Union Institute & University Library

New Year, New Library Resources

2012-01-18T09:44:00.000-08:00

The UI&U Library has expanded its collection to include three new academic journals: Contemporary Pragmatism, Teachers College Record, and the Journal of Obstetric, Gynecologic and Neonatal Nursing (JOGNN). We also added additional social science journals to our Project MUSE collection.

Academic Journals

Contemporary Pragmatism
Teachers College Record

Journal of Obstetric, Gynecologic and Neonatal Nursing (JOGNN)
(click the links above or use the Journals tab on the library homepage to access these journals)

Article Database

Project MUSE (with new social sciences collection)
(click the link above or use the Articles tab on the library homepage to access this database)

We hope you will enjoy using these exciting new resources. If you have any suggestions for future collection additions, please let us know.

New Instructional Videos

2012-01-11T09:07:00.000-08:00

The UI&U Library just produced its first four instructional videos: Find E-books on a Topic, Find a Specific E-book, Google Scholar@UI&U, and Find a Specific Article. The videos can be viewed on the library homepage (under the e-books and articles tabs). These videos are part of the UI&U Library’s commitment to providing a comprehensive collection of in-context, multimedia help resources for the new website.

We hope you find these new instructional videos useful. If you have any feedback or suggestions for future videos, please let us know.

Happy Holidays

2011-12-21T09:22:00.000-08:00

Wishing you a happy holiday

from everyone here at the UI&U Library.

Picture created and copyrighted by Marko Schmitt

Video & E-book Database Trials

2011-12-15T06:29:00.000-08:00

The Union Institute & University Library is currently considering yearly subscriptions to the Project Muse E-book Collection and the INTELECOM Online Resources Network, and we would like your feedback. Let us know if you think these two databases would be valuable additions to the UI&U Library.

Project Muse E-book Collection (Beta Site)
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The Project Muse E-book Collection includes 47 academic e-book collections hosted on Project Muse. Subject collections available include Archeology and Anthropology; Classical Studies; Film, Theater and Performing Arts; Global Cultural Studies; Higher Education; History; Language and Linguistics; Literature; Philosophy and Religion; Poetry, Fiction and Creative Non-Fiction; Political Science and Policy Studies; and United States Regional Studies. There are currently 300 e-book samples that are available on the Beta Site.

INTELECOM Online Resources Network
username: myunion; password: guest
trial ends 2/25/2012 send feedback
The INTELECOM Online Resources Network ™ is a hosted and supported digital repository and subscription database of academic video clips - streamed on demand - for use in support of online, hybrid and face-to-face classes. Choose from a variety of video collections including Biological Sciences, Oceanography, History, Philosophy, Psychology, Political Science, Sociology, Health, and Environmental Studies. –INTELECOM

Get Help from a Librarian

2011-11-29T13:38:00.000-08:00

The UI&U Library contains millions and millions of scholarly resources, and we know it can sometimes seem overwhelming to navigate through them. Luckily, library staff members are here to assist you by phone, chat, email, or in-person whenever you have questions or need assistance.

Phone: 888-828-8557 x8747
E-mail: library@myunion.edu
Live Chat: Ask a Librarian
Address: 62 Ridge Street, Suite 2, Montpelier, VT 05602
Research Appointment: Schedule a research appointment to get help with an assignment or assistance finding resources. Research appointments are available both online and in-person at the Montpelier (VT) Academic Center

You can also find our contact information in the website footer or by clicking the “need help” button in the top, right-hand corner of each page.

Please don’t hesitate to contact us if you need assistance. We are here to help!

November & December Workshops

2011-10-31T08:36:00.000-07:00

Brush-up on your research skills and learn how to confidently locate the scholarly resources you need. Register for an online workshop.

Basic Research Skills
Tuesday, November 8, 12:05pm-12:55pm EST
This workshop for new researchers will review how to locate books, articles, dissertations, and other scholarly resources.

Advanced Research Skills
Tuesday, November 8, 5:30pm-:6:20pm
This workshop for experienced researchers will explore citation tools, simultaneous database searches, reverse-citation searches, and other research strategies.

Basic Research Skills
Tuesday, November 22, 5:30pm-:6:20pm
This workshop for new researchers will review how to locate books, articles, dissertations, and other scholarly resources.

Advanced Research Skills
Tuesday, November 22, 12:05-12:55
This workshop for experienced researchers will explore citation tools, simultaneous database searches, reverse-citation searches, and other research strategies.

