Thursday, April 29, 2010

ARTstor scheduled outage Saturday May 1st, 2010

Please be advised, ARTstor will be performing temporary maintenance on Saturday evening, May 1, 2010 between the hours of 9:00 PM and 2:00 AM EDT. At this time, service will be termporarily suspended.

Tuesday, April 27, 2010

Library Survey

Dear RISD Student:

The Library needs your feedback. We are in the midst of strategic
planning on the campus and would like your input. The link below
will take you to a web-based survey with questions specific to the Library.
It should take you about 10 minutes to complete and will be available
at this site through May 7.

http://www.zoomerang.com/Survey/WEB22AG45FMEXL


Many thanks for helping us out with this important project.

Sincerely,
Jessie Shefrin, Provost
Carol Terry, Director of Library Services

Tuesday, April 20, 2010

VDM Publishing

VDM Publishing is contacting many of our alumni about publishing their thesis.
Quoted text from a VDM email:

"Dear ___________,

I am writing on behalf of the international academic publisher, VDM Publishing House Ltd.

In the course of a research at the Library of Rhode Island School of Design, we came across a reference to your thesis on "Title of your RISD Thesis".

As we would like to make your work available to a larger audience, I am wondering if you may be interested in publishing your thesis in the form of a printed book.

Your reply including an e-mail address to which I can send an e-mail with further information in an attachment will be greatly appreciated.

I am looking forward to hearing from you.
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Calix Furus

Acquisition Editor

VDM Publishing House Ltd.

17, Meldrum Str. | Beau-Bassin | Mauritius
Tel / Fax: +230 467-5601
c.furus(at)vdm-publishing-house.com| www.vdm-publishing-house.com

Business Registration No.: C07072290
Board of Director:Benoit Novel"


The Fleet Library at RISD does not work with this publisher. Here is a link to a discussion about the publisher on the Chronicle Forums:
http://chronicle.com
/forums/index.php/topic,45997.0.html

Thursday, April 8, 2010

Using Brown Library's wireless network

Q: Can RISD students use Brown's wireless network?
A: Unfortunately, no. Wireless access at Brown requires a Brown ID.