Russell Library is excited to announce that beginning Monday, January 9, the first floor and atrium-area of the library will be open for 24-hour access, Sunday through Thursday. Beginning at 10:00 p.m. nightly and continuing through 8:00 a.m., Bobcat card swipes will be required to access the building. Students should ensure that their Bobcat card is in working order. Replacement cards can be obtained at the Bobcat Card Office in the Maxwell Student Union. Only current GCSU students,...

As the spring semester swiftly approaches, we would like to remind our faculty colleagues to let us know as soon as possible about books or films needed in the library collection to support your classes.  This will help to give time for purchasing and licensing procedures to make these available.  You’re welcome to request a book using our online request form, or contact your Library Liaison listed on the Faculty Library Resources page on Libguides.  Thank you for collaborating with...

Affordable Learning Georgia, an initiative of the University System of Georgia focused on providing affordable course materials, recently released a Request for Proposals for Affordable Materials Grants.  Applications are due by January 31, 2023.  Two types of grants are available: Transformation Grants support individual instructors, teams of instructors, and entire departments, along with supporting professional staff, in replacing their existing commercial textbooks and materials...

The annual survey has been conducted since 1996 and is important both in raising awareness about GALILEO and in helping us know your concerns and ideas for the future. It will run Nov. 3 – 30. In the past year, your feedback has been critical in deciding how GALILEO would be redesigned! Completed entries have the chance to win an Amazon gift card. A completed entry must be completely filled out. Many entries have been eliminated in the past because this was not done, though the respondent...

Russell Library is pleased to announce that we have recently expanded our streaming video resources.  In addition to Films on Demand, which provides over 15,500 documentary videos across various subject areas for instant viewing (including public performance rights), we now also provide the following: Kanopy:  We have expanded our access to Kanopy’s catalog with the new KBASE collection of over 8000 films, primarily documentaries, available for instant viewing.  If you're a student...

The Ina Dillard Russell Library will celebrate the opening of “The Soul of Georgia” exhibit with an opening reception and lecture at 5:30 p.m., Wednesday, October 12 in the Ina Dillard Russell Library Special Collections Galleries in Heritage Hall, located at the corner or Montgomery and Clarke streets.  The opening reception will feature a lecture by Dr. Maisha Akbar, chair of the departments of Languages and Liberal Studies; and Visual and Performing Arts and Media Studies; and director...

Affordable Learning Georgia, an initiative of the University System of Georgia focused on providing affordable course materials, recently released a Request for Proposals for Affordable Materials Grants.  Applications are due by October 31, 2022.  Two types of grants are available: Transformation Grants support individual instructors, teams of instructors, and entire departments, along with supporting professional staff, in replacing their existing commercial textbooks and materials...

The Corinthian is currently searching for faculty to serve as reviewers. The Corinthian manages the entire reviewing, editing, and publishing process through The Knowledge Box. We hope this will make your task as a reviewer easy and efficient, and we are on hand to walk you through the steps as well as share information about this process. The Corinthian is in the process of publishing the last two back issues, so the more faculty we can get the better. This is an excellent opportunity...