Basic Research Skills
Tuesday, December 6, 12:05pm-12:55pm EST
This workshop for new researchers will review how to locate books, articles, dissertations, and other scholarly resources.

Advanced Research Skills
Tuesday, December 13, 12:05pm-:12:55pm
This workshop for experienced researchers will explore citation tools, simultaneous database searches, reverse-citation searches, and other research strategies.

Basic Research Skills
Tuesday, December 13, 5:30-6:20pm EST
This workshop for new researchers will review how to locate books, articles, dissertations, and other scholarly resources.

New E-books

2011-10-19T07:04:00.000-07:00

We recently added a number of new e-books to the UI&U Library collection. These books can be accessed from the catalog using a browse title search (exclude the subtitle).

We hope you enjoy reading them!

Anthropology

Birth stories: Mystery, power, and creation
Childbirth across cultures: Ideas and practices of pregnancy, childbirth, and postpartum
Who owns native culture?

Criminal Justice

Introduction to forensic psychology
Profiling and criminal justice in America: A reference handbook

Early Childhood Studies & Maternal Child Health

Birth stories: Mystery, power, and creation
Childbirth across cultures: Ideas and practices of pregnancy, childbirth, and postpartum
Community health approach to the assessment of infants and their parents
Evidence-based practice in infant and early childhood psychology
Human growth and development
Interpersonal world of the infant
Mothering special needs
Newborn as person
Wiley-Blackwell handbook of infant development: Applied and policy issues
Wiley-Blackwell handbook of infant development: Basic research

Education

Adolescents and risk
Assessment in the classroom: Constructing and interpreting texts
Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder
Empowering children: Children's rights education as a pathway to citizenship
Death and life of great American school system
Educational psychology
Learning to teach in an age of accountability
Menopause: A mental health practitioner's guide
Preventing violence in schools
Psychoeducational groups: Process and practice
Taking charge of ADHD: The complete, authoritative guide for parents
Unequal by design: High-stakes testing and the standardization of inequality
Universities in the marketplace: The commercialization of higher education
Teaching history for the common good

Health & Wellness

Handbook of African American health
Handbook of theories of aging
Human growth and development
Interpersonal world of the infant
Social perspectives on death and dying
Dementia: Metamorphosis in care
Taking charge of ADHD
Taking charge of adult ADHD

History & Culture

Black studies reader
Thin Places: A pilgrimage home
Who owns native culture?
Indigenous methodologies
New Keywords: A revised vocabulary of culture and society

Leadership & Public Policy

To give their gifts: Health, community, and democracy
Black studies reader
Empowering children: Children's rights education as a pathway to citizenship
Indigenous methodologies
Mind-set management: The heart of leadership

Miscellaneous

Mind-set management: The heart of leadership
Resolving human-wildlife conflicts: The science of wildlife damage management

Psychology

Handbook of cognitive-behavior group therapy with children and adolescents
Handbook of the psychology of aging
Psychoeducational groups
Educational psychology
Taking charge of adult ADHD
Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder
Cognitive-behavioral strategies in crisis intervention
Crisis intervention and crisis management
Ethics in psychotherapy and counseling: A practical guide
Acting-in: Practical applications of psychodramatic methods
Evidence-based practice in infant and early childhood psychology
Introduction to forensic psychology
Quantitative psychological research
Therapeutic communication: Knowing what to say when
Taking charge of ADHD
Treating families and children in the child protective system
Violence assessment and intervention

Reference & Research

Essentials of statistics for the social and behavioral sciences
Indigenous methodologies: Characteristics, conversations, and contexts
New Keywords: a revised vocabulary of culture and society
Principles and methods of social research
Quantitative psychological research: The complete student's companion

Social Work

Adulthood and aging: Research on continuities and discontinuities
Adolescents and risk: Behaviors, functions, and protective factors
Community health approach to the assessment of infants and their parents: The CARE program
Handbook of African American health
Handbook of theories of aging
Handbook of the psychology of aging
Newborn as person: Enabling healthy infant development worldwide
Social perspectives on death and dying
Dementia: Metamorphosis in care
Taking charge of adult ADHD
Treating families and children in the child protective system
Violence assessment and intervention

RefWorks 2.0 Launch Coming this Fall

2011-10-13T11:49:00.000-07:00

RefWorks is one of the three automated citation formatting tools recommended by the UI&U Library that helps our researchers gather, manage, and store research information such as footnotes and bibliographies.

On October 29th, RefWorks is launching a new interface called RefWorks 2.0. The new interface eliminates many of the current functionality issues, making it easier to organize and add citations to papers. We hope you will enjoy using the new interface and features as much as we have!

