Subject Searches in the Building Material Samples Collection

The new Architecture Building Material Samples Collection may be searched in CardCat for specific materials, companies, CSI Masterformat headings, and subjects.

To search by subject, use one of these phrases:

• Green roofs (Gardening)--Building material samples.
• Sustainable building material samples--Energy performance.
• Sustainable building material samples--HCFC-Free.
• Sustainable building material samples--Low VOCs.
• Sustainable building material samples--PVC-free.
• Sustainable building material samples--Recyclable.
• Sustainable building material samples--Recycled.
• Sustainable building material samples--Renewable.
• Vertical gardening--Building material samples.

Stop by the Visual Resources Collection (VRC) in AB 117 to see the samples collection and check out items.

Google Sketchup now available on workstations in the library

Library users will now find Google Sketchup available on the computer workstations in the Architecture Library. For a complete list of the software on these workstations and elsewhere in the University Libraries, go to: http://www.bsu.edu/library/media/pdf/pacsoftwarelocation.pdf

There is also a new Software Locator tool that helps identify which computer workstations in the University Libraries have specific software and indicates which workstations are in use. To use the Software Locator go to: http://www.bsu.edu/libraries/swsearch/ To find available computers, see the Computer Availability System: http://www.bsu.edu/libraries/cas/

Schwartz Digital Complex in Bracken Library

The grand opening for the Schwartz Digital Complex in Bracken Library is scheduled for this Thursday, September 17, 2009, from 10am to 2pm. On the schedule of events is a keynote presentation at 1pm during which CAP's own Antonieta Angulo and Dean Guillermo Vasquez de Velasco will be holding class in the complex while also working with studios in Second Life, the architectural firm NBBJ in London, and BSU LifeStructures in Indianapolis. Stop by at 1pm and see how they do this using the technologies available in the new complex on 1 West in Bracken Library.

More information on the grand opening.

Rapidly download images from the collection with the new PowerPoint Generator

Using the new PowerPoint Generator for the DMR users can rapidly download images from the Architecture Images Collection or any of the collections in the University Libraries Digital Media Repository.


Instructions for using the PowerPoint Generator:

1. Add images to "My Favorites" in the DMR.
2. View your "My Favorites."
3. Click on the "Create" button in the "Save as PowerPoint Slides" section.
4. Login with your BSU username and password.
5. Choose a PPT slide format.
6. Open or Save the PPT presentation once it has been generated.

It's just that easy!

New for Fall '09

There is always something new in the library! Among the new resources and services for fall 2009:

• Building Material Samples Collection in the VRC (AB117)
• MultiLink BSU buttons replaced FindIt@BSU buttons in the Avery Index and other article databases
• Google Preview added to CardCat. Preview online portions of books in the library collection.
• Additional 11 x 17 scanner (the library now has 4 of these scanners)
• Library subject guide for First Year students
• New digital images in the Architecture Images Collection
• Revised laptop printing site
• Revised Architecture Library and VRC websites

And, as always, the library offers:

• 27,000+ volumes
• 100+ current periodical subscriptions
• 60,000+ digital images
• 100,000+ slides
• Reference assistance
• Course reserves
• E-reserves
• The Avery Index
• Green Building.com
• CumInCAD
• Slide scanners
• Dual monitors
• CardCat only workstation
• Copy cards for purchase
• Videos
• Periodicals check out for 1 day (7 days if they’re more than 5 years old)
• Online Periodicals

See also: the newly revised Drawings and Documents Archive website and the Drawings and Documents Archive blog.

New Laptop Printing System

The laptop printing site has changed its look, but still offers the same funcationality. Users can print from their laptops to one of the printers in Bracken Library or the Architecture Library.

Note: Laptop users must be logged into the BSU Network, NOT the guest network, in order to use the laptop printing system.

New Materials in the Library This Summer

New materials in the collection are on display all year round in the Architecture Library, but in the summer months you will find a larger selection. There are two reasons for this: 1) with fewer students and faculty on campus in the summer fewer materials are checked out and 2) materials received during May through August will stay on display through the end of September.

If you are on campus over the summer feel free to check out these materials. If you won't be back until the fall then stop by before the end of September to take a look at the materials that arrived in the library during the summer months. New materials lists will also be available monthly during the fall and spring semesters.