song lyrics and a few short theatrical pieces.

    Please arrive early to secure your spot, since seating will be limited.  Do not miss this outpouring of love to the SPS community from Ohrstrom Library.

    Image courtesy of Ant Smith under this Creative Common license.

    UPDATE 2/25/10: View a slideshow of the event by clicking HERE.

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  • New Database: American History in Video

    21Jan

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    By Lura Sanborn - Reference Librarian
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    Ohrstrom Library is pleased to announce its subscription to American History in Video.  This database provides access to over 5,000 titles from the 1920s to 2008 including: newsreels, documentaries and government footage.

    Every video includes a complete and fully searchable transcript, readable alongside the video.

    Videos can be selected from the database by keyword searching, or by multiple categories, including: subjects, historical eras, years, historical events, people, places and topics.  Consider browsing by year to locate primary source videos created during the time period you are studying.

    Click HERE to access the database.

    To cite this source, be sure to give credit to both the creator of the video and to the database.
    Example:

    Burns, Ken, dir. Civil War. Episode 3, Forever Free (1862). PBS, 1990.

    American History in Video. Web. 12 Dec. 2009. <http://ahiv.alexanderstreet.com/Playlists/326964>.

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  • Fourth Form Paper: Go with the Flowchart!

    13Jan

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    By Lisa Laughy - Library Web Services
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    You’ve received your assignment and had your class with Ms. Sanborn in the library, but where do you go from there?  Go with the flowchart – the Fourth Form Paper Flowchart, that is.

    The Fourth Form Paper Flowchart was developed as a companion to the Fourth Form Paper Research guide – as an easy way to visualize the process of writing your Humanities paper.   The flowchart is available as a one page PDF document (click HERE) that can be downloaded, saved to your computer desktop, printed out for ready reference, and/or hung on the wall as a constant guide.  Hypertext links have been embedded into the PDF for the online elements, making it possible to click through to the resource described.  Following the flowchart step-by-step will help you see where you are in the research process and what still needs to be done – assisting with time management so you can avoid a last minute crunch.

    Save it, print it, post it, bookmark it, or favorite it, just be sure to take advantage of this great new reference resource!

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  • Holiday Greetings From Ohrstrom Library

    16Dec

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    By Kevin Barry - Library Director
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    A message from Library Director Kevin Barry:

    Dear SPS Community,

    Just a reminder that Ohrstrom Library is open Thursday December 17th and Friday December 18th from 8:30am to 5:00pm.  Beginning on Saturday December 19th the Library will be closed through Sunday January 3rd.

    Come by, browse and borrow some recreational reading, listening, or viewing to enjoy during your well deserved break.

    We would love to see you, and many many thanks for being such a warm and supportive Library community.

    Sincere best wishes and happy holidays from all of us at Ohrstrom Library.

    Holiday Hours

    Thursday, December 17
    8:30 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
    Friday, December 18
    8:30 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
    Saturday, Dec. 19 – Sunday, Jan. 3
    CLOSED
    Monday, Jan. 4 & Tuesday, Jan. 5
    8:30 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
    Wednesday, January 6
    8:30 a.m. – 10:00 p.m.
    Thursday, January 7
    Regular Hours Resume

    As always, you can see the Library hours HERE, or by clicking the link in the menu at the top of the page.

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  • Suggestions Anyone?

    07Dec

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    By Lisa Laughy - Library Web Services
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    Ohrstrom Library wants to know what you think.  A new suggestion box is in place on the front desk waiting to receive your opinions, suggestions, observations and comments.  In addition to the always accessible online form for questions and comments, the digital acquisition request form for book suggestions, and the comments section included with every blog post, our new suggestion box adds a nostalgic analog experience to making your thoughts and feelings about the library known.  Drop by the library, put pencil to paper and drop in a comment today!

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  • Twenty Years After the Fall

    09Nov

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    Today marks twenty years since the Berlin wall began to come down. To commemorate this significant event, Ohrstrom has two displays in the Library. Come in and see the selection of books on the Berlin wall on display in the Baker Reading Room. On the lower level in the lobby you can see the ongoing Berlin Wall display put together by ASP teacher Richard Schade, ‘62. You can read more about that display in an earlier Ohrstrom Blog post HERE.

    Online you can see a slide show of images from the Google Life Image Archives HERE.

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  • Ohrstrom Library on Facebook: Your New BFF!

    02Nov

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    Ohrstrom Library has a page on Facebook and you are invited to become a fan!

    The Ohrstrom Library Facebook Page has been set up for a few months now and the number of fans is growing every day.  If you spend time on Facebook, becoming a fan of the Ohrstrom Library page is a great way to stay in touch with library-related news and information.  Links are added to new Ohrstrom Blog posts as soon as they become available.  New links added to Ohrstrom Library’s Delicious account are posted as well.  When you become a fan of Ohrstrom Library you will receive updated notices of these postings on your account’s Home page News / Live Feed.  You will then be able to keep track of all of the great new reference books, reliable online resources, and the latest news from Ohrstrom Library.  It is an effortless way to stay connected while networking on Facebook.

    To become a fan of Ohrstrom Library, log into your Facebook account and type “Ohrstrom Library” into the search box.  Look for the familiar Ohrstrom logo under the “Pages” heading.  Or – click the link located further down in the Ohrstrom Blog sidebar where it says “Ohrstrom Library on Facebook”.  Once you are a fan, invite your friends to join too!

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  • Think Before You Print

    26Oct

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    There are many ways that greener thinking has changed our awareness and helped to improve the eco-footprint of the St. Paul’s School community. There has been an effort to reduce the amount of paper used, with some School publications being distributed online in PDF file formats instead of being printed. This helps us all see that even small changes can make a difference, especially when multiplied by many people being mindful about the environmental impact of their actions.

    One small change in thinking that could help in the larger picture is to stop and think before printing. It’s not just thinking about whether you really need to print something or not (which is the best way to save paper), but also about taking a few extra seconds to be sure which printer you are sending your print job to.  There are many times when a printer is found at the end of the day with a stack of unclaimed pages in the tray, sometimes with multiple copies of the same print job.  If you send your print job to the wrong printer you may think it hasn’t printed at all and try again, but if you are printing a  fifteen page journal article from JSTOR and are unknowingly sending it multiple times the wasted paper piles up fast.

    So next time you need to print while at Ohrstrom, pause, and look at the destination in the print dialogue box.  Or if you have sent something off to print but it isn’t showing up in the printer you expected, open up the print dialogue box again and see which printer is selected. Then check the printer to see if your pages are there before printing again.

    Think, then print.  The Library staff will thank you, the SPS community will thank you, and the trees will thank you.

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