Preview RefWorks 2.0 (introductory RefWorks video)

Can I use RefWorks 2.0 before the official launch?
Sure! There is a link to RefWorks 2.0 the top, right-hand corner of the RefWorks login page.

What is the difference between RefWorks 2.0 and RefWorks Classic?
The main difference is aesthetic. Both interfaces have the same features, but RefWorks 2.0 is easier to navigate.

Can I continue to use RefWorks Classic?
RefWorks Classic will continue to be available through 2011. Starting in 2012, RefWorks Classic will no longer be available.

What tutorials and guides are available?
There are video tutorials and live webinars available to help you get started using RefWorks 2.0.

How can I find out more about the citation resources available through the UI&U Library?
Visit the bibliography & citation page or request a personal tour from a UI&U Librarian.

UI&U Library Research Guide

2011-09-14T08:12:00.000-07:00

The UI&U Library Research Guide has been revised and is ready for use. The 2-hour interactive guide includes modules on using the UI&U Library, beginning the research process, finding e-books & articles, search strategies, and citing sources in APA, Chicago, and MLA format.

New Website Functionalities & Features

2011-09-12T13:47:00.000-07:00

We are pleased to announce that we have added several new functionalities and features to the UI&U Library website:

An “all databases” tab that allows you to browse the entire database collection
A search box for dissertations
Chicago Manual of Style bibliographic citation examples
Links to sample APA, MLA, and Chicago research papers
A pictorial guide to the website
An updated library tutorial

If you have any questions about these new functionalities, please contact a librarian.

New E-books

2011-07-01T10:00:00.000-07:00

The UI&U Library recently acquired these e-books. Records describing each e-book, along with links to the full text, are now included in our library catalog. To preview an item, click on a title below.

Pharmacotherapy : A Pathophysiologic Approach
Author: DiPiro, Joseph T. Talbert, Robert L. Yee, Gary C.
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Professional Publishing
Original Publication Date: 06/2008
Subjects: Physiology, Pathological. Chemotherapy

Killing the Indian Maiden : Images of Native American Women in Film
Author: Marubbio, M.E.
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
Original Publication Date: 2006
Subjects: Indian women in motion pictures.

Be Your Own Lobbyist : How to Give Your Small Business Big Clout with State and Local Government
Author: Handlin, Amy H.
Publisher: ABC-CLIO
Original Publication Date: 07/2010
Subjects: Small business. Lobbying.

Drama of Leadership
Author: Starratt, Robert J.
Publisher: Routledge
Original Publication Date: 02/1993
Subjects: Leadership. Ability.

Acceptance and Mindfulness-Based Approaches to Anxiety : Conceptualization and Treatment
Author: Antony, Martin M. Orsillo, Susan M. Roemer, Lizabeth
Publisher: Springer
Original Publication Date: 01/2005
Subjects: Anxiety disorders -- Treatment. Anxiety -- Treatment.
Acceptance and commitment therapy. Cognitive therapy.

Bad Men Do What Good Men Dream : A Forensic Psychiatrist Illuminates the Darker Side of Human Behavior
Author: Gunderson, John G.
Publisher: American Psychiatric Publishing, Inc.
Original Publication Date: 04/2008
Subjects: Antisocial personality disorders. Mentally ill offenders. Psychopaths. Acting out (Psychology) Good and evil -- Psychological aspects. Shadow (Psychoanalysis)

Life Lived in Reverse
Author: Griswold, Lucille M. (note: author is a graduate of UI&U’s BA program)
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group
Original Publication Date: 05/2009
Subjects: Griswold, Lucille M. Italian Americans -- Biography. Military spouses -- United States -- Biography.

Handbook of Assessment and Treatment Planning for Psychological Disorders (2nd Edition)
Author: Antony, Martin Barlow, David
Publisher: Guilford Press
Original Publication Date: 07/2010
Subjects: Mental illness -- Diagnosis -- Handbooks, manuals, etc. Mental illness -- Treatment -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Welcome to the new UI&U Library

2011-06-24T06:20:00.000-07:00

Memorandum
From: Matt Pappathan, UI&U Library Director
To: Union Institute & University Community
Re:Welcome to the new UI&U Library & Website

Transition to the New UI&U Library is a Success
I am pleased to announce the successful launch of the new online UI&U Library and enhanced website. A multitude of research resources, including 70,000+ e-books, and millions of full text articles, dissertations, and other media are now available to our community.

