Library News

The summer renovation continues at Willamette University Archives and Special Collection.

The offices  of University Archivist Mary McRobinson, Archivist and Records Manager  Rose Marie Walter, and Administrative Assistant Veronica Ramos will be  relocated on the first floor of the library during this time. Please  direct questions to Mary McRobinson at mmcrobin@willamette.edu or 503-370-6764. Information will be provided when the archives is open again.

Below are images of the renovation process, so keep tuned!

"Swingin' It." A construction worker is seen in action swinging a sledge hammer.

"Ready to Swing" The construction worker pulled back, ready to demolish a wall with a sledge hammer. The archives had a wall of cinder block that was knocked down yesterday in order to change the entrance to the Archives & Special Collections in the Hatfield Library.

Silhouette of construction worker at rest.

It is fun to watch the silhouettes of the construction workers behind the walled off demolition area in the archives.

A closer look at the expanded area of the Archives and Special Collections.

Inside the expanded Archives and Special Collections. The pillars were originally behind the walls of the old archives.

The protective demolition plastic is down, and the structure for the new wall is up. This is the view from the double doors by the elevator and Hatfield room.

Temporary storage space of equipment and furniture from the Archives & Special Collections.

The view from the double doors on the second floor shows that the drywall is up.

The inside the archives looks much larger and functional already!

A closer look at the entrance of the Archives and Special Collections.

The pictures below are of the small renovation taking place in the library instruction room.

Originally the instruction room had a movable according wall to split the room in two.

The south wall and entrance of the instruction room was moved a few feet to make better use of the space. This is the new entrance.

A word to the wise…

DON”T LEAVE YOUR STUFF UNWATCHED IN THE LIBRARY!!!

This time of semester your guard is down, you’re concentrating on finishing before looming deadlines. You walk away from your belongings to get a printout, visit the restroom, chat with friends, whatever. When you come back, your stuff is missing.

There was a backpack stolen from Goudy recently, and Campus Safety is concerned that the library may be another target since such items have been stolen from our building in the past.

This is just a reminder to keep an eye on your belongings, and to be extra aware of suspicious individuals. If you suspect anything, please let a library staff member know. We will call Campus Safety. So please don’t leave your belongings unwatched, EVER!

Willamette University Archives and Special Collections will be closed for renovations during the month of June.

The offices of University Archivist Mary McRobinson, Archivist and Records Manager Rose Marie Walter, and Administrative Assistant Veronica Ramos will be relocated on the first floor of the library during this time. Please direct questions to Mary McRobinson at mmcrobin@willamette.edu or 503-370-6764.  Information will be provided when the archives is open again.

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Here is this week’s Tip for Smart Printing: Tip #3

Store your projects in Google Docs for an environmentally-friendly peer editing!

Did you know that you can save your Microsoft Word documents in your Google Documents (Google Docs)?  Everyone at Willamette has access to Google Docs due to our campus transition this summer to Gmail.

To access Google Docs, log into your Gmail account, and click DOCUMENTS along the top left side of the screen.  To upload a document, click the Upload icon that is located next to the Create button, select the file you want to upload and then click open (see screen shot below). The file will automatically be converted into a Google Docs format that you can edit directly online, and download as a Word Document.

The beneficial aspect of Google Docs is that you can share access to the document.  Individuals and groups can either only view the document or be able to edit it.  You can also add comments to document without changing anything by clicking INSERT and COMMENT.

And here is a quick progress report for the amount of unclaimed/wasted paper that comes from the library printers.  Roughly 1/5 of the box has been filled with unclaimed printouts from the library’s printers. There is a natural spike around mid-terms and finals, so please remember to pick up your printouts!

Click here for all past printing tip posts. If you have a tip for us, email John Repplinger at jrepplin@willamette.edu.

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Here is this week’s Tip for Smart Printing: Tip #2

Selective Printing!

Be sure to use the print preview in your word process and web browser, and only print the pages you need. Simply enter in the pages that you need printed, and you will help reduce the amount of paper left by the printer.

Click here for all past printing tip posts. If you have a tip for us, email John Repplinger at jrepplin@willamette.edu.

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Here is this week’s Tip for Smart Printing:  Tip #1

Large documents and documents with images take time to print
… sometimes a really long time.  Try to be patient!

Large documents may not necessarily have a lot of pages.  Think about the digital storage size of the document.  For example, an article that is a three page PDF document scanned at high resolution may be 3Mb (megabits) in size, whereas a standard 20 page PDF document might only be 300kb (kilobits) in size.  Which one do you think will take longer to print?

Documents that are really large in storage size will naturally take a lot longer, so if you’re printing a thesis with a lot of images be prepared for it to take several minutes to print.  You might warn others who are waiting for their print jobs that your print out will take a while.  We’ve had documents so large that it take one minute to print just one page–and they were 100+ pages long!

So please be patient with your print jobs.

Click here for all past printing tip posts. If you have a tip for us, email John Repplinger at jrepplin@willamette.edu.