New library hours for summer

The library has slightly altered its hours for the summer semester, beginning May 3 until the end of July. We are opening an hour earlier (9pm) on weekdays. On Mondays and Wednesdays, we are closing at 5:30, instead of 5:00, to accommodate those students who need to stop by the library after work. On Tuesdays and Thursdays, we will continue to have extended evening hours, but we will close at 9pm instead of 10pm. Friday’s closing time will remain the same (10pm). So, here is what the hours look like:

Monday: 9am – 5:30pm

Tuesday: 9am – 9pm

Wednesday: 9am – 5:30pm

Thursday: 9am – 9pm

Friday: 9am – 10pm

Saturday: 7:30am – 5:30pm

Exceptions

Closed Memorial Day:  Monday, May 27.

Summer Break:  Thursday, July 4, to Saturday, July 6.

Summer terms ends on Saturday, July 27. Beginning July 29 and during the August break, we will have reduced hours (tba).

Celtic cross arrived!

The campus has received the Celtic cross for our courtyard. The cross was created by Ruth McNay, a member of First Presbyterian Church, Kerrville, Texas. You will notice the Union seminary logo in the middle and two bas-reliefs of Christ’s baptism and the Lord’s Supper. The Celtic design points to the Scottish (and Scotch-Irish) heritage of Presbyterianism. The knotwork designs can be found on ancient stone crosses of Scotland, Ireland, and in the Book of Kells.

Here are pictures of the installation (click to enlarge):

Free Books!

As many of you are aware, we have free books in the library for students and other interested persons. Recently, we have received a large number of books that we will be dispersing through the “free books” bookcase. Moreover, the bookcase is now organized! You can browse by category: theology, education, philosophy, history, biblical studies, ethics, and polity. So, feel free to give us a visit, browse some books, and get some reading done in the peaceful surroundings.

We are open during the April break, see the library hours for details.

Printing in the Library

Greetings! Your beloved seminary library is happy to announce that we have printing access in the library.

There are two printing stations, one upstairs and one downstairs: the computers next to the copy machines, which also serve as the printers. For now, we are making it as simple as possible. At the computer, you can use a flash drive or access your email account (or “cloud” database). Once your document is open, just hit print (ctrl+p) like normal. The default printer, already selected, is the right printer. That’s all!

BibleWorks training

BibleWorks is hosting a free training seminar this friday at two nearby seminaries in Charlotte: RTS and Gordon-Conwell. Click here for a brief introduction to BibleWorks, which is available for use in our library.

Here is the information on the seminars:

 

PRESENTER: Jim Barr, BibleWorks Seminary Relations Director

WHAT WILL BE COVERED:
This seminar will give you HANDS ON practical help
Discover BASIC PRINCIPLES of the program’s powerful search engine
Understand how key tools and resources are integrated
Quickly access info in lexicons, dictionaries and grammars
Learn many “shortcuts” and quick keys to speed up research
Explore maps, vocabulary flashcards, synoptics & diagramming tools
See the dynamic new Manuscripts Project and Textual Apparatus

Much more — as much as time allows!

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REFORMED THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY

9:30 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.

Classroom D1
2101 Carmel Road
Charlotte, NC 28226-6399

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+++++  FRIDAY — FEBRUARY 15  +++++
Gordon Conwell Theological Seminary

4:00 p.m. – 5:30 p.m.

Room #227
14542 Choate Circle
Charlotte, NC 28273
(704) 527-9909

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TO REGISTER: Send an email to jbarr@bibleworks.com

Identify the SEMINAR you wish to attend and give your name, email address and phone #

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Participants are encouraged to bring a laptop with BibleWorks 8 or 9 installed, but it is not necessary. If you bring a laptop, please make sure to apply the latest free updates to your installation of BibleWorks.

****Please DO BRING your questions and Jim will try to respond as time allows.

QUESTIONs about this seminar — CALL 757-627-7014

How to access e-books

The Morton Library has been in the process of acquiring electronic books that are accessible through the library catalog. As long as you are logged-in, you can access these e-books from home or at school. Here is how:

1. Go to the Morton Library homepage, library.upsem.edu, and click on “catalog.”

2. Click “sign-in” at the top and use your PIN (first three letters of your last name) and library bar code to sign-in. If you do not have a library bar code, come to the circulation desk in the library.

3. Click on “keyword search.” Under “collections to search,” you can specify “e-books” and then search only within the e-books collection.

For an example, put “Barth” in the search field and click “go.” Now all of the e-books that have “Barth” as the author or title will appear. Click on the first title, “The heavens declare.” Now you will see the full record for the title. On this page, you will see “electronic location,” which has the link for the e-book. Now a copyright page will appear, and on the bottom of the copyright page is an icon that needs to be clicked. Once you click that icon, the e-book will load.

Also, you may notice on the top of the full record page, a link for “add to my e-shelf.” This allows you to add any e-books to the “e-shelf” tab on the top right of the page. But, these will expire once your session ends or once you log-out.

Scheduled power outage

Just a note from the Richmond campus:

There will be a scheduled power outage for electrical repairs on Sunday, February 3.

While the power is off for this electrical work, our catalog and databases will be inaccessible.  This means that you will not be able to do journal research online, because Charlotte uses the same database as the Richmond campus.