New Location, Same Contact Information
Library staff has moved to new offices in the Stone Science building at the Montpelier Academic Center (second floor, room 205). Please note that all contact information, including mailing address, phone numbers, and e-mail addresses will remain the same. If you're visiting the Montpelier Academic Center, please stop by our new offices for a tour. You can also view photos of our new workspace on our news blog .

New Website
The UI&U Library has also upgraded its website with improved access to our online resources. Some new features include:
• An enhanced directory of available research databases
• Easy access to research assistance in the new Library Help Center and on the Ask a Librarian page, accessible by using clickable help icons in the top, right-hand corner of each page.
We will be offering online tours of our new website and online resources. Please view our schedule for dates and to RSVP. You can also contact us for individual assistance at any time.

Questions? If you have any questions about the library's online resources or navigating the website, please contact us by live chat, by email at library@myunion.edu, or by phone, toll-free, at 888-828-8557, extension 8747.

UI&U Library
62 Ridge Street, Suite 2
Montpelier, VT 05602

New Education Videos and Sociology Database

2011-06-17T09:20:00.000-07:00

Beginning on July 1st, all UI&U students and faculty will have access to two new databases: Education in Video and SocINDEX. Both databases will be available on the library database page. If you need help accessing or using these resources, please contact us by e-mail at library@myunion.edu or by phone, toll-free, at 888-828-8557, extension 8758.

Education in Video
Education in Video is the first online collection of streaming video developed specifically for training and developing teachers. More than 1,000 video titles totaling 750+ hours of teaching demonstrations, lectures, documentaries, and primary-source footage of students and teachers in actual classrooms give your education students a way to observe the intricacies of behavior, tone, facial expression, and body language that define effective teaching styles. The collection's wealth of course, study, and discussion guides; assessment checklists; and themed playlists give your education faculty ready-to-use teaching tools. -Alexander Street Press

SocINDEX
SocINDEX is the world's most comprehensive and highest quality sociology research database… SocINDEX offers comprehensive coverage of sociology, encompassing all sub-disciplines and closely related areas of study. These include abortion, criminology & criminal justice, demography, ethnic & racial studies, gender studies, marriage & family, political sociology, religion, rural & urban sociology, social development, social psychology, social structure, social work, socio-cultural anthropology, sociological history, sociological research, sociological theory, substance abuse & other addictions, violence and many others. –EBSCO Publishing

New E-books

2011-06-17T07:58:00.000-07:00

This list contains the new E-books added to the UI&U Library collection. These books can be accessed directly from the catalog using a browse search by title. We hope you enjoy reading them.

Business
Creativity and innovation for managers
Financial management for nonprofit organizations: Policies and practices
Human resources management for public and nonprofit organizations
International handbook on innovation
McGraw-Hill 36-hour course in business writing and communication
Nonprofit financial planning made easy
Overcoming the five dysfunctions of a team
Research on managing groups and teams: Creativity in groups
Staffing the contemporary organization

Creativity
Creative discipline: Mastering the art and science of innovation
Creative problem solving
Creativity 101
Creativity: Theory, history, practice
Creativity: Theories and themes, research, development, and practice
Life and art: The creative synthesis
Living the creative life: Ideas and inspiration from working artists
Philosophy and history of culture: The idea of creativity
Scenario visualization: An evolutionary account creative problem solving

Criminal Justice & Emergency Management
Large-Scale disasters: Prediction, control, and mitigation
Handbook of disaster research

Education
Autism spectrum disorders: Identification, education, and treatment
Change leadership : A practical guide to transforming our schools
Critical lessons : What our schools might teach, but do not
Democratic education
Development of judgment and decision making in children & adolescents
Educating young adolescent girls
Education law
How the way we talk can change the way we work
Intelligence reframed: Multiple intelligences for the 21st century
Invisible children in the society and its schools
Learning to listen, learning to teach
Lies my teacher told me: Everything your American history textbook got wrong
Peace education
Reclaiming childhood: Freedom and play in an age of fear
Renaissance in the classroom: Arts integration and meaningful learning
Skillful teacher: On technique, trust, and responsiveness in the classroom
Success for all: Research and reform in elementary education
Teaching for understanding with technology
Tinkering toward utopia: A century of public school reform
Telling pieces: Art as literacy in middle school classes
Why are all the Black kids sitting at the same table in the cafeteria?
What reading research tells us about children with diverse learning needs
Young mind in a growing brain

Health, Medicine, & Wellness
Food Inc.: How industrial food is making us sicker, fatter, and poorer, and what you can do
Levine’s pharmacology
Motivational interviewing in health care: Helping patients change behavior

Leadership, Government, & Public Policy
Common purpose: How great leaders get organizations to achieve the extraordinary
Courageous follower: Standing up to and for our leaders
Dealing with differences: Dramas of mediating public disputes
Drama of leadership
Écrits
Ethics of care: Personal, political, and global
Ethics of identity
Leadership and the new science: Discovering order in a chaotic world
Leadership without easy answers
Multicultural citizenship: A liberal theory of minority rights
On becoming a leader
Philosophical investigations
Philosophy of Alain Locke: The harlem renaissance and beyond
Primates and philosophers: How morality evolved
Reframing organizations: Artistry, choice, and leadership
Stuart Hall: Critical dialogues in cultural studies
The leadership challenge
Theory of justice

Miscellaneous
Afrocentric idea
Benjamin Benneker: Surveyor, astronomer, publisher, patriot
Biology's first law
Cosmic keyhole: How astronomy is unlocking the secrets of the universe
Flesh of my flesh
Illusions of prosperity: America's working families in an age of economic insecurity
Introduction to community development

Psychology
Addictions: A comprehensive guidebook
Counselor and the group: Integrating theory, training, and practice
Clinical supervision in alcohol and drug abuse counseling: Principles, models, methods
Group counseling for elementary and middle school children
Handbook of clinical sexuality for mental health professionals
Handbook of vocational psychology: Theory, research, and practice
Integrating the 12 Steps into addiction therapy
Mastering family therapy: Journeys of growth and transformation
Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy: Distinctive features
Personality assessment
Psychology of executive coaching: Theory and application
Use of psychological testing for treatment planning and outcomes assessment

Technology
End of millennium: The information age: economy, society, and culture
Rise of the network society

Women and Gender Studies
It's not you, it's biology
Sex and social justice
Sexing the body: Gender politics
Undoing Gender

Writing & Research
Academic writer's toolkit
Essentials of research design and methodology
Guide to the successful thesis and dissertation
McGraw-Hill 36-Hour Course in Business Writing and Communication
Mastering your Phd
Pragmatic plagiarism: Authorship, profit, and power
Study smarts: How to learn more in less time
Unauthorized X-Men: SF and comic writers on mutants, prejudice, and adamantium

Print Books No Longer Available for Circulation (UI&U Affiliates Only)

2011-04-22T06:55:00.000-07:00

Note to UI&U learners, faculty, and staff:

As a reminder, as we transition to a virtual library, all print books and other items belonging to the Gary Library are no longer available for circulation. However, we will continue to offer an extensive collection of e-Books, articles, and other online resources, as well as our interlibrary loan services. If you need help finding or accessing online resources, please let us know. We would be happy to recommend titles and help you locate research resources.

Important dates:

April 22, 2011 - Print books and other items belonging to the Gary Library are no longer available for circulation (no new check-outs).

May 31, 2011 - Due date for all print books and other items belonging to the Gary Library that are already checked out.

June 23, 2011 - The UI&U Library transitions to a fully-virtual library.

Questions?
Contact the library by live chat, by email at library@myunion.edu, or by phone, toll-free at 888-828-8557, extension 8747.

Frequently Asked Questions Regarding the UI&U Library’s Virtual Transition

2011-02-17T10:10:00.000-08:00

What is the virtual transition?

The Union Institute & University Library will transition to a fully-virtual library on June 23, 2011. In 2008, the Gary Library building along with the physical resources housed therein were sold to the Vermont College of Fine Arts. Since the sale, we operated under a temporary, three year lease arrangement, sharing the library facility. That lease is ending in June 2011, at which time, the Vermont College of Fine Arts will begin operating the Gary Library on its own. The UI&U library staff will move at that time to a new work space being created in Stone Science Hall on the Montpelier campus. Over the past several years, UI&U has been creating a totally virtual library model, building a substantial collection of online books, journals, dissertations, and other web-based resources in preparation for this new, entirely virtual, library model.

What virtual resources will I have access to?

The Union Institute & University Library has an extensive collection of online scholarly resources, including sixty thousand e-Books, hundreds of reference e-Books, one million dissertations, thousands of peer-reviewed journals, and over a hundred article databases with access to millions of full-text articles. The UI&U Library is committed to expanding this virtual collection and will continue to add e-Books and other online resources over time. If you would like to learn more about finding and accessing these online resources, the library is offering research workshops throughout February, March, and April. Workshop dates and descriptions are available on the library’s Ask a Librarian page.

What if I need a book or other resource that is not in the virtual library collection?

If you need a book or article that is not in our online collection, please contact the library. We may be able to find you an alternative resource or obtain a copy of the document you need through interlibrary loan.

What services will be changing? What will remain the same?

The UI&U Virtual Library will no longer have direct access to the physical materials housed in the Gary Library after the transition. The UI&U library staff will be moving to a new office space in Stone Science Hall in Montpelier. All other services, including course and residency instructional presentations, online research workshops, reference and research support, and interlibrary loan, will remain the same.

Can I check-out print books belonging to the Gary Library in the months prior to the transition?

Yes, the circulation of print books will continue as usual until the last lending date, April 22^nd. During this time, all overdue fines will be waved. All Gary Library books need to be returned no later than May 31, 2011.

What will happen if I check-out a book on April 22^nd?

All books checked-out on April 22^nd will be due on May 31^st and cannot be renewed. Please help us make this transition as smooth as possible by returning your Gary Library print books by their due date. To return books, please mail them to 62 Ridge Street, Suite 2, Montpelier, VT 05602 or use the return mailing label provided with your books.

Will interlibrary loan services still be available?

Borrowing books and articles from other libraries will continue, as usual, through the transition process. These interlibrary loan books will have their own due dates separate from the Gary Library due date.

What is happening to the learner studies currently located in the Gary Library?

Bound Bachelor of Arts culminating studies and microfiche versions of MA program theses completed prior to 2002, when Vermont College was owned by Norwich University, will be transferred to the Norwich University library archives for permanent safekeeping. Undergraduate and Master’s theses produced by Montpelier-based UI&U academic programs produced since 2002 will either be stored in Stone Science Hall or returned to the academic program offices in question. All of UI&U’s Montpelier based academic programs (BA, MA, M. Ed) are now submitting their learner theses to the library as virtual documents, and these will continue to be made available to library users as full text links in the UI&U virtual library catalog since they require no physical storage.

How should I contact the library if I have questions or need help?

All contact information, including mailing address, will remain the same both during and after the transition. Staff members can be reached by email at library@myunion.edu or by phone, toll-free, at 888-828-8557, extension 8747.

Virtual Library Transition

2011-02-15T11:58:00.000-08:00

Memorandum

From: Matt Pappathan, UI&U Library Director
To: Union Institute & University Community
Re: UI&U Online Library Transition Update

On behalf of the UI&U Library staff and the Provost’s Office, I’m pleased to update you on the progress of the UI&U Library transition to a comprehensive online library. Our goal is to be fully virtual by June 23, 2011. Much progress has been made since our initial decision to transition the existing operations into an online university library, and we will soon be entering the final operational phase.

What does the transition to an online library mean for our academic community?
Two benefits stand out:
• The UI&U Library is committed to an ongoing process of adding more virtual research resources.
• All virtual items can be accessed simultaneously by multiple library users, are never lost in the mail, damaged, or unavailable, and can be transmitted from our library to your computer desktop or mobile internet device almost instantaneously.

Most aspects of our library research services will remain unchanged:
• We will continue to offer the wide range of online databases that we currently have available, including access to electronic books, journal articles, dissertations, and theses.
• UI&U Library staff will continue to provide the comprehensive services that our community has come to expect and enjoy.
• We will continue to offer access to reference librarians, research instruction services, interlibrary loan, document delivery, web-based research guides/self-tutorials, and much more.
• We will continue to offer access to more than 60,000 electronic books, 800,000+ online full text doctoral dissertations and master’s theses, and more than 100 million full text journal articles.
• Our contact information (library@myunion.edu or 888.828.8557, ext. 8747) will remain the same.

What will change?
• UI&U library staff will move to the Stone Science Hall at UI&U’s Montpelier Academic Center.
• We will no longer have direct access to the books and other printed materials housed in the Gary Library building. Those materials, as well as the Gary Library building are the property of the Vermont College of Fine Arts.
• The library will no longer be called the Gary Library, but instead the UI&U Library.

What’s next?
As we get closer to the June 2011 final transition date, we will be sending out further communications, by email or by university website postings to let our library users know when Gary Library’s print books on loan need to be returned. We will provide answers to frequently asked transition questions, etc. We have timed the transition to coincide with the end of the university’s spring academic term in order to minimize any potential disruptions to our library users’ research activities.

Questions?
The UI&U library staff members are available to answer any questions that you might have about this transition. Please contact us at library@myunion.edu or 888.828.8557, ext. 8747.